and George Soros has a shitpile of money he's not giving to the Republicans like a good little plutocrat.

That's about it. It doesn't take much these days, they just use names as shortcuts for "commie lefty Nazi liberals."

and a pretty effective one at that.
He, along with Frances Fox Piven, are oft demonized by the Riech Wingers.
Back in the early 70's, when I was in college, and a community organizer, a lot of their material was being used.

freeze, personalize, polarize.

Including millions for drug policy reform.

But GEORGE SOROS!!!!!!!1111111

So the fuck what, idiot Republican debate opponent with absolutely no facts.

Like really, really close friends. Wink wink, nudge nudge.

Seriously, these people need more tinfoil on their hats.

- he can bring down the currency value of a country or prop it up. Central Banks follow his investing patterns closely. He was blamed for the bandwagon effect when he made a big hedge move on British Pound that created a mini-recession back in the 1980's. He didn't like Thatcher at all, nor had much use for Major...
Most of the time, he re-invests his money into progressive or economically sound businesses or activities, and has been known to give developing nations a bit of a nudge in the currency markets if they needed infrastructure improvements.

Most of the .05% wish they were as respected or had as large an impact on the world economy as George Soros could.
He doesn't live like a God above the plebes, raking it in, because he wants a world left for his grandchildren and great grandchildren. And that's why "they" - the hereditary "leaders of industry", the wastrels and "gentleman's C" legacy grads who run think tanks to vacuum money their way - hate him with a white - hot passion. They're playing a zero-sum "king of the mountain" game, creating their own reality, while Soros lives in the real world with real people that he knows are affected by the way he invests.

As for Alinsky - his sin was that his passion was for justice "...those nasty, dirty little people". Nothing in his previous actions or tactics had been commented on had he used his intellect and powers for the 1%.

Haele