Another $5 Million Check to Newt

[Actuary321]

So this Adelson guy (well his wife this time) is giving Newt's Super PAC ANOTHER $5,000,000.

I am sure he has no other reason than he thinks Newt is a great guy. Shouldn't the media be looking into why this guy is so willing to help out?

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/r...231230808.html

Isn't this exactly the thing the SCOTUS said they couldn't imagine happening?

[The Right]

What is there to look at? It is all legal.

[soyleche]

Aren't there ways to make these donations annonymous? If so, then the question to go along with "why is he doing this" is "why does he want us to know he's doing this".

[independent]

Originally Posted by Actuary321

So this Adelson guy (well his wife this time) is giving Newt's Super PAC ANOTHER $5,000,000.

I am sure he has no other reason than he thinks Newt is a great guy. Shouldn't the media be looking into why this guy is so willing to help out?

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/r...231230808.html

Isn't this exactly the thing the SCOTUS said they couldn't imagine happening?

Unfortunately, I think they saw it coming and 5/9 of them didn't see a problem.

"I don't care who is doing the speech -- the more the merrier," Scalia said. "People are not stupid. If they don't like it, they'll shut it off."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012...s-turn-off-tv/

[homeys66]

I don't see a problem really. If a rich guy wants to bankroll our primary, let him. He's always been a Republican, and clearly just hates Romney. I don't think he's looking for tax breaks for casinos. Harry Reid handles that.

[independent]

Or, we could just sell votes directly. You get one free vote. After that, you can buy as many votes as you like for $1 each.

Why go through the inefficient process of sending sending the money to TV stations and running annoying political ads when it could go to the gov't and we could use it to pay down the debt?

[The Right]

Originally Posted by independent

Or, we could just sell votes directly. You get one free vote. After that, you can buy as many votes as you like for $1 each.

Why go through the inefficient process of sending sending the money to TV stations and running annoying political ads when it could go to the gov't and we could use it to pay down the debt?

There would be fewer jobs with that approach.

[homeys66]

Originally Posted by independent

Why go through the inefficient process of sending sending the money to TV stations and running annoying political ads when it could go to the gov't and we could use it to pay down the debt?

Rick Perry spent gobs in IA and got hardly any votes. Meg Whitman and Linda McMahon spent millions trying to get elected and it probably didn't help them a wit. Meanwhile, you get your wealth distribution and a free economic "stimulus package". I say lets get more rich guys to try and buy elections.

[Actuary321]

Originally Posted by soyleche

Aren't there ways to make these donations annonymous? If so, then the question to go along with "why is he doing this" is "why does he want us to know he's doing this".

No the donations cannot be anonymous, even Super PAC's have to detail who gave them their money. Now when the donor is a corporation it can get a little more murky just who is giving, but corporations are people to, right?

[2pac Shakur]

Go Israel!