Associated Press
Ordinarily, I don't invest too much time in tracking down the alleged misdeeds of politicians' donors. That said, Sheldon Adelson isn't just any donor, and the latest accusations surrounding the casino mogul aren't routine transgressions.
The fired former chief executive of Las Vegas Sands Corp.'s Macau casinos alleges in court documents revealed Thursday that billionaire Sheldon Adelson personally approved of prostitution and knew of other improper activity at his company's properties in the Chinese enclave. [...]
[Former Sands executive Steven Jacobs] was fired in July 2010 from his role overseeing the Macau properties. He sued the companies and Adelson three months later.
Jacobs' allegations, detailed in a sworn seven-page affidavit, are pretty remarkable. Jacobs alleges that Adelson and his company engaged in all kinds of illegal activities in Macau, most notably a Chinese "prostitution strategy" that had been "personally approved by Adelson."
Sands' attorney called the allegations false and "scurrilous," but as the Associated Press report added, the charges have nevertheless drawn interest of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Justice Department, which seem interested in knowing whether Adelson violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Adelson, of course, recently gave $10 million to Mitt Romney's super PAC, another $10 million to the Koch brothers' attack operation, and another $10 million to the House Republican leadership's super PACs. The billionaire's commitment to Republican candidates in 2012 is reportedly "limitless."
Are Republicans, including the party's presidential candidate, fully aware of Adelson's alleged crimes? Are they comfortable partnering with him as he tries to buy the election cycle?
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Are Republicans, including the party's presidential candidate, fully aware of Adelson's alleged crimes?
Probably.
Are they comfortable partnering with him as he tries to buy the election cycle?
Absolutely. Might be a slightly different level if they were male prostitutes, but everything indicates that the prostitutes are just women. Thus, it is ok as long as they are not allowed to get abortions.
As I've cited here before, gambling is against the beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I presume that prostitution also falls into that category. When will our esteemed press make these connections? I include this source. I've yet to see any reference to these aspects of Romney's religion. Is this not relevant?
Eh, prostitution is legal in Macao. Just like Nevada. No inconsistency or illegality.
" Are they comfortable partnering with him as he tries to buy the election cycle?"
Shirley, you jest!
"I'm running for president, for Pete's sake!"
(Regarding Teh Donald/Birther nonsense) "I don't agree with everything my supporters do!"
Imagine if the Democrats had such a sugar daddy. Imagine the Republicans "outrage." And imagine the outrage filtering to the Useful Idiots and then to the media and then how it had been morphed into an issue.
Now imagine if the Republicans had such a sugar daddy.
Oh,..., they do.
But the Dems do have a sugar daddy , at least Faux and Rush tell me .
George Soros , who is personally responsible for funding all liberal causes and advertising dontchknow
the other angle here is that a lot of adelson's money [an est $25 billion]comes from overseas profits...which he then uses to buy u.s. elections
reuters
Adelson said he would continue to develop resorts in Asia after the success of his properties in Macau and Singapore, where his casino is among the most profitable in the world.
"We are looking to build two each in Japan, Korea and Vietnam. Taiwan is late in catching up. There is pending legislation in the other three countries," said Adelson.
Adelson also says he plans to spend $35 billion on a mini-Las Vegas strip in Spain, where he is courting the country's two top urban areas, Barcelona and Madrid, with plans for a casino complex.
Adelson also says he plans to spend $35 billion on a mini-Las Vegas strip in Spain, where he is courting the country's two top urban areas, Barcelona and Madrid, with plans for a casino complex.
Typical vulture. Go in and set up your minimum-wage "economy", hire the unemployed women as prostitutes, and then convince the rest of the poor saps to come in and spend what they have left on the possibility of getting rich while he's busy picking their pockets.
This is one place where I do agree with the conservative Christians in their opposition to legalized gambling. It corrupts everything, and Sheldon Adelson is Example #1.
