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"My family is more important to me than my party," declared  Senator Zell Miller, a Georgia Democrat, as he spoke from the podium of the Republican National Convention on September 1. "There is but one man to whom I am willing to entrust their future and that man's name is George Bush." [1] Many Democrats howled in outrage at Miller's "betrayal" - former President Jimmy Carter in particular. In an angry personal letter to the Georgia senator, Carter accused Miller of "unprecedented disloyalty" and declared, "You have betrayed our trust. [I]t's quite possible that your rabid speech damaged our party..." [2] But...

Forbes magazine says that George Soros made his money from hedge funds; Peter Lewis owns Progressive Insurance. Both contribute millions to Democratic 527 organizations such as MoveOn.org. Has anyone organizied a boycott of their companies? Its time for them to pay a dear price for their left wing political activities. Others invited to add to this initial list of (2) names.

Critics sue, allege FEC has failed to enforce law WASHINGTON -- Peter B. Lewis is one of America's most colorful billionaires. He is chairman of Cleveland's 26,000-employee Progressive Insurance Corp., owns one of the world's largest yachts, and is a major backer of efforts to decriminalize marijuana. Lewis is one of thousands of Americans from across the political spectrum who have contributed to independent political committees, known as 527s, in this election cycle. But Lewis's contributions -- like those of a handful of other wealthy activists, including billionaire George Soros and Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens -- are not typical....

Mega-billionaire George Soros is donating $150,000 to a proposition that will change California's Three Strikes law. Soros and two other wealthy liberal donors have donated $450,000 to weaken California's tough sentencing law. The San Diego Union Tribune reported that the money will be critical for proponents of the measure to get their message on TV. The paper said that opponents of the proposition "say the contribution will actually help their cause by making it clear that wealthy out-of-state donors are trying to dismantle California's criminal justice laws." Soros is also joined by Peter Lewis, founder of Progressive Insurance and a...

Top Individual Contributors to 527 Committees 2004 Election Cycle

When leftist billionaires such as George Soros, Stephen Bing, Peter Lewis and Ron Burkle donate to 527s and other groups trying to defeat President Bush, the media make, maybe, a passing reference to their Democrat party ties. For the most part, these donors are simply portrayed as "philanthropists." But when a wealthy conservative Republican donates to help the president, every donation he ever made and every Republican connection he ever had must be unearthed and splashed across the papers. After all, there must be a vast right-wing conspiracy at work. Take, for instance, Texas homebuilder Robert J. "Bob" Perry, who...

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Although the liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org touts itself as a grassroots political group, records show that a sizable lump of money comes from just two donors. A review of the Berkeley-based group's first quarter fund raising showed nearly half its $6.98 million came from Peter Lewis, chairman of Progressive Corporation, a Cleveland insurance company, and billionaire philanthropist George Soros. Lewis has donated $2 million to the group and Soros has given more than $1 million, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Sunday. The directors of MoveOn, which has pledged to "bring ordinary people back into politics," say...

E-mail Author Author Archive Send to a Friend <% printurl = Request.ServerVariables("URL")%> Print Version March 31, 2004, 12:51 p.m. Another MoveOn Attack — Featuring Richard ClarkeThe &#8220;nonpartisan&#8221; Clarke finds his voice in the campaign. CBS News officials say they are "exploring our options" after the apparent use of audio from the 60 Minutes interview with former White House counterterrorism official Richard Clarke in a new political commercial by the anti-Bush group MoveOn.org. "CBS was unaware that MoveOn.org was using CBS News copyrighted material without permission and to advocate a point of view," the company said in a statement. "We...

George Soros says he’ll pony up his $7 billion fortune if it could defeat George Bush this November. Soros has already donated tens of millions to groups like MoveOn.org and left wing "527’s” to defeat Bush. But Soros is not the only billionaire who has a passionate hatred for George Bush. MoveOn recently reported that Peter B. Lewis, chairman of Progressive Corp., has already given 1.5 million to the group. Lewis is so anxious to help MoveOn he now promises to match the amount contributed to MoveOn by any contributor, 50 cents for each dollar donated upto $20,000. Progressive (you’ve...

