Posted on 01/17/2007 9:30:23 PM PST by FairOpinion
Despondent after George W. Bush won re-election, a small group of billionaire Democrats met in San Francisco in December 2004 to reflect on John Kerry’s failure to capture the White House. George Soros, Progressive Insurance Chairman Peter B. Lewis, and S&L tycoons Herb and Marion Sandler were angry and depressed. They felt they had been taken—seduced by the siren song of pollsters and the mainstream media who had assured them that the capture of the executive mansion was theirs. But despite giving millions of dollars to liberal candidates and 527 political committees, the donors came away with nothing. At about the same time, another group of wealthy Democratic donors was meeting at a hotel in Washington, D.C., feeling the same way. “The U.S. didn’t enter World War II until Japan bombed Pearl Harbor,” political consultant Erica Payne told the meeting. “We just had our Pearl Harbor.”
Determined to bring the Democratic Party back from the political wilderness, Soros and the others decided they needed a long-term strategy to regain power.
In April 2005, Soros gathered together an even larger group. Seventy millionaires and billionaires met in Phoenix, Ariz., to firm up the details for their fledging political financing clearinghouse.
Conservatives David Horowitz and Richard Poe, co-authors of The Shadow Party: How George Soros, Hillary Clinton and the Sixties Radicals Seized Control of the Democratic Party, refer to the Democracy Alliance as probably one of the “most active Shadow Party groups today.”
(Excerpt) Read more at humanevents.com ...
Don't underestimate the Democrats.
A must read, but not at night for people who value their sleep. It's a disturbing portrayal at what's going on behind the scenes.
" It's a disturbing portrayal at what's going on behind the scenes."
And I bet it's only the tip of the iceberg.
Frontpage Magazine published an article a couple of years ago or so, where they tracked the funding of several leftist organizations and ownerships and showed the intricately intertwined organizations, which deliberately make it hard to find out who is behind some innocously named organization. I wish I had bookmarked it, now I can't find it.
I think you're talking about discoverthenetwork; it's David Horowitz's web site.
http://www.discoverthenetwork.org/default.asp
This is a good article.
It explains why Air America is still around.
"Air America: The struggling left-wing talk radio network filed for bankruptcy protection on October 13, after it reportedly had received a funding commitment of at least $8 million from the alliance. The network touted by comedian Al Franken is said to have lost an astounding $41 million since 2004. Longtime radio executive Scott Elberg is Air America’s chief executive officer. "
An important read, eyes glazing over due too tired so bookmarked for morning. Thanks for posting it.
LOL...very true...but it is a keeper..there is a lot of names, groups, etc. that will be good for future use.
Thanks, very interesting website, I'll bookmark it.
But this is not it -- it was an article, where he published how a number of organizations basically laundered donations, so they could pretend to have various causes, and hide their leftist founders and donors, and it was full of specifics.
Maybe someday I'll come across it again.
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This is a keeper..
WOW... I'm shocked... (not)
I have said all along, if we let the Democrats win, Corruption and Voter will be INSTITUTIONALIZED by the Democrats, and they will NEVER, EVER, let 1994 happen to them again...
In 20 years, I'll be too old to care about the damage they have done, but I fear for the future of my daughter.....
Would you believe, I found it!
Another article worth bookmarking and reading.
Tracking Down A Fifth Column Front
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=3181
This leftist coalition has hijacked the traditional Democratic Party in the same way the McCartyites and McGovernites took over after the LBJ era. The difference is the former were fueled by a naive and false idealism. George Soros on the other hand is a latter day Karl Marx with billions who would choose totalitarianism over another Republican administration.
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There are, and have been, incredibly HUGE amounts of Non-US money coming into the American Left...
In 2004, it was reported that 1/3 of Moveon's money was from FORGIEGN sources!
The enemies of America are supporting the enemy within, while we sat back, and calmly let it happen, more concerned about the illegal flipping the burgers your kids won't...
That's a fascinating article. You should send that one around to a few places.
A newly penitent Soros responds, “You can’t buy elections with just money,” as he told a New America Foundation audience in September.
Hello, Satan?
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Ping
And the Democrats keep trying to sell that they are the party of the "little" guy.
The Democrats did not win anything. This last election was given to them by Republican stupidity and arrogance. Forget the corruption which was really limited to a few. And don't blame the "base" - all polls show they came out in the usual numbers, even though they had good reason to stay home.
The Republicans chased away those on the edges, conservative in heart but not in habitat - Reagan Democrats, union members, those who voted Republican since Reagan but who felt betrayed by issues that hit them hard yet were treated with indifference or scorn by the Republican elites - immigration and amnesty, spending, campaign finance, the Gang of 14, outsourcing.
Normally, a party thus defeated would analyze what went wrong and fix the problems, but these elite clowns have not gotten the message and even now continue with their arrogant, in-your-face behavior - more spending, running away from the war, amnesty. Somehow they think this will get them back in power.
