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Why George Soros Wants Norm Coleman Out!!!

Mike

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Why Soros wants Norm Coleman out of the Senate (A Must Read)
American Thinker ^ | January 09, 2009 | Ed Lasky


George Soros is the biggest sugar daddy of the Democratic Party, and naturally wants to ensure that the Democrats have a monopoly of power in America. Recently, I wrote an article for American Thinker on the role that George Soros has played in helping the Democrat Al Franken in his race against the Republican incumbent Norm Coleman for a Senate seat in Minnesota. However, there may be one other reason that Soros was determined that Norm Coleman in particular lose his seat. This was personal.

Norm Coleman was the chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and as such took a leading role in uncovering and investigating the United Nations oil-for-food scandal. Coleman was the leader in the Senate when it came to scrutinizing the operations of the United Nations; he appeared frequently in the media. The United Nations had never before come under such public criticism in the Senate. The mandarins and their fellow travelers were made very uncomfortable by the work of Senator Coleman.

They do not forget their adversaries. This scandal involved not just negligence of the UN officials that set up and monitored the program (which immeasurably helped keep Saddam Hussein in power and, in a sense, helped create the conditions for the invasion of Iraq), but also involved corruption that reached the highest levels at the United Nations. Coleman was dogged in his pursuit of the wrongdoers at the UN. The investigation tarnished the image of Mark Malloch Brown (UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's deputy and right-hand man at the UN) who was seen as spinning away any culpability of Annan and the UN itself in this travesty of a program. Coleman thereby clearly earned the wrath of George Soros, for the ties between Brown and Soros are tight and seemingly mutually beneficial. (Houston, Texas oil legend Oscar Wyatt served more than nine months in federal prison for his involvment in the Oil for Food Scandal - FlA)

Soros provided an apartment of very advantageous rates for Brown; the favoritism bestowed upon Brown only began with that token of appreciation and support. Upon leaving the UN under the cloud that Coleman helped create, Brown was named the vice-president of the Quantum Fund run by his friend George Soros. Brown had no experience in the hedge fund world, but such sinecures are generously passed out by billionaires wanting friends that might reach high places -- they are an investment (see Axis of Soros in the Wall Street Journal's archives.

Mark Malloch Brown, who had previously worked at the World Bank, had been in the running to succeed Paul Wolfowitz as head of the World Bank. That would be yet another friend in a high place -- that Soros collects like so many cards in a deck. Since the World Bank often helps private businesses in their investments, this friend in a high place would have been particularly valuable to George Soros, who invests billions of dollars in the type of lesser-developed nations on which the World Bank focuses. David Asman of Fox News called Mark Malloch Brown George Soros's "Ace in the Hole" at the World Bank when it appeared that Brown was vying for the top job at the Bank. Asman noted that Brown would be in a prime position to help Soros play the currency markets since currency traders'


bets on currency are made with many things in mind -- the state of the local economy, trade relations, political stability, etc. But the most valuable weapon in a currency trader's arsenal is inside information; finding out what a central bank or government is going to do with a currency before that decision is announced to the world. That's like seeing the other poker player's cards before you place your bet.

Where does one go for that kind of information? There are a lot of "clubs" within which powerful people met to discuss such things. Some are formal institutions, like the Council on Foreign Relations, or other such think tanks. But some meetings are far less formal, such as a luncheon at then-UN Ambassador Madeline Albright's New York apartment, where I first met George Soros and we casually discussed Venezuela and its currency over cocktails before lunch.

Of all these meetings however, perhaps none offer a better location to get the lowdown on currencies than a place called the World Bank. A source inside the World Bank would amount to the center jewel in any currency trader's crown.

Compared to any international commercial bank, the World Bank's portfolio is miniscule. But there is practically no country on the planet that has not had some dealing with the World Bank. Central bank officers, those with inside information about whether and by how much a currency might be revalued, are constantly visiting with World Bank officers. And as human encounters go, there are very useful tidbits of information that pass from lips to ears during such encounters.

