George Soros donated 26 million to 527s| Peter Lewis 23 million| S.Bing 14 million

political money plan ^ | (Sat Oct 30, 2004) | http://www.fecinfo.com/

[dennisw]

2004 Cycle Large Donors to PoliticalMoneyLine's Key 527 Groups (excludes transfers)
1 .	Soros, George	$26,530,105
2 .	Lewis, Peter B	$23,147,220
3 .	BING, STEPHEN L MR	$13,952,682
4 .	Sandler, Herbert M and Marion O	$9,482,059
5 .	Rappaport, Andrew & Deborah C	$8,982,900
6 .	PERRY, BOB J	$8,090,000
7 .	Service Employees Int'l Union	$7,199,101
8 .	AFL-CIO	$6,972,796
9 .	American Fedn of St Cty & Municipal Empls	$6,870,700
10 .	PICKENS, T BOONE MR	$5,520,000
more...

 

2004 Cycle 527 Committees**
1 .	Joint Victory Campaign 2004	$65,553,751
2 .	ACT NOW PAC - Nonfederal Account	$61,832,339
3 .	Media Fund	$51,655,183
4 .	Progress For America Voter Fund	$37,897,201
5 .	Republican Governors Association	$30,133,407
6 .	SEIU Political Education and Action International Fund	$25,319,236
7 .	Democratic Governors' Association	$21,918,429
8 .	AFSCME Special Account	$17,945,426
9 .	MoveOn.org Voter Fund	$12,075,952
10 .	Swift Boat Veterans for Truth	$11,836,949
more...

[dennisw]

buying an elction 2004

[dennisw]

I actually phones these guys up .... they told me the 527 numbers come in daily.

[montag813]

And that is the difference in the exit polls. Without this cash, Kerry is 7 pts back at least. so much for GOP "fatcats". More like "cheapcats". And Progress for America spent $14 million on the Ashley ad instead of whacking Kerry on multiple fronts...let's hope that was money well spent. I am not so sure.

[crushelits]

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[anniegetyourgun]

And would you look at all that hard-earned income taken from union workers, whether they liked it or not......

P.S. I believe Bush will win. And it will be sweet justice to know that Soros and the likes have thrown their money down the toilet and flushed hard.

[Mo1]

BTTT

[madison46]

It'll be nice to win and take that money

[rod1]

Yep handful of wacko liberals have dumped an amazing amount of cash into buying this election.

John McCain---- is this what you had in mind???

[prognostigaator]

Add the CBS's NBC's NPR's et al to the Soros, Bings , Nuts, and Chews list....

[prairiebreeze]

It'll be so great to see Sora$$ and Lewis LOSE all that cash.

Prairie

[showme_the_Glory]

Remember the union label................

[peyton randolph]

Bing is an idiot. What heterosexual male would deny impregnating Elizabeth Hurley?

[weenie]

Unfortunately, Soros has probably hedged his bet by going long on the Dollar and/or short on the Euro. Some people think this whole investment in Kerry by Soros was part of a giant currency play.

[MeekOneGOP]

The Soros Threat

The Capitalist Threat
(1997 article by Soros)

SOROS SNACKING ON SIDE DISHES
(Soros the Adulterer)

FR Search for Keyword Soros

FR Search for Keyword George Soros

[Dat Mon]

Great Post. This should be archived in a permanent sidebar.
Now this is just the top domestic 'investors'.

Imagine when you add in the international 'interested parties'.

Meet the purveyors of the new feudalism.

[soccer_linux_mozilla]

I'd love to see their faces when the Bush win is announced :)

[Reagan is King]

Boy that McCain-Feingold bill really helped get the big money donors out of politics.

[dennisw]

I'd love to see their faces when the Bush win is announced :)

Lotta money flushed down the Democrat rathole

[mn-bush-man]

No doubt -- what a JOKE! Way to go, Johnny boy!

