Friday, February 24, 2006
Sen. Dole and Her Lobbyist Husband
Former Senator and presidential candidate Bob Dole has been a big-time lobbyist in DC for quite a while now. And his wife has been a Republican Senator for a while now too. No doubt they have had conversations about legislative issues -- that's what they both do for a living.
But now we hear that Lobbyist Dole is the guy who got the United Arab Emirates port deal signed. The UAE government is paying Lobbyist Dole to keep Congress from screwing it up.
So this puts Senator Dole in the position of having a financial interest -- through her husband's earnings -- in keeping the deal intact.
Does that also put her into an ethical bind of having to choose between her husband's livelihood and her fiduciary duty to protect the citizens of the United States?
But wait. I'm talkling about Republicans as if they care about ethics. What was I thinking?
Never mind.
But now we hear that Lobbyist Dole is the guy who got the United Arab Emirates port deal signed. The UAE government is paying Lobbyist Dole to keep Congress from screwing it up.
So this puts Senator Dole in the position of having a financial interest -- through her husband's earnings -- in keeping the deal intact.
Does that also put her into an ethical bind of having to choose between her husband's livelihood and her fiduciary duty to protect the citizens of the United States?
But wait. I'm talkling about Republicans as if they care about ethics. What was I thinking?
Never mind.
