Word: rooseveltism
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...early '90s Weld's position on the issue seemed less clear, Roosevelt said...
While speaking out against the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, a federal law giving Native Americans the ability to run gambling facilities as a way of improving tribal well-being. Weld promoted legislation to let race-track owners run off-track betting salons complete with video poker games, Roosevelt alleged at the conference...
...Roosevelt has chosen to paint Weld as "the mastermind behind the casino expansion plans in Massachusetts," noting that at least three of the governor's top political advisers work directly for casino gaming interests...
...Roosevelt said that unlike Weld, he believes gambling will reinforce the wrong views for children, increase crime, cost the state millions of dollars in law enforcement, devastate small businesses and increase the compulsive gambling rate in the state...
Paula Popeo, a Weld campaign spokesperson, responded to Roosevelt's accusations in a phone interview by calling the Democratic candidate "a liar and a hypocrite...