[chimera]

The top five on that list are all 'Rats that have spent about $75 million alone to defeat Bush and Republicans. So, win, lose, or draw, this gives us one thing to throw back into the ugly, lying, weaselly faces of the 'Rats when they dare to bring up something like Richard Scaife giving a measly $100,000 to some group. Now we know once and for all what a lie the "rich Republicans" line is, and every Republican out there should throw this back into the ugly faces of Rats like Carville and Begala when they bring it up.

[GOP_Lady]

Peter Lewis watch BUMP

[Core_Conservative]

The good thing about this is they seem to want to throw away their money...

[dennisw]

The top five on that list are all 'Rats that have spent about $75 million alone to defeat Bush and Republicans.

The media has got to report it for this scandal to break. Even two months ago the total for Soros, Lewis and Bing were an outrage but the media blacked it out. McCaine Feingold campaign reform, my a$$!!!

[Destro]

Balkan Freeper posters were posting about the danger of Soros since the Clinton era.

[RippleFire]

bump

[FBD]

Democrats putdown on the education bill motto; "Leave No Billionaire Behind."
Now I know what they are talking about!

Contributions from individuals whose name begins with Soros, George:

39 records found in the 04 database.



Soros, George
10/16/2003 $2,000.00
IR,
-[Contribution]
CLARK FOR PRESIDENT INC


Soros, George
9/24/2004 $100,000.00
New York, NY 10106
Soros Funds Management -[Contribution to a 527 organization]
Win Back Respect

Soros, George
4/22/2003 $50,000.00
New York, NY 10106
Soros Foundation Management -[Contribution to a 527 organization]
Main Street Individual Fund

Soros, George
1/26/2004 $300,000.00
New York, NY 10106
Soros Fund Management -[Contribution to a 527 organization]
Campaign for Americas Future - CC Fund

Soros, George
9/17/2004 $325,000.00
New York, NY 10106
Soros Funds Management -[Contribution to a 527 organization]
DEMOCRATS 2000

Soros, George
4/15/2004 $4,550,000.00
New York, NY 10106
Soros Fund Management -[Contribution to a 527 organization]
Joint Victory Campaign 2004

Soros, George
8/13/2004 $2,500,000.00
New York, NY 10106
Soros Fund Management -[Contribution to a 527 organization]
Joint Victory Campaign 2004

Soros, George
10/8/2004 $2,000,000.00
New York, NY 10106
Soros Fund Management -[Contribution to a 527 organization]
Joint Victory Campaign 2004

Soros, George
10/8/2004 $3,000,000.00
New York, NY 10106
Soros Fund Management -[Contribution to a 527 organization]
Joint Victory Campaign 2004

Soros, George
6/23/2004 $250,000.00
New York, NY 10106
Self Employed -[Contribution to a 527 organization]
Democracy for America - Non-federal

Soros, George
9/20/2004 $325,000.00
New York, NY 10106
Soros Foundation Management -[Contribution to a 527 organization]
Young Democrats of America

SOROS, GEORGE
12/31/2003 $2,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10106
SOROS FUNDS MANAGEMENT -[Contribution]
LEAHY FOR U.S. SENATOR COMMITTEE


Soros, George
3/8/2004 $1,044,285.00
New York, NY 10106
Businessman -[Contribution to a 527 organization]
MoveOn.org Voter Fund

Soros, George
12/30/2003 $955,715.00
New York, NY 10106
businessman -[Contribution to a 527 organization]
MoveOn.org Voter Fund

Soros, George
11/1/2003 $500,000.00
New York, NY 10106
businessman -[Contribution to a 527 organization]
MoveOn.org Voter Fund

Soros, George
8/19/2003 $1,000,000.00
New York, NY 10106
Soros Fund Management -[Contribution to a 527 organization]
America Coming Together - Nonfederal Account

Soros, George
9/12/2003 $2,000,000.00
New York, NY 10106
Soros Fund Management -[Contribution to a 527 organization]
America Coming Together - Nonfederal Account

