Here's an interesting story from Singapore published in The Straits Times, Asia's largest English language newspaper. Is this story a cautionary tale for 2004 or simply sour grapes?
Shevardnadze blames Soros for his downfall
MOSCOW -- Deposed Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze accused US billionaire and philanthropist George Soros of orchestrating a campaign that led to his downfall, in an interview broadcast on Russian television on Sunday.
Mr Shevarnadze, who is still feted in the West as the man who helped end the Cold War, told reporters about his dramatic resignation: 'It was not an easy decision, but it was the only solution.'
'America is a large country. It has thousands of organisations, one of them is Soros' -- you know him, Russia has shoved him out...,' Mr Shevardnadze told state-run Russian television.
Mr Soros shut down most of his operations in Russia last month amid a complicated property dispute with Moscow authorities.
'And so he formulated this whole idea -- to hold elections (in Georgia), and make sure that new people come to power,' the ousted leader added.
'This was Soros' plan. Everything was drawn up in advance: how much money to spend, what non-governmental organisations to trust and with which ones to cooperate -- these are American organisations, but I cannot remember their names,' said Mr Shevardnadze.
You may interested in this column, The 'capitalist threat' and the Soros mission as well.
Dick Morris' column is a must read to understand how Soros may be gaining control of the Democrats through their pocketbook:
November 25, 2003 -- THE Democratic Party is being replaced by a new group called "Americans Coming Together," which has been launched with two $10 million donations from financier George Soros and Peter B. Lewis, chairman of the Progressive Corporation. The new organization wants to raise $94 million to finance a massive campaign against Bush - all with soft money. The Democratic Party, which is only allowed to raise hard money (donations limited to $2,000 per person) by the McCain-Feingold law is unable to amass the resources necessary for a national campaign, so it is ceding the main role to Americans Coming Together.Posted by feste at December 1, 2003 10:39 AM | TrackBack