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Hannity claims Limbaugh didn't make fun of Michael J. Fox

June 15, 2009 11:44 am ET

From the June 12 edition of Fox News' Hannity:

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Previously: Limbaugh on Michael J. Fox ad for MO Dem: "Either he didn't take his medication or he's acting"

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    • Author by o rly (June 15, 2009 11:46 am ET)
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      Hannity has the mind of a small, willful child. He is completely divorced from reality.
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      • Author by phredicles (June 15, 2009 12:06 pm ET)
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        I thought it was because he's a compulsive liar.
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      • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (June 15, 2009 12:09 pm ET)
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        Hannity has the mind of a small, willful child.
        I believe he keeps it in a jar on a shelf under his desk.
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    • Author by shaggles (June 15, 2009 11:52 am ET)
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      HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Did he actually manage to say that with a straight face? I can't stand to watch another Fox clip today so I'll have to rely on you good folks to tell me.
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      • Author by DAWUSS (June 15, 2009 11:56 am ET)
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        Yes. Yes he did. He said that with a straight face.
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        • Author by snoopy (June 15, 2009 12:10 pm ET)
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          He had to have twisted his knickers telling that one! Man, these guys lie with ease, almost like it's natural to them!
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        • Author by snoopy (June 15, 2009 12:10 pm ET)
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          He had to have twisted his knickers telling that one! Man, these guys lie with ease, almost like it's natural to them!
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      • Author by robyn20094113 (June 15, 2009 12:15 pm ET)
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        Same straight face he used when he would scream at guests that Rush never said he wanted the President to fail. "What he said was...I interviewed him...what he meant was...He never said" Lie, Lie, Lie After months of denying it he Then tried to manipulate Rush into agreeing he had never said it. Rush said "no I did say it & I do want the president to fail." Egg on his face an Sean still had no shame about his lying.
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    • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (June 15, 2009 11:57 am ET)
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      Why is Hannity's "Great American Panel" always made up of such mediocre Americans?
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    • Author by tiger081096 (June 15, 2009 12:00 pm ET)
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      Right Sean, and Rush also didn't make fun of Chelsea Clinton on his TV show in '93.
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      • Author by budrykzp9226 (June 15, 2009 1:07 pm ET)
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        He's actually got a history of denying that one, too. Even more vociferously than Rush did, I'd wager.
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    • Author by NiceguyEddie (June 15, 2009 12:06 pm ET)
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      Next up: Hannity claioms earth is flat, blasts liberal press for reporting on Magelland's journey.
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    • Author by marco21 (June 15, 2009 12:15 pm ET)
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      Sean knows we can see him, right?
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    • Author by PurpleState (June 15, 2009 12:16 pm ET)
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      Totally a knee-jerk reaction from Hannity.

      Limbaugh makes fun of a lot of people, but apparently "making fun of someone" does not compute to Hannity if he feels that Limbaugh was justified in making his opinion.

      Hannity ought to know for himself that AM radio is one of the nastiest purveyors of sarcasm and long-distance mockery. If the right thought that Letterman's comments regarding the Palin daughters was outrageous, they ought to look at the comments made on conservative and liberal AM radio shows and decry those, as well.
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      • Author by OnceYouGoBarack (June 15, 2009 2:37 pm ET)
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        Don't compare right and left talk radio. They are night and day. Please look up the fallacy of false equivalency.
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        • Author by hurricaneyankee52983 (June 15, 2009 2:43 pm ET)
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          oncebarak ,Amen to that.
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        • Author by PurpleState (June 15, 2009 3:46 pm ET)
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          I'll give you that; there is a huge difference between left and right AM radio. Granted, I wasn't referring to ALL of the left and right talk-radio shows. The right crosses the line between comedy and abuse a hell of a lot more than the left.

          But I'm not assuming that all left talk-radio shows are the same, nor are they all innocent to such comments. Lines get crossed regardless of affiliation; it's just that right-wing media crosses the line so many times that it's practically a finish line to them.

          Of course, it's a lot easier to identify when the response is in the form of quick mindless denial like that of Hannity's banter.
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    • Author by didi (June 15, 2009 12:16 pm ET)
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      Well this takes the cake.... Limbaugh and his gyrations were on TV numerous times in the last couple of years. How can Hannity possibly deny that fact?

      Oh never mind.... it's Hannity!
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    • Author by Victor Colorado (June 15, 2009 12:20 pm ET)
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      Hannity would insist that there was nothing inappropriate about the SCGOP activist's remark about Michelle Obama. Hannity has no credibility whatsoever.
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      • Author by magnolialover (June 15, 2009 12:26 pm ET)
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        I just saw that one. That was pretty darn bad right there.

        And yes folks, bear in mind, the guy making that comment is a mainstream republican in South Carolina. Reflects well on the party no doubt.
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      • Author by magnolialover (June 15, 2009 12:26 pm ET)
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        http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2009/06/13/hoover.michelle.gorilla.wis
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        • Author by harley (June 15, 2009 12:47 pm ET)
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          Wow. I shouldn't be shocked, but I still continue to be amazed as how long the reich-wing scum can sink to. Pathetic.