Soros, George
12/23/2003 $2,000,000.00
New York, NY 10106
Soros Fund Management -[Contribution to a 527 organization]
America Coming Together - Nonfederal Account

Soros, George
9/20/2004 $2,500,000.00
New York, NY 10106
Soros Fund Management -[Contribution to a 527 organization]
America Coming Together - Nonfederal Account

Soros, George
9/1/2004 $300,000.00
New York, NY 10106
Soros Fund Management -[Contribution to a 527 organization]
The Real Economy Group

SOROS, GEORGE
6/4/2004 $2,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10106
SOROS FUND MANAGMENT -[Contribution]
ERSKINE BOWLES FOR US SENATE


SOROS, GEORGE
4/22/2003 $50,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10106
-[]
MAIN STREET INDIVIDUAL FUND


SOROS, GEORGE
3/9/2004 $1,044,285.00
NEW YORK, NY 10106
-[]
MOVEON.ORG VOTER FUND


SOROS, GEORGE
12/30/2003 $955,714.00
NEW YORK, NY 10106
-[]
MOVEON.ORG VOTER FUND


SOROS, GEORGE
11/1/2003 $500,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10106
-[]
MOVEON.ORG VOTER FUND


Soros, George
2/26/2004 $2,000.00
New York, NY 10106
Soros Fund Management/Chairman -[Contribution]
CALIFORNIA VICTORY 04


Soros, George
6/2/2003 $2,000.00
New York, NY 10106
Soros Fund Management/Business Exec -[Contribution]
BOB GRAHAM FOR PRESIDENT INC


Soros, George
3/31/2003 $2,000.00
New York, NY 10106
SOROS FUNDS MANAGEMENT/Investor -[Contribution]
JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC


SOROS, GEORGE
6/30/2004 $25,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10106
SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT -[Contribution]
DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE


Soros, George
3/24/2003 $1,000.00
New York, NY 10106
Soros Fund Management/Business Exec -[Contribution]
DEAN FOR AMERICA


SOROS, GEORGE
12/31/2003 $2,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10106
SOROS FUNDS MANAGEMENT -[Contribution]
LEAHY FOR U.S. SENATOR COMMITTEE


SOROS, GEORGE
8/26/2003 $1,250.00
NEW YORK, NY 10028
SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF HILLARY


SOROS, GEORGE
6/28/2004 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10106
SOROS MANAGEMENT FUND -[Contribution]
PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY U S SENATE CAMPAIGN


Soros, George
7/21/2003 $2,000.00
New York, NY 10106
Soros Fund Management/Business Exec -[Contribution]
TOM LANTOS FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE


SOROS, GEORGE
9/25/2003 $1,500.00
NEW YORK, NY 10011
SOROS FUNDS MANAGEMENT -[Contribution]
A LOT OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING TOM DASCHLE INC


SOROS, GEORGE
9/25/2003 $1,500.00
NEW YORK, NY 10011
SOROS FUNDS MANAGEMENT -[Contribution]
A LOT OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING TOM DASCHLE INC

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

Consider the liberal's primary motivating factor in the realm of taxation, anti-Kennedy, increase the tax on the "wealthy". If one makes the effort to look closer, that $200k may be applicable as low as $120k. Today that's stupid. Regardless, the wealth in our nation is in liberal hands and the media is not about to define the differences. The media is hiding "offshore revenue" from overseas ketchup companies, why should the Kerry's be motivated to improve corporate difficulties in America when their boat floats offshore? There are 22 factories in the US AND 57 OFFSHORE! The Kerry's income was almost $7 million last year yet their net taxes were 12.8%. These are the people whining about your $120k income being too high? This tells me one of two things, people should feel ashamed to earn this much or they should be comfortable with the mindset that it isn't possible.

[Chad Fairbanks]

SEIU? Oh, those guys. The modern day bearers of the Wobblies standard...

