May 15, 2008 - 6:49am
DCCC launches blistering anti-Adelson ads
By Wally EdgeOur home town favorite Sheldon Adelson is gaining unwanted infamy in a series of DCCC ads.
Politico is reporting that the ad campaign establishes Adelson as the George Soros of the right, and ties Bible-belt GOP candidates to a gambling empire with ads that feature the candidate with a superimposed photo placed "onto images of a slot machine and a singer wearing gold lamé."
The ads are brutal, and the irony of GOP'ers crying foul when the DCCC finally uses GOP tactics is thick.
But using this kind of tactic crosses a line. Yes, you can call us campy. You can even call us sinful and choose not to join the 38 million others who visit every year.
But don't cross us on the gold lamé, DCCC. Some things need to be sacred.
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Sheldon Adelson is a great person
Sheldon Adelson is a great man. He has committed billions to medical research and has helped a great deal of worthy charities. The DCCC or Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is filled with a bunch of losers.
Adelson is a zealot!
Don't confuse the good philathropic work of Adelson's wife Miriam (who is a Doctor and has done a lot of good work) with the radical, right-wing, neo-con, nut-case her husband has become!
Sheldon Adelson's "Freedom Watch" takes the words of our warriors and the words of our grieving families out of context and twists them for political purposes - it's nothing short of dispicable to exploit our disabled vets and military families that have lost loved ones!
Adeleson should be ashamed!
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