Rocky, Hannity find a sparring date

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If Bill O'Reilly's irreverent sparring match with Rocky Anderson served as any preview, the throw-down with Sean Hannity should be worth the price of admission.

Hannity says the gloves could come off on May 4 or May 18 - and that any and all media outlets can cover it.
Late Wednesday, Anderson's spokesman, Patrick Thronson, said May 4 would work.

The only problem is the University of Utah plans to hold its commencement ceremony on that day in the Huntsman Center, the site where the U. student government has proposed to host the debate.

Thronson said May 18 would not work for the mayor.

The Associated Students of the University of Utah proposal calls for KUED's Ken Verdoia to moderate, which Anderson has agreed to as long as Verdoia has the final say over format. The mayor would not agree to having KSL as a co-sponsor, which ASUU wants.
But Salt Lake City's liberal mayor still has doubts Hannity will show.

"He's a fraud," Anderson said of Hannity Wednesday morning, less than a day after surviving a breathless browbeating - and being called a "kook" - in O'Reilly's "No Spin Zone." "Hannity gets on the air and blasts me for holding it up. We've tried in vain to get them to move on it."

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1. But that's not fair

for hannity, if it is really a debate with equal time and all mikes left on. Kick Ass Rocky with half your brain tied behind your back.

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2. Let us see if Hannity gets all the conditions he demanded.

That would entail Rocky wearing a ball gag and providing Hannity with sole control over the mic switches.

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3. and editorial control of post debate review

One thing beyond a shadow of a doubt. hannity will declare himself the clear victor by knockout when he tells his lemmings all about it.