kpete
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Wed Feb-22-06 01:47 PM
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UAE CO has hired BOB DOLE to Lobby Congress to get deal through |
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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
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Wed Feb-22-06 01:48 PM
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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."
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Wed Feb-22-06 01:49 PM
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2. Considering that our state also has a port (though not for sale) |
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I think she is gonna tick quite a few people off.
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Wed Feb-22-06 01:49 PM
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3. Is he still alive? he must be 90 |
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Wed Feb-22-06 01:49 PM
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4. Correction - the UAE GOVERNMENT has hired Dole - |
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Edited on Wed Feb-22-06 01:50 PM by sparosnare
the differentiation between a publicly held company and a government owned company is important (I know those aren't your words). :hi:
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Wed Feb-22-06 01:50 PM
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Wed Feb-22-06 01:56 PM
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9. The company is run by the UAE government - |
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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.
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Wed Feb-22-06 01:51 PM
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6. ah, the man who speaks of himself in the 3rd person |
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wonderful. Does not inspire confidence.
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Wed Feb-22-06 01:55 PM
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7. So, he's gonna push Viagra and a foreign government? How |
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Wed Feb-22-06 02:00 PM
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10. First he shills for Viagra, |
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Wed Feb-22-06 01:55 PM
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8. Is that really the best they could come up with? |
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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.
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Wed Feb-22-06 02:01 PM
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11. oh dear, I saw him on Hardball recently |
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and you could barely make out what he was saying - his health is poor.
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Wed Feb-22-06 02:03 PM
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12. Well, the only answer to that is... |
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'UAE CO has hired BOB DOLE to Lobby Congress to get deal through...'
:puke:
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