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Old 09-27-2010, 08:04 AM
 
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but George Soros isn't a problem at all? It's pretty common knowledge that the Koch brothers via Koch industries are a pair of conservative billionaires who like spending their money on conservative causes. Using AFP they're clearly supporting the Tea Party and other conservative ventures, there's no denying that. Liberals seem to be foaming at the mouth attacking these guys for supporting the Tea Party but I haven't heard a single liberal say ANYTHING about George Soros, another billionaire who openly spends his money on liberal causes, he's done it for years. Like the Koch brothers, Soros has some legal issues in his past and he's paid fines larger than lifetime salaries of many Americans. Like the Koch brothers and Americans for Prosperity, Soros funds sideline groups like Moveon.org in order to funnel his funds to people he wants to support. He spent millions of his own money on Obama's run for the White House which by many liberals was 100% grass roots. George Soros also threw millions of his own dollars at Air America to keep it on the air after it failed miserably.

Soros made his millions speculating on currency in addition to investing in great industries like energy and defense but nobody seems to care while uneducated liberals attack the Koch brothers for their ties to the energy industry, specifically oil. Soros was convicted of insider trading, liberals don't seem to care.

Liberals, why do you give George Soros a free pass but attack the Koch brothers for doing the same exact things? Is it simple hypocrisy or do you genuinely not know where the money to fund huge liberal organizations comes from?
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Old 09-27-2010, 08:08 AM
 
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very good questions. my guess is that they got tired of shrieking about glenn beck 24/7 and decided to shriek about these guys for awhile instead.
and the hypocrisy part, kinda goes without saying..
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Old 09-27-2010, 08:10 AM
 
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but George Soros isn't a problem at all? It's pretty common knowledge that the Koch brothers via Koch industries are a pair of conservative billionaires who like spending their money on conservative causes. Using AFP they're clearly supporting the Tea Party and other conservative ventures, there's no denying that. Liberals seem to be foaming at the mouth attacking these guys for supporting the Tea Party but I haven't heard a single liberal say ANYTHING about George Soros, another billionaire who openly spends his money on liberal causes, he's done it for years. Like the Koch brothers, Soros has some legal issues in his past and he's paid fines larger than lifetime salaries of many Americans. Like the Koch brothers and Americans for Prosperity, Soros funds sideline groups like Moveon.org in order to funnel his funds to people he wants to support. He spent millions of his own money on Obama's run for the White House which by many liberals was 100% grass roots. George Soros also threw millions of his own dollars at Air America to keep it on the air after it failed miserably.

Soros made his millions speculating on currency in addition to investing in great industries like energy and defense but nobody seems to care while uneducated liberals attack the Koch brothers for their ties to the energy industry, specifically oil. Soros was convicted of insider trading, liberals don't seem to care.

Liberals, why do you give George Soros a free pass but attack the Koch brothers for doing the same exact things? Is it simple hypocrisy or do you genuinely not know where the money to fund huge liberal organizations comes from?


Exactly.

The libs think that Soros funding every anti-American group that he can is perfectly okay.

However, when an equally well funded conservative opposes Soros, they scream foul. Amazing.
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Old 09-27-2010, 08:11 AM
 
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but George Soros isn't a problem at all? It's pretty common knowledge that the Koch brothers via Koch industries are a pair of conservative billionaires who like spending their money on conservative causes. Using AFP they're clearly supporting the Tea Party and other conservative ventures, there's no denying that. Liberals seem to be foaming at the mouth attacking these guys for supporting the Tea Party but I haven't heard a single liberal say ANYTHING about George Soros, another billionaire who openly spends his money on liberal causes, he's done it for years. Like the Koch brothers, Soros has some legal issues in his past and he's paid fines larger than lifetime salaries of many Americans. Like the Koch brothers and Americans for Prosperity, Soros funds sideline groups like Moveon.org in order to funnel his funds to people he wants to support. He spent millions of his own money on Obama's run for the White House which by many liberals was 100% grass roots. George Soros also threw millions of his own dollars at Air America to keep it on the air after it failed miserably.

Soros made his millions speculating on currency in addition to investing in great industries like energy and defense but nobody seems to care while uneducated liberals attack the Koch brothers for their ties to the energy industry, specifically oil. Soros was convicted of insider trading, liberals don't seem to care.

Liberals, why do you give George Soros a free pass but attack the Koch brothers for doing the same exact things? Is it simple hypocrisy or do you genuinely not know where the money to fund huge liberal organizations comes from?
Koch Brothers Industries has a clear agenda behind their curtain.orgs, and it ain't sweet "tea" for me (But more of a Kochtail of oil /chemicals pollution shoved down our throats)
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Old 09-27-2010, 08:11 AM
 
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It's funny, the more liberals demonize something...the more popular it becomes.
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Old 09-27-2010, 08:16 AM
 
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Koch Brothers Industries has a clear agenda behind their curtain.orgs, and it ain't sweet "tea" for me (But more of a Kochtail of oil /chemicals pollution shoved down our throats)
And George Soros has a very open liberal agenda behind his funding as well, again what's the difference? Soros funds a lot of the same chemical/pollution related industries that the Koch brothers do in addition to a lot of Wall Street investing which we all know is always honest right?
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Old 09-27-2010, 08:23 AM
 
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The better question would be how and why did the White House obtain the Koch Industries tax returns and make them public? Is this acceptable thuggary from the White House against those who do not lock-step with the Socialist agenda?

Koch Industries Lawyer to White House: How Did You Get Our Tax Information? | The Weekly Standard
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Old 09-27-2010, 08:26 AM
 
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Aren't they funding your "grass roots" tea party?
Think there might be an agenda involved?
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Old 09-27-2010, 08:28 AM
 
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And George Soros has a very open liberal agenda behind his funding as well, again what's the difference? Soros funds a lot of the same chemical/pollution related industries that the Koch brothers do in addition to a lot of Wall Street investing which we all know is always honest right?

*1) I do not make over 250,000$ a year
**2) I am not a corporate polluter trying to dodge federal regulations & indictments


*1a) Therefore, my income taxes have not been raised
**2b) Whereas, the most regulation my property gets is by county residential zoning ordinances/property tax appraiser

Again, Koch Brothers political agenda is for Koch Industries, not me. If I was an uber-rich oil/chemical polluter, then I would join "Tea" Party.
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Old 09-27-2010, 08:28 AM
 
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Aren't they funding your "grass roots" tea party?
Think there might be an agenda involved?
Sure they are, was Obama elected by grass roots funding like many liberals claim? Of course not, hundreds of millions of dollars from special interest groups and donors like Soros put Obama in office... was that ok with you?
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