If the powers that be at Faux News had even a shred of integrity, they'd fire Sean Hannity for incompetance.

My mistake - he said this on his radio pukefest. 

If the powers that be at Citadel Communications had even a shread of integrity, THEY'd fire Hannity.

Isn't he trying to instigate racial animus towards Barack Obama?  In Repukelican America Obama is accused of playing the race card for first quoting Wright in the book that launched his cross over from Chicago politician to national prominence.  To bad Hannity has no conscience.  I think that is why Republicans do better in presidential elections.  They can lie over and over for months on end and the voting public has too many lazy minded simpleton logic ditto heads.  That should be ashamed, instead they think they are the cool people.  A quick story from work the other day.  Older guy walks into our break room (subsidiary of a fortune 500) and CNN is on because I turned it there from FOX.  Musharaff resigned and Blitzer is talking about it and this idiot says, "I guess we know who Obama is picking for his VP, that guy".  I responded to him with "Really, I thought that Musharaff was Bush's puppet. I thought billions of tax payer money given to him by Bush is unaccounted for.  Since McCain is a continuation of Bush maybe that is who McCain is picking."  He didn't say shiite.   

Say what we all will about all the rightwingers that spew garbage on a daily basis.........

But Sean Hannity IS the most absolutely dumbest of all of them! I seriously don't see or hear a shread of intelligence from this man!

Even BillO can say something intelligent once in awhile!

A blind squirrel does occasionally find a nut.  That describes O'Reilly pretty well, who about 1 line in 100 makes me say "Now THAT makes sense!"

Hannity is more like a blind, paralyzed squirrl that had a car run over it's nose, looking for a nut in the middle of a lake.

Then you've good Olberman who is more like a best-in-breed winning bloodhound looking for squirrels... ;)

If you check out Sean's guest list, you'll see he has no problem finding nuts.

LOL!  That's great!  So I'M WRONG - he's not a blind, paralyzed, etc... squirrel.  He's actually the WORLD'S BEST squirrel! 

Thank you for correcting my analogy! LOL!

Good one, W-King. Hannity is the Squirrel King.

Hannity is despicable.

Good one MMfA.

I think as long as Grampy associates himself with this UNREPENTANT idiot, he will only get the votes of super-patriotic people with very pronounceable last names who cling to guns. Don't ever stop, Seanny & Johnny!

Hannity's screed shows a white boy in need.

I think we all know why Hannity failed to become a catholic priest. I can just see him at the gates of heaven , explaining himself. I might buy a ticket for that show.

InsHANNITY was born in the wrong time and in the wrong time zone. He would have made a fantastic propaganda minister for Hitler. He has repeated his BS for so long he actually believes it. He has brain washed himself. (autosuggestion does work). I also believe he smokes his own

p--p. I thought he got thrown out of "priesthood school" for having bad knees and thin lips.. or was that someone else?

"White folks' greed runs a world in need." However, the clip is taken from a passage in which Obama is quoting from a sermon by Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

Wait, I thought Obama first said he never heard Rev. Wright say anything like this?

Maybe Hannity told you that. You should get some other sources.

Then why don't we just blame Mccain for every bit of fool right wing idiocy his associates have said over the years.  I am sure he admires some people who have said controversial things.  Heck, maybe he admires sean Hannity and considers him a friend. 

Sure - and all Obama had to say in the first place was "yes, i've heard them.  but I never agreed with them."  Not any of this "i wasn't there, i never heard it" bs that everyone knows was false.

"yes, i've heard them."

But that would be a lie.

Hmm...seeing as how he's already admitted contrary to that.

No he didn't.  The controversial remarks (to some) looped over and over in the corporate media were remarks he did not hear.

What dates was he at the church? What sermons did he hear?

Oh yeah Senator Obama, you may be half white but you look black so PROVE to us white folks that you don't hate us. <sarcasm>

This is total and complete bull sh*t! What in God's name does Obama have to do to PROVE to you freaking idiots that he doesn'think like Rev. Wright?

Let's examine Sean's close relationship with his friend Hal Turner: During an August 1998 episode of the show, Turner reminded Hannity that were it not for the graciousness of the white man, "black people would still be swinging on trees in Africa," .

Science:  In Obama's "race speech" he said something like "Have I ever heard Reverand Wright say controversial things?  Of course." Please stop saying that Obama said that he never heard Wright say anything controversial, because that is not true.  Obama did say that he was not at the sermon where Wright said "G.. D... America" which is the clip that played over and over and over and over.  Noone has ever provided any proof to suggest he was not telling the truth, so people like you have completely changed Obama's quote to say that he said that he never heard Wright say anything controversial, which is a lie.  By the way, since so many of Wright's sermons are available on-line and we kept seeing the same one or two clips, did you ever think that maybe, just maybe, those two clips were not representative of Wright's entire body of work? Otherwise, don't you think you we would have seen more of those clips?