That's why when the Wall Street Journal suggested that George Soros was trying to help his friend Mark Malloch Brown get on the inside track as the new head of the World Bank it seemed to make sense.
Alas for Soros and Mr. Brown, the post went to Robert Zoellick. Don't count Brown and Soros out yet, though. A new President is coming to town and President Obama will have a new chance to pick the head of the World Bank (though the World Bank is an international body, traditionally the United States chooses the person who leads the Bank). George Soros and Barack Obama also have long-standing ties. Soros is very astute in his choice of "friends" who owe him favors. He knows good investments when he sees them and knows more about leverage than most hedge fund billionaires. Funding the campaigns of Barack Obama was not just another investment/political donation of George Soros. He started funding Barack Obama's campaigns at an early date and used a loophole in federal campaign laws to exceed normal limits on donations. He then used his phalanx of 527 groups to campaign for Obama via, among other avenues, the powerful and furtive Democracy Alliance.

But, I digress. - - Back to the battle between Soros and Coleman. Soros seemingly does not forget friends or enemies, and he thinks and plans far ahead. He paid particular attention to the race in Minnesota the past couple of years -- funneling money to the Secretary of States project that helped elect Mark Ritchie (a Democrat) to the post of Secretary of State. This office, charged with ensuring the integrity of the voting process, allowed Ritchie to influence the vote recount of the contest between Coleman and Franken. Soros also funneled money to so-called 527 groups that worked to oust Coleman. Covering all the bases, Soros doubled down and hosted a fundraiser for Al Franken after the election (As I/we previously FR posted, Al “Global Fraud” Gore was also in attendance – FlA).

The election results were, at best, inconclusive. The details of the post-election contest between Coleman and Franken are complex but have been well-covered by Scott Johnson at Powerline, the Wall Street Journal, and Fox News. The important point to take away from the dispute in the context of this article is that the fight is now between the lawyers; these contests are expensive, and the funds Franken has at his disposal from Soros and others have been crucial.

Perhaps, Soros was looking backward and wanted to "punish" Coleman for his tarnishing of the reputation of Brown. More likely is that Soros was looking forward: should Barack Obama nominate Mark Malloch Brown to be the head of the World Bank, wouldn't it be better to have Norm Coleman -- who knows more about corruption and disgrace at the United Nations than most Senators -- out of the Senate? This aspect of the battle between George Soros and Norm Coleman (waged through proxies) came to mind when I read in the Wall Street Journal that the United Nations was closing down the anti-fraud unit that was established in the wake of a series of corruption scandals -- the oil-for-food scandal just being the most widely known. The anti-corruption unit had uncovered over 600 million dollars in alleged contract fraud and puts at risk 175 investigations currently being pursued. Russia has been obstructing the efforts of this unit since its inception and now may have finally succeeded (Russian nationals have been implicated in fraud).

That is truly a shame: not only would such a unit help save American taxpayers a boatload of money (since we fund a large share of the UN budget) and help to ensure honesty and competency at the UN, but also would appear to have been one of the better investments of the past few years -- maybe even rivaling the investment Soros has made in Obama, Franken, and Mark Malloch Brown.
 

Mike

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Surely to God no one here can say that Al Franken is a better choice for the U.S. Senate than Norm Coleman? :???: :???: :???: :???:

Surely no one is suggesting that? :roll: :roll: :roll:
 

jigs

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the dems are like the Great Oz in the way they make everything appear as a republican failure, while secretly pulling the levers and turning the wheel......and as soon as someone points in thier direction it is " pay no attention to the man behind the curtain"....\

when the public finally wakes up and sees the liberals for the racist, hatemongers they really are, I want to be first in line at Kola's and Oldtimers homes so they can kiss my ass.
 

Tam

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kolanuraven said:
Coleman already LOST in the recount and his office is locked up.


Your post is a bit late............... :wink:

Would you care to explain how you can have 177 more ballots cast in a single polling station than are registered to vote at that poll? I've been a poll clerk and I just don't see how that can happen unless the ballots were tampered with before the recount. Coleman was right in filing a suit to investigate the recount.
 

