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Report: George Soros Throws President Obama Under the Bus to Progressive Donors

by Tommy Christopher | 7:29 pm, November 17th, 2010

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Kajillionaire activist, Media Matters funder, and to hear Glenn Beck tell it, Puppetmaster of the coming One World Government George Soros is reportedly pulling on some strings. According to reporting by HuffPo’s Sam Stein, Soros told a private gathering of progressive donors that “Democratic donors (should) direct their support somewhere other than the President.”

An adviser for Soros later told Stein that Soros was not suggesting a primary challenge to President Obama, but given the gurgling to that effect over at Fox News, that denial is not likely to carry too far.

From The Huffington Post:

According to multiple sources with knowledge of his remarks, Soros told those in attendance that he is “used to fighting losing battles but doesn’t like to lose without fighting.”

“We have just lost this election, we need to draw a line,” he said, according to several Democratic sources. “And if this president can’t do what we need, it is time to start looking somewhere else.”

…”Mr. Soros fully supports the president as the leader of the Democratic Party,” said (Soros adviser Michael) Vachon. “He was not suggesting that we seek another candidate for 2012. His comments were made in a private, informal conversation that was about the need for progressives to be more forceful in promoting their agenda. He was stressing the importance of being heard by elected officials.”

The frustration liberals and progressives are feeling toward the Obama administration has mainly to do with the weak signals the White House has been sending about standing up to the post-midterm Congressional Republicans. Vachon’s denial aside, perhaps administration fear of a primary challenge isn’t the worst thing in the world for progressives. As a practical matter, though, it is extremely unlikely that the Democrats would challenge their own incumbent, and certainly not two years out from the Presidemtial election.

Still, the fact that such a move would be political suicide for progressives probably suits Glenn Beck just fine, so look for Beck and other right-of-center media types to puff as much air as possible into this report.

Jelperman

Obama threw himself under the bus by repeatedly knifing his supporters in the back. LINK
disenlightened

I hope Barack doesn’t have any gold teeth. Soros likes gold teeth.
Big Eddie

Howard Dean , Russ Feingold , Hillary , of course . One or more will challenge for the nomination .
Cancon2

More power to him I say. Look at this quote. Now this is political Suicide.

“He was not suggesting that we seek another candidate for 2012. His comments were made in a private, informal conversation that was about the need for progressives to be more forceful in promoting their agenda. He was stressing the importance of being heard by elected officials.””

I beleive that a full promotion of Leftist Progressive ideas and policy would be the greatest implosion of the Democratic party since, well, Dukakis. Be as forceful as possible!!!!

Like, when we see progressives in France, at the G20, , HELL ANYWHERE THEY GO AND PROTEST.
http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

Jelperman said:
Obama threw himself under the bus by repeatedly knifing his supporters in the back. LINK

Bush didn’t stand up to his base until 2005. This independent thanks Obama for not doing the same.
http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

disenlightened said:
I hope Barack doesn’t have any gold teeth. Soros likes gold teeth.

And of course we should hold everything you did as barely a teen against you now, even if you were in the midst of one of the greatest atrocities in human history.

Can we just stop talking about Nazi Germany unless we’re talking about Nazi Germany? Jesus fucking Christ. Anyone who makes a comparison between anything occurring today and Nazi Germany other than like, we both breathe oxygen, should be shot in the head. Now that’s Nazi for ya.
m

It’s ironic that Republicans attack Obama for being a hyper-leftist socialist, when in reality – he hasn’t done jack shit worth social liberalism: Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo – still there. DADT, stlll exist. Health care was the 1994 Republican plan with no public option. Yet keeps talking positively about Republicans when they call him a racist, Kenyan, anti-American, secret fundamentalist muslim and have moved so far to the right they defend segregation in the name of free enterprise and trillion dollar deficits in the name of tax cuts.

Maher was right: Obama is too nice of a guy. Maher was right – he needs to go gangsta, twist his grip on the pistol and blast those peeps in Washington.
skyfet

Poppet master!
Just4thefax

Fact: George Soros throws Ozero under the bus to progressive donors but the bus have no riders.
Michéle – Ft Leavenworth KS

First no matter what I say, I will get a dozen plus thumbs down, even when I write from a fair perspective, this time I want to get the first and last word for those who just hit the red/green icon.

