George Soros and Other Rich Guys to Infuse Democrats With Loot

[daveman]

Well, it's about fuckin' time. If we gotta deal with the new Citizens United world, we might as well have rich guys who aren't totally avaricious fucks chipping in, too.

Ummm...that's what Soros is.

On September 16, 1992, Black Wednesday, Soros' fund sold short more than $10 billion in pounds,[22] profiting from the UK government's reluctance to either raise its interest rates to levels comparable to those of other European Exchange Rate Mechanism countries or to float its currency.
Finally, the UK withdrew from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, devaluing the pound, earning Soros an estimated $1.1 billion. He was dubbed "the man who broke the Bank of England".[27] In 1997, the UK Treasury estimated the cost of Black Wednesday at £3.4 billion.
On Monday, October 26, 1992, The Times quoted Soros as saying: "Our total position by Black Wednesday had to be worth almost $10 billion. We planned to sell more than that. In fact, when Norman Lamont said just before the devaluation that he would borrow nearly $15 billion to defend sterling, we were amused because that was about how much we wanted to sell."

--

Economist Paul Krugman is critical of Soros' effect on financial markets.

"[N]obody who has read a business magazine in the last few years can be unaware that these days there really are investors who not only move money in anticipation of a currency crisis, but actually do their best to trigger that crisis for fun and profit. These new actors on the scene do not yet have a standard name; my proposed term is 'Soroi'."[33]​

Now, would you like to make the case the Soros' breaking the Bank of England was altruistic?

Or are you going to admit he's a totally avaricious fuck?


I'll bet you do neither.

Yoo hoo, Erik!

 

[EriktheRed]

Well, it's about fuckin' time. If we gotta deal with the new Citizens United world, we might as well have rich guys who aren't totally avaricious fucks chipping in, too.

Ummm...that's what Soros is.

On September 16, 1992, Black Wednesday, Soros' fund sold short more than $10 billion in pounds,[22] profiting from the UK government's reluctance to either raise its interest rates to levels comparable to those of other European Exchange Rate Mechanism countries or to float its currency.
Finally, the UK withdrew from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, devaluing the pound, earning Soros an estimated $1.1 billion. He was dubbed "the man who broke the Bank of England".[27] In 1997, the UK Treasury estimated the cost of Black Wednesday at £3.4 billion.
On Monday, October 26, 1992, The Times quoted Soros as saying: "Our total position by Black Wednesday had to be worth almost $10 billion. We planned to sell more than that. In fact, when Norman Lamont said just before the devaluation that he would borrow nearly $15 billion to defend sterling, we were amused because that was about how much we wanted to sell."

--

Economist Paul Krugman is critical of Soros' effect on financial markets.

"[N]obody who has read a business magazine in the last few years can be unaware that these days there really are investors who not only move money in anticipation of a currency crisis, but actually do their best to trigger that crisis for fun and profit. These new actors on the scene do not yet have a standard name; my proposed term is 'Soroi'."[33]​

Now, would you like to make the case the Soros' breaking the Bank of England was altruistic?

Or are you going to admit he's a totally avaricious fuck?


I'll bet you do neither.

Yoo hoo, Erik!

Touché. I did not know that about him.

 

[Big Fitz]

God bless George Soros! And fuck the Kochsuckers!

Boogaboogakochbros!

Why should we be worried about the Koch bros when you guys cheer George Soros?

 

[Borillar]

George Soros and Other Rich Guys to Infuse Democrats With $100 Million for Grassroots Efforts​

5/8/12 By Brett Smiley

Billionaire investor George Soros will be supplying $2 million to independent Democratic groups focused on grassroots election efforts as part of a greater donor initiative to enhance outreach and voter registration operations. Soros will divide his donation equally between America Votes, a group that provides coordination and campaign support to progressive organizations; and American Bridge 21st Century, a super-PAC that focuses on communications and election-oriented research. Soros's contribution will be part of a nearly $100 million boost from major liberal donors to like-minded causes and efforts. According to a New York Times report, Soros and others are pledging funds to grassroots-type groups in part because they don't believe they can match the massive Republican super-PAC-funded negative television ad bombs, but also as a symbolic rejection of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which gave birth to super-PACs that may spend on campaigns without limits.

