Posted on 08/19/2023 5:22:22 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
I recently came upon an excellent montage that undeniably lays bare the scam-in-a-suit that is Sean Hannity.
The first half of the clip shows Hannity shilling at the top of his lungs on Fox News for the PATRIOT Act/NSA surveillance in the post-9/11 panic that included, among many other Orwellian provisions, wiretapping of U.S. citizens with no probable cause as required by the Constitution.
The second half shows Hannity turning on a dime once Obama is in office, suddenly developing a deeply-held belief in 4th Amendment protections: “As law-abiding U.S. citizens, you have a right to privacy.”
(I recognize and don’t care that the montage below is produced by leftist Media Matters – an organization that I strongly dislike – because the footage is all real, it speaks for itself, and there’s no editorializing. I am capable of vetting information regardless of its provenance or my own tribal loyalties. If you dig through the archives of Hannity talking about national security over the years, you will discover that he very much changes his tune depending on the current political context.)
The PATRIOT Act and related legislation – at least prior to COVID Public Health™ bio-surveillance regime — was the biggest intrusion into Americans’ constitutionally guaranteed privacy in history, enabled and cheerleaded by none more voraciously than Sean Hannity – at least until the other team took power.
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” -Benjamin Franklin
Examples of Hannity’s hackiness in service to the corporate state are legion, such as his shameless shilling for Kevin McCarthy prior to his confirmation as Speaker , even when the Freedom Caucus and the GOP br were putting up solid resistance.
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
Amen
Neoyankees both
And levin was virulent anti Trump till it got to his pocketbook
Anyone still working for fox is in it for the money and all to willing to keep thier mouths shut on many issues, tucker proved it!
I’m sorry, but there were times when Hannity got me through a rough patch.
If he is held in contempt for things, I shall remember his being the only bright light in the murkey world of deception.
If he goofed a little, I am willing to forgive him.
He meant well.
GOOD for you. Because it is TRUE
It has always been apparent that Hannity is a weak minded, feel good, bell weather interviewer who is much too fond of the sound of his own voice. Have not watched him in years.
Maybe read later.
Hannity was never anything more than an echo chamber of Rush Limbaugh ideas. Without Limbaugh, Hannity offers no more than Maddow. Just tribal bleating.
Sean Hannity is an empty suit? I would wager that he has an empty head. The suit has been filling up and has reached capacity or approximately 50lbs heavier than the stressed suit was engineered to withstand.
It’s called “giving head”.
Rupert Murderock demands it. Hannity delivers.
/spit
57 years old been coming here too Freerepublic since the beginning. over time I have come to realize that political shows ran by hosts like Sean Hannity, Glen beck, Rush Limbaugh, have just as many foibles and are just as likely to get something wrong as anyone else.
I still listen to their shows but unlike when I was younger, I have a will earned jaded ear. I take in what they have to say but realize they are there arguing there position a lot of times not because it’s their position but because some unknown person or group of people want that position to be taken and spread.
There is still value in watching these shows, but it is really impotent to have your own opinion formed by listening to many differing talking heads and from conflicting talking heads.
the empty suit argument is a bullshit argument as far as I am concerned because it makes the assumption that there is one person to listen to and fallow that won’t lead you astray on positions.
That one person does not exist. We have to sort through the noise looking for the bits of info to form are own opinion.
“>i>He does martial arts, you know.”
I heard somewhere his Mom was a prison guard and rank and file FBI are good people.
LOL He also painted houses and washed
dishes. Not that there’s anything wrong
with that.
He’s a one trick pony, and the trick seems to be not being sent to the glue factory.
Hannity has been a sell out for years.
I have read your posts but stopped at your above comment.
Here are the facts, Skr.
Despite all the criticism of Trump's New York Style and his choices to head government agencies and cabinets, Trump was a success. Let's go down the Trump memory hole and review the Obama/Biden/Hillary impediments and Trump's successes.
To begin with there was the Hillary inspired Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax that was known to and thereby approved by the Obama/Biden Administration. Think about that, a previous POTUS purposely set out to obstruct an incoming administration. That has never happened in American history. This was unimaginable just 8 years ago.
