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The End of an Era

Media | Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 12:34:04 pm PST

His work there is done: Alan Colmes To Leave FNC’s Hannity & Colmes Show.

Allahpundit is crushing heavy on Kirsten Powers (yes, again) for Colmes’ replacement. My preference would be a left field oddball like Kinky Friedman. But it looks like Fox is leaning toward a stultifying five-day dose of “Hannity’s America.”

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1 debutaunt  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:35:18pm

He never seemed to believe the crap he spouted.

2 bosforus  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:36:10pm

Wonder where he'll pop up next. Actually, no I don't.

3 Boxy_brown  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:36:22pm

Kirsten Powers is a lot easier on the eyes than Alan Colmes... Thank God for the "mute" button.

4 mamashawna  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:36:26pm

He should have been fired as soon as he posted that crap about Trig!

5 Ford_Prefect  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:36:26pm

re: #1 debutaunt

He never seemed to believe the crap he spouted.

At least the silence from the left now will be because no one is there.

6 Shug  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:36:36pm

Anybody but Giraldo

7 FrogMarch  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:36:51pm

As much as I detest Alan's views - this is probably not a good move.

8 Honorary Yooper  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:36:52pm

Don't think I'll be watching. Never really liked Hannity all that much anyway.

9 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:37:02pm

Hannity will not survive a new Fairness Doctrine without Colmes.

10 mamashawna  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:37:04pm

Not that I ever watched anyway....

11 JammieWearingFool  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:37:38pm

Now that the election cycle is over, I don't even watch. I doubt I could take that much Hannity.

I have no beef putting Kirsten Powers on. Once they put her through the Fox Babe Transformation Machine, she'll be hot (she needs to get some sun).

As long as it's not that annoying Ellis Henican or, God help us, James Gargoyle.

12 Ford_Prefect  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:37:53pm

re: #9 FurryOldGuyJeans

Hannity will not survive a new Fairness Doctrine without Colmes.

Doesn't that really only apply to radio?

13 Iron Fist  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:38:18pm

re: #5 Ford_Prefect

The Left have been devoid of ideas since Lenin died. They just keep endlessly recycling the same old, tired shit. Over, and over, and over, and...

14 Shug  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:38:40pm
My preference would be a left field oddball like Kinky Friedman

They could Call the Show Hannity & Insanity

15 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:38:43pm

Skeletor needs to go storm Castle Greyskull.

16 turn  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:38:50pm

Don't let the door hit ya on the way out!. Who is going to take over for Allen I wonder. What's that cute little blond's name, oh yeah Kirsten Powers?

[Link: i27.photobucket.com...]

17 snowcrash  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:39:05pm

Powers subbed for Colmes and was good. She is smart, a FOX employee and already blonde. I vote for Powers over say..... Bob Beckel.

18 Nevergiveup  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:39:15pm

There is one obvious choice. Let me lay it out for ya. His wife is gonna get a keen new job. He is not going to be allowed to take money from certain people. He is going to have to have his speeches vetted and he ain't gonna like that. With his wife out of the country alot, he can meet alot of pretty young TV type ladies. Need I go on?

19 saberry0530  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:39:27pm

Colmes is probably positioning himself for a play into the "Fairness Doctrine" on the radio. I know he already has a show, but probably wants to be able to offer himself up as an opposition to RUsh, Oreilly, MIller, and Hannity.
Just thinning!

20 MandyManners  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:40:10pm

re: #9 FurryOldGuyJeans

Hannity will not survive a new Fairness Doctrine without Colmes.

Oh, fuck the Fairness Doctrine.

I don't think it'll pass a challenge at the USSC with the present composition so, if CBBHO is gonna' try to pervert the First Amendment, he better do it after two justices have been replaced. Now, if we can just get them all to stay until 2012....

21 bosforus  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:40:14pm

Chris Matthews!

22 snowcrash  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:40:38pm

An hour of Hannity is too much.

23 JammieWearingFool  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:40:53pm

re: #18 Nevergiveup

There is one obvious choice. Let me lay it out for ya. His wife is gonna get a keen new job. He is not going to be allowed to take money from certain people. He is going to have to have his speeches vetted and he ain't gonna like that. With his wife out of the country alot, he can meet alot of pretty young TV type ladies. Need I go on?

There's be fisticuffs the first show when Hannity did his Slick impersonation.

24 Shug  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:41:00pm

re: #21 bosforus

Chris Matthews!

You Can't handle the Ratings

- Jessup

25 NY Nana  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:41:01pm

re: #11 JammieWearingFool

You forgot Susan Estrogen!

26 DeafDog  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:41:03pm

If they go with Kirsten Powers, then they should also replace Hannity with Megyn Kelly, too. Hannity would get a bad wrap on beating up a girl otherwise.

27 MandyManners  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:41:04pm

re: #12 Ford_Prefect

Doesn't that really only apply to radio?

And, regular television. Cable is unlimited as opposed to the airwaves which the federal government says we own.

28 Iron Fist  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:41:20pm

re: #11 JammieWearingFool

Are you referring to James Carville, the Naked Mole Rat? He is a particularly ugly man, isn't he? He'll be going to State to serve Her Worshippfulness, surely.

29 turn  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:41:27pm

re: #3 Boxy_brown

Kirsten Powers is a lot easier on the eyes than Alan Colmes... Thank God for the "mute" button.

I agree, and I'll point out that I've noticed that since she became a Fox employee she really turned down her moonbattery. She actually seems a little fair and balanced to me now.

30 Thanos  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:41:40pm

James Carville, Olberman, or Chris Matthews would all be hilarious across from Hannity.

31 DaddyG  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:41:40pm
32 saberry0530  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:41:42pm

re: #25 NY Nana

You forgot Susan Estrogen!

Nah, she has a more manly voice than Hannity!

33 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:42:02pm

re: #12 Ford_Prefect

Doesn't that really only apply to radio?

TV was included in the original FD, but radio was the sole beneficiary of the repeal since radio is a cheaper to produce and broadcast medium. I expect the new FD will cover ALL media, including the internet. We could soon be seeing Chinese-style 'net filtering to ensure better content.

34 varmint  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:42:08pm

no to kristen powers. it is almost impossible for a man to win an argument with attractive women.

one of the snarling she beasts from the view would be another matter.

35 Opinionated  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:42:11pm

re: #1 debutaunt

He never seemed to believe the crap he spouted.

Having heard him when he had a obscure late night radio talk show in NYC many years ago, I assure you that as bad as he has been on FOX, you have no idea what sort of Leftist and even further out crazy crap he believes.

36 MandyManners  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:42:20pm

re: #25 NY Nana

You forgot Susan Estrogen!

Oh, that voice. I'd rather listen to a million fingernails being scraped across a million chalk boards.

37 Silhouette  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:42:26pm

The Fairness Doctrine, if successful in shutting off free speech by conservatives, will be tried every other place they can imagine.

38 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:42:27pm

re: #26 DeafDog

mmmmmmmmMegyn Kelly. I am so there.

39 Eowyn2  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:42:45pm

re: #2 bosforus

Wonder where he'll pop up next. Actually, no I don't.

the rosie odonnel show

40 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:42:58pm
41 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:43:03pm

re: #18 Nevergiveup

There is one obvious choice. Let me lay it out for ya. His wife is gonna get a keen new job. He is not going to be allowed to take money from certain people. He is going to have to have his speeches vetted and he ain't gonna like that. With his wife out of the country alot, he can meet alot of pretty young TV type ladies. Need I go on?

That's a slick way to put it.

42 MandyManners  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:43:06pm

Gotta' go do my bit to save the economy.

CHRISTMAS 2008: SHOP EARLY. SHOP OFTEN.

43 mamashawna  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:43:16pm

re: #32 saberry0530

Nah, she has a more manly voice than Hannity!


I always think of The Grinch when I see her....same with my governor here in Wash state, Queen Christine...

44 MandyManners  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:43:32pm

re: #40 buzzsawmonkey

Hannity should make a bid for real seriousness and invite Bernardine Dohrn on to take Colmes' place.

Bloodbath.

I like it.

bbl

45 DeafDog  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:43:54pm

re: #38 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

mmmmmmmmMegyn Kelly. I am so there.

She's a good reason to watch FNC, isn't she!

46 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:43:56pm

At the risk of suffering a multitude of down-dings, I have to admit I think Sean Hannity is a knucklehead.

47 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:44:16pm

re: #43 mamashawna

I always think of The Grinch when I see her....same with my governor here in Wash state, Queen Christine...

She certainly was a beneficiary of the Obama Effect this election. :|

48 debutaunt  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:44:17pm

re: #25 NY Nana

You forgot Susan Estrogen!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !

49 opnion  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:44:22pm

re: #4 mamashawna

He should have been fired as soon as he posted that crap about Trig!

Bingo!, but I think that this is the retribution.

50 sbvft contributor  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:44:24pm

re: #15 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Skeletor needs to go storm Castle Greyskull.

LOL!

51 pie22  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:44:26pm

I think Edie Hill just got canned for falling out of line concerning "The 1".
Could it be she was considering a lawsuit against Fox if they did not do the same to Colmes?

52 snowcrash  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:44:29pm

Malkin v. Powers, forget Hannity.

53 Nevergiveup  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:44:34pm

If we are really looking for a liberal, I mean McCain ain't really up to much since his last gig got shit canned?

54 Just_A_Grunt  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:44:47pm

Al Franken or Rosie O'Donnell would be my choice

55 turn  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:44:58pm

re: #21 bosforus

Chris Matthews!

Please, please no.

56 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:45:10pm

re: #46 Wyatt Earp

At the risk of suffering a multitude of down-dings, I have to admit I think Sean Hannity is a knucklehead.

+DING! I just happen to concur. ;)

57 mamashawna  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:45:35pm

re: #56 FurryOldGuyJeans

+DING! I just happen to concur. ;)

Beat ya....I updinged him first...

58 Clutch  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:46:03pm

Don't let the screen door hit ya where the Good Lord split ya, Skeletor! It's been real and it's been fun, but it ain't been real fun...

(Good riddance to bad rubbish; I used to say "F*ck you, Skeletor." every time his homely mug showed up on the screen after he posted that trash about Palin's child. Well, not every time, sometimes my kids were in the room and Dad has to set an example.)

I suspect that there will be a surplus of eye bleach on the market once he does his final show. Doubtful that this will make me watch more Hannity, as there is only so much of him that I can take, too. For now, I'm not even watching FNC since me & the better half are burned to a crisp from all the news leading up to the election. And I still think that the press/media is the enemy and they have a beachhead even in FNC.

59 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:46:04pm

re: #57 mamashawna

Beat ya....I updinged him first...

I didn't realize there was a race. ;)

60 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:46:11pm

re: #45 DeafDog

She's a good reason to watch FNC, isn't she!

Yep.

61 subsailor68  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:46:19pm

Heh, heh. Kinky Friedman lives near my town, and I run into him every once in awhile. He's actually a pretty good guy, and yep, his black outfit, hat, and duster are about all he ever wears.

Loves animals. He was sitting at the table next to us one night at a restaurant and asked me how many we have. When I told him we had three dogs and four cats - and they all slept on the bed - he said I'd just gotten my ticket to heaven punched.

(Or something like that.)

