And Then This Happened
GOP king maker Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam were invited to hear Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech. Miriam dropped her purple alligator Hermes clutch from the balcony and hit Nebraska Democratic Congressman Brad Ashford.
Ironically, Adelson supported Ashford’s opponent.
I imagine that it would have hurt had there been money in it, but according to reports, there were business cards, Apple earphones, and lipstick in the $12,000 purse.
I have no sympathy for Ashford. That’s exactly what he gets for being there. Smarter Democrats stayed away.
Thanks to everyone for the heads up.
I agree wholeheartedly JJ! Ashford deserved that knock in the head for being stupid 🙂
1“Thanks everyone for the heads up”? It’s Ashford who needed to keep his head up!
2Speaking of getting things up, Sheldon is 81. Can he still do that for Miriam or anybody else?
3Sheldon is bearing more of a resemblance every day to Donald Sterling, the deposed former owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. The two of them could cut a deal on Grecian Formula 16 by getting the stuff shipped out West in a railroad tank car.
4Twelve… thousand… dollar… purse.
Sweetheart, that is how you know you have WAAAAY too much freakin’ money.
Every time you open that thing, an endangered rainforest or starving child should jump out and smack you upside the head.
5And an old lady trying to subsist on cat food, too Rhea
6Rhea…. I read $16,000. It’s alligator and the platinum clasp…. and stuff…doncha know? To carry lipstick and business cards.
Truly, the very rich are different from all the rest of us.
7I didn’t even know alligators came in purple.
8Robin Williams was justly famous for saying that “Cocaine is God’s way of telling you you’re making too much money.” Possessing a $12,000 purse is the same thing.
9Anybody throws, hits me, or drops a purse on my head, and that purse costs in excess of $10,000 – – I’m keeping it.
I’m a man and have no use for it, and a used purse doesn’t even qualify as an acceptable gift for my wife. But I’m still keeping it.
PS – I’ll return the contents. Maybe.
10The ad I saw was $12,995. I cain’t even hardly imagine that much money. Well, I’m cryin’ poor and we ain’t gonna starve jist yet but honey, really. And Rick, I don’t mind used purses. Especially ones with credit cards in them
11If she can’t seem to hold onto something that expensive — even if the stupid rich old codger bought it for her — she doesn’t deserve to keep it. I would have kept it if I were the one it fell on.
12“In came the doctor and in came the nurse and in came the lady with the alligator purse”. Remember that old verse to jump rope to? Here’s the rest of the story.
And poor old guy still couldn’t get it up with all that help!
13Now I’ve heard of name dropping, but this purple purse thing is ridiculous. Excess, thy name is Miriam, but spinelessness, thy name is Ashford.
14Adelson was a guest of Snoot Gingrich. They should have tossed Gingrich off the balcony.
15The House of Representatives chamber is a dangerous place to be! I’ve hard that before. Now i believe it.
16Rick-max out the credit cards before you return them. Get something for the pain and suffering. That’s prolly all you’ll get.
17Surely a man who can afford $12,995 purses for his wife can afford a better hair colorist and “rug” doctor. Just sayin’.
18Took another look at the picture. Maybe she figures she deserves stuff like a $12000 purse for being married to him.
“How come you didn’t marry that old rich guy?”
19“Honey, I can’t go to bed drunk *every* night.”
I get angry when I see the multimillion dollar incomes for CEOs. I’ll keep in mind Rhea’s comment:
“Every time you open that thing, an endangered rainforest or starving child should jump out and smack you upside the head.”
20Rhea @5 — DITTO! A good smack up the side of the head every now and again would be good for that woman.
21@Debbo and @Rubymay
When I emailed the gist of this discussion to my youngest darter who is at SMU Perkins, she emailed me back this snip from one of John Wesley’s sermons…
“So that money thus spent is not merely wasted or lost, but it is spent to bad purposes and miserable effects; to the corruption and disorder of our hearts; to the making us unable to follow the sublime doctrines of the gospel. It is but like keeping money from the poor to buy poison for ourselves.”
Pretty much nails Sheldon and Miriam Adelson.
22Injured by falling money? I hope this starts an epidemic more dangerous than measles for the Repubs. What irony. God certainly has a sense of humor.
23Ah say Ahy say … The trickle down effect
24Wesley nailed it. Thanks for the quote Micr.
Every time I see a photo of Adelson I think he and Boner ought to do a pigment swap. Maybe then Adelhole wouldn’t look so leprous.
25Regarding gambling. Remember also that John Wesley condemned it for its exploitation of the weak and the poor. Methodism today continues in its opposition to state sanctioned gambling by which the Adelsons of the world derive much of their wealth while leaving so many vulnerable families in misery.
26Of course I clicked on the purse. I’m sorry I did. She isn’t the only one with too much money. They’re sold out. People, we have a problem.
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