As I pointed out exactly one month ago today, John McCain has ties to the gambling industry that seem strange, at best. His contributors are the upper management of casinos, indicating an expectation of gambling expansion with his support. A watchdog group, called ‘Campaign Money Watch’ has released a new ad exploring the McCain/gambling industry connection.

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The following is a list I compiled last month of just Winn casino (and closely affiliated entities) employees that donated to John McCain and the RNC from April to July of this year. That’s right, this amount of money from only one casino operation in just three months:

Contributor Date Amount Recipient Early, Peter L 5/7/2008 $28,500 Republican National Cmte (R) Schorr, Marc 5/7/2008 $28,500 Republican National Cmte (R) Wynn, Elaine 5/7/2008 $28,500 Republican National Cmte (R) Maddox, Matt 5/7/2008 $7,700 Republican National Cmte (R) Peterson, Scott E 5/7/2008 $7,700 Republican National Cmte (R) BUTLER, DE RUYTER O 5/2/2008 $3,000 Republican National Cmte (R) Sinatra, Kimmarie 5/29/2008 $2,900 Republican National Cmte (R) Wooden, Maurice L 5/7/2008 $2,700 Republican National Cmte (R) EARLY, PETER L MR 4/28/2008 $2,300 McCain, John (R) KRAMER, RONALD J MR 7/31/2008 $2,300 McCain, John (R) MADDOX, MATT MR 5/9/2008 $2,300 McCain, John (R) NADY, LAURIE B MRS 4/28/2008 $2,300 McCain, John (R) OSELAND, ROBERT L MR II 5/9/2008 $2,300 McCain, John (R) PETERSON, SCOTT E MR 5/9/2008 $2,300 McCain, John (R) SCHORR, MARC D MR 5/2/2008 $2,300 McCain, John (R) SINATRA, KIMMARIE MRS 5/31/2008 $2,300 McCain, John (R) SINATRA, KIMMARIE MRS 5/31/2008 $2,300 McCain, John (R) Thomas, Roger 5/7/2008 $2,300 Republican National Cmte (R) THOMAS, ROGER MR 5/9/2008 $2,300 McCain, John (R) WOODEN, MAURICE L MR 5/9/2008 $2,300 McCain, John (R) WYNN, ELAINE MRS 4/30/2008 $2,300 McCain, John (R) ALLISON, WESLEY MR 5/9/2008 $1,000 McCain, John (R) SCHALL, JASON M MR 5/9/2008 $1,000 McCain, John (R) TOUREK, KEVIN JAMES MR 5/9/2008 $1,000 McCain, John (R) Oseland, Robert L II 5/7/2008 $200 Republican National Cmte (R) $142,600

Information gathered from FEC reports through opensecrets.org

Something’s wrong with this picture. Why so much money, in such a short time from just one of the casino operations? Surely they’re getting something if McCain wins, and I doubt it’s any sort of oversight. You see, John McCain is a gambling man. He freely admits it. He plays craps, he gambles massive amounts of money. He’s been spotting gambling in high rollers rooms, not just run of the mill ones. This is a guy who doesn’t understand probability, someone who thinks that, for some reason, they are above certain mathematical truths.

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