I found it remarkable the Rev. Wright probably preached for 30 years or more and they could only find One controversial speech to play repeatly. But apparently the righties like repetition and think if they keep repeating something over and over again then it makes it TRUE.

I heard McCain say he did not have sexual relations with Limbaugh too.

Limbaugh...Lewinsky....they are both utterly fugly.  Neither to brag about.

You are wrong

about Lewinsky.

No Im not

Guess you'd rather tap Ann Coulter, huh? :P

What would be needed is a 6 ply, steel belted high profile condom and you would have to have some hand rails installed so as not to fall in. ( of course if you did, you would meet others and lonliness would not be a problem)

Hannity is such a hypocrite, he calls Obama a racist for quoting one but will gladly vote for John Gooks McCain who actually said "I hate the gooks, i will hate them till the day I die."

Oh yea but he's not racist cuz he's white.  

Science: "Wait, I thought Obama first said he never heard Rev. Wright say anything like this?"

This is a serious question, Science: why would you think that when Obama himself cites this passage in his 1995 book? If you honestly thought that "Obama first said he never heard Rev. Wright say anything like this" then I'd suggest that you try thinking harder.

   He did say that. And, someone at mmfa is probably getting fired for putting that in the article. The left-wingnuts do not want you to know that he did hear many of the racist statements by the racist pastor. Now, O'bama is being quoted (and recorded) saying those racist statements. But, as long as the minion at mmfa keep saying Hannity's the idiot, then the minion will continue to believe it.

   But, it's all Hannity's fault. Hannity should be fired for finding that recording and.... gosh.... playing it.

I can tell that you are SO excited about McCain that you have to spend most of your time dredging up phony stuff about Obama's former pastor.

Have you seriously examined both men's policy positions...AT ALL?

Mary, how can you compare positions? McCain clearly has the upper hand hers! </snark!>

Aug. 16 - A direct transcript of John McCain's responses at the Saddleback Faith Forum...

When asked about abortion, McCain said "when I was a prisoner of war in Vietnam no one ever, once, aborted their babies."

When asked about Christian faith, McCain said "when I was a prisoner of war in Vietnam I spoke to the baby Jesus every morning and every night - he kept me safe."

When asked about gay marriage, McCain said when I was a prisoner of war in Vietnam none of the men ever got married - but maybe they changed their mind when they got back to their home state"

When asked about embryonic stem-cell research, McCain said "when I was a prisoner of war in Vietnam we sometimes had to stay in cells."

When asked about AIDS, McCain said "when I was a prisoner of war in Vietnam we didn't even know what AIDS was."

When asked about troubled youth, McCain said "when I was a prisoner of war in Vietnam the local kids always would get in trouble for trying to help us."

When asked about the conflicts in Georgia, McCain said "when I was a prisoner of war in Vietnam the guy in the bed next do me had a girl pal called Georgia - I am sorry to hear they are fighting."

When asked about safe nuclear power, McCain said "when I was a prisoner of war in Vietnam the guy on the other side of me had deadly gas."

When asked about his time as a prisoner of war in Vietnam McCain said "he'd rather not talk about it."

Just out of curriosity, can I come to the conclusion insHANNITY is a progressive/Democrat because he associates with A. Colmes about 5 nites a week? I should also be able to assume he is in complete agreement with everything Colmes says as well.

Yeah, republicans aren't trying to start a race war. Nah, why would anybody think they are trying to fuel the fires of racial tension? Nope, they'd never stoop that low. </sarcasm>

And Obama is not  trying to infuse it either as a strength right?  No, the dollar bill comment couldn't have been referring to that!

There's a difference in doing the race baiting and pointing out the race baiting. Obama is defending himself.

He would have been defending himself by only quoting what was said - not injecting the dollar bill analogy.

Nope. McCain did put Obama's face on a dollar bill. Obama was defending himself.

Snoopy's right.  It's a dead horse.

That was because it wasn't. It's already been proven that he was referring to an ad McCain ran calling Obama presumptuous. The ad had Obama's face on a dollar bill. Nice strawman though.

I guess if I say I don't look like Kobi Bryant I would be a racist and if I add to it I have light brown hair I could be labeled a Nazi

Missed his calling...

Hannity's face and voice so reminds me of Lou Costello that he probably could've made a career out of doing an Abbott & Costello look-alike show.

Big difference though... Costello only pretended to be an idiot.

