Posted on 10/29/2004 10:41:24 AM PDT by 50 Cal
WASHINGTON – 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.
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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 its “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 November 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?”
This is absolutely disgusting! This guy wants to see America fail so he can bet his desire. Sounds like sedition to me. Tell me George, how many million$ did you supply the terrorists with?
“Soros Truth Squad”
What a unique idea. Now, how could the Right counter that one?
I know. How about Right Wing Death Squads? They have been very effective in countering slimy little commies in other parts of the world.
I thought that saying went like this:
A fool and his money are soon parting.
Maybe not.
~~CB^o
As to what is wrong with us, Mr Soroass: We are rational-a condition that you liberals, from paupers to billionaires, will never comprehend.
(It has to, I can't afford to drive my F-250 anymore)
Yeah ... McCain is brilliant.
I'm Humpty Dumpty ... and I approved this message before I fell off the wall.
With the oil futures manipulation gone, and the attacks on iraq decreasing, it will likely drop like a rock - probably below $40/barrel.
What, Soros? ... Another bad investment?
HAS SOROS BEEN FUNDING al-ZARQAWI???????????????????
Its now or never! Shoot the entire wad!
and millions of dollars Soros and his ilk
have spent because they hate someone they have never met.
If these people really cared about the issues
they purportedly care about, they would put
their money where their mouths are.
Whadda a bunch of morons, psychopaths and mental defectives.
SAY WHAT???
Is this a confession that SOROS is funding the deterioration??
BUMP!
Don't forget about the the airline stock that was dumped from his hedge funds before 9/11/01.
ping
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "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.”"
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soros is too close for comfort
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