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George Soros Now Doubts a Kerry Victory (says will join a monastery if Bush wins)
Newsmax.com ^ | 10/28/04 | Dave Eberhart

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?”


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To: hispanarepublicana

Attention George Soros; This American-Greek would be more than ready, willing, and able, to fly you by private jet to Eleftherios Venizelos Airport in the land of his origin, where you'll be driven by limo to The Monastery of the Holy Trinity in Meteora, Greece, and after which you'll be given a guided tour of the monastery, only to finally be thrown off of it at tours end by your humble host and W supporter, Me!

Note:My guess is you'll have the time, to do all the reflecting your little heart desires you to.

http://www.great-adventures.com/destinations/greece/meteora.html


261 posted on 10/29/2004 7:46:20 PM PDT by TeddyCon
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To: hispanarepublicana; Grampa Dave
>>>>>>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.<<<<<

Another Soros misjudgement.

1. Soros missed dot.com opportunity
2. Soros then sunk $700M into vanishing IT stocks
3. Soros invested $42M in John Forbes Kerry and investment went sour

Methinks there is a trend here - He regularly flops when the odds are 50:50. The only way how such "wizzard" can make 30% net gain 31 year in a row is:

-inside information
-narcotics and weapons

262 posted on 11/03/2004 11:32:13 AM PST by DTA (proud pajamista)
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To: DTA

Since Soros is a currency speculator and has ruined more then one country's economy I wonder how much he has made on US currency. That has to be the reason he was backing sKerry.


263 posted on 11/05/2004 11:04:02 AM PST by Marvoh
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