 

I also think he is pretending to be: pro American ( he obviously hates American as he wants to change it), hetero....., a Christian, and a Human Being.

Ok, so we have a full-fledged "white vs. black" battle between the right-wing media and the left-wing media. It's going to be interesting if Lieberman gets the VP spot with McCain because then we will have some anti-semitism thrown in there. Getting nasty...

Wither this "Left wing media" you speak of?

I have yet to find such an animal.

And for the record Joe Lieberman is an idiot for many reasons, none of which have have anything to do with his religion.

Joe Lieberman is an idiot for many reasons

1)  He's speaking at the republican convention.

 

I never know what to wear to a (faux) race war.

Calling out racist BS is not partaking of a race war.

Besides some radio, and we'll see what Ms. Maddow & Obie can do. The rest, kind of outnumber them in audience by quite a lot.  

"Next up we'll talk to a man who dealt arms to Iran and a convicted burglar about Obama's moral failings and, if we have time after that we'll get the opinion of an advocate for wholesale killing of an entire religion.  Stay tuned for more fair and balanced coverage."

FQ Sean.

Good one.

Oliver North should be in jail, not on TV.

I watched the hearings back in the day and it made me gag then. Now he is just a puppet on very short strings for the ultra right wing propaganda machine. Typical right wing nut: put drugs on the street and condem their use. Got to admit, he has cashed in big using (or is it the other way around) with faucks news. I would think he has enough cash to get his peg teeth fixed though. I think I will start a fund raiser for him. Anyone want to start sending checks for large sums of money?

Having watched the hearings myself, it is just amazing to me that this person is given any credibility at all. He wraps himself in the flag and sneeringly passes judgment on other people as if he were not a criminal.  He lied to Congress repeatedly.  He should have gone to prison. 

Correct me if I am wrong, very few even pay attention to politics and a very few of those ever figure out what is going on. The right uses that to their advantage when spewing forth their lies and misinformation. Also, there are those that will never accept the truth and don't want to.  what is the truth? Vitually the opposite of every thing insHANNITy and O'really says. I have been watching both for  years and never miss an episode. To me it is a way to make sure my blood preasure never drops to zero. They are both just so wierd and at odds with the way I see things and it is the same way with their right wing guests. I guess I am a rubber necker and would have to see a train wreck if I knew where one is going to happen. faucks news is a train wreck.

I agree. I think most of the people who buy into Oliver North's babble have no idea what he has done. 

I've had about had enough of these liars.....

I'm wondering why BHO would choose to use those particular words out of all the sermons the Rev Wright preached if he did not believe in them himself. I'm sure he could have found other phrases to make the point, but one tends to use something, for the most part, that aligns with their personal beliefs.

"It is this world, a world where cruise ships throw away more food in a day than most residents of Port-au-Prince see in a year, where white folks' greed runs a world in need, apartheid in one hemisphere, apathy in another hemisphere ...That's the world! On which hope sits!"

Oscar, do you object to the use of "white folks"? 

Aren't white folks the dominante population and aren't the wealthiest citizens white?

I don't object to the phrase or the use of "white folk." Its MMFA supposed "rage" over Shamity supposedly using the Wright quote by BHO out of context.  We also see the "greed" of many of the leaders of much of the Third World (if you will) that helps keep the citizens in poverty. There is waste in the world that should be eliminated, there is graft in the world that should be eliminated, there is strife in the world that should be eliminated, but to put all the blame (by the way I interpret Wright's words) on "whitey" is incorrect.  As an example, why does Wright in his retirement need such an opulent house? If not greed (or envy) what?

You would have a point if this, as Hannity wishes, were about Wright, but it ain't.

What? You think white folks are above reproach or something? Get over it Oscar, why don't you list for us all the black CEO's in the world.

But you know as well as anyone that Barack isn't just casting stones. He speaks at length on the problems in the black community and doesn't blame white folks for them. Barack doesn't need to demonize anyone to make us feel better about ourselves, that's what righties do. No, Barack emphasizes the ties that bind, not the perceptions that seperate us.

This is probably the best post I've read all day.  Kudos, Roundhouse.  :)

White folks are not above reproach and I don't believe I have ever said they are.  Just as Shamity pulled one phrase out of an audiobook to make his point, I believe BHO pulled one phrase out of a sermon to make his point.  Black CEOs?  Lets rather look at other than white CEOs and assume a Head of State is a CEO. Mugabe (Zimbabwe), Musharif (Pakistan). any ruling family of a member of OPEC (look at the opulence in Dubai, Saudi Arabia, etc (and the minimal amount they spend on relief in their own countries or anywhere around the world), the Head of Kenya (I'm pretty sure he is not living in a shack on $1/month). And why the Million + home for BHO, Wright, any number of athletes in the US, etc?  BHO does point fingers at the AA family in the US and doesn't get near the criticism as Bill Cosby did when he basically said the same thing several months back. Greed is color-blind and for BHO (and Wright) to think and say otherwise, to me, borders on hypocrisy.

