Atheism Drives Soros’ Hatred of Bush?

George Soros, a multi-billionaire who has decided to spend a fair amount of money to support the Democratic Party, evidently has religious conservatives worried - otherwise, they wouldn't be trying to use his atheism in order to smear and discredit him.

NewsMax reports on an interview NewsMax contributing editor Richard Poe did for Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly:

He described Soros as "not only an admitted atheist - actually he is a crusading atheist, a militant atheist." Poe told O'Reilly that Soros' atheism drives his "hatred" for President Bush, saying he has "absolute contempt for Bush's religious beliefs."

I must have missed the part where NewsMax contributing editors got insight into George Soros' personality. I must have also missed the part where an interview with a NewsMax editor qualified as "news."

Media Matters notes:

O'Reilly made his opinion of Soros known earlier in the day on his nationally syndicated radio program: On the May 18 broadcast of The Radio Factor, O'Reilly called Soros "a real sleazoid." When a caller challenged him for using such a term in what O'Reilly purports to be the "No Spin Zone," O'Reilly repeated the charge and cut off the caller, saying, "[Y]ou're a moron and you're exercising your constitutional right to be one but I'm not going to give you air time."

Is there anyone in America who actually believes that O'Reilly's show really is a "No Spin Zone"?

Media Matters describes FrontPage and Poe:

While Poe was editor, FrontPage Magazine published an article he authored on September 20, 2001 -- less than two weeks after the 9/11 attacks -- in which he wrote, "What happened last week in New York and Washington is but a logical escalation of the 'progressive crime wave' [FrontPage Magazine editor-in-chief David] Horowitz documents. ... With the World Trade Center reduced to a smoking graveyard, it remains to be seen whether Americans have finally had their fill of the 'progressive crime wave.'" Under Poe's leadership, FrontPage Magazine also published an article blaming "political correctness" for facilitating the September 11 terrorist attacks; another article, written by Poe, that compared the "New Yorkers [who unsuccessfully] voted to send Hillary [Clinton] packing" from the Senate to "those Germans who voted against Hitler in the 1932 election"; a December 20, 2001, column by Ann Coulter that urged, "We've got to attack France" and another column on January 31, 2002, in which Coulter argued that Geneva Convention rules should not apply to Guantanamo detainees, noting, "[T]his Geneva Convention thing isn't really working out for us."

I wrote about Poe's Wacky Conspiracy Theories a few days ago — he's a real piece of work. I get the impression, though, that there are actually people out there who really do believe him. I wonder why that is.

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