SMN Herf

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Mke,

Keep in mind to that just to get rid of Norm Coleman is great but they get another like minded person to push his socialist agenda in Washington DC.

George Soros is on record as saying that Communism isn't bad. Its only problem is with the people who were running it. He beleives that the problem was they were only in it for themselvs and not worried about the people. Combine that with his beleif that the current economic crisis is an opportunity to restructure markets in a more equitable way and he will want all the votes in Washington as he can get to get his change put into place. We all need to be leary of politicians saying that we need to do this or that because we are in such bad times and this will "fix" it.
 
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I like Coleman and don't like Franken- but I don't know what the big deal is- Soros has been funding McCain and his campaigns for years- and you all fell in goose step behind him.... :roll: :wink: :lol: :p

Straight from one of the rightwing publications:

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=56177
 

Tam

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Oldtimer don't you think it is strange that more votes were cast than were registered to vote? And that every challenge during the recount was decided in one mans favor? How about all absentee ballots being cast for one man, is that not a little weird? Sorry, I don't think Minn. voters voice was heard I think alot of funny business was happening in that recount. And since it was a democrat that came out on top I doubt you or Kola. can claim it was funny business by the republicans. :roll: Dems have proven over and over the laws don't matter so why should a democratic vote matter when it comes to what they want.
 

Bullhauler

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Norm must not be thought of too highly in Minnestoa. He has ran for statewide office three times. The first time he lost to a professional wrestler. The second time he beat a dead guy. The third time he tied a comedian.
 

kolanuraven

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Tam said:
And that every challenge during the recount was decided in one mans favor? How about all absentee ballots being cast for one man, is that not a little weird?


Which election you talking about here? Bush & Gore or the MN race???


A wee bit of Deja` vu don't ya think??? :lol: :lol:
 
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Tam said:
Oldtimer don't you think it is strange that more votes were cast than were registered to vote? And that every challenge during the recount was decided in one mans favor? How about all absentee ballots being cast for one man, is that not a little weird? Sorry, I don't think Minn. voters voice was heard I think alot of funny business was happening in that recount. And since it was a democrat that came out on top I doubt you or Kola. can claim it was funny business by the republicans. :roll: Dems have proven over and over the laws don't matter so why should a democratic vote matter when it comes to what they want.

Oh I've saw both parties try cute stuff with votes- and challenging which votes to count and which not....Remember this year in Montana when Repubs tried to challenge all registered absentee voters and people that had moved in the last 2 years-- and it would have meant all the active duty military and called up Guardsmens votes would have been challenged and not counted...Sure left them with a lot of egg on face... :wink: :lol:

I've never saw anything about more cast than registered altho I also do not know the laws pertaining to their state on registration.. I do agree with the Court decisions so far- the election should be left to the election officials decision...
Just like the Bush 2000 decision with Florida having a Repub Sec. of State- much might ride on who is the duly elected Minn. Sec. of State- which in this case I understand in Democrat....
Its just how the ball bounces in partisan elections.....
 

Hacksaw Jim

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kolanuraven said:
Tam said:
And that every challenge during the recount was decided in one mans favor? How about all absentee ballots being cast for one man, is that not a little weird?


Which election you talking about here? Bush & Gore or the MN race???


A wee of Deja` vu don't ya think??? :lol: :lol:

long time reader, first time poster.... I amtired of all the lies that are paraded through here. these Liberals need a 2 x 4 up side the head, and Hacksaw Jim is here to call you out.... OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH


Oldtimer, Kola, nonothing, your time is up, I am here to lay the smack down on your ignorant ways
 

kolanuraven

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Hacksaw Jim said:
kolanuraven said:
Tam said:
And that every challenge during the recount was decided in one mans favor? How about all absentee ballots being cast for one man, is that not a little weird?


Which election you talking about here? Bush & Gore or the MN race???


