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Related: About this forumBillionaire Buddies: Adelsons Join Forces With Koch Brothers To Take Down Obama
By Josh Israel on Feb 2, 2012 at 10:45 am
In recent years, billionaire oil magnates David and Charles Koch have bankrolled the Tea Party movement, Republican candidates, and efforts to deny the existence global warming. But less noticed have been their series of twice-yearly strategy coordination meetings for wealthy right-wing donors. These secret confabs have attracted Republicans like Govs. Rick Perry (R-TX) and Rick Scott (R-FL), as well as former Fox News Channel talker Glenn Beck, Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, representatives from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and executives from the oil, banking, and health insurance industries.
The most recent meeting attracted two newcomers: Sheldon and Miriam Adelson. Between them, the Las Vegas casino-owner and his wife have reportedly plowed $10 million into a pro-Newt Gingrich super PAC and have donated tens of thousands of dollars to Republican party committees and candidates already this cycle.
A Center for Public Integrity report suggests this may just be the beginning:
Adelson has recently indicated strong interest in backing other GOP allied groups, say fundraisers familiar with his giving. In 2010, Adelson wrote a seven figure check to Crossroads GPS, a non-profit advocacy group that doesnt have to disclose its donors publicly which was co-founded by GOP super consultants Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie.
The story quotes unnamed fundraisers familiar with Adelson, the American Crossroads super PAC and the 501(c)(4) Crossroads GPS, as expecting Adelson to pump a few million dollars more into one of the Crossroads groups this year, to help defeat President Barack Obamas re-election campaign. They also say Adelson is also considering writing a check to the American Action Network, former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)s non-profit, to help preserve the Republican majority in the U.S. House.
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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/02/02/417093/billionaire-adelsons-koch-brothers/?mobile=nc
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)but man, it's going to be a long road until November!
bemildred
(90,061 posts)KansDem
(28,498 posts)Global warming is a national security issue. Those who refuse to acknowledge its existence are traitors! Apprehend them and detain them indefinitely!
After all, we invaded Iraq and killed 100,000s of its citizens based on much-less credible evidence...
Proud Public Servant
(2,097 posts)"It's us against the billionaires." Worked for FDR...
jenmito
(37,326 posts)auburngrad82
(5,029 posts)Isn't the crossroads where you're supposed to go to make a deal with the Devil?
Alexander
(15,318 posts)There's a lot in this article about him giving money to other right-wingers and right-wing causes to defeat Obama.
Yet there is absolutely no mention of him giving more money to the pro-Gingrich super PAC than what he has already given.
I think he's given up on Gingrich and is placing his bets elsewhere. Gingrich's press conference tonight might be about him dropping out of the race.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)All kinds of dirty tricks will be coming down the pike