I know this has been out there for a few days, but I had to post it. Hannity is the ultimate tool of the GOP, but I can’t remember ever seeing him flip flop on a topic faster. We all know that this North Korean nuke deal is suspect to say the least, but Hannity fawns all over it in his opening to the segment until wingnut hero John Bolton attacks it and Hannity…well…see for yourself.
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transcript via Think Progress:
HANNITY: The news today brings a clear foreign policy victory for the Bush administration. But will the press report it that way? Joining us now for analysis, former ambassador to the U.N. and a Fox News contributor, John Bolton. What do you think this means?
BOLTON: I think it’s actually a clear victory for North Korea. They gain enormous political legitimacy…In return, we get precious little. I think this is North Korea demonstrating again that they can out-negotiate the U.S. without raising a sweat.
HANNITY: Boy I tell you they’ve done it time and time again, and I’m sorta perplexed, Mr. Ambassador, to understand why we keep going back to the well knowing that they haven’t kept the agreements in the past. Whatever happened to Reagan’s “trust but verify”?
OMG, is this hysterical. Yes, will the press credit Bush with a monumental victory?—-to—how could he be such a fool? The only fool is Hannity. Who needs Comedy Central when we have Sean . Should we even mention that since North Korea is one of Bush’s Axis of Evil; isn’t negotiating with them unthinkable? It made me think of this scene from Chinatown:
Mrs. Mulwray: I’ll tell you, I’ll tell you the truth.
Jake: Good. What’s her name?
Mrs. Mulwray: Katherine.
Jake: Katherine who?
Mrs. Mulwray: She’s my daughter.
Jake: (He slaps her.) I said, ‘I want the truth.’
Mrs. Mulwray: She’s my sister. (He slaps her again.) She’s my daughter. (Slap.) My sister, my daughter. (Slap. Slap.)
Jake: I said, ‘I want the truth!’ (He throws her against the sofa.)
Mrs. Mulwray: …She’s my sister and my daughter!…My father and I - understand? Or is it too tough for you?
And then there’s this:
Rep. Silvestre Reyes , D-Texas, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said in a statement it was not clear to him why the administration would choose to lift sanctions on Kim Jong Il’s regime just weeks after publicly confirming North Korea’s assistance in developing a covert nuclear reactor in Syria — and while the press was reporting the regime may also have a covert uranium enrichment program.
The ranking Republican on Reyes’ panel, Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, had even harsher words for Bush.
“A decision seemingly has been made that it is more important for the White House to reach a legacy agreement than to get to the bottom of North Korea’s nuclear efforts,” he said in a statement. “The administration has repeatedly delayed briefing Congress on North Korean proliferation because it knows any deal reached would not likely survive the scrutiny of Congress. It has never sought to hold North Korea accountable for its nuclear weapons test, its known nuclear proliferation activities or its willingness to sell arms to any nation or group that can pay.”
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Tags: John Bolton, North Korea, Sean Hannity
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Captain Kangaroo and Flubadub Hannity: What a couple they make!
When Clinton made a deal with No. Korea it was worth a shot.
Now it’s redundant.
And it flies against boosh’s previous stance against meeting with enemies.
And I don’t remember Clinton making his deal with Korea part of any legacy attempt, nor of elevating it to the level of the end of the Cold War.
They have to be against it because otherwise Obama has the right idea.
Hannity’s head must hurt from this bitch-slapping he gets from HIMSELF.
Sean Hannity is the Lou Costello of punditry.
C’mon, John. Didn’t KO talk about this Monday or Tuesday night?
6 thWalrus
I like Lou Costello.
Hannity is more of a Carrot Top, Pauly Shore, Tom Green school of punditry.
sean hannity offers nothing except maybe entertainment
this guy is not objective and repeats himself like
the parrot
osiris @ 1:
How dare you dishonor Captain Kangaroo? ;)
I would have pulled my back out, flip flopping so quickly. That’ was friggin’ hilarious.
HANNITY: The news today brings a clear foreign policy victory for the Bush administration. But will Sean Hannity report it that way? Joining us now for analysis, former ambassador to the U.N. and a Fox News contributor, John Bolton. What do you think this means?
I dunno Sean, you tell us.
LMFAO!!!!
That is CLASSIC!
Thanks for posting this. I don’t watch Fox News as I have a strict rule to not watch crap, so I would have missed this otherwise.
I wonder how many brain dead Fox watching nimrods made the flip flop with Hannity right there live on the air?
Ya, know we’ve ALWAYS been at war with Eastasia.
Hannity can’t even bullshit correctly. Intelligent design in action.
Where’s Mr. Greenjeans?
It’s a toss up whether Hannity’s dick is smaller than his brain, or visa versa. They’re both tiny.
Dont these Fox pundits compare marching orders BEFORE coming on the air ?
13 Chesco Res Says: LMFAO!!!!
That is CLASSIC!
Thanks for posting this. I don’t watch Fox News as I have a strict rule to not watch crap..
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Not sure why, but I watch while I flush.
I like how he stumbles trying to find the right talking point to correct himself. “Um um um, trust but verify.”
ysbaddaden @ 18:
I do the same.
Fox is a great laxative.
beltman713 @ 19:
That applies to one’s own govermnet as well as a country’s adversary.
What Hannity also fails to mention is there was a clear trade off between the United States and North Korea. The North Koreans destroyed a defunct and practically worn down portion of the nuclear program while days later the U.S. transported via ship huge shipments of food stuffs to North Korea. In other words, the North Koreans basically gave up nothing. They retain their nuclear devices and/or weapons, scientists, and technology. Hannity can claim that this was a Bush victory but even Bolton knows otherwise.
ysbaddaden @ 18:
You gotta make sure the floaters like Rush, Hannity and O’reilly go down.
