Oregon Congressman just pistol-whipped Hannity

[digno dave]

Anybody see that tonight.
At the end, when Hannity was trying to one-up the guy by rambling on about Kerry's heating of his 5 "mansions" as being a strain on American energy the congressman just looked at him like he was from outer space.

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[stevedeshazer]

1. Which congressman? n/t

[0rganism]

3. Betcha it was good ol' Earl Blumenaur

Earl's the most media-ready rep we have, and if it was Wu, the poster would have remembered his name. ;) Earl has exceeded my expectations since the day he was elected.

[stevedeshazer]

9. I was thinking

it had to be Earl or Peter DeFazio, my personal fave.

Anybody who slaps down Hannity is my friend.

[digno dave]

15. yep, earl blumenaur

[Lydia Leftcoast]

34. Yay, Earl!

One of my favorites.

[skooooo]

2. Sean's been having a hard time lately..

John Dean handed him his ass a few weeks ago (which I saw); Bob Woodward did the same...I'll be watching the reruns for this latest embarrassment.

[digno dave]

19. Hannity was TOTALLY exposed by Dean

I saw that too.
Hannity was blantant in his allegiance to dubya over OPEN DEMOCRACY.

Tonight, Hannity read the quote in Michigan where Kerry specified his "family" owns an SUV and then immediately reffered to the quote, saying "John Kerry said he owns an SUV".
Subtly, he was using the same methods used by O'Lielly and Rush to redirect talking points in their favor by twisting a fact or two here and there. Earl caught on and called him on it and Hannity was left stumbling and mumbling after he had to re-read the quote under his breath.

[physioex]

4. I wish someone would him back his brain. EOM

[cally]

5. I can't watch that

but I'm always happy to hear when he gets pistol whipped.

[guitar man]

6. crap

I was hoping you meant literally pulled a piece and beat him until he pissed his pants. Well,a guy can dream can't he? :)

This is what I don't understand. Why do these jackasses defend rich repug's right to all the wealth they can kill,cheat,steal nd hoard their way into,but seek to rake every wealthy Democrat over the coals?
The hypocracy is so blatant it is laughable to anybody with even a modicum of intelligence.

If this is the best they can come up with,they are in trouble.

[lucidmadman]

7. Was it De Fazio?

...I don't have cable but I love De Fazio. One of the brightest guys in the House.
If it was Earl he had a bow tie....

[Cleita]

8. Don't say pistol whipped. It's as bad as bitch slapped and very

misleading. Saying that the Congressman looked at him like he was from outer space was as effective and better I think.

[mouse7]

10. Why don't you NOT tell other people what they are allowed to say?

That sounds like a hell of a lot better plan.

[Lindsay]

11. "Pistol whipped" has a specific meaning,

having to do with an actual gun. So I do think it's misleading to use that term.

[mouse7]

26. "metaphor" was covered in middle school English classes

Please do not tell me you don't remember the ENDLESS weeks of class determining whether various quotes in literature were allusion or metaphor?

[Cleita]

12. Because it's misleading!

In Oregon it could have been that.

[Selwynn]

14. I doubt anyone was sincerely confused as to intent.

I came into this thread thinking "damn, why don't I have cable so I could see hannity get verbally trashed." I did not come in and think, "wow, I wonder if hannity is in the hospital." :)

[digno dave]

17. draft dubya tag

is that real or doctored?

[Selwynn]

29. I believed it to be real...

I can't prove anything, but when I saved the image originally, I was pretty sure it was real.

Either way I like it.

[mouse7]

24. Others are not to blame for your lack of imagination

God damn, have you EVER heard of freakin' metaphor?

[Selwynn]

13. It's not the same at all.

pistol whipped has no specific gender or racial association - it is an equal opportunity violent term. :)

Don't post me the history of every woman or minority who has ever been beat with a gun, because I'll post every white male who has too. It is completely unrelated to bitch slap. It describes an actual act without gender bias.

Next you'll ask me to please not say someone hit someone upside the head with a 2x4 because that's just as bad as bitch slap....

I'll be reduced to saying "Man that Oregon Congressman just handed freshly picked daisies to Hannity!"

If you don't have a problem with me saying "Man, that Oregon Congressman just beat the shit out of Hannity" then you shouldn't have a problem with pistol whip, cause that's all it means.

SYLLABICATION: pis·tol-whip
PRONUNCIATION: pstl-hwp, -wp
TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: pis·tol-·whipped, pis·tol-·whip·ping, pis·tol-·whips
To beat with a pistol.

I've written an awful lot about sensitivity, and in private if you had a problem with the word "the" I'd try not to use it around you. But in a community like this, there needs to be some boundaries of "reasonable accommodation." I can try to avoid obviously gender biases, obviously racially insensitive terminology and I definitely want to do that. But here, you need to cut people a break.

[digno dave]

16. good grief, are you serious?

sorry for the colorful prose, but lighten up.

[GoneOffShore]

18. Pistol whipped is far more evocative

and certainly less gender biased than 'bitch slapped'.
Though 'bitch slapped' certainly has a delicious flavor when applied to Hannity.
It's also a term used in video editing, but not relevant in this context.

[digno dave]

20. how so?

<It's also a term used in video editing>

bitch-slap or pistol whip?

[truebrit71]

23. I'm sorry but how is it mis-leading?

..I mean do you really think that there enough intellectually challenged people that use this board that would have ACTUALLY thought "Holy crap, some guy took out a pistol and started beating Sean Insanity with it!!"...


Please....enough with the PC bit....

What's next to go under the microscope? "He opened up a can of whoop-ass on him"...Imagine the confusion!!!

Did he really open the can up? Was it a screw-top can or was it the kind of pop-top like Pringles? Did he spill the whoop-ass on him, or was it a deliberate pouring of whoop-ass? What IS whoop-ass exactly? Where can I buy some? How much does it cost? Can I buy it in bulk? Does it have an expiration date? (I'd hate to accidentally buy some whoop-ass that was past it's 'sell-by' date) Can I get a refund if I don't like my whoop-ass?

Yup...it's all sooooooooo confusing really...

[mitchum]

21. Please don't say "pistol whipped" because it's sexist...

and connotes aggressive male sexual behavior. Y'know, since a pistol is phallic and all...:)
Okay, I'm just being a prick. Damn, there I just did it myself! God, I'm such a hypocrite...

[Selwynn]

30. Oh brother... I was all set for /go off mode on

[mitchum]

32. LOL!

:)

[AlCzervik]

22. I have a no Faux policy

at my house, but i love hearing the stories from all of you.

[NightTrain]

25. Awww, shit....

I thought you meant it literally! :evilgrin:

[IronLionZion]

27. I would pay good money to see that! n/t

[IronLionZion]

28. One of these days someone may pull out a pistol

and physically whip poor Sean and then what will you say? Perhaps you'll be at a loss of words! :crazy:

Calm down, I'm only kidding!

[Redleg]

31. What did the congressman say to Hannity? A dirty look doesn't amount to

a pistol-whipping.

[trumad]

33. Bazooka whipped!

RPG whipped! AK47 whipped! Blackhawk Helicopter whipped! I think if you used those metaphors instead of pistol whipped, the poster up above would still be confused!