BOR foams at the mouth over Soros... again

The Bill O'Reilly smear and fear machine knows no bounds. His latest target: Retired General Wesley Clarke, George Soros and Retired General John Batiste.

BOR's attacks on Soros are quickly becoming cliché to the point of absurdity. Soros, a self-made millionaire, has an intense dislike for President Bush. (So does 72 percent of the rest of the population, at last check.) So, Soros is putting his money where his mouth is with his contributions and activism. And that's making BOR mad. Reeeeeeallllly mad.

I'm wondering if anyone else thinks it's the height of hypocrisy that O'Reilly criticize a billionaire with a political agenda, since Rupert Murdoch signs his paychecks. Soros may have deep pockets, but Murdoch has that, and a world-wide media empire to slant, distort and report the news as he sees fit. In this country, there are laws about how much campaign cash you may contribute, but there apparently are no longer limits about how big your media empire can become. We need to put more effective limits on both.

BOR has pounded the drum to exhaustion (it's making me exhausted, at least) that Soros has contributed to Media Matters, a liberal-watchdog group devoted to debunking the lies and distortions of people like BOR. It seems like MM has hit a nerve, and that's good. (I can just imagine staffers at MM high-fiving every time O'Reilly goes on a rant about them.) The bottom line is that O'Reilly feels threatened. He should.

Quite frankly, I don't care if Soros has contributed to MM or not. In fact, I hope he does. If the group is performing activities that he supports, open up your checkbook. MM was started by David Broder, a converted conservative smear monger, without the help of Soros, but if he wants to chip in, so be it.

At the risk of being as repetitive as BOR, it's worth mentioning again that in addition to Murdoch, there are many high-profile billionaires who have contributed hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars to groups who have made it their mission to bring down the Democratic party. But, I digress.

Anyway, here's BOR taking aim at Batiste for his VoteVets ad that is critical of Bush and the War in Iraq. He then turns his aim elsewhere. Notice how calm and composed Clarke is.

Well done, general. I hope Clarke plays a role in a Democratic administration beginning in January 2009. And for the millionth time, I'm sick and tired of Repubes' opining that everyone should keep their mouths shut in time of war.

Hey Bill, if you want to tend sheep, why not move to New Zealand? There's millions of sheep there.

This footage is so ridiculous, it's almost unwatchable, but I'll never get tired of calling O'Reilly the foaming-at-the-mouth fraud that he truly is.

Here's the VoteVets ad that has gotten so much attention lately, most notably from O'Reilly and Fox News. Visit their Website for more information.