Myrick blasts ports deal; Dole 'concerned'

[brooklynite]

...snip...

Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., said she was "deeply concerned" about the deal even as it was announced that her husband, former Sen. Bob Dole, had been hired as a lobbyist for the United Arab Emirates -- the Middle Eastern country that owns the company that would run six U.S. ports unless the deal is blocked.

Mike Marshall, a spokesman for Bob Dole, said the former senator will be involved in lobbying Congress on the deal, but would not be lobbying his wife.

Alston & Bird, the law firm that employs Bob Dole, has been advising Dubai Ports World for months. Marshall said the contract with the company has been extended to include Bob Dole, who is a former Senate majority leader.

Lindsay Mabry -- a spokeswoman for Sen. Dole -- said: "Senator Elizabeth Dole's decisions are made independently of Bob Dole. Her No. 1 priority is the constituents she represents."

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/13939050.htm
- - -
talk about your conflict of interest dilemmas...

[NYC Liberal]

"but would not be lobbying his wife"

LOL, they live together!

[brooklynite]

3. If they go out to Applebee's on Friday night...

does Liddy have to pay?

[brooklynite]

1. priorities, priorities...

Sen. Dole told Sen. John Warner, R-Va., in a letter Wednesday that she will be in North Carolina today, so she'll be unable to attend a briefing on the Dubai deal for members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Warner chairs the panel and Dole is a member.

Not like anything important was being discussed...

[bluemarkers]

2. good ole Blob

He makes me soooo proud.

[madmom]

4. Gee hasn't anyone ever heard of "pillow talk" don't trust them!

[Mithras61]

9. Wasn't he touting Viagra a couple years back...

giving a recognizable face to the Erectile Disfunction ads?

[mom cat]

11. Looks like he could use some more!

[Jacobin]

5. Bwaahahahahaha

:rofl:

:rofl:

:rofl:

Guess Old Dob Bole will leave $50,000 in an envelope under a pillow for his dear senator wife.


:rofl:

:rofl:

[AlGore-08.com]

6. Bob Dole will not speak to his wife!

You know it, I know it and the American people know it!

[goforit]

7. Hey Bob!!!.....We all know who the traitors are. Step up front and center.

[BR_Parkway]

8. Called her office today - did my usual "I'm a Rep who voted for you"

(sorry, it's the only way they might even pay attention here)

Told her office I couldn't believe that she would sell us out for money like that, she should have kept her husband from doing that - and that I hoped he was making enough money on the deal to replace her salary - cause I was a long time Repubbie who would vote for anyone else but a traitor to our country.

[MetaTrope]

10. I don't see the issue here?

Was it a problem when Sen. Mitch McConnell's wife was running an insurance business in partnership with China's People's Liberation Army?