Oh c'mon. Of COURSE, Adelson 'approved' . Women are a commodity and if they are not loudmouth AMERICAN women all the better. Women should be home 'servicing' their men...oh and dressage...
The Goober Teanuts will breeze right past this, eyes shut and ears plugged. Goober Jesus redeems such venial sins with a wink of his eye, and Mighty Mitt, once crowned, will, on the miraculous Day One of his Lordship over America, pardon any such minor transgressions and bestow on Adelson both virtue restored and a couple tens of billions of extra dollars.
These people make me believe that Satan is real.
In effect, they worship Mammon.
With Citizens United opening the flood gates of money into our political process, here we have the biggesest donor , Sheldon Adelson, who is also a major player in China.
It doesn't take a wild flight of imagination to imagine him as a proxy to allow Chinese interests an entry into buying American elections.
What if the Chinese government tells Mr Adelson, "We really would like Mr Romney to win!"? Mr Adelson in turn simply invests in Mr Romney's campaign to the tune of 50 million or so and suddenly Mr Adelson is in the cat bird seat to continue his Casino interests in Hong Kong with the total support of Chinese government.
And then the Chinese government just bought the Presidency of the United States.
Well, after all. Doesn't the Constitution guarantee freedom of speech to everyone without regard to citizenship, and isn't money a form of speech and since the government is now owned by international corporations, why should citizenship matter?
This line of "reasoning" brought to you courtesy of alito, scalia, roberts, kennedy and thomas.
"Are they comfortable partnering with him as he tries to buy the election cycle?"
Do you really think they care as long as they benefit?! The GOTP has become the party of crooks & liars, and until the American people wake up an start demanding answers and accountability the politicians won't care! Once again someone that portrays himself as pious, religuluous and moral upright turns out to be another Mafiosa wanna be! I'm shocked I tell you....
I seem to recall Newt Gingrich selling his award for excellence in business to a strip club, or rather trying to. Gingrich was also, please recall, the recipient of Adelson largesse.
When you think about the GOP's snarling reaction to regulation, law, and justice in favor of disorderly conduct at all levels, you can see why this Adelson fits right in. They're on the side of the crooks.
I'd forgotten about that. It was a strip joint in Dallas, and he actually sent them requests for money offering his award for business excellence on two different occasions.
And then there was the bit in Southern California where the up and coming republican prospects were treated to a night at a strip joint on the party's dime.
How can you question anything about Adelson? He's only buying an election. When he graduates and commits actual felonies in the USA, he can run for office as a teapub himself.
This guy is the living embodiment of the anti-Semite's tale of the "Jew vulture." He may be all committed to Israel Uber Alles and the forcible removal of the Palestinians from the Country Given By God To His Chosen People, but in WW2 this guy would have been a Kapo if he'd lived in Europe. What a scum-sucking PoS.
Are Republicans, including the party's presidential candidate, fully aware of Adelson's alleged crimes? Are they comfortable partnering with him as he tries to buy the election cycle?
What dumb questions! Of course they knew, at least the leadership is fully aware. And of course they're comfortable. Isn't Vitter a republican senator in all his diapered glory? Didn't Bush have a male prostitute asking puff ball questions of his mouthpiece whenever other reporters got too close to home? Didn't this same male prostitute make numerous visits to the White House? He was there to measure the drapes, maybe? Since when has moral depravity ever affected a republican?
Does this mean Joe Biden can confidently campaign saying, "Mitt Romney pals around with pimps"?
Hey, the guy is a Republican job creator, creating thousands of jobs 20 minutes at a time.
Can we sue Romney and Newt under the Lily Ledbetter Act for raking in far more than the women who work in Adelson's casinos, for equivalent work?
Shameless, heartless, brainless: the Republican trifecta.
Word from the West is he has to buy a very, powerful,very good friend in the Justice Department if he's going to stay out of jail. Citizens United was just his gold plated invitation to accomplish that via the election.