From FYI: Hannity Bashes FreeRepublic.com; Freepers Freak

[LittleClarkie]

http://forum.truthout.org/blog/story/2005/2/16/15514/5242

Hannity Bashes FreeRepublic.com; Freepers Freak

Sean Hannity apparently referred to the far-right web forum FreeRepublic.com as a childish site controlled by fringe elements.

The denizens of FreeRepublie are not happy.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1344622/posts

Bahahahahahaha! Aw, whatsa mattah. Did somebody outlive their usefulness. Awwwwww.

Okay, so if Hannity is GOP talking point boy, then what did the freepers do to piss them off? It's sort of a "pot, kettle, black" thing to me. He's their dream date. I can't figure out why he'd be bashing them.

Anyway, I was amused.

[AlCzervik]

1. make sure yo listen to the audio clip

they posted it a little while ago.

[rodeodance]

4. who is 'they"?

[AlCzervik]

9. they is freepers, it's posted at the top

of there thread.

[FreedomAngel82]

2. Funny

I wonder why he dissed them myself. :shrug:

[Vickers]

3. That dumbass realizes he's fringe, right?

:shrug:

[rodeodance]

5. that d**a** does NOT realize anything!! He has no consciense

[dxdem]

6. Just too funny n/t

[rodeodance]

12. Hannity--we are going to let this site be taken over by some fringe people

What a hoot--NO, he does NOT realize he is fringe!! te he
I am going to send him an email!!

[Dragon Turtle]

7. Evil feeds upon its own.

[SpiralHawk]

8. Repub-lickins Eat their own Freeps

It's yet another kinkee Mangate-like perversion that -- I have heard from "reliable" sources -- they "engage" in.

[Freedom_from_Chains]

10. He might have gotten wind that some rational people are starting

to visit the site. That would be bad for the GOP

[CottonBear]

11. There was a great thread on this earlier.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2644995

[OneTwentyoNine]

13. Bawhahahah...Freepers,lost in a lost World.....nt

[rodeodance]

14. [e-mail]---in case anyone is interested

[Freedom_from_Chains]

15. Well if there is any doubt that Hannity is right, they are fringe

Some freeptard goes and posts this.

"Personally, I cannot listen to the guy anymore. His show is boring, and his ego is just too much. I've switched to The Savage Nation instead. Mike is more in line with my thinking."

[FreedomAngel82]

44. Why does the name

Mike Savage ring a bell to me? :shrug:

[durablend]

53. Michael Weiner...

That's his real name.

It's hilarious that the freeper says he's going to listen to him instead. Savage has been RAILING on * for days on end.

[PA Democrat]

54. Savage is a racist, homophobic, xenophobic asshole with a

syndicated talk radio show, and several books in print. He also had a TV show on MSNBC until he told a gay caller that he hoped he got AIDS and died.

I can see why the freepers would admire Savage.

[applegrove]

16. The Nuts are all going mainstream. Someone sent around a

memo saying that: "history - you'll all be alive when it is written".

[zulchzulu]

17. I'll take that as a late Christmas present

To see Freepers vs. Hannity is just wonderful. Dog...meet dog. Now... EAT EACH OTHER!

[ebayfool]

46. Oops! I do believe there is a desire to 'Rather' him!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1344622/posts?page=60#60

snip/
Promote your site Sean, but don't knock us to do it.
Otherwise you may be on next after Dan Rather and Eason Jordan! :-)
----------------
I think they bite!

[tinfoilinfor2005]

18. They eat their own...

This coming from the chief cannibal! Hahahahahahahahahahahaha.
And I have to chuckle over all the hurt feelings because you know that "THEIR pResident" feels the same way about them. He holds the "common man" (especially those with less than a million bucks in the bank) in the highest contempt. They are only useful in the voting booth. Otherwise, he wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire!!

[Hatalles]

19. If you want to be legit...

... you have to distance yourself from racists, hypocrites, and complete nut jobs. Hannity gets a thumbs up for effort. Probably the only thumbs up he'll ever receive from me.

[burythehatchet]

20. yeah..hannity is just an inch away from legit...

almost there.....almost.....

