I have to disagree with you. I heard it, and your quote from Hannity is correct. I don't think using the language of Howard Stern, no matter how appropriate it might seem, does our side any favors. The culture is already much too crude. Maybe I'm too old already, but when I grew up and fished in the Hudson River, the word that Hannity used was also called Coney Island White Fish.
Hey, you're not that old. Even I know what CIWF are!
Before we left for overseas, we were stationed at Fort Wadsworth (before the big steel whatsitsname bridge was finished).
I was only something like 4, but seem to remember something about "going down to the sea wall" to watch the Coney Island fireworks.
Maybe I'm mistaken. My EyeTie Granpa lived in Hoboken, maybe that's what I remember about Coney Island fireworks.
So the phrase "Coney Island" stuck in my brain at an early age, and the first time I heard the "White Fish" part (much later), it's been a permanent association
Anyway, I apologize if I've offended you.
I should have said that "Hannity completely lost his cool and ended up screaming ..."
I absolutely hate Howard Stern. He brings the basest elements of human nature to the air every single broadcast.
I used to have a (younger than me) boss that loved Stern. I had no respect for the boss as a result. Guess what? The bleep screwed me over! That's what Stern listeners mean to me.
I could go on forever about this POS boss, but here's a tidbit. That same boss, while drunk at his bachelor dinner, went on-and-on about how much he loved anal sex. My first thought was to warn his bride-to-be, but then I remembered that she also loved Stern. That's also what Stern listeners mean to me.
I can't condone Stern's behavior, but I can't really blame Hannity for his outburst tonight, in light of having to deal with the likes of Means. Besides, it's the first time I've heard Hannity use that kind of language.
I don't know how closely Hannity really knew Barbara Olsen, but even if I knew only one person, even as a remote acquaintance on one of those 9/11 planes, I would have had trouble controlling myself when confronted by the likes of Means (on top of the overall rage at the attack on my fellow Americans).
I had a bunch of relatives traveling that day, I think they were my mother, sister-in-law, sister and brother-in-law, all overseas and/or potentially in transit to NYC. With a large family, I wasn't tracking anyone's day-to-day itinerary.
I was pretty freaked on a very personal level. And pissed off on an American level.
They ended up being safe, but I later found out that my cousin was in the lobby of one of the towers and got out in time. He still really can't talk about it.
So, in light of all that, I can put myself in Hannity's shoes, and actually congratulate him on his restraint at not using even harsher language.
When Hannity blew up on that guy, it felt like that scene from that Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, Kindergarten Cop, when Arnold punches out the husband that was beating his wife & child.
p.s.
Thanks, I never knew (or had forgotten) that what Hannity said was derived from CIWF. I always thought it was related to "Pond Scum".
Learn something everyday.