One other tidbit for you from those days:
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/12/15/daily34.html
Now, if it all was a smokescreen, then it all comes back to ONE man, and it is not George Soros.
It is, however, Hank Paulson. Paulson was the man Kanjorski was quoting. Here again, Paulson is the guy that Inhofe and Sherman are quoting.
It is entirely possible that this was blown out of proportion, that someone with insider information as to what was really happening on Wall Street (remember that Paulson talked to Goldman Sachs more than he talked to the Fed, Congress or Pres. Bush) buffalo’ed these people into panic.
If that turns out to be the case, then I hope that Paulson is brought up on charges of treason.
That scenario happened once before in American history, the Bonus Marchers back in 1932. WWI vets wanted cash payments for their service and set up camp in the Anacostia section of Washington DC. Douglas MacArthur led an Army contingent that attacked the Bonus Marchers and killed a number of them. Times were tough in the Depression.
I wouldn’t put too much emphasis on what Paulson said or failed to say. He wasn’t trained as a politician and public speaker, he was an investment banker. I am much more concerned about how he might have been enriching his Goldman Sachs pals at taxpayer expense.