2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIt looks like Adelson will try to sell the next republican president to the public through the
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media. He is considering Bush, Kasich, Walker and Christie.The casino mogul has $38 billion to work with and could easily use several billion in the election and not miss it.
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-03-28/sheldon-adelsons-search-for-an-electable-republican-who-hates-online-poker#r=rss
questionseverything
(9,661 posts)to violate......super pacs may not coordinate with candidates
how does adelson having them audition on tv/meeting with them not violate that rule?
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)nt
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)Newt. I see you phrase it in the positive, as if his agenda is already accomplished. I dislike that phrasing intently.
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)justhanginon
(3,290 posts)and are given numbered tickets kind of like Best Buy on their Thanksgiving sale.
Sound like it would be rather demeaning to want to serve as the leader of the free world and have to kiss ass for some casino billionaire to get there. What's the old saying, "the best democracy money can buy". Didn't work last time and hopefully won't this time around.
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)from Adelson and the Kochs.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,438 posts)He can't force us to buy him/her.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)runs our state. Every Rethug is carry water for this Turd. Adelson and the Greenspun Media Group are one very powerful unit. Most of our media is own or run by Greenspun or some Disney Group. If it wasn't for all of the new folks here,this state would be just like Mississippi.