What Soros is dealing with, I doubt has much to do with Beck. It is more about those he has supported for the last decade and where they stand amongst the American people.

I know the BASE is ticked off with the Obama administration, but lets ask, if the independents did NOT vote the base would not have a leg to stand on in the last election.

My goodness, if I hear one more time, from Schultz or other left leaning folks that the base has been abandoned, that Obama isn’t listening to the base, how dare he not do what the base is asking of him ….. I just might oh hell I don’t know but it will be loud and bright.

Does the base not see that Obama won with the independents, how many were there, why are they dismissed. Why aren’t you pissed of at them for not sticking it out for your prez? Better yet, why aren’t you kicking them to the curb? They seem like fair weather supporters, I would think you are thinking “who needs them?”

Every time I hear, neither side cannot win without the support of the independents. Yet nobody, really wants to engage them to be part of their party. Look at the last election, how much was really invested to bring the independents on board.

While Soros is a left leaning capitalist, millionaire times over, maybe he see’s a losing team and doesn’t want to invest because even he still values the American buck.
Michéle – Ft Leavenworth KS

Let me be clear I feel the same way about the republicans. From either party, how do we treat the independents, both parties need them to win, but it seems we either belittle them, ignore them or use them as a means to an end.

Granted this discussion isn’t quite what the thread had perhaps intended but it seems that it could be a relevant discussion.
http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Mangan/100000213524770 David Mangan

Let’s see, the Soros-funded Huffington Post [through the Tides foundation] “reports” that Soros is talking about throwing Obama under the bus, but Fox News “gurgles.” Then the moronic author of this vapid exercise in gossip punditry quotes the Soros-funded HP extensively, without sourcing anything out of Fox. And it appears that TC is as obsessed by Glenn Beck almost as much as are numerous “progressive” blockheads on this thread. This silly author then predicts Beck will “puff” air into these reports, which inadvertently so does the author.

Is this TChristopher a dropout from journalism school or what? Try just a bit to be “fair and balanced,” unaccustomed as you are to that ethical mode of communication. For instance, you could start by extending the “puff” metaphor to include “Puffington Host,” as does your journalistic better, James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal…!
Tommy Christopher

Michéle - Ft Leavenworth KS said:
First no matter what I say, I will get a dozen plus thumbs down, even when I write from a fair perspective, this time I want to get the first and last word for those who just hit the red/green icon.

I gave you a greenie.
http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Mangan/100000213524770 David Mangan

Ha ha ha “Yet [Obama] keeps talking positively about Republicans when they call him a racist, Kenyan, anti-American, secret fundamentalist muslim…” and especially when Obama positively calls the GOP his “enemies,” that’s really far-sighted of him and so bi-partisan…!

“m” needs a brain transplant, or rather, in his case, implant, as he seems to be lacking in anything functioning between his ears.
Jelperman

disenlightened said:
I hope Barack doesn’t have any gold teeth. Soros likes gold teeth.

Amazing how Mediaite has become a favored haunt for Holocaust “revisionists”.
Helix

Soros: “You have failed me for the last time, Admiral”……”He is as clumsy as he is stupid”…..Sometimes, your subordinates, despite your best efforts to train them, mess up so badly that you need to replace them. A good supervillian leader needs to know when abject loyalty of a minion is no longer good enough to cover over their incompetent fumbling. Both Soros and Vader know when to cut their losses…

Also, H/T to TC for a Soros article, the more information, the better in my view. Soros may not really be a real life Lex Luthor, since competent evil super geniuses are quite rare in RL, but he has done several amazing things in the Ukraine and elsewhere with money, and is definitely worth paying attention to when he speaks.
http://www.libertarianism.com/ Jack Burns

Michéle - Ft Leavenworth KS said:
While Soros is a left leaning capitalist, millionaire times over

I assure you, though he does practice Capitalism Soros is not a Capitalist. . China for example indulges in capitalism though they are very socialistic…
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Treacher/542957672 Jim Treacher

Soros’ best friend died at Auschwitz. Fell off a guard tower.
Sunnyr

So, after spending a gazillion on Obozo, the old Spooky Dood is throwing his skinny ass under the Mercedes. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha !!!
Whatsamatter, isn’t Comrade Obozo “communist” enough for you, Puppet Master? It’s sucks to be you.
DaveInKS

Michéle - Ft Leavenworth KS said:
I know the BASE is ticked off with the Obama administration, but lets ask, if the independents did NOT vote the base would not have a leg to stand on in the last election. Every time I hear, neither side cannot win without the support of the independents. Yet nobody, really wants to engage them to be part of their party. Look at the last election, how much was really invested to bring the independents on board.

