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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: cirrus who wrote (54116)	10/22/2004 12:15:23 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

I think Zogby has the best track record as a presidential race forecaster...<eom>. -s2@SoonWe'llSee.com

To: cirrus who wrote (54116)	10/22/2004 2:10:02 PM
From: SiouxPal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

E-Mail from my pal George :•) Dear (Sioux), George Soros is continuing his national tour to talk about the war in Iraq and why President Bush is "endangering our safety, hurting our vital interests, and undermining American values," with recent stops in Harrisburg, Tampa, Sarasota, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Des Moines. You might be interested in this exchange following his talk at the Breakfast Lyceum in Harrisburg, PA on October 19. You can read the full transcript of the Q & A exchange on our Web site. -------------------------------------------------------------- Q: What are some of the things that President Kerry should do in Iraq that President Bush has not done? A: We have to find an orderly and honorable exit from Iraq because Iraq is now facing civil war. We have very cleverly set the date for elections there in January, which is after our election. So, hell is about to break loose, but it will be after the elections. Probably the elections [in Iraq] cannot be held under those kinds of circumstances because the Sunnis, for one, will not participate. However, we have to make clear that we are not there to stay, that we are ready to hand over power to a legitimate Iraqi government. What the Constitution of Iraq should be ought to be established in an international conference where the neighbors are also represented, as well as the major groups in the country. The problem is you've got three major groups and you've got oil, and they will all want to control the oil, and they will be fighting each other for that control. So you have the makings of this civil war. There has to be an arrangement for the distribution of the oil revenues among the major groups, a large confederate or federal structure established and introduced, Iraqi troops trained, and some international guarantee of these arrangements - preferably with non-American troops, because our troops are now an invitation for attack. That is the way to go, and I think Kerry has a chance - a better chance - of doing this than Bush, who has said he would do everything the way he is doing it now. So he has no credibility. We are the enemy, the occupying power. Q: Mr. Soros, what would you say to a moderate Republican businessman who, even though he may be sympathetic to your argument about Iraq, is still troubled by other elements in Kerry's respective policies related to court appointees, tax policies, regulatory environment, things like that. How would you persuade such a moderate Republican in the totality of the election? A: I have talked to many moderate Republicans who are very disturbed about the budget deficit. It is really contrary to the principles that the Republican Party used to stand for. There is a latent rebellion about that because it feels quite good while you're spending the money, but then there is how to pay. And we've gone from the largest surplus to the largest deficit in a very short period of time. And we have cut taxes at a time of war - that has never been done before. The tax cuts, of course, benefit people like me. But if you take a little longer view, it's extremely harmful. And I had an IT venture capitalist call me up and say that he wants to contribute to America Coming Together the amount of money he saved on the latest tax cut, which was three million dollars. So that is, I think, a very important argument. I don't think that it is in the spirit of the Republican Party to run a budget deficit out of control. Best, George Soros