Posted on 02/17/2005 1:15:24 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Keep up the good work Sean!
If you're taking flak, you're over the target!
Bombs away!
I still feel Sean Hannity was rightfully taken to the woodshed here. And I am totally sick of his tendency to ramble about himself and hawking books, etc..
That said, I was feeling pretty bad today since he is doing a tremendous job getting the Conservative message out to the listeners.
I apologize for anything negative I said about him....and hope he reciprocates about us.
He's the only natinally syndicated talk show host who cared enough to mention the fight for Terry Chiavo's life.
I think he realized he painted with a broad brush. I'm glad he talked about this.He talked about it today? He backed off the stupid talk from yesterday?
Will you give it an rest already. Does thread hijacker mean anything to you?
You have FR mail.
Yea, I got thru to his show and was on for 10-15 minutes.
Are you the thread police? I didn't know it was a touchy subject. I only thought of him because the subject of people leaving was part of this Hannity story. I've been wondering where he went. Sorry if I hit a nerve. I didn't know.
Yea, I got thru to his show and was on for 10-15 minutes.Oh, you did!? Well, that's great! Glad you were able to get in some good PR for FR.
Thanks!
Hey Jim,
I enjoyed listening to the Freeper and Sean talking about FR today on Sean's show.
Hoping ALL is well with YOU and SHEILA!
How did we get the audio stream from the original "slam"? Is it possible to do the same on the call?
She loves me, and I love her, and that will mellow the toughest of flame warriors.
Thank you.
Agreed.
"Do ya feel lucky punk? Well, do ya"
Go to Hannity bashes free republic and you can hear the audio stream. I hope someone can put up the stream of today's show when I called in.
I've been trying to figure out for awhile why Hannity was made the conservative whipping boy these last months. Haven't a clue.
I believe there is quite a bit of hypocrisy blowing back and forth and everyone needs to get over it. Two days wasted on this nonsense that could have been better spent focusing on our stated objectives.
(As an aside, one of the problems with the Lucianne site is that you can't respond to other posters. Here if someone posts something nonfactual, or offending, there is great leeway to respond, and I think that is part of the lifeblood of the site. It allows for a bit of fractiousness, but that is healthy, and all groups, and all families have that to some extent.)
Anyway, more to the central point, Sean tends to express a belief that because we are all on this site, and that because he has supported FreeRepublic in the past, that he, Lucianne, and Matt Drudge shouldn't be criticized.
The problem with that reasoning is that the other side will have its dissenters, like Zell Miller, yet Sean will openly welcome him. If Sean were consistent in his views, he would tell Miller that while he is respectful of his views, Zell shouldn't criticize Democrats like Clinton or Kennedy because he is still a Democrat.
Another thing Sean doesn't understand is that leaders always get criticized, and I DO consider Hannity to be a leader! President Bush has had more than his share of disagreements with his fellow Republicans, otherwise there would have been no need for a primary in the 2000 election. Yet he won, and continues to win, despite disagreement with other Republicans.
Hannity needs to go one extra yard in his development. He needs to understand that while there are people here who will passionately disagree with him, there are others who will just as passionately fight alongside him and defend him. FreePers will fight a just cause with just leaders. Sean has to be able to stand up to his dectractors as strongly as some of us do. But if he abandons the fighters along with the detractors, he cannot ever present himself as a leader. Freedom and great leaders are worth fighting FOR! And THAT is the kind of people who constitute the bulk of this site. Sean does not comprehend this. I can't express it any more clearly.
Hannity did a good job today redeeming himself as per FR. He had numerous personal attacks which were not substantive.
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