Sean Hannity calls crowd Tim McVeigh wannabes and gets cheers.

[alfredo]

http://www.dailykos.com/tv/w/002641/

So that's what they are all about. I hope Keith shows that tonight.


HANNITY: See, can I add one thing? I think we won the debate.
DREIER: We did win the debate.
HANNITY: When you think about the vast majorities that they have in Congress and they had to bribe, backroom deals, corruption, that’s all because the tea party movement, the people — all these Tim McVeigh wannabes here.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
HANNITY: Guys, thank you for being here.
(CROSSTALK)

[Ken Burch]

1. The crowd took that as a compliment?

n/t.

[Chulanowa]

2. I feel ill

I think he meant it as a joke (in typical right-wing blowhard style of joking, anyway) but the audience didn't even bat an eye before it start applauding and cheering.

grotesque

[RDANGELO]

5. If he meant it as a joke, it sure didn't come out that way.

I just watched it for the third time, and he sounds dead serious.

[alfredo]

9. That's how it appeared to me.

[tishaLA]

10. I'm inclined to believe it was a joke, BUT when we have gun nuts rallying

as close to the WH as possible on the anniversary of the bombing of the Federal Building, going so far as to determine how close they can get to the WH and still open carry, I'm inclined to believe that some in his audience takes it very seriously.

[Chulanowa]

29. I was thinking along the lines of "Yuk yuk, they call us terrorists, yuk yuk"

Being a conservative though, his delivery fucking sucks, and irony is a foreign concept to him.

But hte audience didn't even pause. Guh.

[rudy23]

33. Yeah. I agree.

The audience has an out then, too. Not that I don't think they would cheer that, but I think this is a losing fight. If I were Keith, I wouldn't touch this with a ten foot pole--it's a trap.

[Supersedeas]

3. so it begins: domestic terrorists are captured warriors and then this

[Initech]

4. Do these dipshits WANT a civil war?

[MadMaddie]

39. Yea, actually they do!

They believe they can take on the military and local police agencies.

The recent militia arrests are a prime example of their behavior.

[Jackpine Radical]

57. Actually, they think the military will join them in their revolution.

You know--killing elected officials, getting that black guy out of the White House & otherwise upholding the Constitution.

[Subdivisions]

62. You know, when I think about the influence these racists/dumbfucks have

or could have on our political process; when I think of the possibility we could once again be a minority to them, I consider the thought of a civil war as...welllllll....

If it ever came to that, we'd eliminate their ideology handily based solely on our ability to spell common English words in strategic communications.

[NYC_SKP]

6. Kicking for visibility. Recommended.

I'm disturbed that the crowd took it as a compliment.

Hannity exposed himself, right there, on camera.

K and R.

:patriot:

[no_hypocrisy]

7. I'm sure he meant it as a compliment to McVeigh.

[alfredo]

11. Remember Tim was wearing the "Tree of Liberty" Tee shirt

on the day he murdered all those people. If you remember, that shirt was quite popular during the TP rallies all last year.

[MajorChode]

20. I have no problem with the reference

McVeigh and the rest of the Tea Party fucksticks have no idea what it really means. I see it as a bright shining beacon to their ignorance and stupidity. The fucksticks think the Revolutionary War was fought over taxation and it wasn't. It was fought over the right of democratic representation, which is a concept the fucksticks have complete disdain. If they were alive in 1776, they would be known as loyalists, not patriots.

[alfredo]

30. Right, they had no say.

[muffin1]

24. Without a doubt.

He meant it as a compliment, and they took as a compliment. Man, this country is in deep shit. Domestic terrorists are coming out of the woodwork, with the backing of repuke leadership - and the media - who insist that 'regular folks are just angry'.

Sickening.

[Moostache]

28. Fuck 'em then...

This principle was tested once before in our nation's history and it did not turn out so well for the South THAT time either. If they want a war, fine. I put my faith in the capabilities of the United States Army to defend the republic. In the words of one of their apparent heroes - Bush the Lesser (at least I assume this because there was precious little outrage or protests from these "patriots" on his watch; while he wiped his ass with the Constitution, spent national blood and treasure to enrich his supporters and cronies, and authorized the use of tactics which make the USA a spiritual kinsman to the goddamn Spanish Inquisition!!!!) - BRING 'EM ON.

