Hannity Brags Of Influence Over Stephanopoulos: ‘I Suggested The Question’
Hannity Brags Of Influence Over Stephanopoulos: ‘I Suggested The Question’
Last night on Hannity & Colmes, Sean Hannity boasted of his success in influencing ABC News Chief Washington correspondent George Stephanopoulos to ask Barack Obama a question about the Weather Underground in a recent debate.
After being lobbied by Hannity, Stephanopoulos asked Obama about his connections to William Ayers, a former member of the radical anti-Vietnam organization Weather Underground. “Now of course, the liberal blogs are losing their minds in part because I suggested the question to George Stephanopoulos Tuesday afternoon on my radio show,” Hannity proudly declared last night.
In an exchange with one of show’s guests — Democratic strategist Michael Brown – Hannity bragged of having written the talking points on the Ayers issue:
BROWN: Republicans clearly like this. Your friends clearly like this. You’re all reading from the same talking points sheet.
HANNITY: We actually wrote these points, Michael. Nice cheap shot.
BROWN: So you’re bragging that you wrote the points.
Watch it:
The Los Angeles Times reports, “Stephanopoulos dismissed the idea that he was doing Hannity’s bidding. ‘The questions we asked were tough and fair and appropriate and relevant and what you would expect to be asked in a presidential debate at this point,’ he said. ‘The questions we asked…are being debated around the political world every day.’” Certainly in Hannity’s world.
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Since when did contributing to the cataclysmic demise of the legitimacy and respectability of broadcast media in the United States become something to brag about?
April 18th, 2008 at 11:19 amThen I guess Heil Hannity has no problem w/ the entire country seeing what a sophomoric j*rk off he is.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:19 amWhen you have no LEGITIMATE success to brag about…
April 18th, 2008 at 11:20 amHow detached these people are
April 18th, 2008 at 11:20 amBoasting for suggesting this question. Isn’t this sort of like crapping in your pants and being proud of it?
April 18th, 2008 at 11:23 amShayne Says:
Boasting for suggesting this question. Isn’t this sort of like crapping in your pants and being proud of it?
April 18th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Somewhat, though it’s not much of a stretch from the daily diaper party that is Fox News.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:26 amthis is no shock from that block head Sean. However Stephanopoulos shoudl be deeply ashamed of himself. Oh wait… he has no shame. pander on George, pander on.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:30 amNot “sort of” Shayne… “exactly” would be the better choice of words…
April 18th, 2008 at 11:30 amhussein toasterhead Says: Since when did contributing to the cataclysmic demise of the legitimacy and respectability of broadcast media in the United States become something to brag about?
Since 1972, if you’re a Nixonian Republican.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:30 amI guess Hannity is unable to understand that some of us were angry because we watch debates to hear what the candidates will do about the issues that actually touch our lives. They wasted the first 40 minutes on these idiotic question at the very beginning of the “debate”. Aren’t these the kind of questions you ask somebody in an interview instead of at a debate? And why are people who wouldn’t vote for a Democrat if their life depended on it deciding what questions are important to the Democratic voters? Because Stephanopolous and Gibson are a couple of idiots is my guess.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:30 amWhy are you guys so upset about a question?
April 18th, 2008 at 11:31 amHave to side with Hannity on this one.
1) It was a good question.
2) Left blogs are in a tizzy over it.
As I posted yesterday, the question was proper, and the answer was better.
People here are playing into Hannity’s game. Rather than talking about Ayer’s innovative ideas about education, they are acting like somehow Hannity “won” something. He only wins if people talk about the question and not the answer, and that is exactly what is happening.
Want to defeat people like Hannity? Stop whining about how unfair it is for him to suggest a question, and start talking about the fact that McCain has no idea on how to reform education, while Obama is going to the most innovative minds to find solutions.
If the debate is “how dare him ask about a former terrorist” then McCain wins. If the debate is “how do we fix our schools” then Obama wins.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:31 amIt’s more proof that there is no such thing as a librul media. Hannity and Stephanopoulos just proved that the media is indeed far, far reich-wing.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:33 amSkeeter?
Buzz off, before ya git swatted.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:33 amRepublic,
April 18th, 2008 at 11:34 amWhat an intelligent response.
Thanks for the wit and insight.
VA Voter Says:
Why do you ask vague questions?