No, it will let the Democrats with no platform or ideas get firmly entrenched and use the tools of power to prevent a conservative revival - return of the Fairness Doctrine, control of expression on blogs, tax breaks for their interest groups, millions of new voters from amnestied illegals.
Republicans better find a Reagan quick or a new Newt with some conservative principles or it will be a long time in the wilderness.
Bump for tomorrow read.
I heard or read somewhere that Soros was funding Obama. If that's so .. then how can Hillary shoot Obama down - because Soros is also funding her. Soros claims to be mad at Hillary because she is for the war .. but I'm not buying it.
As far as I can see .. Obama is being prepared to become Hillary's VP - because she will NEED the black vote. Call me cynical, but Hillary has never done anything without a purpose.
Long read, will save for later
Placemark to read more thoroughly tomorrow. From what I did read, it's frightening!
Good summation.
You have actually stumbled onto the truth. It IS FAR TOO IMPORTANT TO YOU PEOPLE. It blinds you to all other issues.
By the way, aren't you glad the republicans were taught a lesson. The immigration legislation coming from the democrats will be so much better.
Do you think that a solid Republican who promises to close and militarize the border would likely be a winner in 2008 ????
George Soros is not only an evil person, he actually LOOKS evil.
No two people share identical views, especially where politics is concerned. We all weigh the issues and decide how important they are to us, subject to change without notice.
My livelihood was adversely affected by illegal immigration, so to me, it is very important.
That doesn't mean that I am blind to other issues.
Did Reagan's amnesty or huge deficit doom Bush 41?
This is something new?
Frankly it's amazing that conservatives of any stripe win at all. The media dominance that so define the debates seems near monopolistic, and academia has been churning out good little socialist drones for decades now. And democracy is for all practical purposes dead, having been replaced by worship of the state - EVERYTHING is political, all manner of petty disputes to be made a federal case. This was the plan, not an aberration.
"Did Reagan's amnesty or huge deficit doom Bush 41?"
Reagan's amnesty hurt even though it was relatively inconsequential, about a million and a promise of rigid enforcement to make sure they were the last. That number was not a threat to the economy, jobs, and culture of America. Nevertheless, the million turned out to be three million and the laws were not enforced. The effect was not seen until years (and 20 million illegals) later.
That debt was used to reconstruct the armed forces and it won the Cold War. Bush 41 won because he was thought to be Reagan's third term. When it was seen that he was not, he lost on the next go. And why did he lose? Because those who were dissatisfied, the Reagan Dems and the independents who could not stomach Dem socialism, had an alternative in Perot (19%), who sounded decent until he revealed himself to be a nutcase.
As a harbinger of things to come, many forgot that Perot won a lot of votes on the issue of taxation and outsourcing jobs and business to NAFTA Mexican labor (the great sucking sound).
Now with the help of a Republican President and Senate, we no longer have to send our businesses to Mexico, we leave them in place and bring the cheap Mexican labor here.
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Journalism as we know it is cynical about everyone except journalism - and those who agree with journalists. That is a sufficient condition for journalism to be socialistic.
David Horowitz was on Hannity & the Ugly One last night in a discussion of Duke's Gang of 88. He seemed to be havy trouble with his voice, but was very angry. Anyone know when his voice sounds so strained and he could not give it enough volume. He was not in his best form.
Better title for the article
The Illusion of grass roots politics on the left
(So much for campaign finance reform)
I'm afraid I don't know what could have been wrong with him or his voice.
Are any Backroom Breeders good for America? Can they win against the Islam Terrorists - the Real enemy? What a tangled web...in any case a head in the sand gets his a$$ kicked. How many media folks are on the DA's payroll. How many "dead men tell no tales..." Yes, get a list of these guys, their motives are not sweet.
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which is why they just tried to bring back fairness docrtine. (hush rush law)
It is also why the just tried to declaure ALL grass rootes email efforts to be lobbying.
Every bit as disturbing as what Soros & Co. are trying to set up, is the recognition of just HOW MUCH MONEY from every kind of contributor gets pumped into the coffers of the National Committees of both parties and the war chests of individual candidates, and all the money put into establishing "organizations" charged with the task of activist propaganda and other virtually "virtual" objectives--just consider a ten year slice, say from 1994 to 2004, and the amount is probably into the hundreds of millions. The amounts are HUGE from BOTH sides, and what is the ultimate objective? Seems to me it does nothing but feed the gridlocked status quo, and finances an abstract "dream" not mutually shared by both sides.
Think of what could be done with that money, if only it could be diverted into structural change.The never to be overcome obstacle here, of course, is that both (D) and (R) want and need the money ONLY to finance their massive organizations, as if to keep a perpetually expiring patient on LifeSupport, with a bill of lading as ludicrously overpriced as a $500 Pentagon hammer.
CORRECTION: The figure of hundreds of millions for a ten year period should probably be increased by a factor of a hundred. ANYONE out there have actual figures?
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