For those of you not familiar with this swine, he has a syndicated talk show in Los Angeles and many other parts of the country. A few days ago, I was listening to him and a 16 yr old had called in. He said he was unsure of whether he was democrat or a republican. Mr. Hannity then proceeded to ask him his questions to help him figure this out.
Uh, excuse me, Mr. Scrotum, but one can be a moral person and support this war without being a republican. What a stupid fucking thing to say. How dare you insinuate that the only people with morals are republicans.
Today, it got worse. Today, he is ranting about people that refuse to say the pledge of allegience. Again, a young caller is on the line. The caller expresses that he does not feel that people should have to say the pledge. Mr. Hannity tells him that anyone who refuses to say it hates this country AND the reason they hate their country is because they have been taught this by their liberal atheist parents. Hmm, I wasn’t aware that atheists were only liberal democrats. Nor was I aware that the only reason one would ever not want to say the pledge is because they hate this country. Ever hear of a Jehovah’s Witness, you moron?
If someone questions the government or refuses to invoke the name of god when reciting a pledge, how does that make them less American? I thought we had something called the constitution that guaranteed us things like free speech and separation of church and state. But leave it to an ultra-conservative to tell me that I think my country is evil if I question any little part of what they think is best for everyone.
How in the world anyone could ever come to the conclusion that the media is liberal with jerk-offs like this on the air is beyond me. And I don’t think all conservatives are putzes but this guy has a hell of a lot of followers who think he is just terrific and that sure scares me.
I watch FoxNews’ “Hannity and Colmes” most nights. Hannity is Hannity - a fiesty conservative guy, often over the top, being the ultimate “Conservative”. That’s his schtick. He does it well. But I like him. He’s cute as a button (on a good day) and he’s amusing. He has this HUGE ego, and is a hoot! But he does make some good points at times (and is full of shit at other times - but hey! He’s Hannity!). He is a good contrast to Colmes.
Colmes, I like a little better. He seems to have a head on his shoulders, and even when I disagree with him, he always seems to have class. He seems to think for himself. (He doesn’t have the “cute as a button” thing going on though…)
There. My review of “Hannity and Colmes”. (Not like you asked. And, of COURSE, the “cute factor” of these guys is soooo important! )
I can’t speak for Hannity’s radio show, other than to say that a few hours of undiluted Hannity seems like a bit much. He needs Colmes to counterbalance him.
I tend to stay up late, and I listen to the radio in bed, that I have tuned to a news/talk station. In the past, Rush Limbaugh repeats would come on at 1. I would lie there and get so annoyed at him. A few months back, they replaced Limbaugh repeats with repeats of the Sean Hannity Show. I’ve listened, and though, “Boy, I really miss the objectivity and rationality of Limbaugh.”
Coming from the conservative side, I’m with Captain Amazing. Even though I agree with the majority of SH’s positions, he tends to sound stupid. He gives weak justifications or no justifications for his positions.
Rush, OTOH, generally offers reasonable arguments to support his positions. (Of course, he generally gives only one side of the argument.)
Hannity’s a twit - as Ogre pointed out to me last week, during the H&C show about the “Atheist” license plate in Florida - rather than discuss the First Amendment implications, etc of banning the word “atheist”, Hannity decided instead to grill the guest (the atheist in question) on his lack of belief in God. In-depth analysis indeed.
I’ve never seen the Hannity and Colmes show but I think I might need to check it out. I would love to see someone put this guy in his place since on the radio show, he just hangs up on the caller when he starts losing an argument. Really mature.
If anyone cares, this is the website of said putz. Click here
Let’s see, I’m moral, and I support war on terrorism. According to Sean Hannity, that makes me a Republican. This will alarm the rest of my County Central Committee, which also fit the same criteria (for the most part).