April 18th, 2008 at 11:34 amHey, VA Voter, are you flexible enough to bend over and give yourself a BJ?
April 18th, 2008 at 11:35 amIt goes more to the mindset than the question, dim watt.
Saaaayyyy… how many truly meaningful questions ever got asked in the GOOP debates?
“This one is for you, Rudi… at a formal dinner party… pearls or diamonds?”
April 18th, 2008 at 11:35 amHe’d have to be able to find it first, PLC.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:36 amI know this is complicated for you pinheads but some of us think it’s more important to vote for a president on the issues than based on who you’d like to drink a beer with. Not only that the comments in the paper published on 9/11 were written well before that day and not as Hillary suggested printed to upset her constituents. In short, it is a non issue. Are you Republicans really so stupid that you don’t see that the country has more important issues that need to be addressed?
April 18th, 2008 at 11:36 amIt was a good question. And Something that people should know. This site has a ‘this person is hanging out with so-in-so’ every day.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:37 amHannity hammers loudly on issues about Obama on a daily basis, while conveniently ignoring the truth. Hannity wouldn’t know the truth if it him over the head.
-Guilt by association Hal Turner, anyone?
-Distortion of facts Michelle ‘hates’ America
-Outright lies Ayers wanted to bomb ‘more’ on 9/11
Hate Radio’s days are coming to an end. If InSannity had to be accountable, he wouldn’t have a show. Americans are sick & tired of fat white guys screaming lies over the radio & TV.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:37 amOlberman, Stewart & Colbert are the new trend in commentary.
Intelligence and humor will win over ignorance and lies.
But, it’s more proof that there is no such thing as a librul media. Hannity and Stephanopoulos just proved that the media is indeed far, far reich-wing.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:38 amAre you Republicans really so stupid that you don’t see that the country has more important issues that need to be addressed?
I know it was rhetorical, but, “hell yes.”
April 18th, 2008 at 11:38 amListen Skeeter, the point is 40 minutes of a debate wasted on this crap is 40 minutes that the candidates aren’t forced to answer real questions. We know Hannity is an idiot, who cares. I guess we were surprised that ABC wanted to be just like Fox News.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:39 amI am not all that upset that the question was asked. Obama is the front-runner and should expect that stuff like this will happen. What I do object to is all the phony stink FoxSnooze is raising about this — that Hannity supplied the question, that “lefties” are going nuts over the unfair treatment of Obama and that Obama didn’t answer well.
Obama did answer well and most of America isn’t going nuts over the question. It is what it is. Frankly, I think Obama’s associations are more defensible than McNumbNuts’ . . . Keating Five, lobbyists, etc.
I do think, however, that entirely too much time was spent during the debate with questions like these and Clinton’s demure sniping. The debate got a lot better in the second half when the candidates were actually discussing issues and solutions. What a refreshing idea!
April 18th, 2008 at 11:39 amWhy are you guys so upset about a question?
Run along turd-burglar.
Obviously, topics here aren’t for the criminally retarded.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:40 amSee TRoS, it doesn’t pay to play nice. Next time swat him first and explain later.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:41 amVA Voter Says:
It was a good question. And Something that people should know. This site has a ‘this person is hanging out with so-in-so’ every day.
So. You are flexible enough for self oral gratification! No wonder you never leave the house.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:42 amSkeeter, yer a jerk off.
Buzz away, before we git out the Bug Zapper and plug it in.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:43 amHannity & Limbaugh have a lot in common, by the way…
-both are college dropouts
-both were too busy to serve their Country
-both are fat, white angry Conservatrons
-both lie & scream on a daily basis
-both have their heads firmly implanted up their fat asses
Hate Radio: ‘Lying to support our Corporate Future’
April 18th, 2008 at 11:44 amVA Voter hasn’t answered my question in post #17. Does that mean he is “upset” with it? If so, why would this guy get upset over a question?
April 18th, 2008 at 11:44 amWow Republic
April 18th, 2008 at 11:44 amWhat intelligence.
Let me guess — Harvard?
Skeeter?
No, it wasn’t a proper question.
me? I’m tired of petty, small-minded people, such as Hannity, and yerself, trying to pass on your twisted musings as meaningful.
Heeeeyyyy… Bill Orally is a known sex offender. Hannity knows Orally. Does that make Hannity a sex offender too?
