tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post3925569840351253502..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: George SorosAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-56021401899701534782010-08-03T04:09:59.021-04:002010-08-03T04:09:59.021-04:00I don't think they could create the timing. I ...I don't think they could create the timing. I do think that Obama self-servingly talked down the stock market during the second half of 2008. By doing so he hurt the Republicans and positioned himself better for the inevitable market rebound -- for which Democratic partisans are already taking credit, using <i>post hoc ergo propter hoc</i> reasoning.<br /><br />Soros strikes me as a partisan jerk with some issues, but I don't think any of the conspiracy theories about him have merit.(another) Jonathannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-4809841304283198112010-08-03T01:15:55.230-04:002010-08-03T01:15:55.230-04:00Yeah, Soros and his 10 richest friends couldn'...Yeah, Soros and his 10 richest friends couldn't create the weaknesses in the economy from bad mortgages and worthless CDO's, but maybe he could create the timing. Scary thought.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-13159563764092068112010-08-02T22:50:34.067-04:002010-08-02T22:50:34.067-04:00He claimed that getting rid of Bush was the most i...<i>He claimed that getting rid of Bush was the most important focus of his life and he’d spend his whole fortune on it.</i><br /><br />Which supports the suspicion that the Crash of 2008 was engineered to defeat Bush- an October surprise.Gringonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-84619797269955435542010-08-02T19:40:44.771-04:002010-08-02T19:40:44.771-04:00Soros has done much good with his philanthropy. An...Soros has done much good with his philanthropy. And IMO the "broke the Bank of England" accusation is nonsense: he merely surfed a financial wave, very cleverly to be sure, but if his timing had been different he could have lost a lot of money. But your last points, about his anti-Bush statements and political activism in this country, seem spot-on. It is odd that he is usually accused on the silly points and given a pass on the serious ones. Also, it is interesting that Soros is at best indifferent to Israel, an odd position for a Jewish refugee.(another) Jonathannoreply@blogger.com