They can get all the bullets they want, and they can die just as surely as anyone else under the missiles and bombs of the uniformed military - sworn to defend this republic against ALL enemies - foreign AND domestic. They want to die for false outrage and ginned up rage made possible by cynics and greedy bastards playing them all like a Stradivarius, then be my guest. I personally will miss their unintended comedy routines they call speeches, but I am sure I can find other entertaining idiots on You Tube to replace them tomorrow...

[lumpy]

35. Maybe, cause McVeigh was one of those "freedom fighter"

types filled with fear and hate.

[tsstranger]

44. McVeigh is a hero to the far right

As is Paul Hill, Eric Rudolph and now Scott Roeder, among many others.

[libnnc]

8. Sick fucks. All of them.

SICK.

[Ramulux]

12. I dont understand this at all

How in any way would this be a joke? Besides the fact that he did not sound like he was joking at all, I dont understand where the joke is in that.

[lyonn]

13. That comment may not go over so big here in Okla?

Red neckin' only goes so far before you "might" get a mental, "what the hell.....

[texastoast]

14. Recommend.

So, they are willing to murder babies like Tim? How Christian of these sick fucks.

Sick fucking fucks.

[newspeak]

61. well, people like McVeigh remind me of Hitler's fekkin brownshirts

Nothing but terrorizing, sociopathic goons, who believed they were the righteous with a righteous cause. After all, Hitler used God for his own evil purposes.

[progressoid]

15. What the fuck?

Unbelievable.

[harun]

16. Send this to Olberman.

[foxfeet]

17. K&R

[bluedeminredstate]

18. Doesn't sound like he's kidding

I think he said it before he realized that he had to edit himself. I can't believe those people took it as a compliment. Cheering and clapping over the bombing of a federal building...
And these people call themselves patriots? What's the difference between Osama Bin Laden and McVeigh?

[Bobbie Jo]

19. Stephanie played it this morning.

Some caller tried to invoke "context" to explain the statement...as if it were a joke.

First of all, if you have to explain a joke...it's not funny.
Second, It's not funny in any context.

Seriously, WTF is wrong with these people?

[white cloud]

25. This is getting plum sickening

2 year old act better than these guys

[Kitty Herder]

21. WTF?!

I can't believe they cheered. Even if he meant it as a joke, the crowd appeared to take it seriously. Fuck. These idiots are getting scarier everyday.

[elehhhhna]

22. scary.

[RagAss]

23. As I posted the other day......

How long until we see the "Free the Hutaree 9" Bumper Stickers !

A matter of days !

[maxsolomon]

26. it shows the disdain Hannity holds his audience in

THAT is what he really thinks of you, Teahadists. and you cheered. ignorant rubes.

he's faking it all for the money and the power. just like Coulter.

[Doremus]

27. OMFG. There is no depth too low for them. He said the words like he was reciting the weather.

And the dirt-stupid audience just smiles and cheers and eats it up like he's stroking their heads.


Good god but we are in bigger trouble than I thought.

[rudy23]

31. I think his "as they say" is what clears him.

He's saying that the left calls them Tim McVeigh wannabes.

[rudy23]

32. He's full of shit, of course, but that really seems like what he meant. n/t

[UTUSN]

37. I sent the clip to this local radio talkshow wingnut & that's what he claimed, that it was "ironic"

and answering Tweety:

*************QUOTE************

He is being ironic. Tim McVeigh wannabes is what Chris Matthews and others think all teapartiers are.

***********UNQUOTE************

But I listened to the whole (long version) link, and I could detect NO TRACE of irony, satire, or sarcasm. That said, I have never listened to HANNITY extensively (the way I have monitored LIMBO and Tweety), so if HANNITY has explained away the "MacVEIGH wannabes" reference before as being a take-off on Tweety, I don't know. The delivery is totally DRY.