April 18th, 2008 at 11:46 amAnd a pink-pussy-power tie.
Whenever you see that or the lapel pin, you know you’re witnessing a fraud.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:46 amWow Skeeter1
What intelligence.
Let me guess — Kindercare?
No wonder you thought these questions were important.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:47 amO/T
what Hillary thinks of working folks:
“Screw ‘em,” she said, according to several witnesses. “You don’t owe them a thing, Bill. They’ve done nothing for you. You don’t have to do anything for them.” — 1994
Posted by: John | April 17, 2008 3:58 PM
http://www.swamppolitics.com/ news/ politics/ blog/ 2008/ 04/ obamas_neighbor_ayers.html
His comment doesn’t include a link, so it unfortunately would qualify as heresy.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:47 amVa voter…
go read the 15.000 plus comments left with ABC regarding the debate, and then come back with the statistics supporting your case.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:49 amI read a hundred of them around 2-2.30 am and 90% complained of the ratio of crap to real-issue questions ( 40% exclusively complained about that, 40% also complained of bias against whoever they favored). TWO out of the 100 I read said the debate was great (without explanation).
Caption:
April 18th, 2008 at 11:49 amI never wear a flag pin with a pink tie. They clash.’
Skeeter1 Says:
If the debate is “how dare him ask about a former terrorist” then McCain wins. If the debate is “how do we fix our schools” then Obama wins.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Except that the question had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with a plan for education. It was purely a bullshit “gotcha” question that let Stephanannity put “Obama,” “terrorist,” and “9/11″ into the same soundbite.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:51 amThe *real* third-rail of politics
by Markos (Dailykos) Moulitsas
Blogger One Drop makes a spot-on observation:
snip
That’s why Jim Webb gave the political class palpitations when he wrote this in the WSJ shortly after winning, when the idiot pundit class was still proclaiming him a “conservative” Democrat.
snip
**The types of questions these pundit idiots ask are designed to take our off the real issues - and it seems to work, unfortunately.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:51 amSorry, link for #41
http://www.opednews.com/ articles/ opedne_markos__28_080417_the__2areal_2a_third_rai.htm
April 18th, 2008 at 11:52 amSo, was Stephanopoloser under the desk, obediently heeling?
April 18th, 2008 at 11:54 amskeeter’s “Harvard” comment revealed his “concerned troll” status. IMO his good question - better answer view is irrelevant. Good questions would have been direct queries about education, the economy, use of military, etc rather than tabloidisms that the candidates had to work around.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:57 am‘The questions we asked were stupid and unfair and inappropriate and irrelevant and what you would not expect to be asked in a presidential debate at this point,’
It was total bullshit, this Swiftboat attempt by the THREE attack dogs was an orchestrated ambush. It was obvious that Clinton was in on it, and knew the questions, or should I say, ‘Smear’ that they were going to ask.
Hillary Clinton (R-NY)
April 18th, 2008 at 11:57 amRepublic,
Are you telling me that if McCain was getting advice from someone who:
1. Blew up buildings; and
2. Has never apologized for doing so
you would not think it was an issue?
OF COURSE it is an issue.
The shame is that people like Republic and Shane are too busy worrying about why everybody is against them that they don’t have time to LISTEN TO WHAT OBAMA HAS TO SAY ON THE ISSUE.
If you both (Republic and Shane) had the slightest bit of intelligence, you both would be pleased to hear the question, because it gave Sen. Obama a chance to show that he is looking to the best and most innovative minds in order to solve our problems, without regard to what the person did 40 years ago.
But the two of you are both too stupid to look at the real issues and instead you play right into Hannity. Hannity should put both of you on his payroll, since you are doing EXACTLY what he wants you to do.
Look at the original post here. Was it “BILL AYERS AND EDUCATION”? No, it was about Hannity. You are playing his game and you are too stupid to even know it.
Pathetic.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:58 amUmmm. Obama was never ‘getting advice’ from someone who blew up buildings. He was a minor contributor, once upon a time.
Nice, wait, not so nice try.
Which ISSUE concerns you the most?
April 18th, 2008 at 12:00 pmI wonder if VA Voter would get “upset” if a journalist asked McCain if he enjoys receiving oral sex? I mean, we want to make sure McCain’s not another Bill Clinton, don’t we?
