Son of liberal financier George Soros launches anti-super PAC super PAC

Source: Washington Post

It’s a super PAC that hates super PACs.

Jonathan Soros, son of a prominent liberal financier, is helping to launch an independent advocacy group with hopes of spending up to $8 million targeting House lawmakers, primarily Republicans, who oppose public matching funds for elections and other campaign finance reforms.

The new super PAC, called Friends of Democracy, will file its first disclosures with the Federal Election Commission later this month and plans to zero in on 10 to 15 House races with television ads, mailings and Web messaging, Soros and other organizers said Thursday.

Like all super PACs, Friends of Democracy will be able to raise unlimited funds from wealthy individuals, corporations or unions--precisely the kind of system that the group is fighting against.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/son-of-liberal-financier-george-soros-launches-anti-super-pac-super-pac/2012/07/12/gJQABQlufW_story.html

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Son of liberal financier George Soros launches anti-super PAC super PAC (Original post)	alp227	Jul 2012	OP
Thank you, Jonathan. I guess we have to fight fire with fire until we can get money out of politics	judesedit	Jul 2012	#1
good for him!	renate	Jul 2012	#2
The best news I've heard in a while.	denvine	Jul 2012	#3
agreed	0rganism	Jul 2012	#8
Good way to go about it too	siligut	Jul 2012	#4
...	Cal Carpenter	Jul 2012	#5
good news nt	flamingdem	Jul 2012	#6
Oh Goody....	Grassy Knoll	Jul 2012	#7
Next someone on the right will launch an anti-anti-super PAC super-duper PAC	slackmaster	Jul 2012	#9
Get ready for cries of foul and CBS news reporting "concerns".	gtar100	Jul 2012	#10
There needs to be a superpac that ...	Fantastic Anarchist	Jul 2012	#11

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Thu Jul 12, 2012, 04:17 PM

judesedit (1,190 posts)

1. Thank you, Jonathan. I guess we have to fight fire with fire until we can get money out of politics

If the GOP wasn't keeping 99% of us so poor, we'd pitch in a few thou each anyway. Thanks again. We need more affluent people that care about this country to follow your lead.

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Thu Jul 12, 2012, 05:09 PM

renate (7,923 posts)