[LittleClarkie]

21. How do you distance yourself from yourself though

I mean, everywhere you go, there you are. You go with you.

[Old and In the Way]

26. There may be other factors to consider.

On the 1st pass, it's quite amusing for us to see the distancing of Hannity from FR. But here's a post on an earlier DU thread that bears some thinking about:

From poster 'Nothing Without Hope':

The Howie Kurtz and Wolfie Blitzer travesties on the "Gannon" scandal, as well as the Jan 19 special by Ted Koppel on how "internet bloggers" talking about the election being stolen are total whackos all share a common theme: "The internet is not a reliable source of news, you cannot trust it, and people who use it regularly are dangerous and will invade your privacy."

From this carefully framed position it will be a short step to new laws to suppress freedom of information access and expression on the internet.

The administration has obvious reasons for wanting to stifle dissent and activism and prevent evidence of their corruption being found and exposed. The corporate media are threatened as well by the growing reliance on the internet for news. So, it's natural that these two (really one in many senses) forces join to take steps to suppress their common enemy: freedom on the internet.

Hannity doesn't give a damn about the conservative blogs, he wants the WHOLE INTERNET to be stifled. What can Free Republic do for Hannity that his handlers in the blivet** administration can't do better? Besides, we're supposed to be impressed by his 'high standards" in badmouthing the whole internet scene. It's the latest in-thing for corporate media shills to do.

I think this anti-internet pattern is part of a planned campaign, and I think we need to watchdog it and make our own plans to counter it.

[Toots]

64. Wow that hammer sure hit the nail on the head

:thumbsup: I believe you

[lachattefolle]

43. My thumb is NOT the digit I would salute Hannity with! n/t

[ebayfool]

45. He supposedly IS a member of free republic.

I was googling him yesterday after I read @ his saying that Kerry was never in Vietnam & saw several references to it. Haven't found his screen name yet, just Mark Levin - his is 'holdonnow'. Since jim/jeff also posted there, I started to wonder how many of the other pseudo journalists liked to play in the swamp. Nope, he's not trying to be legit. He's just backing away from where all the heat has been lately with jim/jeff. Running scared, LOL. No thumbs from me, except in his eye!

http://www.freerepublic.com/about.htm
/snip
Incidentally, we have been told that "everyone" on Capitol Hill reads Free Republic everyday. Some notables who are "FReepers" or who have participated in our rallies or activism events include: Dr. Alan Keyes, Gary Aldrich, Larry Klayman, Mark Levin, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, Congressman Bob Barr, Dr. Paul Fick, Matt Drudge, Bob Tyrell, "Peter the Lawyer", James Golden (Bo Snerdley), Reed Irvine, Joyce ‘ReJoice’ Smith, Rev. Jesse Peterson, Linda Tripp, Juanita Broaddrick, L.D. Brown, Patrick Knowlton, Billy Dale and many, many others.

[chalky]

48. The only digit I'll ever raise to Sean WON'T be my thumb n/m

[Clark2008]

22. You know what's even more hilarious?

Their posts, while not necessarily spelled correctly, sound exactly like what we've been posting about Hannity for years! LMAO!

To: 1Old Pro

The whine of his voice is like finger nails on chalk board.

****

To: 1Old Pro

He's just peeved because he's recognized as an egotistical bore primarily interested in selling books.

[MAlibdem]

23. wow...

the Right is starting to show some cracks. this is a nice change.

It's been a damn good couple of weeks. This is fun. Let's keep winning.

[K8-EEE]

24. "When Did I Become A Fringe?" LOL LOL LOL!!

God they're so weird. How weird are they EVEN HANNITY THINKS THEY'RE WEIRD! NOW THAT'S WEIRD!! BIZARRO LAND!

[RealDems]

25. This is fucking hilarious

[K8-EEE]

27. ".... Rush Limbaugh and Chris Core (WMAL 630 AM)"

get all their genius BS from Freeperland according to one poster, OMG -- how can people be this stupid and gullible and survive every day is just beyond me!!

[CatholicEdHead]

28. Over 1900 posts

on that Freeper thread. That's a whole lot of post about basically nothing.

