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Soros-Backed Activist Group Disbands as Interest Fades
Washington Post ^
| Wednesday, August 3, 2005
| Thomas B. Edsall
Posted on 08/02/2005 10:58:26 PM PDT by NickatNite2003
A year ago, the liberal group America Coming Together was on the cutting edge of national politics, spending tens of millions of dollars on a massive voter-mobilization project in every presidential battleground state.
The dream was that ACT -- heavily funded by billionaire George Soros -- would play a decisive role in getting Democratic nominee John F. Kerry elected president and then remain in business as a permanent force in liberal politics.
Steve Rosenthal, who launched America Coming Together to mobilize voters for Democrat John F. Kerry, said maintaining momentum after the election proved to be harder than expected. Billionaire George Soros's heavy funding of the group ended after the election. Steve Rosenthal, who launched America Coming Together to mobilize voters for Democrat John F. Kerry, said maintaining momentum after the election proved to be harder than expected. Billionaire George Soros's heavy funding of the group ended after the election. (By Jim Graham For The Washington Post)
Instead, the group this week began sending e-mails to most of the 28 people who make up the remaining ACT staff warning that their paychecks would stop at the end of August. All the state offices have been, or are soon to be, closed.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: OldFriend
Let's not be complacent about any race at all.You are right. I suspect they have decided that stealing elections is easier than winning them.
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posted on
08/02/2005 11:17:17 PM PDT
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
To: NickatNite2003

Steve Rosenthal, who launched America Coming Together to mobilize voters for Democrat John F. Kerry, said maintaining momentum after the election proved to be harder than expected. Billionaire George Soros's heavy funding of the group ended after the election.
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posted on
08/02/2005 11:17:50 PM PDT
by
kcvl
To: NickatNite2003
"Billionaire George Soros's heavy funding of the group ended after the election."
No surprise. Am I correct in thinking that he personally spent $25 million of his own money on the 2004 election trying to get Kerry elected? Hey, even for a billionaire, $25 mill is a chunk of change to thow away on a lost cause.
I'll try to send him a check to help him out, right after I make my final payment to the Bill Clinton Legal Defense Fund.
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posted on
08/02/2005 11:18:06 PM PDT
by
no dems
(43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, 2 to pull a trigger: I'm lazy and tired of smiling,)
To: NickatNite2003
Soros and his close associate -- Progressive Corp. Chairman Peter Lewis -- together put $38.5 million into ACT and the Media Fund. With this seed money, the two organizations collected $196.4 million, enough to set up voter mobilization programs in every presidential battleground state and to flood the airwaves with pro-Democratic commercials in the early spring of 2004 when Kerry's campaign was broke.
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posted on
08/02/2005 11:20:24 PM PDT
by
kcvl
To: NickatNite2003
Such a shame. 28 newly unemployed people. Will the MSM be reporting this as an uptick in the unemployment rate for the week?
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posted on
08/02/2005 11:22:16 PM PDT
by
DuckFan4ever
(Neoconservatism is here to stay.)
To: kcvl
put $38.5 million into ACT and the Media Fund. Hmmmm .. wonder if Soros' will stop payment on Media Fund also?
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posted on
08/02/2005 11:22:25 PM PDT
by
Mo1
To: NickatNite2003
Good post.
Interesting that the liberals can't get national traction.
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posted on
08/02/2005 11:23:31 PM PDT
by
Kay
To: NickatNite2003
BWAHAHAHA! Maybe they can steal some funds from the inner-city kids programs like Air America did to keep the doors open.
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posted on
08/02/2005 11:32:39 PM PDT
by
Reagan is King
(Never go to a gun fight with a handgun that uses ammo that doesn't start with a "4")
To: NickatNite2003
Sigh, back on food stamps they go -- until 2008.
To: defenderSD
How tragic - when Useful Idiots become Useless Idiots once again!
30
posted on
08/02/2005 11:47:32 PM PDT
by
CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC
(The heart of the wise man inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. - Eccl. 10:2)
To: LibWhacker
LOL...Socialist gravy train derails.....film at 11th hour.
