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dirtbag
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 8, 2008 - 07:41pm PT
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Sean Hannity recently had Andy Martin on his show to engage in good ol' Obama-bashing.
Who is "Andy Martin"?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20081007/cm_thenation/45369472_1
In other words, he's a well-known Anti-Semite who is purportedly the guy who started the "Barack is a Muslim" smear. Hannity put him on his show as a legitimate source.
Hey, he's attacking Obama, he must be legit!
Righties constantly complain about supposed New York Time bias but defend or look the other way at these transgressions. That kind of garbage pulled by Hannity is indefensible. It's bottom of the barrel sewage. If that's fair and balanced, we are in serious trobule.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Hannity doesn't claim to be fair and balanced. He's an admitted Republican and questionable conservative.
He's a hack.
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Chaz
Trad climber
So. Cal.
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Dirtbag,
Why do you waste your time watching Sean Hannity?
I would think your time's more important than that.
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Flashlight
climber
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Fox News IS fair and balanced. Hannity IS not. His show is an opinion show and not a "news reporting" show. He is the Republican equivalent of Olbermann. Why haven't you ever ripped on K.O. for being biased?
Is anything this source said true?
By the way, what you call "Obama bashing" is NOTHING compared to what the left is doing to Sarah Palin.
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jamesellis
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Bremerton, Washington
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There is nothing fair or balanced about Fox News, and claiming that their bias and bigotry is limited to Hannity is insulting to the news industry, and journalists in general.
I do agree that the left has its own Hannities and O'Reillies. What makes Hannity seem so much more disgusting to me is that his opinions and statements are so obviously racially charged.
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Jeremy Handren
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NV
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No, I think "Drill, Baby Drill" still ranks as the recent low point.
And the Fox propaganda campaign that played its part in propagating the lies and half truths that led us into the Iraq war the all time low.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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'By the way, what you call "Obama bashing" is NOTHING compared to what the left is doing to Sarah Palin.'
Please identify your sources, particularly if from the news media. As far as I've seen, there has been considerable discussion in the news media as to whether Palin is qualified to be the vice-president, in particular vice-president to an elderly and perhaps unwell man. That's hardly bashing.
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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HAHA, Palin herself does the best job of Palin bashing.
"Drill baby drill", is one thing that most certainly will NOT help us, and that is according to geologists who know about how much oil there is, and how long it will take to get it out of the ground and turn it into gasoline.
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dirtbag
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 8, 2008 - 09:08pm PT
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Flashlight, when a lefty host like Keith Olbermann (who I do not watch, because I do not like preachy political shows) puts someone on their show as a "legitimate" source who writes or speaks something like the following:
"I am able to understand how the Holocaust took place, and with every passing day feel less and less sorry that it did, when Jew survivors are operating as a wolf pack to steal my property."
which is what Andy Martin wrote in 1983, then I encourage you to call him out.
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
Arid-zona
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"By the way, what you call "Obama bashing" is NOTHING compared to what the left is doing to Sarah Palin"
Really? Feel free to provide examples. Most of the "Palin bashing" is people saying that she is unqualified, inexperienced and completely devoid of substance. She has done a pretty good job of backing up those claims. The more extreme view is that she is a religious wingnut who speaks in tongues and would subvert the Constitution in the name of the Bible.
The Obama bashing is that hes a secret Muslim terrorist that once elected will enslave the white race, turn America so socialist that it makes Chavez look like a free marketeer and raise taxes on every American. Also: free Parliaments for all tha brothas yo. Word.
So yeah I think you make a pretty fair point there Jody!
(P.s.- Olberman is the attempt at creating a liberal equivalent of Hannity, not the other way around. I personally find him obnoxious most of the time but at least someone is out there calling Hannity on his bullsh#t. And the rest of Fox news is most CERTAINLY NOT "fair and balanced.")
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dirtbag
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 8, 2008 - 09:18pm PT
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Jody, I think the early stuff about her kids, which we haven't heard in a month, was out of line.
But since then, she has given us plenty of reasons for criticism and speculation. The speculation part is due largely to her dodge of the press.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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attention, y'all are veering off topic. This was a Hannity bashing thread (and Fox News).
Threads already exist to tear into Palin.
Oh, she's on Hannity and Colmes right now too....with J-Mac.
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bookworm
Social climber
Falls Church, VA
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that's appalling...the only thing worse would be if hannity was running for president...can you imagine? a presidential candidate wanting to meet with an unrepentant anti-semite? somebody who denies the holocaust happened and if it did, it was orchestrated by the jews? somebody who wants nuclear weapons to "wipe israel off the face of the earch"?
oh wait...
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dirtbag
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 8, 2008 - 09:49pm PT
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Bookworm, fukk off.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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"my middle aged white man friend."
-I resemble that remark.
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Because Flashlight when KO goes after someone he actually uses facts verifiable facts and legitimate sources. When SH goes after someone it is lies and innuendo,
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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philo, that's a stretch. Every time? SH and KO, every time?
silly
dirtbag, did bookworm's comments ring too true? Ouch!
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dirtbag
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 8, 2008 - 10:27pm PT
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No, they're idiotic--as usual--and completely wrong.
And I take his snarky remark as an acceptance of Hannity's tactics so long as Obama is getting knocked.
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
Arid-zona
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Oh god voter registration. Never mind that the only voter registration evidence that exists is on far right wing talk radio/web sites. Meanwhile thousands of minorities are scared out of showing up to the polls by fearmongering pricks every election.
Jody Obama's one chance is the same as McCain's...win more electoral votes, and he's doing a damn good job at it.
*edit* Oh hey look...ACTUAL voter registration fraud:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/us/politics/09voting.html?_r=1&ei=5070&emc=eta1&oref=slogin
"The six states seem to be in violation of federal law in two ways. Some are removing voters from the rolls within 90 days of a federal election, which is not allowed except when voters die, notify the authorities that they have moved out of state, or have been declared unfit to vote.
Some of the states are improperly using Social Security data to verify registration applications for new voters."
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