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HEY MR. HANNITY, What would Reagan do? Not capitulate to a bunch of knee-jerk ninnies!
3/10/06 | soccermom

Posted on 03/10/2006 5:34:07 AM PST by soccermom

Dear Mr. Hannity,

Your cavalier attitude toward the possible removal of our troops from the UAE air base (as discussed on Thursday's show) has finally caused me to lose whatever remaining affection I had for you. It is very easy for you, sitting in your comfortable studio, to respond, “Let em”. You're not the one who has to conduct missions in the Middle East. You're not the one that needs the logistical support. Why don't you tell it to General Tommy Franks? Better yet, why don't you tell it to the men and women that are currently working with the UAE?

Yesterday's stunt by congress to revoke the contract with DPW has done absolutely nothing to make our country any safer. It was purely a political stunt. Unless congress closes down every air and sea port to imports (and foreign visitors) of any kind, there will always be a risk. Changing whomever holds the contract is nothing more than a change in window dressing and you know it. Meanwhile, as you and others are stirring up people into a frenzy over them thar A-rabs, another pale-skinned, British-accented Richard Reid will waltz right in under your nose.

Whether or not the selfish pandering of our politicians hampers our war effort remains to be seen. But, if our troops are forced to take on additional risks due to a lack of cooperation by the UAE, I will lay their blood directly at the feet of you, like-minded shock-jocks, and the spineless Republicans in congress. (I expected such tactics from the Demagoguecrats. I did not expect Republicans to put their own miserable political careers ahead of national interest.)

Furthermore, I am getting more than a little tired of your wrapping yourself in the mantle of Ronald Reagan. Your repeated attempts to paint yourself as a “Reagan Conservative” is nothing more than an intellectually lazy way for you to appeal to your audience. It is very easy to simply claim “I'm with him – the cool guy”, rather have to define yourself and stand on your own.

We (conservatives) all love Ronald Reagan. Who are you to invoke him as to where he would stand on your issue? My father was a fighter pilot from the time he fought in Vietnam to the time he retired in 1992. He will tell anyone who will listen about the brilliance of Ronald Reagan. He tells us he is a “World War Three” veteran and that Reagan won the Cold War without firing a shot. For Father's Day a few years ago, I even got him a license plate frame that reads: “World War III Veteran......Reagan Won the Cold War.” Incidentally, my father was the DO for the fighter wing that bombed Libya. I was only a teen then but, if I'm not mistaken, France was even uncooperative then, refusing to let us use their airspace. So while you're telling it to Tommy Franks and our troops in the Middle East, why don't you go ahead and tell my father how insignificant it is to have strategic allies as well?

Finally, I get a little tired of people like you holding subsequent presidents to the “Reagan Ideal” -- an illusion that Ronald Reagan himself couldn't possibly live up to. Yes, Reagan was one of our greatest presidents. Yes, he was a conservative leader. But, NO, he didn't always adhere to his conservative principles and I'm getting a little tired of you revisionists pretending he did. President Reagan, like any great leader, was a pragmatist. And he, like any great leader, occasionally had to set aside his conservative ideals for more practical purposes. Raising taxes on social security isn't a conservative ideal. I don't think Reagan wanted to do it, but he did so in order to get other concessions from congress. Growing the deficit is not a conservative ideal. I don't think Reagan wanted to do it, but he did so for the greater goal of building up our military (and he thought he was getting other concessions from congress.) I don't think a conservative like Reagan would want to ally himself with a country like Iraq, but he did so because it was the pragmatic thing to do at the time. And let's not forget Reagan appointed Sandra Day O'Connor. So please, stop holding Bush (or anyone else for that matter) to a purely conservative standard that never was.

So WWRD? I don't know what Reagan would have done in the DPW controversy. NEITHER DO YOU. I do know that Reagan wasn't concerned with what the “popular” thought was. He did what he thought was best for our nation, regardless of what the critics said. Unlike you, he was not short-sighted. He knew that the long-term benefit of defeating communism was more important than avoiding the contemporaneous scorn of his critics. And unlike the spineless Republicans in congress, he didn't ignore the best interests of the country in an attempt to save his own political rear end. And that is why his legacy stands today.


