“In press statements issued on June 29 and July 2, 2012, the DCCC made unsubstantiated allegations that attacked Sheldon Adelson, a supporter of the opposing party. This was wrong. The statements were untrue and unfair and we retract them. The DCCC extends its sincere apology to Mr. Adelson and his family for any injury we have caused,” the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said in an unusual statement released on Thursday afternoon. The DCCC had seized on an Associated Press report indicating that...Adelson was aware of prostitution at the casino’s location in Macau...
...Thursday’s retraction is a public relations victory for Adelson, who along with the billionaire Koch brothers — also conservatives — have been strongly criticized by Democrats for their immense financial influence on electoral politics this cycle...
However, what about all the slandering based on anti-Semitic-like stereotypes of "Jews with the money" references? Tom Friedman, writing "Vegas would have been so much more appropriate than Jerusalem." That, you'll recall, followed last November's swipe:
I sure hope that Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, understands that the standing ovation he got in Congress this year was not for his politics. That ovation was bought and paid for by the Israel lobby...
And Adelson is a big part of that lobby, we can presume.
And J Street also plays the money-card:-
It has been widely speculated that a recent $100 million pledge to support Romney’s bid by right-wing billionaire Sheldon Adelson could prove a determining factor in Romney’s stance.
Left-wing liberal Jews are so... well, you fill it in..
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