(When another eccentric named Ross Perot in 1992 bought his own political party and used it in a rumored secret scheme with Bill and Hillary Clinton to divide the vote and thereby conquer incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush, Perot was only the 44th richest American after making billions on government contracts. Bill and Hillary were rumored to have promised him all the computer contracts for their socialized medicine system, thereby making Perot the single richest man in America.)
Soros is not just a nominal capitalist made rich through Communist connections, as was Armand Hammer (who we now know delivered millions of dollars from Moscow to the Communist Party USA). Soros may dislike President Bush and American dominance in the world, but he generally prefers private institutions to government bureaucracies and favors local governments over the United Nations.
In his own eccentric way, Soros appears to be an opportunistic, misguided idealist whose warped, surrealistic childhood produced a warped view of society.
And now what Soros calls “the central focus of my life” is defeating President Bush, an undertaking he deems “a matter of life and death.”
“America, under Bush, is a danger to the world,” Soros told Laura Blumenfeld of the Washington Post. “Then he smiled,” she wrote, “’And I’m willing to put my money where my mouth is.’”
Neoconservatives in the Bush Administration are viewed by Soros as “a bunch of extremists guided by a crude form of social Darwinism.”
“When I hear Bush say, ‘You’re either with us or against us,’ it reminds me of the Germans,” said Soros, likening President Bush to the Nazis and their slogans such as “Der Feind Hort mit,” “The enemy is listening.”
“Bush feels that on September 11th he was annointed by God,” Soros told Blumenfeld. “He’s leading the U.S. and the world toward a vicious circle of escalating violence.”
Soros puts these arguments in a new book titled The Bubble of Global Supremacy, due out in January. His publisher PublicAffairs Press promises an “intensely critical analysis of the Bush administration’s foreign policy.” An excerpt appears in the December issue of the Atlantic Monthly magazine.
Because he wants “regime change” in the United States and opposes our intervention in Iraq, Soros is supporting Howard Dean in particular and the more left-wing Democratic candidates in general.
But what does it say about Dean and the Democratic Party that they have sold their souls to this strange Euro-billionaire? George Soros advocates legalized marijuana, hates and boycotts Israel, is regarded by many as anti-Semitic, is a recently-convicted inside trader and global financial manipulator who seeks an end to American supremacy – that is, the global debasement and weakening of the United States?
Is this who American voters want as the puppet-master and power behind the throne directing foreign and domestic policies of the United States of America?
Indeed, will voters support a party that only months ago was screaming for campaign finance reform to prevent the rich from dominating our politics – but that now has rejected all such reform and instead sold itself to a single eccentric billionaire whose anti-American views resemble those of France?
Is this what Democrats now call democracy? Perhaps they should end the pretense and just rename themselves George Soros' Party. Or the Democratic Party and its candidates can reassert their integrity by denouncing George Soros and refusing to take or benefit from this oddball's money.
Mr. Ponte hosts national radio talk show Monday through Friday Noon-2 PM Eastern Time (9-11 AM Pacific Time) as well as on Saturdays 6-9 PM Eastern Time (3-6 PM Pacific Time) and on Sundays 9 PM-Midnight Eastern Time (6-9 PM Pacific Time) on the Talk America network . Internet Audio worldwide is at TalkAmerica.com. The show's live call-in number is (888) 822-8255. A professional speaker, he is a former Roving Editor for Reader's Digest.
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