Posted on 10/28/2004 2:14:18 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana
WASHIGTON, D.C. – Billionaire investor, donor to radical causes and political activist George Soros, speaking at the last hurrah event of his whirlwind anti-Bush tour, told a luncheon audience at the National Press Club: “Now that I am at the end of my tour, I am not reassured... The race is too close for comfort.”
“I embarked on the tour because I was worried that the dramatic deterioration in Iraq did not produce the decisive lead for John Kerry I had confidently expected,” Soros conceded.
Asked what he will do if George W. Bush wins another term, Soros lamented, “I shall go into some kind of monastery. If we endorse him [Bush], my next question will be ‘what’s wrong with us?’” Competing for attention at the National Press Club was a contingent from the National Legal and Policy Center that has been shadowing Soros during his recent appearances in the swing states of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida.
At a separate press conference, the Center announced the formation of their “Soros Truth Squad,” touting the fact that just hours before, it had filed suit with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaining of the activities of two nonprofit organizations that hosted Soros’ current round of anti-Bush speeches.
Also the subject of formal complaint by the Center: Soros himself. The Center alleges that Soros has failed to report “significant travel, public relations and other costs associated with his speaking tour.”
During the Center’s presentation, a representative who came over from the Soros luncheon contingent shouted out that the allegations against Soros were false. Peter Flaherty, the president of the Center, countered that Soros had not yet been served with the complaint, so how could the gentleman know it was falsely based?
Meanwhile at the luncheon, NewsMax was on hand to ask Soros about the just filed complaint. With no small amount of irony, Soros replied, “It’s a shady group supported by a shady billionaire ... I think I was well within my rights under the First Amendment.”
The Soros luncheon was crashed by a heckler who grabbed the microphone and held up a picture of his dead son – apparently the victim of a drug overdose (Soros supports the legalization of marijuana, the use of methadone and even the clinical dosing of addicts with heroin).
A couple of burly men in suits wrestled the man roughly out of the ballroom, smacking him into a door jam before resuming their stations to the left and right ends of the head table.
Soros stayed on topic. “Some people have a false understanding of where I stand [on drugs].
Soros opined that Kerry was going to win Ohio, owing in no small measure to the 850,000 newly-registered voters there. He added that he hoped the Republican “voter suppression” would not dampen the grass roots movement against Bush he has been fostering during his round of speeches.
“I am very concerned about the election being dependent on the Courts. Knowing who will be president on Nov. 2 is rather slim,” Soros said. “It’s all very demeaning of the democratic process in this country.”
Conceding that his hope for a “democrat landslide” has gone by the boards, his only direct remark about candidate Kerry was that he knew him personally and that he would make “a good president.”
Another tepid endorsement of Kerry came as he explained that in his opinion Kerry understood that “offense is not necessarily the best defense if it offends those whose allegiance we need. John Kerry is aware of this other dimension... He is nuanced because reality is complicated...
“John Kerry won all three debates but President Bush invokes his faith and that inspires his followers… Bush has shown that he is incapable of recognizing his mistakes. He insists on making reality conform to his beliefs even at the cost of deceiving himself and deliberately deceiving the public.”
“We have been spared a terrorist attack at home but it is quite a stretch to attribute that to the invasion of Iraq,” Soros argued. “The insurrection in Iraq, however, is a somber reality and it doesn’t make us safer at home. Our security, far from improving as President Bush claims, is deteriorating.”
Soros concluded: “If we elect President Bush the war on terror will never end. The terrorists are invisible, therefore they can never disappear. It is our civil liberties that may disappear instead.”
Meanwhile, back at the “Soros Truth Squad,” Flaherty noted emotionally, “God is right here at the National Press Club! ...I wonder if he has embarked on his tour because he wishes that he were the candidate, instead of Kerry?”
Yep, and it will not require a lot of wood nor land.
The church of the Socialist Order of Stalin.
Most monasteries require you to believe in G-d. I believe Soros is an atheist. Not to mention most require you to have a mental health examination before you join.
He strikes out on two levels.
Dead Man Walking....in my dreams.
Buh-bye.
Uh, yeah. A tax-sheltered "Monastery". That's the ticket. Yeah. Yeah. I'm a... MONK. Who doesn't pay taxes 'cause he's poor and all he has is this giant MONASTERY. With a vineyard. And a golf course. And lots of hookers.
Why doesn't he just threaten to leave the U.S. like any self-respecting idiotic liberal with lots of money has threatened in the past but not followed through on.(Smart Alec Baldwin, Babwa Streisand, etc.)
So before, he was excited because he anticipated the dramatic deterioration in Iraq would produce a decisive lead for Kerry?
Maybe the "insurgents" are desperate now because they're LOSING THEIR FUNDING?
At least he's kind enough to warn those nuns and priests!
Maybe a cozy 8x8' cement cell with no windows?
Maybe this is the reason why $oreA$$ is planning to be a monk, and why he was so upset about previous comments linking him to pushing drugs.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1259496/posts
National Anti-Drug Summit to Expose and Oppose George Soros
Cliff Kinkade Blog ^ | 10/27/04 | Cliff Kinkade
Posted on 10/27/2004 7:46:56 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
Current and former officials, anti-drug activists, and other concerned Americans will come together in Washington, D.C. on October 28, Thursday, to expose and oppose the George Soros “retreat and defeat” agenda in the war on drugs. Through a loophole in the campaign finance law, Soros is spending tens of millions of dollars to defeat President Bush, who opposes drug legalization.
The event, to be held at the Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2203, 10:00 a.m., kicks off an all-day summit on the drug problem. It is designed to draw attention to how Soros intends to subvert our nation’s anti-drug policy if he achieves his stated goal of defeating Bush on November 2.
Accuracy in Media editor Cliff Kincaid will release a comprehensive report on how the major media have completely failed to investigate the Soros agenda for America and his controversial financial dealings. Participants will include parents of children killed by illegal drugs. Confirmed speakers are:
(Excerpt) Read more at: http://www.aim.org
I wonder if anyone has told George that 285 million Americans don't give a RA where he goes, what he does or what he eats for breakfast. He is an insignificant cockroach.
Megalomaniac George Soros' monastery of choice is an iconclastic "open society."
Soros' wants to destroy America, and he will if Kerry wins, by manipulating its economy so that America can be reconstructed according to Soro's egocentric worldview.
Kerry plus Soros equals a diabolical duo.
I worry...
Maybe he can start using his money in things that are worth something: How about being a compassionate liberal Georgie?
Megalomaniac George Soros' monastery of choice is an iconclastic "open society."
Soros' wants to destroy America, and he will if Kerry wins, by manipulating its economy so that America can be reconstructed according to Soro's egocentric worldview.
Kerry plus Soros equals a diabolical duo.
I worry...
He's actually questioning his fellow Commies...why can't they pull the wool over our eyes with their support of a traitor.
Can he pass the ethics section on the entrance exam?
I was thinking about a cozy pine box planted about 6' deep.
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