MEET OBAMA'S NEW HEALTH CZAR - GEORGE SOROS

FROM NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN BRUCE ASH

MEET THE SCARY NEW HEALTH CZAR

Just Who Is The Latest Bankroller Of Obama's Health Care Effort?
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GEORGE SOROS IS FUNDING HEALTH CARE FOR AMERICA NOW

Soros Has Pledged At Least $5 Million To Health Care For America Now, A Group Dedicated To Passing Obama's Health Care Plan. "In another sign of the urgency gripping the pro-health care reform camp, billionaire George Soros has pledged to sink $5 million into the fight, the group getting the money confirmed. Soros -- whose operation carefully guards the privacy of such donations -- made the pledge to Health Care For America Now, the leading coalition of pro-reform groups, unions and providers, HCAN chief Richard Kirsch confirmed in an email that was forwarded to me." (Greg Sargent, "George Soros Pledges $5 Million To Bankroll Health Care Reform Push, Group Says," The Washington Post's "The Plum Line" Blog, 8/10/09)

SOROS IS FAR OUTSIDE THE MAINSTREAM

Supports Assisted Suicide: "Mr. Soros Provided $15 Million For A Death In America Project, Which Supports Euthanasia." (Toni Marshall, "Enigmatic Billionaire," The Washington Times, 11/9/97)

Supports Voting Rights For Felons: Financed Efforts To Obtain Voting Rights For Felons. (Rebecca Carr, "Superdonors' Super Power," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2/11/01)

Soros Funds Abortion Providers And Ru-486. (Neil Hrab, "George Soros' Social Agenda For America," Capital Research Center, 4/03; Rachel Zimmerman, "Choice Allies: Awaiting Green Light, Abortion-Pill Venture Keeps To The Shadows,"The Wall Street Journal, 9/5/00)

Supports Reducing U.S. Sovereignty: Wrote That To Preserve "Our Global Open Society," The World Needs "Some Global System Of Political Decision-Making" In Which "The Sovereignty Of States Must Be Subordinated To International Law And International Institutions." (Matthew Rees, "Saving Capitalism From Soros," The Ottawa Citizen, 12/9/98)

SOROS WANTS TO GIVE HEROIN TO REGISTERED DRUG ADDICTS

Soros Favors Making "Heroin And Certain Other Illicit Drugs Available On Prescription To Registered Drug Addicts." (George Soros, Op-Ed, "A Look At ... The Drug War Debate," The Washington Post, 2/2/97)

Donated $1 Million To Finance Needle Exchange And Stated U.S. "Drug Policy Is Insane."(William Shawcross, "Turning Dollars Into Change," Time, 9/1/97)

Former Carter Cabinet Member Joseph Califano Called Soros "The Daddy Warbucks Of Drug Legalization." (Joseph A. Califano Jr., Op-Ed, "Devious Efforts To Legalize Drugs," The Washington Post, 12/4/96)

"Contributed More Than $15 Million To Initiatives And Propositions Pushing For Drug Legalization."(Robert Weiner and Amy Rieth, "Canada, Maryland Going To Pot," The Washington Times, 7/2/03)

Bankrolled At Least Nineteen Drug Legalization Ballot Initiatives. (Elvia Diaz, "Wealthy Trio Back Marijuana Initiative," The Arizona Republic, 10/17/02)

Soros: "I Firmly Believe That The War On Drugs Is Doing More Harm To Our Society Than Drug Abuse Itself." (George Soros, Op-Ed, "A Look At ... The Drug War Debate," The Washington Post, 2/2/97)

SOROS BLAMES AMERICA FIRST

Soros Called American Troops In Iraq "Perpetrators" And "Oppressors." ("Soros: Bush War On Terrorism Claims Too Many Victims," The Associated Press, 5/17/04)

Soros Compared The Bush Administration To Nazis. "Soros believes that a 'supremacist ideology' guides this White House. He hears echoes in its rhetoric of his childhood in occupied Hungary. 'When I hear Bush say, 'You're either with us or against us,' it reminds me of the Germans.' It conjures up memories, he said, of Nazi slogans on the walls, Der Feind Hort mit ('The enemy is listening'). 'My experiences under Nazi and Soviet rule have sensitized me,' he said in a soft Hungarian accent." < /SPAN>(Laura Blumenfeld, "Soros's Deep Pockets Vs. Bush," The Washington Post, 11/11/03)

In September 2003, Soros Called For "Regime Change" In The United States. (Greg Pierce, "Inside Politics,"The Washington Times, 10/1/03)

SOROS IS PART OF WALL STREET-STYLE CORRUPTION OBAMA DECRIED

French Court Convicted Soros Of Insider Trading, Fined Him $2.3 Million. (John Tagliabue, "Soros Is Found Guilty In France On Charges Of Insider Trading," The New York Times, 12/21/02)

"A French Appeals Court ... Upheld The Conviction Of George Soros, The Former Fund Manager, On Insider Trading Charges, Rejecting His Argument That His Investment In A French Bank In 1988 Was Not Based On Confidential Information." (Floyd Norris, "Insider-Trading Conviction Of Soros Is Upheld In France," The New York Times, 3/25/05)

According To Time Magazine, Soros Known As The "Man Who Broke The Bank Of England." (William Shawcross, "Turning Dollars Into Change," Time, 9/1/97)

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