Republican Megadonor Sheldon Adelson Has Died | Talking Points Memo

jte · January 12, 2021, 2:22pm

Wished it had been Rupert Murdoch, but sure, this will do for now.

realskeptic · January 12, 2021, 2:22pm

I’m sure his widow will keep financing the hate machine.

schmed · January 12, 2021, 2:22pm

@castor_troy? Anything to add?

va_dawg · January 12, 2021, 2:24pm

Not the least bit, I heard this on the radio about 30 minutes ago, and it seriously put a spring in my step.

dave48 · January 12, 2021, 2:24pm

Well, I’m not going to say that I’ll miss him because that would be a lie.

21zna9 · January 12, 2021, 2:25pm

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robb_ludwig · January 12, 2021, 2:25pm

Mustn’t speak ill of the dead… Sheldon Adelson is dead. Good.

icarrion · January 12, 2021, 2:28pm

Has anyone checked in on Limbaugh? 2021 is looking up already.

schmed · January 12, 2021, 2:29pm

The Bette Davis formulation:

You should never say bad things about the dead, only good… Sheldon Adelson is dead. Good.

jackson_frisell · January 12, 2021, 2:29pm

Satan, do your thing. This one deserves it.

reggid · January 12, 2021, 2:35pm

Republican megadonor and casino mogul Sheldon Adelson died on Monday

Was he caught out in sunlight or was it a stake through the heart?

eddycollins · January 12, 2021, 2:35pm

Thank you @21zna9 for the first time I ever LOL’d at barbed wire*!

*translating for my fellow Jokelahomans: “bob wahr”

dont · January 12, 2021, 2:36pm

The company added that Adelson “will be missed by people from all parts of the world who were touched by his generosity, kindness, intellect and wonderful sense of humor.”

Give me a f’ing break. His only generosity, kindness etc was towards wannabe autocrats and similar right wing nut jobs.

amaranthnet · January 12, 2021, 2:36pm

Precisely what went through my head when I saw the headline.

erik_t · January 12, 2021, 2:36pm

I’ll break from the pack and say something uplifting about Sheldon Adelson–I wish he’d lived to see Joe Biden inaugurated.

robcat2075 · January 12, 2021, 2:37pm

… Las Vegas Sands Corp., the gaming corporation that Adelson founded in 1988…

Call it what it is… gambling.

Unless they have a heavy investment in promoting hopscotch and Donkey Kong call it what it is and stop abetting the industry-speak that it is just a game.

phlebas · January 12, 2021, 2:39pm

Enjoy the pitchforks. Say hello to Fred Trump.

uneducated · January 12, 2021, 2:39pm

No sadness on my part.

castor_troy · January 12, 2021, 2:41pm

Oh, he “committed suicide”, just like Trump’s bankers, to avoid him being questioned about who funded the coup attempt.

henk · January 12, 2021, 2:42pm

Thoughts and prayers. He lived long enough to see the culmination of what his donations wrought. Some days I wish I believed in Heaven and Hell.