Posted on 02/18/2005 4:07:05 PM PST by cody32127
I went to the Daytona International Speedway today and met Sean Hannity face to face, a friend took me all the way back into the studio that he was airing from today, (Small as a closet) He's a real nice guy and does like the Freepers and Freeping.
He basically said the same thing to me that He said on air about that, doesn't like His friends being slammed here.
He took this picture (from my camera phone) with a sign that says I LOVE FREEPERS with sweet baby james, He also signed my book and a photo.
He is larger/thinner than you think and has a much deeper voice than on radio, He also seems to not be as "sweetsy" (my Girl Friends word) as He comes of on radio. more confident and is a guys guy and real nice. 
Sorry Hannity Haters
First of all, I don't think it's a matter of wanting to be liked. I think most people would agree that healthy debate need not get into "piling on" personal attacks, wherein the disagreement then becomes "the issue" instead of the content.
There are many threads many FReepers will not participate, or will do so only infrequently, and it's usually because if they are of a dissenting view from the most posters, they're mobbed by personal insults for their thoughts...told they don't have a brain, etc., rather than make logical refutes to the contrary opinion/belief/issues raised. How does that lead to intelligent discourse? I believe that's more what Hannity was complaining about....name-calling and personal attacks, rather than any constructive criticism or debate on ideologies or program content.
Hannity knows exactly how many listeners he has and he sent that message out to all of them. He has a large voice and big popularity. If he really thinks highly of freerepublic, and wasn't so fickle and self important (as he denies 30-50 times a show), he wouldn't have spoken as he did.
Bah.
FMCDH(BITS)
I agree repeating a question is not countering. I merely used that as one example of a tool he uses to expose their agenda/thoughts. As I said, I will say I believe Ann Coulter is quicker than Sean, but I often see him asking them questions about their other alliances or behaviors. If Hannity is failing to do this, then he should make better attempts at researching more information concerning his guests, as it would, of course, be more beneficial in exposing truth.
Brian has his own show on WABC radio on Sunday nights and he's a total lib, but for the war. But his impersonations make listening to him more than worthwhile.
I know what you mean....
Instead of getting mad at Sean, Maybe a little retrospection is in order.
Anyhow, have a good time at the race.
Jake
But I also heard what Hannity said, and I see the picture that "Hannity loves Freepers".
I don't need any sort of medication to recognize mixed messages.
Hannity taking a dump on FReepers really stung. And as I recall in the bit he did on us, he said he hadn't visited the site in awhile, so I'm not sure how he know what's going on here. I've always loved the man, but he spoke out of turn on this one, and I'm not sure why. I thought he was smarter than that.
Anyone who doesn't like Sean is certainly free to not listen - same with Rush, Ingraham and any of the other conservative voices on talk radio. Each of them appeals to a different audience which expands the influence of conservative thought.
I'm old enough to have considered that humor juvenile at the time. :-)
Maybe Sean is going for a younger audience than my age group. But for sure, Conservatives need to have leaders for every age group.
Exactly. That's where I have a problem with Hannity. Rather than being diplomatic, he took it to the airwaves and said harsh comments. People who are not familiar with Free Republic and respect his opinion, now have a tainted view of Free Republic. The next day he had an opportunity to make it right and clarify it, without losing face. I was hoping he would. He could have. .
I like Hannity. I've been a listener long before he was syndicated. I have an autographed book. I would have defended him before his comments. I lost a lot of respect for him. It was really disappointing.
Brother-in-law is an engineer in Durango with an office in Mancos.
I've never been there. Mother-in-law is visiting the grandkids as we speak.
Well said.
Next we'll be taking apart fellow conservatives because they might have a wart on their ear.
This whole thing is childish in my book. I'll bet the dummies are loving it. Who started it anyway?
Letting a false statement stand is failing in his duty to his audience. Sure we know the truth, but the majority of his listeners don't freep. They get their information from him and if he lets liberal lies go by unchallenged then his audience will accept them as facts.
Some one who is very good at politely but firmly countering untruths is Brit Hume. When he looks over his glasses at one of the panel you know that the record is going to be gently but firmly set straight.
I love Ann but she is more a street fighter. She is a joy to watch but then I like the rough and tumble.
Perhaps Hannity is not taking the time to show prep that he should. He does have a lot on his plate. When you over burden the quality of your output can slip. And, like I said prior, Sean gives the impression that he wants to be liked. That is not always a bad thing, there are some talk show hosts who go to far in the opposite direction and are deliberately as provocative as they can be. But his wanting to be liked is leading him not to challenge the liberals as he should.
If his goal is to get liberals on his show, bravo, he does that quite nicely.
If his goal is to counter liberal arguments he needs improvement.
Mancos is a great "little" town...you can almost drive by it if you blink your eyes. It's a little farther than 1/2 to Cortez from Durango. Your BIL work for a gas/oil business?....Just curious, because my wife did a lot of work for some of them here, and she might know him.
Just frmail me if you want.
FMCDH(BITS)
Very true. Brit is my favorite to watch on FOX, probably for that very reason. He's extremely well educated on the subject discussed. I doubt he does all the prep/research himself, as he is also very busy. But I have no doubt that he verifies to ensure accuracy in whatever research is given to him.
Perhaps Hannity is not taking the time to show prep that he should. He does have a lot on his plate. When you over burden the quality of your output can slip.
Perhaps he isn't. If not, he should do so. Very true, he does have a lot on his plate....but, as you said, too much makes one less effective. Scaling/cutting back would do the trick, but only if it results in proper preparation. That may well be a valid criticism of Sean and one he should reflect upon.
If his goal is to get liberals on his show, bravo, he does that quite nicely.
If his goal is to counter liberal arguments he needs improvement.
I will agree with your criticism on that point.
Yeah, that makes me wonder as well, though admittedly I’ve seen some of the comments where some have their suspicions as to who, but I don’t understand a lot of the history of the Freep, its old factions, whatever.
I’m a man who likes to know where he stands, and actually what Hannity said the other day didn’t really surprise me. But that goofy picture made me angry about the whole situation. If the man looks down on me, fine, I can handle it, but I dang sure don’t want somebody trying to yank my chain with wishy-washiness.
I’ve never really commented on him, (not counting a couple of throwaway lines here and there about “does he have a book?”), except once, but for me it was a biggie, for the time he had on the show a Leftist cockroach, some forgettable liberal “columnist”, who had taken a jab at Marty. That day Hannity was going to defend Marty, and even had Marty on a phone line at the time.
Marty is a survivor of Normandy or Anzio, (can’t remember which). If there’s a Heaven then Marty and his kind goes to the head of the line. His stature is secure. He doesn’t need some radio personality “defending” him against Appeasers. Hannity sounded like a broken record, kept digging the cockroach for an apology, and “you should be ashamed of yourself” made me wince.
It was one of the lows of Broadcasting, a ratings ploy, sleaze theatre, and it was the day I wrote Hannity off.
Well, I'm not a newbie and I don't understand it either. The only explanation for personal attacks on his lack of "intelligence" and all the other stuff that's been said is jealousy, like you said. And even if that's not it, that's what it looks like.
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