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Romney, Richard Nixon, and Las Vegas Cash: A Hidden History Repeats Itself
A hugely-wealthy casino tycoon--whose empire is the subject of government investigations and media scrutiny--pours huge sums of money into the presidential campaign of the Republican nominee, while the ostensibly anti-gambling Mormon church looms in the background. Sound familiar?
That scenario doesn’t just apply to Mitt Romney and casino mogul Sheldon Adelson—it also describes the support that billionaire Howard Hughes gave to Richard Nixon, decades earlier.
What this article points out for the first time is that Adelson’s Sands Corporation is the same company that billionaire Howard Hughes once used to funnel his “contributions” to Richard Nixon in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Howard Hughes originally bought the Sands with the help of Mafia don Johnny Rosselli, whom long-secret Watergate files released only this year show was central to the Watergate scandal that ended Nixon’s presidency (as documented in Waldron’s recent book, Watergate: The Hidden History).
Just as it might seem odd in 2012 that the conservative Mormon Romney would accept massive support from a gambling tycoon like Adelson, the decision of Hughes in 1970 to shift of control of the Sands and his other Las Vegas casinos to what has been described as a Mormon business cabal put prominent church members in the odd position of running what was in the 1970s a Mafia-linked casino empire.
Even more, the Hughes-Mormon alliance helped lead to the events of Watergate, when Mormon Washington PR man Robert Bennett became the new link between Nixon and the Hughes casino empire. CIA files confirm that Bennett’s Washington PR firm provided much assistance to the Agency, while Bennett provided cover employment for White House consultant E. Howard Hunt, who soon masterminded the Watergate burglaries. Declassified files also show that Bennett himself leaked information to Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward; Bennett later became a prominent Senator from Utah.
-Thom Hartmann and Lamar Waldron
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... Election Day 2012 (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Join Thom and RT for all the latest stories on the election. It's going to be quite a night!
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Monday's Daily Stack 
Quote: "...from Seneca to Cuyahoga Falls...said, A, O, Oh way to go Ohio..." -- The Pretenders ("Ohio").
Hour One: The secret behind the GOP's plan to paint the country red on Tuesday- Victoria Collier, Harpers Magazine / VoteScam.org 
Hour Two: Why are there software updates for only Ohio voting machines?- Brad Friedman, The Brad Blog
Why is a Republican Senator sending Democrats to the wrong polls?- Dr. Mike Newcomb, The Mike Newcomb Show
Hour Three: Will it come down to O-H-I-O...again?- John Nichols, The Nation Magazine
Get out the vote- Carole King, Musician/Singer/Songwriter
3rd party debate tonight- Christina Tobin, Free & Equal Elections Foundation / Co-moderator of tonight's 3rd party debate on RT America
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Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: Subjected to GOP voter intimidation this morning...- Cliff Schecter, Ohio, Syndicated columnist / Author, "The Real McCain"
Hour Two: Get out the vote- Eric Roberson, R&B singer-songwriter / 2X Grammy Award Nominee/his latest CD Mister Nice Guy
Voter suppression in Ohio- Greg Palast, Investigative Journalist-BBC News & The Guardian
Hour Three: Election...today it's up to us- Robert Reich, Former U.S. Secretary of Labor (Clinton Admin) & Author of numerous books, latest "Beyond Outrage"
And, the best of the rest of the news and your calls right here on...
The Thom Hartmann Program...your media support group for "we the people"...
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Wednesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm
We'll have the latest news and information about the results of Election 2012 and get your reactions...
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Thom's Poll
Will the Pres. nominee win both the electoral & popular vote?
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Watch the Full "Big Picture" Show...
Full Show 11/5/12: A Couple of Great Minds
In tonight's special edition of "Conversations with Great Minds" Thom talks with Director/Producer Sasha Reuther and food journalist and author Frederick Kaufman.
Thom Hartmann on the News - November 5, 2012
How to Rig an election - The GOP aims to paint the country red
AZ GOP Senate Candidate tells Democrats to vote in wrong place
Voter suppression efforts in full swing!
Last-Minute Ohio Directive Could Trash Legal Votes and Swing the Election
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