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Billionaire Gingrich Contributor [Sheldon Adelson] To Cut Support
Business Insider ^ | February 10, 2012 | Jaywon Choe

Posted on 02/10/2012 3:59:14 PM PST by GraniteStateConservative

While billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson may have rescued Newt Gingrich’s campaign in its early days, today, he may have just buried it.

Bloomberg News reports that Adelson, who has donated $11 million to Gingrich’s Super PAC, does not plan to send any more money Gingrich’s way. Bloomberg is citing an anonymous source “familiar with their deliberations,” though an Adelson spokesman declined to comment.

The move seems to be weeks in the making. After poor showings by Gingrich in the last several races and the re-resurgence of Rick Santorum, the former House speaker has once again been pushed to the back of the Republican field. And Adelson may be shifting his focus. According to CNN, Adelson met with Mitt Romney in Nevada last week and “assured Romney that he will be behind him 100 percent should he become the nominee.”

What may be more alarming though is as money seems to be flooding out of the Gingrich camp, it appears to be heading into to Santorum’s, no doubt helped by his three-state sweep Tuesday.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia; US: Nevada; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: adelson; anonymoussource; dirtytricks; donors; fauxnews; gonude; kenyanbornmuzzie; lies; mittromney; newt2012; newtgingrich; notnews; propaganda; recyclednews; ricksantorum; romney; romneydirtytricks; romneylies; romneypropaganda; romneysources; santorum; sheldonadelson; the1percent; theonepercent; votesuppression
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To: grey_whiskers
I'm rejoicing that a conservative candidate has swept Romney in 3 states in one day and taken a strong lead in national polling, and encouraging Newt supporters not to trash the conservative frontrunner.

Meanwhile, you're attacking Santorum supporters out of bitterness and spite.

One of us may be a troll, but it sure as heck ain't me.

241 posted on 02/11/2012 7:13:45 AM PST by RygelXVI
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To: greeneyes

greeneyes, I think you are right. Unbelievable what the media and Romney did to Newt. Heard Newt say yesterday that the establishment went after his campaign because they view him as a morbid threat to their grip on Washington.

If Romney wins..I feel sure Santorum will gain something IF Romney beats Obama. I am praying for a miracle to help Newt. There were a lot of people impressed with his speech at CPAC. Once the vetting comes out on Santorum and it will before Super Tues...there may be a turn around


242 posted on 02/11/2012 7:15:21 AM PST by katiedidit1 ("This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever." the Irish)
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To: RygelXVI
You're deliberately misquoting me, while acting like your misquotes are complete; followed by misleading, easily disproved insults.

Whereas I gave clickable links to your past posts to illustrate the substance of my accusations.

N00b troll.

The fail is strong with you.

243 posted on 02/11/2012 7:20:37 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers
witness your post suggesting Ron Paul is the choice for a brokered convention

Oh, by the way -

Speaking of fail -

Massive fail -

Embarassing fail -

Disgustingly incompentent fail -

My post said:

Paul Ryan would be the choice most acceptable to all factions of the party and suited to take on Obama.

Only a liberal troll would not be able to tell Paul Ryan from Ron Paul!
244 posted on 02/11/2012 7:29:38 AM PST by RygelXVI
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To: DariusBane

Yes, it is troubling because I am certain that such people do not part with their own money in that manner. Whether it be Adelson or Soros, their money must be laundered in some way or it is coming from other people’s money.


245 posted on 02/11/2012 7:30:15 AM PST by Hostage (The revolution needs a spark. The Constitution is dead.)
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To: grey_whiskers
This is Paul Ryan:



This is Ron Paul:



Can you tell the difference?


246 posted on 02/11/2012 7:43:29 AM PST by RygelXVI
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To: RygelXVI
No, not a liberal troll.

Someone woken up at 3:00 AM by his wife's coughing, who couldn't go back to sleep.

Fatigue affects comprehension -- even for FReepers.

Thanks for posting those pics: as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.

But we still have the issue of you using the word "slavishly" to describe Jim Robinson's warning not to trash conservative comments.

Cheers!

247 posted on 02/11/2012 7:48:28 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers
But we still have the issue of you using the word "slavishly" to describe Jim Robinson's warning not to trash conservative comments.

Well, I didn't agree with his Gingrich endorsement, or that criticizing Gingrich is forbidden but demonizing Santorum is allowed -- but it's his site, his rules, and I'm abiding by them.

I'm just tired of being attacked by Gingrich supporters because I prefer Santorum, so therefore I must be part of some vast Romney-wing conspiracy. I try to remind the Gingrich-backers that the immediate goal is stopping Romney and the long term goal is beating Obama, and neither of those involves trashing Santorum.

