Hannity & Colmes

[danielh41]

I was watching Hannity & Colmes last night, and they were talking about the Live Birth Protection Act that Barack Hussein Obama opposed in the Illinois state legislature. There is apparently a new ad running which features a young lady who was rescued from a failed abortion attempt. During the barbaric abortion procedure, she suffered from a lack of oxygen to the brain, so she now has cerebal palsy. During her interview on Hannity & Colmes, she was very joyful and at one point said that she is unashamedly Christian. I only pray that I can have the same outlook at all times.

Anyway, I've posted about the Live Birth Protection act before, so everyone here knows how I feel about that and about the Democratic candidate for President. What I really want to ask about is Alan Colmes. He always comes across as very weak almost sniveling (maybe that's because his positions on issues are weak), especially in that interview last night. It's always like Sean Hannity is having a battle of wits with an unarmed person during their exchanges. (By the way, I do really like Sean Hannity. Of the big three national talk shows that air in my area, he is by far my favorite. Rush is sometimes too pompous, and Mark Levin can be too abrasive.)

Alan Colmes has mentioned his radio show a few times, but I have trouble imagining him carrying a broadcast for more than an hour. Apparently, the show isn't carried in part of the country. Has anyone listened to him? What do liberals think of another liberal who goes on Fox television every night and gets walked over by Sean Hannity?

[NellyLunatic1980]

First of all, I would hardly call Alan Colmes a liberal. He's more center-left than anything else. But when you're on FOX Cartoon News, center-left means moonbat liberal.

Second of all, Alan Colmes is a pussy. He has the truth on his side. He needs to grow a spine and learn to use the truth more often.

I can't stand Alan Colmes. Replace Alan Colmes with Ed Schultz and you'll see some fireworks.

[kusch]

First of all, I would hardly call Alan Colmes a liberal. He's more center-left than anything else. But when you're on FOX Cartoon News, center-left means moonbat liberal.

Second of all, Alan Colmes is a pussy. He has the truth on his side. He needs to grow a spine and learn to use the truth more often.

I can't stand Alan Colmes. Replace Alan Colmes with Ed Schultz and you'll see some fireworks.

Does Ed still have a national radio show? I do not believe it would be fireworks, but I would agree he would challange Sean more than Alan does. Ed Schultz is a schmutz.

I do not care for Sean. I only watch about a "minute" of this show and that is only when I am flipping channels. Shrill from both sides comes to mind.

[slam]

The thing is it's basically Hannity's show and always has been. Colmes is just there to justify Fox's view that their coverage is "Fair and Balanced" (excuse me while I vomit).

I certainly agree that Colmes is indeed a wimp and that he's basically a bit left of center, aka a left-leaning moderate.

[earendel]

Of the big three national talk shows that air in my area, he is by far my favorite. Rush is sometimes too pompous, and Mark Levin can be too abrasive.)

"Sometimes too pompous"?????

Alan Colmes has mentioned his radio show a few times, but I have trouble imagining him carrying a broadcast for more than an hour. Apparently, the show isn't carried in part of the country. Has anyone listened to him? What do liberals think of another liberal who goes on Fox television every night and gets walked over by Sean Hannity?

Alan Colmes' sole purpose on that show is to be a doormat for Sean Hannity, so that he can demonstrate the conservatives' superiority.

[NellyLunatic1980]

Does Ed still have a national radio show?

Absolutely. It airs on over 100 radio stations, plus XM and Sirius.

[Spock]

Does Ed still have a national radio show?

Absolutely. It airs on over 100 radio stations, plus XM and Sirius.

I don't know if Ed has ever mentioned the bottle throwing incident of 1988.

He was announcing a NDSU Bison game (he was hated by Bison fans) and somebody threw a bottle threw the announcers glass. He could have been hurt bad.

I did not throw it-but I know who did.

Also if you really want to get his goat-call his show and ask him about shooting his dog. (He shot his own dog during a hunting trip.)

I have a hard time taking Ed seriously in his current iteration as a liberal. There was a time (not so long ago) when Dorgan and Conrad would not even go on his show-"because he asked them the tough questions nobody else would."

[silverscreenselect]

I often wonder about the liberals who call in to shows like Hannity and Limbaugh. They always wind up coming across as complete idiots who can do no more than mouth slogans.

Is this because the more intelligent, well spoken, coherent liberals refuse to even attempt to call these shows or do they have screeners who sound them out and, if they sound like they know what they're talking about, refuse to put them on the air?

Some of the conservatives who call in also come across as extremely stupid, but the hosts are always there to lend a helping hand and boost their arguments if need be.