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To: soccermom
"others are stirring up people into a frenzy over them thar A-rabs"

I think the A-rabs are doing a fine job on their own. It just so happens that most of the terrorists are A-rab Mooslimbs. Wake up.

Also, if our principles and identity is tied to a TV personality we are in deep trouble.
61 posted on 03/10/2006 6:10:39 AM PST by SQUID
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To: cripplecreek
"We the people"

By who's polling data? the same polls that claim the president's approval ratings are in the 30's?

Be careful about referring to MSM data as proof of American opinion.
62 posted on 03/10/2006 6:10:54 AM PST by TheForceOfOne (Memogate - Dan Rathers Little Big Horn.)
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To: joe fonebone

Yep. I stopped listening when I found myself rolling my eyes and being EMBARRASSED to be a republican with his stupidity. It is so third gradish to start a conversation with someone who disagrees with you by saying "Yeah, you're nothing but a big lib aren't ya?" and when the person says no, they just disagree he talks over them "YES YOU ARE".

Good grief, how does he have such a following? The poeple that suck his hiney just make me sick. "Oh Sean, you're a great American" blah blah blah. UGh.


63 posted on 03/10/2006 6:11:22 AM PST by sandbar
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To: TheForceOfOne
Be careful about referring to MSM data as proof of American opinion.

Strange, I've read and reread my post but I cannot find any mention of the MSM.
64 posted on 03/10/2006 6:13:12 AM PST by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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To: soccermom; All

In all fairness I prefer Michael Medved over Hannity.. The reason is that he calmly make people look a fool without yelling at them...


65 posted on 03/10/2006 6:13:56 AM PST by KevinDavis (http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
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To: COEXERJ145

>>>Just like I will no longer listen to Boortz, I won' waste my time listening to Hannity.>>>

I stopped listening to Boortz when I realized he is FOR the freedom of abortion but yet for the murder of Terri Schiavo (but dear God don't mess with his money. Killing a person who hasn't directed their wishes is ok, but taking some of his WEALTH is just not!).


66 posted on 03/10/2006 6:14:26 AM PST by sandbar
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To: joe fonebone
Hannity is the USA Today of conservative talk radio. Not very intellectually challenging for the listener, but necessary for the cause.
67 posted on 03/10/2006 6:16:47 AM PST by petercooper (Cemeteries & the ignorant - comprising 2 of the largest Democrat voting blocs for the past 75 years.)
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To: cripplecreek
Then where do you derive your assertion about "We the people"?

Your post, I must admit, was slightly confusing to me, it appeared you took both sides of the issue. If I have misread your post I apologize CC.
68 posted on 03/10/2006 6:16:52 AM PST by TheForceOfOne (Memogate - Dan Rathers Little Big Horn.)
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To: soccermom
Thank you, soccermom. This is excellent.

I don't listen to Sean anymore. I have lost confidence in him, as well as most of the Republicans in Congress. This has been a disheartening display of a total lack of critical analysis.

If they can't handle that, I cannot have any confidence in any of their actions.

Becki

69 posted on 03/10/2006 6:18:57 AM PST by Becki (Superman wears Jack Bauer pajamas.)
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To: soccermom

Tony Snow is definately my favorite, he's been around the block, he knows how things work in Washington.


70 posted on 03/10/2006 6:18:57 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: cripplecreek
I don't care what Hannity or anyone else says. THe simple fact is that the American people were against this deal and are looking at a lot of other deals done in the past

I could not agree anymore with you!... And justlet me make one point here. One should never forget that these talk hosts are "entertainers." Rush used to say this all the time... which by the way, in the days when I used to be a Rush fanatic, would pi** me off, because I thought he was so important.. I could not understand, etc, etc.

I think Rush is the Johnny Carson of talk radio! Yes! no one comes even close. BUT, I don't agree with him half of the time nowadays. Rush, also, as a member of the media in general, accentuates the things he believes in more than on other subjects.