248 posted on 02/11/2012 8:09:15 AM PST by RygelXVI
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To: gramcam
Did you even READ what you posted?

Yup. Santorum is a big spender. Bono? World AIDS? Raise the minimum wage? Um, No.

249 posted on 02/11/2012 8:33:13 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: Gene Eric

Thanks!!


250 posted on 02/11/2012 8:37:23 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: GraniteStateConservative

America likes a winner, especially a winner who’ll make Obama a loser.


251 posted on 02/11/2012 8:39:51 AM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: RygelXVI
All good -- but there are those among the Santorum supporters who are trashing Newt and pumping up every bit of decline in his fortunes, real or imagined.

I prefer Newt because he knows DC knife fighting and has actually held a position of power and visibility in the past; that, and his ability to take out hostile questioners intellectually.

Santorum has all the personality of watching paint dry; and he doesn't look like a very strong (dominating, stalwart) personality.

I'd prefer Palin/Gingrich (but he's too old to be the underling, so make it Gingrich / Palin); then either Gingrich / West or Gingrich / Santorum.

Cheers!

252 posted on 02/11/2012 8:46:08 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: TheOldLady

1998- WOW-14 years.... should have zipped it and not gone all nutso on Newt. His past posting history for 14 years looks perfectly fine. Wonder what set him or her off?


253 posted on 02/11/2012 9:15:56 AM PST by mojitojoe (SCOTUS.... think about that when you decide to sit home and pout because your candidate didn't win)
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To: grey_whiskers; TheOldLady
He's gone.

Boo-hoo.

254 posted on 02/11/2012 9:18:45 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: GraniteStateConservative

Santorum said in his book (It Takes a Family)...

In an interview on CNN

HENRY: You write in the book — you basically compare abortion to slavery and say that you feel that the mother has more rights than the child, just as a slave-owner had more rights than a slave.

A lot of people hit you over that. You have a chance now to say, what did you mean by that?

SANTORUM: Here’s what I say. And if you look at slavery, what we did was say that the slave was property, wasn’t a person, and therefore didn’t have constitutional rights.

I am confused by both statements...what is he talking about?

Mother >>> Abortion >>> Constitution >>> Slavery >>> Rights?

I’m voting for Gingrich...at least he makes ‘some’ sense (even though I am getting tired of his interpretation of history and going to history classes). I need a plan from him...for the future and I wish he would come up with something ...ANYTHING other than paleolithic Conservative verbal masturbation when they turn on the cameras. Speak less Gingrich! Give us three useful things. Then shut-up and rip the throats out of the opposition.

Santorum is not being honest to himself and it speaks volumes.


255 posted on 02/11/2012 9:28:22 AM PST by teethCurbStomp (United States, Future, Plan, Gingrich, Santorum.)
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To: Williams
Palin 4:30 PM Eastern today CSPAN Live Link
256 posted on 02/11/2012 10:48:07 AM PST by itsahoot (I will Vote for Palin, even if I have to write her in.(Recycled Tagline))
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To: GraniteStateConservative
ATLANTA - Former Georgia congressman Newt Gingrich is leading among primary voters in the state he represented for two decades, and ex-Sen. Rick Santorum is second in a poll released Friday.

Gingrich gets the nod from 35 percent while Santorum surged into second with 26 percent in the wake of his three primary wins this week in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado.

Mitt Romney has 16 percent, putting him in third place a head of Ron Paul’s 5 percent. Another 18 percent were undecided when surveyed by phone Thursday evening.

http://savannahnow.com/latest-news/2012-02-10/poll-gingrich-santorum-lead-georgia#.Tzazsm0zauI

Waaaaay early in the race for picking between Newt and Rick.

.

257 posted on 02/11/2012 10:54:31 AM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: TheOldLady

Thank You for the pings TOL! :-)


258 posted on 02/11/2012 10:59:09 AM PST by South40 (Mitt is full of Shtt)
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To: JediJones

Thank you very much for all the posts about public vindications of Newt—expecially in the areas where Romney lied about him so viciously!!!

I have to admit that I did NOT know about many of those vindications. Somehow the enemydia didn’t cover those with anywhere near the slobbering glee they did the lies.


259 posted on 02/11/2012 11:08:03 AM PST by Sal (Soros owns ALL the 'Rats and the GO PEE (self appointed Establishment Elite)
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To: grey_whiskers; TheOldLady

RygelXVI is gone now. Just happened upon this thread. You were perfectly correct!


260 posted on 02/11/2012 11:52:10 AM PST by little jeremiah (We will have to go through hell to get out of hell)
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