Poor Sean Hannity

King ^ | April 22, 2003 | Charley Reese

[Beenliedto]

Now just remember that a few short months ago, everyone on Free republic loved this guy.

[cicero's_son]

I disagree with Charlie on the war, but he's spot on regarding Hannity.

I heard the show Reese is referring to in the article. It was a disgrace. Hannity actually said something along the lines of, "big deal, so we broke a bunch of stupid clay pots."

[Puppage]

And they don't now? Because of a museum?

[Puppage]

big deal, so we broke a bunch of stupid clay pots."

And, just how many US lives are YOU willing to lose the protect those "pots"?

Sure, I agree that in the interest of history & such, that it would wonderful to have saved them. HOWEVER, it is secondary to the removal of Saddam & his thugs.

Ya thinks it's POSSIBLE, that all this crying about the museum is coming from those on the left because there's NOTHING ELSE THEY CAN COMPLAIN ABOUT, OR TAKE ISSUE WITH?

[Amore]

I grew up reading this guy's columns. He's been senile for quite some time now.

[ChuckHam]

Is Charley a liberal? Sure sounds like one since he parrots every liberal talking point he hears.

[MrsEmmaPeel]

Why was it responsibility of the US military to protect and defend the heritage of the Iraqi people? After WWII, the Japanese people never looted their own treasures, neither did the Germans. I would imagine that the US military had enough on their plate securing the future of the Iraqi people. The past should have been protected by the Iraqi people themselves.

[sirchtruth]

I heard the show Reese is referring to in the article. It was a disgrace. Hannity actually said something along the lines of, "big deal, so we broke a bunch of stupid clay pots."

Your wrong, and so is Charlie! Sean was referring to the FACT that the real left whiners were more concerned about this museum than Iraqi's being tortured and their lives!

Get a clue.

[BruceS]

People are anti-war because they do not wish to see anyone die — our soldiers, their soldiers, our civilians or their civilians. Anti-war is pro-life.

I haven't seen this much bologna since I got out of grade school. Those who were anti-war were saying that it was OK to let a despotic regime continue to murder thousands of people rather than us get involved. Reminds me of that famous case in New York where people did nothing while a woman was raped and killed on the street in front of their homes. Being anti-war means that you consider your life and the life of your friends to be more important than some third-world, non-white person's life.

That said, not everyone who is anti-war is anti-Bush. Just most of them.

[Helms]

Sean may not be the heir to El Rushbo. He is way more red meat eating than Rush and does not yet have the intellectual gravitas and depth of Rush.

[Alouette]

Well, what can you expect from an immature groupie? a senile old idiot? Every time he tries to think, his face reflects the pain of the effort.

[cicero's_son]

I'm not on the Left, but I think the looting of that museum was a tragedy.

Don't make the same mistake the Left does, boiling everything down to scoring political points or defending our goal. Conservatives care about history and culture, as we should. It's one of the things that distinguishes us from the Left, which always wins when people are cut off from their past. After all, who are the great culture-destroyers of the 20th century? Mao, Lenin, Pol Pot...

[Miss Marple]

I haven't read this guy in some time. I would like to know why he has such a visceral hatred of George Bush. He has managed to roll into several columns every stupid comment I have heard from the left wing over the last 3 years, such as the LIE that Bush brags about not reading books.

He is also apparently unable to read current wire reports, statements by archaeological and museum experts, and the Wall Street Journal, all of whom have pointed out that there is a very real possibility that this was an inside job done under cover of the looting.

[nicmarlo]

We've protected all the oil fields, north and south. Do you really believe we couldn't have spared two fire teams to guard the irreplaceable artifacts of the beginnings of Western civilization? Of course we could have. Somebody just goofed.

Yes, that would be Saddam Hussein and regime. They were told to get out. They were given 48 hours. They refused. Oil fields: let's see, at the last war, hundreds were set on fire. We were prepared this time, only 9 I believe were set.

Human life is worth more than antiquities. Those who stole from the museums are the guilty party, not the US who freed human beings from prisons, tyranny, and torture.

I don't blame President Bush. I'm sure he's unaware of their existence. After all, he brags about not reading.

This is an untruth...George Bush reads, a lot.

There is a definitely a whiff of anti-intellectualism — so characteristic of fascist states — in the air.

Yes, there is, and it's coming from people like you.

[PGalt]

Charlie (misplaced priorities, misplaced anger) Reese, trying to fire up the "arts and croissant" crowd. Whaaa whaa whaa...what a column.

[cicero's_son]

I'm not wrong.

I heard the show.

I listen to him just about every day.

[oldvike]

It's not a question of patriots versus traitors, as the morons among the neoconservative crowd try to paint every human being who refuses to click his heels and salute their guru, Richard Perle, and their emperor, George Bush

Very true.

[appeal2]

This reminds of the time that Klinton didn't bomb a palace in Yugoslavia where he could have taken out the evil Milosevic because there was a Picasso hanging there. I guess we should have skipped the invasion to preserve the museum.

[smith288]

Sean is getting on my nerves... Especially during the Lott issue. Hannity would stick up for Lott if Lott called the Black Caucus an "auction". Colmes is wrong 90% of the time but I like his style more than Hannity who just likes to scream and name call. At least Colmes debates without the emotion a liberal tends to debate with. Funny its Sean who gets all worked up and emotional.

Colmes is butt ugly but even tempered, Sean is a good looking guy (being comfortable in my sexuality) but an emotional hot head.

[mware]

Come on, it has been reported that the theft of the museum was an inside job. The thieves had the keys to the vaults.

It has also been reported that a large portion of the artifacts were in fact copies. It has been reported that the museum had a plan that could safeguard pieces in the museum within 24 hours.

As to the dig on Sean, I think he was right. The life of one of our military on the ground is worth anything in that museum.