Looks like we are seeing more twists to the involvement of Bill, Hillary and the Dubai ports deal every day.
Columnist Bob Novak reports that President Clinton Dubai urged Dubai officials to hire his former White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart to handle damage control on the ports, even though Lockhart's consulting firm, the Glover Park Group, is connected to Sen. Clinton's political operations.
Hillary, meanwhile, continues to play dumb, insisting that her husband did not discuss his conversation with the Dubai officials with her, and adding that "The president, my husband, supports my position, a position that is rooted in legitimate concerns about security."
It was also revealed that, in addition, to accepting $300,000 to address a summit in Dubai in 2002, the ex-president also was paid $450,000 for a more recent Dubai speech, and the United Arab Emirates contributed between $500,000 and $1 million for his presidential library.
And a few months ago, while the port deal was in the works, Bill referred to the Dubai-government as "a role model" for the Mideast. But the apparent contradictions in the family haven't stopped Hillary from politicizing the issue, as she sent out an email on February 27th detailing her recent comments and directing donors to a Web page to make contributions to her re-election campaign.