[burn the bush]

29. they've got almost 2000 responses on that one lol

[Disturbed]

31. He is trying to distance himself from Gannon.

Now that the can of worms is starting to reek of a foul odor hamity is running way from it as fast as he can.

[Califooyah Operative]

30. haha, that's awesome.

it'll give them something to write about instead of waisting time trolling and freeping around the internets.

[tanyev]

32. Up to 2,099.

Awww, one of them shredded his Sean Hannity autograph. :cry:

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[donco6]

34. Kick. Just cuz the Freeper comments are so funny.

Even if you swore off wandering into Freeperville, this one is absolutely worth the trip. Precious!

[Fleshdancer]

35. I agree with Hannity??!? stand back while my head explodes

I just assumed Hannity was a member...his arguments are just as childish. :shrug:

[golden voyages]

36. Poor Sean. He's so frustrated now that he's lost his hot military stud

[HR_Pufnstuf]

37. Oh yeah DU???

He just committed ratings suicide, in an attempt to push his own BB at hannity.com.


the guy just never seemed that bright.

[LittleClarkie]

38. Right back atcha Hannity

That man just ain't right.

[MaineDem]

55. Is this pic recent?

Why isn't the "decency police" all over this?

Or maybe he's really being held captive and he's trying to send a message. /sarcasm

[thjay]

39. Beginning of the end of blogs

just maybe Hannity is scared to death of what lefty bloggers might find in his closet. He figures he'll bash the freepers first, stir it up a bit, then go really hard after the blogs he's really afraid of.

Just a thought.

[davepc]

40. Gannon fallout/back peddling

[carrowsboy]

41. CRAZY!

I like this place because it is Not like DU, where any type of speech goes, usually hate speech. Hate, looks good on nobody.


2,307 posted on 02/16/2005 8:39:05 PM PST by John Lenin (One mans trash is another mans treasure ...)


What a goober! lol

[DS1]

42. We should all invade Hannity's board and fringe the shit out of it

"I found out my sister said if she got pregnant she'd consider having an abortion - so I killed her"

and such fringosity ;-)

[Vickers]

52. Wow, I REALLY like that suggestion....

Man, I am going to look in to that. Thanks! :thumbsup:

[ClarkUSA]

47. It's a Rove move to disassociate from the website Gannon frequented

he got the message to distance the GOP from Free Republic -- also, last week, the Washington Post revealed FR postings from that Maryland Governor staffer who was using FR to spread adultery claims smearing Baltimore Dem mayor Malloy.

Free Republic is a liability to the GOP now.

Thus, the distancing by Hannity. Watch for every GOP media whore follow suit.

[tanyev]

57. Oh, dear.

Going to be a lot of Freepers with abandonment issues.

[RebelOne]

49. He also said on his radio show yesterday

that since we had invaded Iraq, there haven't been any further terror attacks on our soil. Hello, Sean!! Those who attacked us were not Iraqis.

[LittleClarkie]

50. He hasn't gotten the new memo then

The word is now that AN ATTACK COULD COME AT ANY TIME!!! IRAQ IS GIVING TERRORISTS THE CHANCE TO MEET AND GREET AND PLAN STUFF!!!! ARMAGEDDON! DOGS AND CATS LIVING IN SIN!!!

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TO AVERT DISASTER IS GIVE US MORE MONEY!!

(puppyeyes)Only someone who hates America would refuse to give us everything we need to protect her... again...(/puppyeyes)

Next thing you know, Bush will have sprouted televangelist hair.

[American Tragedy]

51. This is truly hilarious. Thank you for pointing this out to us.

Some of the commentary sounds eerily like our own, especially in the discussion of radical and moderate elements destroying one another at the expense of the 'movement until you realize that part of the basis of their argument is that he supposedly succumbs to liberal ideas. Considering what a sanctimonious right-wing nationalist he is, that borders on surreal.


Sean Sean Sean... you don't have to turn on us just because we're sick of hearing you plug your book all the time.

"And now back to talking about my favorite subject...ME."

"Free Republic is childish. Come to MY board instead".

The whine of his voice is like finger nails on chalk board.

