What kind of group is ACT - Americans Coming Together? Soros

[Pallas180]

just gave them 10 million dollars.


Billionaire Commits $10M to Defeat Bush

By SHARON THEIMER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Making a major foray into partisan politics, multibillionaire George Soros is committing $10 million to a new Democratic-leaning group aimed at defeating President Bush next year.
Soros, who in the past has donated on a smaller scale to Democratic candidates and the party, pledged the money to a political action committee called America Coming Together, spokesman Michael Vachon said Friday.

The group plans a $75 million effort to defeat Bush and "elect progressive officials at every level in 2004," targeting 17 key states: Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

"The fate of the world depends on the United States, and President Bush is leading us in the wrong direction," Soros said in a written statement. "ACT is an effective way to mobilize civil society, to convince people to go to the polls and vote for candidates who will reassert the values of the greatest open society in the world."

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entire story is here:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030808/ap_on_el_pr/soros_pac

[ewagner]

1. I've been checking out their website

for about an hour now.

Took a good look at the kind of grants they give out.

There are LOTS AND LOTS! Scholarships. Monies to fund forums and seminars. Quite a bit to the ACLU and surprisingly a medium sized grant to FAIR (Fairness Accuracy In Reporting)

Found something fascinating on that site too. I'll be posting it soon.

There isn't any grant catagory for anything environemental on their site but a lot of other law and public policy stuff. Looks middle of the road type stuff but some spattering of really liberal stuff there too.

[Yentatelaventa]

5. Do you have the URL for their website?

thanks.

[tpub]

2. I heard about this earlier today

I don't have any inside info. I just heard that it's groups coming together in swing states to provide funds against the Bush machine. Has to be all good IMHO...

[votein04]

3. Check post #1

That's what I heard too, but ewagner reports some interesting stuff in the post before yours.

Ewagner, got the link for us lazy folk?

[Pallas180]

4. Very clever of Soros. But he is a partner in Carlyle with poppy Bush -

and had invested in Harkin. He's the WTO among other things.
not to be trusted either....but politics make strange bedfellows.
Maybe he's trying to save the dollar or world economy for his
investments....but if it gets this country away from the fascist
path its on....well, politics makes strange bedfellows.

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend"..........for the time being
is the way it goes.

[nuxvomica]

6. I thought Soros was one of the good guys

I always figured that Soros was fighting for a world were good economics and good laws made a good life for everyone but until that happens, he'll exploit the results of bad economic policy to make more money for himself and his foundation.

edit to add:

David Corn on Soros-Bush-Harken

Later, when I saw the billionaire almost alone, I sidled up to him. "Nice offices," I said. "But can I ask you about some ancient history?" Sure, he said, with a good-natured smile. What was the deal with Harken buying up Spectrum 7? I inquired. Did Soros know Bush back then?

"I didn't know him," Soros replied. "He was supposed to bring in the Gulf connection. But it didn't come to anything. We were buying political influence. That was it. He was not much of a businessman."


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