This is not merely about the election but about callers to these shows in general.

[Spock]

Does Ed still have a national radio show?

Absolutely. It airs on over 100 radio stations, plus XM and Sirius.

Is that the "Pat Buchanenesque" Conservative national Ed Schultz show? that there was talk of in the mid to late 90's?

Seriously, there was talk of Ed going national in the mid to late 90's as conservative host (He had aspirations as such anyway)-I firmly believe that he realized there was more competition on the right side of the dial and spotted an opening on the left and ran with it.

I don't buy his conversion story.

Plus he got mad at the ND Republicans on a 2002 election referendum thingie-and Ed can carry a grudge.

[NellyLunatic1980]

I don't know if Ed has ever mentioned the bottle throwing incident of 1988.

He was announcing a NDSU Bison game (he was hated by Bison fans) and somebody threw a bottle threw the announcers glass. He could have been hurt bad.

Yes, he has. And I do remember hearing that incident on "SportsCenter" 20 years ago--heavily censored, of course. That actually got Ed the #2 spot (behind Brett Favre) on Sports Illustrated's 50th anniversary "Enemy of the State" of North Dakota a couple of years ago.

[silverscreenselect]

I don't know if Ed has ever mentioned the bottle throwing incident of 1988.

He was announcing a NDSU Bison game (he was hated by Bison fans) and somebody threw a bottle threw the announcers glass. He could have been hurt bad.

Yes, he has. And I do remember hearing that incident on "SportsCenter" 20 years ago--heavily censored, of course. That actually got Ed the #2 spot (behind Brett Favre) on Sports Illustrated's 50th anniversary "Enemy of the State" of North Dakota a couple of years ago.

This may be a stupid question, but what did Brett Favre do that would get people in North Dakota especially angry at him? What has any well known athlete done that would get people in North Dakota especially angry at him or her? I would guess that #1 on the list might be someone like a Montana State goalie who had a big game against North Dakota in the NCAA playoffs one year.

[earendel]

I often wonder about the liberals who call in to shows like Hannity and Limbaugh. They always wind up coming across as complete idiots who can do no more than mouth slogans.

Is this because the more intelligent, well spoken, coherent liberals refuse to even attempt to call these shows or do they have screeners who sound them out and, if they sound like they know what they're talking about, refuse to put them on the air?

Some of the conservatives who call in also come across as extremely stupid, but the hosts are always there to lend a helping hand and boost their arguments if need be.

This is not merely about the election but about callers to these shows in general.

I'm sure it's because the calls are screened to make sure that an erudite liberal doesn't get the chance to embarrass the host.

[Jeemie]

I often wonder about the liberals who call in to shows like Hannity and Limbaugh. They always wind up coming across as complete idiots who can do no more than mouth slogans.

Is this because the more intelligent, well spoken, coherent liberals refuse to even attempt to call these shows or do they have screeners who sound them out and, if they sound like they know what they're talking about, refuse to put them on the air?

Some of the conservatives who call in also come across as extremely stupid, but the hosts are always there to lend a helping hand and boost their arguments if need be.

This is not merely about the election but about callers to these shows in general.

I'm sure it's because the calls are screened to make sure that an erudite liberal doesn't get the chance to embarrass the host.

This reminds me of something that just happened on Hannity's show the other day.

Hannity always gets on his show these people that say "I am a conservative, but I can't support Bush because of..." Hannity always makes fun of these people, calling them "seminar callers".

Well just the other day, someone came on who claimed she was both black and a die-hard liberal, but she just couldn't support Obama because of the policies he wants to implement.

Hannity went out of this way to praise this caller, admiring her "honesty and integrity".

I laughed for about five minutes after this.

And this is why I always laugh when people are calling Obama a coward because he won't go on Hannity's show.

Who would go on such a scripted, tightly controlled show and expect to be treated fairly?

[kusch]

I don't know if Ed has ever mentioned the bottle throwing incident of 1988.

He was announcing a NDSU Bison game (he was hated by Bison fans) and somebody threw a bottle threw the announcers glass. He could have been hurt bad.

Yes, he has. And I do remember hearing that incident on "SportsCenter" 20 years ago--heavily censored, of course. That actually got Ed the #2 spot (behind Brett Favre) on Sports Illustrated's 50th anniversary "Enemy of the State" of North Dakota a couple of years ago.

This may be a stupid question, but what did Brett Favre do that would get people in North Dakota especially angry at him? What has any well known athlete done that would get people in North Dakota especially angry at him or her? I would guess that #1 on the list might be someone like a Montana State goalie who had a big game against North Dakota in the NCAA playoffs one year.

