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{{cquote|[The] '''Shadow Party''' is a nationwide [[liberal]] network of more than five-dozen unions, non-profit activist groups, and think tanks whose agendas are ideologically to the left, which are engaged in campaigning for the Democrats. Its activities include fundraising, get-out-the-vote drives, political advertising, opposition research, and [[Journalistic malpractice|media manipulation]]. The Shadow Party was conceived and organized principally by [[George Soros]], [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[Harold M. Ickes|Harold Ickes]].<ref name="discover">[http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6706 Shadow Party] Discover The Networks</ref>}} | {{cquote|[The] '''Shadow Party''' is a nationwide [[liberal]] network of more than five-dozen unions, non-profit activist groups, and think tanks whose agendas are ideologically to the left, which are engaged in campaigning for the Democrats. Its activities include fundraising, get-out-the-vote drives, political advertising, opposition research, and [[Journalistic malpractice|media manipulation]]. The Shadow Party was conceived and organized principally by [[George Soros]], [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[Harold M. Ickes|Harold Ickes]].<ref name="discover">[http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6706 Shadow Party] Discover The Networks</ref>}} | ||
| − | Soros and his wife, Susan, contributed $13 million to the Shadow party cause in 2004<ref name="discover" /> | + | Soros and his wife, Susan, contributed $13 million to the Shadow party cause in 2004.<ref name="discover" /> |
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{{cquote|The Shadow Party emerged from the dense thicket of campaign finance reforms engineered by Senators [[John McCain]] and [[Russ Feingold]]... This created an imperative that found its inevitable loophole [in soft money]... McCain-Feingold deprived the Democrats of their soft money, but the Shadow Party has provided an alternate channel for collecting unlimited contributions... under McCain-Feingold, they may no longer pass that money along to the [[Democratic]] Party, at least not directly. The solution? They give it to the Shadow Party instead<ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=1C995DDB-9F7D-4EB7-83A2-5304F950EB41 The Shadow Party: Part I] Front Page Magazine, October 6, 20004</ref>}} | {{cquote|The Shadow Party emerged from the dense thicket of campaign finance reforms engineered by Senators [[John McCain]] and [[Russ Feingold]]... This created an imperative that found its inevitable loophole [in soft money]... McCain-Feingold deprived the Democrats of their soft money, but the Shadow Party has provided an alternate channel for collecting unlimited contributions... under McCain-Feingold, they may no longer pass that money along to the [[Democratic]] Party, at least not directly. The solution? They give it to the Shadow Party instead<ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=1C995DDB-9F7D-4EB7-83A2-5304F950EB41 The Shadow Party: Part I] Front Page Magazine, October 6, 20004</ref>}} | ||
| − | ==See | + | ==See also== |
* [[George Soros]] | * [[George Soros]] | ||
* [[Media Matters]] | * [[Media Matters]] | ||
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[[Category:Democratic Party]] | [[Category:Democratic Party]] | ||
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* [http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=106448 AP to distribute Soros-funded 'journalism', WND, August 09, 2009] | * [http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=106448 AP to distribute Soros-funded 'journalism', WND, August 09, 2009] | ||
{{liberalism}} | {{liberalism}} | ||
Revision as of 07:11, June 27, 2016
According to Discoverthenetworks.org:
| “ | [The] Shadow Party is a nationwide liberal network of more than five-dozen unions, non-profit activist groups, and think tanks whose agendas are ideologically to the left, which are engaged in campaigning for the Democrats. Its activities include fundraising, get-out-the-vote drives, political advertising, opposition research, and media manipulation. The Shadow Party was conceived and organized principally by George Soros, Hillary Clinton and Harold Ickes.[1] | ” |
Soros and his wife, Susan, contributed $13 million to the Shadow party cause in 2004.[1]
According to Frontpagemag.com:
| “ | The Shadow Party emerged from the dense thicket of campaign finance reforms engineered by Senators John McCain and Russ Feingold... This created an imperative that found its inevitable loophole [in soft money]... McCain-Feingold deprived the Democrats of their soft money, but the Shadow Party has provided an alternate channel for collecting unlimited contributions... under McCain-Feingold, they may no longer pass that money along to the Democratic Party, at least not directly. The solution? They give it to the Shadow Party instead[2] | ” |
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shadow Party Discover The Networks
- ↑ The Shadow Party: Part I Front Page Magazine, October 6, 20004