62 JammieWearingFool  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:46:27pm

Susan Estrich sounds like she gargles with razor blades and swallows gravel just for fun. And she sounds like she half in the bag most of the time.

63 eschew_obfuscation  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:46:27pm

re: #45 DeafDog

She's a good reason to watch FNC, isn't she!

Anybody know what her background is (I know she's an attorney)?

First, she was Megan Kendall, then Megan Kelly, THEN she got married and her name didn't change. I can imagine how that happened, but does anyone know?

64 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:46:30pm

re: #56 FurryOldGuyJeans

+DING! I just happen to concur. ;)

Thank you, sir. I just thought he spouted the same talking points as Colmes, just from the Right.

65 Jimmah  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:46:43pm

Would help even more if they got rid of that eejit Hannity as well.

66 Iron Fist  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:46:45pm

re: #59 FurryOldGuyJeans

Racist!

67 varmint  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:46:55pm

replace colmes with hannity.

and replace hannity with ann coulter.

68 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:46:59pm

re: #46 Wyatt Earp

Your karma's looking good today.

69 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:47:22pm

re: #62 JammieWearingFool

Susan Estrich sounds like she gargles with razor blades and swallows gravel just for fun. And she sounds like she half in the bag most of the time.

She should do a vocal duet with Tom Waits.

70 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:47:24pm

re: #64 Wyatt Earp

Thank you, sir. I just thought he spouted the same talking points as Colmes, just from the Right.

GET.....OUT.....OF.....MY.....MIND! ;)

71 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:47:28pm

re: #57 mamashawna

Beat ya....I updinged him first...

Thank you, too! He just always irked me. Maybe it's the plastic hair. :)

72 DaddyG  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:47:37pm

Coulter and Carville!

73 turn  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:47:39pm

re: #30 Thanos

James Carville, Olberman, or Chris Matthews would all be hilarious across from Hannity.


You know I would probably get a kick out of Olberman, man would they clash or what?

74 SFGoth  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:47:40pm

Ugh, Sean Hannity, the Katie Couric of the Right. Kinky Friedman v. Ted Nugent!

75 Nevergiveup  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:47:40pm

re: #63 eschew_obfuscation

Anybody know what her background is (I know she's an attorney)?

First, she was Megan Kendall, then Megan Kelly, THEN she got married and her name didn't change. I can imagine how that happened, but does anyone know?

Funny but when I look at her that is not what occurs to me?

76 eschew_obfuscation  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:48:05pm

re: #54 Just_A_Grunt

Al Franken or Rosie O'Donnell would be my choice

Oh brother! You'd have an incomprehensible hour of two people shouting each other down ;-)

77 Eowyn2  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:48:08pm

re: #54 Just_A_Grunt

Al Franken or Rosie O'Donnell would be my choice


Joy Baher

78 Silhouette  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:48:23pm

re: #74 SFGoth

I would move appointments to watch Nugent debate people nightly.

79 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:48:24pm

re: #57 mamashawna

Beat ya....I updinged him first...

I'm listed first.

80 Thanos  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:48:28pm

re: #69 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

She should do a vocal duet with Tom Waits.

That's not a bad idea. They could do a Christmas song or something...

81 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:48:31pm

re: #68 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Your karma's looking good today.

Completely unjustified - I'm just a big, dumb guy - but thanks to all just the same.

re: #70 FurryOldGuyJeans

GET.....OUT.....OF.....MY.....MIND! ;)

It's a gift. And now, you want a beer.

82 Honorary Yooper  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:48:59pm

re: #30 Thanos

James Carville, Olberman, or Chris Matthews would all be hilarious across from Hannity.

OK, I'd watch it with Hannity vs. Olberman, but just to watch Olberman's head split from the conniption he'd be having on-air.

83 Shug  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:49:00pm

The problem is that there are just so few entertaining liberals out there.

they are angry, boring, one-dimensional people, and that makes for bad ratings.

So the choices are kind of limited, if you want to preserve high ratings

84 Silhouette  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:49:14pm

re: #79 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I'm listed first.

I'm always amazed that people upding in alphabetical order.

/they die that way too.

85 jimzinsocal  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:49:31pm

^^Kinky is fine. Come on now. Any Imus listener knows what he's about.

Maybe Colmes can dig up his old pal from WNBC to replace him. Soupy Sales.

86 3 wood  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:49:36pm

Skeletor will be a trivia question in 2 years.

87 turn  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:49:42pm

re: #51 pie22

I think Edie Hill just got canned for falling out of line concerning "The 1".
Could it be she was considering a lawsuit against Fox if they did not do the same to Colmes?


I didn't know that. When did that happen? links?

88 Thanos  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:49:56pm

Maybe they'll get Bill Maher.

89 Nevergiveup  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:50:00pm

re: #85 jimzinsocal

^^Kinky is fine. Come on now. Any Imus listener knows what he's about.

Maybe Colmes can dig up his old pal from WNBC to replace him. Soupy Sales.

who says soupy is a liberal?

90 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:50:01pm

re: #71 Wyatt Earp

Thank you, too! He just always irked me. Maybe it's the plastic hair. :)

The major "conservative" commentators that FNC has, Hannity, O'Reilly, and now Huckabee (*BARF*), are such blowhards it is no wonder the Left thinks all Conservatives are horses' asses.

91 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:50:19pm

re: #74 SFGoth

Ugh, Sean Hannity, the Katie Couric of the Right. Kinky Friedman v. Ted Nugent!

That would be the most entertaining show on TV! Hannity just isn't entertaining.

92 debutaunt  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:50:25pm

I can't stand shows that allow people to talk over each other. Taser guns should be used.

93 freedombilly  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:50:37pm

I can not honestly say that I will not miss Colmes. I haven't been able to watch that show in quite some time because of his drivel. Occasionally Hannity makes a great point but he can really be a pompous ass sometimes.

That being said both of his books are excellent.

94 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:50:38pm

re: #84 Silhouette

I'm always amazed that people upding in alphabetical order.

/they die that way too.

Sweet! My real first name begins with "S."

95 eschew_obfuscation  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:50:42pm

re: #75 Nevergiveup

Funny but when I look at her that is not what occurs to me?

Yeah, I know.....I think most of the Fox News Babes are hot (gee, what a coincidence).

96 bosforus  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:50:58pm

re: #55 turn

Please, please no.

It would be the most awkward hour on television.

97 TrueReliever  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:51:10pm

re: Fairness doctrine imposed as "localism".

Seems to me that would apply to broadcast TV, as well as radio. If they insist that a certain percentage of daily programming must be locally originated, what does that mean for all of the national broadcasters? (ABC, NBC, CBS, etc..) No more nation-wide soaps, sitcoms, comedy, news (oops, repeated myself.)

As far as Fox is concerned, when I have been watching lately, they have been slowly sliding to the left. I think they will eliminate Hannity when given the chance, and colmes leaving would be a perfect excuse.

98 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:51:11pm

re: #81 Wyatt Earp

It's a gift. And now, you want a beer.

I would prefer a large pot of 100% Colombian coffee instead, thank you very much. ;)

99 Rednek  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:51:13pm

How about Christopher Hitchens?

100 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:51:38pm

re: #84 Silhouette

oops.

101 turn  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:51:38pm

re: #61 subsailor68

Cool!

102 fried spam  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:51:50pm

Hmmm... something to watch out for is Glenn Beck in someone's air time...

103 Shug  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:51:54pm

re: #99 Rednek

How about Christopher Hitchens?

he'd be half in the bag most nights. It would be good for a week. then he'd get bored and that would be that

104 freedombilly  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:52:10pm

re: #92 debutaunt

I can't stand shows that allow people to talk over each other. Taser guns should be used.


Don't tase me bro!

105 opnion  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:52:21pm

A guy brings a well mannered parrot home from the pet shop.
Immediately the bird gets rude & profane. It continues day after day & finally the guy has enough, grabs the parrot & tosses him into the freezer.
The bird squawks for about a minute & then stops.
The guy gets concerned opens the freezer & the bird hops out on his arm and says, "Sir I fear that my language & overall deportment have been poor. I can assure you that going forward , you will get better from me"
The guy is impressed. The parrot then says,"Sir, if I might ask, what exactly did the turkey do?"

106 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:52:23pm

re: #99 Rednek

Christopher would eat Hannity's lunch, as he would mine.

107 Eowyn2  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:52:43pm

re: #84 Silhouette

I'm always amazed that people upding in alphabetical order.

/they die that way too.

can we die by last names instead. even maiden names.

108 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:52:52pm

re: #98 FurryOldGuyJeans

I would prefer a large pot of 100% Colombian coffee instead, thank you very much. ;)

I guess I'm off my game a little. Must be because my Alma mater is getting crushed by Texas in the Maui Invitational.

109 Noam Chumpski  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:52:54pm

Bleh, 5 days of Hannity I can get on the radio.

I say let's bring on Huffington because her accent really makes me laugh. Especially when she starts talking like a Liberal. It just cracks me up.

I hear Al Franken is looking for work.

110 Honorary Yooper  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:52:56pm

re: #106 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Christopher would eat Hannity's lunch, as he would mine.

Hannity needs the humility.

111 father_of_10  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:53:04pm

re: #18 Nevergiveup

There is one obvious choice. Let me lay it out for ya. His wife is gonna get a keen new job. He is not going to be allowed to take money from certain people. He is going to have to have his speeches vetted and he ain't gonna like that. With his wife out of the country alot, he can meet alot of pretty young TV type ladies. Need I go on?

Actually, I would love to see Klinton on that show, but fat chance of that. The man doesn't need a "job". He makes a ton just being Bill Clinton. I also doubt he is having any problems with finding willing a nubile young things . . . especially since he doesn't seem to mind them being a bit on the chubby side.

112 jcm  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:53:11pm

re: #86 3 wood

Skeletor will be a trivia question in 2 years.

Who?

113 SasquatchOnSteroids  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:53:13pm

re: #99 Rednek

How about Christopher Hitchens?

Yeah, and Andrew Sullivan

"Quit being such a lesbian, Andrew"

114 SFGoth  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:53:36pm

re: #91 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

That would be the most entertaining show on TV! Hannity just isn't entertaining.

It would also be educational as both of those guys could power small cities with their brains.

115 Shug  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:53:42pm

re: #109 Noam Chumpski

I could go for Huffington.

116 Cap'n DOC  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:53:53pm

re: #98 FurryOldGuyJeans

I would prefer a large potamount of 100% Colombian coffee instead, thank you very much. ;)

/I'd like a side of Cheetos with that, please - dude.

117 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:53:59pm

re: #108 Wyatt Earp

I guess I'm off my game a little. Must be because my Alma mater is getting crushed by Texas in the Maui Invitational.

Try having teams like the Mariner, Seahawks, or the UofW Huskies, and then complain about being a bit off. ;)

118 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:54:03pm

re: #109 Noam Chumpski

Bleh, 5 days of Hannity I can get on the radio.

I say let's bring on Huffington because her accent really makes me laugh. Especially when she starts talking like a Liberal. It just cracks me up.

I hear Al Franken is looking for work.

It would be like listening to Zsa Zsa Gabor for an hour. Pass.

119 turn  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:54:42pm

re: #62 JammieWearingFool

Susan Estrich sounds like she gargles with razor blades and swallows gravel just for fun. And she sounds like she half in the bag most of the time.

