Columbia U. PING - Anyone see Hannity tell his guest "Do you need help?"

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[tuna_battle_slight_return]

Anyone see Bill Hartung being interviewed by Hannity regarding the professor at Columbia? Priceless.

Hartung yells at Hannity, "put your finger down. Don't point that finger at me. I'll give you another finger". Hannity: "go right, ahead".

And then Hartung says to Alan, "Alan, is it just Hannity's show, or do you do anything here?".

I think Hannity asked the guy if he needed or was on medication. I remember Hannity saying, "Do you need HELP"?

Alan, to his credit, said to the guy, "Don't insult my cohost like that" (and Hannity gave Colmes a "thumbs-up"). Pricless.

Another comment was, "I know how you (Hannity) and O'Reilly operate. Trying to scare and dominate your guests".

What a loser. What could have been an interview turned into "must see" TV (watch pathetic liberal loser get hostile towards BOTH Sean and Alan).

I hope they re-run the "interview" later tonight or tomorrow.

[woofie]

Increase his blood pressure meds...NOW!!!

[Oorang]

I saw it and was blown away. The guy's behavior was terrible. I already emailed him (his email address is at the bottom of his bio, below) and emailed Hannity. Unbelievable.

WILLIAM HARTUNG Director, ArmsTrade Research Center President's Fellow, World Policy Institute

Expertise: Internationally recognized expert on the issues of the arms trade and the economics of military spending; American foreign policy

Experience: Director of the Project on the Control of the International Arms Trade at the World Policy Institute; Research associate and project director at the New York-based Council on Economic Priorities; speech writer and policy analyst for New York State Attorney General Robert Abrams. He has appeared as a guest on national television and radio programs including CBS 60 Minutes, NBC Nightly News, the MacNeill/Lehrer Report, CNN's Inside Business and National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation.

Selected Publications: Hartung is the author or co-author of numerous books and studies, including The Changing Dynamics of U.S. Defense Policy and Budgeting in the Post-Cold War Era (co-author; forthcoming, Greenwood Press, 1999); Welfare for Weapons Dealers 1998: The Hidden Costs of NATO Expansion (World Policy Institute, 1998); U.S. Weapons at War (World Policy Institute, 1995); And Weapons for All (1994). His articles on the arms trade and the economics of defense spending have appeared in the New York Times, Newsday, the Nation, the Christian Science Monitor, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the World Policy Journal and numerous other publications.

Honors & Affiliations: Member of the International Studies Association; recipient of a research and writing grant from the Program on International Peace and Cooperation of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Education: B.A. in philosophy, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Columbia University

Contact Information: E-mail: Hartung@newschool.edu Phone: WPI (212) 229-5808 x106

[MarkDel]

I posted about this a few minutes ago and for some reason the entire thread was deleted.

On SEVERAL occasions I have seen people post the e-mail address and contact phone # of people who we should contact to express our displeasure, but for some reason, the moderator will NOT let me post this info which I had previously.

Can anyone back me up on this??? I will gladly post this info if I an given permission.

[MEG33]

That was my thought .He accused Hannity of putting words in his mouth and Coombs said no he didn't(well, he was going to!)That remark about the finger was bizarre. It was a meltdown.

[Newbomb Turk]

What a candy A$$ that guy was. I bet he is still pissed Gore lost.
I was hopeing Shaun was going to give that guy a WWF Smackdown on national TV.
Don't point you finger at me, don't point your finger at me. Mom Shaun won't quit pointing at me.

[MarkDel]

Oorang,

Thanks!!! Why in the hell did they delete my other thread where I posted the same information you just did???

[okiedokie]

he was giving Sean the finger, by holding his hand with his middle finger up on the right side of his face!!! I guess he thought only Sean would see it and not the audience. What a childish jerk!

[flutters]

I thought he did give him the finger. Right after the 'episode' he had his hand at the side of his face with what looked like his middle finger beside his ear. They showed the side shot a few times.

[woofie]

Colmes also seemed disturbed by the guy...worth catching arepeat if there is one

[Oorang]

He actually asked Shawn (in a violent tone) "do you want a different finger".
He was totally out of line.

[Petronski]

That was wildly entertaining television. Very compelling.

"Are you all right?"

Bwa ha ha ha ha. I can guarantee you Hartung is a DU poster. He might have been built in their lab. LOL

[Dave278]

Judging the way Bill Hartung acted he spent the majority of his high school days time stuffed in a locker after a few atomic wedgies. He was super defensive to the 10th power.

My first post here. I have been lurking for a few days. Nice to meet you guys.

[CedarDave]

He has appeared as a guest on national television and radio programs including CBS 60 Minutes, NBC Nightly News, the MacNeill/Lehrer Report, CNN's Inside Business and National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation.

Probably won't be listing Fox's Hannity & Combs to this list.

[Zebra]

Thanks for clarifying who this jackass is. From his resume, it is clear he has never had a real job in his life, and is in the business of knowing better than you. He is an insufferable pseudo-intellectual. His social skills appear to be non-existent and he does not manage either stress or argument well. He should stick to writing those books that no one reads and wasting grant money on his bullsh*t.

[tuna_battle_slight_return]

Another interesting assertion was Hartung's "claim" that the professor at Columbia is NOT -- NOT anti-war. Hartung: "If this professor was anti-war, he wouldn't have wished a million mogasidshus on U.S. troops. If he was anti-war, he'd want the safe return of troops, like the protestors". WTF?! "The professor at Columbia is not pro-war", snarled Hartung.

No kidding, he's an advocate of genocide (and a traitor), IMHO.

[johnb838]

Did you see the way Ollie looked at the MARINES not at the camera...(unlike Jerry) He is such a man. To say the guys out there must love him is to understate the case so badly, but I can't think of any better way to put it.

As far as the Hartung dude, I freeped him before the other thread got pulled (I didn't know it was wrong... I swear!)
I wont repeat the link, but here's what I said:

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You and Hannity weren't that far apart

He thought the guy was a traitor and should be fired.

You thought the guy was a traitor and should merely be ostracized.

Hannity usually gets along fine with people of opposing views.

That said, you're the biggest pantywaist I've ever seen on television. You're a disgrace, and you ought to be ashamed of yourself.

Stay out of the kitchen if you can't take the heat, weak sister.

[lawnguy]

"Don't point your finger at me!"

This is just what I was hoping Ari Fliescher was going to tell Bill Plante of CBS at the briefing tho other day. That A-hole was pointing both fingers saying "you guys did nothing to lower expectaions yada,yada,yada." I was so hoping Ari would tell him to please not point your fingers at me, A-hole.

[najida]

He also kept saying "I know how you work, I know what you do here!"

OK, so, why did you come if being there was going to cause you to lose it? He was extremely defensive. My guess he has been catching flack for a bit.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Bill Hartung works for something called the "World Policy Institute" which looks like a liberal think tank (forgive my use of an oxymoron )

http://www.worldpolicy.org/media/media.html

The guy even tore into Alan Colmes some.