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  • Dems target Adelson’s politicking causes (he's hosting vets for free this weekend)

    05/26/2008 8:45:24 AM PDT · by STARWISE · 17 replies · 30+ views
    LasVegasSun ^ | 5-26-08 | J. Patrick Coolican
    Ads attack Las Vegas Sands kingpin’s largesse to GOP Sheldon Adelson is being taught some blunt lessons about politics after aggressively inserting himself into state and national races this year. The majority shareholder of Las Vegas Sands and leading Republican fundraiser, who hasn’t been so publicly involved in politics since 1998, has himself become an issue in several House races across the country and could be targeted in many more. Adelson money — Forbes ranks him the 12th-richest man in the world — is pushing three ballot questions before Nevada voters. One would require two-thirds of voters to approve tax...
  • Casino mogul hosts wounded soldiers in Vegas

    05/25/2008 10:42:57 PM PDT · by STARWISE · 26 replies · 64+ views
    kansascity.com/ap ^ | 5-26-08 | Oskar Garcia
    All too familiar with the gambles of war, Jimmy Kinsey, Kyle Riley and a few dozen fellow soldiers landed in the desert. But for these guys this Memorial Day, the most at stake is a few bucks. The soldiers-turned-high rollers took a private jet to Las Vegas over the weekend for an all-expenses-paid getaway with all the perks normally saved for casinos' richest regulars. They were greeted at the airport by Wayne Newton, chilled backstage with the guys from Blue Man Group and hobnobbed with Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino mogul who runs Las Vegas Sands Corp. and paid for...
  • Conservative attack group riling Democrats

    05/09/2008 8:24:41 PM PDT · by neverdem · 31 replies · 11+ views
    The Washington Times ^ | May 9, 2008 | Stephen Dinan
    Democrats are trying to chase from the political playing field a new conservative group expected to spend tens of millions of dollars this year attacking liberal candidates. Using accusations of links to gambling and "forced abortions," the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is striving to make the group, Freedom's Watch, too toxic for Republicans to stomach. "House Republicans and Republican candidates need to decide whether they can afford to partner with Freedom's Watch, a group that embodies the Republicans' culture of corruption by consistently breaking the law and is bankrolled by money that is inconsistent with their values," said Jennifer...
  • The Gambler

    03/15/2005 9:57:42 PM PST · by MassRepublicanFlyersFan · 256+ views
    Forbes Magazine ^ | March 28, 2005 | Matthew Miller
    Sheldon Adelson built a billion-dollar fortune in Las Vegas. His next act: building Macau, China into something even bigger than Vegas.