Somehow I don't think she would give up her professorship, besides she gets her smug face on TV way too much as it is. Hey, come to think about it she does seem plastered sometimes. Not as blatant as Steve Ducey 9sp?) though.

120 Who Watches the Watchmen?  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:54:43pm

re: #22 snowcrash

An hour of Hannity is too much.

Hannity is his own main man.

121 Shug  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:54:43pm

Helen Thomas?

/ducks

122 subsailor68  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:54:46pm

re: #74 SFGoth

Ugh, Sean Hannity, the Katie Couric of the Right. Kinky Friedman v. Ted Nugent!

re: #101 turn

Now Kinky with Ted would be a total hoot. That would be 'must-see TV'.

:-)

123 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:54:49pm

re: #116 Cap'n DOC

I would prefer a large potamount of 100% Colombian coffee instead, thank you very much. ;)

/I'd like a side of Cheetos with that, please - dude.

Don't do illegal drugs...the legal ones are bad enough. ;)

124 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:54:56pm

re: #117 FurryOldGuyJeans

Try having teams like the Mariner, Seahawks, or the UofW Huskies, and then complain about being a bit off. ;)

Wow, suddenly Saint Joe's doesn't look so bad. :)

125 lawhawk  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:55:14pm

Good radio/tv shows of this ilk need someone to play a foil.

Colmes leaving means Hannity by himself, which means he's basically doing his radio show all the time. Boring.

KP is the pretty choice. Carville is the intriguing choice. Kinky Friedman is the "out there" choice.

My personal preference? Al Franken.

He's provide countless hours of entertainment, and the added benefit of not being in the US Senate.

126 Thanos  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:55:19pm

What FNN really needs is a new Britt Hume and a new Charles Krauthammer. (Charles is still there and doing fine, but they need to groom new talent, who is going to be the C. K.?)

127 snowcrash  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:55:22pm

I'm not a fan of Greta vanS subject matter most nights either. I had much sympathy for the Holloway Family and the missing British little girl, but enough.

128 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:55:23pm

Sometimes there are people who I disagree with, who are much smarter than I, (yes, I am right anyway) I will not enter into debates with them.

Neither one of us are going to budge, but he/she'll sound better not budging. I don't give them the pleasure. Hitch'd kill Hannity.

129 Noam Chumpski  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:55:24pm

re: #118 Wyatt Earp

It would be like listening to Zsa Zsa Gabor for an hour. Pass.

But... and hear me out now... but what if they did the show from the set of Green Acres? Eh? What about that?

130 pie22  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:55:45pm

re: #87 turn
I am sorry. Ashamed to say I can not link without the help of my 11 year old. Last week Fox News declined to renew her contract. I had read here at LGF that she had gotten in trouble a couple of months ago for insinuating that the fist pump that Michelle and O have takin a penchant to reminded her of a "terrorist handshake". I will work on my linking abilities.

131 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:56:02pm

re: #129 Noam Chumpski

But... and hear me out now... but what if they did the show from the set of Green Acres? Eh? What about that?

If Arianna holds a pitchfork during the entire hour, I'm in!

132 Rancher  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:56:19pm

I liked Colmes, he wasn't a loon and articulated the left's talking points well. He prepared me for the arguments I could expect from my smarter liberal family members. I also admired him for his willingness to be the whipping boy on the show. I will miss him. They have to find a replacement.

133 Silhouette  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:56:51pm

re: #129 Noam Chumpski

But... and hear me out now... but what if they did the show from the set of Green Acres? Eh? What about that?

That was totally Eva Gabor.

I'll bet you mix up the Olsens too. ;-)

134 father_of_10  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:57:03pm

re: #125 lawhawk

Good radio/tv shows of this ilk need someone to play a foil.

Colmes leaving means Hannity by himself, which means he's basically doing his radio show all the time. Boring.

KP is the pretty choice. Carville is the intriguing choice. Kinky Friedman is the "out there" choice.

My personal preference? Al Franken.

He's provide countless hours of entertainment, and the added benefit of not being in the US Senate.

Al Franken lacks any integrity. Besides, considering how Air America tanked, I doubt FOX would let Franken darken their profit margin. I'm hoping the Minnesota debacle puts Franken in the "has been" category for good.

135 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:57:07pm

Tonight on Fox; Hannity and Sharpton

136 Noam Chumpski  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:57:08pm

re: #125 lawhawk

My personal preference? Al Franken.

Do you think that Al would use the three point take down move on Hannity on the FIRST show, or would it take two episodes?

137 Outrider  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:57:15pm

re: #107 Eowyn2

can we die by last names instead. even maiden names.

Speaking as someone whose last name starts with a B, I hated rosters or doing things alphabetically. If it was bad, it was done by alphabetic roster.

138 turn  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:57:16pm

re: #122 subsailor68

re: #101 turn

Now Kinky with Ted would be a total hoot. That would be 'must-see TV'.

:-)

Kinky would probably stick a lit cigar in the first buck Ted brings down.

139 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:57:30pm
140 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:57:44pm

re: #124 Wyatt Earp

Wow, suddenly Saint Joe's doesn't look so bad. :)

I thought you might feel that way. ;)

And in the interest of full disclosure I must state emphatically that I am by no means an athletic supporter what so ever. I DESPISE watching sports, period. And yet I feel nothing about abject humiliation about the poor performance of what are supposed to be teams here in the Seattle area. ;)

141 Who Watches the Watchmen?  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:57:53pm

How about Quanell X?

142 turn  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:57:58pm

re: #130 pie22

I'm just too lazy to go google it, thanks anyway. I'll check that out later.

143 father_of_10  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:58:09pm

re: #129 Noam Chumpski

But... and hear me out now... but what if they did the show from the set of Green Acres? Eh? What about that?

OK, I'll go for that. As long as Arnold is played by Carville.

144 Harry Tuttle  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:58:11pm

As much as I like Sean Hannity and might like to buy him a beer, I can't stand his radio show and him on TV isn't any better.

I don't really care what they put on, I'll be watching Monk.

Well that's no true I like Allison Camerota. And Gretchen. And Megyn.

145 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:58:16pm

re: #140 FurryOldGuyJeans

I thought you might feel that way. ;)

And in the interest of full disclosure I must state emphatically that I am by no means an athletic supporter what so ever. I DESPISE watching sports, period. And yet I feel nothing about abject humiliation about the poor performance of what are supposed to be teams here in the Seattle area. ;)

I'm the same way with the Eagles. If they went 0-16, I'd buy drinks for everyone here!

146 Thanos  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:58:21pm

I suspect what we will see is a rotation until they find one that catches on.

147 turn  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:58:25pm

re: #138 turn

Kinky would probably stick a lit cigar in the first buck Ted brings down.


The only question is which end turn. Ha!

148 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:58:26pm

Heard Nugent on the radio the other night (forgot who's show). Son of a gun is great radio.

149 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:58:37pm

re: #135 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Tonight on Fox; Hannity and Sharpton

Hannity just might go the Mini-Me route. ;)

150 DaddyG  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:58:45pm

re: #134 father_of_10

I'm hoping the Minnesota debacle puts Franken in the "has been" category for good.

No, no as tempting as it is to see Franken put on the shelf with all of the other useless political hacks, we really don't want to give the Dems a supermajority.

151 father_of_10  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:59:05pm

re: #133 Silhouette

That was totally Eva Gabor.

I'll bet you mix up the Olsens too. ;-)

Zsa Zsa, Eva, Arianna . . . seriously, what's the difference?

152 Jimmah  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:59:12pm

How about Anne Coulter (unarmed) vs a lionre: #99 Rednek

How about Christopher Hitchens?

Good choice but he can do a lot better than Fox News.

153 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:59:26pm

re: #145 Wyatt Earp

I'm the same way with the Eagles. If they went 0-16, I'd buy drinks for everyone here!

If I offer to buy drinks for everyone here, can I get a bail-out?

154 Noam Chumpski  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:59:29pm

re: #133 Silhouette

That was totally Eva Gabor.

I'll bet you mix up the Olsens too. ;-)

Ha! Oh, I know, but we could die Huffington's hair blonde and give it that nice, sorta, bee hive thing and she could gush "Daaahhhhhhling..." over and over.

I might tune in.

(No, I got them - those Olsen boys - they're a hoot.)

155 Rancher  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:59:29pm

Carville? Is he being considered? I'd love that.

156 Wm T Sherman  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:59:33pm

OT: Doonesbury comic strip.

I despise Gary Trudeau. His selective ridicule of public figures is as irrationally ultra-partisan as could be possible. Can't lay off Sarah Palin, can't help himself, but never wrote one unkind word about Joe "FDR went on television in 1929 to reassure the nation" Biden. He portrayed soliders in Iraq as 100% in favor of Obama, as he would wish them to be, not as 3:1 in favor of McCain, as they really were.

Trudeau is the Establishment. He always has been. The smug, smirking little POS has always known that he will be provided for, that he can always get his ticket punched without a problem. His real problem with Palin, or with US soldiers, is that in his world they are peasants.

157 turn  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 12:59:36pm

re: #132 Rancher

I liked Colmes, he wasn't a loon and articulated the left's talking points well. He prepared me for the arguments I could expect from my smarter liberal family members. I also admired him for his willingness to be the whipping boy on the show. I will miss him. They have to find a replacement.


He did have a good sense of humor and it appeared he and Sean were really friends offstage.

158 Maui Girl  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:00:00pm

There goes my main reason for shouting at the TV. I'm so sad....

159 Silhouette  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:00:07pm

re: #137 Outrider

Speaking as someone whose last name starts with a B, I hated rosters or doing things alphabetically. If it was bad, it was done by alphabetic roster.

It could be helpful sometimes. Alphabetical order often put me on the front row, where I could see.

160 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:00:14pm

re: #144 Harry Tuttle

As much as I like Sean Hannity and might like to buy him a beer, I can't stand his radio show and him on TV isn't any better.

I don't really care what they put on, I'll be watching Monk.

Well that's no true I like Allison Camerota. And Gretchen. And Megyn.

He does know how to be articulate in print and not be a total whackadoo like he is on FNC.

161 snowcrash  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:00:29pm

re: #126 Thanos
Maybe Rich Lowry from the Natnl Review. Young and smart.

162 Honorary Yooper  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:00:31pm

re: #145 Wyatt Earp

I'm the same way with the Eagles. If they went 0-16, I'd buy drinks for everyone here!

Yeah, but the Eagles won't make 0 and 16 this year. No, no, it's the team that looks to the Wayne Fontes era as good, it's the Lions.

163 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:00:34pm

Oooh! Howabout Kilgore! They'd agree on some things, then every once in a while Kilgore'd kick his ass about something.

164 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:00:39pm

re: #153 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

If I offer to buy drinks for everyone here, can I get a bail-out?

Only if you let Nancy Pelosi see your "plan" first.

165 Thanos  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:00:42pm

I don't like Hannity at times, but on the other hand I do have to give him credit on being willing to go in and pound hard issues like Wright and Ayers incessantly. On the other hand, not many moderates watch the show I bet, so I"m not sure if he's not just playing to a large audience of the choir.

