It wasn't politeness it actually came off kind of faggoty.
No he didn't make a fool of him at all. In fact he let him blather his left wing racist garbage for quite a while from his bully pulpit.
I will never listen to him again.
That would be uncharacteristic.
What Hannity usually does is have some liberal on, make a total and absolute fool of him, and then throw him a bone of politeness so maybe the dummy will come back on a future show and get ripped to shreds again.
Very entertaining. But you have to appreciate subtlety.