Another Conspirator in CasinoGate - Louis Sheldon

[ck4829]

"It's hard to beat guys like Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, but the Rev. Louis Sheldon of the Traditional Values Coalition (TVC) is determined to try. Sheldon's latest antics were exposed in a lengthy article in The Washington Post recently. Although a few years old, these stunts might just expose him as the biggest kook right sleazoid ever to claim ordination.

Sheldon, best known for his appalling anti-gay rants, has over the years blasted the spread of legalized gambling. Turns out Sheldon in 2000 took money from Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff to scuttle a bill that would have curbed internet-based gambling.

Sheldon did this work in an especially sleazy way: by working to convince conservative Christians that the bill under consideration was actually pro-gambling.

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Abramoff had worked with Sheldon before and called him "Lucky Louie." In June of 2000, Abramoff asked eLottery to write a check for $25,000 to Sheldon's TVC. With the money in hand, Sheldon, according to The Post, began "holding news conferences and buttonholing House conservatives to argue against the bill." "

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[leftstreet]

1. "Lucky Louie." This BushFellas Movie just gets better and better.

[Ian David]

2. See related threads: TVC's Sheldon Accepted Big Bucks to Support Gambling

TVC's Sheldon Accepted Big Bucks to Support Gambling, Mislead Followers http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=5462627&mesg_id=5462627

Anybody Got Some Serious Dirt on the Religious Right?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5460618

Abramoff -- His Crimes and Connections to Public Figures...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=358x597

[Ian David]

3. "Sheldon's greed apparently knows no bounds..."

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Today Sheldon claims he does not remember receiving a check from eLottery. The assertion does not wash, especially in light of the fact that Sheldon has fronted for gambling interests before. Casinos and a racetrack paid TVC $20,000 in 1994 and 1998 to encourage Sheldon to oppose the spread of other forms of gambling because they did not want the competition.

Sheldon's greed apparently knows no bounds, and in many ways he's just a clerical collar for sale. In 2003 he took money from pharmaceutical companies eager to block the importation of cheap drugs from Canada. The companies paid Sheldon to whip up hysteria in the conservative Christian community by asserting that the abortion drug RU-486 might be imported. The drug companies didn't give a fig about RU-486. They were just trying to protect their own turf and their ability to price-gouge drugs. Sheldon was happy to be their patsy.

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http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/5608.html

[chaumont58]

4. The right reverend Louis is a thoroughly dispicable person

When I see him on television, I feel I need a long, hot shower just to cleanse my mind. I don't know if he is from Orange County, Ca, but, if he isn't, he ought to be.