Posted on 09/27/2008 10:20:51 PM PDT by pissant
Senator John McCain was on a roll. In a room reserved for high-stakes gamblers at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut, he tossed $100 chips around a hot craps table. When the marathon session ended around 2:30 a.m., the Arizona senator and his entourage emerged with thousands of dollars in winnings.
A lifelong gambler, Mr. McCain takes risks, both on and off the craps table. He was throwing dice that night not long after his failed 2000 presidential bid, in which he was skewered by the Republican Partys evangelical base, opponents of gambling. Mr. McCain was betting at a casino he oversaw as a member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, and he was doing so with the lobbyist who represents that casino, according to three associates of Mr. McCain.
The visit had been arranged by the lobbyist, Scott Reed, who works for the Mashantucket Pequot, a tribe that has contributed heavily to Mr. McCains campaigns and built Foxwoods into the worlds second-largest casino. Joining them was Rick Davis, Mr. McCains current campaign manager. Their night of good fortune epitomized not just Mr. McCains affection for gambling, but also the close relationship he has built with the gambling industry and its lobbyists during his 25-year career in Congress.
As a two-time chairman of the Indian Affairs Committee, Mr. McCain has done more than any other member of Congress to shape the laws governing Americas casinos, helping to
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Harry Reid is the lapdog for the casinos.
That was my first thought, betting $100 a roll in Nevada (where it’s legal) isn’t any great shakes. I’ve done it many times, will do it again, and I’m not a “high-roller” LOL.
here's a thought... how about an effort to do the same to the MSM? get a list of names for the editors, anchors, writers, etc... for all forms of the MSM... then start building a list of embarrassing stories and/or stories showing how they are taking brides, giving favors, or any other unethical/illegal practices?
also, detailing out the network the libs have that pushes a story, untouched, from coast to coast... thereby documenting their political smear machine
now THAT would be a good use for the internet
The base doesnt like it. It doesnt look good. And good things dont happen in casinos at midnight.WOOO the conveniently "wishes to remain anonymous official" is an expert on casinos at the witching hour. And everybody knows a maverick worrys about "the base".
I love Nevada and the funnest time is after midnight...MORON
Didn't know the NYT was against gambling. Oh, what am I saying? They are only against Republicans, especially those pesky right wing evangelical, uneducated, Christiam Republicans.
Sorry, NYT, we ain't buying. Move on, now; nothing to see here.
vaudine
Obama and Team have ties to the Chicago Underworld, Terrorists, and partial birth abortion enthusiasts..
I agree.
“Did the hookers break his arms, or has he been faking for forty years?”
You might be onto something. Mrs. Happydog could probably vouch that my arms aren’t what they used to be 25 years ago.
Thank you, Flyer, thank you, for not putting that stupid, ******* CE, after the date. I took a whole letter grade off of a paper on Clovis, because I refused to use BCE, and CE, in my paper..
Ditto and also alert IRS about tax fudging! And start with Keith Obermann !
sten to pissant
hmmm... since turn about is fair play... and since the MSM isn’t going to do any real journalism and is more interested in spreading lies, distortions, or plain old mud...
here’s a thought... how about an effort to do the same to the MSM? get a list of names for the editors, anchors, writers, etc... for all forms of the MSM... then start building a list of embarrassing stories and/or stories showing how they are taking brides, giving favors, or any other unethical/illegal practices?
also, detailing out the network the libs have that pushes a story, untouched, from coast to coast... thereby documenting their political smear machine
now THAT would be a good use for the internet
Vegas is full of Free-Lunchers.
Nevada is changing.
You've got to be joking.
**2009 A.D. The media lied, America died.**
It’s a sad place in life when I will believe the National Enquirer and the Weekly World News, before I’ll believe the New York SLIMES.
where’s that “not this ship again” picture when you need it......
He was throwing dice that night not long after his failed 2000 presidential bid, in which he was skewered by the Republican Partys evangelical base, opponents of gambling
LOL..Looks like about 8 years.
I watch a lot of shows on A&E, History, etc. I usually turn them off if they start with the BCE stuff. I'm really suprised how many still use B.C. and A.D. I know that stuff really drives the leftwingers insane.
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