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shawa
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 Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 7:20 am Post subject: Soros Hijacking Democratic Party |
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Scary stuff!!
http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20050511-085135-5927r.htm
| Quote: | Let the political wars begin
By Richard N. Bond
The financial chieftains of the far-left of the Democratic Party met recently to discuss ways to win back the majority of American voters.
The elite group, comprised of several dozen millionaires, dubbed itself the "Phoenix Group," and is led by billionaire George Soros.
Details of the group's deliberations were closely guarded, but reports indicate that the liberal financiers plan to fund multiple left-of-center groups in order to formulate a "new" party message.
This news ought to chill the hearts of loyal Democrats, in particular party moderates, in light of recent activity by one of the groups the millionaires have funded. Criticism of a centrist member of the Democratic leadership by MoveOn.org, recipient of $2.5 million from Mr. Soros in 2004, can be seen as the opening shot in an internal war that could cripple or even break apart the Democratic Party.
MoveOn.org's target was House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland, one of 73 Democrats who supported bankruptcy-reform legislation. Mr. Hoyer, a 25- year congressional veteran, was the target of a critical $100,000 radio campaign funded by MoveOn.org as punishment for his vote to reform bankruptcy laws.
Mr. Hoyer is not the only Democrat to incur MoveOn.org's wrath. The group's director recently attacked the centrist Democrat Leadership Council (DLC) founded by then-Arkansas governor Bill Clinton. The DLC's leader fired back that Democrats should reject Michael Moore and the MoveOn.org crowd.
While Mr. Hoyer is impregnable politically, winning with 69 percent of the vote in his last election, the message MoveOn.org is sending is clear: Bipartisan cooperation is unacceptable.
These party elitists, led by Mr. Soros and his rich friends, are determined to win from the left or not win at all. The Howard Dean-led Democrats still refuse to recognize the reality of the curse of the northern liberal: Liberalism is a failed ideology.
Since President Franklin D. Roosevelt, there have been 15 Democratic presidential nominees. When Democrats have nominated a southern or moderate candidate, they have won the presidency five of seven times. When Democrats have nominated a Northern liberal, they have lost seven of eight times.
This internecine warfare is great news for President Bush and the Republican Party.
After George H.W. Bush was defeated in 1992, Republican Minority Leader Newt Gingrich, and my successor as Republican National Chairman, Haley Barbour, carefully laid the foundation for the Republican comeback in 1994. They did it by uniting moderates and conservatives around a positive agenda of which the now-famous "Contract with America" was just one piece of a well-coordinated strategy.
Absent from the GOP game plan were party purges, attacks on fellow Republicans, hot rhetoric between moderates and conservatives and other divisive tactics. And even through presidential candidate Sen. Bob Dole lost in 1996, the Republican comeback was made complete by the election of George W. Bush and the continuing Republican control of Congress.
With their success, Republicans have shown there are many ways to revive a political party — a healthy debate on ideas, attractive new messengers, use of new technologies and greater grassroots intensity. The current liberal Democratic approach of punishing loyalists is not only counterproductive, but symptomatic of the elitism, arrogance and political immaturity of the limousine liberals determined to reshape the party of Jefferson.
These are the actions of a permanent minority, not an emerging majority.
Certainly Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean deserves a good deal of the blame for his party's disarray. Mr. Dean's aim is consistent with the Soros hijacking of the Democratic Party: Repackage lousy-tasting liberalism and expect fellow Democrats and the voting public to swallow it. Mr. Dean displayed the same far-left pandering in the operation of his post-presidential campaign's political-action committee, Democracy for America, when he coddled up to liberals and ignored party moderates.
And let's not forget the sorry record of non-leadership displayed by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. In the past few months, 13 bills have passed the House with bipartisan support. Mrs. Pelosi voted against 70 percent of these bills. An average of 49 House Democrats (24 percent of Mrs. Pelosi's caucus) crossed their leader to vote in favor of legislation she voted against. Would it be fair to say the phrase "out of control" applies to Minority Leader Pelosi and DNC Chairman Dean?
Richard N. Bond is the former Republican National Chairman. |
IMO, George Soros is on a power trip.
He sees himself as the evil villain in a James Bond script, using his billions
to take over the country. Today, the U.S., tomorrow the world.
He made a mistake backing sKerry, a very flawed candidate, but now he
is movin' on to control the Democratic Party. Using his money to punish
Democrats who do not go along with his agenda. Most politicians will
succumb to his threats in order to get re-elected.
Is this just a game for a bored billionaire, or is his goal to become the
ULTIMATE PUPPETMASTER, controling all the strings???
This guy is a real piece of work!
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srmorton
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| Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 11:58 am Post subject: |
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If Soros is attempting to win from the far left, his efforts will fail
miserably. The only two Dems elected POTUS in the past 30 years
were elected because they presented themselves as moderate to
conservative. I read somewhere that Soros's motive is not only
power, but PROFIT - an even stronger motive than power. He has
apparently made millions of dollars betting against the US dollar and
believes that the more influence he has on the US government, the
more millions he will make.
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Nutso
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Location: Minnesota
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| This country won its independence and was built on the idea that we did not want a king to lead us, but that is what the far left wants back. They are already trying to force 'minority rights' on us as more important than majority rules, just to have it their way. If the current 'minority' has more rights than the majority what happens when a smaller minority comes along??? They must then have more rights than current minority and right down the line until the minority is down to the smallest minority, a single person. This is really what Soro's wants, to own and be in charge of everything. The left does not believe in democracy, just control. We need to keep going, keep fighting and protect this great land from the commies like Soros, Kerry, Clinton and Fonda. Great men and women have many times fought and died for our freedom from this and I believe we are in the battle of our lives for our freedom. Now they want to take away our voices by controlling the internet as they have seen what a powerful tool it is, but we must refuse to allow them to silence the truth. |
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GM Strong
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This is one of the consquences of McCain-Feingold. In order to replace the "scourge" of soft money from you and me, the party now needs the benefactors with big bucks like Soros who can buy the party outright. Thank you Capt. McQueeg. Fortunately they Republicans are still depending on us small donors. Get rid of the so-called reforms and maybe the regular guy (if any are left) Democrats could regain their party. Right now it is bought and paid for by Soros.
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