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During a post-debate discussion, Robert Gibbs (Obama's Communications Director) gives an increasingly agitated Sean Hannity a taste of his own medicine.
Oct 23, 2008 2:57 AM
Re: Robert Gibbs vs. Sean Hannity
Textbook execution: Thrust the court jester's turd pie (line of "reasoning") back into his face, speak softly and (if necessary) repetitively. Get him to feel the full force of his own mindless talking points tactics.
No matter how loud the court jester gets, do not lose your cool, whatever you say will be heard by television viewers, you have a microphone on your lapel.
Bravo, Mr. Gibbs, you are a true pro.
No matter how loud the court jester gets, do not lose your cool, whatever you say will be heard by television viewers, you have a microphone on your lapel.
Bravo, Mr. Gibbs, you are a true pro.
Re: Robert Gibbs vs. Sean Hannity
This is from a few weeks back, I believe. A good video.
Re: Robert Gibbs vs. Sean Hannity
Yes it is, and thank you.
Usually I don't post political videos, since that area is well covered by others on M&C (for example, I won't post BBC Horizon documentaries or Looney Tunes cartoons, as that is spam_vigilante's domain), but yesterday it occurred to me to search for this Hannity smackdown here, and to my surprise, I couldn't find it. Surely I saw it elsewhere, can't remember where, but for a couple of weeks I thought it was on M&C.
All right then, two weeks and counting, statute of limitations has expired, I called it "fair game" and posted.
Finally, the mere sight of Hannity usually makes me recoil in disgust (talk about a Tokyo Rose for the regressives, whew), but to have his butt handed to him on a platter in more ways than one, in one fell swoop even, is too good a thing to pass up.
Usually I don't post political videos, since that area is well covered by others on M&C (for example, I won't post BBC Horizon documentaries or Looney Tunes cartoons, as that is spam_vigilante's domain), but yesterday it occurred to me to search for this Hannity smackdown here, and to my surprise, I couldn't find it. Surely I saw it elsewhere, can't remember where, but for a couple of weeks I thought it was on M&C.
All right then, two weeks and counting, statute of limitations has expired, I called it "fair game" and posted.
Finally, the mere sight of Hannity usually makes me recoil in disgust (talk about a Tokyo Rose for the regressives, whew), but to have his butt handed to him on a platter in more ways than one, in one fell swoop even, is too good a thing to pass up.
Re: Robert Gibbs vs. Sean Hannity
Wow, all politics aside, I've never seen Hannity completely lose his cool like that. He sputtered and flapped and became utterly shrill in the face of complete calm and collected confidence. (say that five times fast) It got so bad that that detestable simp Colmes had to shove Hannity over and take the wheel. Hannity blew it.
Re: Robert Gibbs vs. Sean Hannity
I can say I've never seen Hannity like this before either. But, that is mainly because I refuse to watch the twat
By: poolaka
Re: Robert Gibbs vs. Sean Hannity
Tell me about it.
I gave up The Simpsons years ago because it's Murdoch property. I stopped being an LA Dodgers fan when Murdoch bought the team (and swiftly proceeded to systematically destroy every positive aspect of the organization under the previous owners, Walter and Peter O'Malley).
So yeah, I refuse to endorse the twat - Ruppert Murdoch, that is. Well, I did make one glaring exception, the new Star Wars trilogy, made by LucasFilm, distributed by Twentieth Century Fox. I guess that sordid little detail and this sentence make me a self-deprecating hypocrite, so sue me! :)
I gave up The Simpsons years ago because it's Murdoch property. I stopped being an LA Dodgers fan when Murdoch bought the team (and swiftly proceeded to systematically destroy every positive aspect of the organization under the previous owners, Walter and Peter O'Malley).
So yeah, I refuse to endorse the twat - Ruppert Murdoch, that is. Well, I did make one glaring exception, the new Star Wars trilogy, made by LucasFilm, distributed by Twentieth Century Fox. I guess that sordid little detail and this sentence make me a self-deprecating hypocrite, so sue me! :)
Re: Robert Gibbs vs. Sean Hannity
Sorry to interrupt, but you broke your own principle just so you could see that utter tripe that's the new Star Wars trilogy? I shall tell you, I watched that first one of the new trilogy, and nearly laughed my head off at the stupidity of it. I didn't spent any money or trouble to watch the other two or God knows how many Lucas has pumped out since. It's a damn shame, really, because I think the first three filmed in the series are marvelous examples of cinematic space opera. I really liked them when younger, admit they're lightweight entertainment, but still ... groundbreaking cinema is what they are. The Empire Strikes Back is the best of those earlier films, in my opinion.
For what it's worth, I had sort of a similar reaction (similar to the new Star Wars) when watching the first of the LOTR trilogy. It's such a load of (expensive) rubbish, I kindly passed the other two. But, again, Peter Jackson is the director of Braindead, one of the funniest films I have ever watched. It's not that I'm prejudiced or anything; I just recognize crap when I see it. It's a pity that these talented directors slip and land face first in their own excrement.
For what it's worth, I had sort of a similar reaction (similar to the new Star Wars) when watching the first of the LOTR trilogy. It's such a load of (expensive) rubbish, I kindly passed the other two. But, again, Peter Jackson is the director of Braindead, one of the funniest films I have ever watched. It's not that I'm prejudiced or anything; I just recognize crap when I see it. It's a pity that these talented directors slip and land face first in their own excrement.
