Adelson's Pro-Romney Donations Will Be 'Limitless,' Could Top $100M - Forbes
Will Sheldon Adelson bring an end to Democracy (one man one vote) in America? Perhaps we should start getting used to bowing low to our new king-maker.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2012/06/13/exclusive-adelsons-pro-romney-donations-will-be-limitless-could-top-100m/
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 Romneyand 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 billionand 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 Gingrichthat limitless description telegraphs potential nine-digit support of Romney.
Adelson, this source continues, believes that no price is too high to protect the U.S. from what he sees as Obamas socialization of America, as well as securing the safety of Israel. He added that Adelson, 78, considers this to be the most important election of his lifetime.
In an interview with me in February, Adelson said that hed likely shift his financial support to the Republican front-runner if Gingrich dropped out of the racewhich he did in May. Now Romney is positioned to reap Adelsons largess. Thanks to the Citizens United decision, there are no curbs on how much Adelson could give the pro-Romney Super PAC, Restoring Our Future. Given that hes one of the 15 richest people in the world, the Sands chairman could personally bankroll the equivalent of entire presidential campaignsay, $1 billion or soand not even notice. (The $10 million donation he just made to Romney is equivalent to $40 for an American family with a net worth of $100,000.)
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JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)DearAbby
(12,461 posts)a bag of shit into a pile of goodies. Adelson whats me to vote austerity for myself so his tired wrinkled ass can reap millions more? It's still a pile of shit, no matter how much you try to dress it up, asshole.
montanacowboy
(6,085 posts)takes care of this fucker
That's why he is buying Rmoney - to save his rotten ass from prosecution
This guy really disgusts me
tanyev
(42,552 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,370 posts)The indictments are forthcoming.
no_hypocrisy
(46,093 posts)You don't think that Trump would use his own money, do you?
Bill USA
(6,436 posts)spartan61
(2,091 posts)First of all, I'm thoroughly disgusted with the SCOTUS that allowed this kind of unlimited donations. Did they not think ahead of possibilities with this asinine decision and what would , could, and did develop? Next I'm disgusted with Adelson and his billions. Doesn't he have enough money already and why is he buying a president in order to assure he will get even more money. Doesn't he have an ounce of compassion for the people in our country who go to bed at night hungry because they can't afford food? Instead of buying a president, why not donate this 100 million for the good of those who have nothing? Adelson isn't the only billionaire who is shoveling money to rmoney and his campaign. I can no longer feel proud of America. We have become a nation of greedy, racist, ignorant, non-compassionate assholes.
Pauldg47
(640 posts)...without a mustache
Or
Napoleon??