Shel Adelson (iPad Portrait)
Meet Sheldon Adelson (in my primitive iPad portrait), Las Vegas Casino Billionaire who (with his wife) has so far donated $25 million to super pacs supporting certain Republican presidential candidates, $10 million promoting Newt Gingrich and now $10 million promoting Mitt Romney. ‘
In an interview with Forbes Magazine, Mr. Adelson expressed a willingness to donate up to $100 million in the presidential campaign in order to defeat President Obama.
Ironically, some have estimated that Mr. Adelson has made more money than any other American during the years of the Obama administration (gambling apparently being a relatively recession-proof industry.)
I’m not sure how exactly Mr. Adelson’s ability to make such large political contributions fits in with the Supreme Court’s “Citizens United” decision, which allowed corporations to be treated as persons for purposes of campaign donations. Mr. Adelson is not a corporation. Moreover, his ability to give such large sums does not feel exactly like an example of an action of “citizens united” but rather, one citizen having an overweighted financial influence. (But maybe that’s just me.)
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June 14, 2012 at 5:59 am
what are you talking about…no one can buy influence in this country…its a democracy…for the people by the people….ok, so i am being a smart alec…haha…maybe he could donate to me though
June 14, 2012 at 6:25 am
I’m not sure your kind of poetry is on his agenda! k.
June 14, 2012 at 7:34 am
I often wonder what is behind this hatred, almost to(well and sometimes beyond) the point of mania, for an American president elected by a large majority, who’s as far as I know, done nothing to interfere with those who have grown even richer during his term. Other times, I don’t wonder, I can smell the fear and bigotry. The president has let me down many times since he took office in governing like a moderate republican of past eras–yet still, he seems the only adult in the room, the only one thinking about the country. Too many millionaires like Adelson seem more like spoiled and whining children who can never be satisfied, and who care nothing for the rest of America, or the system of production and middle class stability that produced their wealth in the first place. Don’t get me started…;-)
June 14, 2012 at 7:44 am
Yes, agreed. k.
June 15, 2012 at 4:45 pm
very cool!