The Dean-Clark Switch: Good Enough for Billionaires

[Jack_Dawson]

http://tinyurl.com/32ou5

WASHINGTON -- Left-wing billionaire investor George Soros, who appeared to support Howard Dean for president, now is privately expressing doubts about the Democratic Party's front-runner.

In conversations with political friends, Soros confided he has become alarmed by Dean's recent performance and wonders whether the former Vermont governor is capable of defeating George W. Bush. In one such chat, Soros suggested he is interested in retired Gen. Wesley Clark.

Do it! Do it!

Like we've been saying all along, we extend a warm welcome to all new and future recruits - and if that includes Madonna and George Soros, so be it.:hi:

[sfecap]

1. Let's post the real URL:

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/robertnovak/rn20031220.shtml

Robert Novak. A typical Clark supporter, I guess...

Why try to hide it?

Nice right wing bullshit.

Here's some of the other columists that you must lihe to read there:


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Mike Adams
Gary Aldrich
Mark Alexander
Doug Bandow
Bruce Bartlett
Tony Blankley
Brent Bozell
Peter Brookes
Jay Bryant
Pat Buchanan
William F. Buckley
Neil Cavuto
Mona Charen
Linda Chavez
Chuck Colson
Ward Connerly
Ann Coulter
Helle Dale
Larry Elder
Edwin J. Feulner
Suzanne Fields
Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.
Maggie Gallagher
Jonah Goldberg
Paul Greenberg
Rebecca Hagelin
David Horowitz
Dexter Ingram
Paul Jacob
Terence Jeffrey
Jack Kemp
Charles Krauthammer
Larry Kudlow
John Leo
David Limbaugh
Rich Lowry
Ross Mackenzie
Michelle Malkin
John McCaslin
Bill Murchison
Joel Mowbray
Oliver North
Robert Novak
Marvin Olasky
Bill O'Reilly
Kathleen Parker
Dennis Prager
Alan Reynolds
Paul Craig Roberts
Debra Saunders
Joe Scarborough
Phyllis Schlafly
Ben Shapiro
Thomas Sowell
Jacob Sullum
Mark Tapscott
Cal Thomas
Matt Towery
Rich Tucker
Emmett Tyrrell
Malcolm Wallop
Jude Wanniski
Diana West
George Will
Armstrong Williams
Walter Williams

Nice group! Very appropriate for the new and improved DU.

[Jack_Dawson]

3. That's the same URL I posted

See there's this thing called tinyurl - nevermind.

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[liberalnurse]

15. I think ya ought to just

"Buck-Up and Suck Up" as James Carville would say.

The knife is too short..... or just a dull blade going into the backs of Deanies.

[liberalnurse]

14. You are a real trooper.

Great research post. You are my hero.

[pinkpops]

2. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Soros can't give anymore to a candidate than you or I, so he will need to focus on issues rather than individuals. So the thing to look at is what Soros says on the issues, and which candidates seem to agree. Then his money will reinforce their chances.

[Jack_Dawson]

25. Soros can bring huge publicity and fundraising $$$

[mazzarro]

4. Yea right and Boob NoFact is the man to bring such news - eh?

The rethug #1 hatchet man is someone whose opinions and writings I dont care even a tiny bit for!

[HFishbine]

5. Bob Novak?

"In conversations with political friends..."

So Novak is "reporting" what a friend of a friend "heard" from George Soros.

[chimpymustgo]

6. That's great news, if it's true. It's certainly plausible.

Soros is no fool - and he really wants to get AWOL out.

[liberalnurse]

20. So, he obviously will and is backing

the leader with a spine...Dean.

[Jack_Dawson]

7. Why All the Hostility?

People quote Novak when it suits them - I've seen plenty pro-Dean citations from Novak posted here. The point being, bilionaires don't get to be where they are by making poor decisions. Billionaires tend to have pretty clear vision. So obviously if someone in Soros' position is mulling a switch to Clark - that would fall under the category of "good thing" for Clarkies.

[HFishbine]

10. "plenty pro-Dean citations from Novak posted here"

Really? I can't recall one.

[Jack_Dawson]

13. Are you kidding?

All the countless refernces to Novak talking about Dean's "insurmountable" lead, etc.

[demvoter]

11. Phew you scared me for a minute there

Lies lies all lies... even on DEMOCRAT underground. :spank:

:kick: bush out now!

[liberalnurse]

16. Yes, it's true.

I'm ashamed of the content and right wing tactics used by some here.

Such behavior really turns me off of the other candidates. If Dean does not get the nomination, which it is now his to loose.....I will not donate one penny to the other candidate. I've given $1,200 to Dean already and planning on another $600 next week.

It has been the posts here at DU that have really offended me .....
I sense some of them are actually part of the other candidates pit-crew.....

[robbedvoter]

12. Good enough for many. meet-up doesn't unsubscribe so, anyone who ever

supported *D is still counted there - including the huge "I left Dean on 9 seventeen" Their numbers are as phony as the money connection to actual support (some of it is from Rove's people).

[Jack_Dawson]

17. Newsflash: Novak Wants Dean to Win the Nomination

Just like the vast majority of other pukes do, for obvious "matchup" reasons. So if even NOVAK is reporting that Soros is mulling a switch to Clark, there is probably a degree of truth to it.

Don't shoot the messenger people - we're all in this together. Jeeesh.

[BJ]

18. Clark is the poster boy for the liberal rich

He's been backed by some of the nation's most powerful investors from the beginning of his campaign. *sigh..But it's better to have wealthy with a sense of noblesse oblige influencing the government than the current crop who have no oblige at all.

[SahaleArm]

21. A career officer is a poster boy for the liberal rich? n/t

[Jack_Dawson]

22. That might be the lamest post I've ever seen

Ummm...Sir? Soros was for Dean a few days ago. Was Dean, therefore, a "poster boy for the liberal rich"??? Oh dear. This is what we're up against. Ourselves.

[seventhson]

19. Clark is the Bush Pentagon and MIC Candidate

That is why we raise hell about what appears to be intentional "cloaking" of your source.


It is also why there is such hostility.

Clark made millions while working for Bush-Backer the Stephens Group and Axciom.

Those of us who believe he is really just w Republican Wolf in Sheeple clothing MUST stay alert for any dirty tricks or manipulations.

So must the mods and admins.

[sfecap]

23. Isn't it interesting .....

...hoe the rethugs don't say too much about *lark?

It's that 11th commandment.

*lark is a trojan horse.

[SahaleArm]

26. 11th commandment - Thou shalt vote for Dean so sayeth Al Gore. n/t

[Jack_Dawson]

24. Paranoia Self Destroya

Sir, even the most ignorant and short-sighted person would concede that "military" doesn't equal "republican".

And if you've read the Pentagon's comments about Clark, from his former republican bosses, I think it's safe to say he's not one of "them".

Have you done ANY homework on Clark whatsoever?

www.clark04.com

[patricia92243]

27. SO, did Soros say that or not - that's the point everybody seems o miss?

[Moderator]

28. Locking................

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