He has made over $20 billion since his recent financial nadir, making him the most successful comeback artist in the Great Recession. Forbes' profile is well worth reading, if only to prep for what the Greater Israel fanatic, whose sons, according to Forbes, carry Israeli passports, will do to finance the removal of Obama from office. He claims that his goal in US politics is to ensure that socialism is kept at bay:
“What scares me is the continuation of the socialist-style economy we’ve been experiencing for almost four years. That scares me because the redistribution of wealth is the path to more socialism, and to more of the government controlling people’s lives. What scares me is the lack of accountability that people would prefer to experience, just let the government take care of everything and I’ll go fish or I won’t work, etc.”
His own career – working from the bootstraps up to become a casino billionaire – is certainly impressive, as the profile shows, and as this classic Connie Bruck piece also details. And if Obama really is a socialist, then presumably Adelson be willing to throw as much money as he can to tear the president down. He says in the interview that he could spend $100 million to back a candidate – or more, if necessary. A billion would be no problem – and after Citizens United, he could flood the country with anti-Obama Super PAC ads. But he has his limits:
With Gingrich looking increasingly unviable, does that mean he’ll throw his largess behind another candidate? “If Ron Paul is chosen I certainly wouldn’t do that.” What about front-runner Mitt Romney? “I don’t want to say. Newspapers said I had two meetings with Romney and Gingrich [on Feb. 3], which is untrue. Most of what is being said about me in this current brouhaha is just not true. I know Romney; I like him. I know Santorum; I like him. … The likelihood is that I’m going to be supportive of whoever the candidate is. I just haven’t decided that yet and will wait to see what happens.”
If your core issue is alleged socialism, why remove Ron Paul from consideration? The answer is, of course, Paul opposes a pre-emptive war against Iran. There will be more money spent in this campaign to foment a new war in the Middle East than we have ever witnessed. When you combine Citizens United and the Greater Israel Lobby, you have one hell of a propaganda machine.
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