But again, we have take these guys with a grain of salt... they are in a VERY COMPETETIVE BUSINESS... and they have to survive. Even Fox News, don't be surprised if one day, they make radical changes, because they are a BUSINESS after all. It just so happens it's a good business pandering to the right. It's that simple. I love FoxNews, Britt's "Special Report." All in all, I am glad we have all those wonderful conservative talk hosts advancing our cause, since the Left media (former MSM), no longer make bones that they are with the Rats. Oh yes, the last point, there is value in making "noise." That is the reason I participate in this board and try to be points accrss. What is waht they say? "the wheel that makes the most noise gets the grease?" or something like that... it's really that simpel, and Hannity, helpe ME, this time around. Nest time, mabybe someone else...

71 posted on 03/10/2006 6:19:54 AM PST by ElPatriota (Let's not forget, we are all still friends despite our differences)
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To: KeyLargo

Savage is a loon so he is not at all better than Hannity.


72 posted on 03/10/2006 6:20:12 AM PST by jveritas (Hate can never win elections.)
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To: soccermom

Bravo soccermom... you get it.


73 posted on 03/10/2006 6:21:20 AM PST by johnny7 (“Iuventus stultorum magister”)
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To: TheForceOfOne
Then where do you derive your assertion about "We the people"?

I get it from looking around in everyday life. As I said, I don't care what Hannity OR Limbaugh has to say but it's pretty obvious that the vast majority of Americans were against it.
74 posted on 03/10/2006 6:21:53 AM PST by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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To: sandbar
It is so third gradish to start a conversation with someone who disagrees with you by saying "Yeah, you're nothing but a big lib aren't ya?" and when the person says no, they just disagree he talks over them "YES YOU ARE"..

Why, that sounds just like what the most vociferous ports-deal supporters on this site say to those who oppose the ports deal, doesn't it? And you're right, it's not very persuasive, it is very offensive, and it is very off-putting.
75 posted on 03/10/2006 6:22:34 AM PST by Iwo Jima ("An election is an advanced auction of stolen goods.")
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To: soccermom
For years I have been lamenting Hannity's shallow thinking and knee-jerk slogans (among other glaring short-comings). I never understood the blind allegiance to him by many here. They seemed to take any statement of dissatisfaction with Hannity's style or content as an attack on them personally.

I won't say I'm glad to see the light go on for others...I would much rather see Hannity grow up, get smart and stop wasting that precious air-time.

76 posted on 03/10/2006 6:22:37 AM PST by wtc911 (You can't get there from here)
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To: soccermom
Good letter!

IMO he's myopic lightweight. Once he gets off his talking points, he's like a dear in the headlights. A "duh" look crosses his kisser. And his 'my good friend' shtick is worse than finger nails on a blackboard.

I can't take him any longer - he's a dunce.

77 posted on 03/10/2006 6:22:55 AM PST by Condor51 (Better to fight for something than live for nothing - Gen. George S. Patton)
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To: soccermom

I am really confused about the intensity of anger against Hannity.

You don't like him? Don't listen. Why get all wrapped around the axle about it?

He's the one that blew the cover on the Mad Marxist schoolteacher and he is keeping up the pressure on academia. Nobody else is.

But where is all this intensity coming from?

I listen when it's something I care about and if it's not I don't. There's this thing on your radio called a tuner.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with Hannity.


78 posted on 03/10/2006 6:25:51 AM PST by squarebarb
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To: cripplecreek
Correction = I meant to say "I could not agree MORE with you!" to talk about problems with English - LOL :)
79 posted on 03/10/2006 6:26:31 AM PST by ElPatriota (Let's not forget, we are all still friends despite our differences)
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To: soccermom

Hannity is putting his popularity ahead of the people who listen to his radio show.For a while I thought he was great ,but he like Laura Ingraham was suckered into making George W. Bush look weak.I blame Hannity for the way people feel about him in this chat room. He ,like Ingraham ,are suckers for the left, but the left would sell them down the river for a cent.He has become a major disappointment and as far as the far left being heard Hannity better look at what happened to air america.Hannity has become another member of the chcken country club society that does nothing to defend this president,he can take his cocktails and his 3 hours a day and stuff it. I would rather sit in quiet then hear him after this stunt.


80 posted on 03/10/2006 6:26:41 AM PST by betsyross1776
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