Soros picks ACORN, SEIU hack Patrick Gaspard to head Open Society Foundations

Leftist meddler extraordinaire George Soros has named President Obama’s far-left ambassador to South Africa, Patrick Gaspard, as acting president of his philanthropic network, the Open Society Foundations (OSF), effective at the end of the year. There is an excellent chance … Continue reading Soros picks ACORN, SEIU hack Patrick Gaspard to head Open Society Foundations

VADUM: Revving up the race card: Democrats’ backers deploy radical tactics to expand welfare state

Here is my oped from the Friday edition of the Washington Times: VADUM: Revving up the race card: Democrats’ backers deploy radical tactics to expand welfare state A George Soros-funded pressure group is behind a new drive to teach Democratic congressmen how to smear their opponents as racist. By Matthew Vadum Last week House Democrats were tutored by the radical, left-wing, racial spoils group known as the Center for Social Inclusion. The group was brought in “to address the issue of race to defend government programs,” Joel Gehrke reported in the WashingtonExaminer. “The prepared content of a Tuesday presentation to … Continue reading VADUM: Revving up the race card: Democrats’ backers deploy radical tactics to expand welfare state

Soros-Funded Alinsky Smear Machine Invades Congress

My article from today’s Front Page Magazine: Soros-Funded Alinsky Smear Machine Invades Congress By Matthew Vadum George Soros is behind a newly uncovered effort to teach Democratic congressmen how to smear their opponents as racist. Last week House Democrats invited the radical, left-wing, Soros-financed group called the Center for Social Inclusion “to address the issue of race to defend government programs,” according to documentation reviewed by Joel Gehrke of the Washington Examiner. “The prepared content of a Tuesday presentation to the House Democratic Caucus and staff indicates that Democrats will seek to portray apparently neutral free-market rhetoric as being charged … Continue reading Soros-Funded Alinsky Smear Machine Invades Congress

Does Obama support SEIU/ACORN-led economic terror campaign against JPMorgan Chase?

Does President Obama approve of the SEIU/ACORN-led economic terrorism campaign that is now directed at JPMorgan Chase? It seems like a reasonable question to ask. SEIU is President Obama’s favorite union and ACORN is his favorite community organizing outfit. The campaign, engineered by SEIU board member Stephen Lerner, is designed, in Lerner’s words, “to disrupt and create uncertainty for capital, for how corporations operate … there are actually extraordinary things that we could do right now that would start to destabilize the folks that are in power and start to rebuild a movement.” According to White House visitor logs, “Stephen … Continue reading Does Obama support SEIU/ACORN-led economic terror campaign against JPMorgan Chase?

Matthew Vadum on the Laura Ingraham Show

I was on the “Laura Ingraham Show” some time ago talking about Patrick Gaspard, who at the time was President Obama’s political director (one of the same titles Karl Rove used to hold) in the White House. The problem was Gaspard, who had been an SEIU executive, was also a longtime high-level political operative for ACORN. It gets even worse. After my interview Gaspard moved over to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and became its executive director. This means he is now in charge of the DNC’s experiment in brutal Saul Alinsky-style organizing, Organizing for America. Needless to say, this … Continue reading Matthew Vadum on the Laura Ingraham Show