" Former US president Bill Clinton has disclosed big-ticket donors to his charitable foundation, including numerous foreign governments and business interests.
Clinton was prompted to reveal the names of more than 200,000 donors in a bid to stem fears for his wife Hillary Clinton's nomination to become US secretary of state under incoming president Barack Obama.
Her confirmation should come under closer scrutiny over the appearance of conflict of interest over the foundation, which promotes efforts to fight disease, poverty and climate change around the world.
The disclosures last month include the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia giving 10 to 25-million-dollars in donations, and other Middle Eastern governments giving multi-million-dollar contributions." http://lateline.muzi.net/news/ll/english/10084906.shtml?cc=11569&;ccr=
As the Clintons continue their self-serving political dance ~ Obama may not be able to keep up with their Washington two step. Maureen Dowd, New York Times columnist, sums up this challenge in yesterday's times ~ " Obama is confident enough to think he can do what has never been done. He thinks he can pull out ~ like a diamond from carbon ~ the sparkling side of the Clintons that can make them exceptional public servants, extracting it from the gray side of the Clintons that can make them tacky, greedy, opportunistic and ethically shady.... Cleaning out the Augean stables was nothing compared to this task, with Obama trying to bend Hillary and Bill to his will, while they try to bend him to theirs."
The dance goes on ~ but now it's a tango.
Allen L Roland http://blogs.salon.com/0002255/2009/01/16.html
