Soros finally gets it. Calls Kerry "flawed candidate".

[Gravitymaster 0]

Gee he finally figured out what a lot of us already knew.

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Soros Says Kerry's Failings Undermined Campaign Against Bush

Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire investor George Soros, the biggest financial contributor to the failed effort to defeat President George W. Bush in November's election, said Democratic challenger John Kerry was a flawed candidate.

Soros, chairman of Soros Fund Management LLC, spent $26 million in last year's campaign that he said was undermined by the candidate he supported.

``Kerry did not, actually, offer a credible and coherent alternative,'' Soros, 74, said yesterday in an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. ``That had a lot to do with Bush being re-elected.''

The comments by the Hungarian-born Soros marked his sharpest criticism of Kerry, a Vietnam War veteran who later spoke against the war and focused his campaign against Bush on the war in Iraq. Republicans gained four seats in the Senate, including the defeat of the Senate's highest-ranking Democrat, Minority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota. Republicans have 55 seats in the 100-seat chamber.

The Kerry campaign ``tried to emphasize his role as a Vietnam War hero and downplay his role as an anti-Vietnam War hero, which he was,'' said Soros. ``Had he admitted, owned up to it, I think actually the outcome could have been different.''

Alternative Needed

Soros said he also now questions ``what the Democratic party stands for.'' Democrats need to counter ``a very effective conservative message machine,'' he said. ``There really needs to be an alternative.''

Full story here:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=71000001&refer=top_world_news&sid=aqkoN4tLMDv8

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Bush is an Ass. Kerry is a bigger one.

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Agreed. Kerry was one of the weaker Democratic canidates, but the infamous "Roar" doomed probally the strongest canidate that was running... there really wasnt much in the way of alternitives.

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there really wasnt much in the way of alternitives.

And what does that tell you?

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[PhreeZone 20]

That McCain should have ran?

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Agreed. Kerry was one of the weaker Democratic canidates, but the infamous "Roar" doomed probally the strongest canidate that was running... there really wasnt much in the way of alternitives.

The democrats could've won with a moderate candidate. Neither Dean or Kerry were on that list.

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[tonyhays 86]

I particularly liked this part of the story...

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Soros criticized Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan for cutting the benchmark U.S. interest rate to a four decade low of 1 percent, saying he gave Bush's re-elected chances a boost. ``So as far as I'm concerned, (Greenspan) lost credibility.''

I'm sure Greenspan's cutting of the interest rates had everything to do with getting Bush re-elected and nothing to do with the economy.

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I particularly liked this part of the story...

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Soros criticized Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan for cutting the benchmark U.S. interest rate to a four decade low of 1 percent, saying he gave Bush's re-elected chances a boost. ``So as far as I'm concerned, (Greenspan) lost credibility.''

I'm sure Greenspan's cutting of the interest rates had everything to do with getting Bush re-elected and nothing to do with the economy.

Good point. I shows how many on the left have become like rabid dogs. Foaming at the mouth, looking for something to bite.

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Agreed. Kerry was one of the weaker Democratic canidates, but the infamous "Roar" doomed probally the strongest canidate that was running... there really wasnt much in the way of alternitives.

I would have loved to have seen Dean run, I think it would have been a bigger disaster for the Dems but we'll never know.

I heard a Kerry soundbite on the radio yesterday, he was attacking the validity of the Iraqi election and in the same sentence said he supported the need to hold the election. It was classic Kerry, not merely nuanced, almost schizophrenic.

It's too easy to blame the candidate like this, the Dems needed a big tent to keep everyone on board and Kerry provided that by presenting all sides of every issue. The bottom line is he was chosen by the party because they thought he had the best chance of winning, and other frontrunners had even bigger questionmarks w.r.t. victory. When the selection began it wasn't at all clear that any Dem had a snowball's chance.

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Gee he finally figured out what a lot of us already knew.

It's over, Bush won... get over it and move on

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[airdweller 0]

Good point. I shows how many on the left have become like rabid dogs. Foaming at the mouth, looking for something to bite.
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