166 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:00:47pm
167 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:00:53pm

re: #151 father_of_10

Zsa Zsa, Eva, Arianna . . . seriously, what's the difference?

A couple of years, lots of divorces, and thousands of tons of makeup?

168 Killgore Trout  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:01:04pm

Who will Chairman Obama appoint to fulfill the fairness Doctrine?

169 saberry0530  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:01:27pm

re: #74 SFGoth

Ugh, Sean Hannity, the Katie Couric of the Right. Kinky Friedman v. Ted Nugent!

Ted wouldn't do TV unless he gets to gut the loser of the debate!

// is it really needed.

170 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:01:42pm

re: #135 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Tonight on Fox; Hannity and Sharpton

1 hour of fabulously blow-dried hair.

171 Honorary Yooper  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:01:50pm

re: #156 Wm T Sherman

I stopped reading Doonesbury a long time ago. Do they still print Trudeau's excuse for a cartoon?

172 Eowyn2  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:02:00pm

re: #109 Noam Chumpski

Bleh, 5 days of Hannity I can get on the radio.

I say let's bring on Huffington because her accent really makes me laugh. Especially when she starts talking like a Liberal. It just cracks me up.

I hear Al Franken is looking for work.

did they finish counting the ghost votes?

173 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:02:05pm

re: #168 Killgore Trout

KT, you wanna be on Fox?

174 Noam Chumpski  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:02:07pm

re: #168 Killgore Trout

Who will Chairman Obama appoint to fulfill the fairness Doctrine?

Rush Limbaugh.

No?

175 Silhouette  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:02:20pm

re: #170 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

1 hour of fabulously blow-dried hair.

Ooo, replace Hannity with Don King.

176 Shug  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:02:26pm

re: #170 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

1 hour of fabulously blow-dried hair.


Hannity and Combs

177 Noam Chumpski  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:02:29pm

re: #172 Eowyn2

did they finish counting the ghost votes?

No. I'm just wishing.

178 nobamadada  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:02:38pm

you will be greatly missed Skelator.

179 Killgore Trout  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:02:48pm

re: #163 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Ha! I could use the paycheck.

180 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:02:52pm

re: #171 Honorary Yooper

I stopped reading Doonesbury a long time ago. Do they still print Trudeau's excuse for a cartoon?

I see him on the editorial page when I bother to glance at the local rag.

181 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:03:31pm

re: #179 Killgore Trout

Ha! I could use the paycheck.

Wait! There's a paycheck?

182 cicero05  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:03:54pm

Maybe Colmes is angling for the White House Press Secretary slot. The One will need someone to can spew utter bullshit with sincerity.

183 snowcrash  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:04:05pm

2 men I don't want to watch....Beckel or Begala. UGH.

184 turn  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:04:11pm

re: #158 Maui Girl

There goes my main reason for shouting at the TV. I'm so sad....


Mine is Chris Mathews, I don't know why I subject myself to that guy, but I have to confess I used to. Since O is elected I don't watch much anymore.

185 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:04:27pm

re: #145 Wyatt Earp

I'm the same way with the Eagles. If they went 0-16, I'd buy drinks for everyone here!

If it snows Thanksgiving, it could be a very interesting game - the last time the Eagles played Thanksgiving was after a snowstorm - the infamous Bounty Bowl.

186 Who Watches the Watchmen?  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:04:29pm

re: #182 cicero05

Maybe Colmes is angling for the White House Press Secretary slot. The One will need someone to can spew utter bullshit with sincerity.

Can he be his own Press Secretary?

187 Crusty  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:04:30pm

They should get a Hollywood actor/activist. See how they do in a debate without their publicist's press releases in front of them. Maybe get Sean Penn or Janine Garafolo, if they can sober up enough to make it to the studio 5x a week.

188 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:04:31pm

re: #175 Silhouette

Ooo, replace Hannity with Don King.

The gold would distract the viewers, though.

189 Desert Dog  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:04:35pm

re: #72 DaddyG

Coulter and Carville!

IN the cage....to the death...my money's on Ann, although Carville would probably fight dirty and make it last longer

190 Noam Chumpski  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:04:44pm

re: #182 cicero05

Maybe Colmes is angling for the White House Press Secretary slot. The One will need someone to can spew utter bullshit with sincerity.

Wow. Good thought.

I wonder if colmes looks as dead in real life as he does on tv....

191 saberry0530  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:05:01pm

re: #121 Shug

NSFTV!

192 Outrider  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:05:04pm

re: #159 Silhouette

It could be helpful sometimes. Alphabetical order often put me on the front row, where I could see.

Or get called on. Or tasked. ;-)>

Classes where I sat up front were classes in which I usually ended up arguing with the teacher. Even if you won-you lost.

But, point noted.

193 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:05:04pm

re: #185 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

If it snows Thanksgiving, it could be a very interesting game - the last time the Eagles played Thanksgiving was after a snowstorm - the infamous Bounty Bowl.

Andre "Dirty" Waters. I loved that man.

194 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:05:10pm

re: #175 Silhouette

Ooo, replace Hannity with Don King.

Don King is a conservative, more or less - that would a hell of a show!

195 Thanos  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:05:12pm

re: #182 cicero05

Maybe Colmes is angling for the White House Press Secretary slot. The One will need someone to can spew utter bullshit with sincerity.

He'll have to peel Chrissy off O's leg to get that though.

196 Killgore Trout  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:05:23pm

HuffPo: We've been liberated!
Why America Feels Like it's Been Ruled by a Foreign Occupier

As Obama takes over the wreckage this country is in, one can't help but feel like something alien to America has been controlling it these past eight years. The wave of emotion that has erupted with the election of Barack Obama reminds me of the Allied victory in France in WWII. After a long foreign occupation in which foreign German interests occupied the agenda of France, French governance would once again be representing the concerns of it's populace. That hope seems to pervade America after it's long neocons occupation.

197 BakaRanger  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:05:23pm

Hannity and Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog.

198 Spiny Norman  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:05:32pm

OT,

Just heard on the radio: Holy Land Foundation trial ends in convictions on all charges.

w00t!

199 Noam Chumpski  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:06:05pm

re: #196 Killgore Trout

HuffPo: We've been liberated!
Why America Feels Like it's Been Ruled by a Foreign Occupier

That's my girl! She crazy wack.

Get that woman into make-up! Stat.

200 Rednek  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:06:12pm

re: #156 Wm T Sherman

OT: Doonesbury comic strip.

I despise Gary Trudeau. His selective ridicule of public figures is as irrationally ultra-partisan as could be possible. Can't lay off Sarah Palin, can't help himself, but never wrote one unkind word about Joe "FDR went on television in 1929 to reassure the nation" Biden. He portrayed soliders in Iraq as 100% in favor of Obama, as he would wish them to be, not as 3:1 in favor of McCain, as they really were.

Trudeau is the Establishment. He always has been. The smug, smirking little POS has always known that he will be provided for, that he can always get his ticket punched without a problem. His real problem with Palin, or with US soldiers, is that in his world they are peasants.

Gary Who?
Oh, yeah. That guy who I though was funny back in college until I realized he was really stupid.

201 Thanos  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:06:12pm

re: #187 Crusty

They should get a Hollywood actor/activist. See how they do in a debate without their publicist's press releases in front of them. Maybe get Sean Penn or Janine Garafolo, if they can sober up enough to make it to the studio 5x a week.

I don't like either of those choices, but Tim Robbins or Sarah whosit might work....

202 NY Nana  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:06:16pm

re: #121 Shug

Helen Thomas?

/ducks

Shug:

Go to your room! No dinner for you, and stand back from your computer now! And your TV has been hidden.

203 Silhouette  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:06:17pm

re: #198 Spiny Norman

OT,

Just heard on the radio: Holy Land Foundation trial ends in convictions on all charges.

w00t!

That is worth a happy dance!

204 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:06:24pm

re: #194 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Don King is a conservative, more or less - that would a hell of a show!

If Don King is a Conservative I am the Queen of Mexico.

205 nobamadada  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:06:54pm

I heard FNC is interviewing Rev. Wright for the position.

206 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:06:54pm

re: #198 Spiny Norman

OT,

Just heard on the radio: Holy Land Foundation trial ends in convictions on all charges.

w00t!

O: Pardons all around!

207 Spiny Norman  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:06:58pm

re: #196 Killgore Trout

HuffPo: We've been liberated!
Why America Feels Like it's Been Ruled by a Foreign Occupier

Going with the "Bush = Hitler" crap until the last, are they?

208 Shug  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:07:02pm

re: #198 Spiny Norman

OT,

Just heard on the radio: Holy Land Foundation trial ends in convictions on all charges.

w00t!


Link
[Link: www.nbcdfw.com...]

209 Outrider  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:07:03pm

re: #171 Honorary Yooper

I stopped reading Doonesbury a long time ago. Do they still print Trudeau's excuse for a cartoon?

He will rapidly lose relevance (?) on Jan 20th and have to revert to repeats of old strips. ;-)>

210 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:07:05pm

re: #193 Wyatt Earp

Andre "Dirty" Waters. I loved that man.

I suppose Andy Reid could go the path of Joe Gibbs & start over in NASCAR - they understand crashing & burning there.

211 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:07:07pm
212 Killgore Trout  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:07:32pm

re: #203 Silhouette

CAIR was served subpoenas yesterday.

213 jcm  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:07:40pm

Some people are never happy......

UK orders 10,000 Taser guns to arm police

But Amnesty International UK described them as "potentially lethal electrical weapons" that deliver "50,000 volts of electricity into a person's body. The result is excruciatingly painful, causing a person to fall to the ground and, at times, lose control of their bodily functions."

[snip]

But, he added: "Tasers are potentially lethal weapons which are already linked to numerous deaths in North America and that's why wide deployment without adequate training is a dangerous step too far for British policing."

I've got a great idea..... give the cops GUNS!
*sheesh*

214 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:07:46pm

re: #198 Spiny Norman

OT,

Just heard on the radio: Holy Land Foundation trial ends in convictions on all charges.

w00t!

ULULULULULULULULULULU!

/passing out candies in the streets

215 Adrenalyn  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:07:53pm

I nominate Dan Rather

he is as biased as anyone in the "news" business

and may need the money for legal bills

216 DaddyG  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:07:58pm

re: #205 nobamadada

I heard FNC is interviewing Rev. Wright for the position.

Now on Fox: Hannity and Wrights G-- D----- America

217 eschew_obfuscation  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:08:00pm

re: #198 Spiny Norman

OT,

Just heard on the radio: Holy Land Foundation trial ends in convictions on all charges.

w00t!

I feel a disturbance in the force...... New thread?

218 saberry0530  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:08:11pm

re: #211 buzzsawmonkey

What a drooling boob.

And anybody who claims to be a writer and who doesn't know the difference between "it's" and "its" is not someone I am about to take seriously.

Did... DId someone mention boobs?

219 Dustoff-507  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:08:14pm

re: #54 Just_A_Grunt


"ROSIE"

What you hate the world. 0-:

220 turn  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:08:22pm

re: #196 Killgore Trout

Liberated? Hell, this is just the beginning of an occupation for crying out loud.

221 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:08:23pm

re: #198 Spiny Norman

What is it?

222 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:08:26pm

re: #211 buzzsawmonkey

What a drooling boob.

