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October 9th 2006
Negreanu labels Senator Frist a “slimy weasel”
Daniel Negreanu, the 2004 Player of the Year and hugely popular star of the WPT, has posted a blog entry on his MySpace web page in which he brands Senator Bill Frist, the chief architect of the recent anti-gambling bill, a “slimy weasel.”
Echoing the feelings of many of the estimated 50 million Americans who play poker, Negreanu articulated his outrage at the new legislation, but also suggested it would not cripple the industry as predicted:
“An attempt several years ago to discourage credit card companies from funding online gaming accounts caused a slight panic, but in the end, companies like NETeller and other third party companies made it easy for customers to fund their online accounts,” said Negreanu.
“The way I understand it, you will still be able to fund your NETeller account from your bank account. NETeller is NOT an online gambling company. Your bank would have virtually no way of tracing what you do with your funds after you send them to NETeller, which appears to be totally legal as I understand it.”
Clearly furious with those responsible for the bill, the Canadian born Negreanu said they thought they could “govern the world” and claimed their actions would cost the American people “billions and billions in tax dollars”; money that could have been spent on education and welfare.
He ended his blog entry with a vicious attack on Senator Bill Frist, reproduced below:
“The weasel (Bill Frist), claims that online gambling is a way in which terrorists go about laundering money. Come off it? How do you say that with a straight face? Weasel, do you have any proof whatsoever that any terrorist group has used online poker accounts to launder money? Any at all?
"The weasel is a self-righteous douche bag who has decided to push upon us his moral agenda by claiming that online poker is "bad." Has he ever played poker? Probably not. Does he even understand that it's different from slot machines? Probably not. Does he even realize that many Americans put food on the table by playing online poker? Probably not, and I doubt he cares. He thinks 'gambling is wrong' so we all have to have the same view of it as he does.”
Submitted: 09/10/2006 11:53:32
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