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Hillary OOPS

passin thru

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The Democrats haven't done a complete reversal on something this big in a very long time. The political party that has been trying to convince us that there isn't really a need for the War On Terror...that there is no terrorist threat....has suddenly taken up the issue. With their opposition to the ports takeover, suddenly Democrats are worried about Islamic terrorism again.

Ironically this includes New York Senator Hillary Clinton, who is running for re-election in the Senate this year and president in 2 years, hasn't let up on George Bush since the deal was announced. But now there's a new angle! New information! A delicious new twist!

While Hillary was out on the Senate floor opposing the deal, her husband was on the phone trying to get it pushed through. Now THAT'S teamwork. It seems 'ole Bill has quite a track record with the Dubai government and has been working with them on the ports deal for quite some time. Naturally, we might be a bit curious as to what Hillary thinks of all this. Well, the woman-who-would-be-president; the smartest woman in the world, America's greatest lawyer says that she was wholly unaware of her husband's lobbying.

Perhaps she was also unaware that her husband earned $450,000 giving speeches in Dubai in 2002. How about that the UAE donated $500,000 and $1 million to her husband's presidential library? I'm sure she didn't notice any of that. Once again, Hillary Clinton is exposed as a political opportunist....and a liar.
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http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11657573/
By Stephanie Kirchgaessner

Updated: 3:12 a.m. ET March 4, 2006
Hillary Clinton, a leading opponent of DP World's takeover of some US port operations, was this week forced to admit that she did not know her husband had advised Dubai leaders on how to handle the growing dispute.

But former President Bill Clinton's ties to Dubai and the United Arab Emirates should not have come as a surprise to his New York senator wife.

Mrs Clinton's own senatorial financial disclosure forms reveal that her husband earned $450,000 giving speeches in Dubai in 2002.

Officials from the UAE also donated between $500,000 and $1m to fund Mr Clinton's presidential library in Arkansas.

It was part of an effort by the emirates, said a person close to UAE officials, to forge a close relationship with a former US president who is influential and highly regarded in the region.

Mr Clinton's admiration for the UAE was last on display in November, when he made his fourth visit to the American University in Dubai and met students participating in the Clinton scholarship programme.

The UAE has also contributed $100m to Hurricane Katrina relief funds – which Mr Clinton had a leading role in raising.

Mrs Clinton's tough stance that the deal represented an "unacceptable risk" to national security has caused UAE officials some consternation.

Regarded as the leading Democratic candidate for the 2008 presidential elections, she has used the deal – which polls show is disliked by most Americans – and the anti-Arab sentiment it sparked to attack the Bush administration on national security, an issue that has been seen as a weak point for Democrats.

Although Mrs Clinton has been careful not to criticise the UAE directly, her stance has put her in the same camp as legislators who openly accuse Dubai of helping to finance the September 11 terrorist attacks and deem the UAE untrustworthy.

Privately, some Democrats see the revelations about his ties to the UAE as a classic Clinton dilemma. Mrs Clinton told the New York Post on Thursday that she did not know her husband had been contacted by Dubai officials two weeks ago and offered them advice on the deal. Although both Hillary and Bill Clinton say he stands behind her on the issue and there is no direct conflict, his relationship to the UAE has complicated her political stance on the transaction.

Meanwhile, the UAE has sought to quell the backlash against the takeover by hiring some Clinton officials - and Republicans - to lobby on Dubai's behalf.

Copyright The Financial Times Ltd. All rights reserved.
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http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/60616.htm
March 6, 2006 -- BUBBA AN AGENT FOR DUBAI?
IS Bill Clinton serving as a lobbyist and public-rela tions guru to the govern ment of Dubai? It sure looks like it.

Note, too, that he's been paid a pretty penny by Dubai's rulers - including some profit (amount not disclosed) off business relationships that include Dubai's crown prince.

The whole affair raises disclosure questions for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, too. While publicly opposing the port deal, she privately benefits from her husband's Dubai-related income.

Published reports indicate that that Clinton has been directly advising top Dubai officials over the past two weeks on how to overcome negative public opinion and congressional resistance to the takeover of six U.S. ports by DP World - which is owned by a Dubai government holding company.

A Clinton spokesman says it was Bill himself who suggested to Dubai leaders that they propose a 45-day delay to allow for investigation of the port deal. (Columnist Robert Novak also reports that the ex-prez pushed them to hire his former press secretary to spin the port story, but Dubai declined.)

Should an ex-president be devising a strategy to help a foreign government deal with Congress on a sensitive political issue? It's certainly not a routine undertaking for a former commander-in-chief.

Clinton's spokesman brushed it off as just another example of world leaders regularly seeking out his advice. But - given the combination of Clinton's role in devising the Dubai strategy, his personal financial connections, and his frequent public statements in praise of Dubai - he probably should register as am agent of a foreign government.

Why should he register? Because Congress and the public deserve to know whether Clinton has a personal bias in favor of Dubai when he issues seemingly neutral public statements. Bill Clinton is undeniably influential; his listeners should have full information to assess his credibility here.

The public purpose behind the foreign-agent registration law, after all, is to make sure that we can distinguish between propaganda and information - especially, to know when statements are coming from someone who's acting in a public-relations capacity, paid or not.

For the past week, while traveling around the globe, Clinton has repeatedly gone out of his way to inject himself into the Dubai controversy. And in every instance, Clinton had high praises for the Arab nation that was home to two of the 9/11 hijackers and the place where $100,000 was wired to lead hijacker Mohammad Atta. "I have a very high opinion of the UAE and Dubai in particular," he parroted from India to Australia, citing the country as a "good ally."

He may well be right - but now his admiration and advocacy for Dubai may have been motivated by more than that of a selfless statesman trying to remain a voice of reason amidst the political fracas.

What are Clinton's major personal financial dealings with Dubai? Plenty's been written about his $300,000 fee for a 2002 speech; a more recent talk likely yielded the same amount. Dubai also contributed handsomely to the Clinton Presidential Library, and to the William Jefferson Clinton Scholars Program at the American University in Dubai.

Bill also works for a company that has formed a partnership with the Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoun.

Back in 2002, the Yucaipa Co. LLC hired the former president as a "senior adviser." He won't say how much that pays; Hillary's disclosure forms only put it at "more than $1,000" a year. A company lawyer recently disclosed that he gets a percentage of profits, if they're above 9 percent -and also says the firm's been averaging about a 40 percent.

And Yucaipa last year with the Dubai Investment Group to create a new U.S. company: DIGL Inc, with, which invests the private funds of the Crown Prince. So Bill and Yucaipa have a big stake in keeping a positive image for the Dubai royals and their many companies.

The public deserves full disclosure on how his Dubai relationships effect his public statements - and how, if at all, his Dubai income influences the positions of a U.S. senator.

Eileen McGann co-authored this column.

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BBJ

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The 2008 elections should be a blast if she lasts that long. :lol: :lol: :lol:

She'll change her position on the ports deal, just let billy get a hold of her and get it worked out.

Where's the Democrat outrage on this one? :D


I bet her being uninformed as to her husbands dealings with the Dubai government is the fault of ...... President Bush?????
 

jigs

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tall tree, short rope, two Clintons, and a glass of iced tea. it wouldn't solve the worlds problems, but it sure would help me sleep better at night.


sometimes I wish the Klan had left the blacks alone and hung more politicians.......
 
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