# How are Rush/Hannity/Grant/Levinn handling the election? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 6, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rush-hannity-grant-levinn-handling-the-election/471523 "2008-11-06T21:09:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rush-hannity-grant-levinn-handling-the-election/471523/1 "2008-11-06T21:09:49Z")
I’ve been listening to Rush/Grant for years and years (Bush _ **I** _ was still in office) and have laughed my way through the end of the cold war (Gorbasm updates anyone?), all of Clinton, the Gingrich revolution, etc. I can’t believe I haven’t gotten a chance to hear what and how they’re spinning the election results. Is it like post-'06 election ("I’m sick of carrying water for you)? Did the pre-election harping on Acorn and “Black Panther Intimidation” pay off in claims of voter intimidation? Is there no mandate because he didn’t achieve a Reagan-like victory or because there aren’t 60 Senators? I know they’re radio shows, but I’m putting this in the pit to give free vent to whatever language or wishes anyone wants to spew on their heads (heh… to “rightly” spew!). Oh, and FTR, I also like to go to the zoo and watch monkeys. Please don’t assign me any Ditto-ness, affiliation, credence, or credulity to the absolute shit they toss around. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rush-hannity-grant-levinn-handling-the-election/471523/2 "2008-11-06T21:15:51Z")
Rush was never a fan of McCain, claiming he was not pure enough. He did like Palin however. He is now defending her and attacking him. He maintains Conservatism was not defeated as there was no Conservative on the ticket. He advocates casting moderates out of the party, so that it can be pure. Of course that might make hard to get elected but so what. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rush-hannity-grant-levinn-handling-the-election/471523/3 "2008-11-06T21:34:18Z")
I think these guys actually prefer it this way. It’s what their schtick is all about. They much prefer playing offense and attacking a democratic administration on a daily basis playing armchair critic rather than trying to defend an in power consevative administration. Spitting fire and blowing hot air is much easier for them than trying to expalin why Bush’s policies aren’t a failure. ---
**Author:** ![JXJohns](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jxjohns/32/469_2.png) [@JXJohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JXJohns)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rush-hannity-grant-levinn-handling-the-election/471523/4 "2008-11-06T21:37:48Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I think these guys actually prefer it this way. It’s what their schtick is all about. > They much prefer playing offense and attacking a democratic administration on a daily basis playing armchair critic rather than trying to defend an in power consevative administration. > Spitting fire and blowing hot air is much easier for them than trying to expalin why Bush’s policies aren’t a failure. Limbaugh was on record at one time that it was the Clinton administration that brought him his success. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rush-hannity-grant-levinn-handling-the-election/471523/5 "2008-11-06T21:39:38Z")
Agree, these will be boom times for the Far Right Ideologues. Interestingly enough, some have been more moderate and even seem okay with Obama, at least for now, during the honeymoon period. I’m talking about some of the Fox News guys, like Chris Wallace, Bill O’Reilly and Bush colleague Condi Rice. Heck even Bush seems to be mellow about having Obama in. I’d like to see a split in the Republicans resulting in a more socially moderate but fiscal conservative camp, and the loonies like Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, etc. Let them go off and masturbate to a golden idol in the form of Sarah Palin and become nothing but a footnote to history. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rush-hannity-grant-levinn-handling-the-election/471523/6 "2008-11-06T21:46:44Z")
There is an Impeach Obama site started now. Short honeymoon. ---
**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 6, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rush-hannity-grant-levinn-handling-the-election/471523/7 "2008-11-06T21:49:30Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > There is an Impeach Obama site started now. Short honeymoon. Just of morbid curiosity … on what grounds? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rush-hannity-grant-levinn-handling-the-election/471523/8 "2008-11-06T21:51:15Z")
I’ve often thought of Palin as the first true Limbaugh Candidate, but never got around to asking opinions on it. Sounds like they’re circling the wagons around a small and economically supportive base. I’m glad to hear the fraud angle isn’t being pushed as much as they were in the days leading up. It’s kind of good that they’ll be pushing to put in a “true” conservative, meaning one that fits the Limgbaugh mould won’t get elected in the general, and a McCain-like moderate won’t get their full support. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rush-hannity-grant-levinn-handling-the-election/471523/9 "2008-11-06T22:00:37Z")
I thought Bill O’Reilly refused to say who he was voting for or did he change this stance? I ask because it was my impression that his vote was going to Obama, just by his refusal to say and some of the things he said. For instance, I remember after his interview with Barack, he wrote a shockingly favorable to Obama blog. I can’t seem to find this online, though. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rush-hannity-grant-levinn-handling-the-election/471523/10 "2008-11-06T22:06:01Z")
