'Schlesinger Urged to Reconsider Senate Run' CT. Repuke candidate

[in_cog_ni_to]

Looks like Mr. Schlesinger is a Blackjack player who likes to count cards and decided to use a BOGUS name so he wouldn't get caught. It sounds to me like he is a KNOWN (?) card counter and would have been banned from the casino, so he used the bogus name to get around it.


<snip>Alan Schlesinger acknowledged that he had used a bogus name to obtain a card that Foxwoods Resort Casino patrons can use to win rewards. Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Republican State Chairman George Gallo asked him to reconsider running, The Hartford Courant reported.

"I am not going to let this bother me," Schlesinger said. "I am going to continue in the race."

Rell was told by a former state police officer Wednesday that Schlesinger used the name Alan Gold to gamble and avoid detection as a card counter, someone who keeps track of cards as they are played to improve their odds of winning. Although card counting is not considered cheating, counters are often banned from casinos.

Schlesinger, a self-described recreational blackjack player, alleged that the former officer, Bradley Beecher, is disgruntled and that his credibility is questionable. He said he used the pseudonym at Foxwoods because he was a state legislator and the mayor of Derby and wanted privacy.<snip>

http://www.comcast.net/news/politics/index.jsp?cat=POLITICS&fn=/2006/07/13/433122.html

[zbdent]

1. and here Repukes say that

gambling is immoral ... :eyes:

[warrens]

2. What is it with Repukes, lying and "privacy"?

Rush gets his doctor to supply him with Viagra under the DOCTOR'S name, the guy is using a fake name, and they think lying is OK because they want privacy?

[WI_DEM]

3. So if he doesn't run will the Republican's nominate Joe?

He would then be the GOP nominee and won't have to bother running as an Indie.

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. : ) That was my thought too.

That may be their plan. I wouldn't put it past Lieberman, that's for sure.