Sean Hannity

A moment I nearly missed, from last night’s Sarah Palin appearance on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show:

HANNITY: Look, you supported [Conservative Party candidate] Doug Hoffman in the New York 23. And when you did that, though, it was a big jolt to his campaign. As a matter of fact, according to the latest numbers [...]

If there was any question that Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) was enjoying his newfound celebrity, he was back on Sean Hannity’s syndicated radio show today — his second consecutive appearance. Wilson profusely thanked Hannity for asking his listeners to support him.
“They have named me — the Washington Democrats, MoveOn.org — their number one target,” said [...]

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), who apologized last night after yelling “you lie!” during the president’s address to Congress, appeared on Sean Hannity’s radio show to push back against the idea that he was actually wrong.
“At the end of the day, you’re right and the president is wrong,” said Hannity.

Buried in this transcript at Media Matters, I see Sean Hannity making things up about State Department Legal Advisor Harold Koh. “You have a State Department lawyer,” said Hannity, “Harold Koh, who says the U.S. should follow Sharia law in some cases.”
Koh has never said this.

Van Jones’ rapid downfall is an educational moment for the wing of the conservative movement that has tried, without much success, to paint environmental activists as anti-capitalist radicals.

No plans for Labor Day? The coal industry has you covered.
At no cost to the public, the heavyweights of the industry are putting on the Friends of America Rally, a one-day country music extravaganza in Southern West Virginia featuring the talents of Hank Williams Jr. and John Rich, among others.
Just good, wholesome, blue-jeans-and-Copenhagen fun, right? [...]

On Aug. 4, President Obama’s birthday, WorldNetDaily released and began shipping “A Question of Eligibility.” It’s an hour-long documentary produced by an “award-winning team” who chose, naturally, to, keep their identities “secret for fear of retribution from the administration.” To call it a “rip-off” would be to go easy on it; it’s the “birther” equivalent [...]

It would seem to be a community of one. Rev. James David Manning, a New York preacher who gained fleeting Web meme status for a 2008 video (now at 2.5 million views) in which he called Barack Obama a “long-legged mack daddy,” is now hawking signs that ask the president to release his long-form certificate. [...]

Six months into Obama’s presidency, after scores of embarrassing legal defeats, the cottage industry of conspiracy theories about the president’s birth shows no signs of disappearing.

Organizers plan for more intimate Fourth of July events after the hoopla of the April 15 gatherings.