Michele, you’re right about chasing the independents. Nobody chased them this time. The left tried to energize their base by attacking their opponents. The right energized theirs by capitalizing on the outright rejection of ObamaReidPelosism. Nobody energized the independents – they found their way to the side they agreed with.Dave
The Realer John T

Jim Treacher said:
Soros’ best friend died at Auschwitz. Fell off a guard tower.

RIP.
disenlightened

Publius219 said:
And of course we should hold everything you did as barely a teen against you now, even if you were in the midst of one of the greatest atrocities in human history.

Can we just stop talking about Nazi Germany unless we’re talking about Nazi Germany? Jesus fucking Christ. Anyone who makes a comparison between anything occurring today and Nazi Germany other than like, we both breathe oxygen, should be shot in the head. Now that’s Nazi for ya.

Some things are just plain unforgivable.
Harry Flashman

The left needs to wake up. This guy is not their friend. He uses the left and the progressives to get what he wants, and that is more wealth and personal power. He gets his jollys destroying currencies and governments.

Soros doesn’t care the least about the left and thier agenda and will gladly stand on their face to reach a higher shelf without so much as an excuse me.

This is a bad man. Wake up, people.
greg454

“It’s ironic that Republicans attack Obama for being a hyper-leftist socialist, when in reality – he hasn’t done jack shit worth social liberalism: Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo – still there. DADT, stlll exist.”

—Stop watching MSNBC and stop listening to Air America! Obama is the most radical leftist president this country has ever had, he has appointed people who openly admire Chaiman Mao and Fidel Castro, he has expanded the role of government, he has APOLOGIZED for America’s mistakes. Besides, Obama has progressive goons working for him, if he’s not doing enough, they are.

“Health care was the 1994 Republican plan with no public option.”

—-Bullshit, the only health care republicans did was the prescription drugs plans for a bunch of seniors.

“Yet keeps talking positively about Republicans when they call him a racist, Kenyan, anti-American, secret fundamentalist muslim and have moved so far to the right they defend segregation in the name of free enterprise and trillion dollar deficits in the name of tax cuts.”

—#1, we have deficits because of stupid spending, not tax cuts. #2. He is a racist, he is anti-America, he was raised by communists, he has praised Islam and he couldn’t even give a speech at Georgewestern without having his secret service goons cover up the cross with a curtain. #3. Your progressive friends treated Bush way worst, at least you people had control of ABC, NBC, CBN, Comedy Central (with the exception of South Park, thank God for that), etc, etc, etc.

“Maher was right: Obama is too nice of a guy. Maher was right – he needs to go gangsta, twist his grip on the pistol and blast those peeps in Washington.”

—Oh please, I doubt that half-cracker has ever fired a gun. Go gansta? Please, a wigger is more gangsta than he’ll ever be. As for his goons in the SEIU, that’s a different story. I’m sure the labor unions would love to see blood on the streets to force Obama to socialize America. Yet thanks to Glenn Beck and others, their plans are being exposed, that’s why Soros is pissed.
Upon Further Review

Helix said:
Soros: “You have failed me for the last time, Admiral”……”He is as clumsy as he is stupid”…..Sometimes, your subordinates, despite your best efforts to train them, mess up so badly that you need to replace them. A good supervillian leader needs to know when abject loyalty of a minion is no longer good enough to cover over their incompetent fumbling. Both Soros and Vader know when to cut their losses…

Exactly. I am reminded of the classic Darth Vader quote, “I find your lack of faith disturbing.”

Wonder if Obama felt a tightening sensation in his throat at the exact moment Soros was bad-mouthing him.
jrcmi

Big Eddie said:
Howard Dean , Russ Feingold , Hillary , of course . One or more will challenge for the nomination .

Did you read that in the Indian Shopping Gazette?
Nahu Tuk

Proof positive that 0bama is a puppet. He’s failing to dance to Soros’ tune…but Reid and Pelosi are dancing the jig.