John McCain funded by Soros since 2001

WND ^ | February 12, 2008 | Jerome R. Corsi

[Tigen]

Candidate's Reform Institute also accepted funds from Teresa Kerry

As Sen. John McCain assumes the GOP front-runner mantle, his long-standing, but little-noticed association with left-wing donors such as George Soros and Teresa Heinz Kerry is receiving new attention among his Republican critics.

In 2001, McCain founded the Alexandria, Va.-based Reform Institute as a vehicle to receive funding from George Soros' Open Society Institute and Teresa Heinz Kerry's Tides Foundation and several other prominent non-profit organizations.

McCain used the institute to promote his political agenda and provide compensation to key campaign operatives between elections.

In 2006, the Arizona senator was forced to sever his formal ties with the Reform Institute after a controversial $200,000 contribution from Cablevision came to light. McCain solicited the donation for the Reform Institute using his membership on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, he supported Cablevision's push to introduce the more profitable al la carte pricing, rather than packages of TV programming.

[FBD]

well, well, well. very interesting.
they have taken down their list of donors:

http://reforminstitute.org/about/donors.shtml

[PhilDragoo]

CLICK McCHURIAN CANDIDATE

[RDTF]

bingo!

[littlehouse36]

“This needs to be shouted from the rooftops...”

... over Texas and Ohio.

[Just mythoughts]

Hmmmmm.... so is SOROS McCain’s Rasputin?

[UCFRoadWarrior]

This couldn’t have been published a few weeks ago. Before Thompson and Romney dropped out?
Even if it were, it wouldn’t have even made a ripple. Remember, we’re talking about WND/Corsi here.

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The MSM wont publish a story linking their sugar daddy George Soros w McCain....may embarrass Soros

Of course, wonder why Bill OReilly never brings up Soros McCain ties

[donna]

“The Reform Institute was founded in 2001 in direct response to the millions of Americans who, during the 2000 presidential campaign, expressed profound disillusionment with corrupt fundraising activities and the political “closed shop.” The initial bipartisan Honorary Chairs of the Advisory Committee were Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and former Senator Bob Kerrey (D-NE). After Senator McCain resigned his position in 2005, former Congressman and former Fortune 500 CEO Amo Houghton of New York served as President.”

http://www.reforminstitute.org/about/about.aspx

[pissant]

I thought you were a McCainiac. ;o)

[FBD]

never forget, too, that McCain almost defected from the Republican party in 2001

[pissant]

And Virginia and Maryland

[Pajamajan]

Bumpity-BUMP

[Gay State Conservative]

All this and an endorsement by the Boston Globe to boot.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

"So I'll sing you to sleeeeeeep... afTERRRRRR the lovinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn'...!"

[calcowgirl]

Thanks for the ping.

More:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=reforminstitute

[Oystir]

So he is a genius or a reverse genius?

[UCFRoadWarrior]

I hate to see a Republican presidential candidate being mentioned in the same sentence with Soros.

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It isnt the first time Soros is tied to a GOP politican

Soros bought an oil company once ran by GW Bush (Spectrum 7) Soros is also a big investor w the Carlyle Group...GHW Bush 41 is also w Carlyle...along with other GOPers

Soros has been near and around liberal GOP for awhile

[CharacterCounts]

Obama should have just run on the Republican ticket.

If he did, there would be plenty of people on this site telling me that I must vote for him because he is a Republican.

[gidget7]

Not surprisingly, in view of the above associations, Arianna Huffington serves on the Reform Institute's Advisory Board. Huffington has long acted as a front for George Soros' "campaign finance reform" efforts. In 2000, she organized the so-called Shadow Conventions which provided John McCain with a bully pulpit to stump for his now-infamous McCain-Feingold Act. George Soros shouldered about one third of the cost of the Shadow Conventions.

Well lookie here! So much for the rumors and insinuations of a shadow government! If we don't dump this guy, our coutry is screwed!

[sheik yerbouty]

New world Odor!

[calcowgirl]

In 2006, the Arizona senator was forced to sever his formal ties with the Reform Institute after a controversial $200,000 contribution from Cablevision came to light. McCain solicited the donation for the Reform Institute

McCain Group Got Big Cable Donation
AP on Yahoo ^ | 3/7/05 | Sharon Theimer - AP
Posted on 03/07/2005 3:22:52 PM PST by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain pressed a cable company's case for pricing changes with regulators at the same time a tax-exempt group that he co-founded solicited $200,000 in contributions from the company.

Help from McCain, who argues for ridding politics of big money, included giving the CEO of Cablevision Systems Corp. the opportunity to testify before his Senate committee, writing a letter of support to the Federal Communication Commission and asking other cable companies to support so-called a la carte pricing.

...McCain's assistance in 2003 and 2004 was sandwiched around two donations of $100,000 each from Cablevision to The Reform Institute, the tax-exempt group that touts McCain's views and has showcased him at events since his unsuccessful 2000 presidential campaign.