A wee of Deja` vu don't ya think??? :lol: :lol:

long time reader, first time poster.... I amtired of all the lies that are paraded through here. these Liberals need a 2 x 4 up side the head, and Hacksaw Jim is here to call you out.... OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH


Oldtimer, Kola, nonothing, your time is up, I am here to lay the smack down on your ignorant ways


Pizz off!


Sounds like you're just recycled trash with a new name of an old WWE wrestler :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: .
 

SMN Herf

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Oldtimer said:
I like Coleman and don't like Franken- but I don't know what the big deal is- Soros has been funding McCain and his campaigns for years- and you all fell in goose step behind him.... :roll: :wink: :lol: :p

Straight from one of the rightwing publications:

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=56177

Soros spends a lot of money aroung to a lot of candidates for only reasons that George Soros knows. He has his own agenda. Maybe he thinks that he may need the help of a more liberal GOP Senator from time to time to further his agenda.

I have never been a McCain fan. I can't say that everyone lined up behind John McCain either. If the Republicans had, I don't think he would have picked Palin for VP. There are several things I disagree with him about, such as ethanol, immigration and abortion. I feel that he was the GOP media darling and that helped him get the nominatoion.

If Obama governs as liberal as he and his friends are, he will be out in 4 years.

Brian
 
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Sandhusker said:
Obama has NEVER been a moderate.

Actually if you look the ratings given him by ALL the liberal and conservative groups, Pacs, and organizations- Obama was much more centrist than many of the other liberal Congressmen and Senators.....

The thing is that one group/magazine , National Review I think, rated him the most Liberal- and rightwingers ran with it....

But overall if you look at the ratings by ALL combined- Obama came out with a more conservative rating than my junior Senator- that most think of as a Bluedog- and who was the only Dem to vote against all the Bailout plans so far....

But few Repubs looked that far- where many Independents and moderates dug deeper- the Repubs grabbed the one rating and ran with it because it sounded better to them... :(
 

Sandhusker

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National Journal ranked him the most liberal in 2006 and 2007. However, if you look at what little he has done and what he has supported, you don't need anybody to tell you how liberal he is.

Take that koolaid somewhere else, I prefer reality straight up.
 
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Sandhusker said:
National Journal ranked him the most liberal in 2006 and 2007. However, if you look at what little he has done and what he has supported, you don't need anybody to tell you how liberal he is.

Take that koolaid somewhere else, I prefer reality straight up.

I didn't expect you to want to know the truth as you've been in goosestep too long- but know there are still some on this site that are pretty open minded....
I did post all those ratings on here one time- and it was surprisingly different than National Journals...
 

Sandhusker

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Oldtimer said:
Sandhusker said:
National Journal ranked him the most liberal in 2006 and 2007. However, if you look at what little he has done and what he has supported, you don't need anybody to tell you how liberal he is.

Take that koolaid somewhere else, I prefer reality straight up.

I didn't expect you to want to know the truth as you've been in goosestep too long- but know there are still some on this site that are pretty open minded....
I did post all those ratings on here one time- and it was surprisingly different than National Journals...

Come on, OT, you libs really need to take off your ebony colored glasses and stop the bullshit. The guy voted to ban virtually all hunting ammunition, calling it "armor piercing" and every other gun-control measure that has ever come up, he voted for what amounts to legal infanticide, he supports abortion on demand, he supports this carbon credit nonsense that will put coal out of business - even saying that it will bankrupt coal power plants, he's for opening the border to Mexico, he's a welfare program creator, heck, the guy has a 97% Democrat voting record! Puhleeese, don't even try to tell us he's a moderate!

You Obamazombies tell us he's not racist because you ignore him being a member of a racist organization for 20 years. You tell us he not Socialist because you ignore his membership in the New Party, his gravitation towards Marxists in college, and his "spread the wealth" comments. You tell us he has nothing to hide with his citizenship issues because you ignore the fact that he has never proved his citizenship and refuses any effort to make him do so. You tell us he's honest becaue you ignore the culture of corruption he came from and all of the crooks that he associated with in his past. You guys need to pull your heads out of your asses and look at this guy for once and then stop the bullshit!
 
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