# Hillary Clinton "Unaware" Husband Paid $450Grand By Dubai? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 6, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-unaware-husband-paid-450grand-by-dubai/347275 "2006-03-06T18:26:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-unaware-husband-paid-450grand-by-dubai/347275/1 "2006-03-06T18:26:01Z")
[http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11657573/](http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11657573/) So who is advising hillary these days? she lambastes the Bush administration 9for allowing the UAE-based firm) to run US ports..but forgets that husband bill was a paid advisor to the UAE? There seems to be a disconnect..so it is OK for an ex-president to accept bribes from a foreign government, but not OK for the US government to allow a foreing firm to run a US port? WHAT is this woman smoking? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-unaware-husband-paid-450grand-by-dubai/347275/2 "2006-03-06T19:29:07Z")
I don’t know. Panama Red? In what way was Bill Clinton “bribed,” by the way? I’m completely confused by your use of the word. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-unaware-husband-paid-450grand-by-dubai/347275/3 "2006-03-06T19:41:03Z")
I’d guess she’s lying, but on the other hand I never suspected the two of having an exceptionally close marriage… ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-unaware-husband-paid-450grand-by-dubai/347275/4 "2006-03-06T19:42:12Z")
I disagree with HRC about the ports but I couldn’t give a shit less about the rest of this. Is this the big topic on Limbaugh today or something? ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-unaware-husband-paid-450grand-by-dubai/347275/5 "2006-03-06T19:42:20Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] I don’t know. Panama Red? In what way was Bill Clinton “bribed,” by the way? I’m completely confused by your use of the word. [/QUOTE] Sorry, i should have said “honorarium”..that’s a much nicer way of putting it! ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-unaware-husband-paid-450grand-by-dubai/347275/6 "2006-03-06T19:43:17Z")
[QUOTE=ralph124c] Sorry, i should have said “honorarium”..that’s a much nicer way of putting it! [/QUOTE] What are you suggesting is improper about it? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-unaware-husband-paid-450grand-by-dubai/347275/7 "2006-03-06T19:51:19Z")
[QUOTE=ralph124c] Sorry, i should have said “honorarium”..that’s a much nicer way of putting it! [/QUOTE] I guess you’ve missed the point. He was paid as a consultant and didn’t do anything wrong as far as I know. All he did was advise them on how to present the deal to the public. Do you know something I don’t? And I should probably be beaten for this, but perhaps Hillary was smoking… a Dubai? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-unaware-husband-paid-450grand-by-dubai/347275/8 "2006-03-06T19:52:19Z")
I’m not following the logic. Why can’t your husband be an advisor to the UAE, but you believe that American port security should be entirely domestic? ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-unaware-husband-paid-450grand-by-dubai/347275/9 "2006-03-06T19:57:02Z")
While it looks like the only substantive debate concerning the OP is why 'bribe" was used incorrectly, this really is more of a GD topic. I’ll move it there for you. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-unaware-husband-paid-450grand-by-dubai/347275/10 "2006-03-06T20:00:25Z")
From the link in the OP: > [@](#): > > Mrs Clinton’s own senatorial financial disclosure forms reveal that her husband earned $450,000 giving speeches in Dubai in 2002. > > Officials from the UAE also donated between $500,000 and $1m to fund Mr Clinton’s presidential library in Arkansas. > > It was part of an effort by the emirates, said a person close to UAE officials, to forge a close relationship with a former US president who is influential and highly regarded in the region. > > Mr Clinton’s admiration for the UAE was last on display in November, when he made his fourth visit to the American University in Dubai and met students participating in the Clinton scholarship programme. > > The UAE has also contributed $100m to Hurricane Katrina relief funds – which Mr Clinton had a leading role in raising. No improper behavior on **Bill’s** part. As for Hillary – why is she obliged to agree with her husband on every point? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-unaware-husband-paid-450grand-by-dubai/347275/11 "2006-03-06T20:07:36Z")
[QUOTE=bup] I’m not following the logic. Why can’t your husband be an advisor to the UAE, but you believe that American port security should be entirely domestic? [/QUOTE] I can’t understand how the money he’s made from the UAE government plays into this issue at all. He probably has a lot of speaking engagements and I don’t know if she does her own taxes. None of this qualifies as a bribe. Now, if the question is “How did she not know he’d advised the government of the UAE on how to deal with this issue,” I don’t know. That news is not quite as recent, however, and since I couldn’t get the MSN page to load the first time I tried, I was left with the impression that it had come out that the UAE paid Bill $450,000 grand for his consultation. That would be an even harder question for her to answer, but I see that that’s not the case. The fact that he earned that money from them 4 years ago doesn’t place either of them in any kind of conflict. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-unaware-husband-paid-450grand-by-dubai/347275/12 "2006-03-06T20:22:15Z")
Am I the only one who doesn’t see a debate here? Seems more like the Pointless Talking Point _du jour_™ from GOP Central Command… ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-unaware-husband-paid-450grand-by-dubai/347275/13 "2006-03-06T20:23:27Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] From the link in the OP: No improper behavior on **Bill’s** part. As for Hillary – why is she obliged to agree with her husband on every point? [/QUOTE] Because that’s what a **good** wife would do. So…let me get this straight. Bill takes a “bribe” from the UAE. Hillary Clinton than acts in a way that works completely against the interests of those who “bribed” Bill. Is that correct? His this a Double-Secret Reverse Bribe? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-unaware-husband-paid-450grand-by-dubai/347275/14 "2006-03-06T20:27:51Z")
Actually, the OP is in error. There is nothing in the story linked that says Senator Clinton was unaware of money earned in the last couple of years. The sole point on which her office expressed her ignorance was the specific action of the UAE in approaching Mr. Clinton two weeks ago. Since I do not know whether Mr. and Mrs. Clinton have (between Congressional activities, speaking tours, and visits to various medical facilities) actually spent any time together in the last two weeks, it seems that we are looking at a lot of blather based on an error. When come back, bring discussion. This one is closed. [/Moderating]