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lawgator1 said:
I guess I apply common sense to such circumstances. If a guy is going to donate $100million to someone he didn't even support in the primary, I am going to apply common sense and figure out why.

I'd say top of the list is that he is part of this cadre of super wealthy people that personally can't stand Obama and have bought into the labels that the uber right talk show people have placed on him.

Next on the list would be that the donor is simply insane.

Much further down the list, so far down as to be out of sight, would be that he is a policy wonk who just wants what's best for the rest of us.
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You are such a tease - you promise it then write the remainder of the post.
 
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lawgator1 said:
I guess I apply common sense to such circumstances. If a guy is going to donate $100million to someone he didn't even support in the primary, I am going to apply common sense and figure out why.

I'd say top of the list is that he is part of this cadre of super wealthy people that personally can't stand Obama and have bought into the labels that the uber right talk show people have placed on him.

Next on the list would be that the donor is simply insane.

Much further down the list, so far down as to be out of sight, would be that he is a policy wonk who just wants what's best for the rest of us.
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And yet another post that offers up absolutely nothing that can support an accusation of "blind hatred" by even the person cited, much less anyone else sideswiped by your original (plural) accusation.

If you must make a big deal about Adelson how about we put that 100m in perspective? The dude is worth upwards of 20 billion. In that context throwing 100m into the pot for a guy that better represents his interests than the other guy loses some shock value, dontcha think?
 
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volinbham said:
You started this thread by naming a guy and the amount he plans to give a particular party.
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Correct. I thought the issue had changed somewhat as I said a few times here that as far as I'm concerned he can donate as much as he wants. As can anyone.

I think people should not fool themselves that they are buying influence, that was the initial point. Or in this case that he is trying to defeat someone he just can't stand.

But then I thought we had shifted back to the Citizens United thing, which is its own evil. My apologies if I confused the two as to your own posts.
 
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Comment: The Kingmaker : The New Yorker

Interesting piece on Adelson and what motivates him. Noteworthy commentary about his feelings towards Obama.

I guess I can see why his ultra right views on Israel would make him no fan of a Mormon. Not that they necessarily have any sort of natural animosity there, but certainly some Christian politicians can put on a charade of being pro-Israeli when it suits their purposes to do so.

And simultaneously explains of course the hatred for Obama, who the far right continues to insist is anti-Isreal, if not outright Muslim.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Comment: The Kingmaker : The New Yorker

Interesting piece on Adelson and what motivates him. Noteworthy commentary about his feelings towards Obama.

I guess I can see why his ultra right views on Israel would make him no fan of a Mormon. Not that they necessarily have any sort of natural animosity there, but certainly some Christian politicians can put on a charade of being pro-Israeli when it suits their purposes to do so.

And simultaneously explains of course the hatred for Obama, who the far right continues to insist is anti-Isreal, if not outright Muslim.
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hatred=racism, right?

how much is all the free publicity worth that is provided to Obama by a majority of media outlets? Chris Matthews once stated that it was his job to make sure Obama was successful.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Comment: The Kingmaker : The New Yorker

Interesting piece on Adelson and what motivates him. Noteworthy commentary about his feelings towards Obama.

I guess I can see why his ultra right views on Israel would make him no fan of a Mormon. Not that they necessarily have any sort of natural animosity there, but certainly some Christian politicians can put on a charade of being pro-Israeli when it suits their purposes to do so.

And simultaneously explains of course the hatred for Obama, who the far right continues to insist is anti-Isreal, if not outright Muslim.
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Speculation on how much anti/pro-Israeli sentiment plays in this but I've seen mention of unions in everything I've run across about Adelson. That's a lot easier issue to pin on Obama (Dems in general really) and certainly has policy ties. No need for "blind hatred". Dude's a businessman.
 
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golfballs said:
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It's a prediction. The financial sector is by far the biggest special interest donor out there, and I believe some on here just got done discussing how much friendlier to that sector Willard is than Obama.

The financial sector alone dwarfs contributions made by soros, unions, nurses and all the other traditional lefty donor bases you can think of.

So, again my prediction is that counting super pacs, special interest donations won't be close and it will be in romney's favor.
 
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lawgator1 said:
To the tune of $100 million ???

LOL, I don't think it's just a wee little disagreement over policy that causes someone to pony up that kind of dough.
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It is chump change to Addelson; he is worth $25 Billion. This donation constitutes less than half a percent of his net worth.

Moreover, where do you think this $100 million will end up? My guess is it will end up in the market. His $100 million donation will pay for individuals that make and sell AV equipment, will help pay the salaries of individuals that work for local networks, help pay the salaries of individuals that work in radio, etc. The uproar over this is laughable.
 
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therealUT said:
It is chump change to Addelson; he is worth $25 Billion. This donation constitutes less than half a percent of his net worth.

Moreover, where do you think this $100 million will end up? My guess is it will end up in the market. His $100 million donation will pay for individuals that make and sell AV equipment, will help pay the salaries of individuals that work for local networks, help pay the salaries of individuals that work in radio, etc. The uproar over this is laughable.
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democracy is dead, remember?
 
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therealUT said:
It is chump change to Addelson; he is worth $25 Billion. This donation constitutes less than half a percent of his net worth.

Moreover, where do you think this $100 million will end up? My guess is it will end up in the market. His $100 million donation will pay for individuals that make and sell AV equipment, will help pay the salaries of individuals that work for local networks, help pay the salaries of individuals that work in radio, etc. The uproar over this is laughable.
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Most of the fake outrage he displays here is.
 
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President Barack Obama's campaign says it expects the president to become the first incumbent to be outspent by his opponent. They are outlining the potential for $1 billion in spending from Republican-leaning outside groups supporting Mitt Romney.

Campaign officials say they fully expect Romney and a collection of Republican-leaning super PACs to outspend Obama, who broke all fundraising records in 2008.

They briefed Washington reporters only on condition of anonymity in order to discuss internal campaign strategy and polling data.

The campaign officials reiterated a frequent theme: Romney's campaign is rooting for the American economy to worsen before the election so that it will hurt Obama's chances of being re-elected.
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The outspender is concerned about being outspent? He could have given his excess to McCain to balance things out right? That would be redistribution we could live with no?
 
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So hard to keep straight what is raised for the actual campaign versus what gets spent by the Super-PAcs.

I assume, though, that the purpose of this is to brag that a lot of people donated a lot of money to try to get him elected and so therefore people like him. I suppose there is some value to that message.

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