Hasselbeck: Omaba's response to my question was "crafty," like "someone who's on their heels"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

NOTE: If you read the whole transcript, Hannity is relentlessly egging Hasselbeck on to trash Obama, and she resists, but in this exchange she drops the veil and the truth comes out.

HASSELBECK: ...And I think that we should be able to distinguish the politics from the person. And I think you were such a good person you would be able to do that instantly.

And I do believe that having had the chance to — three time have had the chance to meet the president before, during, after, I think that it is something that is exceptional. I don't take it for granted. But I've also been able to learn him as a person as well. And I think that that's a — that is a privilege.

Now getting back to jobs. I think it is easy to dodge it and create this idea that there have been jobbed saved. Maybe. The problem now is that we have joblessness that is going to become permanent for some people. We have a chronic joblessness across the country which is not going to get better necessarily, even as unemployment sort of —

HANNITY: How did you — how did you feel about his answer? Because your answer was very specific about, OK, we've never used the standard jobs saved versus real jobs created.

And I was just curious because I saw you pressed, I saw you went back in. I know you — I know you wanted a better answer on that. What did you think of the answer?

HASSELBECK: I thought the answer was crafty. And I thought it sounded good. But it sounded as though someone who's on their heels. Like I said before if you're answering the question with "it could have been worse," it's not good enough for the American people.

In my home state alone 12 percent across the nation, near 10 percent, but this is a problem because people even over the age of 60 who are now looking for jobs. They're not going to get them. They've been unemployed longer than ever. Longer than 1948.

HANNITY: That's true.

HASSELBECK: People that are unemployed. Over six months.

HANNITY: And they're extending unemployment benefits to 99 months. You — I'm going to give you my observation when we get back, because I thought he was charming, he was a fresh-face on the political scene, et cetera, et cetera.

HASSELBECK: Yes.

HANNITY: I think that works during the campaign. But now that he's had a chance govern I think he's going to be judged on a different standard even though he may go on "The View" and come off as likeable and charming. It's different than a campaign now.

HASSELBECK: Well, no —

HANNITY: Now he's got a record.

HASSELBECK: I think he is campaigning. I think this is his first campaign stop for 2012.

HANNITY: I think you're right. Well said.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,598210,00.html

[gratuitous]

1. Uh, Sean?

The benefits extension wasn't to 99 months; it was 99 weeks. There's a difference. If you knew or stayed in touch with anyone who's lost a job, you might know that.

[spanone]

2. she mistakes intelligence for 'craftiness' no surprise there.

[okieinpain]

3. ah not bad. it's kinda true. he is on his heels on jobs.

it's the economy stupid, did someone say that in the past.

[joeybee12]

4. Interesting, Obama was "on" his heels and Hasselphuck was "off" her meds..n/t

[Ozymanithrax]

5. Who is Omaba? n/t

[and-justice-for-all]

7. That is indeed the question...LOL..nt

[ChoppinBroccoli]

6. Yes, Lizzie, I'm Sure You Rocked His World

Asking him that "gotcha" question about JOBS, of all things (something I'm sure he NEVER gets asked about!)

Yes, you keep on believing that a Harvard-educated GENIUS got rocked back onto his heels by a nitwit like yourself.

Go have another debate with Sherri Shepard about whether or not the Earth is flat and let the grown-ups talk, Lizzie.

[Mike Daniels]

8. I'm still trying to figure out who is the bigger intellectual lightweight between these two

I'm leaning towards Hannity if only because he has delusions of being a great thinker. That said, it could still come to a two out of three coin-flip.

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. Two ludicrously ignorant pie-holes discussing a conversation one of them had with a supra-genius.

how hilarious is that!

Should have added Glenn Beck into the mix. When you got a dead lake covered in garbage, might as well toss in a few barrels of raw sodium.

[mmonk]

10. Why anyone would be on their heels facing an intellectual heavyweight

like you Elisabeth.

[lunatica]

11. So they actually realize unemployment is really bad right now?

Someone should ask them how this could happen with all those tax cuts to the rich in the last decade?

[AspenRose]

12. No, Reichstag Barbie, you're just out of his league

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