Beneficiaries of the $100 million infusion from the major liberal donors include organizations like the Latino Engagement Fund (part of the Democracy Alliance), a group that works to register and turn out Latino voters for Democrats.

George Soros and Other Rich Guys to Infuse Democrats With $100 Million for Grassroots Efforts -- Daily Intel

"It's alive, it's alive"​

Good thing too. They have to compete with the big money donations from the Koch brothers, Rupert Murdoch, ALEC, and corporate donations given to the Repugs.

 

[American_Jihad]

George Soros and Other Rich Guys to Infuse Democrats With $100 Million for Grassroots Efforts​

5/8/12 By Brett Smiley

Billionaire investor George Soros will be supplying $2 million to independent Democratic groups focused on grassroots election efforts as part of a greater donor initiative to enhance outreach and voter registration operations. Soros will divide his donation equally between America Votes, a group that provides coordination and campaign support to progressive organizations; and American Bridge 21st Century, a super-PAC that focuses on communications and election-oriented research. Soros's contribution will be part of a nearly $100 million boost from major liberal donors to like-minded causes and efforts. According to a New York Times report, Soros and others are pledging funds to grassroots-type groups in part because they don't believe they can match the massive Republican super-PAC-funded negative television ad bombs, but also as a symbolic rejection of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which gave birth to super-PACs that may spend on campaigns without limits.

Beneficiaries of the $100 million infusion from the major liberal donors include organizations like the Latino Engagement Fund (part of the Democracy Alliance), a group that works to register and turn out Latino voters for Democrats.

George Soros and Other Rich Guys to Infuse Democrats With $100 Million for Grassroots Efforts -- Daily Intel

"It's alive, it's alive"​

Good thing too. They have to compete with the big money donations from the Koch brothers, Rupert Murdoch, ALEC, and corporate donations given to the Repugs.

Ya don't forget the unions, team msnbc, the left-wing media, naacp, and all the other ilk.

I know it's off subject: if the healthcare is so great why did the unions and other left-wingers get waivers from the great unread bill,,, anybody

If we can't get rid of the law lets take their fvcking waivers away...

 

[Borillar]

George Soros and Other Rich Guys to Infuse Democrats With $100 Million for Grassroots Efforts​

5/8/12 By Brett Smiley

Billionaire investor George Soros will be supplying $2 million to independent Democratic groups focused on grassroots election efforts as part of a greater donor initiative to enhance outreach and voter registration operations. Soros will divide his donation equally between America Votes, a group that provides coordination and campaign support to progressive organizations; and American Bridge 21st Century, a super-PAC that focuses on communications and election-oriented research. Soros's contribution will be part of a nearly $100 million boost from major liberal donors to like-minded causes and efforts. According to a New York Times report, Soros and others are pledging funds to grassroots-type groups in part because they don't believe they can match the massive Republican super-PAC-funded negative television ad bombs, but also as a symbolic rejection of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which gave birth to super-PACs that may spend on campaigns without limits.

Beneficiaries of the $100 million infusion from the major liberal donors include organizations like the Latino Engagement Fund (part of the Democracy Alliance), a group that works to register and turn out Latino voters for Democrats.

George Soros and Other Rich Guys to Infuse Democrats With $100 Million for Grassroots Efforts -- Daily Intel

"It's alive, it's alive"​

Good thing too. They have to compete with the big money donations from the Koch brothers, Rupert Murdoch, ALEC, and corporate donations given to the Repugs.

Ya don't forget the unions, team msnbc, the left-wing media, naacp, and all the other ilk.

I know it's off subject: if the healthcare is so great why did the unions and other left-wingers get waivers from the great unread bill,,, anybody

If we can't get rid of the law lets take their fvcking waivers away...

Union donations, NAACP, etc are pretty small potatoes compared with what the corporations are throwing around.

WRT ACA waivers, it is my understanding that they were temporary waivers given to some employers so that they wouldn't drop healthcare coverage altogether. The rationale is that the other changes under federal health reform will eventually allow employers to receive better, more affordable coverage under the health insurance exchange, when it begins operating in 2014.

 

[American_Jihad]

Good thing too. They have to compete with the big money donations from the Koch brothers, Rupert Murdoch, ALEC, and corporate donations given to the Repugs.