[chimera]

The media won't report it because he's helping their guys. But they went ape-sh*t over, what was it, something like $100K that Scaife gave that one group that was looking into Clinton's shenanigans?

And why isn't McCain and/or Feingold on the tube every day decrying the influence of "big money" in politics, specifically mentioning Soros and Lewis and the rest of this veritable rogue's gallery of big 'Rat donors?

Bunch of lousy hypocrites, the lot of them.

[wardaddy]

Amen...that's what I always though too.

[wardaddy]

those mensches coulda built some nice clinics or schools for the poor.

isn't that supposed to be more their creed than kingmaking.

[dennisw]

I have a better one here. Take a look at this guy's photo. How would you like to do business w/ him? LOL! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1264799/posts

[wardaddy]

I'm glad to know my viewing of shows he helps create is adding to his wealth he gives away so wisely.

On BingBat.....why would anyone deny procreating successfully with Liz Hurley.

I would view that as an honour.

[Ladysmith]

This is the kook who literally thinks at times that he's God.

I will exalt and praise my Lord and God when He slaps Soros down!!

[dennisw]

This is the kook who literally thinks at times that he's God.

George Soros is as atheist as they come. As far as I know....

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=%5CPolitics%5Carchive%5C200312%5CPOL20031215a.html

 

[Ladysmith]

Yep, until it comes to himself.

[Regulator]

And would you look at all that hard-earned income taken from union workers

A huge amount of that is from the SEIU, which is largely populated with illegal aliens (oh, sorry, "undocumented workers").

In other words, money from illegals in this country is being used to influence the election.

Mr. Bush could have diminished the effect of the SEIU by enforcing the immigration laws. Since he won't, they're out there undermining him.

Crying about that money now seems a little pointless. It didn't have to happen.

[anniegetyourgun]

He could have built a 15 foot wall around America and SEIU would endorse and spend the same on the D.

[Regulator]

SEIU would endorse and spend the same on the D

The guy who runs the SEIU is named Eliseo Medina, an amnestied illegal alien from the '86 amnesty. He tells the illegals what to do and where to go, and they have no choice. American union workers, especially the "Reagan Democrats", have been bucking that for 2 decades now. That's the only reason places like Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and possibly Michigan are even in play. Otherwise they would be solid Democrat states like they have been since the '40s.

American union workers in general are patriotic. They have left the Democrat party because it is rightfully seen now as having an anti-American attitude. The Mexicans who dominate the SEIU have no such feelings. They hate the United States, they hate us, and they will do anything to undermine the country.

If that union had a different ethnic content, their policies could very well be moderated. Look at the Teamsters siding with Bush on ANWR drilling. You're probably right that their money would still be going to the Dems, but the policies that they support would most likely be different, and much more in line with American attitudes. What it is now is simply an arm of the Mexican government.

[anniegetyourgun]

I see the problem. You assume that the rank-and-file in American unions actually have a say when it comes to political spending. There is a complete disconnect between the worker and their union "leadership."

[DoughtyOne]

Sure glad McCainiac fixed the loopholes in his campaign finance reform package.

[Grampa Dave]

$oreA$$ probably financed al Qaeda and OBL. That is why Kerry and OBL sound so much like.

Rush and Fox have covered this threat against voters in the Red States by OBL.

Ben Laden's Warning to Red states voting for GW!

