Sunday, June 06, 2004

Who Got The Memo?
George Soros seems to be the RIght's favorite whipping boy at the moment, despite all that he has done (without financing a war, I might note) to aid the development of Democracy in the former Soviet Union and in eastern European countries.

From Whiskey Bar:


I was struck, for example, by last week's coordinated assault on George Soros, following his less-than-felicitous remarks at the Take Back America conference in Washington. Mediamatters has the details here and here. The list of conservative megaphones (or miniphones, at least) that stood and delivered on command is pretty impressive:

  National Review: "Soros: Abu Ghraib = September 11"

  The Drudge Report: "Soros: Abu Ghraib = September 11..."

  Washington Times: "Soros likens Iraqi prisoner abuse to 9/11"

  The New York Sun: "Soros: Americans Have Become Perpetrators in War on Terror"

  The Weekly Standard: "Bush-Haters of the World, Unite! Amateur and professional Bush-haters gather in Washington for the Take Back America conference."

  NewsMax.com: "Soros: Bush's War on Terrorism Worse Than 9/11"

  WorldNetDaily.com: "Soros: Abu Ghraib same as 9-11"

  CNSNews.com: "George Soros Likens Iraqi Prisoner Abuse to 9/11 Attacks"

And, true to form, the echo chamber effect was enough to get CNN to play along as well.

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Here's an MSWord document of the Soros speech.

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