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Home Front: Politix
AIM Says "Follow the Money" to George Soros And One-Worlders Against John Bolton
2005-04-13
WASHINGTON -- The pro-world government group known as Citizens for Global Solutions has given campaign contributions to four Democratic members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee now opposing John Bolton's nomination as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. In addition, according to Accuracy in Media (AIM), billionaire currency manipulator George Soros made financial contributions to six of eight Democratic members of the committee.
In the words of Gomer Pyle, "Surprise, surprise, surprise!"
"Reporters like to say they 'follow the money' in political stories," said AIM editor Cliff Kincaid, "but they've ignored the financial facts that may help explain why liberals on the Foreign Relations Committee are opposing Bolton."
Although another reason could be they just hate George Bush and everything he stands for
AIM's review of Federal Election Commission (FEC) data shows that a political action committee associated with Citizens for Global Solutions contributed financially to Foreign Relations Committee members Senators Barbara Boxer, Christopher Dodd, Russell Feingold, and Barack Obama. Citizens for Global Solutions used to be known as the World Federalist Association (WFA), a group that favors world government and global taxes on American citizens to pay for it. The organization, which is leading the opposition to Bolton through television ads and a "Stop Bolton" web site, also contributed to the Republican committee chairman Senator Richard Lugar, who declined to issue a statement of support for Bolton when his nomination was announced.
Two groups explicitly associated with George Soros — the Open Society Policy Center and the American Progress Action Fund -- are working with Citizens for Global Solutions to defeat Bolton. Soros, who spent $23 million in an effort to defeat President Bush's re-election, made financial contributions to six of eight Democratic members of the Foreign Relations Committee — Senators Obama, Boxer, and Bill Nelson, Joe Biden, Paul Sarbanes, and John Kerry.
Make of this what you will. I have a difficult time believing that Barak Obama could be bought off. Kerry, Biden, and boxer, on the other hand, would oppose Bolton no matter what just because he's not a spinless weeny who views the UN as the ultimate World Governmental Body but someone who actually has the best interests of the US as his goal.
Accuracy In Media (AIM) is a non-profit, grassroots citizens watchdog of the news media that critiques botched and bungled news stories and sets the record straight on important issues that have received slanted coverage.

Posted by:Deacon Blues

#6  Obama's missed a huge opportunity to gain the spotlight as a serious national security voice whom red staters can trust on foreign affairs.

If Obama had been on Coleman's side in investigating OFF, and if he refused to follow the chihuahua pack in opposing Bolton, he could've leapt to the head of the party's ranks. Pity.
Posted by: thibaud (aka lex)   2005-04-13 4:03:03 PM  

#5  I love it when the MSM annoints an untouchable.
Posted by: .com   2005-04-13 3:25:42 PM  

#4  He struck me as a garden variety lefty, if at least one that avoided red-faced, eye-bulging rants.

Obama's stated position is that Bolton is not the right man for the job, being that he feels Bolton has been very disdainful of international cooperation.

Disdainful of the UN? Gosh... how could anyone be disdainful of them? ;-)
Posted by: eLarson   2005-04-13 3:24:21 PM  

#3  eLarson, I don't really have any concrete facts but from listening to him during the recent elections he just doesn't strike me as someone who could be bought that cheaply. I could be wrong, but one point I did want to make is the others don't need to be bought as their hatred of everything republican is sufficient reason for them to oppose Mr. Bolton's appointment.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2005-04-13 2:46:18 PM  

#2  I don't think you'd need to buy any of them off.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-04-13 2:42:52 PM  

#1  Make of this what you will. I have a difficult time believing that Barak Obama could be bought off.

Why?
Posted by: eLarson   2005-04-13 1:42:21 PM  

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