Is Sean Hannity a "Great American?"
September 1st 2009 23:50
If your ears can stand it and you have a few brain cells you don't mind risking, listen to Sean Hannity on the radio or watch him on FOX. You will no doubt hear him respond to callers who are of the same mind by calling them "great Americans." And it goes back and forth. The caller will say "You are a great American, Sean!" and he will then tell the caller that indeed they are a "great American."
Of course that means they are as ignorant of fact and as bereft of logic as he is. Listen to the callers for a time, and you will get the sense that everyone in America is afraid. Fearful of everything from health care reform to Muslims forcing America to convert.
Sean Hannity constantly defends former Vice President Dick Cheney, never once even questioning Cheney's decisions or views, only giving them his propaganda rubber stamp. Hannity often has the equally vile Karl Rove on, calling Rove "The Architect." Architect of what? An attempt at circumnavigating democracy to build his imagined "permanent majority."
Regular guests include Ann Coulter and Michele Bachmann, certified nutcases who come on and rail about how us libs are out to off Grandma. Sarah Palin drops by once in awhile to complete the trinity of idiotic women.
Want to know what Sean Hannity proposes for health care reform? His biggies are portability, tax savings accounts, and tort reform. Portability means loosening restrictions on selling insurance across state lines.
What that really comes down to is allowing insurance companies to skirt state rules, and to allow them to refine the art of cherry-picking clients.
The tax savings he champions are credits and/or tax free health savings accounts. Tax savings don't do much for people who can't afford the big premiums in the first place, or who are denied, or who are excluded, or who lose their jobs. And while some tort reform might be in order, it represents a minuscule part of the total health spending. But when confronted with facts, his real feelings come out.
First, let me point out that Sean Hannity doesn't often let himself be confronted by facts. If a progressive sounding caller gets on, he does one of two things. If the caller is a person who doesn't argue that well or who doesn't sound good on the radio, he will attempt to make them look bad. If they have facts or information that Hannity doesn't like, the caller will get summarily dismissed. Hannity will talk like he is "answering the question" when he will just be ranting with the caller already gone.
A really good example of Sean Hannity as the abrupt dismisser of positions not in line with his dogma happened when a caller who agreed with Hannity asked him to explain something to him. The caller said he agreed with everything Hannity said. He also said that he wanted "no part" of "socialized health care." Still, he wanted to know how we as Americans would pay for the skyrocketing costs.
What did the esteemed Mr. Hannity have to say? His voice got angry and he said to get out and work. He said, and I quote, "work 16 hours a day and you will be free." He said every American has the opportunity to be a millionaire, if they would just get out and do it. He actually berated the caller for wanting to ask about how to deal with the idiocy of costs spiraling upward.
Sean Hannity seems to miss the obvious in oh so many ways. First, if the base level of income was a million, a million wouldn't be worth much. Everything would rise accordingly. Second, there aren't enough resources for everyone to be "rich" Third, there will always be a need for janitors and plumbers, cashiers and waitresses. Is Hannity suggesting raising the minimum wage to a million a year?
Not to mention those that get hurt, or lose their job, or just can't work. Or those who are disabled. For them, Hannity suggests charity will cover, especially from churches. I suggest sick people start hitting up the churches now.
What this exchange suggests as much as anything is just how ignorant Sean Hannity is about real issues for real working Americans. What puzzles me is just how many of them listen to him. He should have no audience at all beyond millionaires wanting to grab more of the pie.
If Sean Hannity is a "Great American," just what does that say about America?
Of course that means they are as ignorant of fact and as bereft of logic as he is. Listen to the callers for a time, and you will get the sense that everyone in America is afraid. Fearful of everything from health care reform to Muslims forcing America to convert.
Sean Hannity constantly defends former Vice President Dick Cheney, never once even questioning Cheney's decisions or views, only giving them his propaganda rubber stamp. Hannity often has the equally vile Karl Rove on, calling Rove "The Architect." Architect of what? An attempt at circumnavigating democracy to build his imagined "permanent majority."
Regular guests include Ann Coulter and Michele Bachmann, certified nutcases who come on and rail about how us libs are out to off Grandma. Sarah Palin drops by once in awhile to complete the trinity of idiotic women.
Want to know what Sean Hannity proposes for health care reform? His biggies are portability, tax savings accounts, and tort reform. Portability means loosening restrictions on selling insurance across state lines.
What that really comes down to is allowing insurance companies to skirt state rules, and to allow them to refine the art of cherry-picking clients.
The tax savings he champions are credits and/or tax free health savings accounts. Tax savings don't do much for people who can't afford the big premiums in the first place, or who are denied, or who are excluded, or who lose their jobs. And while some tort reform might be in order, it represents a minuscule part of the total health spending. But when confronted with facts, his real feelings come out.
First, let me point out that Sean Hannity doesn't often let himself be confronted by facts. If a progressive sounding caller gets on, he does one of two things. If the caller is a person who doesn't argue that well or who doesn't sound good on the radio, he will attempt to make them look bad. If they have facts or information that Hannity doesn't like, the caller will get summarily dismissed. Hannity will talk like he is "answering the question" when he will just be ranting with the caller already gone.
A really good example of Sean Hannity as the abrupt dismisser of positions not in line with his dogma happened when a caller who agreed with Hannity asked him to explain something to him. The caller said he agreed with everything Hannity said. He also said that he wanted "no part" of "socialized health care." Still, he wanted to know how we as Americans would pay for the skyrocketing costs.
What did the esteemed Mr. Hannity have to say? His voice got angry and he said to get out and work. He said, and I quote, "work 16 hours a day and you will be free." He said every American has the opportunity to be a millionaire, if they would just get out and do it. He actually berated the caller for wanting to ask about how to deal with the idiocy of costs spiraling upward.
Sean Hannity seems to miss the obvious in oh so many ways. First, if the base level of income was a million, a million wouldn't be worth much. Everything would rise accordingly. Second, there aren't enough resources for everyone to be "rich" Third, there will always be a need for janitors and plumbers, cashiers and waitresses. Is Hannity suggesting raising the minimum wage to a million a year?
Not to mention those that get hurt, or lose their job, or just can't work. Or those who are disabled. For them, Hannity suggests charity will cover, especially from churches. I suggest sick people start hitting up the churches now.
What this exchange suggests as much as anything is just how ignorant Sean Hannity is about real issues for real working Americans. What puzzles me is just how many of them listen to him. He should have no audience at all beyond millionaires wanting to grab more of the pie.
If Sean Hannity is a "Great American," just what does that say about America?
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