This is too good. Newt's big backer is a casino operator

[Armstead]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/01/newt-gingrich-casino-owner_n_843644.html

Newt Gingrich's Balancing Act: Please Casino Owner & Evangelicals
By Peter H. Stone

Newt Gingrich is straddling a fine line: Even as he courts evangelicals wary of his two divorces, a Gingrich political committee has taken millions from a casino titan whose industry is often anathema to the Christian right.

Confronted with repeated questions about his personal life, Gingrich has created a pair of religious-oriented nonprofit groups that since 2009 have raised over $5 million to boost his standing among evangelical conservatives.

Meanwhile, Gingrich's key political group, American Solutions for Winning the Future, has hauled in $7 million from one big financial backer -- Sheldon Adelson, the multi- billionaire chairman of the Las Vegas Sands casino, who is expected to help raise funds for Gingrich if he opts to run for president. The Sands recently disclosed it is under Justice Department investigation for possible bribery in the Chinese gambling hub of Macau where it has a major casino operation. And last December while Adelson was visiting Macau, the police anti-vice squad raided his Venetian Hotel and arrested more than 100 alleged prostitutes and pimps on charges of running a sex ring out of the resort.

Welcome to the world of the former House Speaker, who has long been plagued by controversies and contradictions.....

Much more

[midnight]

1. Hmmmm American Solutions for Winning.. Our govt. is plagued by a Casino Mentality....

[Armstead]

2. Did someone actually unrecommend this? .....Boy.

[toddwv]

3. So adultery and gambling.

Yeah, way to snuggle up to a "family values" kind of guy there right-wing fundies...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLDQRAt7J9s

[MadBadger]

4. So is one of his opponents

[Armstead]

5. Good catch....Hard to know which one is the biggest joke

[jmowreader]

6. Does a full house or four of a kind win the future?

[enuegii]

7. Courting evangelicals wary of his two divorces while taking millions

from a casino titan after having recently converted to Roman Catholicism...

Obviously, this must be an example of that 10-dimensional chess I hear so much about.