Hannity Confronted Over Guilt By Association

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/08/robert-gibbs-confronts-ha_n_132842.html

You got to give credit to the American people, who managed to get through an entire evening of debate without ever once asking a question about William Ayers. It's almost as if the public has more pressing things on their minds these days. Of course, this is what everyone's been talking about since the weekend! What if they gave a debate and no one came with discussion of the voguish idiot question du jour?

Well rest assured, America, after the debate there was one venue where discussion on Ayers came hot and heavy: the Fox News Channel. I think it's all they talked about, actually! Everytime we tuned over to Fox, it was "YAAAAAAGHH OBAMA'S TERRORIST PAL!" Fred Thompson wanted to talk about it! Karl Rove wanted to talk about. And most of all, Sean Hannity wanted to talk about it with Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs, who'd already endured the business end of Mark Halperin's idiot vlog on the subject. Well, finally, Gibbs decided he just wasn't having any more of it, and in precisely the sort of parry that one wanted to see turned the guilt-by-association game on Hannity, asking him, "Are you anti-Semitic?" Soon, the conversation was a mess of yelling and crosstalk, with Gibbs loudly asking why Hannity would give a hatemonger a primo forum, and Hannity responding, "BENJAMIN NETANYAHU BLURBED MY BOOK! YAAHHHH! LOUD NOISES!"

Why'd he ask that? Oh, because Sean Hannity built an entire smear-job "news" program around the lunatic ravings of an anti-Semitic loon named Andy Martin. He's not the only man of that ilk that Hannity pals around with, either. Hannity protested that he's a friend of Israel, and that it's important for Fox News to respect the viewpoints of crackpots like Martin. Not to repeat ourselves, but that's why Hannity puts the "Sean" in "shonde."

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[eldidder]

LOL, This video is priceless. Sean Hannity got Served.

[LordOFDouchebaggery]

"i'm a journalist." ... no your not, you have no degree in journalism, or any degree for that matter. hannity kills me.

[12Ominous]

@LordOFDouchebaggery Well he's a crappy journalist, that's for sure, but lets not encourage aspiring journalists to throw away $40,000 for something they can learn on their own.

[moroney1]

@LordOFDouchebaggery you dont need a degree in journalism though to be one

[thebest129397]

@beefking69er suck his dick loser

[thebest129397]

sean hannity is a piece of shit

[luvitluvitbaby]

@KinglyNumbaOne Here is the big difference. When Hannity interviewed Malik Shabazz or Gloria Allred he was openly critical of their positions, and did not center his entire show around them. In the case of Andy Martin, he centered the show around him, and didn't dispute one thing the man said! BUT

to suggest Hannity is somehow anti-semetic because of an interview is ridiculous, but it's no more ridiculous than suggesting Obama is a terrorist because he knows Bill Ayers.

that's the point.

[luvitluvitbaby]

@AlanABQ Gibbs wasn't calling Hannity anti-semetic because he actually believes that. Sometimes, when you are dealing with someone who is asserting an unreasonable and irrational argument it's best to counter that argument with one as equally irrational. Instead of saying "look Sean your argument is unfair" he demonstrated for the audience how unfair guilt by association is by directing it towards Hannity. The more Hannity fought the unfair accusation the more he proved Obama's point.

[firecraig]

there is a difference in having a person on your show that has an opinion you disagree with is called fair and balanced journalism. Huge difference of having this guy on your show and starting your political career and being friends with a terrorist. Gibbs is an idiot. He wants Hannity to only interview people with opinions he agrees with..........moron. 30 years history of support of Israel......sounds real anti-semetic....... Please, anyone comment and defend this idiot.

[dannyd1572]

Fox and all of their natzi propaganda is going down.

[AlanABQ]

Wow, Gibbs is the quintessential punk-ass leftard. To allude to Hannity as "anti-semitic" for allowing controversial points on his show may just be one of the more shockingly stupid assertions I've heard in the last 2 & 1/2 years.

OK, if that's the case, then by association with Sharpton & Shabazz, he's also clearly a black nationalist.

Makes perfect sense, right...?

Leftards: you don't even have to say much about their bullshit that they won't make evident when they make attempts at reason.

[rhinnawi95]

I'm really conservative, but in this case, I think Gibbs had some points, mainly because Hannity gave him the card screaming "USE THIS AGAINST ME!"

Hannity is the journalist and Gibbs is the guy working with the government, though. That goes against Gibbs.