Hannity bashes Free Republic (February 2005)

[1Old Pro]

Just now on his radio show...says we taken over by fringe people

listen to the audio

[evets]

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

And can he effectively imitate the freeper classics like Jim Rob, Doug from Upland, Johnny Chung and that FREEPER grrl whose name I forget that can post 1000 posts with graphics and links on Bill and Hill faster than you can say: "Holy FREEPERS, Batman!"?

Besides, can he lay claim to what makes FR so enjoyable: You FREEPERS?


I DON'T THINK SO!!!!

[expatpat]

Yeah, there are a bunch of people who joined up around October of last year who are a little off the wall.

[Obadiah]

I AM FRINGE. HEAR ME ROAR!

[Paradox]

I agree. Even though some of what he says is true, its not a reason to bash FR, especially to get traffic to your own site. Very slimy of him.

The fact is, even if 90% of FR was childish extremist self-eating garbage, the other 10% would STILL comprise better content than anything by the MSM and most blog sites.

[dirtboy]

Just now on his radio show...says we taken over by fringe people

Sean says we've been taken over the fringe people. Meanwhile, the fringe people say we've been taken over by the GOP.

Which would seem to indicate we're in just about the right zone, where we can pi** off both groups.

[Lazamataz]

He also said we eat our own,

So when's it MY turn????

[TruthSetsUFree]

He said that FReepers started eating their own, and if I were in his shoes, with all that's been said about him on this site, I'd say the same thing. I've never been able to understand all the negative and snide comments on FR about Hannity except for this: he's good-looking and successful in his career and home life, and it seems to me that many people on FR are showing an ugly jealousness that is only detrimental to the purposes of FR.

I personally thank God for a conservative talk show host that seems to live what he talks. I really like Rush, and there's none like him, but I really really wish his personal life would reflect more of the conservative values that he espouses on the air. Sean's does, from what little I know, and I really appreciate him for that and for his commitment to conservative values in general. His goals are the same as FR's, and I see no reason to be so critical of him because of such minor things as advertising his book. The reasons many FReepers give for disliking him are very petty, actually, and it dismays me to no end, since I really like FR. I don't particpate much, but I lurk a lot, and am thankful to Jim Robinson for all his hard work in providing such a resource.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

The comments about Rush using FR are not conjectural. I'm a 24/7 member and often have his webcam (which is excellent, by the way) up on my screen when he's broadcasting and I'm at my desk.

Very often, you can CLEARLY see that Rush's browser is pointed at FR. That, and Drudge, and Google News, and a few other recognizable sites. My conclusion: like me, Rush finds FR to be a marvelous site for information and insight.

Hannity does have a minor point that we do have some out-there posters. Often they're quite entertaining, and I view many of them as wonderful and invaluable facets of Freepdom-- Quidam being my all-time favorite. But they do not dominate, and IMHO they are less prevalent than they were years ago. If that was Hannity's comment (and I didn't hear it myself so am reserving judgment), then he's very wrong.

[piperpilot]

Sean is committing ratings suicide.

You betcha he is. I haven't listened to his show for quite some time now because I can predict to the word what he's going to say before he says it. He doesn't even come close to Rush and he never will. ME THINKS SOMEONE IS GETTING A LITTLE TOO BIG FOR HIS BRITCHES!

[mhking]

Feh...

[roaddog727]

He's just jealous.

Ah well, another one down the tubes......

[Arrowhead1952]

I think this may be the one.

Texas Longhorn
mine ^ | February 11, 2005 | Ilija Pavlovich PhD

[CounterCounterCulture]

Laz for Prez

[woofie]

PJ-Fringe-'Rus has a big line of them

[Politicalmom]

I think that was a reference to Lazamataz... : )

[Blzbba]

"hannity is a sellout. I new him for a fraud the day I began listening to the Savge Nation."


Indeed. "Savage Nation" is far superior to the tripe known as the Sean Hannity Show.

Now, more than ever, turn off Hannity.

[larryjohnson]

ead-day

[Mo1]

He gives Charlie Rengal a pass but calls us fringe people ???