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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBillionaire Sheldon Adelson will spend ‘limitless’ $$$ for Romney
Thank you Citizens United
Forbes has confirmed that billionaire Sheldon Adelson, along with his wife Miriam, has donated $10 million to the leading Super PAC supporting presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney - and thats just the tip of the iceberg. A well-placed source in the Adelson camp with direct knowledge of the casino billionaires thinking says that further donations will be limitless.
Adelson, who has built Las Vegas Sands into an global casino empire, will do whatever it takes to defeat Obama, this source says. And given that Adelson is worth $24.9 billion - and told Forbes in a recent rare interview about his political giving that he had been willing to donate as much as $100 million to his initial presidential preference, Newt Gingrich - that limitless description telegraphs potential nine-digit support of Romney.
http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2012/06/14/billionaire-adelson-limitless-for-romney/?cxntfid=blogs_jay_bookman_blog
Adelson, who has built Las Vegas Sands into an global casino empire, will do whatever it takes to defeat Obama, this source says. And given that Adelson is worth $24.9 billion - and told Forbes in a recent rare interview about his political giving that he had been willing to donate as much as $100 million to his initial presidential preference, Newt Gingrich - that limitless description telegraphs potential nine-digit support of Romney.
http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2012/06/14/billionaire-adelson-limitless-for-romney/?cxntfid=blogs_jay_bookman_blog
This is the world wrought by the naivete and partisanship of the Roberts court.
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Billionaire Sheldon Adelson will spend ‘limitless’ $$$ for Romney (Original Post)
Cali_Democrat
Jun 2012
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renate
(13,776 posts)1. "This is the world wrought by the naivete and partisanship of the Roberts court"
If only it really had been naivete...
Iggy
(1,418 posts)2. So What??
You might want to consider the overall message here.
You seem to be implying big money is impossible to get around. It's not.
Some are reading this and thinking, "well, the Billionaires have taken over, so F*** it, I'm not
voting any more".
We need less apathy, not more.
Luv2bike
(13 posts)3. Exactly.
Remember Obama outspent McCain last time. I believe Obama will start getting smaller donations that will easily eclipse these billionaire donations.
Raven
(13,910 posts)4. This story needs to get out everywhere!
The Obama Campaign needs to do an ad on this and get it everywhere. Really, a Las Vegas gambling king bankrolling a presidential election? Unlimited money? maybe people will wise up. How will the fundie Xians justify this?