Ted, more on Soros, from the Washington Times:
But nowhere is Mr. Soros' hypocrisy more transparent than his recent double take on campaign finance reform. Beginning in the mid-1990s and continuing through the enactment of the so-called Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, Mr. Soros was one of the leading proponents of the campaign finance reform. According to a report published by the American Conservative Union Foundation, he funneled millions in contributions to the reform movement. In 1998, for example, Mr. Soros funneled more than $600,000 to an outfit called Arizonans for Clean Elections, which was the main organization behind a drive to create public financing for Arizona state candidates. Mr. Soros support accounted for more than 70 percent of the group's funding.
And that's just the beginning; Mr. Soros also donated $18 million to groups supporting campaign finance reform, including Common Cause and Democracy 21. "Soft money contributions taint our political system and taint our political leaders. They create, at a minimum, the appearance of undue access and influence and conflict of interest," he said.
Now, however, Mr. Soros has apparently had a change of heart. Having succeeded in restricting the fund raising and spending activities of political candidates and political parties, Mr. Soros has found a way to skirt the very laws he helped enact in order to advance his personal political agenda. He has committed up to $5 million to MoveOn.org, an organization that airs ads and organizes rallies denouncing the president's policies at home and abroad. To date, Mr. Soros says he has spent upwards of $15.5 million to oust Mr. Bush, and he's prepared to spend even more.
Of course, there's no outcry from the liberal establishment and media elites that worked so hard to impose the reforms that Mr. Soros once supported. To these so-called reformers, Mr. Soros' goal of defeating Mr. Bush is paramount to standing on principle.
In George Soros' world, the ends always seem to justify the means. His blind hatred of Mr. Bush motivates him and the groups he supports.
washingtontimes.com
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EDIT: And a response from Soros' own web site: soros.org . I especially liked this part defending Soros' position:
Under the provisions of the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act, large contributions can no longer be made to these party committees or to fund ads that mention candidates in the heat of the election. Nor can large donors or the groups they fund coordinate in any way with candidates or political parties.
Funny how Soros is getting away with doing just that. |
