Posted on 08/19/2023 5:22:22 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
I recently came upon an excellent montage that undeniably lays bare the scam-in-a-suit that is Sean Hannity.
The first half of the clip shows Hannity shilling at the top of his lungs on Fox News for the PATRIOT Act/NSA surveillance in the post-9/11 panic that included, among many other Orwellian provisions, wiretapping of U.S. citizens with no probable cause as required by the Constitution.
The second half shows Hannity turning on a dime once Obama is in office, suddenly developing a deeply-held belief in 4th Amendment protections: “As law-abiding U.S. citizens, you have a right to privacy.”
(I recognize and don’t care that the montage below is produced by leftist Media Matters – an organization that I strongly dislike – because the footage is all real, it speaks for itself, and there’s no editorializing. I am capable of vetting information regardless of its provenance or my own tribal loyalties. If you dig through the archives of Hannity talking about national security over the years, you will discover that he very much changes his tune depending on the current political context.)
The PATRIOT Act and related legislation – at least prior to COVID Public Health™ bio-surveillance regime — was the biggest intrusion into Americans’ constitutionally guaranteed privacy in history, enabled and cheerleaded by none more voraciously than Sean Hannity – at least until the other team took power.
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” -Benjamin Franklin
Examples of Hannity’s hackiness in service to the corporate state are legion, such as his shameless shilling for Kevin McCarthy prior to his confirmation as Speaker , even when the Freedom Caucus and the GOP br were putting up solid resistance.
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
Paywall.
On the plus side, Sean Hannity is living proof that you can have no talent, no intelligence, and no self-awareness…and still make it big in America.
The American dream is not dead!
I don’t know Brain Kilmeade can give him a run for his money.
Boom!
The “Wallbanger”, as Michael Savage refers to him, certainly has lived out the American dream!
RE: Paywall
I can go through it, but I am not allowed to post the entire article unfortunately. I can give you the overview if you wish.
He does martial arts, you know.
Actually, I kinda think that being half stupid and ignorant can be helpful in making it big. Some very smart people just talk themselves out of their own great ideas.
The guy that wrote this is the typical army of one.
Unless somebody is in lock step with whatever he believe, he’s a sellout.
We have quite a few of those types here in FR.
He’s an entertainer, that’s all. He says what he thinks people want to hear, and makes a lot of money at it. He was all about “Christian values” until those became inconvenient for him. That’s when I went from just being annoyed by him to actively having contempt for him.
Hannity’s a self-important @hole.
He’s the butt boy for the GOP. He recommended Bolton to NSA for Trump
Greg Gutfeld's show was pre-taped at 6:00pm eastern time to air at 11:00pm. Laura Ingraham introduced his show, but always misjudged the clock and got cut off by the computers repeatedly.
Since moving Gutfeld! to 10:00pm, Hannity now has the honor of introducing the Gutfeld show. In true Hannity form, he developed his signature trigger-response memorization: you say "Gutfeld" and he says "He'll put a smile on your face."
Night after night after night, Hannity says "Stay tuned for Greg Gutfeld... he'll put a smile on your face."
No deviations.
-PJ
In Sean’s favor, he had Rev. Wright on his show when Osama Obama was running.
>> PATRIOT Act/NSA surveillance
The few that voiced their objections to the PATRIOT Act pretty much fell into two camps — 1) American hating scumbags, and 2) Constitutionalist prognosticators — where that latter group had the fewest of the few.
I occasionally lurked FR about that time and recall a number of PA objectors here at FR.
I’ve pretty much tuned out radio and tv since the 2016 primaries given the abundance of TDS on the so-called “Right”, but I recall Hannity doing a decent job in his earlier years inviting worthwhile guests to his radio shows, and with much less interruption.
I liked Hannity a long, long time ago, but he couldn’t hold a candle next to Rush.
These days, of course, he’s a simp.
It’s sad.
I got sick of Hannity about five years ago... But I figured out at least 10 years ago that if he was half as smart as he thinks he is, he would be twice as smart as he really is.
> I recall Hannity doing a decent job in his earlier years inviting worthwhile guests to his radio shows, and with much less interruption.
You’re right. What made early-days Hannity good was him drawing out great guests and then shutting his flap and letting them talk. It seems his success went to his head, and now he figures HE’S the one that gets to talk the most.
No, Sean. We don’t want to hear what YOU have to say.
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