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Sean Hannity Winks at the Birthers

By | 12.09.09 | 2:24 pm

Here, via Charles Johnson, is audio of Sean Hannity telling a critical caller that questions about President Obama’s birth certificate are perfectly legitimate. The disagreement starts when the caller knocks Hannity for citing WorldNetDaily as a source, given its “birther” content.

HANNITY: Let me ask you a question. What

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NY-23: Hannity and Palin Agree, Hoffman Has ‘a Chance to Win This Thing’

By | 11.19.09 | 1:45 pm

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

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Rep. Joe Wilson: ‘There’s a Witch Hunt’

By | 09.14.09 | 3:50 pm

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.

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Rep. Joe Wilson Talks With Sean Hannity, Stands By His Comments

By | 09.10.09 | 4:14 pm

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. More…

Lies About Harold Koh Are Always in Fashion

By | 09.09.09 | 3:26 pm

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.

Climate Change Skeptics Oust Jones With ‘Green Socialist’ Attacks

By | 09.06.09 | 4:36 pm

The descent of Van Jones from a powerful job in Barack Obama’s administration to career-sinking political controversy happened at a stunning pace. On Aug. 10, the White House’s ousted special adviser for green jobs appeared at the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 in Las Vegas, More…

Labor Day With Hannity on a (Flattened) Mountaintop? Yeah, That’s America!

By | 09.02.09 | 11:18 am

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. More…

Birthers: The Movie

By | 08.25.09 | 9:03 am

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 More…

African-American Preachers Against Obama

By | 07.21.09 | 4:02 pm

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 More…

‘Birther’ Movement Dogs Republicans

By | 07.17.09 | 6:00 am

Kris Kobach is a law professor with degrees from Harvard, Yale and Oxford, and a veteran of George W. Bush’s administration who, after Sept. 11, helped craft the policy on domestic registration of foreign visitors to the United States. In May, he More…