Hours after Feingold campaigned with Obama, Hannity claimed Feingold "doesn't want to be seen" with the president
September 28, 2010 11:16 pm ET by Oliver Willis
Even for Sean Hannity (who previously has gone so far as to edit video to fit a pre-determined narrative), this was a bit of a stretch.
At 9:25 p.m. tonight, as "Live" flashed on the screen, Hannity claimed that Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) "doesn't wan't to be seen with the president."
The only problem is, just a few hours before, Sen. Feingold joined President Obama at a rally with an estimated 26,000+ students at the University of Wisconsin.
What's Hannity's excuse? His program wasn't pre-taped. There are stories datelined as early as 4:57 p.m. noting Feingold's intent to attend the rally.
"As soon as I heard there were only going to be two votes today, I did what I always wanted to do, which was to be at my alma mater with the president," Mr. Feingold told my colleague, Carl Hulse, as he raced home for the event. The senator, who is locked in a tight reelection campaign with Republican Ron Johnson, called it "a lie" that he was trying to avoid being seen next to Mr. Obama.
If Hannity chose to avoid the NY Times, he could have gone directly to Sen. Feingold's Twitter account, where he posted the following at approximately 4:50 p.m.:
Great day to be in Wisconsin! I made it! Finished voting and am proud to join President Obama at my alma mater.
Even if Hannity had an allergic reaction to Sen. Feingold's account, he could have even found this story at FoxNews.com, with an update about Feingold's planned attendance time-stamped at 5:10 p.m. -- almost four hours before the start of Hannity's show.
Hannity had a narrative, and he doggedly stuck to it despite the actual news, even though he's an employee of an organization that claims to be a "news" channel. Why, it's almost as if Hannity would rather make an inaccurate attack on Obama and Feingold than report the truth.
That couldn't be it.
I saw the video and there were at least eleventy bazillion Obama and Feingold supporters in attendance.
Damned elitist media, always underreporting the size of the crowds at Democratic events...
As always, its okay if youre a republican. It simply isnt newsworthy that we massively outnumber them, and we do so through sanity instead of blind, frothing rage. Hypocritical jerks, the right wing is.
I dont mind true conservatives. I disagree sure, but say with my (formerly) conservative friend, I could have real debates about real issues. But these people, these new republicans, theyre just a bunch of whining, screaming brats, using the most childish of insults: Calling obama a "boy" (Hmm..old white people refering to a black man as "boy"...that sounds familiar, for some reason...) doing that whole HUSSEIN nonsense, making the most grossly partisan, obviously racist statements..They are children, who scream when the adults (us) try to run things.
On a forum i posted at recently, I said that anyone who responded to me wouldnt answer my questions, and would instead attack how i said things without acknowledging the issue. Im surprised they didnt end up on Fox News being cheered for arguing with me. The bar doesnt seem that high anymore.
That's what I combat here all the time, and because I point it out, those on the right really love to attack me.
Please, accept my thanks for joining in the fight.