# Alan Colmes leaving Hannity and Colmes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 24, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-colmes-leaving-hannity-and-colmes/474312 "2008-11-24T20:27:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-colmes-leaving-hannity-and-colmes/474312/1 "2008-11-24T20:27:56Z")
[Colmes is splitting from H&C](http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=bw-20010714:20081124006056:1&show_article=1). Two questions: 1. Will anybody notice he’s gone? 2. What liberal will they find who’s timid and ineffectual enough to fill Alan’s shoes? ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-colmes-leaving-hannity-and-colmes/474312/2 "2008-11-24T20:31:26Z")
1. Do Sean Hannity’s fans notice anything? 2. Maybe Joe Lieberman? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-colmes-leaving-hannity-and-colmes/474312/3 "2008-11-24T20:33:23Z")
Stewart and Colbert will get some jokes out of it, which is all _Hannity and Colmes_ was ever good for, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-colmes-leaving-hannity-and-colmes/474312/4 "2008-11-24T20:33:50Z")
No shit, my first thought was that I was shocked - SHOCKED! - to learn that he was still \*on \*the show. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-colmes-leaving-hannity-and-colmes/474312/5 "2008-11-24T21:13:42Z")
Possibly they will actually choose a liberal with a functioning pair of balls. Not likely, I know. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-colmes-leaving-hannity-and-colmes/474312/6 "2008-11-24T21:27:44Z")
Would a pair of combs on a chair next to Hannity count? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-colmes-leaving-hannity-and-colmes/474312/7 "2008-11-24T21:57:05Z")
> [@kasuo](#): > > Would a pair of combs on a chair next to Hannity count? They’d probably offer stronger pushback… ---
**Author:** ![Jesus\_Harold\_Christ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f14d63/32.png) [@Jesus\_Harold\_Christ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesus_Harold_Christ)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-colmes-leaving-hannity-and-colmes/474312/8 "2008-11-24T22:12:13Z")
My Colmes impression: Look, clearly the Democrats are wrong here, but haven’t Republicans also done bad thing things like this easily knocked down, inapt strawman? ---
**Author:** ![Jesus\_Harold\_Christ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f14d63/32.png) [@Jesus\_Harold\_Christ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesus_Harold_Christ)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-colmes-leaving-hannity-and-colmes/474312/9 "2008-11-24T22:13:31Z")
My Colmes impression: Look, clearly the Democrats are wrong here, but haven’t Republicans also done bad thing things like this easily knocked down, inapt strawman? ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-colmes-leaving-hannity-and-colmes/474312/10 "2008-11-24T22:16:36Z")
I hear they are considering Al Franken… ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-colmes-leaving-hannity-and-colmes/474312/11 "2008-11-24T22:27:03Z")
> [@BlinkingDuck](#): > > I hear they are considering Al Franken… With any luck, he’s going to be kind of busy the next 6 years. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-colmes-leaving-hannity-and-colmes/474312/12 "2008-11-24T22:32:01Z")
The [Washington Generals](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Generals) must have offered him a spot on their roster. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-colmes-leaving-hannity-and-colmes/474312/13 "2008-11-24T23:08:22Z")
> [@Jesus\_Harold\_Christ](#): > > My Colmes impression: > > Look, clearly the Democrats are wrong here, but haven’t Republicans also done bad thing things like this easily knocked down, inapt strawman? So, it’s like every Pit thread ever started about Democrats? Except without the first part. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-colmes-leaving-hannity-and-colmes/474312/14 "2008-11-25T00:56:56Z")
> [@BlinkingDuck](#): > > I hear they are considering Al Franken… Is that a joke (if it were I guess it would be because of the way Franken kind of beat up on Colmes in _Lies and the lying liars_ or did you really hear this? If the latter, where? -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-colmes-leaving-hannity-and-colmes/474312/15 "2008-11-25T01:04:39Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > 1. Maybe Joe Lieberman? This was a lethal zinger, and deserves appreciation. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-colmes-leaving-hannity-and-colmes/474312/16 "2008-11-25T01:39:23Z")
This is one indicator that the US is having a new Administration. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-colmes-leaving-hannity-and-colmes/474312/17 "2008-11-25T01:48:33Z")
“…and that was the last anyone ever heard from Alan Colmes.” How long before they pull the plug on his ‘ratings basement’ radio show? ---
**Author:** ![deadindays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@deadindays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deadindays)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-colmes-leaving-hannity-and-colmes/474312/18 "2008-11-25T05:15:52Z")
Word is they’ll replace Colmes with Howdy Doody. Not only do they look alike Howdy also has a hand stuck up his ass. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-colmes-leaving-hannity-and-colmes/474312/19 "2008-11-26T15:08:53Z")
I laughed at the first comment here: > **[The Onion | America's Finest News Source.](https://www.theonion.com/?utm_source=onion_rss_daily)** > > The Onion brings you all of the latest news, stories, photos, videos and more from America's finest news source. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-colmes-leaving-hannity-and-colmes/474312/20 "2008-11-26T15:14:07Z")
> [@BlinkingDuck](#): > > I hear they are considering Al Franken… If Franken is hired, he may insist they title the show “Hannity without Colmes.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-colmes-leaving-hannity-and-colmes/474312.md?page=2)