Special Alert - No. 14
November 1, 2004 No.14

Osama Bin Laden Tape Threatens U.S. States Not to Vote for Bush By: Yigal Carmon*


The tape of Osama bin Laden that was aired on Al-Jazeera(1) on Friday, October 29th included a specific threat to "each U.S. state," designed to influence the outcome of the upcoming election against George W. Bush. The U.S. media in general mistranslated the words "ay wilaya" (which means "each U.S. state")(2) to mean a "country" or "nation" other than the U.S., while in fact the threat was directed specifically at each individual U.S. state. This suggests some knowledge by bin Laden of the U.S. electoral college system. In a section of his speech in which he harshly criticized George W. Bush, bin Laden stated: "Any U.S. state that does not toy with our security automatically guarantees its own security."
The Islamist website Al-Qal'a explained what this sentence meant: "This message was a warning to every U.S. state separately. When he [Osama Bin Laden] said, 'Every state will be determining its own security, and will be responsible for its choice,' it means that any U.S. state that will choose to vote for the white thug Bush as president has chosen to fight us, and we will consider it our enemy, and any state that will vote against Bush has chosen to make peace with us, and we will not characterize it as an enemy. By this characterization, Sheikh Osama wants to drive a wedge in the American body, to weaken it, and he wants to divide the American people itself between enemies of Islam and the Muslims, and those who fight for us, so that he doesn't treat all American people as if they're the same. This letter will have great implications inside the American society, part of which are connected to the American elections, and part of which are connected to what will come after the elections."(3)

Another interesting aspect of the speech is the fact that while bin Laden made his specific threat to each U.S. state, he also offered an election deal to the American voters, attempting to influence the election by these means rather than influencing it through terrorist attacks.(4) This peace offer is a theme that follows up on his April speech directed to Europe, in which he offered a truce.(5) The Islamist website Al-Islah explains: "Some people ask 'what's new in this tape?' [The answer is that] this tape is the second of its kind, after the previous tape of the Sheikh [Osama bin Laden], in which he offered a truce to the Europeans a few months ago, and it is a completion of this move, and it brings together the complementary elements of politics and religion, political savvy and force, the sword and justice. The Sheikh reminds the West in this tape of the great Islamic civilization and pure Islamic religion, and of Islamic justice..."(6)

Another conspicuous aspect of the tape is the absence of common Islamist themes that are relevant to the month of Ramadan, which for fundamentalists like bin Laden is the month of Jihad and martyrdom. Noticeably absent from the Al-Jazeera tape was his usual appearance with a weapon, and more importantly the absence of references to Jihad, martyrdom, the Koran, the Hadith (Islamic tradition), Crusaders, Jews, and the legacy of the Prophet Muhammad on the duty to wage Jihad against the infidels. For the followers of the Al-Qa'ida ideology, this speech sends a regressive and defeatist message of surrender, as seen in the move from solely using Jihad warfare to a mixed strategy of threats combined with truce offers and election deals.

The following are the relevant excerpts from the speech; for the full excerpts visit the MEMRI TV Project at www.memritv.org:(7)

"Oh the American people, I address these words to you regarding the optimal manner of avoiding another Manhattan, and regarding the war, its causes, and its consequences. But before this, I say to you: Security is one of the important pillars of human life, and free men do not take their security lightly, contrary to Bush's claim that we hate freedom. Let him explain why we did not attack Sweden, for example. Clearly, those who hate freedom have no pride, unlike the 19 [suicide hijackers of 9/11], may Allah have mercy on them. We have been fighting you because we are free men who do not remain silent in the face of injustice. We want to restore our [Islamic] nation's freedom. Just as you violate our security, we violate yours.

"But I am amazed at you. Although we have entered the fourth year after the events of 9/11, Bush is still practicing distortion and deception against you and he is still concealing the true cause from you. Consequently, the motives for its reoccurrence still exist...

"We had no difficulty dealing with Bush and his administration, because it resembles the regimes in our [Arab] countries, half of which are ruled by the military, and the other half are ruled by the sons of kings and presidents with whom we have had a lot of experience. Among both types, there are many who are known for their conceit, arrogance, greed, and for taking money dishonestly.

"This resemblance began with the visit of Bush Sr. to the region. While some of our people were dazzled by the U.S. and hoped that these visits would influence our countries, it was he who was influenced by these monarchic and military regimes. He envied them for remaining in their positions for decades, while embezzling the nation's public funds with no supervision whatsoever. He bequeathed tyranny and the suppression of liberties to his son and they called it the Patriot Act, under the pretext of the war on terrorism.

