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I hear what you’re saying, I do, I just think everyone is over-stating Sundance’s criticism. “Trashing” is an exaggeration IMHO. You know, we have squeaked through perilous events in the past 19 months and everyone who got cold feet can expect to hear it from those that powered through. And I don’t see this “starting a fight”. Neither Malkin nor Hannity know what CTH is, if they do, they’re keeping it a secret. So none of this is getting back to them, although what would be wrong with that? They seriously need their protective bubble popped. ( BTW, both Sarah Palin and Lou Dobbs have popped in over there at CTH, for what its worth )

Many forgot that Hannity was off the rails at first with respect to Trump. He dutifully fell in with the 16 dwarfs when the Trump-McCain dustup and the “hates Mexicans” strawman occurred. Just go back to June/July of 2015 here at FR to see how it went down. I predicted he would pivot and come around, but only after the politically correct anti-Mexican nonsense and war hero stuff played out.

Now I have listened to Rush since August 1, 1988, the very first syndicated show and of course Hannity and Levin who came later. Being in NY I also listened since the 1960’s to the early hosts who Hannity patterned himself after: Barry Farber and Bob Grant and I know Hannity’s thinking pretty well.

Most of the criticism is well-earned. His primary fault is his incessant overtalking his guests which he has done since he first went on the radio, local host here in NY. As he has been told about it a million times he has no excuse. He took that problem to TV and syndicated radio. If it wasn’t so aggravating it would make a great drinking game. As soon as Hannity talks over someone, drink! ( We’d all be dead within a few days from acute alcohol poisoning )

But lets face it. He is worried about his job and often practices political correctness even while decrying it. In fact, he got his big break up here when Bob Grant was taken off the air on WABC for a politically incorrect statement about the Ron Brown crash and Hannity got the important drivetime slot after Rush. This is something Hannity will never forget. And it shows.

The problem Sundance and others have with him and others is simple and obvious. He is part of the GOPe machine primarily due to Fox, which is GOPe-TV. Its true that Hannity is the best of the GOPers, though Tucker is coming up fast, but it is what it is.

Hannity is in a tough spot though. He has GOPe friends to please, he has non-GOPe dopes like Levin as friends also, so he is trying to please everyone. One thing that they all have in common is that PC gene that prevents them from thinking outside-the-box. They all surrendered and hid when non-NBC Barry Hussein came along, even refusing to utter his middle name. Naturally for all the sticky subjects, it is to be expected they head for the tall grass.

I remember Hannity during the later Clinton years favorably plugging FreeRepublic now and then on the radio ( maybe TV too, can’t remember for sure ) . Of course he later cried about some criticism he got and stopped mentioning us completely. So there’s that ego problem as well.

Having said all that, Hannity is a good person, no doubt whatsoever. He did speak up a little against the Michelle Fields hoax, so there are moments of courage. He just won’t get a Mensa invitation, nor will he save the country through critical logical thinking. He is more likely to continue his safe ways, filling up that one short precious hour of non-GOPe time on the Fox News Channel with fluff like Aynsley and idiots like Geraldo and Beckel. Ah well.