06-28-2005, 09:07 AM | #1 | ||
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The GOP has gone too far this time
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Soros's Nats Bid Irks Republicans Tuesday, June 28, 2005; E02 Major League Baseball hasn't narrowed the list of the eight bidders seeking to buy the Washington Nationals and some Republicans on Capitol Hill already are hinting at revoking the league's antitrust exemption if billionaire financier George Soros , an ardent critic of President Bush and supporter of liberal causes, buys the team. "It's not necessarily smart business sense to have anybody who is so polarizing in the political world," Rep. John E. Sweeney (R-N.Y.) said. "That goes for anybody, but especially as it relates to Major League Baseball because it's one of the few businesses that get incredibly special treatment from Congress and the federal government." Rep. Tom M. Davis III (R-Va.), who was a strong supporter of bringing a baseball team to Virginia, told Roll Call yesterday that "Major League Baseball understands the stakes" if Soros buys the team. "I don't think they want to get involved in a political fight." Democrats weren't about to let the broadsides go unanswered. "Why should politics have anything to do with who owns the team," Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) asked. "So Congress is going to get involved in every baseball ownership decision? Are they next going to worry about a manager they don't like? I've never seen anything as impotent as a congressman threatening the baseball exemption. It gets threatened half a dozen times a year, and our batting average threatening the exemption is zero." Davis didn't return calls to his office, but spokesman Robert White said, "The point [Davis] was making was how it would look if Major League Baseball sells the hottest team in the market to a guy who spent more money than the gross domestic product of Colombia to legitimize drugs." Davis chairs the Committee on Government Reform, which recently held high-profile hearings on steroid use in professional and amateur sports. Soros has supported the legalization of some drugs as a way to combat their illegal abuse. A Soros spokesman, Michael Vachon , said the financier was out of the country and declined to comment. Washington entrepreneur Jonathan Ledecky , who heads the bidding group that Soros joined, said in an e-mail: "America's pastime should be protected from the rhetoric of partisan politics. It's unfortunate that the negativism that permeates national politics today is infecting Major League Baseball and the Washington Nationals." Baseball is interviewing lead members of the eight groups that have filed bids to buy the Nationals, who are owned by the league. Most of the bids are believed to range between $300 million and $400 million, with a couple exceeding $400 million, according to sources familiar with the sale process. "We're going to act and make a decision in the best interest of the franchise and the best interests of the game," MLB spokesman Rich Levin said. -- Thomas Heath They better not mess with the Nationals!!!!! Although, I do happen to support revoking the antitrust exemption. I guess it wouldn't be that bad after all. Still, it's all very goofy.
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06-28-2005, 09:11 AM | #2 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
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I think they should start with Al Davis, personally...
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06-28-2005, 09:15 AM | #3 |
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That is pretty ridiculous - saw it on primer yesterday. Lets just assume its another idle politician threat.
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06-28-2005, 09:30 AM | #4 |
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I happen to agree with JohnGalt. There are better ways to have handled this. I can't speak for every conservative in D.C., but I've already told my friends that if Soros is part of the ownership group, I'll never spend another dime on Nats merchandise and/or tickets.
I like Rep. Davis on a lot of issues, but gimme a break. *Edit* I do think it's a bit unfair to say "The GOP has gone too far". This is the action of basically one guy. I don't believe I ever said "The Democrats have gone too far" when Dick Durbin went all nutty. In this day and age of fierce partisan divides, we should really try not to paint with a broader brush than necessary.
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Agreed - though its more than just Davis. The link on primer is from an article published elsewhere that the DNC website linked to, but the following section, assuming reasonably that the reporter didnt make this up, is worrysome. I don't think teams should have any federal funding, but to selectively highlight one for it is more than a little hypocritical. Quote:
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06-28-2005, 09:52 AM | #6 |
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Well, I wasn't really being serious in my post. It was supposed to be just goofy.
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If you really believed Bud that all the teams lose money, wouldn't you want to subsidize Soros just enough to keep him as an owner, but not enough that he actually makes money?
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06-28-2005, 10:04 AM | #12 |
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THey ought to rescind the exemption anyway, who cares who owns the teams, baseball ownership need their short hairs plucked to make them do whats best for the sport instead of the crap they offer now.
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Didn't say I wouldn't watch them play. Just said I wouldn't spend any money that would go in the pockets of George Soros. The way the tv deal is structured, Angelos of the O's basically owns the TV rights to the Nats. So I could watch with impunity, go to the games with free tickets, etc. But yes, I dislike George Soros enough that I would not give him a dime. I'm not really sure why that's so amusing. I imagine there were people in Cincy who felt the same way about Marge Schott. I KNOW there are people who feel that way about the owners of the D-Rays.
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06-28-2005, 10:33 AM | #15 |
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If Rupert Murdoch and Ted Turner have been able to own teams, why not Soros?
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06-28-2005, 10:34 AM | #16 |
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What about Rupert Holmes and Tina Turner?
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Because he's a dirty drug-legalizin', gun-controllin' no good dastardly liberal. Duh.
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Actually, within a few years, the Nats get 50% of the local tv revenue (or something like that) and they get 10% right away. So, watching them on tv does indeed put money in the pocket of the Nats (and their soon to be owner). Quite the quandary, no? I really do not think you have anything to worry about. I think all of the bids are going to come in ridiculously close in terms of dollars, and Wuss Selig will take the one that causes the least controversy. Methinks that won't be Soros.
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Ditto here... I met and voted for Tom Davis when I lived in his district about 8 years ago (my first election I could vote in)... But this would turn me the other way if I was in his distrcit.
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Dola- more from this idiot.
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Scumbag. That line about "out of towner" bothers me a lot - Soros has a think eastern European accent, but is an American citizen- do you have to be a perfect WASP for Davis to accept you ? Last edited by Crapshoot : 06-29-2005 at 09:45 AM. |
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I'm confused by your first point - I don't particularly care who owns the team, just the arguement that Soros is an "out of towner" is particularly noxious to me. |
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I like how the guy said "I just don't think we need or want that in our nation's capital." DC usually dukes it out with Detroit over who is the murder capital of the united states in a given year. Apparently Soros would tarnish its good name, though.
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It was more that you posted the article about it and that seemed like what I should quote. I suppose that specific passage had nothing to do with anything. Corrected above. SI
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