June 27, 2005
More On George Soros And The Nationals
Just moved on Drudge:
Despite the Washington Nationals' successful start to the season, to some Capitol Hill Republicans there is a dark cloud on the Nats' horizon: the potential that their newly adopted home team could be purchased by billionaire financier George Soros!
Soros has joined an ownership bid being led by entrepreneur Jonathan Ledecky that is angling to take over the Nats, who are currently owned by Major League Baseball.
ROLL CALL reports: Soros pumped more than $20 million in the last cycle into groups seeking to unseat President Bush and elect Democrats and relates that the very prospect that Soros could have a stake in the team is enough to irritate Congressional Republicans.
I posted about this earlier this month, and I can't say I'm terribly surprised.
UPDATE: Radley Balko is outraged. Jeff Cooper too.
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I had a similar reaction when this first came out.
The thing to remember about this deal is that the highest bidder doesn't always win. (The Red Sox deal and ensuing AG investigation show that)
It's much more important to be a member of the club, and Bud Selig usually looks for people who aren't going to rock the boat.
Soros is already on the verge of capsizing the whole thing.
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