Was Trump wrong March 2017, when he accused the Obama/Biden Administration of spying on him? No he was not, but who believed him? He was not being outrageous or narcissistic. Trump was accurate and told the truth. Don't forget Governor DeSantis was then Congressman DeSantis. What did Congressman DeSantis do about all that Hillary/Obama crap from 2012 thru 2018? FYI, DeSantis chaired the Subcommittee on National Security (Remember the illegal unsecured home server while she was Secretary of State?) and served on the Foreign Affairs (Hello Benghazi!) and Judiciary Committees (the deletion of 30,000 emails).
Then there were the two Impeachments 1 and 2 and finally the Special Prosecutor Investigation. Impeachment 2 - Trump gets impeached for one phone call with Zelenskyy while Biden's Crime Family made millions off of Ukraine's corrupt company Burisma. Simply unbelievable!
Despite the despicable, malicious, and bullying behavior by Obama, Biden and Hillary and the very anemic RINO response, which recent POTUS was as successful as Trump?
Here is a shortlist of Trump's accomplishments in the 4 years that were positives for the majority of if not ALL Americans:
The gas price per gallon was about $2.30 vs $3.80 under Biden (This is a cost increase of $30/20 gal refill for each American).
Inflation was about 1.4%, mortgage rates were half of what they are now.
Unemployment was low before Covid and before Blue Governors shut everything down and we were in the midst of a V-shaped recovery until January 22, 2021.
Tax decrease - tax laws promoted small businesses as well as large.
US enjoyed energy independence - No Green Agenda, no war on energy, No Paris Treaty.
No war in Ukraine, no threat of nuclear war, NATO paid its way.
China was quiet and we were winning the trade war.
US companies were bringing home well paying jobs due to well executed tax treatments.
There was peace in the Middle East, aka Abraham Accords; the US Embassy moved to Jerusalem; and Iran was isolated. Remember Trump's audacious assassination of Iran's Qassem Soleimani?
How about Trump destroying Isis in just a matter on months?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/heres-how-much-ground-isis-has-lost-since-trump-took-over
Trump handled Syria and Russia elegantly and successfully.
https://apnews.com/article/fee4d978f1ca42aaa891a59c5307a261
Trump got three non-left “I don't know what a woman is” Supreme Court Justices on the bench allowing Roe vs Wade to be overturned.
Trump had an excellent Economic Team and the US enjoyed a AAA+ rating that Biden's Team destroyed in 2+ years:
https://time.com/4440711/donald-trump-economic-advisors/
They were brilliant! And do not forget Wilbur Ross.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_Donald_Trump
Funny how Russia was quiet during the Trump Administration. There was no Russian invasion of Ukraine until Biden took over. Why was that?
I hope you remember this:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nuclear-summit-obama-medvedev-idUSBRE82P0JI20120326
This was a very memorable and strategic event early into Trump's Administration:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/12/trump-xi-jinping-chocolate-cake-syria-strikes
The above is why Putin behaved himself during the Trump Administration. Putin invaded the Ukraine under Biden just like he did under Obama when he claimed Crimea.
Who the heck can accomplish the above in four years while being impeached twice and investigated by the Obama/Biden Weaponized Agencies?
Trump received 11 million more votes in 2020 over 2016. Never has a sitting President lost when receiving more votes in his reelection bid. Trump increased his vote total by 17+%. Trump can claim victory in 17 of the 18 bellwether counties but still “lost” according to the Dems/MSM?
Do you really believe that Bumbling Biden received 15 million more votes than Hillary? That is an amazing and unbelievable 23% increase in votes for Bumbling Biden than Hillary. The election was blatantly in your face stolen.
Face it, Trump did one hell of a job! Consider yourself schooled.
I already know what Trump’s accomplishments are. What does that have to do with my observation about Hannity’s contribution to Trump getting elected? After reading so many disparaging remarks about Hannity (who is not my preferred opiner, to be clear), I just thought we might not be so vitriolic about someone who was key to the Trump presidency, that’s all. I know there are problems about Hannity and J6, but he’s not at fault for the outcome. We should simply not make everything into a contest between perfection and disaster. Few are right or wrong all of the time.
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