I'm the one who said something [about Sean Hannity] and I am no disruptor

Sean Hannity's Radio Show | VaBthang4

[jammer]

Yeah, "audible" might fit. We owe him a lot, even as we owe Rush a lot (I won't put in the caveat, "I disagree with them some"--there are posters here who don't like that). But, still, James Burnham, especially in the NR Bulletin (better than NR IMO), Ralph DeToladano, and others fought the good fight. I even loved D. Keith Mano.

[L`enn]

Actually, I meant my comment as a general overview as to the differences between us, yes I mean us, and the lefties. I believe it is a good thing that we are not like the Dem's lining up in Iowa, mouthing the party line in regards to Affirmative Action, Abortion etc., in order to sell themselves to the "base". We are not the group that rolls out the "I am personally opposed to "fill in the blank" , but ....". If we believe in something we say it, if we don't we make that clear also. That is a good thing, a very good thing.

The part that galls me about the Democrats is summed up in the person of Ted Kennedy. You know damned well that he cares little about women or the poor, yet he is held up as their champion. Name one Conservative-Republican that is like that. Its quite hard too. Unfortunately we could name hundreds of Dems like him. Their ilk do not compromise their principals either. They hide them or cloak them, but they do not compromise, and that is one quality that makes me detest them the worst.

Getting off track here, but I meant in no way to slam Rush or Sean. Rush is an icon and it is hard to find fault with him or Sean . We can nitpick for sure, (I could but won't, it is minimal at worst and does not detract from their overall stature or message), but the good part about that is, well, do you see ANY Democrats nitpick about the Clintons? About Boxer or Feinstein? Patsy Schroeder? On and on.

[Godebert]

" Hey Englebert, you never told me whether the girl in the picture was laughing at you or not. "

I struck a nerve, huh? BTW oh great conservative one, you can bet Sean Hannity doesn't have an aol account like yourself. Why don't you just send your money directly to Sarah Brady or the DNC? Speaking of "smiling girls", strange I didn't notice a single one (smiling or otherwise) in your aol photo album. I reckon that "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy is working out pretty well for you, huh? Now go back to your aol chat rooms, boy.

[stuartcr]

All radio talk show hosts are full of themselves, otherwise, it's a pre-requisite for the job.

[albee]

Hey Sean!

Got along without you before I heard you
Gonna get along without you now!!!!!

[McGruff]

With Freepers like you who needs enemies.

[VaBthang4]

Hahaha...

I'll take that as a "yes".

http://www.feedthechildren.com/

You need to join up and see if they can hook you up.

[Intolerant in NJ]

...and others fought the good fight......it's true - there were other voices, but they seemed so few and far between - I remember the days back in the 60's when I would look eagerly but with not much hope through various newspapers, mags, and TV programs for somebody, anybody, who was expressing anything like I was thinking about much of what was going on - even SI Hayakawa (sp?) was a refreshing and encouraging pundit in those days - as imperfect as many of today's commentators on the right may be, the times sure seem much less lonesome than they were then......

[jammer]

Thanks for reminding me about ol' SI. Yes, I remember him now. That was the first time I heard of a "semanticist". I understood "semantics", but still have not idea what a semanticist is. But he was refreshing.

[The South Park Republican]

Sean is a useful dunce for us. He toes the line and supports Republicans 100%. For that, I am thankful and applaud him.

But the truth is, he's not very bright (Or, I should say not very good on his feet). He's much better on the radio where he can read his talking points and cue cards. On TV he's a bit of an embarrassment. When debating he can ONLY site one or two pieces of evidence because that's all that will fit on his flash card.

Sean's a great guy but he needs to realize his shortcomings and change them or take the abuse.

[Search4Truth]

How quickly we forget the time when Conservatives had no voice in popular media that we can indulge in petty bickering amongst good fellow Conservatives.

Sean Hannity is one of the good guys, and we can disagree with him without being derogatory.

BTW, Sean was on the Right side of the Lott issue.

[The South Park Republican]

Simple question: Must we go out of our way to be disagreeable or even downright nasty with a conservative that we do not agree with on one issue or several issues? I would much rather spend the energy destroying liberals.

I can only assume this means you won't be bashing Senator Frist anymore?

[The South Park Republican]

I don't think he is referring to a single incident attack. No. I don't think so.

Sean did something the other day that was very revealing about how Sean thinks. What did he do?

He brought on John McCain to his show, and RESPECTFULLY asked him why he opposed the President's tax plan.

It showed that Sean was not happy with McCain, but that he was very open, honest, and curious to hear a response from the horse's mouth. He did not flame war McCain on the air, or call him names.

Sean doesn't seem to want to hear a bunch of jive ass rhetoric.

If you mention the name McCain here on FR, you will get a list of people calling him all kinds of names from McLame, to Democrat, to RINO, etc etc.

Sean though cut the BS and asked the guy the question and listened to a response, where McCain actually said 'I only disagree with certain provisions of the plan, not the whole plan'...

At least though in Sean's mind, McCain had the opportunity to defend himself above and without all of the flame war name calling.

It doesn't mean Sean agreed with McCain, but he didn't lambast the guy over it.

I think it is the 300 degrees past Regan loudmouth, holier and more conservative than you all, I-AM the definition of conservative people that are a turn off.

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Your comments here are some of the best I've ever seen on Free Republic. Well done.

The "RINO" screamers around here sometimes make me think that we all have to be either Pat Buchanan or Gary Bauer in order to NOT be called a disruptor from DUhhh.

(Sorry I didn't put your comments in italics but I didn't feel like puting a bunch of those <'s and p's in front of each line of yours. I REALLY wish that could get fixed.)

[maui_hawaii]

Thank you for your kind comments.

Again, I think it is the people on the fringes with the biggest mouths. Its kind of like the old idea about being careful around the quiet guy. He probably sees no need to brag about whatever it is he does. But he is probably a bona fide B.A.

This is not any sort of complaint against JR or any Admin at all. They are doing a pretty good job IMO. However, overall, if FR wants to regain on some of its losses (if you want to call it that), and stay the 500 pound gorilla of the internet, we need more mainstream people here willing to take over the joint. Don't get me wrong, there are alot here already though, but sometimes they are outnumbered as of late, IMO.

I think maybe there should be some kind of recognition of excellence tagged beside poster's nicks. Maybe a gold star beside their nick or something. In order to get the tag there should be certain requirements, such as recommendation by other freepers, length of time here, and demonstration of general thoughtfulness in their posts. It should be a combination, not just sheer seniority. There can even be different color of stars, gold, silver, red, green, etc.

In ways it will make reading threads a lot easier, and have people recognize that they should attempt to earn their stripes around here.

(Just an idea Jim)

[Intolerant in NJ]

ol' SI...he was an original -I remember him as being billed as a "professor of language" and later becoming President (I think) of the University of San Francisco (I think), where he got a lot of publicity for speaking out about the cultural deterioration which was becoming obvious on campus - always wearing his unusual little hat with the pompon on top. Later served as US Senator from Calif. for a few years, and gathered more publicity for falling asleep at his desk a number of times during sessions of the Senate - too bad he didn't start a trend among all Senators - we'd probably be better off...