April 18th, 2008 at 12:01 pm“VA Voter Says:
Why are you guys so upset about a question?”
Does your mom know you think about her when you masturbate?
April 18th, 2008 at 12:04 pmHussein,
Actually, I’m the one who is talking about Ayers and education. Read the comments. Who else (in any of these threads) has talked about Ayers and education?
The rest of you idiots are whining about terrorism.
If you all had any sense, you would be with me saying “DAMN RIGHT HE’S TALKING TO AYERS. HE WANTS TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS.”
Instead, people here whine and cry and repeat Hannity’s uestions.
As I said — pathetic.
You are playing Hannity’s game.
Stop whining about the question and start talking about Ayers and education.
And stop this psthetic talk about “who is a troll?” It makes you look worthless and weak. As if a dissenting voice will cause this whole thing to crumble. Stand up to dissent and argue back. Stop the whining.
April 18th, 2008 at 12:04 pmNow just a dagnabit one doggone minute there, skeeter boy. Is we “elitists” or “too stoopids”? The mutually exclusive rhetoric emanating from your oral orifice provides a paucity of evidentiary elucidation required for accurate discernment.
April 18th, 2008 at 12:06 pmThe whole so called ‘ABC Debate’ was a sham…from start to finish.
April 18th, 2008 at 12:07 pmQuestions about ‘flag pin’ and others showed journalism at its lowest.
Why ABC never asked other candidates about the flag pin?…Did Hillary had one on that night..?!!
Now Hannity takes a credit for influencing this disgusting debate. Why not?!! the whole thing was sickening.
ABC claims they got high viewers rating…
Yes, I was one of the many millions who turned on my tv. to watch a debate..I was disappointed,and many millions like me.
But ABC unfortunately is interested in ratings only.
Quality does not matter anymore to ABC and media in general..it is the $$$$$…!!
Shayne@#5:Isn’t this sort of like crapping in your pants and being proud of it?
You mean like insHannitys old freind “sweaty teddy” did to avoid Vietnam?
April 18th, 2008 at 12:11 pmMo-skeeter
The topic of this thread is not about Ayers and education.
He’s a Chicago professor who shared a couple of panels with Obama, period. There is no story about Ayers and education.
The story is the swiftboating of one of the two candidates at what was supposed to be a debate.
April 18th, 2008 at 12:12 pmAt a post debate rally, Obama called it for what it was, a guttersniping. So get over your Ayers and education meme
Skeeter1 Says:
Republic,
Are you telling me that if McCain was GETTING ADVICE from someone who:
And here is the total bullshit quote from you, who has said that Obama is getting ADVICE from him, NO ONE, you are pulling crap out of your ass and calling it fact.
Bugger off Skeeter Bite
April 18th, 2008 at 12:13 pmPLC,
April 18th, 2008 at 12:14 pmYou might want to READ WHAT I WROTE.
Where did I use the term “elitist”?
You are too busy finding enemies to discuss substance.
Now, who does that sound like?
Awwww, now, guys, come on! Sean Insannity’s such an important feller these days that he gets his own fluffer!!
April 18th, 2008 at 12:17 pmRU,
Sorry for talking about education and sutstance. My bad.
With regard to the remainder of your last post: That’s my point.
April 18th, 2008 at 12:18 pmPeople like you are MAKING the story about the question and about terrorism and NOT about those panels and what Bill Ayers has to say about education.
By talking about the question and not the answer, you are playing into Hannity’s hands.
Hannity LIKES THE QUESTION.
When the question is repeated, HANNITY LOOKS GOOD.
Hannity does NOT LIKE THE ANSWER.
When the answer is repeated, HANNITY LOOKS BAD.
If you all were concerned about policy, or even about kicking Hannity for sport, you would FOCUS ON THE ANSWER as my posts have done.
Instead, you are all doing exactly what Hannity wants you to do.
Nice work. Maybe he can hire you all. You’ve earned your Fox News salary by doing exactly what they want you to do.
Hannity is hideous.
I just threw up … in my mouth…a little.
_AIO_
April 18th, 2008 at 12:20 pmSo much for the credibility of ABC George and Charlie. George has said nothing happen and some believe him only to hear Hannity say he did feed the questions. Well the ABC viewers know that Republicans control the ABC Station. Tweety should apply for a job their. Andrea Mitchell might do the same as she can’t hide her feeling and love for the Republican Party. When the rating go down Executives listen.
