While many conservatives are running away from Donald Trump and his resurgent birtherism, Sean Hannity is embracing it and all but calling for more.
During the "Great American Panel" segment tonight, Hannity said, "You know who I’m really happy with? Donald Trump! Donald Trump is telling Republicans, ‘Take the gloves off and start fighting!’”
Doug Schoen, not normally a strong advocate for Democrats (to say the least), responded by telling Hannity that “the best thing that can happen to Barack Obama is to have Donald Trump associate Mitt Romney with the birther issue.”
You may recall that Hannity regularly insists that he's not a birther - at the same time that he regularly promotes the conspiracy theory.
Video below via Media Matters.
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Kevin, not at all. I apologize if I sounded grumpy. I very much appreciate your comments – always knowledgeable and thoughtful. Please keep ’em coming!
Ellen, hope I didn’t step on anyone’s toes. I’m probably just surprised that Schoen actually stuck up for her – given his behavior over the last year I would have expected him to side with Hannity. And it’s probably also due to me finding all of Trump’s statements so ridiculous that I don’t know how to address them.
It almost seemed like Hannity grew a set of balls. But then he went right back to his old pitch of dirty air dirty water pitch.
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Kevin Koster, I’m sorry you thought I left out the most interesting part. I thought I covered it by noting Schoen’s unexpected comments about Trump. Also, as awful as Schoen is, he does from time to time come through as a real Democrat.
http://www.newshounds.us/pigs_fly_fox_news_democrat_doug_schoen_smacks_down_hannity_s_catholic_contraception_constitutional_crisis_02082012
So while I was pleasantly surprised Schoen stuck up for giving the award to Huerta, it didn’t strike me as more noteworthy than the Trump comments.
http://www.newshounds.us/pigs_fly_fox_news_democrat_doug_schoen_smacks_down_hannity_s_catholic_contraception_constitutional_crisis_02082012
So while I was pleasantly surprised Schoen stuck up for giving the award to Huerta, it didn’t strike me as more noteworthy than the Trump comments.
Don’t be a coward. Take the gloves off allready.
The Trump birther nonsense was actually not the most interesting part of the Panel.
Doug Schoen actually did the right thing for once, sticking up for Dolores Huerta and correctly referring to her as a hero for migrant workers everywhere for the work she did with Cesar Chavez. The others tried to scoff at this and call her names, but Schoen made clear she’s a pretty mainstream liberal woman, not the boogeyman Hannity attempted to paint her as.
Of course, Schoen had to revert to form and predict an Obama loss if Wisconsin were to vote for Romney – but that’s the same song and dance we’ve already been hearing. And didn’t Schoen publicly tell the Democrats to run someone else rather than Obama?
Doug Schoen actually did the right thing for once, sticking up for Dolores Huerta and correctly referring to her as a hero for migrant workers everywhere for the work she did with Cesar Chavez. The others tried to scoff at this and call her names, but Schoen made clear she’s a pretty mainstream liberal woman, not the boogeyman Hannity attempted to paint her as.
Of course, Schoen had to revert to form and predict an Obama loss if Wisconsin were to vote for Romney – but that’s the same song and dance we’ve already been hearing. And didn’t Schoen publicly tell the Democrats to run someone else rather than Obama?
Call up the MGM Hotel in Las Vegas and book the convention center for the fight of the century..The Mitt vs. The Trumpster. It’s coming down the pipe real soon.
The RNC won’t be able to get rid of the Trumpster.
The RNC won’t be able to get rid of the Trumpster.
One rightwingnut racist birther idiot happy with another rightwingnut racist birther idiot.
What else is new . . .
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What else is new . . .
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Hannity regularly insists he's not a birther - at the same time that he happily promotes the conspiracy theory.