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posted on
08/02/2005 11:49:08 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
To: NickatNite2003
Americans Coming Together ---> Worldwide Group Accepting Failure
To: NickatNite2003; holdonnow; Buckhead; Howlin; kristinn; WOSG; Blurblogger; blogblogginaway; ...

Valerie Plame Wilson donated money to ACT and to VP Gore. Considering that she's in hot water over her CIA shenanigans, it's not a stretch to wonder if ACT is shutting down so that records can be shredded prior to the conclusion of Fitzgerald's grand jury.
FReepers need to file an amicus brief requesting a court order against ACT to stay any destruction of documents related to Plame and her husband Joe Wilson.
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posted on
08/03/2005 12:04:48 AM PDT
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: NickatNite2003
There isn't much of a market for liberalism. Its not like they can sell NOTHING, which is what the Left has been doing since the election. Good riddance!
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
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posted on
08/03/2005 1:07:13 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Grampa Dave
Awwww....I'm all broke up about it (sniffle).
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posted on
08/03/2005 2:06:43 AM PDT
by
Liz
(You may not be interested in politics; doesn't mean politics isn't interested in you. Pericles)
To: Clemenza
What about all of those ads I keep hearing on Rush talking about how the evil "Catholic" John Roberts is going to ruin the country? ;-) I was wondering what the point of those ads are. Supreme Court nominee John Roberts is Catholic, the Pope is Catholic, and the Pope is from Germany (with emphasis). So, what? Is the ominous tone supposed to carry subliminal messages?
If it weren't for the identical voice, style, and ending line (paid for by Soros and friends of Nancy Pelosi) to ads about Karl Rove (emphasizing that he spells his name with a "K") a few weeks ago also on Rush's program breaks, I would have again thought it was some sort of humorous parody to make fun of the left.
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posted on
08/03/2005 2:11:38 AM PDT
by
heleny
To: Southack; Grampa Dave; martin_fierro; geedee; Blurblogger; onyx; Fedora; Donna Lee Nardo; ...
Valerie Plame Wilson donated money to ACT and to VP Gore. Considering that she's in hot water over her CIA shenanigans, it's not a stretch to wonder if ACT is shutting down so that records can be shredded prior to the conclusion of Fitzgerald's grand jury. FReepers need to file an amicus brief requesting a court order against ACT to stay any destruction of documents related to Plame and her husband Joe Wilson. Plame's been getting lots of bad publicity about the falsified FEC form she filed when she attended ACT's Bruce Springsteen concert held for Kerry.
Plame claimed she was "retired"----hiding her employment with the CIA could be construed as attempting to hide her partisanship or her employement with the CIA.
RECAP of Plame's violations:
(1) Falsified FEC form
(2) Violated the Hatch Act prohibiting politicking by federal employees (we don't know what else she did for Kerry---perhaps using her CIA status ---many times Kerry sounded coached
(3) Possibly falsified CIA reports concerning her ACT (or other) political activities
(4) Hid her employment with the CIA possibly at ACT's request
(5) Violated CIA rules and regs regarding politicking
(6) Hid partisan ACT activities to deceive the CIA.
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posted on
08/03/2005 2:21:25 AM PDT
by
Liz
(You may not be interested in politics; doesn't mean politics isn't interested in you. Pericles)
To: NickatNite2003
America Coming Together: The group that brought ex convicts right to your front door asking for personal information.
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posted on
08/03/2005 2:34:03 AM PDT
by
libs_kma
(USA: The land of the Free....Because of the Brave!)
To: NickatNite2003
The architect of ACT was Steve Rosenthal, who had won his spurs as political director of the AFL-CIO and by 2003 was determined to build a liberal voter-mobilization organization that would be independent of the Democratic Party, labor unions or other traditional interest groups.People who involved in ACT were Labor Union leaders, Emily List founder, etc. So, what kind of 'independent' organization they're talking about?
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posted on
08/03/2005 2:59:27 AM PDT
by
paudio
(Four More Years..... Let's Use Them Wisely...)
To: NickatNite2003
Is that the sound of the toilet flushing again?
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posted on
08/03/2005 3:02:12 AM PDT
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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