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Sorros blames Kerry for Bushs win

Who else is this clown going to blame. If you listen to him, everybody is to blame for Bushs win. Reposted from NewsMax.

I just wish he'd grow up!

Soros: Kerry a Flawed Candidate

Billionaire George Soros spent $26 million last year trying to defeat George Bush, and he blames John Kerry for Bush's victory.

In what Bloomberg.com termed his sharpest criticism of Kerry yet, Soros, the biggest contributor to the beat-Bush campaign, said that Kerry was a flawed candidate. In an interview with Bloomberg.com, Soros complained: "Kerry did not, actually, offer a credible and coherent alternative. That had a lot to do with Bush being re-elected."

Kerry, he added, "tried to emphasize his role as a Vietnam War hero and downplay his role as an anti-Vietnam War hero, which he was," said Soros. "Had he admitted, owned up to it, I think actually the outcome could have been different."
He had harsh words for the Democratic Party as well, saying he also now questions "what the Democratic Party stands for." Democrats, he advised, need to counter "a very effective conservative message machine. There really needs to be an alternative."

During the campaign Soros donated millions to the Media Fund - a group Bloomberg.com reported ran television, print and radio advertisements against Bush - and America Coming Together, a group that mobilized voters in battleground states such as Ohio and Pennsylvania. He also personally bought anti-Bush ads in newspapers around the country, and went on a 12-city speaking tour to criticize Bush's foreign policy.

Soros has no regrets about his campaign activities, insisting that the money he spent was worthwhile and that he will remain active in U.S. politics.

"I don't feel it's an investment that's gone bad, because when you stand up for principles you have to do it whether you win or lose," Soros said. "I'm distressed that Bush was re-elected, but I don't feel that I wasted my money."

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soros issa moron, thats needs to convert his money into pennies and shove them up his...... never mind.

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Funny that he says that in retrospect, because Soros had PLENTY of opportunity (and money) to have backed a candidate such as Cobb or Nader (even if he'd found Badnarik the ideal candidate, I'd hope Badnarik woulda had the good sense to refuse him).

I still think that if Soros put that campaign money towards the causes he wants the Dems to federalize,it would be a far more effective (and more consistent with a Republic) way to accomplish his ends.

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Must be something about the moon or the day, but the loony loopy luddite left is coming out of the woodwork in droves!

Or is it the sucess of the Iraqi Elections which proved them wrong, and now they just cant stand themselves?

Mreoooowwww Pffftt, Pffttttt, hiisssssssss - CAT FIGHT!

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John Kerry was a strong candidate. The problem, as I see it, was that many voters felt that good old Dubya was a known quantity in this age of terrorism. He was (apparently), tried and tested. Would you vote for a man who was not? It's a great pity because I think Kerry would have brought back some of the old values Americans hold dear.

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The problem, as I see it, was that many voters felt that good old Dubya was a known quantity in this age of terrorism. He was (apparently), tried and tested

Three words: My Pet Goat

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Reply By: latour999Posted: Tuesday, February 01, 2005

3 better words" four more years"

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I don't guess it had anything to do with people being frightened of megolomaniac puppetmasters buying the White House. I would say Soros himself was enough of a turnoff to amount to the percentage Kerry lost by.

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Even Soros wouldn't have near enough money to back a 3rd party candidate. For one thing, he could not directly give him the money per campaign finance laws. 2nd, a 3rd party candidate is nowhere near being close to even getting 7% of the vote, let alone winning.

I don't think Soros really even had much of a difference in the election. If he did, it was probably a negative. Kerry simply lacked any charisma or focus of the issues to win the election. He was a poor candidate against a poor incumbent. Unfortunately, we did not know that at the time of the Iowa caucus.

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It's too bad more "men on the street" don't know who Soros is. This guy is comedy gold.

Soros, the biggest contributor to the beat-Bush campaign, said that Kerry was a flawed candidate.

They backed the twit.

"Kerry did not, actually, offer a credible and coherent alternative. That had a lot to do with Bush being re-elected."

Duh. I kept telling liberals that and getting shouted down in that smug superior way so many display.

Democrats, he advised, need to counter "a very effective conservative message machine. There really needs to be an alternative."

Too bad we can't get our P.R. machine working right in the Islamic world.

I would say Soros himself was enough of a turnoff to amount to the percentage Kerry lost by

One of the things that concerned me at the times I pondered a President Kerry was giving Sorros and his ilk the satisfaction of legitimizing their means.

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Daiwa

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I think Kerry would have brought back some of the old values Americans hold dear.

I think you meant to say "... values the French hold dear." He remains a weasel.

Cheers,
Daiwa

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Reply #11 By: Helix the II - 2/2/2005 12:34:30 PM
I don't care about Sorros either way but will concurr that Kerry is why Bush won. A flawed candidate couldn't be more truthful....(In retrospect, who isn't a flawed candidate?)...

Yeah, but just how flawed is the major stumbling block.

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he might or might not be a 'clown' but he is right about Kerry. I am a democrat but I voted for Bush because I saw Kerry as someone who points out what is wrong but does not have any solutions to make it right. I did not agree with everything Bush did or how he went about it, but Kerry didn't have a real plan to fix it and at least I know what Bush would mess up in.

