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Date Posted: 00:51:02 05/03/03 Sat
Author: Dano
Subject: These republicans never cease to amaze me. Bill Bennett - one of the most anti-gay of the bunch of them, and author of The Book of Virtues - apparently is a bit lacking in the virtues he demands of everyone else ...
In reply to: Drew Greyfox 's message, "News Update" on 19:25:36 05/02/03 Fri

(This is from a long article. Personally I don�t think an arrogant clown like Bill Bennett deserves more than a few seconds of the time of anyone who reads this board, as we all have more important things to do than read about this hypocrite, so I�ll just post a little bit of the article).

Newsweek Magazine
By Jonathan Alter and Joshua Green

Bennett, a devout Catholic, has always been more Old Testament than New. Even many who sympathize with his concerns find his combative style haughty and unforgiving. Democrats in particular object to his partisan sermonizing, which portrays liberals as inherently less moral than conservatives, more given to excusing personal weaknesses, and unwilling to confront the vices that destroy families. During the impeachment of Bill Clinton, Bennett was among the president's most unrelenting detractors. His book, The Death of Outrage, decried, among other things, the public's failure to take Clinton's sins more seriously.
Bennett has been a high-roller since at least the early 1990s. A review of one 18-month stretch of gambling showed him visiting casinos, often for two or three days at a time (and enjoying a line of credit of at least $200,000 at several of them). Bennett likes to be discreet. "He'll usually call a host and let us know when he's coming," says one source. "We can limo him in. He prefers the high-limit room, where he's less likely to be seen and where he can play the $500-a-pull slots. He usually plays very late at night or early in the morning--usually between midnight and 6 a.m." The documents show that in one two-month period, Bennett wired more than $1.4 million to cover losses. His desire for privacy is evident in his customer profile at one casino, which lists as his residence the address for Empower.org (the Web site of Empower America, the non-profit group Bennett co-chairs). Typed across the form are the words: "NO CONTACT AT RES OR BIZ!!!"
Bennett--who gambled throughout Clinton's impeachment--has continued this pattern in subsequent years. On July 12 of last year, for instance, Bennett lost $340,000 at Caesar's Boardwalk Regency in Atlantic City. And just three weeks ago, on April 5 and 6, he lost more than $500,000 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. "There's a term in the trade for this kind of gambler," says a casino source who has witnessed Bennett at the high-limit slots in the wee hours. "We call them losers."

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He is a loser, for sure! LOL (NT) -- Pete, 12:09:13 05/03/03 Sat