Ya don't forget the unions, team msnbc, the left-wing media, naacp, and all the other ilk.

I know it's off subject: if the healthcare is so great why did the unions and other left-wingers get waivers from the great unread bill,,, anybody

If we can't get rid of the law lets take their fvcking waivers away...

Union donations, NAACP, etc are pretty small potatoes compared with what the corporations are throwing around.

WRT ACA waivers, it is my understanding that they were temporary waivers given to some employers so that they wouldn't drop healthcare coverage altogether. The rationale is that the other changes under federal health reform will eventually allow employers to receive better, more affordable coverage under the health insurance exchange, when it begins operating in 2014.

You must be a liberal with all that spinning your doing...

 

[Luissa]

George Soros and Other Rich Guys to Infuse Democrats With $100 Million for Grassroots Efforts​

5/8/12 By Brett Smiley

Billionaire investor George Soros will be supplying $2 million to independent Democratic groups focused on grassroots election efforts as part of a greater donor initiative to enhance outreach and voter registration operations. Soros will divide his donation equally between America Votes, a group that provides coordination and campaign support to progressive organizations; and American Bridge 21st Century, a super-PAC that focuses on communications and election-oriented research. Soros's contribution will be part of a nearly $100 million boost from major liberal donors to like-minded causes and efforts. According to a New York Times report, Soros and others are pledging funds to grassroots-type groups in part because they don't believe they can match the massive Republican super-PAC-funded negative television ad bombs, but also as a symbolic rejection of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which gave birth to super-PACs that may spend on campaigns without limits.

Beneficiaries of the $100 million infusion from the major liberal donors include organizations like the Latino Engagement Fund (part of the Democracy Alliance), a group that works to register and turn out Latino voters for Democrats.

George Soros and Other Rich Guys to Infuse Democrats With $100 Million for Grassroots Efforts -- Daily Intel

"It's alive, it's alive"​

So? This what the right wanted.

 

[daveman]

Union donations, NAACP, etc are pretty small potatoes compared with what the corporations are throwing around.

If the Obama campaign had to pay for all the free airtime they're getting from the Dem-complicit media for their cheerleading, it'd cost them billions.

 

[daveman]

George Soros and Other Rich Guys to Infuse Democrats With $100 Million for Grassroots Efforts​

5/8/12 By Brett Smiley

Billionaire investor George Soros will be supplying $2 million to independent Democratic groups focused on grassroots election efforts as part of a greater donor initiative to enhance outreach and voter registration operations. Soros will divide his donation equally between America Votes, a group that provides coordination and campaign support to progressive organizations; and American Bridge 21st Century, a super-PAC that focuses on communications and election-oriented research. Soros's contribution will be part of a nearly $100 million boost from major liberal donors to like-minded causes and efforts. According to a New York Times report, Soros and others are pledging funds to grassroots-type groups in part because they don't believe they can match the massive Republican super-PAC-funded negative television ad bombs, but also as a symbolic rejection of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which gave birth to super-PACs that may spend on campaigns without limits.

Beneficiaries of the $100 million infusion from the major liberal donors include organizations like the Latino Engagement Fund (part of the Democracy Alliance), a group that works to register and turn out Latino voters for Democrats.

George Soros and Other Rich Guys to Infuse Democrats With $100 Million for Grassroots Efforts -- Daily Intel

"It's alive, it's alive"​

So? This what the right wanted.

It's what the left opposes -- unless the money's going to Democrats.

 

[sfcalifornia]

Union donations, NAACP, etc are pretty small potatoes compared with what the corporations are throwing around.

If the Obama campaign had to pay for all the free airtime they're getting from the Dem-complicit media for their cheerleading, it'd cost them billions.

So? The Democrats have the media money and the Republicans have the oil money.

Quit your whining.

 

[tjvh]

Isn't it nice that the lemmings complain about big money entering Politics, yet they NEVER have a negative thing to say about those they support... The elitist pricks who profess to know what is BEST for them (and the rest of us), yet use them (the lemmings) to convey their message to the nonbelievers every chance they get? Stop being sheeple... If not for me, please do it for yourselves. We'd ALL be better off.

 

[daveman]

Union donations, NAACP, etc are pretty small potatoes compared with what the corporations are throwing around.