Farve played for the Packers. I never use the word "hate", but I sure like Farve a whole lot less than most any QB.

Actually there are a ton of Packer fans here. I would put the percentage at 65%-Vikings 35%-Packers.

[kusch]

Does Ed still have a national radio show?

Absolutely. It airs on over 100 radio stations, plus XM and Sirius.

Is that the "Pat Buchanenesque" Conservative national Ed Schultz show? that there was talk of in the mid to late 90's?

I don't buy his conversion story.

Plus he got mad at the ND Republicans on a 2002 election referendum thingie-and Ed can carry a grudge.

I believe it was more in 2000 when Ed made the conversion. Ed was a big bud of Gary Nelson a long time Republican state senator. 2000 was to be his coronation to the governorship. That was the year Hoeven put together a run and beat out Gary for the Republican nod. Ed has been on Hoeven's a** for 8 years. Hoeven will again be elected for a 3rd term this year. Even the state teacher's union has endorsed him each time. Hoeven also has led the state to a 1.2 billion dollar surplus.
Boy are people lining up for the handouts our next legislative session in Jan. Sessions are every other year.

[Sir_Galahad]

I have a tough time watching either of the two. Colmes is an absolute pinhead and Hannity is just plain annoying. The only time I watch that show is when they have Dick Morris, Newt Gingrich or some other interesting "guest" on. I do enjoy watching O'Reilly and Greta Van Sustern, though. Just give me the facts and let me make up my own mind.

[NellyLunatic1980]

I often wonder about the liberals who call in to shows like Hannity and Limbaugh. They always wind up coming across as complete idiots who can do no more than mouth slogans.

Is this because the more intelligent, well spoken, coherent liberals refuse to even attempt to call these shows or do they have screeners who sound them out and, if they sound like they know what they're talking about, refuse to put them on the air?

Some of the conservatives who call in also come across as extremely stupid, but the hosts are always there to lend a helping hand and boost their arguments if need be.

This is not merely about the election but about callers to these shows in general.

Most of the more intelligent, well spoken, coherent liberals are at work during the hours of 12-3 PM Eastern, so they're too busy to call and/or listen to Druggie Limbaugh. Some of those intelligent, well spoken, coherent liberals who don't work at 12-3 PM Eastern still have better things to do than listen to Druggie. As for those intelligent, well spoken, coherent liberals who do call in to Druggie's show, almost all of them do indeed get filtered out by the screeners. I was filtered out on the only time that I called his show, back in 2004. Rarely, one intelligent, well spoken, coherent liberal will get on the airwaves, but he/she is on the air for less than 10 seconds before Druggie talks over them and drops their caller.

It's totally different from that on most of the progressive and liberal radio shows that I've listened to over the years. They actually encourage conservatives to call in. Despite the fact that many of the conservatives who get on the air insist on talking over the host rather than engaging in adult conversation, their calls are never dropped unless they use language that is not approved by the FCC. Fortunately, at least one-third of conservative callers on progressive-liberal talk radio are not only intelligent, well spoken, and coherent, but respectful and willing to listen to facts. And sometimes, the conservative callers will be correct on a point and the host will openly admit to being wrong.

[Jeemie]

As for those intelligent, well spoken, coherent liberals who do call in to Druggie's show, almost all of them do indeed get filtered out by the screeners. I was filtered out on the only time that I called his show, back in 2004.

Considering some of the stuff you have posted here, you must have gotten filtered out for a different reason.

[Spock]

Absolutely. It airs on over 100 radio stations, plus XM and Sirius.

Is that the "Pat Buchanenesque" Conservative national Ed Schultz show? that there was talk of in the mid to late 90's?

I don't buy his conversion story.

Plus he got mad at the ND Republicans on a 2002 election referendum thingie-and Ed can carry a grudge.

I believe it was more in 2000 when Ed made the conversion. Ed was a big bud of Gary Nelson a long time Republican state senator. 2000 was to be his coronation to the governorship. That was the year Hoeven put together a run and beat out Gary for the Republican nod. Ed has been on Hoeven's a** for 8 years. Hoeven will again be elected for a 3rd term this year. Even the state teacher's union has endorsed him each time. Hoeven also has led the state to a 1.2 billion dollar surplus.
Boy are people lining up for the handouts our next legislative session in Jan. Sessions are every other year.

Personally where I noticed the big change was late 2002-early 2003. Ed had was a big backer of the paying kids to stay in ND on the ballot that year and the Republics did not support it.

