I listened to Sean Hannity on the way home. I don't know why. I mean the Huffington Post distorts and smears enough on their own, but conservative media on radio and TV has been dominant. The rise of the right in the late 1970's both politically and religiously did so with a big help from these media outlets.
Now I thought Rush Limbaugh was a liar, but smart on occasion – especially when not hopped up on Oxycontin. Ann Coulter is a liar, and just not so up to par with the issues or facts – drenched in her ossified fideism and spaghetti straps. I think Sean Hannity thinks his listeners are stupid and he will continue to lie to them in even if his lies are clear and unambiguous.
1) Obama has not had one accomplishment.
As far as I can tell this must mean he was not a POW and was not in the Hanoi Hilton – especially since those were referred to in the same frame of reference as "not one accomplishment". Moreover, Hannity was clear that McCain's record "speaks for itself". Of course this "no accomplishment" line is what the McCain campaign apparently told Hannity. It's like a dual dismissal of record – on on the negative and one on the positive. So what has Obama done as a junior Senator?
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Barack Obama has introduced nearly 300 bills during his time in the U.S. Senate, and cosponsored close to 1,000 others. To see his legislative efforts, search the 109th Congress at http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d109query.html and 110th Congress at http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d110query.html
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S.AMDT.1041 to S.1082 To improve the safety and efficacy of genetic tests.
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S.AMDT.3073 to H.R.1585 To provide for transparency and accountability in military and security contracting.
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S.AMDT.3078 to H.R.1585 Relating to administrative separations of members of the Armed Forces for personality disorder.
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S.AMDT.41 to S.1 To require lobbyists to disclose the candidates, leadership PACs, or political parties for whom they collect or arrange contributions, and the aggregate amount of the contributions collected or arranged.
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S.AMDT.524 to S.CON.RES.21 To provide $100 million for the Summer Term Education Program supporting summer learning opportunities for low-income students in the early grades to lessen summer learning losses that contribute to the achievement gaps separating low-income students from their middle-class peers.
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S.AMDT.599 to S.CON.RES.21 To add $200 million for Function 270 (Energy) for the demonstration and monitoring of carbon capture and sequestration technology by the Department of Energy.
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S.AMDT.905 to S.761 To require the Director of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education to establish a program to recruit and provide mentors for women and underrepresented minorities who are interested in careers in mathematics, science, and engineering.
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S.AMDT.923 to S.761 To expand the pipeline of individuals entering the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields to support United States innovation and competitiveness.
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S.AMDT.924 to S.761 To establish summer term education programs.
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S.AMDT.2519 to H.R.2638 To provide that one of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5 million or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that the contractor or grantee owes no past due Federal tax liability.
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S.AMDT.2588 to H.R.976 To provide certain employment protections for family members who are caring for members of the Armed Forces recovering from illnesses and injuries incurred on active duty.
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S.AMDT.2658 to H.R.2642 To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee makes certain certifications regarding Federal tax liability.
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S.AMDT.2692 to H.R.2764 To require a comprehensive nuclear threat reduction and security plan.
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S.AMDT.2799 to H.R.3074 To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee makes certain certifications regarding Federal tax liability.
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S.AMDT.3137 to H.R.3222 To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee makes certain certifications regarding Federal tax liability.
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S.AMDT.3234 to H.R.3093 To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee makes certain certifications regarding Federal tax liability.
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S.AMDT.3331 to H.R.3043 To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee makes certain certifications regarding Federal tax liability.
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Senate Resolutions Passed:
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S.RES.133 : A resolution celebrating the life of Bishop Gilbert Earl Patterson.
- S.RES.268 : A resolution designating July 12, 2007, as “National Summer Learning Day”.
- And this: Shares responsibility for the bipartisan Coburn-Obama Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, requiring full online disclosure of all entities receiving federal funds, and the bipartisan Lugar-Obama Cooperative Proliferation Detection, Interdiction Assistance, and Conventional Threat Reduction Act of 2006, deepening non-proliferation work with WMD and including surface-to-air missiles, land mines, and other weapons that may be used by terrorists. Also worked with Coburn to end the abuse of no-bid contracts in the wake of disasters. http://obamasresume.org/
Obama says he would hike several taxes on people making more than $250,000, including the amount they pay on capital gains. Currently, the top income tax rate is 35 percent. Under Obama, that would go back up to 39 percent. Obama's staff told the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center he would raise the rates for people in the top two brackets — about 2.5 million filers out of 100 million-plus. People in those high tax brackets would see the tax rate on their capital gains hiked from the current 15 percent to 20-28 percent.Whose tax plan is better for you? Obama vs. McCain :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Barack Obama.
So here he is raising taxes on himself, certainly McCain, but not me, my pastor, the police chief, or construction foreman for sure.
Limbaugh calls his faithful lemmings "dittoheads" because all they can do is mindlessly rattle of the same lies that he spouts on his show. We hear the same untrue lines over and over and over again with no evidence to support his absurd and untrue claims.
But Sean Hannity drills this stuff relentlessly and for hours every day and none of it is true. He's a liar spreading lies. So if this guy is blasphemously referring to the Lord's Prayer as a book title that has nothing to do with the Lord's Prayer, who will deliver us from the kind of evil swill he puts out to brainwash people every day?
Oh yes, and a couple of highlights from McCain's early Senate career:
- Supported Robert Bork
- Opposed MLK's birthday as a federal holiday and then reversed his position later on
- For his first two years in the Senate he sponsored 102 bills none of which became law.
