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DESPERATE, ROMNEY-HATING, TINFOIL-HATTED FREEPERS pee a little over "Adelson met with Koch" story
The story:
Gingrich Patron Could Have a Plan B: Romney
By JEFF ZELENY and JIM RUTENBERG
Published: February 4, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/us/politics/gingrich-patron-adelson-said-to-be-open-to-aiding-romney.html?_r=1
LAS VEGAS — Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino executive keeping Newt Gingrich’s presidential hopes alive, has relayed assurances to Mitt Romney that he will provide even more generous support to his candidacy if he becomes the Republican nominee, several associates said in interviews here.
The signals from Mr. Adelson, whose politics are shaped in large part by his support for Israel, reflect what the associates said was his deep investment in defeating President Obama and his willingness to play a more prominent role in the Republican Party and conservative causes.
The assurances have been conveyed in response to a highly delicate campaign by Mr. Romney and his top Jewish financial supporters to dissuade Mr. Adelson from adding to the $10 million that he and his wife have given to a pro-Gingrich “super PAC,” Winning Our Future, that has been tearing into Mr. Romney through television advertising.
Several people who have spoken with Mr. Adelson over the past two weeks said he would most likely continue to help the group as long as Mr. Gingrich remained in the race. But, they said, he is concerned that additional deep-pocketed donors have not joined him. And, they said, his affection for and loyalty to Mr. Gingrich, who met with him here on Friday, have not blinded him to the reality that the nominating contest is tilting in Mr. Romney’s favor.
Gingrich Patron Could Have a Plan B: Romney
By JEFF ZELENY and JIM RUTENBERG
Published: February 4, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/us/politics/gingrich-patron-adelson-said-to-be-open-to-aiding-romney.html?_r=1
LAS VEGAS — Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino executive keeping Newt Gingrich’s presidential hopes alive, has relayed assurances to Mitt Romney that he will provide even more generous support to his candidacy if he becomes the Republican nominee, several associates said in interviews here.
The signals from Mr. Adelson, whose politics are shaped in large part by his support for Israel, reflect what the associates said was his deep investment in defeating President Obama and his willingness to play a more prominent role in the Republican Party and conservative causes.
The assurances have been conveyed in response to a highly delicate campaign by Mr. Romney and his top Jewish financial supporters to dissuade Mr. Adelson from adding to the $10 million that he and his wife have given to a pro-Gingrich “super PAC,” Winning Our Future, that has been tearing into Mr. Romney through television advertising.
Several people who have spoken with Mr. Adelson over the past two weeks said he would most likely continue to help the group as long as Mr. Gingrich remained in the race. But, they said, he is concerned that additional deep-pocketed donors have not joined him. And, they said, his affection for and loyalty to Mr. Gingrich, who met with him here on Friday, have not blinded him to the reality that the nominating contest is tilting in Mr. Romney’s favor.
FREEPS REACT:
To: fight_truth_decay
When a billionaire id umping piles of his own money into a political campaign it is a bad sign. Whether Adelson, the Koch Bros, or Soros, the end result is that they want something. And that something is not just a candidate’s defeat or another’s triumph. They want something for themselves.
7 posted on Sat Feb 04 2012 17:12:42 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) by xkaydet65 (IACTA ALEA EST!!!')
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To: fight_truth_decay
Adelson is given top coverage by the drive by media whilst the self hating Jew, George Soros, is hardly given a mention.
Adelson and the Koch Brothers (not of the same religion btw...) are patriots while George Soros is a nut who, by his own admission, wants to play Messiah.
16 posted on Sat Feb 04 2012 17:22:34 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) by Stepan12
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To: fight_truth_decay
So. Romney buys off Newt backer. Free elections are bought now, and only manipulated for our viewing pleasure, to appear as if the people really had a fair shot.
Newt can’t lift a finger against a globally proportioned ambush like this.
18 posted on Sat Feb 04 2012 17:24:52 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) by RitaOK (LET 'ER RIP, NEWT. Romnomoney buys Santorum. Newt has become a CAUSE & Rick S, a tool.)
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To: RitaOK
Guess we can’t say we’re surprised, just.. disappointed.
21 posted on Sat Feb 04 2012 17:31:22 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) by txhurl ('We need to be sudden and relentless.' Save the canons for the whites of their eyes.)
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To: jennychase
So the only way for we conservatives to be heard is if we start tithing to casinos?
35 posted on Sat Feb 04 2012 17:46:28 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) by txhurl ('We need to be sudden and relentless.' Save the canons for the whites of their eyes.)
When a billionaire id umping piles of his own money into a political campaign it is a bad sign. Whether Adelson, the Koch Bros, or Soros, the end result is that they want something. And that something is not just a candidate’s defeat or another’s triumph. They want something for themselves.
7 posted on Sat Feb 04 2012 17:12:42 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) by xkaydet65 (IACTA ALEA EST!!!')
***
To: fight_truth_decay
Adelson is given top coverage by the drive by media whilst the self hating Jew, George Soros, is hardly given a mention.
Adelson and the Koch Brothers (not of the same religion btw...) are patriots while George Soros is a nut who, by his own admission, wants to play Messiah.
16 posted on Sat Feb 04 2012 17:22:34 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) by Stepan12
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To: fight_truth_decay
So. Romney buys off Newt backer. Free elections are bought now, and only manipulated for our viewing pleasure, to appear as if the people really had a fair shot.
Newt can’t lift a finger against a globally proportioned ambush like this.
18 posted on Sat Feb 04 2012 17:24:52 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) by RitaOK (LET 'ER RIP, NEWT. Romnomoney buys Santorum. Newt has become a CAUSE & Rick S, a tool.)
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To: RitaOK
Guess we can’t say we’re surprised, just.. disappointed.
21 posted on Sat Feb 04 2012 17:31:22 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) by txhurl ('We need to be sudden and relentless.' Save the canons for the whites of their eyes.)
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To: jennychase
So the only way for we conservatives to be heard is if we start tithing to casinos?
35 posted on Sat Feb 04 2012 17:46:28 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) by txhurl ('We need to be sudden and relentless.' Save the canons for the whites of their eyes.)
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