April 18th, 2008 at 12:24 pmMo-skeeter, your logic escapes me. How are we MAKING the story about terrorism? We are raking Stephanopolous for his failure to think for himself, and asking ridiculous questions during what was supposed to be a debate. I frankly don’t give a shit about Ayers and the panels.
April 18th, 2008 at 12:26 pmRU,
You really need to read what I’ve written, because I’ve covered this.
Allow me to explain once again.
The QUESTION makes Obama look bad. It asks about ties to terrorists.
The ANSWER, on the other hand, makes Obama look good. The answer has to do with ties to an innovative education theorist.
People can talk about “ties to terrorism” or they can talk about “innovative education ideas.”
People like you are talking about the question.
Every time you talk about the question, Hannity gets what he wants.
However, if the focus is on Ayers and what Ayers has done in the last 20 years, then Obama gets what he wants.
It is a matter of shifting the debate.
The question has been asked.
You can continue to whine about it, or you can toss it back in Hannity’s curiously perfect hair and talk about education and what Obama is going to do for education as opposed to what McCain is going to do about education.
If you turn this into “The question about the innovative education theorist” then Obama wins. If you turn this debate into “The question about the terrorist” then Hannity wins.
It is up to you.
Go ahead and call me names now, if that makes you feel better.
April 18th, 2008 at 12:34 pmWhen is someone going to ask Hannity on-air, how much money he has raised from his Freedom Concerts since’03? Where did he report the money to?
April 18th, 2008 at 12:36 pmFreedom Concerts is part of Freedom Alliance however in Freedom Alliances Tax Form 990’s to the IRS, going back to ‘03, they are no reports of any money being raised by Freedom Concerts or the money raised reported anywhere!
Go to: guidestar.org register type in Freedom Alliance, then click on the Freedom Alliance from Dulles, Va. These are the 990’s for Freedom Alliance going back into the 90’s!
Where is the money Hannity raised and who doess he report it to? That’s the question that needs to be asked to Hannity everyday, till he coughs up the information!
RUCerious Says:
The story is the swiftboating of one of the two candidates at what was supposed to be a debate.
At a post debate rally, Obama called it for what it was, a guttersniping. So get over your Ayers and education meme
And, it’s about the swiftboating of the entire middle class. Almost every issue out there is about destroying the backbone of America - the middle class. Fix this and many other issues will fall in place. THE NEOCONS DON’T WANT TO SEE THIS HAPPEN so they will continue to put these non-issuesd out there.
April 18th, 2008 at 12:37 pmOK, Mo - I get your point, finally. I’ll stop talking about the swiftboating when the swiftboating stops.
April 18th, 2008 at 12:41 pmI disagree that bashing the question, and the relevance of the question in any way helps the right. We might be able to agree to disagree on that.
Do you agree that it’s a disgrace to even call the TV show a
‘debate’ ?
Yo, Georgie! Go get me a latte — double-decaf low foam — and when you get back you can make me a sandwich, give me a back rub, and then do that other thing you do so well. You know what I mean! (wink, wink)
— Sean
April 18th, 2008 at 12:46 pmMo-skeeter
April 18th, 2008 at 12:47 pm‘Go ahead and call me names now, if that makes you feel better’
I give everyone nicknames, and that does make me feel better.
10 Debate Questions John McCain Will Never Be Asked:
April 18th, 2008 at 12:51 pm1. Do you agree with Pastor John Hagee that war with Iran is the fulfillment of biblical prophecy?
2. Doesn’t your legendary temper make you too dangerous to be trusted with the presidency of the United States?
3. Doesn’t your confusion regarding basic facts about the war in Iraq, including repeatedly citing a nonexistent Al Qaeda-Iran alliance, make you unfit for command?
4. Given your past adultery, should Americans consider you a moral exemplar of family values?
5. Doesn’t your flip-flop on Jerry Falwell being an “agent of intolerance” show your opportunistic pandering to the religious right?
6. Given your wealth and privileged upbringing, aren’t you - and not Barack Obama - the elitist?
7. What is your religion, really? And has the answer in the past changed as the South Carolina primary approached?
8. Didn’t President Bush betray you with his signing statement on the Detainee Treatment Act? You claim to be against torture, but aren’t you a hypocrite for voting “no” on the Senate waterboaring ban?