And anybody who claims to be a writer and who doesn't know the difference between "it's" and "its" is not someone I am about to take seriously.

If a writer ever snuck into the HuffPo they would be lynched immediately. Can't raise the standards, you know. ;)

223 Noam Chumpski  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:08:28pm

re: #213 jcm

Some people are never happy......

UK orders 10,000 Taser guns to arm police

I've got a great idea..... give the cops GUNS!
*sheesh*

Just teach them the G.I. Joe Kung Fu grip.

224 Spiny Norman  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:08:30pm

re: #206 FurryOldGuyJeans

O: Pardons all around!

Don't give him any ideas.

225 father_of_10  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:08:56pm

re: #189 Desert Dog

IN the cage....to the death...my money's on Ann, although Carville would probably fight dirty and make it last longer

I think Coulter could fight dirty back if she needed to. I wouldn't want to go up against her. Take her out to dinner maybe . . .

226 turn  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:09:07pm

re: #198 Spiny Norman

OT,

Just heard on the radio: Holy Land Foundation trial ends in convictions on all charges.

w00t!

YEAH!

227 edr  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:09:13pm

Hmmmm.

Quite frankly Hannity has always been 3-4 days behind the blogs and generally badly informed about whatever issue he's pontificating on. What's worse is that guest often run rings around Hannity because he's badly informed and unable to call them to account.

So the idea that I'd be enthused about 5 straight days of nonstop of Hannity is an opium den illusion.

I'll continue doing what I've done over the past several years in self-defense. I'll ignore Hannity as long as possible.

228 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:09:22pm

Holy Crap! See the Dow?

229 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:09:50pm

re: #224 Spiny Norman

Don't give him any ideas.

Any idea would die of loneliness. ;)

230 ploome hineni[deleted]  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:09:54pm
231 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:09:56pm
232 jcm  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:10:08pm

re: #228 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Holy Crap! See the Dow?

Obama back off his tax the rich pledge.

233 Who Watches the Watchmen?  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:10:34pm

re: #196 Killgore Trout

HuffPo: We've been liberated!
Why America Feels Like it's Been Ruled by a Foreign Occupier

Somebody posted something similar on my high school alumni message board. Apparently we've been living under fascism for the past eight years. Buddy, you haven't seen fascism yet...

234 Noam Chumpski  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:10:36pm

re: #231 buzzsawmonkey

Amplify, please.

+396.97 (8443.39)

235 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:10:42pm

re: #199 Noam Chumpski

That's my girl! She crazy wack.

Get that woman into make-up! Stat.

Unfortunately for Arianna, they would need Homer Simpson's "Makeup Shotgun."

236 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:10:43pm

re: #224 Spiny Norman

Don't give him any ideas.

Or, we can only give Him ideas, He doesn't have any of His own. ;)

237 Spiny Norman  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:10:45pm

re: #212 Killgore Trout

CAIR was served subpoenas yesterday.

I saw that.

Dougie Hooper must be wettin' hisself...

238 Rednek  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:10:50pm

re: #214 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

ULULULULULULULULULULU!

/passing out candies in the streets

/Shooting my AK in the air.

239 Dustoff-507  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:10:55pm

re: #232 jcm

sweet, my 401 K has more than 20 bucks now! LOL

240 lawhawk  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:11:10pm

re: #175 Silhouette

Ooo, replace Hannity with Don King.

Al Sharpton!

241 SasquatchOnSteroids  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:11:30pm

re: #239 Dustoff-507

sweet, my 401 K has more than 20 bucks now! LOL

Until tomorrow...

242 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:11:35pm

re: #225 father_of_10

I think Coulter could fight dirty back if she needed to. I wouldn't want to go up against her. Take her out to dinner maybe . . .

She probably doesn't each much.

243 Silhouette  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:11:40pm

re: #212 Killgore Trout

CAIR was served subpoenas yesterday.

Maybe the MSM will stop using them as the spokesgroup for Islam in America if they are actually in prison for terrorism at the time.

244 Occasional Reader  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:11:48pm

re: #211 buzzsawmonkey

And anybody who claims to be a writer and who doesn't know the difference between "it's" and "its" is not someone I am about to take seriously.

In this case, actually, it's used correctly there, even by the aforementioned drooling boob. (I.e., as a contraction for "it has", which is permissible.)

245 Noam Chumpski  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:11:58pm

re: #235 Wyatt Earp

Unfortunately for Arianna, they would need Homer Simpson's "Makeup Shotgun."

Appropriate that someone named Wyatt Earp would link to a gun pic. ;)

246 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:11:58pm
247 Spiny Norman  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:12:06pm

re: #240 lawhawk

Al Sharpton!

Next up on Fox News, Hannity & Sharpton.

Could be fun.

248 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:12:16pm

re: #235 Wyatt Earp

Unfortunately for Arianna, they would need Homer Simpson's "Makeup Shotgun."

"Homer! You've that thing set to 'whore!'"

249 Dustoff-507  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:12:16pm

re: #241 SasquatchOnSteroids


Hey now!

crap, there went my day.

250 father_of_10  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:12:20pm

re: #242 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

She probably doesn't each much.

You think she might be a cheap date?

251 Spiny Norman  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:12:26pm

re: #243 Silhouette

Maybe the MSM will stop using them as the spokesgroup for Islam in America if they are actually in prison for terrorism at the time.

No, they won't.

252 Killgore Trout  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:12:48pm

re: #237 Spiny Norman
I think he's hoping for a presidential pardon......
Capacity crowd turns out for 'best ever' CAIR annual banquet

More than 700 people turned out on Sunday in Arlington, Va., for the 14th annual fundraising banquet of the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

The sold-out event, which organizers called the "best ever" annual dinner for the Islamic civil rights and advocacy group, exceeded its fundraising goal. Demand for tickets was so great that a number of people had to be turned away or given standing-room-only entry. (Recent CAIR dinners at chapters around the nation have been similarly successful.)

At the banquet, CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad called on the incoming administration of President-elect Barack Obama to restore "the rule of law" that has been eroded in the past eight years and to form a new government that is inclusive of all faiths.

"The success of this year's dinner demonstrates both the support CAIR has in the community and the determination of American Muslims to make their voices heard despite efforts to block them from full participation in the political process and from fully exercising their rights as citizens," said Awad. "This was our best ever banquet in terms of the level of support and enthusiasm for continuing CAIR's efforts to defend the civil and religious rights of fellow Americans."

He told dinner attendees that the "politics of fear" failed to distract American voters from the real issues and also failed to discourage American Muslim voters from going to the polls in record numbers. He cited the distribution of the anti-Muslim propaganda film "Obsession" to 28 million households in swing states nationwide just prior to the November election.

253 Noam Chumpski  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:12:59pm

re: #247 Spiny Norman

Next up on Fox News, Hannity & Sharpton.

Could be fun.

Only if Sharpton is contractually obligated to speak through his megaphone at all times.

254 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:13:03pm
255 Spiny Norman  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:13:04pm

re: #248 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

"Homer! You've that thing set to 'whore!'"

D'OH!

256 Silhouette  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:13:09pm

re: #240 lawhawk

Al Sharpton!

No, Sharpton replaces Colmes, King replaces Hannity. Both have great hair. Maybe Geert Wilders can guesthost on occasion.

257 Occasional Reader  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:13:23pm

re: #228 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Holy Crap! See the Dow?

We are all Keynsians now. Or, well, socialists... "commanding heights"... something like that.

258 Spiny Norman  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:13:24pm

re: #253 Noam Chumpski

Only if Sharpton is contractually obligated to speak through his megaphone at all times.

Absolutely!

259 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:13:25pm

re: #244 Occasional Reader

In this case, actually, it's used correctly there, even by the aforementioned drooling boob. (I.e., as a contraction for "it has", which is permissible.)

Even blind squirrels can find a nut now and then. ;)

260 Dustoff-507  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:13:52pm

re: #248 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey


SPEW alert. Damn Key-board was in the way.


Get me a towel please.

261 Shug  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:14:11pm
262 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:14:11pm

re: #254 buzzsawmonkey

I was speaking of the body of the article, where "it's" is used incorrectly several times.

See my re: #259 FurryOldGuyJeans. ;)

263 Occasional Reader  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:14:39pm

re: #213 jcm

Some people are never happy......

UK orders 10,000 Taser guns to arm police


I've got a great idea..... give the cops GUNS!
*sheesh*

It's beyond ridiculous that the UK police are not routinely armed. Sorry, lads, but the bad guys all are, you should be, too.

264 Outrider  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:14:47pm

re: #213 jcm

Some people are never happy......

UK orders 10,000 Taser guns to arm police

I've got a great idea..... give the cops GUNS!
*sheesh*

Lets go moonbat all the way. Many states have already abandoned the idea of chasing suspects and must break off pursuit. Let's extend this concept. If the suspect resists? Let them go. If the suspect even acts like he will resist, let them go. The problem of accidental deaths and police brutality magically disappears and we will live in a kinder gentler society, right? ;-)>

265 Honorary Yooper  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:14:57pm

re: #233 Who Watches the Watchmen?

Somebody posted something similar on my high school alumni message board. Apparently we've been living under fascism for the past eight years. Buddy, you haven't seen fascism yet...

Funny though, itsn't it, that the progressives whine about Bush being fascist, yet they themselves are the only group to attempt fascism within the US.

266 eschew_obfuscation  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:15:05pm

re: #253 Noam Chumpski

Only if Sharpton is contractually obligated to speak through his megaphone at all times.

Super Processed Hair Bullhorn Man!

267 Killgore Trout  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:15:06pm

re: #261 Shug

Hooray~!

268 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:15:07pm

re: #250 father_of_10

You think she might be a cheap date?

What she does eat would probably be expensive.

269 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:15:32pm

re: #263 Occasional Reader

It's beyond ridiculous that the UK police are not routinely armed. Sorry, lads, but the bad guys all are, you should be, too.

The EU elites ain't got a clue about that. They think armed police provoke the bad guys.

270 DaddyG  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:15:50pm

re: #268 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

What she [Coulter] does eat would probably be expensive.

Is liberal posterior going for a lot these days?

271 Ben Hur  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:16:00pm
Holy Land is accused of giving more than $12 million to support the Palestinian militant group Hamas. The group was designated by the government as a terrorist organization in 1995.

But of course the AP knows better.

272 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:16:16pm

re: #248 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

"Homer! You've that thing set to 'whore!'"

Marge: "Homer, women won't want to be shot in the face."

Homer: "Women will want what I tell them they want."

273 wrenchwench  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:16:17pm
My preference would be a left field oddball like Kinky Friedman.

My college boyfriend had a stepfather named Dr. Friedman, a cardiologist. He was checking in to a hotel in San Francisco once, gave his last name, and the desk clerk asked, "Would that be Dr. N____ Friedman, or Kinky Friedman?" So he had the wonderful opportunity to reply, "Do I look like a Kinky to you?!?"

274 Occasional Reader  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:16:23pm

re: #254 buzzsawmonkey

I was speaking of the body of the article, where "it's" is used incorrectly several times.

Oh, you're one of those old fogeys who actually reads articles. Who has time for that? I just want my Britney gossip headlines.

275 Dustoff-507  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:16:25pm

re: #268 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

What she does eat would probably be expensive.