So Hannity is Bolton’s sister?
Talk about going whichever way the wind blows.
Faggity and Dolton is just more closet GAY Reslugs.
Hannity’s awesome ha ha! keep this guy on the air he’s comedic gold!
rush=flush?
“Hannity Sucks ASS”
This is why I hate television. It makes two idiots sound intelligent. There is no bullsh@t detector.
Maybe Roman Polanski could have a little talk with Bu$h …
when all fails pull the reagan card
What is it about conservatives that they are all such a bunch of knee-jerk unrepentant ass-kissers?
From the article: “It’s rare for happy video footage to come out of North Korea, but the other day, it happened. Camera crews were on hand Friday as authorities set off charges at the Yongbyon nuclear reactor, instantly reducing the cooling tower to a heap of rubble.”
Yea, thats great for the cameras but it means nothing. A reactor can be rebuilt and besides, it probably isn’t the only nuclear reactor North Korea has either. What matters is, North Korea still has their nuclear scientists, engineers, and weapons grade or at best reactor grade plutonium along with the blueprints. Without those nuclear scientists and engineers North Korea would be set back generations because those people are difficult to replace. This North Korean action that Hannity sees as a victory is about as useless as Saddam Hussein’s statue falling in Baghdad though it is, as we see good for propaganda purposes.
They are both disgusting ,
Only bolton is revolting
There are very few repigs that make me want to puke and shit my pants at the same time. The only one missing from this travesty of incompetence is Billy chickenshithawk KKKristal.
Spammity needs to be shaken until the nut he calls a brain rattles out of his overly coiffed head. And would somebody please tear that joke of a mustache off Bolton’s face? The only reason he wears it is so you don’t see what a queen he is.
I heard Bush break this news the other day, and afterwards some newsie said it, “This leaves only Iran as a member of the “Axis of Evil.” What does that tell you? Just another reason to line the tanks up on the Iranian border and ignore the NK’s.
Hannity is just a lemming for the GOP. He really is not very smart. If Bush says “jump,” Hannity says “Ja wohl!”
No wonder he couldn’t graduate from high school.
Looks like more pattern reinforcement and it is coming harder and faster than the news cycle churners can handle.
We have the slowly deflating Wes Clark hyperventilation fiasco and now piled higher and deeper we have a nimble footed twinkle toes Hannity doing a most lovely pirouette for a walrus mustache recalling Stalin’s dumb general crony Semyon Budyenny, like Bolton, a man with a large mustache and a small brain.
At this rate I get a sense that all the Beltway bobblehead millionaire courtiers in TV World are heading toward some building hysteria over the impending doom staring at their profession.
They are losing ability to stay on the same frayed page.
I always knew Hannitys endless lust for Bush, and Boltons endless lust for blood and guts would one day cause some friction.
Hannity, Bolton and Bush have brought duplicity to a whole new level: triplicity.
He ought to wear a neck brace.
I just had to watch that again. You can just see it on Bolton’s face. He knows that what Hannity is touting is actually a farce. The North Koreans played the incompetent Bush Administration like the fools that they are.
That’s great.
“Will the mainstream press report it that way (as a victory for the Bush Admin)”
Then they go on to report it as a loss for the Bush Administration.
Someone better get their propaganda together on that show.
Hannity is the ultimate tool
of the GOPThere. Fixed that for ya.
vannity would be laughable, if it wasn’t for the braindead sheep that actually believe his bullshit.
As for sam….he’s just a frustrated old idiot. Never got any respect, couldn’t get confirmed…and he is just another chickenhawk with a platform to spew hate and vitriol.
They are both accessories to war crimes.
Hannity’s intellect is quite low. Having no idea what he was talking about he therefore flip flopped without even realizing it. He sums up the juvenile Beavis & Butthead state of Fox News and their creationary cartoonists who all fit in well with the mad march hare that resides in the White House along with the other characters from Lewis Caroll.
Any idea who would play those other Lewis Carroll characters?
I’m curious as to how, even if legit, Korea’s giving up the nuke thing gets them off the state sponsored terrorist list? I mean, just because they give up the nukes, does that mean they automatically stop doing whatever it was that got them on the state sponsors of terrorism list?
Lets face it - the bush administration while speaking against nuclear weapons proliferation has been pushing for that same proliferation. The outing of Valerie Plame wasn’t an odd coincidence and wasn’t just about her husbands trip to Niger.
47 ciloisin
turdblossam and gonzo for Tweedledee and Tweedledum?
osiris @ 1:
Now, that’s an insult to Captain Kangaroo up with which I will not put…I was raised by the good Captain. This was a better situation than being raised by the wolves who claimed to be my parents. It may also explain why this 54 year old man still believes he is seventeen.
Use Colin Glencannon instead, at least he was a true rogue and scoundrel (although in a good way).
What an incredible dick!
kindanasty rice as the Queen of Hearts, monica goodling (?) as Alice, if he weren’t dead william f buckley as the caterpiller–but since he is dead, Chris Hitchens. The Mad Hatter could be donald rumsfield, and colin powell as the white hare, and william krystol(nacht) as the Cheshire Cat.
And dennis miller as the king.
At least hannity paid the proper respect to St. Ronnie by attributing Lenin’s quote to The Gipper.
Note to Hanity–Goat Bolton is NOT ambassator and Bush today has change his FKN mind–N.Korea is not off the list. America the Indian trader!