9. Why did you flip-flop on the Bush tax cuts you twice opposed? Why do you now support making them permanent for the wealthiest Americans who need them least?
10. With the economy tanking, shouldn’t Americans be concerned over your past statements that “the issue of economics is not something I’ve understood as well as I should?”
RU,
I generally agree that the “debates” are a farce with questions designed for ratings than to discuss the merits.
I rarely watch “debates” anymore, as they are not designed as means for real policy discussions.
People here should do some research about Bill Ayers. He’s a fascinating guy. I hope that Sen. Clinton and Sen. McCain spend some time reading what he has to say about education and juvenile justice.
And now, on to other matters.
April 18th, 2008 at 12:52 pmRU,
April 18th, 2008 at 12:54 pmAs to your “names” post.
I’ve been called far worse.
In fact, I’ve been called far worse in these comments.
Don’t worry about it.
Thanks, Mo! I will read up on Ayers, as the little bit of research I did sounds like an interesting guy with some good ideas and ideals!
April 18th, 2008 at 12:57 pmAngry One ~ add number 11
April 18th, 2008 at 12:59 pmWhy, as a veteran, would you not sign on to the GI Bill of Rights that already has 55 cosponsors? Why do you want to hold up this legislation and provide ‘one of your own’? Are you too busy campaigning to do your job?
hussein toasterhead Says:
Since when did contributing to the cataclysmic demise of the legitimacy and respectability of broadcast media in the United States become something to brag about?
Since 1996.
Hannity & Colmes on FOX News Channel [1996, TV Show]
The conservative and liberal commentators discuss and debate the day’s major stories with guests. The show has been a part of Fox News Channel since the cable network was launched in October 1996.
April 18th, 2008 at 1:00 pmSkeeter1 Says:
It is a matter of shifting the debate.
The question has been asked.
You can continue to whine about it, or you can toss it back in Hannity’s curiously perfect hair and talk about education and what Obama is going to do for education as opposed to what McCain is going to do about education.
April 18th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Okay, I see your point, and it is a valid one. And one of Obama’s skills is his ability to turn “gotcha” questions into opportunity. But I don’t think the braindead soundbite media will cooperate. Obama can talk pedagogy all he wants, but all that’ll get filtered to most audiences is the fact that he once borrowed a cup of sugar from a neighbor who bombed something.
April 18th, 2008 at 1:29 pmThe bloated, stupid jackass with the ginormous ego (that matches his head) brags about giving Stephanopolous the question, as Stephanopolous is trying to deny it!
April 18th, 2008 at 1:31 pm#20. Shayne,
They prefer to deal with these non-issues because they have nothing else. When McCain goes up against Obama, it will be a landslide, despite that the RNC will throw mudballs, dredge the gutters for innuendoes,and emply the swiftboaters. They simply cannot play the game without playing dirty — it’s their strategy.
April 18th, 2008 at 1:36 pmTo find any good in these types of questions, one would have to assume that they are ONLY questions. They are not. They are suggestive STATEMENTS and therein lies the bias, disinformation, and unfairness.
For example, I could ask Mr. McCain: “Sir, do you regret your traitorous behavior in denouncing your country while a prisoner of the Viet Cong?” Mr. McCain could provide a coherent, even debunking, response to the question. However, the underlying notion that “McCain is a traitor” is a horse already out of the barn.
April 18th, 2008 at 1:44 pmWow. That’s actually something I wouldn’t want people to know.
April 18th, 2008 at 1:45 pmSkeeter1 Says:
You can continue to whine about it, or you can toss it back in Hannity’s curiously perfect hair and talk about education and what Obama is going to do for education as opposed to what McCain is going to do about education.
Is Barak Obama wearing a flag pin yet?
April 18th, 2008 at 1:47 pmHow about this ‘question’ for McCain:
Did at any time during your captivity did the North Vietnamese force you to visit any hospital treating the thousands of women and children injured by the bombs you indiscriminately dropped on them?
