Hannity is a mixed bag that has a deep establishment streak. He’s a republican before he is a conservative. He is a republican before whatever religious belief he has. For example, I dont think he would support a conservative democrat (there use to be such a thing) over a liberal Republican. I’ve watched his Fox show with high-hopes, but have become more and more disappointed. For example, he just loves that establishment pig, Carl Rowe. Also Hannity may often have his heart in the right place, but he’s just not very smart.
The kicker for me was his siding with the ridiculous slander against Moore and his repeating of the charges (word for word) as if they were true. This after some of us gave him the benefit of the doubt on sexual slander that was charged against him. If I followed his lead, I would be saying:
“I think that bringing a female employee to a hotel room and trying to coerce favors is unforgivable and should be prosecuted at once. Perhaps Hannity, would you like to explain to us why you did this and let us know the facts so we can get to the bottom of the truth.”
Now to be clear, I think both Hannity and Moore are innocent and have been slandered. But Hannity is the disappointment, I may never watch him again!
Hannity is a mixed bag that has a deep establishment streak. He’s a republican before he is a conservative. He is a republican before whatever religious belief he has.
Ridiculous slander against Moore? Not Hannity. I was really kind of upset at him Thursday for defending Moore to the over the top degree he was. I take these accusations seriously. I didn’t know what Moore did (still dont) but on Thursday. Hannity was railing for 3 hours about this being a hit job on Moore for political purposes. He over defended Moore. No surprise he had him on the next day to toss him the softballs and clear up these allegations.
I went for a long hike Friday afternoon so missed a lot of his show. On the way home I heard him for a moment and he was strikingly more equivocal about Moore. I wondered what had happened. Later last night I saw he had been on the show, and I read the responses Moore gave. No wonder Hannity changed his over the top defense.
It is fatiguing how FReepers critique Hannity’s intelligence. He is a good, loyal, trustworthy, conservative person who can speak extemporaneously for 20+ hours a week, work for 15-20 hours a day, with flair and energy and passion. You try that. I know I don’t have that kind of energy! He doesn’t shrink from fights even if they affect his bottom line. So I don’t wish to measure his IQ against anyone. It’s not important because he is the real deal. I’d prefer 1 Hannity on our side over a bunch of pointy headed intellectuals who are lazy and wrong half the time.