          Where is the collective MSM outrage? Are they still freaking out over the oSarah bin Palin-Letterman rants?

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          • Author by Victor Colorado (June 15, 2009 1:16 pm ET)
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            The guy who made the comment has now blamed Michelle Obama for the comment he made about her. What in God's name is wrong with the GOP?!
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            • Author by magnolialover (June 15, 2009 1:46 pm ET)
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              Seriously?
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              • Author by LuvLuLu (June 15, 2009 1:54 pm ET)
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                Yes, seriously. He claims that Michelle said that we all came from gorillas or monkeys or some such nonsense and that's why he said that the gorilla would be one of Michelle's ancestors.

                The disparaging comment was a response to a Facebook post by an aide to (South Carolina) state Attorney General Henry McMaster, who described in detail the escape of a gorilla from Columbia's Riverbanks Zoo Friday.

                Isn't South Carolina the home of that idiotic Governor who at first refused stimulus money unless he could use it in a totally useless way for 'stimulus' by paying down his state's deficit? Mark Sanford.
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              • Author by Victor Colorado (June 15, 2009 2:38 pm ET)
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                a bit more on the GOP moron:

                [url=]http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/06/south-carolina-goper-apologizes-for-calling-michelle-obama-a-gorilla----and-says-she-started-it.php[/url]
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          • Author by snoopy (June 15, 2009 1:20 pm ET)
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            What's really funny about the letterman rant is that Jay Leno made an almost exact same crack about Palin's daughter during the presidential campaign!

            Gov. Palin announced over the weekend that her 17-year-old unmarried daughter is five months pregnant. And you thought John Edwards was in trouble before! Now he has really done it. -- The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, 9/2/08


            Don't expect to see any outrage there though, Leno gives to republicans so he'll be spared the same faux outrage reserved for everyone else.
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            • Author by Victor Colorado (June 15, 2009 4:42 pm ET)
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              Wow, in condemning the GOP member's racist remark, the State GOP Chairwoman just had to imply that it's just as bad with what Letterman said. These people are patently pathetic:

              State GOP Chairwoman Karen Floyd condemning the comments.

              "Comments like the one in question are unacceptable, run contrary to the spirit and ideals of the Republican Party and have no place in public discourse. Far too often, families are seen as fair game in political fights - becoming targets of attacks and punchlines in offensive satires or jokes. Whether they're directed toward First Lady Michelle Obama or Governor Sarah Palin's children, attacks of this nature and attacks on family members of elected officials are out of bounds and should be condemned by all sides."
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    • Author by budrykzp9226 (June 15, 2009 12:32 pm ET)
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      You know what my favorite part of this is? Normally when someone lies through their teeth like this, MMfA will say "falsely claims" in the headline, but in this case, it's just such a well-documented fact that what Hannity is saying is complete crap that the adverb isn't even necessary. Just pull the curtain, start the train wreck.
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    • Author by harley (June 15, 2009 12:34 pm ET)
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      Come on, teabaggers, none of you are going to defend Insane Vannity!?

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      • Author by budrykzp9226 (June 15, 2009 12:41 pm ET)
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        I'm sure fairtroll is going to say something like it's insignificant if Rush made fun of a sick man, because Chris Rock makes jokes about how white people drive.
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        • Author by phredicles (June 15, 2009 12:52 pm ET)
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          What the heck is there about the way white people drive to make fun of? Now if you'll excuse me, I have to open my door at a stoplight, lean out, and hawk a loogie onto the pavement.
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          • Author by harley (June 15, 2009 12:56 pm ET)
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            Now if you'll excuse me, I have to open my door at a stoplight, lean out, and hawk a loogie onto the pavement.


            huh?

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            • Author by phredicles (June 15, 2009 3:46 pm ET)
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              Aw, maybe it's a regional thing (west coast?). I see people doing that a lot.
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          • Author by robyn20094113 (June 15, 2009 3:07 pm ET)
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            At least you opened your door and leaned out. Makes me proud to be white.
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    • Author by jbrantow (June 15, 2009 1:06 pm ET)
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      hannity the waterboarding coward just seems to make up history in his mind and think the world see's things the same way. He is a delusional phoney patriotic coward.
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    • Author by TheThief672 (June 15, 2009 1:17 pm ET)
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      It's a good thing that desk he's sitting behind is tall to hide the fire.
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    • Author by nerzog (June 15, 2009 1:26 pm ET)
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      Someone needs to sit Hanniterd down and explain the Google to him... or maybe he knows that his audience is too stupid to care.
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    • Author by digeeedad9143 (June 15, 2009 1:47 pm ET)
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      When is Hannity EVER going to be confronted about his despicable website forums, specifically "Washington Politics", which is nothing more than a playground for seditious, hate-filled, bigoted, and outright racist comments?
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    • Author by SteveRiverson162410 (June 15, 2009 6:36 pm ET)
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      So now Hannity is trying to change history just as he said he has never heard any nasty comments from Limbaugh. All of a sudden, it didn't happen. Pretty soon he is going to say years down the line that Limbaugh never said he wanted Obama to fail.
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    • Author by henrygattis (June 16, 2009 6:37 pm ET)
         
      "Great Americans"????

      Is'nt Jillian a Canadian?
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