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To: tejek who wrote (180416)	1/13/2004 12:00:49 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572720

Soros puts money where mouth is to defeat Bush Mon Jan 12, 2:50 PM ET Add U.S. National - AFP to My Yahoo! WASHINGTON (AFP) - Billionaire George Soros said that he his ready to spend more of his fortune on trying to get US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) voted out of office in November's presidential election. "I am ready to put my money where my mouth is," the Hungarian-born American said at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Soros, 74, who is worth about seven billion dollars, Soros spoke at the launch of his new book, "The Bubble of American Supremacy", much of which is devoted to hammering US foreign policy under Bush. He has already donated several million dollars to grass-roots groups campaigning against Bush. Soros gave 10 million dollars to America Coming Together, which campaigns to increase the number of people taking part in elections and 2.5 million dollars to Moveon.org, an internet campaign group that has opposed the Iraq (news - web sites) war and many other Bush policies. The donations have garnered the ire of the Bush camp, which attacked Soros and his ideas. Soros said he will fight back. "It's got a rise out of me and it will probably find an expression in the amount of money (I donate)," Soros said. "I have made rejection of the Bush doctrine the central project of my life for the next year." Soros said he liked the foreign policy platforms of Democratic candidates Senator John Kerry (news - web sites) and of retired general Wesley Clark (news - web sites) but he especially liked former Vermont governor Howard Dean (news - web sites). "2004 is not an ordinary election; it is a referendum on the Bush doctrine." Soros said. "The future of the world hangs in the balance." Soros compared Bush's security doctrine to financial bubbles, which arise out of poor analysis. "The misinterpritation is that might is right and (that) we ought to use our dominant position to impose our will on the world," Soros said. "We can either deflate the bubble before it does any more damage or we can endorse the Bush doctrine and suffer the consequences."

To: tejek who wrote (180416)	1/13/2004 2:35:52 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572720

Ted, you didn't think Dean liked Bush, did you? If he continues portraying this image of an angry white liberal, Dean is going to lose big time. This latest gaffe, "George Bush is not my neighbor," shows both a misunderstanding of the Biblical concept as well as a personal hatred of the man. Once again, he's turning a debate over issues and policy into a Tribal Council on Survivor. (Yeah, I know, I have that show on my mind a lot these days.) Tenchusatsu