Hmmm. Some lapses in judgment there and not quite as active as Obama eh?
People should really look up even a little bit of this before making all these stupid claims.
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The claim that Obama has done little during his time in the Senate seems to be one of the milder lies that people have succumbed to… I had someone try to tell me that he has been bought out by Muslim extremists. This same person also made the claim that every time the U.S. criticizes Israel or voices disapproval of their actions, we're hit by a natural disaster or the stock market plunges; both of which are, of course, punishments from God. I can honestly say that I was at a loss for words. Are people really so credulous?
I guess I dismiss the Islamist thing with Obama too quickly because it's a flying spaghetti monster. Guess I shouldn't.
Congrats on having a MUCH higher tolerance level than I do. No WAY could I take more than 5 minutes of Hannity… As far as the lying goes, it's troubling how much of this stuff is spreading from the RW talk stations, to the mouths of the people, and eventually into the campaigns themselves. Even John McCain is trying to gain traction with the tax-hike lies…
I'd say that voting the liars out would solve the problem, but Rush became the RW icon he is today when Clinton was in the White House… All we can hope is that President Obama will not only bring about the same level of economic security and relative peace that Clinton did, and avoid cheating on his wife… Maybe if he's better-than-human these talking heads will finally go away…
Somehow, I doubt it though…
I looked at Obama's tax plan and discovered that it would not raise my taxes. And I am in the 90th percentile for income.
Democrates: Tax and Spend.
Republicans: Don't Tax, but Spend, Spend, Spend!
You are right about the flag waving at Huff Post – whatever happened to taking the high ground? but Fox is actually evil. They deliberately set out to do harm. Did you see the clip of Fox commentators cheerleadng about the tactical genius of McCain's "suspending" his campaign? Genuinely surreal. Hannity is the worst, of course. I do not know how they sleep at night.
Hannity yet again takes a move from Joseph Goebbels' playbook..“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." -J. Goebbels
Does the O'man have a propensity to spend or what? He sure likes to "add" a lot doesn't he?
Sean Hannity is not a politcian, he has one vote just like the rest of us. If you want to hate someone, hate the people that agree with him. Which unfortunately for you liberals is a lot of people. Hannity has never said Obama has accomplished nothing, he just asks repeatedly "what has he accomplished?" and the majority of his voters cannot give an answer.
Ray, you are an idiot…
Sean Hannity is one of the worst conservatives on the air. Sean Hannity is a border line terrorist and needs to stop trying to "shake things up" in the political world. Simply trash….and so are the people that listen to him.
Breaking News – Sean Hannity have proof the swine flu is being spread by Iranian militant islamists in Mexico.
Sean Hannity is the biggest douchebag on TV today, he is a disgrace to America, and besides Bin Laden, there is nobody's death I would celebrate more than Sean Hannity's (My dream is that Hannity, Limbaugh, and Coulter all die in the same fiery plane crash one day, just imagine how much better off the country would be without their daily spreading of hate, ignorance, and division).
Ray, you are an idiot, Hannity is a lying bastard, he is the reason I question if we should have the freedom of speech we do have. If Hannity died, I would throw a party.
Until Sean Hannity gets waterboarded for charity like he offered to do on his own show with Charles Grodin, his credibility is at absolute zero!
His mouth says "WATERBOARDING ISN"T TORTURE!" but his inaction says "WATERBOARDING IS TORTURE AND IT SCARES ME SO MUCH THAT I MIGHT WET MY PANTS!"
He has flat out said "Obama has accomoplish nothing since taking office" Its documented and recorded. Live with it. Hannity is a hate driving coward just like Rush, Beck, etc…
He has flat out said "Obama has accomoplish nothing since taking office" Its documented and recorded. Live with it. Hannity is a hate driving coward just like Rush, Beck, etc…
You don't understand. Is Nathaniel Hawthorne a liar? No, Hannity is no Hawthorne but like Hawthorne he is a story teller. Does anyone believe Melville's Moby Dick is literally true? Then why not hold racconteur Hannity to those standard's? Fact is fact and fiction is fiction. Hannity is pure fiction and he is entertaining to some. There's nothing wrong with that.
The harm is that a lot of foolish misguided people actually believe this nonsense. If Hannity was honest he would acknowledgethe good economic news and stop defending pedophile priests
Obama, as has been shown here, accomplished a great deal when he was in the Senate unlike MCain. As a Marine Veteran myself ( and that includes combat duty in two wars) I know that as a prisoner of war he violated at least two of the articles of the code of conduct for P.O.W's , the Keating savings and loan scandal whichhe was involved up to his neck in and on and on
Me, what an interesting name not too full of yourself are you. I'm going to go slow in deference to your stupidity, Obama is practicing what is called Keyensian Economics, am I going to fast for you, T. Roosevelt, F. Roosevelt W. Churchill and many world leaders have done it and it always works. And apparently it's working now. In April 296,000 jobs created, new home sales up, the Dow until recently over 11,000 Chrysler, GM, Ford all making a profit for the first time in years and expanding production. Learn your facts before you talk, by the way isn't past your nap time
Drew Tatusko, I need to reply, are you on qualudes or something what the heck are you talking aabout
This is proof I would have to see to believe. Hannity has never told the truth in his life, so why would you believe this nonsense
I made $175,000 last year and I got a tax cut, which I used to stimulate the economy by putting it back into circulation. Obama is good for this country he has brought us back from the abyss and things are starting to get better, we've got a long way to go but stay the course