| In 1776, the American people threw off the
oppressive yoke of King George III, and created the most free
society the world had ever seen. But today, another King George
— a Hungarian-born billionaire named George Soros, who
rules a shadow empire by funding a global agenda that includes
borderless civil disarmament — has made Americans less
free than at almost any time in our nation’s history.
It was George Soros’ millions and his international
“Open Society Institute” that bought and paid
for massive lobbying and media spin efforts leading to the
enactment of the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act (BCRA).
As you know, that law bans broadcast political speech by NRA
and others during pre-election blackout periods.
And it was Soros’ millions that primed the unfathomable
five-to-four Supreme Court opinion in December 2003 that upheld
the speech ban which reduced criticism of government by assembled
Americans from an untouchable individual right to the status
of a “privilege” bestowed by Congress.
BCRA “permits” NRA to fund pre-election ads through
our political action committee, but only under Draconian reporting
restrictions and with funding solicitations limited to member
donations. But Congress allowing grassroots non-profits to
exercise free speech through PACs is like Congress saying
we can own and use bolt-action rifles and shotguns, but not
semi-automatics.
When Congress enacted BCRA, the standard media sound bite
to describe the “reform” was summed up in three
words “banning soft money.” Connecticut Democrat
Senator Chris Dodd defined it as “Money that threatens
to drown out the voice of the average voter of average means;
money that creates the appearance that a wealthy few have
a disproportionate say over public policy … .”
But George Soros — and a handful of billionaires and
multi-millionaires recruited to his cause — believe
they are immune from the “soft” money restrictions
of BCRA. Soros told National Public Radio he was morally different,
saying, “I am not motivated by self-interest but by
what I believe to be the public interest.”
Having funded the destruction of the First Amendment for
groups like NRA, Soros injected perhaps
as much as $100 million into influencing the outcome of the
2004 elections. That’s chump change for Soros, who is
counted as among the world’s richest men.
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