Hannity Hearts Call To Torture Boston Bomb Suspect

While most people were horrified by New York State Senator Greg Ball’s call for torturing Boston Marathon bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Sean Hannity didn’t have a discouraging word when he hosted Ball last night on Fox’ Hannity show. Ironically, Hannity was talking up “enhanced interrogation” and waterboarding on the very night that marked four years since he had said he’d undergo it for charity (to prove that it’s not torture) and yet hasn’t.

Hannity said, “I don’t believe enhanced interrogation is torture,” before noting that “Ollie North was waterboarded as part of his training." No explanation has to why he has weaseled out of his offer to undergo it himself, with proceeds to go to charity, and prove the point.

Ball boasted about how he had been speaking “from my heart” when he advocated torture as Hannity jumped in to say, “Get the answers! …We need to know what he knows!”

Hannity moved on to complain that Tsarnaev had been Mirandized and that Massachusetts has strict gun laws.

“I’ve got to get out of New York,” Hannity said. “Only seven bullets (are allowed) in my gun. I mean, this city, this state is taking people’s rights away left and right.”

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commented 2013-04-24 17:11:06 -0400 · Flag

@richard. well said. Adding only that the American attitude right after WWII was that the freedoms of the American society were based on universal human rights. After that war, America did an awful lot to promote those rights: Geneva convention, United Nations, Nurimberg trials, Marshall Plan, etc. etc. etc. Not all was good (e.g. Monroe doctrine, inconclusive turf wars in Asia, McCarthy’s very un-American campaign) but the overall opinion was positive.

The Republicans since Eisenhower, but especially since the Bushes (especially GWB) have done a great job of dissipating the goodwill towards the USA in the rest of the world.

commented 2013-04-24 08:50:36 -0400 · Flag

Kkklannity sez

My daddy served in WW2, that makes me a Hero!

Hannity And Malkin Defend Rutgers Coach: ‘My Father Hit Me With A Belt, And I Turned Out Okay’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYxJ982oi_w

commented 2013-04-24 03:37:30 -0400 · Flag

InSeanity keeps harping that he is a great shot, so why does he need more than seven bullets in a gun to dispatch a deadly foe?

I presume people have noticed that InSeanity usually makes the story about himself, and he is a pretty ruthless and indecent human being. I don’t have any sympathy for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, what he did was so terribly indiscriminate of human decency that I will not lose sleep at his suffering, but placing him in prison for life is likely to be the best torture he could possibly face. We have millions of prison inmates and suddenly people are concerned about the cost of incarceration. It is such nonsense.

commented 2013-04-23 19:43:34 -0400 · Flag

Hannity’s like that idiot in High School that knocked your lunch on the floor, stepped on it, then wondered why you were pissed about it… because he got enough to eat.

Then when the idea that maybe he can go without lunch for once comes up, he does everything he can to make sure that never happens, and keeping it up- while claiming that the threat doesn’t affect him.

Exact same logic- In fact, I’m kinda wondering about Hannity’s school reputation now.

commented 2013-04-23 19:36:05 -0400 · Flag

Tsarnaev is talking now, isn’t he? Tell me, Fox, should we torture him anyway just to keep up appearances?

NewsHounds posted about Hannity Hearts Call To Torture Boston Bomb Suspect on NewsHounds' Facebook page 2013-04-23 19:15:06 -0400

Ironically, Hannity was talking up waterboarding on the very night that marked four years since he had promised to undergo it to prove how harmless it is.