Have you ever heard of Republicorp?

[DiveCon]

George Soros is to the Democratic Party as Bob Perry is to the Republican Party. The days of portrayal of Soros as a whipping boy for large campaign contributions are OVER.

Swift Boat donor gives $7 million to American Crossroads | The Upshot Yahoo! News - Yahoo! News
[Karl Rove's "mystery" PAC ^]

FAIL

let me know when they even come close to what Soros is trying to do

You'll have to be more specific. Just because he's constantly a dirty word among the conservative community doesn't mean there's a hundred precent truth to the constant trashing of the man. Why it's almost like <gasp> the people who continually attack him are "jealous" of his wealth.

In any event, Soros isn't spending any money at all on the 2010 campaign. But by the time it's all tallied, the new 527 mystery PACS will have spend around $3.5 billion in campaign contributions. George Soros will fade into history as being the infamous biggest spender.

sure he is spending moron
LOL
he just threw $1.8 m to NPR

and if you dont think he fund 527 PACs, you are naive

 

[DiveCon]

George Soros Contributions to 527 Organizations, 2008 cycle | OpenSecrets

 

[Charles_Main]

Here are the kinds of things Soros Does.

Currency speculation

On Black Wednesday (September 16, 1992), Soros's fund sold short more than $10 billion worth of pounds sterling[25], profiting from the Bank of England'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 Bank of England withdrew the currency from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, devaluing the pound sterling, and Soros earned an estimated US$ 1.1 billion in the process. He was dubbed "the man who broke the Bank of England." In 1997, the UK Treasury estimated the cost of Black Wednesday at £3.4 billion.

The Times of Monday, October 26, 1992, 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."

Stanley Druckenmiller, who traded under Soros, originally saw the weakness in the pound. "Soros' contribution was pushing him to take a gigantic position."[26][27]

In 1997, during the Asian financial crisis, then Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad accused Soros of using the wealth under his control to punish ASEAN for welcoming Myanmar as a member. Soros has denied Mahathir's accusations and it should be noted that Mahatir has a history of Anti-Semitic remarks and made specific reference to Soros's Jewish backgroud: "it is a Jew who triggered the currency plunge." [28] The nominal US dollar GDP of ASEAN fell by US$9.2 billion in 1997 and $218.2 billion (31.7%) in 1998.

and

Insider trading conviction

In 1988, he was asked to join a takeover attempt of the French bank Société Générale. He declined to participate in the bid but later bought a number of shares in the company. French authorities began an investigation in 1989, and in 2002 a French court ruled that it was insider trading, a felony conviction as defined under French securities laws, and fined him $2.3 million, which was the amount that he made using the insider information.

Punitive damages were not sought because of the delay in bringing the case to trial. Soros denied any wrongdoing and said news of the takeover was public knowledge.[31]

His insider trading conviction was upheld by the highest court in France on June 14, 2006.[32] In December, 2006 he appealed to the European Court of Human Rights, claiming that the 14-year delay in bringing the case to trial precluded a fair hearing.[33]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Soros

 

[MaggieMae]

George Soros Contributions to 527 Organizations, 2008 cycle | OpenSecrets

That was two years ago. Plus, donating to NPR isn't a "campaign" contribution. That said, you missed the real point, I see. Why continue to rag on George Soros when he's going to be outspent? He's also never made any illegal contributions, and there are plenty (PLENTY) of rich Texas oilmen who also put up huge sums of money to get GWB elected. I just don't see the point--except Soros' name seems to come up whenever you guys are at a loss for a valid argument (on just about ANY subject), like he's your pat answer when all else fails.

 

[MaggieMae]

Here are the kinds of things Soros Does.

Currency speculation

On Black Wednesday (September 16, 1992), Soros's fund sold short more than $10 billion worth of pounds sterling[25], profiting from the Bank of England'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 Bank of England withdrew the currency from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, devaluing the pound sterling, and Soros earned an estimated US$ 1.1 billion in the process. He was dubbed "the man who broke the Bank of England." In 1997, the UK Treasury estimated the cost of Black Wednesday at £3.4 billion.

The Times of Monday, October 26, 1992, 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."

Stanley Druckenmiller, who traded under Soros, originally saw the weakness in the pound. "Soros' contribution was pushing him to take a gigantic position."[26][27]

In 1997, during the Asian financial crisis, then Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad accused Soros of using the wealth under his control to punish ASEAN for welcoming Myanmar as a member. Soros has denied Mahathir's accusations and it should be noted that Mahatir has a history of Anti-Semitic remarks and made specific reference to Soros's Jewish backgroud: "it is a Jew who triggered the currency plunge." [28] The nominal US dollar GDP of ASEAN fell by US$9.2 billion in 1997 and $218.2 billion (31.7%) in 1998.

and

Insider trading conviction

In 1988, he was asked to join a takeover attempt of the French bank Société Générale. He declined to participate in the bid but later bought a number of shares in the company. French authorities began an investigation in 1989, and in 2002 a French court ruled that it was insider trading, a felony conviction as defined under French securities laws, and fined him $2.3 million, which was the amount that he made using the insider information.

Punitive damages were not sought because of the delay in bringing the case to trial. Soros denied any wrongdoing and said news of the takeover was public knowledge.[31]

His insider trading conviction was upheld by the highest court in France on June 14, 2006.[32] In December, 2006 he appealed to the European Court of Human Rights, claiming that the 14-year delay in bringing the case to trial precluded a fair hearing.[33]

George Soros - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Oh, I see. Soros is the only investor/trader who has manipulated the market to his advantage. Got it.

 

[DiveCon]

George Soros Contributions to 527 Organizations, 2008 cycle | OpenSecrets

That was two years ago. Plus, donating to NPR isn't a "campaign" contribution. That said, you missed the real point, I see. Why continue to rag on George Soros when he's going to be outspent? He's also never made any illegal contributions, and there are plenty (PLENTY) of rich Texas oilmen who also put up huge sums of money to get GWB elected. I just don't see the point--except Soros' name seems to come up whenever you guys are at a loss for a valid argument (on just about ANY subject), like he's your pat answer when all else fails.

that was referring to him supporting 527 groups

 

[uscitizen]

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