I agree the switch started earlier-as he was at Conrad's office on 9/11. But I had often listened to his regional show and there was about a 6 month time period in late 2002-early 2003 when I did not hear the show. When I heard it again in spring 2003-it was dramatically different and I could not figure it out at first.-that is why I attribute at least part of it to the 2002 ballot-IMHO, he got his ego bruised.

[NellyLunatic1980]

As for those intelligent, well spoken, coherent liberals who do call in to Druggie's show, almost all of them do indeed get filtered out by the screeners. I was filtered out on the only time that I called his show, back in 2004.

Considering some of the stuff you have posted here, you must have gotten filtered out for a different reason.

You can bite me once and Pea twice.

[danielh41]

I found the name of the young lady (Gianna Jessen) who was on Hannity & Colmes last night, so I googled her. Her story is pretty amazing. I found a lot of stuff about her, but here is her testimony to Congress....

Gianna Jessen

Testimony of abortion survivor Gianna Jessen before the Constitution Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee on April 22, 1996.

My name is Gianna Jessen. I am 19 years of age. I am originally from California, but now reside in Franklin, Tennessee. I am adopted. I have cerebral palsy. My biological mother was 17 years old and seven and one-half months pregnant when she made the decision to have a saline abortion. I am the person she aborted. I lived instead of died.

Fortunately for me the abortionist was not in the clinic when I arrived alive, instead of dead, at 6:00 a.m. on the morning of April 6, 1977. I was early, my death was not expected to be seen until about 9 a.m., when he would probably be arriving for his office hours. I am sure I would not be here today if the abortionist would have been in the clinic as his job is to take life, not sustain it. Some have said I am a "botched abortion", a result of a job not well done.

There were many witnesses to my entry into this world. My biological mother and other young girls in the clinic, who also awaited the death of their babies, were the first to greet me. I am told this was a hysterical moment. Next was a staff nurse who apparently called emergency medical services and had me transferred to a hospital.

I remained in the hospital for almost three months. There was not much hope for me in the beginning. I weighed only two pounds. Today, babies smaller than I was have survived.

A doctor once said I had a great will to live and that I fought for my life. I eventually was able to leave the hospital and be placed in foster care. I was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a result of the abortion.

My foster mother was told that it was doubtful that I would ever crawl or walk. I could not sit up independently. Through the prayers and dedication of my foster mother, and later many other people, I eventually learned to sit up, crawl, then stand. I walked with leg braces and a walker shortly before I turned age four. I was legally adopted by my foster mother's daughter, Diana De Paul, a few months after I began to walk. The Department of Social Services would not release me any earlier for adoption.

I have continued in physical therapy for my disability, and after a total of four surgeries, I can now walk without assistance. It is not always easy. Sometimes I fall, but I have learned how to fall gracefully after falling 19 years.

I am happy to be alive. I almost died. Every day I thank God for life. I do not consider myself a by-product of conception, a clump of tissue, or any other of the titles given to a child in the womb. I do not consider any person conceived to be any of those things.

I have met other survivors of abortion. They are all thankful for life. Only a few months ago I met another saline abortion survivor. Her name is Sarah. She is two years old. Sarah also has cerebral palsy, but her diagnosis is not good. She is blind and has severe seizures. The abortionist, besides injecting the mother with saline, also injects the baby victims. Sarah was injected in the head. I saw the place on her head where this was done. When I speak, I speak not only for myself, but for the other survivors, like Sarah, and also for those who cannot yet speak ...

Today, a baby is a baby when convenient. It is tissue or otherwise when the time is not right. A baby is a baby when miscarriage takes place at two, three, four months. A baby is called a tissue or clumps of cells when an abortion takes place at two, three, four months. Why is that? I see no difference. What are you seeing? Many close there eyes...

The best thing I can show you to defend life is my life. It has been a great gift. Killing is not the answer to any question or situation. Show me how it is the answer.

There is a quote which is etched into the high ceilings of one of our state's capitol buildings. The quote says, "Whatever is morally wrong, is not politically correct." Abortion is morally wrong. Our country is shedding the blood of the innocent. America is killing its future.

All life is valuable. All life is a gift from our Creator. We must receive and cherish the gifts we are given. We must honor the right to life.

[BackInTex]

You can bite me once and Pea twice.

Typical liberal. Thinking you can modify undesired behavior by rewarding that behavior.

[flockofseagulls104]

Most of the more intelligent, well spoken, coherent liberals are at work during the hours of 12-3 PM Eastern, so they're too busy to call and/or listen to Druggie Limbaugh.

What are the other 2 doing?

