UAE CO has hired BOB DOLE to Lobby Congress to get deal through

[kpete]

UPDATE #3: CNN is reporting that the UAE company involved in this has hired Bob Dole to lobby Congress to calm their outrage over the deal and get things to go through. Gee -- how is Liddy Dole going to deal with that conflict along with running the RSCC? Wonder what the folks back home will think?

http://firedoglake.blogspot.com/2006_02_19_firedoglake_archive.html#114063104091354781

[FreedomAngel82]

1. Oh wow!

So either the republicans will cave in and make it not be a big deal and lose all their voters over this or they will make a bill to stop this and "talk" with Bush and he'll "change his mind."

[carolinalady]

2. Considering that our state also has a port (though not for sale)

I think she is gonna tick quite a few people off.

[WI_DEM]

3. Is he still alive? he must be 90

[Avalux]

4. Correction - the UAE GOVERNMENT has hired Dole -

the differentiation between a publicly held company and a government owned company is important (I know those aren't your words). :hi:

[janx]

5. When did this happen?

?

[Avalux]

9. The company is run by the UAE government -

So it isn't a privately-owned, publicly-traded company from a democratic country (as the British firm was). This 'company' is an extension of the UAE royal family - an authoritarian government.

[kineneb]

6. ah, the man who speaks of himself in the 3rd person

wonderful. Does not inspire confidence.

[acmavm]

7. So, he's gonna push Viagra and a foreign government? How

telling.

[LiberalEsto]

10. First he shills for Viagra,

then he screws America.

[lpbk2713]

8. Is that really the best they could come up with?

We will probably hear more about this because I wouldn't be surprised if they approached people like Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton or Al Gore in hopes of getting the biggest bang for their buck. I'm sure if they were approached they would tell us.


Dole was probably way down on their list.

[Coexist]

11. oh dear, I saw him on Hardball recently

and you could barely make out what he was saying - his health is poor.

[Lori Price CLG]

12. Well, the only answer to that is...

'UAE CO has hired BOB DOLE to Lobby Congress to get deal through...'

:puke:

[shain from kane]

13. Senator for Sale, nt