That's just wrong!

To your room now! (-:

276 Occasional Reader  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:17:29pm

re: #269 FurryOldGuyJeans

The EU elites ain't got a clue about that. They think armed police provoke the bad guys.

"Stop! Or I'll shout 'stop' again!"

-Robin Williams, I think

277 Gang of One  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:17:31pm

re: #36 MandyManners

Oh, that voice. I'd rather listen to a million fingernails being scraped across a million chalk boards.

I think between GodessoftheClassroom and myself, we can arrange that.

278 Cap'n DOC  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:18:16pm

re: #248 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Speaking of Homer, he and the cast of whomever from the Simpsons show get 'remembered' on US stamps next year. Just thought I'd mention it. They'll be right up there with Lincoln.

279 Hobbes  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:18:17pm

re: #2 bosforus

Wonder where he'll pop up next. Actually, no I don't.

Maybe BHO's offered him a job.

280 debutaunt  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:18:41pm

re: #276 Occasional Reader

"Stop! Or I'll shout 'stop' again!"

-Robin Williams, I think

Eddie Izzard?

281 Gang of One  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:18:48pm

re: #270 DaddyG

Is liberal posterior going for a lot these days?

Gamey buttocks is never cheap.

282 father_of_10  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:18:50pm

re: #264 Outrider

Lets go moonbat all the way. Many states have already abandoned the idea of chasing suspects and must break off pursuit. Let's extend this concept. If the suspect resists? Let them go. If the suspect even acts like he will resist, let them go. The problem of accidental deaths and police brutality magically disappears and we will live in a kinder gentler society, right? ;-)>

I like it. Let's make sure we get rid of the SWAT teams too. Maybe we had better give the criminals monetary incentives so they won't commit the crimes. Since we are in the mood for giving trillions to businesses that have failed, who are we to not bail out individuals that have failed?

283 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:18:52pm

re: #272 Wyatt Earp

Marge: "Homer, women won't want to be shot in the face."

Homer: "Women will want what I tell them they want."

LOL. Back when The Simpsons didn't suck.

284 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:19:30pm

re: #278 Cap'n DOC

Speaking of Homer, he and the cast of whomever from the Simpsons show get 'remembered' on US stamps next year. Just thought I'd mention it. They'll be right up there with Lincoln.

Figures. I already saw the "Barack Obama Presidential Coin" on late-night TV last week. Made me want to retch.

285 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:20:38pm

re: #281 Gang of One

Gamey buttocks is never cheap.

Served with fava beans & a nice key-an-tee

286 Dustoff-507  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:20:50pm

re: #284 Wyatt Earp

Ddin't they also name a school after him?

287 jcm  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:21:01pm

re: #264 Outrider

Lets go moonbat all the way. Many states have already abandoned the idea of chasing suspects and must break off pursuit. Let's extend this concept. If the suspect resists? Let them go. If the suspect even acts like he will resist, let them go. The problem of accidental deaths and police brutality magically disappears and we will live in a kinder gentler society, right? ;-)>

When we equitably spread the wealth around, there won't be a need to steal right? It really our fault, insisting on keeping what we make and all. Criminals are an oppressed class held down the class / wealth system. Once complete wealth redistribution is complete the police won't be needed any longer, think of the savings!

//

288 Eowyn2  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:21:03pm

re: #134 father_of_10

Al Franken lacks any integrity. Besides, considering how Air America tanked, I doubt FOX would let Franken darken their profit margin. I'm hoping the Minnesota debacle puts Franken in the "has been" category for good.


he will go on tour with michael mooore

289 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:21:07pm

re: #283 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

LOL. Back when The Simpsons didn't suck.

Long time ago, my friend.

290 Occasional Reader  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:21:23pm

re: #264 Outrider

If the suspect resists? Let them go. If the suspect even acts like he will resist, let them go.

I recall a New York Times editorial from, mm, late-90s or so, on the subject of whether NYPD should be armed with those scary "high-capacity" service weapons. "The number one priority in considering weapons for the police should be public safety", the NYT dons opined. Of course, by this, they didn't mean "make sure the cops are well-armed, so as to defeat the bad guys", but rather "make sure that if a cop shoots someone, they won't actually get hurt". QED: The cops should be armed with Nerf guns. (Of course, the officer should use them only a last resort, if the Silly String doesn't work.)

291 father_of_10  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:21:25pm

re: #270 DaddyG

Is liberal posterior going for a lot these days?

It's cheap cause there is a lot of it. You know, that supply and demand theory that the liberals have such a hard time understanding.

292 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:21:28pm

re: #286 Dustoff-507

Ddin't they also name a school after him?

Yep. In New York. Blech.

293 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:22:02pm

re: #286 Dustoff-507

Ddin't they also name a school after him?

Did Indonesia rename the madrassah he attended?

294 jcm  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:22:05pm

re: #281 Gang of One

Gamey buttocks is never cheap.

It not that there expensive, it's all the prep time and special handling to make them eatable that adds to the cost.

295 Dustoff-507  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:22:34pm

re: #288 Eowyn2


Nope, if he doesn't win. The shear fact he was so close to winning. You know he will try again.

296 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:23:07pm

re: #290 Occasional Reader

I recall a New York Times editorial from, mm, late-90s or so, on the subject of whether NYPD should be armed with those scary "high-capacity" service weapons. "The number one priority in considering weapons for the police should be public safety", the NYT dons opined. Of course, by this, they didn't mean "make sure the cops are well-armed, so as to defeat the bad guys", but rather "make sure that if a cop shoots someone, they won't actually get hurt". QED: The cops should be armed with Nerf guns. (Of course, the officer should use them only a last resort, if the Silly String doesn't work.)

Yeah, I'd like to reply to that editorial now, on the day we buried one of our own who was killed in the line of duty. It's our fifth line of duty death in 12 months.

297 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:23:52pm

re: #294 jcm

It not that there expensive, it's all the prep time and special handling to make them eatable that adds to the cost.

Turbuttken could be on the menu this Thanksgiving.

298 Stevie The K  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:23:53pm

Can't say I'll miss him.
His 'viewpoints' aside, he has, as they say, "a face made for radio".

Agree with those who say an hour of Hannity would not be watchable, however.

299 Dustoff-507  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:24:33pm

re: #292 Wyatt Earp


Now I need to up-chuck

O-well, it's NY. The poor kids have no chance in their schools.

300 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:25:09pm

re: #296 Wyatt Earp

Yeah, I'd like to reply to that editorial now, on the day we buried one of our own who was killed in the line of duty. It's our fifth line of duty death in 12 months.

Every time one of our finest has been killed this year, I'm always relieved to see that it's not you, my friend. I pray for you guys every night.

301 Dustoff-507  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:25:18pm

re: #293 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Did Indonesia rename the madrassah he attended?


I need a bigger Up-chuck bag. )-:

302 Gretchen  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:25:21pm

Bummer - how about Juan Williams he's thoughtful, although I don't agree with him he's respectable and not a Carville-type nutter.

303 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:26:03pm

re: #299 Dustoff-507

Now I need to up-chuck

O-well, it's NY. The poor kids have no chance in their schools.

The other day, Rush said that pretty soon, everything will be changed from MLK to Barack Obama. Streets, schools, parks, etc. He's probably right.

304 NY Nana  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:26:51pm

re: #32 saberry0530

Nah, she has a more manly voice than Hannity!

/So does my 2 year old grandson! ;)

305 Dustoff-507  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:26:53pm

re: #296 Wyatt Earp


I wonder with Obama in power. What will happen with the officer Falkner case?

306 jcm  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:27:18pm

re: #296 Wyatt Earp

Yeah, I'd like to reply to that editorial now, on the day we buried one of our own who was killed in the line of duty. It's our fifth line of duty death in 12 months.

Seattle had that argument when moving from .38 Special wheel guns to 9mm. So many folks worried about the extra rounds police would have at there disposal, claiming the revolver reload gave cops a chance to "de-escalate."

WA State Patrol move up to the Beretta 96 .40, Seattle thinking the same way but running into the same shit again.

BTW 11 shootings in Seattle over the weekend.

307 Dustoff-507  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:27:21pm

re: #303 Wyatt Earp


Yuck... so much BS

308 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:27:30pm

re: #300 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Every time one of our finest has been killed this year, I'm always relieved to see that it's not you, my friend. I pray for you guys every night.

Thank you very much, sir.

309 Dustoff-507  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:28:20pm

re: #306 jcm

Glock 40 for me. 9MM.
May as well throw peanuts at the bad guys.

310 Occasional Reader  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:28:31pm

re: #296 Wyatt Earp

It's our fifth line of duty death in 12 months.

Good lord. I am so sorry to hear that. Criminy. That is awful.

311 mattm  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:29:10pm

re: #42 MandyManners

Gotta' go do my bit to save the economy.

CHRISTMAS 2008: SHOP EARLY. SHOP OFTEN.

I plan on being outside some store or mall very early Friday. I can already hear the news reports on how the shopping season was better than expected.

312 Silvergirl  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:30:08pm

Stultifying only begins to capture the punishing bore a five-day stretch of Hannity's America would be. They need another Colmes. Someone said he didn't believe what he was saying anyway, but I think he does believe it, but doesn't have the skills to hold his own half the time. They need somebody to keep Hannity on game. Hannity needs to keep current, and mainly needs to stop being so repetitive! He pounds a theme for days, for weeks, even months, using the same catch phrases and acting like we're all hearing it for the very first time. What he's saying is not the question, it's the delivery and the lack of variety. He would keep us engaged by going down a dozen different roads per show instead of two or three.

Howard Dean would be a scream. isn't he looking for work about now? Unless he gets stuffed in O's cabinet. Hannity and Dean.

313 NY Nana  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:30:17pm

re: #292 Wyatt Earp

And they are naming a street for The One in FL.

314 jcm  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:30:48pm

re: #309 Dustoff-507

Glock 40 for me. 9MM.
May as well throw peanuts at the bad guys.

Sig .40 at home, S&W MP Compact .40 for toting around.

315 Dustoff-507  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:31:15pm

re: #310 Occasional Reader

I worked in a small town. When ever one of our officers had a car pulled over, we would roll in behind the officer's car and just sit there.
Funny how people get worried when the see a 25.000lbs fire truck sitting there. (-:

316 Occasional Reader  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:31:30pm

re: #306 jcm

Seattle had that argument when moving from .38 Special wheel guns to 9mm. So many folks worried about the extra rounds police would have at there disposal, claiming the revolver reload gave cops a chance to "de-escalate."

Golly, think any of those folks have ever been cops, or been in a gunfight?

I do think police should use harder-hitting rounds than 9mm Parabellum, however, even with the inevitable tradeoff in mag capacity. .40S&W or 45ACP (or GAP), for instance.

317 Dustoff-507  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:31:50pm

re: #314 jcm
Sweet

318 Occasional Reader  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:32:38pm

Let it be noted for the record that I'm not the one who turned this one into a gun thread!

319 Dustoff-507  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:33:13pm

re: #318 Occasional Reader

LOL.......... ok noted!

320 jcm  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:33:27pm

re: #317 Dustoff-507

Sweet

We're gonna' have to meet up Sam's one of these days.

321 poopeedoo  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:33:28pm

Now I know why the Dow's up more than 350 points!

