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Ignoring his own false attacks and smears, Hannity compares Jennings controversy to Mark Foley scandal

October 06, 2009 11:20 pm ET

From the October 6 edition of Fox News' Hannity:

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Previously:

Hannity and Fox News defended Hastert during Foley scandal

Hannity continued to push "statutory rape" smear even after Fox reporter questioned story's accuracy

After statutory rape smear disintegrates, Hannity attacks Jennings with fabricated NAMBLA link

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    • Author by Jen7 (October 07, 2009 12:11 am ET)
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      Mark Foley was sexually inappropriate to underage pages. Kevin Jennings gave advice to a student who was, at the time, of legal consent. How are these two things even slightly related?
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      • Author by bintx (October 07, 2009 11:11 am ET)
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        They aren't, but Hannity doesn't care. He still pushes the phony Nancy Pelosi/plane story as truth. He tells a story, his fans circulate and he has to stick with it. Otherwise, he will be shown to be a liar and he will lose ratings and, by extension, money.
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        • Author by shaggles (October 07, 2009 11:57 am ET)
             
          I don't think he means Jennings played the same role as Foley in his "scandal." They right are trying to equate Jennings with Dennis Hasstert. Of course there's no comparison but it's funny that they forget their own defense of Hassert.
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    • Author by blk-in-alabam (October 07, 2009 12:49 am ET)
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      Regular media has a news cycle of about 24 hours.Any subject that has any thing to do with a sh-t hole gets extended coverage on republican party media.They will cover it for months just to stick there nose in to get a sniff.Hannity is republican party media's lead sh-t hole sniffer.
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    • Author by noneyabidnis (October 07, 2009 1:06 am ET)
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      "Foley resigned from Congress on September 29, 2006, after allegations surfaced that he had sent suggestive emails and sexually explicit instant messages[1] to teenaged males who had formerly served and were at that time serving as Congressional pages."

      There's also a criminal investigation.
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    • Author by Sharpe (October 07, 2009 1:44 am ET)
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      Comparing him to foley? That is totally inappropriate now - even for hannity, that is rapidly becoming out of line.
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    • Author by captfoster2 (October 07, 2009 1:48 am ET)
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      I just posted in another thread about whether if the guy (or rather the kid) in question were to actually show up on Sean's little puke fest of a show if it would make any difference in this dumb asses little theory floating around in his moronic brain??

      Sean better be careful... or he might end up in a white padded room before even Glenn does??
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (October 07, 2009 7:13 am ET)
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      Foley, a middle age man Congressman, was actually hitting on teenage boys. Jennings, as a 24 year old teacher, didn't know what to do when a student confided in him his homosexuality. Somehow I fail to see the equivalence of the two.
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    • Author by The_Cat (October 07, 2009 9:26 am ET)
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      Well, they were both scandals, one involving a representative, one involving an adviser to the President. One a Democrat, one a Republican. Both involved teenage boys.

      However, in one story, a teenage boy of legal age to consent sought the advice of a future Presidential advisor over a relationship he had with someone else.

      In the other story, a Republican representative was using the government e-mail system to pursue teenage boys not of legal age with whom he had worked.

      Sean, I think trying to call these stories equivalent is another one of those 'simplistic analyses' you were accusing Mr. Moore of.
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