Soros, groups target Bush: President's campaign cites "liberal special interests"
My contributions help to ensure that the money spent on trying to re-elect President Bush doesn't overwhelm the process.
- George Soros
George W. Bush has spent a significant amount of time and effort raising money for his re-election campaign. So why do Republicans objects so strenuously to people like George Soros attempting to fund their Democratic opponents?
President Bush's most-feared political opponents for now may not be Democratic presidential candidates, but a billionaire financier and anti-Bush advocacy groups with big-spending plans.
"Liberal special interests, led by billionaire currency trader George Soros, are raising millions in soft, unregulated money to defeat President Bush," the Bush campaign says in an Internet posting.
Bush has already raised more than $110 million for his primary campaign, in which he has no challenger, far outstripping any Democratic rival.
Campaign spokesman Scott Stanzel said anti-Bush groups threaten to spend as much as $400 million, justifying the Bush primary-season goal of raising a record $170 million, largely through a network of major supporters who funnel donations to the campaign.
It's not as if the Bush juggernaut is in any danger of being out-spent. Perhaps the Republican fear comes from the recognition that their candidate is devoid of ideas? Never mind the fact that he stole the 2000 election...it's not as if he has any claim to the moral high ground.
If Conservatives groups or individuals were committing to donate large amounts of money, there wouldn't be so much as a peep emanating from Republican partisans. The only problem here is that they're upset that someone like Soros, whom they cannot attack on moral or ethical grounds, is committing so much money to ousting their illegitimate President.
If the Bushies think they have a superior product, then they should stop their whining and concetrate on selling it. Rich Democrats have every bit as much right to throw money at candidates as rich Republicans. Stop yer belly-achin' and play the game....
