George Soros Endorses Bill De Blasio

Billionaire liberal George Soros today endorsed New York City Public Advocate Bill De Blasio for mayor.

In a prepared statement, Soros said de Blasio, a 52-year-old Democrat, would work to reduce economic inequality and guard against too much influence over elections by corporations and wealthy individuals. He is competing against six other Democrats in a Sept. 10 primary election to win the party’s mayoral nomination. Soros, who has given the campaign $2,000, was unavailable for interviews, said Michael Vachon, a spokesman. “New York’s next mayor needs to possess conviction, intelligence, and a clear vision for where they want to take the city,” Soros said in a news release distributed by de Blasio’s campaign. "Bill de Blasio possesses these qualities.”

If you've ever traipsed through the blogs of Teabagistan, you know that after President Obama, George Soros is considered the most dangerous person in America. Because Marxist, socialist, communist, Martian, etc etc etc.  De Blasio is presently polling second behind City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, a position he vaulted into thanks to Carlos Danger.

UPDATE: The Orthodox Jewish site, Yeshiva World News, is already criticizing De Blasio for the Soros endorsement.

George Soros’ network of foundations contributes tens of millions of dollars annually to groups that wage “political warfare” against Israel, according to a new report by NGO Monitor. Several of the OFS-sponsored groups, funded by Soros, support boycott, divestment, and sanctions campaigns against Israel, equate Israel’s settlements in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip with South Africa’s former apartheid regime, and in some cases deny Israel’s right to exist.

Reuters Kills George Soros

News agencies routinely write advance obituaries for famous people, particularly if they are elderly or in poor health. Yesterday Reuters accidentally published an rather nasty obit for George Soros, who is 82. An excerpt from the now-deleted story: 

George Soros, who died XXX at age XXX, was a predatory and hugely successful financier and investor, who argued paradoxically for years against the same sort of free-wheeling capitalism that made him billions". It goes on to describe Mr Soros, 82, as “an enigma, wrapped in intellect, contradiction and money". The obituary also focuses on his role as a philanthropist , pointing to the "roughly $8bn he has given away through various charitable entities he controls".

The mistake was widely mocked on right wing sites where commenters lamented that Soros still lives.