322 Silvergirl  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:33:36pm

re: #311 mattm

I plan on being outside some store or mall very early Friday. I can already hear the news reports on how the shopping season was better than expected.

I have never had the guts for Black Friday. I'd rather sleep off Thanksgiving dinner than get up while it's still dark and wander the aisles of Superstores.

323 DaddyG  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:34:07pm

re: #294 jcm

It not that there expensive, it's all the prep time and special handling to make them eatable that adds to the cost.

Proper preparation provides potable proletariat posterior.

324 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:34:14pm

re: #322 Silvergirl

I have never had the guts for Black Friday. I'd rather sleep off Thanksgiving dinner than get up while it's still dark and wander the aisles of Superstores.

RACIST!
/

325 jcm  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:34:14pm

re: #318 Occasional Reader

Let it be noted for the record that I'm not the one who turned this one into a gun thread!

I think I did....

BUT IT WAS A TASER POST!

*grins*

326 Occasional Reader  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:34:19pm

re: #320 jcm

We're gonna' have to meet up Sam's one of these days.

"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in the world... "

327 jcm  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:35:04pm

re: #323 DaddyG

Proper preparation provides potable proletariat posterior.

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328 Dustoff-507  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:35:11pm

re: #320 jcm

On Airport road?

329 jcm  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:35:55pm

re: #328 Dustoff-507

On Airport road?

That's the one!

330 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:36:19pm

re: #313 NY Nana

And they are naming a street for The One in FL.

Lemme guess: It's One-Way?

331 eschew_obfuscation  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:36:22pm

re: #314 jcm

Sig .40 at home, S&W MP Compact .40 for toting around.

Geez guys....I thought everyone here carried .45's?

I'm not a big guy....always thought a .45 was a bit uncontrollable, so I got a Springfield Armory XD .40

332 Silvergirl  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:36:36pm

re: #17 snowcrash

What is the deal with all the blondes on Fox?

333 Occasional Reader  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:37:02pm

re: #325 jcm

I think I did....

BUT IT WAS A TASER POST!

*grins*

Forget tasers; we need our cops to be armed with phasers.

Think about it; a phaser set on "heavy stun" is the perfect cop weapon. INSTANT stopping power... and if you make a mistake, no harm, no foul.

Someone tell Obama to promise eleventy-billion dollars to develop phasers by, oh, next Tuesday.

334 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:37:04pm

re: #330 Wyatt Earp

Lemme guess: It's One-Way?

Nope. Dead-end.

335 Dustoff-507  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:37:07pm

re: #329 jcm

O-yeah. and if you break it, you walk next door to NAPA for some parts! LOL

336 Silvergirl  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:37:24pm

re: #324 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

RACIST!
/

*smile*

337 Dustoff-507  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:37:30pm

re: #330 Wyatt Earp

LOL........

338 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:37:32pm

re: #331 eschew_obfuscation

Geez guys....I thought everyone here carried .45's?

I'm not a big guy....always thought a .45 was a bit uncontrollable, so I got a Springfield Armory XD .40

In Philly, we're issued Glock 17s (9mm), but with the rash of officer shootings, the commish is pushing for .45s. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

339 Occasional Reader  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:37:40pm

re: #331 eschew_obfuscation

Geez guys....I thought everyone here carried .45's?

Well... the real men do.

:P

340 poopeedoo  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:37:42pm

re: #322 Silvergirl

I have never had the guts for Black Friday. I'd rather sleep off Thanksgiving dinner than get up while it's still dark and wander the aisles of Superstores.

Personally I enjoy black friday... from the comfort of my own home, shopping on the computer in a fluffy robe and bunny slippers, sipping a nice cup of coffee.

341 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:38:22pm

re: #333 Occasional Reader

Forget tasers; we need our cops to be armed with phasers.

Think about it; a phaser set on "heavy stun" is the perfect cop weapon. INSTANT stopping power... and if you make a mistake, no harm, no foul.

Someone tell Obama to promise eleventy-billion dollars to develop phasers by, oh, next Tuesday.

And then can be used as hand grenades if need be.

342 Occasional Reader  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:38:45pm

re: #338 Wyatt Earp

In Philly, we're issued Glock 17s (9mm), but with the rash of officer shootings, the commish is pushing for .45s. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Now yer talkin'. 45ACP JHP.

"When Phantom shoot bad guy, he stay shot."

-Old Jungle Saying

343 jcm  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:39:33pm

re: #331 eschew_obfuscation

Geez guys....I thought everyone here carried .45's?

I'm not a big guy....always thought a .45 was a bit uncontrollable, so I got a Springfield Armory XD .40

.45 is a fun shot, but I have smaller hands and have to work at the .45. The .40 is a great (IMHO) handles like a 9mm, but delivers like a .45.

344 Dustoff-507  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:40:08pm

re: #338 Wyatt Earp


Even though I was a Medic in the service. I carried a 45. You don't have to hit them to take them down. The shock-wave is bad enought (-:

345 Occasional Reader  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:40:30pm

re: #341 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

And then can be used as hand grenades if need be.

As can the tricorder, although Starfleet didn't figure that out for themselves, the Gorn had to do it for them.

Hell, for my landing parties, EVERY piece of equipment would double as a hand grenade.

346 jcm  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:40:35pm

re: #339 Occasional Reader

Well... the real men do.

:P



Now that's a gun.......

347 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:41:33pm

re: #343 jcm

.45 is a fun shot, but I have smaller hands and have to work at the .45. The .40 is a great (IMHO) handles like a 9mm, but delivers like a .45.

That's why malt liquor comes in 40 oz bottles - handles like a beer, delivers like a liquor.

348 Silvergirl  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:41:44pm

re: #340 poopeedoo

Personally I enjoy black friday... from the comfort of my own home, shopping on the computer in a fluffy robe and bunny slippers, sipping a nice cup of coffee.

That's what I'm talkin' about. Move over. I'll have hot chocolate.

349 Dustoff-507  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:42:48pm

re: #346 jcm


O-my G....................... wow

350 eschew_obfuscation  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:42:57pm

re: #346 jcm


Now that's a gun.......

Shoulder dislocation is not a hobby.....(to paraphrase a certain lizzard's nic)

351 jcm  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:43:05pm

re: #347 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

That's why malt liquor comes in 40 oz bottles - handles like a beer, delivers like a liquor.

This is a gun thread now, guns and booze don't mix!

/ ;-P

352 Dustoff-507  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:43:40pm

re: #348 Silvergirl


Sweet, but can we leave these behind. (bunny slippers,)

353 Dustoff-507  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:43:59pm

re: #351 jcm


Your not kidding

354 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:44:40pm

re: #351 jcm

This is a gun thread now, guns and booze don't mix!

/ ;-P

Give me some cigars & they'll have to call ATF on us!

355 Occasional Reader  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:44:49pm

re: #346 jcm


Now that's a gun.......

And, speaking of dual uses, it can double as a boat anchor!

356 jcm  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:45:23pm

re: #353 Dustoff-507

Your not kidding

That shit for brains up in Arlington last week!

I had a few calls like that, don't forget those, not ever.

357 joncelli  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:45:28pm

re: #210 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Hey, Joe is an authentic southern gentleman! (Shouldn't have come out of retirement, though.)

358 Dustoff-507  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:46:31pm

re: #356 jcm
Yep, nuts & guns NEVER mix. )-:

359 NY Nana  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:48:23pm

re: #330 Wyatt Earp

Lemme guess: It's One-Way?

ROTFL! One-way dead end?

360 JumpLandPackRepeat  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:48:55pm

re: #92 debutaunt

I can't stand shows that allow people to talk over each other. Taser guns should be used.

That reminds me of The View....I'd be willing to spread my wealth to see that bitch Joy get tasered everytime she opened her fat mouth.

361 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:49:53pm
362 NY Nana  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:53:52pm

re: #36 MandyManners

Oh, that voice. I'd rather listen to a million fingernails being scraped across a million chalk boards.

Mandy, same here. I mute the TV the second she is on TV....just as I do with Hussein.

363 krypto  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 1:58:51pm

Alan Colmes's departure will be a real loss to Fox.

He will be hard to replace. Hardly anyone else who could do as good a job for Fox as Colmes does of making liberals look stupid.

364 Crusty  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 2:07:46pm

re: #201 Thanos

I don't like either of those choices, but Tim Robbins or Sarah whosit might work....

I'd like to see the real Tim Robbins give that "corporations sit around in their corporation buildings being all corporatey" speech from Team America.

365 Nylecoj  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 2:07:57pm

re: #341 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

And then can be used as hand grenades if need be.

Don't Phase Me Bro

366 Nylecoj  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 2:09:50pm

re: #333 Occasional Reader

Forget tasers; we need our cops to be armed with phasers.

Think about it; a phaser set on "heavy stun" is the perfect cop weapon. INSTANT stopping power... and if you make a mistake, no harm, no foul.

Someone tell Obama to promise eleventy-billion dollars to develop phasers by, oh, next Tuesday.

Re#365 Oops meant this one

367 Sloppy  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 2:10:20pm

Where does it say the show has to be one liberal vs. one conservative?

I'd much rather watch two smart, funny conservatives -- say, P.J. O'Rourke and Bob Tyrrell.

Fox is supposed to be a conservative operation. Why mess it up by starring moonbats? If you're gonna be regarded as conservative, go whole hog.

368 NY Nana  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 2:10:45pm

Speaking of the devil Doonesbury, let us not forget the biggest POS of all, Ted Rall, and his vile 'cartoon' of Pat Tillman, may he rest in peace.

I would make Garry Trudeau a runner up, in second place. And my husband folds the comic section over so that I don't have to see his shit.

369 mph  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 2:23:40pm

We've long referred to Colmes as "happy snake" (that is what he looks like). Maybe he finally realized he was Hannity's straw man. The show has been unwatchable for many years.

He once interviewed me on his radio show -- strangest interview ever...way scatter-brained.

370 Colonel Panik  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 2:25:30pm

How can you have Choirboy without LightBulb Head.

I always thought Colmes looked like Reddy Kilowatt.

371 Colonel Panik  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 2:26:38pm

re: #365 Nylecoj

Don't Phase Me Bro

When Phasers are outlawed, only outlaws will have Phasers.

372 LGoPs  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 2:27:31pm

re: #13 Iron Fist

The Left have been devoid of ideas since Lenin died. They just keep endlessly recycling the same old, tired shit. Over, and over, and over, and...

He wrote some pretty good songs too........."Imagine".......oops....guess I'm a product of the Americun Ejucashun Cistern..........NOT

:)

373 Canoe Train  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 2:27:48pm

re: #16 turn

What about Heather Nauert ?

374 Colonel Panik  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 2:27:54pm

re: #364 Crusty

I'd like to see the real Tim Robbins give that "corporations sit around in their corporation buildings being all corporatey" speech from Team America.

LOL! One of my favorite (of many!) Team America moments.

"And they make money! Mmmhmm!"

375 Canoe Train  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 2:33:41pm

re: #121 Shug

Helen Thomas?

/ducks

Oh, that's just nasty. *SLAP!*

376 yochanan  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 2:35:09pm

re: #367 Sloppy

if it is going to be a liberal lets keep it honest. cholems sort of reminds me of the light weight cons. woman on the view.

