A tale of two conspiracies

In the right corner, wearing red trunks, Billy O'Reilly! (See original item Bill from Portland at DKos and this post with video at Crook & Liars.)

• According to the investigative reporting of O'Reilly and his guests, the radical, uber-wealthy George Soros is out to "buy the next election", by funding a host of far left groups like MoveOn.org and Media Matters for America. Through the latter, Soros can "smear" anyone he likes through radical leftists like Bill Moyers, Paul Krugman, Frank Rich, and, of course, the estimable Rosie O'Donnell! Through MoveOn.org, all sorts of left-wing politicians, like John Edwards, take his orders.

In the left corner, the theft of the 2004 Ohio presidential election! (See original item at AlterNet, and this post at Crooks & Liars.)

• A consortium of GOP uber-techies and technology firms, including the company that hosts those infamous RNC email servers, were responsible for counting and reporting ballots, under the direction of the Ohio's (Republican) Secretary of State, who was also co-chair of the state's Bush campaign. Suspicious events, returns and statistics abound.

Is either of these stories true, or both? Am I now playing the MSM game of "balance": one claim from Mr. "Smear" himself, over against a case documented by a university professor and lawyer, who is party to a lawsuit about the election? Maybe so.

So let's get to the truth:

• Soros, Media Matters, and MoveOn could sponsor and fund a public, certifiable accounting of the money trail. (Media Matters denies receiving money from Soros; O'Reilly claims it is funneled through channels.)
• And Congress should continue its investigations, with the full cooperation of the White House (hah!) and the DOJ that is so concerned with vote fraud, to get to the bottom of the Ohio case.

Not likely? Welcome to Nigeria, folks.