Actually this is a good example of how abominably poor right- winger logic is. Whether one is personally moral has nothing to do with one’s political leanings. Both parties have people with morals, and without. A simple Venn diagram, which is taught in high school geometry (hopefully) may be used to show how these groups overlap. After all, they have no correlation. As for Democrats supporting a war on terrorism, most I know are behind it, although some don’t see Bush the Selected as pursuing a war on terrorism. Some support it, some don’t, you can do the same thing with a Venn diagram there.
Perhaps Mr. Hannity simply does not know the difference between Democrats and Republicans. Merely identifying himself as a Republican, moral persona and war supporter, and assuming the Democrats are the opposite, which is not true, nor even close to the difference.
There are a lot of ways to tell the difference. Review each party’s platform, look at which sides the party’s come down on during legislative controversies, examine their donor lists, etc.
I haven’t read any of the Ann Coulter threads! I recognize her, she often is on “Hannity and Colmes”, and whatnot. She’s lost all credibility with me. She’ll spew out whatever BS she can, just to see if any of it sticks. But oh my - she’s got long blonde hair, dontchaknow! (As my mom says, Coulter is “aware of her beauty”, which is another way of saying she’s vain and self-conscious.)
These shows have an element of entertainment to them, so I don’t take them too seriously. Hannity does his “super conservative” schtick. Colmes is good-natured, does the liberal schtick, (but does seem to think for himself as well). He seems far more level-headed and mellow than Hannity. Though, I don’t think he exactly “puts Hannity in his place”, he just gives his alternative point of view.
Hmm, I’d love to call and ask him. I’d probably get hung up on but it would be worth it.
Taking it a step further, what would be a really good example of an immoral republican? I was thinking Nixon, but I think that is perhaps too harsh and too easy.
If he is so annoying, why listen? I turn flakes like this off as fast as my fingers can reach the dial (or remote, if on TV).
What I’ve never understood is why people (unless they are plants) call and give these idiots ammunition. It’s useless arguing with them; if one is looking for something constructive to do, beat one’s head against a wall. You’ll have more effect. Is being on radio or TV that big a deal?
I think SH’s saving grace is that he is cheerful and good-natured. The dumb statements quoted on this thread sound less bad as spoken, bercause of his friendliness, even with callers he disagrees with.
In this respect, he’s the exact opposite of Bob Grant, who he replaced on ABC radio. Grant routinely snarls, “Get off my phone!” and hangs up on people who annoy him, even conservatives.
Though I don’t listen to Hannity’s radio program, on the “Hannity and Colmes” show, both guys seem to have a genuine fondess for each other. Hannity says some super-Conservative stuff, but he usually has a twinkle in his eye, and generally seems affable. He isn’t nasty and mean-spirited, more like excitable. He gets wound up and spouts off, like an excitable terrier. You can also tell, he has a HUGE ego, but it usually isn’t at the expense of other people. He just has a great deal of confidence in himself, I guess.
Colmes is also good-natured, but less excitable. They seem to be a good team.
Ugh. Hannity and Colmes should be called Dumb and Dumber.
I am a conservative, and I’m basically coming to the conclusion that I baically loathe every conservative who makes his or her living principally as a TV/radio pundit (Hannity, Coulter, O’Reilly) and basically like conservatives who confine themselves mostly to print (Lowry, Carlson, Sullivan, Buckley, Will – even Jonah Goldberg, as you’ve got to like a pundit who works Star Trek into his columns.)
Why, oh why, can’t we get another Firing Line going?
I had complained in the Ann Coulter thread that everybody always mentions that she is pretty whenever a bitch thread shows up, thinking that would never happen if it was a guy, but after this:
Good question, one that I ask myself often. I don’t actually tune in specifically to hear this show. I keep my car radio on this station though because there are a lot of other shows, both conservative and liberal, that I really enjoy. If I happen to do some driving in the middle of the day, he is usually on.
Having said that, I try to listen to what both sides have to say on as many issues as I can and that includes the extremists. I want to know what they think, especially when I don’t agree. Sometimes I learn something new, sometimes I just raise my blood pressure.
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