Lame.

Heads of state and athletes as CEO's? Lame.

You can sit there and toss out all the fake populism you want to. With your charges of hypocrisy, you sound as ridiculous as Hannity.

You cons are disgusting to me.

Republican policy benefits the few, the privileged, the elite all the while you skunks underhandedly manipulate the good nature of salt of the earth Americans with your, "libs hate America," cultural bs. Meanwhile, you can't stand it when a liberal makes good. You envious punks want to scream foul when a liberal wants to swing open wide the doors of opportunity for the most people possible. I get it.

I know why.

Y'all don't want anybody but "the right kind of people," getting ahead and setting good examples for the rest of us. You love your elites, your strict social hierarchy, your moral order.

Fact is, Obama lifts up the common man. His American values of protection for working families through strong labor laws, yeah, I mean the fundamental human right to unionize, will rebuild the shrinking middle class. That and the the right to universal healthcare, investment in a green economy and the rehabilitation of our failing infrastructure will secure our future for decades to come.

So, no, you don't come out and say directly that Obama shouldn't criticize the entrenched wealth of the white leisure class. You simply deflect attention from the fact that the folks pulling the economic strings that make the world dance are white folks, whose wage race to the bottom for laborers enslaves populations for the sake of cheap consumer goods at Wal-Mart.

You can worship at the Republican altar of market fundamentalism, but you need to stand up, dude. Wake up and stand up before Republicans ruin everything good about America.

Don't bother telling me, "well I never said anything of the sort," because you said it with any vote you ever gave a damned Republican.

Oh One Who Can't Be Cornered, I equate Heads of State to CEOs because even though the titles are different the functions are (or should be) the same, especially in Third World countries that don't have the corporated infrastructure of the US. I don't know what Mr. Johnson (head of BET) for example does with his wealth compared to Jack Welch (former head of GE) and I don't care.  I know that, as examples, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are doing good things (and I praise them, even though I probably disagree with them politically). I just don't want them, or you, telling me what I should have to do with my life.  My responsibilities are mine, it is not up to them or you to determine what size or number of houses I own.  I have the responsibility to study and make my own sensible decisions.  Just how will BHO provide more opportunity than each of us already has?  Don't like your job? Do something else. You are not chained to it or the place you reside.  You have opporunities, but I think that instead of seeking them yourself, you want the government (the taxpayer/citizen) to provide it for you.  Continue to vote Democrat and wait for the handouts.  I will vote Republican when the candidate's beliefs most closely align with mine, Democrat or Independent the same.

I threw athletes in only because a great many of them are per McCain's off handed definition, rich, as rich as a great many of the CEOs in the country, so they should have some responsibility to contribute to society as you think CEOs should. But it is not up to me, or you, or the government to determine what that contribution should be outside of reasonable tax rates.

 

"My responsibilities are mine, it is not up to them or you to determine what size or number of houses I own."

All I can say to that is that it's a stupid strawman.

"But it is not up to me, or you, or the government to determine what that contribution should be outside of reasonable tax rates."

Another stupid strawman and fake ass populism to boot. Not a damn liberal around desires such thing. It's about keeping the corporo-fascists from bending over the working class by paying dirt wages and raiding pensions (pensions: the only property right that cons hate)

Opportunity is about a living wage, healthcare for all and quality education for all. What you do with that opportunity is all about personal responsibility, we agree. It's about not being chained to the for profit, market fundamentalist bs'ers that fictitiously assert that unaccountable private interests does public service better than democratically accountable public institutions.

But as it is now opportunity is dependent upon how much opportunity you can afford. That is the recipe for killing the middle class.

And you can shove that hand out crap straight up your arrogant ass. A healthy economy requires risk takers to take risk and in the absence of a strong safety net, risk is too risky. I mean shit, boy, our laws work for and support corporations, it ain't no damn hand out to demand some equality for the working man.

I love my job, but I don't want to be like your CEO culture hero. I want to prosper as prosperity is just another way of talking about well-being. Well being is about not having to worry about how I'm going to afford medical bills or having to work more than one job to put food on the table. Shit, before your corporate cons destroyed the common good it was unheard of that one job couldn't pay the bills.

Kiss my ass, Oscar. Phony bastard.

SHEAR INSANNITY = FAR RIGHT WING REPUBLICAN MOUTHPIECE.