377 Cheechako  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 2:38:19pm

Every time I attend a Gun Show I look for Black Talon ammo. I purchase every box I can find. If I ever have to use my 9mm Glock 17 I want every advantage on my side.


Black Talon Ammo

Besides, if I buy the ammo it keeps it out of the bad guys guns!

378 Outrider  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 2:40:10pm

re: #290 Occasional Reader

I recall a New York Times editorial from, mm, late-90s or so, on the subject of whether NYPD should be armed with those scary "high-capacity" service weapons. "The number one priority in considering weapons for the police should be public safety", the NYT dons opined. Of course, by this, they didn't mean "make sure the cops are well-armed, so as to defeat the bad guys", but rather "make sure that if a cop shoots someone, they won't actually get hurt". QED: The cops should be armed with Nerf guns. (Of course, the officer should use them only a last resort, if the Silly String doesn't work.)

Isn't it interesting these same people never even consider the harm the felons are going to do if they are not brought down?

379 yochanan  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 2:42:12pm

re: #372 LGoPs

Leon Trotsky had ideas some of the interesting but STILL WRONG
personally i found his ART AND REVOLUTION to be very interesting some would say ANDRE BRETON helped him write it.

the surrealists broke off of the leftist art movements that the Stalinist suppressed when they went in the direction of 'socialist realism' away from such art movements as the constructivist which were more revolutionary than the Stalinist bureaucrats could take.

380 Gang of One  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 2:42:34pm

re: #355 Occasional Reader

And, speaking of dual uses, it can double as a boat anchor!

And a hammer.

381 Outrider  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 2:44:12pm

re: #331 eschew_obfuscation

Geez guys....I thought everyone here carried .45's?

I'm not a big guy....always thought a .45 was a bit uncontrollable, so I got a Springfield Armory XD .40

I like the .45 and always have. They are bulky but can still be carried unobtrusively.

382 Outrider  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 2:46:31pm

re: #350 eschew_obfuscation

Shoulder dislocation is not a hobby.....(to paraphrase a certain lizzard's nic)

Do some workouts for your deltoids and triceps. ;-)>

383 leslein  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 2:47:24pm

Megan Ortagus of National Security Review is a good choice.

384 Cheechako  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 2:52:16pm

OT

The perfect Christmas gift. Just have to ask Santa for one of these!

Jet Pack Crossing the Royal Gorge in Colorado

385 Lynn B.  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 2:52:55pm
Colmes began his career in stand-up comedy.

Well, this I can believe.

No, on second thought, not really.

386 bobdog  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 3:02:44pm

(Me not caring)

387 _RememberTonyC  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 3:30:04pm

Maureen Dowd

388 Ceemack  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 3:42:01pm

Colmes never really did a very good job of laying out liberal positions in an intelligent way--it always seemed to devolve into a "yes, but didn't your guy..." kind of debate.

Kirsten Powers would do a much better job, and be a lot easier on the eyes. I think she'd force Hannity to elevate his game, because he lapses into jingoism too much on TV--even more than he does on radio.

Now, as to bringing in Megyn Kelly to replace Hannity...well, you really never can have too much Megyn Kelly on TV, but I'm not sure how she'd do in such a partisan debate. I'm not entirely sure of her politics, which is a compliment to her.

Of course, if you could get her to do it (and you probably couldn't), Michelle Malkin would be another good choice.

389 Ceemack  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 3:45:02pm

re: #384 Cheechako

OT

The perfect Christmas gift. Just have to ask Santa for one of these!

Jet Pack Crossing the Royal Gorge in Colorado


That's a brave man.

390 Sharmuta  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 4:03:51pm

5 days of nothing but hannity? Once again I'm glad I'm not paying to have this network- ugh!

391 NelsFree  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 4:17:28pm

Charles, Please set up a poll for who should replace Alan Colmes. DO put Kirsten Powers on the list. Keith Olbermann might actually be a good replacement, too.

392 Colonel Panik  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 4:19:30pm

re: #383 leslein

Megan Ortagus of National Security Review is a good choice.

She can give me a briefing anytime she likes.

393 Spiny Norman  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 4:32:52pm

re: #391 NelsFree

Charles, Please set up a poll for who should replace Alan Colmes. DO put Kirsten Powers on the list. Keith Olbermann might actually be a good replacement, too.

Until he has a complete mental breakdown after about a week.

394 LesLein  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 4:46:12pm

Regarding the Fairness Doctrine:

Back in the early '80s there was discussion over repression in Cuba. Some leftist said that Cuba doesn't need freedom of speech since it's already socialist.

TV doesn't need the Fairness Doctrine.

395 whitehatguy  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 4:55:02pm

Colmes never could expound beyond his prepared talking points.
I'll kind of miss the moments that Morris, Rove and Gingrich ate his lunch without losing a beat. Colmes was "affectionately" known as Howdy Doody
in our household for 2 reasons: Colmes looks like Howdy and he was a good
puppet on a string for the lefties. See ya Howdy.

Here's Alan Colmes Farewell Song...

396 least  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 5:06:32pm

re: #387 _RememberTonyC

Maureen Dowd

1 word: NO (repeated thousands of times)

397 Griffon  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 5:44:07pm

Dick Morris will be happy that he won't have to be on the show with Colmes any more. He hated him. Was rude to him.

398 Pickle  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 5:55:00pm

Powers was the first name to come to my mind, too, when I heard the news.

If we must endure tepid center-left cliches... At least she's hot.

399 Ukla the Mokk  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 6:29:47pm

I always thought Carville would have been a much better counterpart to Hannity than Colmes.

400 Cutty Sark  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 6:56:46pm

5 days of Hannity's America ? Stultifying ?

No , Stupifying . Get rid of both of 'em.

401 descolada9  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 6:58:46pm

Good riddance to Alan Colmes, I have rarely watched H&C mostly because of him and his sarky attitude. Now, if he would take Hannity with him, I'd be even happier. I got tired of Hannity years ago.

402 Emery Calame  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 8:32:38pm

Alan was always a smug anklebiter who could never stop asking his assinine, useless, quibbling, sidelining questions long enough to let someone attempt to answer them.

If SOMEONE absolutely has to leave TV (in the inevitable, musical chairs sense) I'd much prefer that it was Eleanor Clift.

But Alan will do.

403 jamie  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 9:31:25pm

re: #397 Griffon

Dick Morris will be happy that he won't have to be on the show with Colmes any more. He hated him. Was rude to him.

If there was anything positive about Colmes, it was how deeply he pissed off that whoremonger Dick Morris.

That said, FNC's evening lineup has sucked major wind for some time now. O'Reilly and Hannity are unwatchable, and Colmes only serves to make the awful Hannity even worse.

404 kyleb  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 10:13:39pm

I like Powers, but they need a full blown lefty kook in that slot to bring the lefty kook ideas into the debate. She usually spends half her screen time distancing herself from those morons. Then she votes for them.

405 kyleb  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 10:17:57pm

Or they could just replace Alan's time with clips of strippers. Works for O'Reilly. ('Cause the "folks" need to see this stuff, ya know).

406 PloniAlmoni  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 10:38:24pm

I actually like Alan Colmes. He's very intelligent and has pretty good arguments. I'm center-right, but I can't stand Hannity. Colmes is so much calmer and logical, whereas Hannity just relies on his loud voice.

If the left were all as smart as Colmes, we'd be screwed.

407 WestTexas  Mon, Nov 24, 2008 11:59:03pm

I haven't listened to Hannity for to long, but he does get tiresome. I think the important thing about Hannity is that he plays the "Pound the Drum" game. Which is important to a certain degree. He may be repetitive for us political junkies, but to those who only tune in every now and then he serves a very specific purpose.

408 mjbrutus  Tue, Nov 25, 2008 4:38:06am

Colmes was a complete dupe. He would utter the most insane crap and pretend that it couldn't be "disproven" so must be valid. So long Skeletor the butt cheeks of FSN have slapped shut on you.

Hannity is a complete retard, whose act consists of demanding a yes or no answer to some laundry list of quotes he repeats ad nauseum.

Bob Bechel seems a likely replacement to me. He's a decent guy, for a lib (Kirsten is too). That said, Hannity is a jerk and not worth watching, whoever his foil is.

409 Jed  Tue, Nov 25, 2008 6:19:29am

Colmes would say the most outrageous things, like "So you think that all Muslims are terrorists", which of course no one has said. He would put the most extreme position in other's mouths. I'm glad he is going.

410 Raven1  Tue, Nov 25, 2008 8:38:05am

My boy says put on Rachel Maddow on with Hannity, it would be hilarious.

411 Gutneshama  Tue, Nov 25, 2008 9:14:39am

Come on guys, Hannity is a devout Conservative and doesn't take crap from anyone. He puts liberals in their place. Watching him and Colmes was at times pure entertainment. At least America has conservatives on t.v. and radio. We here in the northern Socialst wasteland are forced to watch CBC or the rest of the drek that passes for news.

412 iowavette  Tue, Nov 25, 2008 12:30:00pm

My libertarian better half is about as calm and forgiving as one can be but mentioned once that he could actually visualize how good it would feel to put his hands around Colmes' neck and throttle him.

413 MrBob  Tue, Nov 25, 2008 12:31:13pm

call FNC now, vote for Jocelyn Elders to replace Alan!

414 samhein  Tue, Nov 25, 2008 2:34:19pm

re: #61 subsailor68

Heh, heh. Kinky Friedman lives near my town, and I run into him every once in awhile. He's actually a pretty good guy, and yep, his black outfit, hat, and duster are about all he ever wears.

Loves animals. He was sitting at the table next to us one night at a restaurant and asked me how many we have. When I told him we had three dogs and four cats - and they all slept on the bed - he said I'd just gotten my ticket to heaven punched.

(Or something like that.)

Actually, anytime I've seen/heard him on TV, I've liked him as well. Seems like a real person who actually believes what he says. Not an empty suit who says what they think they should say to look good.

415 fisheye23  Tue, Nov 25, 2008 2:44:19pm

How about hannity and frankin...yes...al frankin.....

416 DAMIS  Tue, Nov 25, 2008 6:46:36pm

Although Colmes is rather silly, Hannity needs a liberal sidekick for the simple reason that both him and O'Reilly have puffed themselves up so much they need a reality check every once in a while. The show will tank for sure if Hannity is left without a sparring partner.

417 Emery Calame  Thu, Nov 27, 2008 11:38:39am

The problem with Kinky Friedman can be seen on his MSNBC and O'Reilly appearances. He wears a big hat, has a big cigar and seems to have VERY little to say or do off the cuff. He is not funny or insightful, or expressive. He typically just plays with his cigar, and looks at the camera while O'Reilly or whoever rant for him. It's like he can't think of anything to say.

Which prompts me to wonder why the guy gets invited to come on TV pannels at all.

418 bj229r  Thu, Nov 27, 2008 4:41:47pm

re: #417 Emery Calame

Alan is weak at presenting his position (ok...even weak compared to other liberals) He's kinda like the left's version of Tucker Carlson. Perhaps he's gonna be on Dancing with the Stars. It's nice (albeit rare) to see intelligent discourse on issues of the day, but Alan doesn't contribute much to it....Ellis Henican puts up a good fight


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