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Indebted to Liberal Causes
NYT ^ | 6/11/2006 | Deborah Solomon

Posted on 06/12/2006 12:03:03 PM PDT by oblomov

Q: As a financier and political activist who has spent fortunes trying to remove President Bush from office, do you ever feel you have squandered your resources?

George Soros. »Not at all. When you take a stand, you do it because of a principle and not because you necessarily will prevail. I did what I could. I didn't succeed. You know, it didn't hurt me.

Q. How much money, roughly, did you contribute to MoveOn.org and other anti-Bush groups during the last presidential campaign?

Something like $27.5 million. It's a lot of money, but the annual budget for my foundation is about $400 million.

In that case, why didn't you give more money to Democratic causes?

You can't buy the elections. Partly because of my participation, as much money was spent on the Democratic side as there was on the Republican side, but the Republicans are much better at messaging and distorting the truth. The Swift Boat ads, which cost maybe a million or whatever, had a tremendous impact because they were in-your-face distortions of the truth.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: soros
hypocrisy, thy name is Soros...
1 posted on 06/12/2006 12:03:04 PM PDT by oblomov
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To: oblomov
"the Republicans are much better at messaging and distorting the truth."

Well, at least he's being candid that they [Dems & Libs] are out to distort the truth.

2 posted on 06/12/2006 12:07:34 PM PDT by avacado
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To: oblomov

I could say what I hope happens to this disgusting maggot but I would probably be banned for it.


3 posted on 06/12/2006 12:07:55 PM PDT by frankiep (I respect Islamofacists more than the American left - at least they ADMIT that they hate the US.)
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To: oblomov
How would Soros react to the application of his principles of Open Society to his foundation?

For example:

From his website, "An open society is a society based on the recognition that nobody has a monopoly on the truth,"

From the interview, "the Republicans are much better at messaging and distorting the truth."

Apparently liberals have a monopoly on undistorted truth.

4 posted on 06/12/2006 12:09:25 PM PDT by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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To: oblomov

I hope he dumps his entire fortune down the rat hole he likes to play in.


5 posted on 06/12/2006 12:11:47 PM PDT by Recon Dad (Marine Spec Ops Dad)
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To: oblomov
Soros' name is WORSE than "hypocrisy! In one of Nostradamus' quatrains, the translation from the cryptic verse identifies the BLACK BEAST: THE ANTI-CHRIST'S NAME IS THE SAME SPELLED FORWARD AS BACKWARD!!!!! Likka...Soros???
6 posted on 06/12/2006 12:12:40 PM PDT by purpleland (Elegy 9/11/01 Vigilance and Valor! Socialism is the Opiate of Academia)
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To: coconutt2000
"An open society is a society based on the recognition that nobody has a monopoly on the truth,"

Those who tell the truth have a monopoly on the truth. Those that live in a lie are left out. Sorry, Georgy Porgy.

7 posted on 06/12/2006 12:14:21 PM PDT by CharlesI (They're not liberals, they're leftists!)
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To: coconutt2000

Karl Popper defined an "open society" simply as one in which political change can happen without bloodshed or a coup d'etat. Of course this definition doesn't allow Soros to take a subtle swipe at his ideological opponents.


8 posted on 06/12/2006 12:18:44 PM PDT by oblomov (Join the FR Folding@Home Team (#36120) keyword: folding@home)
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To: purpleland
In one of Nostradamus' quatrains, the translation from the cryptic verse identifies the BLACK BEAST: THE ANTI-CHRIST'S NAME IS THE SAME SPELLED FORWARD AS BACKWARD!!!!! Likka...Soros???

Now, don't you go lookin' at me like that. :=)

9 posted on 06/12/2006 12:20:19 PM PDT by Bob
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To: Bob
Could be Otto the Orkin man too.
10 posted on 06/12/2006 12:42:54 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: Bob
I thought Nostradamus was referring to the OTHER Bob:


11 posted on 06/12/2006 1:02:55 PM PDT by oblomov (Join the FR Folding@Home Team (#36120) keyword: folding@home)
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To: oblomov

Soreass.
irrelevant then. irrelevant now.
He's Howard Hughes with less sanity.


12 posted on 06/12/2006 1:09:31 PM PDT by Rakkasan1 (Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!)
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"The Swift Boat ads, which cost maybe a million or whatever, had a tremendous impact.."

I am very proud and happy with the contributions that I made to the swift boats. I felt like I got my message out with my contribution. They were the best political contributions that I have ever made in my life.


13 posted on 06/12/2006 1:46:16 PM PDT by Hendrix
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To: Bob

In one of Nostradamus' quatrains, the translation from the cryptic verse identifies the BLACK BEAST: THE ANTI-CHRIST'S NAME IS THE SAME SPELLED FORWARD AS BACKWARD!!!!! Likka...Soros???
Now, don't you go lookin' at me like that. :=)

***Heh, heh! It's Otto!


14 posted on 06/12/2006 7:08:57 PM PDT by purpleland (Elegy 9/11/01 Vigilance and Valor! Socialism is the Opiate of Academia)
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To: oblomov

Soros is to the left of Lenin


15 posted on 06/12/2006 7:11:21 PM PDT by Rosemont
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To: oblomov
Soros never gets his title...convicted felon.
16 posted on 06/13/2006 12:04:23 AM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: oblomov

This treasonous, communist, POS should be deported to one of the countries where he's been convicted.


17 posted on 06/13/2006 12:06:03 AM PDT by ozzymandus
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