Veterans stage protest outside Hall's event

December 18, 2007
NEW YORK — Members of the Gathering of Eagles veterans group, rounded up by Kieran Michael Lalor of Peekskill, a Republican who will be challenging Rep. John Hall, D-Dover Plains, for his 19th Congressional District seat, protested last night outside a fancy fundraiser for Hall in Manhattan.

Held in the Upper East Side home of deep-pocketed Democrat George Soros, the fundraiser drew criticism from the protesters because of the host's ties to MoveOn.org, a liberal organization that has criticized the war in Iraq.

Lalor, an Iraq war veteran, organized the rally to attack Hall's image as a moderate, grass-roots congressman.

"George Soros is anything but moderate," he said. "He is a far-left fringe liberal."

Hall declined to comment on yesterday's protest.

&italics;Alexa James