Too Much Monkey Business

Suit Sheds Light on Clintons’ Ties to a Benefactor - New York Times:

"“When the C.E.O. of a publicly traded company can say with a straight face that the shareholders benefit from having a yacht with an all-female crew stationed in the Virgin Islands, then you’ve got a problem,” Mr. [Herbert A.] Denton [president of a New York hedge fund that invested in the company] said."

A shareholder lawsuit brought by two Connecticut hedge funds - Dolphin Limited Partnership and Cardinal Capital Management - has brought into question the profligate spending of corporate funds by InfoUSA's founder and CEO Vinod Gupta. Among the specific complaints made by Dolphin and Cardinal in their suit are numerous questionable trips made by the company's jet in support of former president Bill Clinton in his hectic schedule of lucrative public appearances, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) on the presidential campaign trail, and both Clinton's on vacation in Acapulco with Mr. Gupta. All this in addition to extremely well-paid consulting contracts for Bill Clinton.

No word in the article on whether Bill or Hillary has spent any time on that yacht with the all-girl crew, but I certainly wouldn't rule it out. In any event, it might help explain why Bill and Vinod are so sympatico. Even onetime Sen. Gary Hart (D-CO), of Monkey Business fame, didn't have an all girl crew for his seagoing antics in the Caribbean, although he did have a companion named Donna Rice who was all girl if the photos are anything to go by.