A hugely-wealthy casino tycoon--whose empire is the subject of government investigations and media scrutiny--pours huge sums of money into the presidential campaign of the Republican nominee, while the ostensibly anti-gambling Mormon church looms in the background. Sound familiar?
That scenario doesn’t just apply to Mitt Romney and casino mogul Sheldon Adelson—it also describes the support that billionaire Howard Hughes gave to Richard Nixon, decades earlier.
What this article points out for the first time is that Adelson’s Sands Corporation is the same company that billionaire Howard Hughes once used to funnel his “contributions” to Richard Nixon in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Howard Hughes originally bought the Sands with the help of Mafia don Johnny Rosselli, whom long-secret Watergate files released only this year show was central to the Watergate scandal that ended Nixon’s presidency (as documented in Waldron’s recent book, Watergate: The Hidden History).
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That's interesting. Goes to show the superrich have been "playing the horses" in American politics for longer than we thought.
Anyone else find it ironic that Adelson doesn't want to pay a higher tax rate, but spent a ridiculous amount of money on the elections?
Capitalism is ironic?
It' his money - he should spend it how HE sees fit, not the government.
They all tried to BUY romney's way into the presidency. I could have used some of that money to pay off my home. There are plenty of people who could have used the money to take care of their family. How about, paying people for their vote next time.
Politicians are indentured servants to those with the money. Once they've been bought, they can never change the criminal course in life that they have willingly chosen, not that they want to. They're all in bed together and staying mute is the word of the day. Greed drives corruption. At the end of the day, they're only real concern is how much green paper and other assets did they acquire today? Public shows of their honest commitment to the political positions to which they were elected don't exist. Their only real concern for others vs themselves, is a sham for suckers (the public). Collectively, they're all pretenders and/or political actors hell bent on amassing as much personal wealth as they can while in politics, their heart felt show for their constituency is not as important as it is for show and tell. A collective group of self servers.
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