Sean Hannity may have weaseled out of undergoing waterboarding for himself but that doesn’t mean he’s not eager to waterboard others! No, Siree! Last night, he was so enthusiastic about the practice, he announced to guest Liz Cheney, “I would have done it myself.” Meanwhile, Cheney once again complained that the Senate Intelligence Committee’s investigation of torture practices is a distraction from Benghazi.
In case you don’t recall, Hannity promised - nearly five years ago – to undergo the procedure for charity and to prove it’s not torture. But Hannity has never decided to go through with that promise. Even though he calls waterboarding “dunking.” Even though Keith Olbermann offered a thousand dollars for every second Hannity withstands the procedure. Video below.
The context for this discussion was the Senate Intelligence Committee report that is extremely critical of the CIA’s harsh treatment of terrorism suspects. As the Washington Post quoted one U.S. official briefed on the report, harsh treatment (i.e. torture) was not effective for “getting unique, otherwise unobtainable intelligence that helped disrupt terrorist plots and save thousands of lives.” Despite claims otherwise.
Last week, Hannity reacted by painting torture as patriotic. Last night, he labeled its cheerleaders as “principled.” And victims of those liberal meanies:
As we’ve seen over the years, loud-mouth liberals have never been afraid to besmirch the reputation of principled leaders inside the Bush administration.
Of course, the chief “principled leader” in danger of being “besmirched” by revelations in the still-classified report is former Vice President Dick Cheney. He has insisted that “enhanced interrogations” were “essential” to saving American lives. Should this report prove otherwise he might not be looking quite as principled as Hannity would have you believe.
But Hannity seems to love torture (for other people) just as much as he loves Cheney:
We waterboarded three people. Three. And you know what? I would have done it myself… considering the information we’ve gotten.
Enter daughter – and reconstituted Fox News contributor - Liz Cheney. She’s been on something of a Daddy Rehab tour, courtesy of Fox. On Fox News Sunday, she suggested the CIA torture investigation was little more than a distraction from Benghazi. Earlier yesterday, Cheney visited Fox & Friends where she talked up torture as a sensible tool of “brave men and women” and attacked critic Nancy Pelosi. On Hannity last night, Cheney was back to the Benghazi defense.
Hannity asked her, “Why do you think they keep going back to” criticizing torture?
Cheney replied:
Maybe they don’t want to talk about the threat that we face today. Maybe they’re trying to distract from things like Benghazi. They’d rather focus on the enhanced interrogation techniques. It’s amazing to me that they continue to go back to it.
Only on Fox News would torture be painted as a distraction from Benghazi.
Video below via Media Matters.
Hannity graphic by Nina Brodsky.
“I’ll let myself be waterboarded, to prove it isn’t tor- Wait, I’m being called to deliver? BAWK BAAAWK, BOK BOK BOK! What I meant to say was, I would volunteer to waterboard others. Never mind that it’s one of the tortures that demonstrations require an expert for a reason!”
There is very little evidence that Slanthead gives a damn about our troops and their families, despite his constant on-air claims to the contrary, not to mention his constant smearing and besmirching (one of Hannocchio’s favorite words) of Obama and everyone on the left for turning their backs on active-duty troops and veterans (outright Hannity lie).
He’s made claims that he’s visited wounded soldiers at Walter Reed [there, I spelled it right] and other hospitals, but refused to provide details. And don’t forget the total scam he and convict Oliver North ran to fleece thousands into thinking their $ would go for military and veterans families kids scholarships.
Any statement Slanthead makes regarding the military is highly suspect, considering that he is a complete coward. As we’ve pointed out before, he was the perfect age to enlist during the first Iraq war, but didn’t. And then his on-air proclamation that because his father served in WWII, he didn’t have to put on a uniform.
As Scooter said here: “There is no bigger chickenhawk on the air today.”
Of course Hannocchio would have us believe how strong and tough he is — always bragging about his arsenal: two licensed Glocks he tucks into his belt every day before coming into Manhattan, his three (and counting) AR-15s, and at least one or more shotguns.
Did ya’ll know he said on the radio not long ago that he’s teaching his wimpy, skinny, would-be-Johnny-Mac, son Patrick how to shoot a shotgun? What a joke! Slanthead earier admitted on air that 1) he tried firing a shotgun but couldn’t hit a single skeet, and 2) he once fell over from the shotgun’s kick.
Gee… will Patrick learn how to handle a shotgun? But he better get the hang of it. Pretty soon, he’ll be going to the movies in Oyster Bay by himself, and you never know when another kid might throw popcorn at him. Bam! Bam! Fill ’em with buckshot!
The Stop Hannity Express will head to the streets everyday and tell the masses of Hannocchio’s failed promise to our troops through social media, and mainstream media.
Call every radio station, local and national, and internet, and tell the world of Hannocchio’s refusal to help our troops.
We will continue the pressure until he water boards himself.
NOTE TO HANNITY
Your father raised a coward who never knew how to man-up for once in his miserable life.
