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What's With Hannity?
The Sean Hannity Show (Radio) | 24 Sept 04 | Lancey Howard

Posted on 09/24/2004 3:30:54 PM PDT by Lancey Howard

Sorry for the cheap vanity - - I don't usually do this but I have become perturbed about something.

I am glad to have Sean Hannity on the side of the good guys. He is a tremendous asset to the Republican cause, and he has been particularly relentless and unflappable with many of his liberal guests on Hannity & Colmes.

But I have noticed that on his radio show - - at least three times that I have heard directly - - he credits the discovery of the forged "Rathergate" memos exclusively to the denials by Col. Killian's son and wife, and the doubt cast by Ben Barnes' daughter on her father's honesty.

At first, I thought he was simply omitting the obvious - - the nuts & bolts hard work by freepers and bloggers to determine and confirm that the memos were indeed forged. Without that work, Sean's interviews with the Killians, as well as the gutsy contradiction by Barnes' daughter of her father's '60 Minutes' interview, are merely loud dissensions that carry little weight.

I listened carefully again today, and Sean's failure to give freepers and bloggers even the barest mention when he again credited the whole Rathergate scandal to the interviews with the Killians and Barnes' daughter seemed clearly deliberate.

Does Sean have a problem with role of Free Republic and the bloggers in uncovering the biggest political fraud in the last 30 years, or is he just trying to add importance to his own interviews with the Killians?

For your discussion, if you care to comment.


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1 posted on 09/24/2004 3:30:54 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard
Does Sean have a problem with role of Free Republic...

Yes. Sean doesn't like the fact that some freepers dare to criticize him.

2 posted on 09/24/2004 3:32:15 PM PDT by cicero's_son
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To: Lancey Howard

Just to be clear, I like Sean Hannity and I hope he's just being forgetful, but somebody needs to give him a heads-up that there's a lot of people who have done a lot of work on this Rathergate scandal.


3 posted on 09/24/2004 3:32:51 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard

I noticed the same thing today..and, lately I think Sean has gotten too self-important.

Maybe he thought he needed the credit for the break in the rather gate story.


4 posted on 09/24/2004 3:33:00 PM PDT by joyce11111
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To: Lancey Howard

I've heard him refer to bloggers as doing the heavy work in uncovering Rathergate, but he has a vested interest in promoting the Killian family since he was one of the first to interview them at the outset of this mess.


5 posted on 09/24/2004 3:33:10 PM PDT by ColoCdn (Only after all journalists wear pajamas will we be safe!))
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To: Lancey Howard

In spite of Hannity's probable oversight, we can sure hand it to Rush, who has, on multiple occasions, credited the NEW MEDIA with bringing down the elitist media on this, and other issues.

I sent Rush an email when I first heard him credit the lowly conservative surfers with a major contribution in exposing the fraud and lies of the leftists in the media.

So there is hope -- lots of it -- for we conservative surfers!!! :-)


6 posted on 09/24/2004 3:35:35 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: Lancey Howard

I think you're reading too much into Hannity's "exclusive" claim - what he had that was exclusive is the commentary from Killian's kin...that's all.


7 posted on 09/24/2004 3:35:39 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa (At CBS - "We don't just report news - we make it - up.")
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To: cicero's_son

I sure hope Sean's not that thin-skinned.
He'll end up with problems down the road if he doesn't know who his friends are. Everybody - - from Rush to Bush - - gets criticized here from time to time, but when the chips are down, everybody is side by side against the insidious evil of liberalism.


8 posted on 09/24/2004 3:35:56 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: cicero's_son
Yes. Sean doesn't like the fact that some freepers dare to criticize him.

That was well stated, and you are close to the truth.

Face it, Freepers will always be the "little people."

9 posted on 09/24/2004 3:36:04 PM PDT by Hunble
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I was thinking the same as I listened to him on my way home. Sean, if you read this, give credit to where credit is due. Way to go, Buckhead and other Freepers.


10 posted on 09/24/2004 3:36:20 PM PDT by deadhead (God Bless Our Troops and Veterans Bush/Cheney '04)
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Sean is not the most intellectual apple on the tree.


11 posted on 09/24/2004 3:37:24 PM PDT by Screaming Eagle Red Leg
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To: Lancey Howard

I tried listening to him on the radio. I had to turn him off. Just couldn't stand the constant interrupting.

Hope he isn't on some ego trip. He's good on Fox, but horrid on the radio.


12 posted on 09/24/2004 3:37:30 PM PDT by sarasotarepublican
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To: Lancey Howard

Geeez...get over it! It's like you're looking for flyshit in the spilled pepper!


13 posted on 09/24/2004 3:38:12 PM PDT by harpu
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To: Lancey Howard
I have heard him say "Thank God for people like Col. Killian's son otherwise this could have went on as true" However, you really have to look at it with a dose of reality. The "Blogosphere" did uncover and perpetuate the notion and discovery that the memos were faked but the DNC and CBS were simply dismissing those claims as coming from RNC "ops" while still disputing that the contents of the memos were in fact true and not being refuted. What people like Ben Barn's daughter and Gary Killian brought to the table was testimony that directly disputed the contents of the memos. Looking at both the memos themselves as well as the contents under heavy scrutiny, it was only a matter of time before the whole house of cards came tumbling down. I agree Sean should give a shout out to those who jumped on the validity of the memos, but I don't think questioning the structure of the memos itself would have unhinged the whole thing.
14 posted on 09/24/2004 3:38:40 PM PDT by NImerc
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To: cicero's_son
when i promote someone in our organization i always tell them to not become their box.. meaning in love with the position ....

i would think with all the forces of evil around today that this would be a moot point until after we get 4 more years....

besides our positon in the world is not longer 'set' it is fluid as the people who join or contribute.... so our influence and capability will also....

we need him .... and he needs us....
i like to allow lots of ambiguity with respect to who does what when and over the long haul..... everyone wins...
15 posted on 09/24/2004 3:38:59 PM PDT by Gibtx (Wow)
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To: Lancey Howard

Sean seems to be in need of an egoectomy. I used to listen to him/watch him, but I can't stand his endless self-promotion.


16 posted on 09/24/2004 3:39:24 PM PDT by manic4organic (Go. Fight. Win.)
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To: sarasotarepublican

Agreed. He is almost impossible to take on the radio. I want him to defend the conservative position, but he needs to stop shouting down people. It gets old.


17 posted on 09/24/2004 3:39:38 PM PDT by Screaming Eagle Red Leg
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To: Lancey Howard
I listen to Hannity sometimes if I'm in the car (he's on from 6-9PM in Chicago), but he's way too tedious for me.

He reminds me a lot of Michael Reagan.

He's got a vested interest in his Web site, and I don't think he wants to get people reading blogs who might otherwise be on his site.

18 posted on 09/24/2004 3:39:48 PM PDT by quidnunc (Omnis Gaul delenda est)
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To: Lancey Howard
I like Sean, too. Perhaps this is an error of ignorance?

FWIW, even powerlineblog.com credits FreeRepublic with the first questioning of the fake memos. [link]

19 posted on 09/24/2004 3:39:53 PM PDT by snopercod (O beautiful for heroes proved, In liberating strife. Who more than self the country loved...)
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To: Lancey Howard

Hannity Vanity. Boo..


20 posted on 09/24/2004 3:40:17 PM PDT by Leroy S. Mort ("We need a Commander-in-Chief who is a beacon, not a weathervane.")
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