Tuesday, 12 Oct 2010 08:31 AM
Billionaire financier George Soros says he’s sitting out the
2010 midterms because he’s convinced the GOP tide cannot be
slowed with more of the money he used to help Democrats like
Barack Obama get elected in 2008,
The New York Times reported.
“I made an exception getting involved in 2004,” Soros told the
Times in a brief interview Friday at a forum sponsored by the
Bretton Woods Committee, which promotes understanding of the
International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
“And since I didn’t succeed in 2004, I remained engaged in 2006
and 2008. But I’m basically not a party man. I’d just been
forced into that situation by what I considered the excesses of
the Bush administration.”
Asked if the prospect of Republican control of one or both
houses of Congress concerned him, Soros told the Times: “It
does, because I think they are pushing the wrong policies, but
I’m not in a position to stop it. I don’t believe in standing in
the way of an avalanche.”
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