WHY THE HELL DON'T DEMOCRATS BOYCOTT HANNITY??

[lynch03]

If you listen to AAR, the neo-cons are usually given the respect and mic time they deserve.. the hosts let them lay out there point of view without interupting or insulting them..and there actually open minded about it

If you listen to HANNITY he consistently go ballistic on the guests HE DOESEN"T LET THEM COMPLETE THERE POINT but instead interupts them on every little detail they make leading up to there argument.. He CONSTANTLY INTERUPTS THEM , and when there making a good argument he simply uses the "OH THAT"S SILLY, OR HOW DARE YOU SAY SOMETHING SO PATHETIC" without even addressing the statements.. He puts them into an unfair box asking ridiculous questions like

"Was Saddam a good person"

Democrat: Well you see....

hannity- answer the freaking question was he or was he a good person???

It's just ridiculous why do the democrats let hannity slap them around like that.. we respect them.. why do we put up with them mocking us??

[sangh0]

1. How do you know how Hannity treats his guests?

You must NOT be boycotting Hannity.

Hint: If people stopped watching, there'd be no need to boycott it because it would be off the air.

[lynch03]

8. OH COME ON..

He has a core.. if all dems stopped watching it wouldn't make a differnce.. But if the people he interviewed boycotted the show it WOULD make a difference..

[sangh0]

15. If Dems stopped watching

Dems wouldnt go on his show

[DireStrike]

23. Agreed... every viewer is +ratings. Stop watching.

[sangh0]

31. You know what they see when they read our angry emails?

Another viewer

[GCP]

2. Why the f*ck do you listen to him?

Are you a masochist :wtf:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

30. Oh my god!

I LOVE your new name! :hi:

[GCP]

33. Thanks, Kathy!

How're things by you?

[Kathy in Cambridge]

41. Going well. I heard your neighbor Ron Crews was defeated handily

by McGovern. Good show!

How are things with you?

[GCP]

42. I feel like I've been run over by a truck with this "election"

We need to have a Boston DU get-together again.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

47. I agree-I'd love for us to have a holiday get together

[eataTREE]

3. I have no clue why any Democrat or moderate so much as listens

...to Mr. Sean Insanity, much less agrees to appear on his show. Ditto O'Reilley.

[Mr_Spock]

4. Who's Hannity?

I'm serious - if people here didn't feel the need to bring up the names of these lying ass-wipes, I'd forget they even existed. Maybe they shouldn't go on his show either - I have no idea why any Dem would - it is baffling to me.

[Webster Green]

21. Baffling to me too!

I mean, I've seen his pic posted here, I know he has a TV or radio show, but thats about it. I've never seen him or heard him. From what I can gather he is full of shit.

So why listen (watch?):shrug:

[flakey_foont]

22. He is absolutely

full of shit

[Webster Green]

40. What does it all mean Mr. Natural?

Don't mean shit!

[Zorra]

5. I don't watch TV, never saw the guy, Dems, please, please boycott TV.

It is a corporate RW propaganda device.

[Shoeempress]

12. Sorry gotta watch the Daily Show.

[quaoar]

6. Why didn't he respond to the question by saying

No. Saddam was a genocidal maniac. The world is better off without him. The question is whether the benefit of getting rid of him is worth the price we are paying.

[lynch03]

19. ya like that'll work with hannnity....

Come on you should no better then that.. he would spew some repub b.s. like.. do you think the people who were getting there heads chopped off thought about whether or not it was worth it.. or some B.S. like that..

[quaoar]

26. Well, the reply to that is...

no one was getting his head chopped off before we invaded.

And if Hannity says, "Well, I'll bet the people in Saddam's prisons and rape rooms think it's worth it."

And the reply to that is, "It is not our responsibility to right every wrong in the world. In those cases where we can do something, we should. But we have to weight the good that we are accomplishing against the cost in our own blood and money. What this war is costing us in both is not worth whatever good we have done by deposing Saddam."

[lil-petunia]

7. counterproductive. He serves a fantastic purpose.

Besides, he is the best poster child for anything not rightwing. He is a tool, I agree, so let's use him as one.

Quote him, cite him, make him out the fool that he is. His absence would mean someone smarter might be promoted. We don't want that.

[Soup Bean]

38. Same way I feel about Ann Coulter and Rush.

Hannity is a little more dangerous, but the worse things get, the more he looks like a cartoon character.

[Born Free]

9. Who's Hannity?

I never heard of him but apparently he is one of those right wing propagandist that help keep the right brainwashed. I don't have enough time to listen to all the good liberal talk shows on Sirius. I prefer AAR but got to admit I like some on Sirius left.

[lynch03]

13. jeez I come to this site and im attacked

I'd expect it from somewhere like hannity.com but not here.

anyway I live in chicago and AAR is down here.. so ill listen to whatever the hell I want.. my post had nothing to do with viewers boycotting hannity it had to do with the guests boyotting, so thanks for completely crapping my whole argument by turning it into a criticism of me

THANKS!

[SheepyMcSheepster]

24. lighten up and welcome to DU.

there are always some who poo-poo discussion about these types of shows, just ignore it.

i agree Dems should totally boycott shows like that, especially hannity. he is a clown and he knows it, i have seen him smile when he gets called on his technique. he is an actor playing his part.

[DireStrike]

25. Its a criticism of Hannity not you

Though so far I'm stumped as to why you'd want to watch or listen to him.