If the Obama campaign had to pay for all the free airtime they're getting from the Dem-complicit media for their cheerleading, it'd cost them billions.

So? The Democrats have the media money and the Republicans have the oil money.

Quit your whining.

Not whining at all.

Just pointing out the left's hypocrisy.

Thanks for adding another example!

 

[Big Fitz]

Union donations, NAACP, etc are pretty small potatoes compared with what the corporations are throwing around.

If the Obama campaign had to pay for all the free airtime they're getting from the Dem-complicit media for their cheerleading, it'd cost them billions.

So? The Democrats have the media money and the Republicans have the oil money.

Quit your whining.

Oil companies don't give hundreds of millions of dollars in free advertising.

"There's only one thing worse about being talked about, and that's NOT being talked about." Oscar Wilde

Consider the hundreds of hours before the election devoted to 'news' reporting that ended up being nothing more than campaign commercials for the candidates, then remember that networks like MSNBC went 90/10 in favor of Obama for their balance versus McCain. What're we going to get versus Romney? 99/1?

 

[jillian]

If the Obama campaign had to pay for all the free airtime they're getting from the Dem-complicit media for their cheerleading, it'd cost them billions.

So? The Democrats have the media money and the Republicans have the oil money.

Quit your whining.

Oil companies don't give hundreds of millions of dollars in free advertising.

"There's only one thing worse about being talked about, and that's NOT being talked about." Oscar Wilde

you don't think oil companies make political donations?

i'd suggest that after citizens united, they make rather large ones to both candidates and PACs.

so really the right does need to stop whining.

 

[Big Fitz]

So? The Democrats have the media money and the Republicans have the oil money.

Quit your whining.

Oil companies don't give hundreds of millions of dollars in free advertising.

"There's only one thing worse about being talked about, and that's NOT being talked about." Oscar Wilde

you don't think oil companies make political donations?

i'd suggest that after citizens united, they make rather large ones to both candidates and PACs.

so really the right does need to stop whining.

Which oil company owns a network, has a news room, and a dedicated viewing audience share of 'news', 'news' programs, gossip shows, entertainment 'news'? None. Which network is going to sell them that level of access and exposure they give for their favorite candidate, cheap? None. Do oil companies donate exclusively to GOP candidates? Nope.

Your argument is farcical on it's base.

I'm sorry, but thanks to citizens united, election difficulty for you guys was changed from Easy level to Normal. The left really needs to stop whining about having fair competition. You've had it too easy for too long.

The hue and cry of "whaaaaaa!!! Corporations can now spend like my favorite leftist union and PAC! Whaaaaaaa!!!!" is pretty old and petty.

 

[Papageorgio]

The Koch brothers are pouring tens of millions of dollars into Right Wing politics. They own more politicians than the Romney's own horses, but ya'll freak out when George Soros gives money, not to politicians, but to groups that are dedicated to getting more people out to vote. Oh the inhumanity!

Way to suck that Koch RWers!

Like I said... you're fine with rich people buying elections, as long as they are YOUR rich people.

Double standard much?

Except that I want to get ALL "rich people" out of our politicians pockets, not just the Koch Brothers. If I ran the world, there would be no super PACs and only individuals could donate to a candidate. Not only that but the individual donation would be capped at a VERY low level (and would be 100% transparent).

I agree with you on this point. However, the bright people that wrote CFR, they just wanted to secure their own futures. So much for Democrats and Republicans looking out for the people.

 

[GoneBezerk]

Soros made his money off destroying small countries' currencies, but of course his money is good for Democraps....but rich Republicans are so-called "evil" if they donate to Romney.

This shows the insanity of the liberals.

 

[Big Fitz]

Soros made his money off destroying small countries' currencies, but of course his money is good for Democraps....but rich Republicans are so-called "evil" if they donate to Romney.

This shows the insanity of the liberals.

Don't tell the British they're "Small".

Remember Soros shorting the Pound.

 

[GoneBezerk]

Yes, Soros is a dirty old man.

He learned early in life to save his own skin by throwing other Jews to the Nazis.....

Soros made his money off destroying small countries' currencies, but of course his money is good for Democraps....but rich Republicans are so-called "evil" if they donate to Romney.

This shows the insanity of the liberals.

Don't tell the British they're "Small".

Remember Soros shorting the Pound.