Check out this video from the Norweigian newspaper Dagbladet. Doesn’t seem we can embed it on the site, but it shows a reporter from the paper asking Sheldon Adelson at the how he thinks his donations to the Romney campaign were spent. Adelson answers:
By paying bills. That’s how you spend money. Either that or become a Jewish husband, you spend a lot of money.
Max Blumenthal, who sent the video along, commented on Twitter:
Video of Adelson last nite comparing blowing millions to being “Jewish husband” dbtv.no/?vid=195250410… Did an anti-Semite dream this guy up?
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) November 7, 2012
Adelson is the tiny Master astride Blaster in Thunderdome. And that was in what town?
Max B is too hard on the old dear. For him, $100M (or whatever) is less than pocket money and of course he gives pocket money to his wife. He’s Jewish, everybody knows it, and he is her Jewish husband. QED.
Is that the hired muscle Miriam was speaking to in Hebrew (“Excuse me, excuse me, we have to go.”)? Another way of spending money, I guess.
So someone actually wants to make this remark out to be anti-semitic?
I think that anti semitic is a reprehensible accusation and ought to be reserved for race haters who commit violent acts upon those of said race.
Adam this made it up on Hardball tonight. They showed the clip of Adelson saying “pay the bills” and “become a Jewish husband” comment. Matthews, John Heilman and Micheal Isikoff all laughed uncomfortably about the “Jewish husband” comment. Overa at Hardball