"Bush Sr. liked the idea of appointing [his] sons as state governors. Similarly, he did not neglect to import into Florida the expertise in falsifying [elections] from the leaders of this region in order to benefit from it in difficult moments.

"We agreed with the general commander Muhammad Atta, may Allah have mercy on him, that all operations should be carried out within 20 minutes, before Bush and his administration would become aware. We never imagined that the Commander in Chief of the American armed forces would abandon 50,000 of his citizens in the twin towers to face this great horror alone when they needed him most. It seemed to him that a girl's story about her goat and its butting was more important than dealing with planes and their 'butting' into skyscrapers. This allowed us three times the amount of time needed for the operations, Allah be praised.

"Your security is not in the hands of Kerry or Bush or Al-Qa'ida. Your security is in your own hands, and any U.S. state that does not toy with our security automatically guarantees its own security."

* Yigal Carmon is the President of MEMRI.

Endnotes:
(1) Al-Jazeera (Qatar), October 27, 2004.
(2) "Wilaya" refers specifically to a U.S. state; it would never refer to an independent country. The term for such a country is "Dawla."
(3) https://www.qal3ati.com/vb/showthread.php?t=115812
(4) To illustrate this principle, he uses Sweden as a model of a country that was never attacked by Al-Qa'ida.
(5) See MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 695, April 15, 2004, "Osama Bin Laden Speech Offers Peace Treaty with Europe, Says Al-Qa'ida 'Will Persist in Fighting' the U.S." http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP69504
(6) www.islahi.net/vboard/showthread.php?t=116432
(7) To view the full tape aired on Al-Jazeera or read the transcript, visit http://www.memritv.org/Search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=312 .

[AdmSmith]

A waste of money, with a very low ROI.

[infidel29]

When were these records taken? The information I have is different. Albeit not THAT different, either way there`s a LOT of money swirling around this campaign. I wonder what the demon rats plan to do when the "money men" come calling for payback?
http://www.publicintegrity.org/527/search.aspx?act=con&sec=indiv&sub=topindiv
Individual Amount Contributed
Soros, George and Susan W. $24,170,000
Lewis, Peter B. $23,147,220
Bing, Stephen L. $15,382,555
Fonda, Jane $13,085,750
Sandler, Herb & Marion $6,988,131
Perry, Bob J. & Doylene $5,310,000
Messinger, Alida R. $5,149,000
Arnall, Roland E. & Dawn $5,000,000
Spanos, Alexander G. $5,000,000
Harris IV, John A. $4,684,500
Perenchio, A. Jerrold $4,204,000
Pickens, T. Boone $4,077,000
Rappaport, Andrew S. & Deb $3,914,000
Simmons, Harold $3,705,000
Levy-Hinte, Jeffrey & Jeanne $3,293,000
McHale, John & Christine L. Mattsson $3,100,000
Ragon, Terry & Susan $3,000,000
Pritzker, Linda $2,930,000
Hunting, John R. $2,738,500
Cullman, Lewis B. & Dorothy $2,650,000
Brainerd, Paul $2,555,010
Eychaner, Fred $2,470,000
DeVos Sr., Richard & Helen $2,316,000
Varis, Agnes $2,296,844
Gund, Louise L. $2,228,600

[Hendrix]

A lot of that money gets wasted in the democrat machine (think wasteful governement).

[SF Republican]

pfft, and they say Bush is not good for the economy!

[freekitty]

It could happen. They could lose their money. It won't be soon enough.

[newzjunkey]

Yeah, McCain will have gotten his revenge on Bush when Kerry's elected tomorrow.

[eleni121]

"Meet the purveyors of the new feudalism"

Best line I've seen! No doubt about it.

[lawgirl]

And it's all going to go down the crapper. YAY!