Fox’s Luntz retaliates against Cheney critic by pretending to give out his social security number

Last night, Fox’s Sean Hannity cut away from a focus group discussing the Democratic presidential debate to show Vice President Dick Cheney’s speech to the Radio and Television Correspondents dinner. After, when Luntz asked the group — rather harshly — if they agreed that Cheney had a good sense of humor, one man called Cheney “a clown.” Luntz demanded to know who said it, and then pretended to give out the man’s social security number, as if in retaliation for criticizing the vice president. Watch it:

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It’s surprising that Hannity would cut away from discussion of the Democratic debate, considering he played such a central role in developing the questions.