For those who think that there is too much money in politics (and think most of it is Republican) there is just one word -- Soros. That is George Soros, the left-wing radical billionaire who has pledged to personally spend tens of millions of dollars to try to unseat George Bush in 2004. Defeating the Bush administration -- which he recklessly likened to Nazis and communists -- has become an obsessive focus of Soros life. His recent $10 million contribution to the new Democrat activist group America Coming Together was the largest single donation from an individual in history. Soros...

Receive FREE updates by email: Who is Peter Lewis? By Arne Steinberg December 3, 2003 Billionaires Peter Lewis and George Soros have each pledged $10 million to America Coming Together, a newly formed political organization designed to defeat President Bush in the next presidential election. But who is Peter Lewis, the less well known of these two money men? A billionaire, Lewis is the chairman and chief executive officer of Progressive Corporation, the fourth-largest U.S. personal auto insurer, which insures high-risk motorists who can’t get insurance anywhere else. Stories in the media depict Lewis as a philanthropist who has...

ELECTION 2004Morris: Clintons replacing Democratic PartyWith Howard Dean on rise they fear losing control of purse strings Posted: November 25, 20035:00 p.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Fearing Howard Dean is poised to capture the Democratic presidential nomination, Bill and Hillary Clinton are maneuvering to replace the party with a new group called "Americans Coming Together," claims former adviser Dick Morris in a New York Post column. The group – launched with two $10 million donations from financier George Soros and Peter B. Lewis, chairman of the Progressive Corporation – is one-third of the way toward its goal of raising $94 million to...

November 14, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN CASE YOU MISSED IT! Lewis Pledges $12 Million To Oust Bush For Presidential Race From The [Cleveland] Plain Dealer By Stephen Koff Plain Dealer Bureau Chief November 12, 2003 WASHINGTON – Peter B. Lewis, the Cleveland- based insurance billionaire and philanthropist, has pledged more than $12 million to try to oust President Bush from the White House. … Lewis has been providing money recently to liberal organizations that operate independently of the Democratic Party. The groups - MoveOn.org and Americans Coming Together …say that Bush misled the nation on the need to attack Iraq...

Two of the world's richest men have pledged up to $5m for an anti-George Bush advertising campaign in an effort to oust the US president in next year's presidential election. The international financier George Soros and Peter Lewis, chairman of the US motor insurance firm Progressive Corp, are prepared to spend £3m between them on television ads criticising the president. They have pledged to donate 50 cents for every $1 raised for a planned $10m campaign being put together by the online activists Moveon.org. The organisation, which has already begun broadcasting ads in West Virginia, is planning a major anti-Bush...

Claire Cozens Tuesday November 11, 2003 Two of the world's richest men have pledged up to $5m for an anti-George Bush advertising campaign in an effort to oust the US president in next year's presidential election. The international financier George Soros and Peter Lewis, chairman of the US motor insurance firm Progressive Corp, are prepared to spend £3m between them on television ads criticising the president. They have pledged to donate 50 cents for every $1 raised for a planned $10m campaign being put together by the online activists Moveon.org. The organisation, which has already begun broadcasting ads in West...

<p>Peter Lewis found Karl Rove's strategy for getting President George W. Bush re-elected so compelling that the billionaire businessman decided to donate $10 million -- to try to defeat Bush.</p> <p>Lewis, chairman of auto insurer Progressive Corp., read in the May 12 New Yorker magazine that Rove, Bush's top political adviser, planned to pursue such traditional Democrats as Jewish voters and non-white businessmen and to limit trial lawyers' clout as donors to the party, among other tactics.</p>

Peter Lewis found Karl Rove's strategy for getting President George W. Bush re-elected so compelling that the billionaire businessman decided to donate $10 million -- to try to defeat Bush. Lewis, chairman of auto insurer Progressive Corp., read in the May 12 New Yorker magazine that Rove, Bush's top political adviser, planned to pursue such traditional Democrats as Jewish voters and non-white businessmen and to limit trial lawyers' clout as donors to the party, among other tactics. Lewis, 69, who owns $1.4 billion of Progressive's shares, and financier George Soros pledged $10 million each to a new political organization, America...

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