Mr Virtue and His Vice
Another Right-Wing Hypocrite. Bill Bennet: Sanctimonious, smug, asinine.... and a big time gambler. The Man of Virtues Has a Vice The popular author, lecturer and Republican Party activist speaks out, often indignantly, about almost every moral issue except one-gambling. [OliverWillis.Com]
Ha! Bennet's one of the most loathsome creatures in popular culture today. This is a riotous piece:
In one two-month period, the documents show him wiring more than $1.4 million to cover losses at one casino. In one 18-month stretch, Bennett visited a number of casinos for two or three days at a time. And Bennett must have worried about news of his habit leaking out. His customer profile at one casino lists an address that corresponds to Empower.org, the Web site of Empower America, the group Bennett cochairs. But typed across the form are the words: NO CONTACT AT RES OR BIZ!!!
... Reached by NEWSWEEK, Bennett acknowledged he gambles but not that he has ended up behind. “Over 10 years, I’d say I’ve come out pretty close to even,” Bennett says, though he wouldn’t discuss any specific figures. “You can roll up and down a lot in one day, as we have on many occasions,” Bennett explains. “You may cycle several hundred thousand dollars in an evening and net out only a few thousand.”
Isn't that what every gambler says? Ever talk to someone who went to Vegas or Reno and came back telling you that they lost a bundle? I haven't. Everyone I know always "wins" when they gamble. But still the casinos make a profit.
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