I also believed that Bush would see his errors and have the insight into his own administration as to what was done wrong to make it right. Kerry would have spent 4 years fixing what Bush broke and he knew that, but had no plan to fix it or a plan for his own accomplishments.

As far as I was concerned we made choices (whether we like them or not) and now we have responsibilities. I think Kerry would have backed out of those responsibilities TOTALLY and without question of dangers.

On top of all of that, he might have made things worst by trying to fix things that were irreversible (like going into Iraq... obviously you can't just pull out). He should have been honest about that and said we have to stay and fix what was broken. He didn't say that.

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to stay and fix what was broken. He didn't say that.

He did say that!

If Bush had lost, the analysis would have been: he can't quite say what he means during a debate; his nervous chuckle and struggle with language strip him of charisma; he failed to own up to his mistakes;he didn't fill in the omissions of his tour of duty in the nat'l guard;his "bring 'em on" lapse caused undue casualties; constantly changed the motivation for the mission in Iraq, etc.

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WHAT DO YOU EXPECT A MAN TO SAY AFTER HE SPENT 26 MILLION DOLLARS ON A LOSING TEAM. THE SAME THING A MAN SAYS WHEN HE COMES BACK FROM VEGAS BROKE - "YEAH BUT I HAD A GREAT TIME" BULLSHIT. SOROS IS BUMMED OUT AND TRYING TO AVOID LOOKING EMBARESSED.

IF SOROS CAN SAY THAT KERRY WAS A FLAWED CANIDATE THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION WHY COULDEN'T HE HAVE SEEN IT THE YEAR BEFORE AND IF HE DID THEN HE DID THE SAME THING ALL THE OTHER DUMBASS DEMOCRATS DID HE VOTED AGAINST BUSH. WHAT A CRAZY MOB ATTITUDE THAT WAS. GO GEORGE !!!

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It's a great pity because I think Kerry would have brought back some of the old values Americans hold dear.

Would that have been the old values of America that made America fight the Nazis, liberate Germany, and then give freedom to the German people; or the old values of America that made America try not to enter the war while millions were dying until the war finally reached America?

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It's a great pity because I think Kerry would have brought back some of the old values Americans hold dear.

Uggg, my skin is crawling just thinking of the values Kerry would bring.

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Have to love a ressurected thread about a pure loser.

Soros is lower than whale dung. 'nuff said.

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Have to love a resurrected thread about a pure loser.

Soros is lower than whale dung. 'nuff said.

To quote a phrase from "Con-Air" said by Cyrus the Virus while talking to Johnny 23...."somewhere between a cockroach and the white stuff that accumulates at the corners of your mouth when you're really thirsty"!

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I'd be pissed if I put $26 million down on a horse who owes his entire political career to a few war crimes too!! :~D

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I'd say it's true that Kerry was a flawed candidate. As bad a job as Bush was doing, a tree stump should have been able to beat him (it probably could have beat him in a debate). Kerry was a flawed candidate. He took too long to fight back against the Swift Boat ads. Even though Bush flip-flopped on as many issues, Kerry became known as the flip-flopper by the people who were too lazy to actually look at the issues. Just think what Kerry could have used in an effective campaign:

The Bush family had close business ties with the family of the man responsible for the 9/11 attack. This alone should have lost the election for Bush!

There's evidence that Bush was guilty of insider trading with his Harken Energy stocks.

Bush screwed over the people of Arlington, Tx with his stadium deal.

Bush was a failed businessman and if it wasn't for his complete lack of ethics in his campaigns (thanks to Rove), he never would have become a successful politician.

None of these things ever came up in Kerry's campaign.

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Yet, a million other attacks did come up. The Biggest problem (other then Kerry himself) was all the attacks. What the democrates failed to see was that they should have brought ideas to the table and not just Bash Bush. BenUser you are showing exactly why people where turned off of the Democratic party only trying to tear the other guy down this last election. The sad thing is your still convenced that more slime was needed.

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The Bush family had close business ties with the family of the man responsible for the 9/11 attack. This alone should have lost the election for Bush!

There's evidence that Bush was guilty of insider trading with his Harken Energy stocks.

Bush screwed over the people of Arlington, Tx with his stadium deal.

Bush was a failed businessman and if it wasn't for his complete lack of ethics in his campaigns (thanks to Rove), he never would have become a successful politician.

None of these things ever came up in Kerry's campaign.

Yet, a million other attacks did come up. The Biggest problem (other then Kerry himself) was all the attacks. What the democrates failed to see was that they should have brought ideas to the table and not just Bash Bush. BenUser you are showing exactly why people where turned off of the Democratic party only trying to tear the other guy down this last election. The sad thing is your still convenced that more slime was needed.

On top of all this Ben, do you enjoy swallowing the democratic BS?

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I love these blame games. Sorros fits well in the Democratic left wing agenda and not only that, he himself is a flawed personality. After spending $26 Mil. dollars in hopes to control or a stepping stone to control the American people and put us in our place. My question is who is to be blamed, SOROS maybe! Soros should be exposed for what he is.. a controlling freak and a communist at heart. He is the DANGER to us all. Comunists are still healthy and alive, living as SHADOWS for the chance to come back dominant us. WHAT SOROS ORIGINAL BIRTH NAME---WHO IS HE?
I am not a Democrat or a Republican.

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