Posted by
Catmman on Friday, January 25, 2008 6:35:07 PM
More and more evidence (not just Soros connections) which make this guy conserva-non-grata.
From
Michelle Malkin (via
Ed Morissey): (emphasis mine)
* The Tides Foundation, which heavily promotes “reproductive justice”, giving over $500,000 to pro-abortion efforts. They also actively oppose the death penalty (so do I, FYI). John McCain opposes abortion and supports the death penalty, so why is his chief political advisor getting so much support from those who ostensibly oppose him?
* Educational Foundation Of America, which also supports abortion. EFA also opposes drilling in ANWR, an issue on which McCain has an ambivalent record. It also supports euthanasia and assisted suicide through the Death With Dignity National Center, a group which it gave $45,000. It gave $100,000 to the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, which opposed the Yucca Mountain nuclear depository (McCain supported it), and opposes development of low-yield nuclear “bunker buster” bombs, which McCain supports.
In fact, EFA appears to contribute to just about every left-wing cause imaginable, as well as a number of noncontriversial charities and outreach efforts.
* The Proteus Fund, which also opposed the Yucca Mountain repository, spending $75K to stop it. That pales in comparison to the $935K they spent on supporting gay marriage initiatives, which McCain strongly opposes. They have also spent over $800,000 funding nuclear-disarmament and antiwar causes in each of the last two years. Their Security Policy Working Group contains nothing but left-of-center groups like Project on Defense Alternatives, which calls the Iraqi elections “faulty” and predicted disaster for the Bush administration’s “program of coercive transformation throughout the region.”
* OSI (Open Society Institute), founded and funded by George Soros. Among a litany of left-wing causes supported by OSI are People For The American Way, to support their Supreme Court Project. (Hint: It isn’t intended on assisting Bush get his nominees confirmed.) They also gave $150,000 to the Campaign Legal Center, which will be important shortly.
* David Geffen Foundation also shows up on the list, although not in the top tier. David Geffen is an entertainment-industry mogul who supports Democrats and left-wing causes. They do not have a website I could find, but Activistcash.com notes that in 2002, most of the grants Geffen gave went to environmental activists and the Tides Foundation and Tides Center.
Bryan at Hot Air elaborates thusly:
The problem with electing John McCain to the presidency is that he would actually serve as president, so you have think past the glory of the moment when all those Vietnam War protesters realize that they have been rejected, to consider what kind of president McCain would actually make. And I don’t think he would make a very good one. It’s not just that he still doesn’t get it when it comes to border security. It’s not just that he really doesn’t know much about economics (though he does have impressive advisers around him). It’s not just that he’s weak on the rights of captured terrorists. And it’s not just that he’s apparently yet another unreliable Republican on judges. And it’s not just that he’s apparently funded by George Soros. It’s all of that. Put it all together, and I think McCain’s weaknesses outweigh his strengths, however wonderful it might be to elect him as a statement against the 1960s anti-America crowd. And believe it, that would be wonderful.
As Bryan says, I would looooove to vote for John McCain. But just as with Herr Doktor - you start to peal away the layers and these onions really stink. The few good attributes both of these guys have are considerably outwieghed by their baggage. Of course the same could be said for anyone, but not just anyone is running for President.
And for someone like me, that baggage is far to weighty to discard or disregard.