The Flip-Flops of Sean Hannity

[skibunny4dean]

Neo-Progressive has an excellent article up called "The Flip-Flops of Sean Hannity." Here's a little bit of it:

A lot has been made of John Kerry's so-called flip flops. Apparently an attack like September 11th only allows the un-elected Commander in Chief to change his position on defense issues, not a Democrat. John Kerry's flip flops are nitpicky ones too. He allows the President to use force against Iraq if necessary, and rightly criticizes the President when he totally screws it up. The resolution didn't say "GO TO WAR NOW!" but wanted the President to exhaust every other option but war. John Kerry inexplicably believed Bush would do this, and like a woman who naively believed her husband has always been faithful, only to find a woman in bed with him, he flipped out.

The right will continue pursuing this bullshit forever, and if you watch Fox News at 9:00, you'll see a 40 year old man with the intelligence of an average Alabama high-school dropout going on, smugly, about Kerry's flip flops on "important" issues. He'll cite statements John Kerry made in 1971 on the Dick Cavett show, and statements the Democratic nominee made in Iowa in January as evidence of Kerry's inability to hold onto one single belief. Sean Hannity, and other right wing un-intelligencia, have flip flopped on much more important issues like our national security and America's economy. Here are a couple noticeable flip flops by Sean Hannity, Paul Wolfowitz, et. al:

Let's start with the Deputy Secretary of Defense:

Paul Wolfowitz in Vanity Fair: The third one (helping Iraqi citizens) by itself, as I think I said earlier, is a reason to help the Iraqis but it's not a reason to put American kids' lives at risk, certainly not on the scale we did it.

Interesting. Why is it that he has consistently denied the illegitimacy of this war even though he said it bluntly that protecting the Iraqis wasn't reason enough to go to war? That seems like a really big flip flop.

Read the whole thing, it's really good.

[kaitykaity]

1. Like reading the obituary of an arch-rival.

After Wednesday, I didn't listen to a single minute of Hannity. I felt my soul being cleansed the longer I tuned him out. Thank you, Randi Rhodes and Air America. rotflmao.

[Robin Hood]

2. OMG!!! I have been in the exact same head space.

No more having to listen to the right wing blather of lies and dis-information radio. It has been pure joy and peace of mind to have KPOJ/Air America to listen to. My head has been at peace not having to listen to that hate garbage.

I am writing KPOJ a lot telling them how wonderful their programming is and where can I get bumper stickers and T-Shirts?

[kaitykaity]

3. When you find out about the bumper stickers,

let me know. I'd be happy to be a walking advertisement for KPOJ.

Did you hear Randi today talking about Ed Schultz on that station? Seems like she met him at a radio conference and he wasn't very nice to her. She said something about moving up to being broadcast live here sometime in the near future.

[sadiesworld]

4. I've never listened to Ed Schultz's show but

after seeing him on c-span a few months ago my first thought was: opportunist. Don't get me wrong, any new voice in the liberal chorus is welcome, but I'll take some of these recent conversions (e.g.,Howard Stern) with a grain of salt.

[Robin Hood]

5. I didn't hear that but,

The guy kind of creeps me, he sounds too much like Rush Limpballs, and the other day he did an interviews on MSRNC and he was outed as having been a repub in his last life, But then he saw the light.

He is more polished then the other hosts but like I said he sounds like Rush and used to be a pub, verdict is still out on this one. ALso, He laughs like crusty the clown, lisyen for it.

I will let you know when KPOJ comes out with advertising paraphenalia.