DCCC apologizes to Sheldon Adelson

put something out against a billionaire, who is bound to spend unlimited money to buy the election - that they did not know was 100% true?

OMG. We can make NO mistakes. None.

I mistakenly thought he was a pederast with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. Turns out it was some other republican.

I do not apologize.

world did he get it? Gambling and has-been shows alone do not make that kind of money.

I'll bet the statements aren't that far from the truth, but once again, the Dems are bluffed into submission.

I'm pretty sure that Adelson does not want any of this stuff to come out in court. They didn't just pull that statement out their ass.

I mistakenly made a donation to the DCCC some months ago. That won't happen again.

Unless they have proof like an email from him, recording, or some other fool proof piece of evidence, it was kind of a stupid thing to say. The way I would have done it is show some of the things that would lead to that conclusion and phrased it in a more suggestive manner rather than flat out saying he is personally running a prostitution ring.

Info at the article indicates that Steven Jacobs CEO of the Sands China subsidiary was fired by Adelson in 2010, and it was he who has suggested that Adelson approved of prostitution at the China property for financial reasons.

If anyone knows, it would be him. It may come to light during the wrongful termination lawsuit.

Or maybe someone will get a nice check for everything to just go away.

I would suggest that readers google "triad," "Macao," and "organized crime." I certainly wouldn't want to libel an honest businessman. I'm just sayin'. You might bump into some information about a government that can be bought, and people in the government-buying business. You might bump into some information about the triads infiltrating Macao casinos and the people who, uhh, "do business" with them. The internet is a wonderful thing.

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charge. Google won't work, either. Apologizing is the wisest move in this case.

Libel requires a showing of malice as well as intentional inaccuracy. Adelson would probably lose.

lets hear it for the right wing troll... yay!

PS - without him, there is no debate I guess. Gotta watch out for that bottom line. It's ok, I'll say it, you don't have to.

Hahahaha!

(AP) NEW YORK - Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has filed a defamation lawsuit in New York against the National Jewish Democratic Council and top officials, saying they made libelous statements regarding his political contributions.

The lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan seeks $60 million in damages. Adelson is chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp. and donates to Republican campaigns.

The lawsuit alleges the Washington-based Council said Adelson personally approved of prostitution in resorts owned by Sands China Limited, a subsidiary of Las Vegas Sands. The suit accuses the Council of "assassinating" Adelson's character.

The Council said its reports referenced mainstream press accounts and were "wholly appropriate."

The press accounts described claims by a fired former Sands China executive. Adelson has denied the claims.

more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57489688/wealthy-gop-donor-sheldon-adelson-sues-jewish-political-group-for-libel/

Every dollar the DCCC spends defending itself from a lawsuit is one less dollar available to elect Democrats to the House. They knew that this guy was going to sue, and decided to do the smart thing. Thank God!

The National Jewish Democratic Council would have been wise to have followed the DCCC's lead on this.

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Create whatever narrative that might hold truth. Create the firestorm or create the story. Apologize on page 30.

enterprise!

Not that I'm saying he did that, either.

But I'd ask LBJ's pig what he thought about it, for sure....while I got my private investigators to work in Macau!

http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/on-adelson-no-apologies-165046396.html

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Sure, Democrats want to embarrass Adelson - who may become the single largest Republican donor this year - by repeating scandalous allegations contained in a lawsuit filed by a dismissed employee, alleging that Adelson conscienced prostitution in his Macau casinos. Thus, Chinese prostitution money was flowing to Republican coffers, they said. snip

But those charges are still being litigated. So let's confine ourselves to the well-known things Democrats could have pointed out about Adelson.

For example, Adelson has elected not to sign a contract with the Culinary union, which is his right. But Adelson went further: When the Culinary staged a pre-opening protest at The Venetian, the casino's staff demanded police arrest demonstrators, and when officers refused, Sands sued. A federal judge determined the sidewalks outside Strip casinos are public forums, but Sands appealed that ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court before being rebuffed. snip

More in the article about Adelson being sued by former driver and security detail for stiffing them.

Could be that they don't want that stuff to muck things up.

Its fucking true what is going on in Macau!

Adelson attempts buy a President and that is ok, but bring the skeletons out of the fuckers closet and he gets an apology!?? fuck that.

any apology should be retracted.