[earendel]

Most of the more intelligent, well spoken, coherent liberals are at work during the hours of 12-3 PM Eastern, so they're too busy to call and/or listen to Druggie Limbaugh.

What are the other 2 doing?

Posting here.

[Bob78164]

I found the name of the young lady (Gianna Jessen) who was on Hannity & Colmes last night, so I googled her. Her story is pretty amazing. I found a lot of stuff about her, but here is her testimony to Congress....

Gianna Jessen

Testimony of abortion survivor Gianna Jessen before the Constitution Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee on April 22, 1996.

My name is Gianna Jessen. I am 19 years of age. I am originally from California, but now reside in Franklin, Tennessee. I am adopted. I have cerebral palsy. My biological mother was 17 years old and seven and one-half months pregnant when she made the decision to have a saline abortion. I am the person she aborted. I lived instead of died.

Fortunately for me the abortionist was not in the clinic when I arrived alive, instead of dead, at 6:00 a.m. on the morning of April 6, 1977. I was early, my death was not expected to be seen until about 9 a.m., when he would probably be arriving for his office hours. I am sure I would not be here today if the abortionist would have been in the clinic as his job is to take life, not sustain it. Some have said I am a "botched abortion", a result of a job not well done.

There were many witnesses to my entry into this world. My biological mother and other young girls in the clinic, who also awaited the death of their babies, were the first to greet me. I am told this was a hysterical moment. Next was a staff nurse who apparently called emergency medical services and had me transferred to a hospital.

I remained in the hospital for almost three months. There was not much hope for me in the beginning. I weighed only two pounds. Today, babies smaller than I was have survived.

A doctor once said I had a great will to live and that I fought for my life. I eventually was able to leave the hospital and be placed in foster care. I was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a result of the abortion.

My foster mother was told that it was doubtful that I would ever crawl or walk. I could not sit up independently. Through the prayers and dedication of my foster mother, and later many other people, I eventually learned to sit up, crawl, then stand. I walked with leg braces and a walker shortly before I turned age four. I was legally adopted by my foster mother's daughter, Diana De Paul, a few months after I began to walk. The Department of Social Services would not release me any earlier for adoption.

I have continued in physical therapy for my disability, and after a total of four surgeries, I can now walk without assistance. It is not always easy. Sometimes I fall, but I have learned how to fall gracefully after falling 19 years.

I am happy to be alive. I almost died. Every day I thank God for life. I do not consider myself a by-product of conception, a clump of tissue, or any other of the titles given to a child in the womb. I do not consider any person conceived to be any of those things.

I have met other survivors of abortion. They are all thankful for life. Only a few months ago I met another saline abortion survivor. Her name is Sarah. She is two years old. Sarah also has cerebral palsy, but her diagnosis is not good. She is blind and has severe seizures. The abortionist, besides injecting the mother with saline, also injects the baby victims. Sarah was injected in the head. I saw the place on her head where this was done. When I speak, I speak not only for myself, but for the other survivors, like Sarah, and also for those who cannot yet speak ...

Today, a baby is a baby when convenient. It is tissue or otherwise when the time is not right. A baby is a baby when miscarriage takes place at two, three, four months. A baby is called a tissue or clumps of cells when an abortion takes place at two, three, four months. Why is that? I see no difference. What are you seeing? Many close there eyes...

The best thing I can show you to defend life is my life. It has been a great gift. Killing is not the answer to any question or situation. Show me how it is the answer.

There is a quote which is etched into the high ceilings of one of our state's capitol buildings. The quote says, "Whatever is morally wrong, is not politically correct." Abortion is morally wrong. Our country is shedding the blood of the innocent. America is killing its future.

All life is valuable. All life is a gift from our Creator. We must receive and cherish the gifts we are given. We must honor the right to life.

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you genuinely don't see the holes in this testimony.

First, this was a third-trimester abortion. In every state that I'm aware of, third-trimester abortions can only be performed to save the life or health of the mother. So the claim that the mother "elected" to have an abortion at this stage of the pregnancy is, at best, highly dubious.

Second, the medical professionals can correct me if I'm wrong, but I do not believe that saline abortions are used at seven and a half months gestation.

Third, she expresses no basis, none at all, for her belief that the physician would have committed murder after a live birth. Indeed, she expresses no basis for knowing what happened in that room -- surely she doesn't remember it.

If the 1996 Republican Congress really wanted to know what happened in that room, rather than choosing a sympathetic and partisan spokesperson, they would have sought out and found someone who might actually remember the events. Of course, the Committee wasn't interested in the actual facts. They had a narrative they wanted to convey, and little or no interest in determining whether that narrative was true. --Bob