Posted on 01/17/2007 9:30:23 PM PST by FairOpinion
Despondent after George W. Bush won re-election, a small group of billionaire Democrats met in San Francisco in December 2004 to reflect on John Kerry’s failure to capture the White House. George Soros, Progressive Insurance Chairman Peter B. Lewis, and S&L tycoons Herb and Marion Sandler were angry and depressed. They felt they had been taken—seduced by the siren song of pollsters and the mainstream media who had assured them that the capture of the executive mansion was theirs. But despite giving millions of dollars to liberal candidates and 527 political committees, the donors came away with nothing. At about the same time, another group of wealthy Democratic donors was meeting at a hotel in Washington, D.C., feeling the same way. “The U.S. didn’t enter World War II until Japan bombed Pearl Harbor,” political consultant Erica Payne told the meeting. “We just had our Pearl Harbor.”
Determined to bring the Democratic Party back from the political wilderness, Soros and the others decided they needed a long-term strategy to regain power.
In April 2005, Soros gathered together an even larger group. Seventy millionaires and billionaires met in Phoenix, Ariz., to firm up the details for their fledging political financing clearinghouse.
Conservatives David Horowitz and Richard Poe, co-authors of The Shadow Party: How George Soros, Hillary Clinton and the Sixties Radicals Seized Control of the Democratic Party, refer to the Democracy Alliance as probably one of the “most active Shadow Party groups today.”
(Excerpt) Read more at humanevents.com ...
Don't underestimate the Democrats.
A must read, but not at night for people who value their sleep. It's a disturbing portrayal at what's going on behind the scenes.
" It's a disturbing portrayal at what's going on behind the scenes."
And I bet it's only the tip of the iceberg.
Frontpage Magazine published an article a couple of years ago or so, where they tracked the funding of several leftist organizations and ownerships and showed the intricately intertwined organizations, which deliberately make it hard to find out who is behind some innocously named organization. I wish I had bookmarked it, now I can't find it.
I think you're talking about discoverthenetwork; it's David Horowitz's web site.
http://www.discoverthenetwork.org/default.asp
This is a good article.
It explains why Air America is still around.
"Air America: The struggling left-wing talk radio network filed for bankruptcy protection on October 13, after it reportedly had received a funding commitment of at least $8 million from the alliance. The network touted by comedian Al Franken is said to have lost an astounding $41 million since 2004. Longtime radio executive Scott Elberg is Air America’s chief executive officer. "
An important read, eyes glazing over due too tired so bookmarked for morning. Thanks for posting it.
LOL...very true...but it is a keeper..there is a lot of names, groups, etc. that will be good for future use.
Thanks, very interesting website, I'll bookmark it.
But this is not it -- it was an article, where he published how a number of organizations basically laundered donations, so they could pretend to have various causes, and hide their leftist founders and donors, and it was full of specifics.
Maybe someday I'll come across it again.
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This is a keeper..
WOW... I'm shocked... (not)
I have said all along, if we let the Democrats win, Corruption and Voter will be INSTITUTIONALIZED by the Democrats, and they will NEVER, EVER, let 1994 happen to them again...
In 20 years, I'll be too old to care about the damage they have done, but I fear for the future of my daughter.....
Would you believe, I found it!
Another article worth bookmarking and reading.
Tracking Down A Fifth Column Front
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=3181
This leftist coalition has hijacked the traditional Democratic Party in the same way the McCartyites and McGovernites took over after the LBJ era. The difference is the former were fueled by a naive and false idealism. George Soros on the other hand is a latter day Karl Marx with billions who would choose totalitarianism over another Republican administration.
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There are, and have been, incredibly HUGE amounts of Non-US money coming into the American Left...
In 2004, it was reported that 1/3 of Moveon's money was from FORGIEGN sources!
The enemies of America are supporting the enemy within, while we sat back, and calmly let it happen, more concerned about the illegal flipping the burgers your kids won't...
That's a fascinating article. You should send that one around to a few places.
A newly penitent Soros responds, “You can’t buy elections with just money,” as he told a New America Foundation audience in September.
Hello, Satan?
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