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Soros to spend $2 million on anti-Bush ads |
2004-10-09 |
Billionaire George Soros has upped his ante to defeat President Bush in the coming election, announcing Thursday that he is spending $2 million on newspaper ads nationwide in the last month of the campaign. Soros, who has already pledged $18 million to the anti-Bush groups MoveOn.org and America Coming Together, said he decided to spend the additional money after seeing how effectively the pro-Bush side had vilified Democrat John Kerry during the Republican National Convention and through the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ads. "That's what made me change my mind," he said. Soros' anti-Bush web site was the unintended beneficiary Tuesday night when Vice President Dick Cheney gave viewers of his debate with Democrat John Edwards the wrong Web address. He meant to name FactCheck.org, a University of Pennsylvania site that investigates questionable political claims and which has vindicated Cheney in the matter of his compensation agreement with former employer, Halliburton. Instead, Cheney gave out the address , which is owned by a Cayman Islands company that, because of its political leanings, began forwarding browsers to Soros' site. "I was vaguely amused," Soros said of Cheney's mistake. "I welcome all the people who got a chance to read my message." |
Posted by:Mark Espinola |
#8 originally Yiddish, but Chirac has made it his own, so...French..now |
Posted by: Frank G 2004-10-10 2:36:40 PM |
#7 Shipman> I don't know which word you mean. N Guard> However "Chutzpah" isn't a Greek word. I think it's Yiddish? |
Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2004-10-10 2:20:53 PM |
#6 Its got to be either Hubris, Chutzpah or Nemisis. I can't remember which. Btw, I like the portrait of |
Posted by: N Guard 2004-10-09 7:07:20 PM |
#5 pyrrhic victory, perhaps |
Posted by: lex 2004-10-09 4:00:59 PM |
#4 Groin-pull? |
Posted by: ed 2004-10-09 10:57:10 AM |
#3 Aris... what's that Greek word? Kinda like an Achilles heel... but not exactly? The EU? :o) |
Posted by: badanov 2004-10-09 10:53:43 AM |
#2 Note that he has "pledged" $18 million. That explains why MoveOn.org seems to be spending a lot more than it has in the kitty. Their supporters look at the "overspending" and send in more money to help them out, not realizing that Soros has it covered. Suckers! |
Posted by: Tom 2004-10-09 10:52:17 AM |
#1 "I welcome all the people who got a chance to read my message." Aris... what's that Greek word? Kinda like an Achilles heel... but not exactly? |
Posted by: Shipman 2004-10-09 7:57:04 AM |