[sandnsea]

32. co-dependency

Sometimes trying to control something keeps the problem in play longer than it would if it were allowed to die a natural death. If we, and Dem leaders, didn't play with Hannity, Limbaugh and O'Reilly; they would have much less power. There's other, more effective, ways to fight.

[Solitaire]

10. Hannity Shmannity

He's a jerk. Always was, always will be.

He does this to everyone he doesn't agree with.

A very nice person from PETA was on his show one day. He was -trying- to tell Hannity about the abuse of the elephants at Ringling Bros.

Well, Hannity had been to the circus with his son the night before and had a grand old time. The PETA rep could not say two words. Hannity talked over him, yelled at him and just basically brow beat the poor guy.

It was horrible. I wrote to Fox News. A lot of good that would do.

You know their motto: Fair and Biased.

:thumbsdown:

[Shoeempress]

11. All liberals & Dems should boycott faux news, either listening or

appearing. I have it child locked so I won't accidentally have one of their splotchy blowhards come into my vision.

[movonne]

14. Why don't we boycott them....NOW!! We are the ones giving them

their ratings...

[hiphopnation]

16. done

never watched or listened to his show, bought his books, never keep fox on except for when skimming channels.

Done! :) :thumbsup:

[Buck Rabbit]

49. I will make the sacrifice and join you.

I Buck Rabbit, pledge to continue not watching Faux News.

Wait, is it a sacrifice to not do something you weren't doing in the first place. Eh, doesn't matter, us Faux Boycotters Rock!

[GalleryGod]

17. It's Always Mystified me.

Of course what do I know...:shrug:

[SoCalDem]

18. Um... most of us DO.. but he has a LOT of air time,

so it's hard to ignore him..


When Dems have the same amount of air time (probably not in MY lifetime), the repubes will be insignificant..

They are NOT a majority.. They are like the Ba'ath party..small in numbers but in control of the media, treasury, and government..

[lynch03]

20. boycotting will do NOTHING!!!!

He has a CORE audience what part of that dont you guys understand.. 95 percent is made up of right-wing religious nuts..this is his core audience.. and unless there intact it doesen't matter if we boycott. he'll still be there..

[DireStrike]

27. That argument is like "my vote doesn't count"

Bush has a CORE constituency made up of right wing religious nuts... it doesn't matter if we vote.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

29. he is not talking about a consumer boycott

the poster meant that people who oppose hannity's views should not appear on his show, they only enable his behaviour and are never really allowed to express their vies. it is pointless and only works to hannity's advantage.

weclome to DU.

[lynch03]

35. thank you!!

Someone who finally figured out WTH I was talking about..

[MagickMuffin]

34. OK so you want the Dems

to not appear on his shows. Then might I suggest you contact the people who go on his show to not book appearances.

Let them know that they are not effective in trying to get their point across.

That is one of the most effective tools the Repubs have is their "loud Mouths"...
They know that no one will be able to ever get their points across if they shout over them.

I do not watch, listen, or read the thrash the Reich-Wing has to offer, never have, never will.


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[SoCalDem]

39. It's not a boycott, per se....but why on earth would I waste MY time

watching fools like him?? I have better things to fill my time.:)

I also "boycott/avoid" poison, walking in traffic, swimming in sharktanks, drinking paint, eating glass chips....etc...etc...

You watch Hannity all you want, but I'll pass :)

[otohara]

51. Mental Health Improves - Won't Be Dumb & Uninformed

like the 72% of GOP'ers who think Iraq had something to do with 9/11

[Blue_Tires]

28. i've never so much as seen or watched him

[Redleg]

36. What Hannity really needs is five across the eyes.

Until some Dem does that, Hannity will continue to be a fucking prick headed fool.

[Jack Schitt]

37. I never watch that asshole.

Never have, never will.

Faux News is blocked on my cable. :)

[LiberalEconomist]

43. Answer the question this way:

Hannity: Was Saddam a good person?

Liberal: He is no worse than you are. You brainless, loudmouth fuck!!

[Isere]

44. Here's how to fight him!!

We have to fight back, guys! It's not enough to wail and moan! We have to be proactive!

Here's a place to start:

http://adnausea.org/

If everyone here on DU wrote a letter to his advertisers, that would be a very good start.

How about it?

[ObaMania]

45. Good question!

Why don't they boycott FAUX all together?

Yeah, there's going to be some movement with DEMs in this fractured country with all these idiot whores being punching bags for the Cons.

They are fucking embarassing.

From Carville on RNN to Juan Williams on FAUX. They are being played. And for any idiot uncle tom whores like Harold Ford Jr. showing up on MSRNC and FAUX to get kicked around... I have no respect for them. They are not advancing our cause and views, they are making us look stupid as shit.

[SF Bay Area Dem]

46. So why do we not put the pressure on every Dem...

...who goes on Faux News or "H's" radio show and subject themselves to this nonsense? Or even Hanitty's shows? Faux News will have a hard time if all dems boycotted watching it and put enough pressure on Dems who go on that network. Repukes will retaliate of course but who cares? They are narcissistic enough to cave and come back on the non Faux News shows.

[T Town Jake]

48. I DO boycott Hannity...I don't listen. (n/t)

[ReadTomPaine]

50. The bitter truth is that many Dems go on these shows due to 'voter envy'

They are more interested in courting the peel-off GOP than appealing to their own base. We are often taken for granted.

RTP