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| GOP lawmakers echo Beck's claims against Soros |
| 2010-06-25 |
| Two GOP lawmakers seemed to echo talking points from Fox News host Glenn Beck about a deal made by investor George Soros.. Reps. Dan Burton (R-Ind) and Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) questioned whether Soros, who backs a number of liberal causes and Democratic candidates for office, had invested in a Brazilian oil company, Petrobras, with the knowledge that President Barack Obama might temporarily ban deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. "We don't need to be spending Mr. Soros's money in Brazil, so he can make more money by doing offshore drilling with our taxpayer's money," Burton said. Burton's implication was that Soros, an investor with Petrobras and a major Obama campaign donor, profited from a loan made by the U.S. Export-Import bank to Petrobras. Gohmert made a similar point later during a congressional special orders speech. "This country, apparently standing for two billion dollars to help Brazil do deep exploration -- and that'll make hundreds of millions for Soros, happy dream, they make lots of money -- but sometimes people in this body are torn between their constituent service, or being a part of a powerful team," he said. Their comments echoed several made by Glenn Beck the night before on Fox News. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 He does - I don't know if they are former Blackwater body-guards, but he does have 'em, and the visible ones are very hard-looking and efficient-appearing gentlemen. Saw them backstage with him at the April 09 Tax Day Tea Party rally at the Alamo. |
| Posted by: Sgt.Mom 2010-06-25 19:31 |
| #3 Beck says you need to read the Road To Serfdom and it becomes #1. Beck exposes Van Jones and he is relocated by Obama. There are a lot of examples of the influence of Beck. I trust he has some ex blackwater guys covering his back because he is on dangerous ground. |
| Posted by: bman 2010-06-25 12:04 |
| #2 ItÂ’s always prudent to remember that Beck fancies himself as a news-tainment guy and not a journalist. His entire schtick has a tendency of oblique associations followed by implied conclusions. With that said, his episode about the Soros/ Petrobras connection was intriguing given the influence John Podesta and CAP has had on this administration from the get go. So nobody should be a surprised if a couple of rattle-traps like Burton and Gomert would glom on and present it as original thought. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2010-06-25 11:38 |
| #1 Puppets of Beck? Questioned by the puppets of The One. Whose strings are pulled by Soros. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2010-06-25 09:00 |