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Home Front: Politix
George Soros Now Doubts a Kerry Victory
2004-10-29
EFL. Hat tip: Cracker Barrell Philosopher
Billionaire investor, donor to radical causes and political activist George Soros, speaking at the last-hurrah event of his whirlwind anti-Bush tour, told a luncheon audience at the National Press Club: "Now that I am at the end of my tour, I am not reassured. ... The race is too close for comfort. I embarked on the tour because I was worried that the dramatic deterioration in Iraq did not produce the decisive lead for John Kerry I had confidently expected," Soros conceded.
Which leads me to wonder if he had anything to do with funding or inciting that "dramatic deterioration" that he "confidently expected" to help Kerry? Sounds mighty fishy to me.
Asked what he will do if George W. Bush wins another term, Soros lamented: "I shall go into some kind of monastery. If we endorse him [Bush], my next question will be 'what's wrong with us?'"
Umm, we've got common sense?
More megalomania at its finest at the link.
Posted by:Barbara Skolaut

#27  Soros' Swiss based commodity/currency/bond/stock trading firm in my opinion triggered the 'Asian Flu' through Soros' shorting South-East Asian currencies, which was his right, as any trader, but how many currency traders have the mega-funds to alter national and global economics? I stated to traders/brokers in the mid-1990's, 'Mr. Soros will take a massive lose on his risky Russian investments' , and he did. He got cocky & greedy! but what's a few billion here and there? :-) peanuts to Soros since he recovered those losses rather quickly.

I also recall back in the summer of Soros cornered a certain November Soybean contract by buying up the majority of existing contracts, that move paid big time as well as for others which followed his lead. In terms of trying to buy the American election, he will loss far more then his Russian flop!

Posted by: Mark Espinola   2004-10-29 11:03:07 PM  

#26  Mrs. Davis.. I'm not so sure he's going to show a net profit on oil futures. Best I can tell, he's now abandoned the speculative attack.
Posted by: Dishman   2004-10-29 6:34:58 PM  

#25  Great link, Ernst -- Thanx! Lol!
Posted by: .com   2004-10-29 5:31:30 PM  

#24  It's great when the financial power houses of the Upper West Side's far-left elite, cave in before the votes are even counted!

Posted by: Mark Espinola   2004-10-29 5:21:26 PM  

#23  I must protest linking my good name to that anti-semetic bag of fascistic filth, George "Kill Me Last, Good Nazi People" Soros!

I only sought to rule the Western World, he wants to destroy it.

Besides, I like kitty cats.

A LOT
Posted by: E. S. Blofeld   2004-10-29 4:48:54 PM  

#22  Garrrrrrgh! Fred, can you fix the photo link? (URL is: http://opinionjournal.com/editorial/hc_soros.jpg)
Posted by: Mike   2004-10-29 3:49:15 PM  

#21  Here's the real thing:



Looks pretty close to the photo above. Shave off the $200 hair and add a cat, and you're there.
Posted by: Mike   2004-10-29 3:48:33 PM  

#20  and the dhimmis wade in...
Posted by: .com   2004-10-29 3:28:58 PM  

#19  he shouldn't despair.. Kerry probably will win if the same trend we saw in 2000 is gonna repeat itself
Posted by: lyot   2004-10-29 3:27:20 PM  

#18  The model for Austin Powers' arch-enemy, Dr. Evil. Cat and all.
Posted by: mojo   2004-10-29 3:15:28 PM  

#17  ...what’s wrong with us?

There is the Democratic motto in a nutshell: SELF-doubt, SELF-disdain, SELF-defeat, all in the service of whatever is not American. The slight pro-Bush upsurge in the polls gives me reason to be hopeful-there are still plenty of Americans out there who like themselves, who are proud of their beliefs and values.
Posted by: Jules 187   2004-10-29 2:47:41 PM  

#16  Spot-on, Mrs D. The Ernst Stavro Blofeld character - head of SPECTRE.
Posted by: .com   2004-10-29 2:41:47 PM  

#15  ex-lib, looks like Donald Pleasance from a James Bond film.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2004-10-29 2:29:39 PM  

#14  'Cuz he looks like a Nazi. Now don't be mean, you guys--but who is that?
Posted by: ex-lib   2004-10-29 2:01:30 PM  

#13  Pardon my ignorance, but is that an actual picture of the guy?
Posted by: ex-lib   2004-10-29 1:59:51 PM  

#12  Hasn't been talking to Zogby. Tweek your own numbers, then predict the outcome you want!
Posted by: BigEd   2004-10-29 1:01:39 PM  

#11  Perfect picture!
Posted by: The Doctor   2004-10-29 12:03:02 PM  

#10  Tshirt:

Someone Ran against Bush and All I Got Was This Lousy T-shirt
Posted by: badanov   2004-10-29 11:04:23 AM  

#9  "...what’s wrong with us?..."
By "us" he means Americans re-electing Bush, but intelligent introspection and reflection would be based on "...what's wrong with us Kerry supporters".
Posted by: Tom   2004-10-29 10:54:40 AM  

#8  Thank you, George, for disproving the cynical theory that elections can be bought.
Posted by: BH   2004-10-29 10:53:57 AM  

#7  Let him move to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea, or any of a dozen other countries whose economies he almost destroyed through currency speculation in the 90's.
Posted by: RWV   2004-10-29 10:53:27 AM  

#6  His funds made $700 million last year. Funny, I remember a time when the Left was against billionaire Wall Street speculators.

And when certain wall street billionaires were opposed to the influence of big money on politics.
Posted by: lex   2004-10-29 10:33:24 AM  

#5  Bet he did OK on oil futures, though.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2004-10-29 10:31:14 AM  

#4  Exile. Please.

For that matter, let's swap our Hollywood morons and other idiotarian celebs and academics for another country's, or maybe the EU's, best and brightest scientists, technicians and entrepreneurs. One-for-one. Ten years minimum. No money involved, and no tears. EU citizenship for George and Alec and Gwynneth and Garrison K and Mikey Boy, and US citizenship for Europe's brainiacs and entrepreneurs. Deal?
Posted by: lex   2004-10-29 10:25:51 AM  

#3  Ah, poor baby. What a waste of $25 million. Think of all the guns you could buy!!
Posted by: mmurray821   2004-10-29 10:19:14 AM  

#2  Hopefully he'll renounce his citizenship, buy himself a country to dominate, and get the F*&k out
Posted by: Frank G   2004-10-29 10:15:23 AM  

#1  In other words, "I spent $25 million for MoveOn.org, and this is what I got?"
Posted by: Mike   2004-10-29 10:05:24 AM  

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