He's just peeved because he's recognized as an egotistical bore primarily interested in selling books.

He also said we eat our own, and all the people he knew left long time ago.

Personally, I cannot listen to the guy anymore. His show is boring, and his ego is just too much. I've switched to The Savage Nation instead. Mike is more in line with my thinking.

Sean's an intellectual midget.. Republican talking points parrot...

Well, at least he didn't label FR with the tag he give everything under the sun that doesn't appeal to him: EVIL, EVIL, EVIL.

Just another MSM flack.

If he hasn't signed up in 2 yrs, then how does Mr. GOP Parrot Talking Points know FR's been taken over?

I can't stomach watching Vanity & Bones. Sean is a moron in the way he interrogates people.

Always pressing them to answer questions that anyone who graduated the 4th grade wouldn't answer. Always trying to establish a false premise and scare guests into an admission of guilt.

Personally, if he would just stop interrupting and talking over people, I would find him much more enjoyable to watch and listen to.

It's been about that long since I watched his show, so I guess we are even---
The little nasal fellow turned into a fool today with his nasty remarks.

LOL thats rich! Seeing as how Hannity is a mouthpiece for the RNC and the Whitehouse, is this how the Repub party and its leader view Free Republic???

See what happens when you cross the business interests that control the Republican party and are pushing for illegal alien amnesty and open borders? They cut you off at the knees!

I've stopped listening to Hannity. It's gotten so bad that Colmes sounds like the mentally-balanced one on the show.
Matter of fact, from now on the only time I'll watch his show it to see Ann Coulter....

He has not talent.

You mean you get tired of every caller being instructed to say.....you're a great american?
Or that no conversation can last without a mention of his book?
Or what humble beginnings he had.

I can't BELIEVE what he just said about us!!!!! "tendency to eat thier own"??????? "engage in petty squabbling"??????? %^*^#!@% to YOU HANNITY!

Sean Hannity....Rush Limbaugh for chicks.

hannity is a sellout. I new him for a fraud the day I began listening to the Savge Nation.

But perhaps my favorite one...

I personally thank God for a conservative talk show host that seems to live what he talks.

We'll see about that. :)


On Edit: Check this one out.

One of the things that makes this website ideal is the way it is laid out and it's uncomplicated format.
Most of the ones you see are in the message board format and I find those just to much trouble to fool with.

I'm almost praying that this is an obscure attempt at irony, because political affiliations aside, every sane individual who has been unfortunate enough to stumble upon FR is absolutely floored by the goddawful design of that site. Seriously.

[ComerPerro]

56. Dont his regular guests include Ann Coulter, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson

and Ollie North?

[htuttle]

58. They should have studied more history

Didn't Hitler eliminate the Brownshirts as soon as they stopped being useful to him?

To a con man like Bush, a 'True Believer' is almost as much a liability as a dissident is.

[fasttense]

61. Good point. You have to kill off your too powerful supporters before

they get more power than you.

[Al-CIAda]

59. Hannity is stone cold busted as being part of the fake Talon news

Hannity praised "Gannon", calling him a 'great reporter' and addressed him as a "Washington Bureau Chief of Talon News", lmfao.

Hannity is stone cold busted as being part of the fake Talon news marketing and promotion.

He's wanting to cut and run before it is noticed he is part of this.

[demwing]

60. Even my 5 year old knows: "Never Work For The Bad Guy"

Your years of menial service, countless boot-lickings, endless hoop-jumping, and the selfless sale of your own soul will never go unpunished for long.

The bad guys always eat their own. It's called "Thinning the Herd," or "Corporate Reallignment." Sometimes it's known as "Fishing with Fredo."

Anyway you cut it, you get screweed, they get away with it. Freepers are getting exactly what they deserve.

Never--I repeat--NEVER work for the bad guy.

[Glenda]

62. "The "Great One" posts here, though."

LOL!!! Who does she mean? Bush?

I thought the "Great One" was Wayne Gretzky.

[Glenda]

63. THey're learning that MSM are "flip-floppers"

[mattclearing]

65. Perhaps they don't want to be identified with the nutjobs.

Even if they totally agree with them on most issues.