How can anyone watch Hannity and the rest of them?

[question everything]

Except for occasional clips on Olbermann or the Daily Show, I have never watched him, nor Orally. But since the Jesse Ventura clip was prominent on DU Home Page, I watched it and could barely contain my disgust. Why do all of them scream? The other day, when talking about Obama's visit to Notre Dame, I happened to watch Pat Buchanan on MSNBC and he was screaming. After the event, when one program - don't remember which - had a pro-choice and an anti-choice guests, the anti was screaming, too, that there can never be a compromise.

And now Hannity. And it was similar when several weeks ago we got together with a former co-worker who blamed Barney Frank, and it escalated to yes, he did, no he did not. How can they talk about Obama's deficit while it was 8 years when they were in power, 12 in Congress that brought us the financial meltdown in the first place?

What was amazing that Hannity praised Reagan. Reagan who left the White House with a deficit which was larger than all previous ones combined! A deficit that was increased by Bush and that Clinton turned into a surplus. And, of course - not that they would care - Reagan who was so intent on erasing anything good that he even removed the solar panels that Carter installed. Reagan who ushered the era of anti-intellectualism, who cut all research grants to academia, except for "star war." Reagan, who turned the Republican party from a "live and let live" to a narrow minded, zealot, backward one. I sometimes wonder whether today's party would even welcome Reagan, or Nixon.

And, someday, I hope that someone will write a book about what really brought down the Soviet Union. The Republicans like to credit Reagan, but I've heard that it was the Chernobyl explosion that drove the economy in a deep recession.

[YOY]

1. Sheer stupidity or monitoring the sheerly stupids of the world.

Either way I'd rather masturbate with a cheese grater.

[VWolf]

8. Hey, don't knock it 'till you've tried it

:evilgrin:

[Clio the Leo]

2. I like to do recon. on the weekends when MSNBC is airing Lock-Up Marathons....

.... gives me a view in to what the other side is seeing.

[griloco]

3. I watch to discover the truth.

Just believe the opposite of what they say.

It's also good to get the Reponzican squawking points
so I can refute any argument made by rightwingers as
not credible when the source is funded by billionaire
international porn merchant Rupert Murdoch.

[CJCRANE]

4. I also noticed that Hannity was pointing

and gesticulating at Ventura, invading his personal space quite blatantly as if trying to intimidate him.

These bully pundits try to ape alpha male behavior (even though they're all chickenhawks).

[question everything]

5. Not, too smart, seeing that Ventura started his career as a wrestler

and is a former Navy Seal.

[question everything]

6. Dupe

[Tim4319]

7. By screaming

they try to drown out the truth or alternative opinions! They are of the mindset that if I can talk louder than them, people will believe me, then I can say I won the debate. This is why people like Hannity will only conduct interviews in a controlled environment. His radio shows, he will cut calls off, or even hangup on them when they get the best of him.

[Solomon]

9. It was Afghanistan that sank the Soviets.