Re: Robert Gibbs vs. Sean Hannity
I don't really understand. Hannity was saying that Obama has bad judgement because he's associated with Bill Ayers, and Gibbs is saying that Hannity is an antisemite because he interviewed some nut on his show? Is he trying to say that these two things are similar? That would make perfect sense if Obama was a journalist of some sort, interviewing random people like Hannity does. The truth is Obama associated with people who were helpful to his political career. Ayers and Wright were powerful community leaders who provided Obama a route to expand his political career. I'm pretty sure he wasn't thinking about when he was going to run for president at that time, and now its come back to haunt him. It doesn't mean he's a terrorist himself, it just means he has bad judgement. I just can't believe he's been naive enough to not see this coming. I mean it just seems like a needless oversight. To preemtively answer your question: I know people shouldn't care about people you hang around with, but they do. Deal with it.
By: faxis2k
Re: Robert Gibbs vs. Sean Hannity
I've never heard McCain's media surrogates refer to Bill Ayers as powerful community leader. If they were to do so, they might undermine their plea that he's a terrorist.
Re: Robert Gibbs vs. Sean Hannity
Look closer and dig up a bit of reading material - Gibbs tried to reason with Hannity.
The point was that both Obama and Ayers were board members of the Annenberg Foundation, founded by Walter H. Annenberg, ambassador to the United Kingdom under Richard Nixon, and later Chief Of Protocol for the State Department under Ronald Reagan, a highly republican state of affairs.
The Annenberg Foundation saw fit to instate William Ayers into the board of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, along with Barack Obama. This has already been seen as a non-starter by many of Obama's political opponents in campaigns past, because if the Obama-Ayers claim is about guilt by association, then Mr. Annenberg should be tarred as an even bigger pal to terrorists, so Reagan and Nixon are also implicated.
This is the absurdity of the claim, the point that Gibbs was trying to get across.
But Hannity wouldn't have any of it, just stuck his guns to bully tactics and pre-digested talking points, little more than fear-mongering and character assassination so prevalent in the Karl Rove and Rupert Murdoch era (Al Gore invented the internet, John Kerry's medals were a sham, etc), and in the desperate last legs of a flailing McCain bid for the presidency.
What Gibbs did was merely to thrust Hannity's own line of "reasoning" back onto his face with an equally absurd premise, and the Faux entertainer didn't enjoy it one bit. I guess that what's good for the goose is not good for the gander, eh?
The point was that both Obama and Ayers were board members of the Annenberg Foundation, founded by Walter H. Annenberg, ambassador to the United Kingdom under Richard Nixon, and later Chief Of Protocol for the State Department under Ronald Reagan, a highly republican state of affairs.
The Annenberg Foundation saw fit to instate William Ayers into the board of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, along with Barack Obama. This has already been seen as a non-starter by many of Obama's political opponents in campaigns past, because if the Obama-Ayers claim is about guilt by association, then Mr. Annenberg should be tarred as an even bigger pal to terrorists, so Reagan and Nixon are also implicated.
This is the absurdity of the claim, the point that Gibbs was trying to get across.
But Hannity wouldn't have any of it, just stuck his guns to bully tactics and pre-digested talking points, little more than fear-mongering and character assassination so prevalent in the Karl Rove and Rupert Murdoch era (Al Gore invented the internet, John Kerry's medals were a sham, etc), and in the desperate last legs of a flailing McCain bid for the presidency.
What Gibbs did was merely to thrust Hannity's own line of "reasoning" back onto his face with an equally absurd premise, and the Faux entertainer didn't enjoy it one bit. I guess that what's good for the goose is not good for the gander, eh?
Re: Robert Gibbs vs. Sean Hannity
OK, my bad, allow me to try and answer your point correctly this time by stating the case with another example, that of Hal Turner, an anti-semitic white supremacist who among other things, praised bombings within the United States and called for the assassination of democratic candidates during the run up to the 2006 election. Here's an article on The Nation:
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050620/blumenthal
Turner was a frequent presence on Sean Hannity's radio show and both men, cozy on public airwaves, established a friendship. Only this year, after the Obama-Wright flap, was Hannity called on his Turner friendship and he DENIED knowing Turner, a straight out lie. Turner had this to say:
"I was quite disappointed when Sean Hannity at first tried to say he didn't know me. In fact, Sean does know me and we were quite friendly a few years ago."
Gibbs used another name, Andy Martin I believe, to state an absurd line of reasoning. His case would have been much better served by mentioning Hal Turner, a different dog with the same fleas, a skeleton in Hannity's closet when it served his purposes.
Just for the record, Turner is now saying that the dollar is about to collapse (typical apocalyptic, white supremacist scenario), and it will be replaced by a new Canada-US-Mexico currency, to be named the Amero.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050620/blumenthal
Turner was a frequent presence on Sean Hannity's radio show and both men, cozy on public airwaves, established a friendship. Only this year, after the Obama-Wright flap, was Hannity called on his Turner friendship and he DENIED knowing Turner, a straight out lie. Turner had this to say:
"I was quite disappointed when Sean Hannity at first tried to say he didn't know me. In fact, Sean does know me and we were quite friendly a few years ago."
Gibbs used another name, Andy Martin I believe, to state an absurd line of reasoning. His case would have been much better served by mentioning Hal Turner, a different dog with the same fleas, a skeleton in Hannity's closet when it served his purposes.
Just for the record, Turner is now saying that the dollar is about to collapse (typical apocalyptic, white supremacist scenario), and it will be replaced by a new Canada-US-Mexico currency, to be named the Amero.
Re: Robert Gibbs vs. Sean Hannity
You missed my point. It ISN'T guilt by association. Its the fact that he should have known that the republicans would rip it to shreds.
By: faxis2k
Re: Robert Gibbs vs. Sean Hannity
So by your justification, someone shouldn't do something if the Republicans are going to rip it to shreds. Why wouldn't the Republicans just rip everything to shreds? Dumb.
By: i8ursandwich
