Soros splashed with water and glue by young Ukrainians

[BigBadBrian]

Soros splashed with water and glue by young Ukrainians
Wed Mar 31, 9:15 AM ET



KIEV (UKRAINE) (AFP) - The US billionaire and philanthropist George Soros was splashed with water and glue in Ukraine's capital Kiev by two young Ukrainians who burst into a hall where he was addressing a human rights conference.



"Soros, Out of Ukraine! You'll get nothing here!" the Ukrainians shouted as they carried out their protest Wednesday, the Interfax news agency reported. They were immediately detained and led away by security personnel.


Soros said he doubted it was just an ordinary incident. "Somebody is behind this," he was quoted as saying by Interfax.


The Hungarian-born financier had accused the Ukrainian presidential administration of trying to prevent the holding of a forum in Crimea, southern Uraine, which finally started Tuesday.


Soros, who arrived Monday in the former Soviet republic for a five-day visit, was due Wednesday to meet Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich and later in the week President Leonid Kuchma.


The Soros Foundation is heavily involved in promoting civil society and the development of democratic ideas, chiefly in former Soviet bloc countries. But it is sometimes accused of interfering in countries' internal affairs.


Soros's activities in Russia have been effectively frozen since the seizure of the foundation's Moscow premises in early November in a complicated property dispute that some have linked to political motives.


Former Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze, who was forced to resign after a wave of street protests by the opposition in November, accused Soros of orchestrating the campaign that led to his downfall.


The new US-educated Georgian president, 36-year-old Mikhail Sakaashvili, has held contacts with the popular pro-Western Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, tipped in opinion polls to win October presidential elections.


Opponents of Ukraine's Kuchma -- who has ruled with strong-arm tactics since 1994 -- accuse him of trying to use constitutional reforms to keep a hold on power after his second term ends in October.


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[lucky wilbury]

:D

[FORD]

Junior made a call to his "soulmate" Pooty Poot and sent out the Russian mafia.

[Lincoln]

How the hell did they miss his hair?

[Mr Grimsdale]

that wasn't glue

ooh no missus no

[Chong Li]

April 1, 2004 -- Billionaire Kerry supporter George Soros - at the center of the "soft money" storm - gets slimed with mayonnaise in Ukraine yesterday.AFP/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON - President Bush's campaign yesterday accused John Kerry of illegally coordinating political ads with anti-Bush groups and donors - including billionaire George Soros.
Team Bush and the Republican National Committee said they would soon file a complaint with the Federal Election Commission accusing Kerry and pro-Kerry groups of violating a campaign law that bans the use of "soft money" - corporate, union and unlimited individual donations - to influence federal elections.

The complaint names two groups, MoveOn.org and the Media Fund, that have been running ads criticizing Bush in several battleground states.

In Ukraine yesterday, Soros - who has said ousting Bush is the "central focus" of his life - ran into political problems of a different kind when a group of activists threw mayonnaise on him at a human rights conference to protest his visit.

Members of a radical nationalist party accused Soros of trying to prompt a Ukrainian revolution. Local news agencies reported that a group of youths threw glue and water or white paint at the billionaire.

Soros has vowed to spend $10 million or more to help defeat Bush and has given millions to the Media Fund and MoveOn.org.

The Bush campaign and the GOP say pro-Kerry groups are illegally spending soft money in the presidential race, and that Kerry's campaign is illegally coordinating that spending. The groups have contended they are operating legally.



"They're making a mockery of what the rules are," Bush campaign chairman Marc Racicot said.

The GOP cited at least three factors it says prove coordination:

* Links between people involved in some of the soft money groups and the Kerry campaign during the same election cycle;

* The timing of media buys in the same states and media markets;

* TV stations receiving a Media Fund ad on Kerry's economic plan before Kerry publicly released the economic plan.

Kerry campaign spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter accused Republicans of political gamesmanship.

"We take the law very seriously. Republicans can't stand the fact the American people want change, so now they are playing politics with the law," Cutter said.

"I'd call it slanderous nonsense - the typical Republican politics of intimidation," said Media Fund

[John Ashcroft]

Originally posted by Chong Li

Kerry campaign spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter accused Republicans of political gamesmanship.

"We take the law very seriously. Republicans can't stand the fact the American people want change, so now they are playing politics with the law," Cutter said.

"I'd call it slanderous nonsense - the typical Republican politics of intimidation," said Media Fund

Who's been losing national and local elections en-masse since 1994???

The voters want change honey, just not the change you want. And your party's been having one giant temper tantrum over it since you lost both houses of Congress in '94.

[Mr Grimsdale]

i think everyone is losing sight of the main issue here

the important question is what was he splashed with?
glue or mayonnaise?

the people demand answers