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Bill Clinton says his ties to Alibaba firm in China don't conflict with Hillary Clinton campaign
Los Angeles Times ^ | Stephen Braun

Posted on 04/15/2008 11:44:43 PM PDT by indcons

In brief comments on the campaign trail in Pennsylvania, former President Clinton said that his fundraising relationship with a Chinese company involved in Internet censorship did not pose a potential conflict of interest for his wife's presidential campaign.

Even though the Chinese Web firm, Alibaba Inc., recently carried a government-issued Internet "wanted notice" urging the arrest of Tibetan protesters, he said that he backed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's tough words on China.

"I support the Dalai Lama and I support Hillary's position," he said in remarks posted online today by the New York Observer. He made the comments Sunday during a campaign event for his wife in Bloomsburg, Pa.

In recent weeks, Sen. Clinton has issued strong statements about mainland China's crackdown in Tibet and urged President Bush to boycott the opening of the Summer Olympics in Beijing. She has also called for a "dialogue" between the Chinese government and the Dalai Lama.

But her stance appears at odds with her husband's dealings with Alibaba and his 2005 speech at an Internet forum in Hangzhou, China. A Times article Sunday,1,254417.story reported that Alibaba paid for some of his expenses and donated an unspecified amount to his foundation after the speech.

Alibaba has been accused by human rights groups of cooperating with Chinese officials in their scrutiny of mainland Internet users.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alibubbagate; clinton; hillary; obama
Will this be Hitlery's next "snipergate"?
1 posted on 04/15/2008 11:44:44 PM PDT by indcons
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To: indcons

That’s going to leave a mark...


2 posted on 04/16/2008 12:18:26 AM PDT by Thunder90
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To: Thunder90
That’s going to leave a mark...

I doubt it. Nothing else ever has......

FMCDH(BITS)

3 posted on 04/16/2008 12:28:32 AM PDT by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: Thunder90

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves........


4 posted on 04/16/2008 12:32:50 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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To: indcons

Bubba’s bank account says differently.


5 posted on 04/16/2008 3:00:39 AM PDT by rod1 (uestion)
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To: indcons
Alibaba paid for some of his expenses and donated an unspecified amount to his foundation after the speech.

Is the MSM figuring out why Unca Bill is $abotaging Hillary'$ campaign?

6 posted on 04/16/2008 4:08:02 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Izzy Dunne
Is the MSM figuring out why Unca Bill is $abotaging Hillary'$ campaign?

....its' simple; Bubba wants, $hrillary to be throughly Hum(a :)iliated....its' great theater/sells more newspapers...mutually benefiting


7 posted on 04/16/2008 5:39:51 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (just b/c you're paranoid,doesn't mean "they" aren't out to get you..our hopes were dashed by CINOs :)
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To: indcons

In other news....

Bill Clinton says blow jobs are not sex.
Chelsea is his daughter.
Black is white.

What Bill says, goes!


8 posted on 04/16/2008 5:42:48 AM PDT by FrogMom
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To: indcons

Typical of a hypocrite... what else is new?


9 posted on 04/16/2008 5:59:19 AM PDT by Kirkwood (Ask me again tomorrow.)
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To: Sacajaweau

IIRC, Alibaba _means_ “thief”.

I was looking for various business supply sources and discovered that a search turned up numerous “alibaba” postings. The name alone would have turned me off these suppliers, all of which are, of course, Chinese.


10 posted on 04/16/2008 6:41:22 AM PDT by reformedliberal
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To: Sacajaweau
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves....

Ali Baba, Ali Bubba, forty or forty-one, is there really any difference?
11 posted on 04/16/2008 7:15:06 AM PDT by mkjessup (Jimmy Carter is the skidmark in the panties of American history.)
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To: indcons

Alibubba!


12 posted on 04/16/2008 8:44:07 AM PDT by rfp1234 (Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
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