April 18th, 2008 at 2:12 pmABC News just lost a lot of its glimmer in my eyes. What a waste of time! And, asking that question from Hannity? How could George be so stupid? I have no problem if it was a relavent question, but that? I’ve watched “World News” for years and I’m terribly disappointed in what I saw the other night. Our news media takes another jolt to the stomach. We are rapidly becoming a 24-hour joke. What we dwell on is moronic. This is what we decide to give to the voting public?
April 18th, 2008 at 2:29 pmThese are the issues we spend our 22 minutes a night on during the national news or 45 minutes in a debate? This is what Obama was talking about. If you don’t ask about the real issues that worry small town (or any town) America, then the only things they have to base their votes on are whether or not a candidate is for or against guns, abortion, same sex marriage, etc. What else do they have? Debates aren’t giving them any substance! Shame on every one of these debates. ABC, CNN, FOX. They have been worthless. A pox on all their houses! Bring back the League of Women Voters. They knew how to produce a debate.
When in actuality the questions were preschool like, “why don’t you wear a flag pin?”
This is less than important. People want to hear about policy changes that will be coming when the Whitehouse has been vacated of the rot that infests it today.
Charlie and George really attempted to advance the dumbing down of Americans through their own personal media outlets. But Americans refuse to be looked down upon by their stupidity.
April 18th, 2008 at 2:30 pmOut of the mouth of the bombastic lad Hannity.
ABC: The dumbing down of journalism. The late Peter Jennings will roll over his grave on the type of journalism that George and Charlie presented at Wednesday debate.
April 18th, 2008 at 2:59 pmtheswan Says:
Charlie and George really attempted to advance the dumbing down of Americans through their own personal media outlets.
Republican reaction has been overwhelmingly positive. They are counting on the dumbing down of other Americans in order to level the playing field.
April 18th, 2008 at 3:05 pmHere’s a link to truthout, with a GREAT article by Will Bunch of the Philly Daily News..Must read stuff
April 18th, 2008 at 3:41 pmWill Bunch on the ‘Debate’
Oh, and a HT to nwmuse at the Zoo for the Bunch link!!
April 18th, 2008 at 3:41 pmGosh! I have never watched fox news I have read enough of their junk here on the internet. Come to think of it I really don’t watch much network or cable news. I kind of find them … well full of s–t. Beyond that by the time I get home to watch this stuff it’s old news and therefore irrelevant. Oh and now on to my point … just look at that picture of hannity .. now if there ever was anyone who looked like a real dick this is it.
April 18th, 2008 at 6:57 pmThis is a guy that doesn’t serve in the military but decries wearing the flag pin for proof of patriotism.
He attacks out of falsehoods of his political opposition.
Demeans others while demanding respect.
Relishes in earning money for disrupting democracy.
Finds it personally uplifting have such media influence with the childish mind that refuses to become a responsible reasonable adult.
April 19th, 2008 at 3:28 amThey set Georgie up perfectly. No love lost for Stuphy on my part, but the lengths the Fox Noise cowards go to prove their worthlessness is sometimes surprising.
April 19th, 2008 at 5:01 amGeo. Steptnoplis, should ask his very good friend. Hannity about his buddy and soul mate, Hal Turner; and and is he as patriotic as hannity is? Does Hannity and Hal Turner have the same views on race.? Did Hannity ever visit Hal turner at his house in N.J.? Stephtenopolis is A disgrace to his profession.
April 19th, 2008 at 10:26 amOh, how I despise that little turd Sean Hannity… I really don’t have anything constructive to say, I just take every opportunity to bash this silly little twit and his ilk whenever and wherever I can. If Hannity were at least a little bit macho he wouldn’t be quite so sickening. I wonder if he realizes just how fem he comes off? He is SUCH a whiny little b*tch.
April 19th, 2008 at 11:28 amIf you both (Republic and Shane) had the slightest bit of intelligence, you both would be pleased to hear the question, because it gave Sen. Obama a chance to show that he is looking to the best and most innovative minds in order to solve our problems, without regard to what the person did 40 years ago.
But the two of you are both too stupid to look at the real issues and instead you play right into Hannity. Hannity should put both of you on his payroll, since you are doing EXACTLY what he wants you to do.
Look at the original post here. Was it “BILL AYERS AND EDUCATION”? No, it was sony pcg-gr270 battery,toshiba pa2457ur battery about Hannity. You are playing his game and you are too stupid to even know it.
October 15th, 2008 at 8:42 am