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To: Rascal who wrote (4594)8/9/2003 12:01:50 PM
From: Tadsamillionaire  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793743
 
Soros Pledges $10 Million to Help Defeat Bush
Fri Aug 8, 4:17 PM ET
BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire hedge fund investor and philanthropist George Soros this week pledged to donate $10 million to a political action group working to defeat President Bush (news - web sites) in next year's election.

Soros, whose $11.5 billion Soros Fund Management is one of the world's biggest hedge funds, has long been critical of Bush administration policies and pledged his personal money to a new political action committee named America Coming Together, his spokesman said.

In a statement, Soros said "The fate of the world depends on the United States and President Bush is leading us in the wrong direction."

The group will use the money to educate and register voters in 17 key states.

story.news.yahoo.com.



To: Rascal who wrote (4594)8/9/2003 12:48:52 PM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793743
 
Ross Perot plotting a return to the national stage in time for the 2004 elections?

He is going to find out that he had his day in the Sun.



To: Rascal who wrote (4594)8/10/2003 5:51:26 AM
From: unclewest  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793743
 
for those of us who always suspected self-interest lay at the root of Perot's prescriptions, his chapter on cutting government waste includes an artfully buried plug from the computer magnate for requiring Washington's myriad agencies to adopt compatible electronic systems.

Not that I am for Perot, but that is uninformed dig.
He sold his stake in EDS several years ago.

Micah L. Sifry must be a NYT reporter.