During the Republican National Convention in Tampa, the daughter of pro-Israel billionaire Sheldon Adelson rammed into a Democracy Now producer and a cameraman, grabbing the news team’s camera and dropping it before retreating into her family’s private corporate suite. The altercation began after Democracy Now‘s Senior Producer Mike Burke trailed Sheldon Adelson and Karl Rove asking “Mr. Adelson, your thoughts on the Romney/Ryan ticket?” and “Mr. Adelson how much money are you going to spend on this election?” Adelson, who was in a wheelchair, said “no comment.” Seconds after a women who was later identified as Adelson’s daughter lunged into Burke and then ripped the Democracy Now camera from cameraman Hani Masood.
“After Sheldon Adelson’s daughter took our camera and threw it on the ground,” said Burke today during Democracy Now’s August 30 broadcast, “he was kind of urging us just to leave. And he made a comment saying he [Adelson] is funding all of this, as if that is a reason why we should not be questioning him.”
Sheldon Adelson. (Photo: AP)
Later, Adelson’s daughter came out and apologized to the Democracy Now crew. But the use of force from Adelson’s entourage did not end then. Afterward, when Burke starting filing on his Android phone, an Adelson aide tried to take his phone.
Democracy Now also caught up with other critical billionaire backers to Republican leaning SuperPACS. Burke spoke with David Koch, billionaire supporter of Mitt Romney and former presidential candidate and religious-right hawk, Newt Gingrich. The high-ranking GOP officials were asked about the effects of unlimited secret campaign donations via Citizen United v. the Federal Elections Commission in this election cycle. Gingrich, after responding to Burke, proceeded to enter the corporate suite belonging to Adelson, an early donor to the Gingrich campaign.
Thanks for capturing all of the arrogance, power and anger in the family which now seems to own the Republicans. Who ever dreamed that a Vegas mobster would be calling the shots. Anybody read The Godfather lately?
a Vegas mobster
alleged. an alleged vegas mobster. and sheldon, er… mr. adelson would never encourage prostitution in any of his casinos. gambling and prostitution are like oil and water. just as the abuse of alcohol and gambling are like oil and water. in fact, mr. adelson encourages anyone gambling at his casinos to ‘drink responsibly’, because he wouldn’t want alcohol to affect someone’s judgment when gambling. the whole enterprise is all very responsible, you see. nothing wrong with retirees dumping their pension and social security checks into the slots. their ingrate children would just go and spend any inheritance on their kids’ college or something silly like that.
Great first comment….
Is Adelson related to Dr Strangelove? Any resemblance is entirely coincidental, I’m sure.
Speaking of The Godfather series (in which Meyer Lansky played a key role):
Has anyone tried to assemble and decode all the connections between Zionism and high-level international organized crime? I keep running into that topic on the periphery of my vision as I read about the history of Israel, and I am developing the impression that it could be a very important topic indeed — perhaps even the master key to understanding “the Israel lobby” (in the metaphoric sense).
Topics: threats, intimidation, financial fraud, contract murders, assassinations, bribery, blackmail, insider trading, drug trafficking, gambling interests, protection rackets, terrorism, vandalism, arson attacks, massacres, blacklisting, etc.
Shady billionaires seem to occupy the pinnacle of this pyramid — they pull all the strings. No one seems to have connected all the dots in this world. The facts are out there, scattered among many disparate sources.