I listened to Hannty yesterday and today to see how he handled it. The show has been BORING as hell. He hasn’t flipped out, and he hasn’t let any callers on the air who have lost it yet either. Like Rush, he’s blaming Republicanism, not Conservatism. He’s quoting the same poll over and over that states people are still generally conservative, but fed up with Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rush-hannity-grant-levinn-handling-the-election/471523/11 "2008-11-06T22:16:53Z")
I’m disappointed that the idiots at Fox News, et. al didn’t start offing themselves on camera when it became clear Obama was going to win. _That_ would have been “must see TV.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rush-hannity-grant-levinn-handling-the-election/471523/12 "2008-11-06T22:22:24Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > I’m disappointed that the idiots at Fox News, et. al didn’t start offing themselves on camera when it became clear Obama was going to win. _That_ would have been “must see TV.” 😃 Tonight on Fox: When Good Pundits go Bad… Ah, that’s the other thing … there was a lot of harping on how “we’re not going to let the pundits choose our president, don’t listen to the polls; they’re wrong” (ignoring that they are, well, pundit and fuckwit being synonymous in this case). So, no True Conservative would have lost to Obama? What happened during the primaries? ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rush-hannity-grant-levinn-handling-the-election/471523/13 "2008-11-06T22:24:43Z")
Has rush declared “america held hostage…” again? because that sure didn’t get old and stale the first time around. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rush-hannity-grant-levinn-handling-the-election/471523/14 "2008-11-06T22:29:53Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Just of morbid curiosity … on what grounds? What makes you think they need any? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rush-hannity-grant-levinn-handling-the-election/471523/15 "2008-11-06T22:39:37Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > I thought Bill O’Reilly refused to say who he was voting for or did he change this stance? I ask because it was my impression that his vote was going to Obama, just by his refusal to say and some of the things he said. For instance, I remember after his interview with Barack, he wrote a shockingly favorable to Obama blog. I can’t seem to find this online, though. Why are you bringing O’Reilly into this? Don’t you realize that he’s a fair and balanced independent thinker? He doesn’t deserve to be lumped in with Rush and Hannity. You should be ashamed of yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rush-hannity-grant-levinn-handling-the-election/471523/16 "2008-11-06T22:43:29Z")
I can only assume their accepting the recent electoral upset with a dignified and quiet magnanimity. Also I heard Hannity bit off Colmes nose this morning. ---
**Author:** ![JHE1967](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@JHE1967](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JHE1967)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rush-hannity-grant-levinn-handling-the-election/471523/17 "2008-11-06T23:05:56Z")
Rush said yesterday that Obama is a “Chicago thug”. I’m surprised that hasn’t seen any traction. Hannity said he doesn’t understand why the McCain campaign decided Ayers and Wright were off the table lol. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rush-hannity-grant-levinn-handling-the-election/471523/18 "2008-11-07T00:23:32Z")
[Andrew O’Hehir](http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/11/05/watching_fox/) had an interesting article on [Salon.com](http://Salon.com) describing how Fox News reported the election results, including a video clip of Juan Williams emotional response to Obama’s victory. On the other hand, Chris Wallace was on The Daily Show last night and he and Jon Stewart got kind of nasty with each other. Stewart asked Wallace what they were doing at Fox News when Obama’s victory was announced, and Wallace responded that Stewart could have been watching Fox to find out but that Stewart and Stephen Colbert were weeping over the Obama victory. Stewart replied something sarcastic about how horrible it was for him to have an emotional response to an historic event. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rush-hannity-grant-levinn-handling-the-election/471523/19 "2008-11-07T04:08:21Z")
Is Rush limbaugh still warning voters in Philadelphia to watch out for Black Panthers threatening them at the polls? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rush-hannity-grant-levinn-handling-the-election/471523/20 "2008-11-07T04:31:04Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > There is an Impeach Obama site started now. Short honeymoon. Started a long time ago. > **[Petition Impeach Senator Barack Obama](https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/obamaimpeachment/)** > > A PETITION for The Impeachment of Senator Barack Obama TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES Whereas: Senator Barack Obama is an admitted drug user and is believed to have used drugs as recently as November 1999 or more recently. Mr. Where can I get a bigger one of these: :rolleyes: ? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rush-hannity-grant-levinn-handling-the-election/471523.md?page=2)