That said, I myself DO believe that ALL Teabaggers really ARE MacVEIGH wannabes, at whatever layer of disguise.

[rudy23]

42. I agree that they are TM wannabes, but don't you hear hannity saying, 'TM wannabes, as they say..."?

That totally gives him an out. He's saying that we call them that. And he's right. And we're right.

[lumpy]

34. McVeigh's thinking was similar to the teabaggers; like he was

anti-government, fear of losing freedoms and all the other gripes, whining and paranoia one hears from the Baggers. I think Hannity made a gross slip of the tongue, exposing his true thoughts.

[alfredo]

36. Hannity has been going to the Michael Steele school

of public speaking.

[MadMaddie]

38. Who the fuck jokes about the Ok bombing?

Babies were killed.....What happened to their "sanctity of life"?

Hannity has gone too far...

[tsstranger]

45. Too far?????

Nothing is too far for Sean Insanity. Nor for Limbaugh, Levin, Coulter, Malkin, Palin, Bachmann and their evil ilk.

[global1]

55. Hannity Owes The People Of Those That Died In The OK Bombing ......

an apology. He should also apologize to all people of OK and this nation.

If he meant what he said it was wrong. If he claims it was a joke it was wrong. Either way - he should apologize.

[spanone]

40. The victims ranged in age from three months to seventy-three

It is estimated that 646 people were inside the building when the bomb exploded.<83> By the end of the day of the bombing, twenty were confirmed dead, including six children, and over one hundred injured.<84> The toll eventually reached 168 confirmed dead, not including an unmatched leg that could have belonged to a possible, unidentified 169th victim.<2> Most of the deaths resulted from the collapse of the building, rather than the bomb blast.<85> Those killed included 163 who were in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, one person in the Athenian Building, one woman in a parking lot across the street, a man and woman in the Oklahoma Water Resources building, and a rescue worker struck on the head by debris.<86>

The victims ranged in age from three months to seventy-three, not including the fetuses of three pregnant women.<86><87> Of the dead, 99 worked for the federal government.<88> Nineteen of the victims were children, fifteen of whom were in the America's Kids Day Care Center.<89> The bodies of the 168 victims were identified at a temporary morgue set up at the scene.<90> A team of 24, which included sixteen specialists, used full-body X-rays, dental examinations, fingerprinting, blood tests, and DNA testing.<88><91><92> Over 680 people were injured; the majority of the injuries were caused by abrasions, severe burns, and bone fractures.<3>

McVeigh later reflected on killing children in the bombing: "I didn't define the rules of engagement in this conflict. The rules, if not written down, are defined by the aggressor. It was brutal, no holds barred. Women and kids were killed at Waco and Ruby Ridge. You put back in faces exactly what they're giving out."<93>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing

[alfredo]

41. Damn

[spanone]

43. 'nineteen of the victims were children'....yea, cheer them on hannity, you fuck

[alfredo]

46. What else do you expect from a chickenhawk.

[MadMaddie]

64. Thanks for the details!

Hannity and others of his ilk have no shame.....

[marew]

47. It is obvious he appeals to the sickest among us...

These people are being encouraged and validated. I cannot imagine cheering the deaths of innocent Americans, I just can't. How low and horrible can Hannity and those who think like him get? Evidently we are not even close to finding out.

[alfredo]

48. They are the Jerry Springer of the "news" media.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

49. I don't get it!

McVeigh watched all the little children going into the building and then he blew them up!
I don't get it. It doesn't seem like Hannity was admonishing these people with that comment, it seems to me like he is saying McVeigh was a hero for killing all those Americans, and the tea bagger audience agrees.

What the hell is going on? What are we watching here??? Evil and stupidity is alive and well it seems.
:puke:

[1776Forever]

50. So Hannity - You & your buds want to be like McVeigh? Here's your collateral damage - own it!

In one of the most dramatic images of the day, firefighter Chris Fields carries Baylee Almon, who later died of her injuries. AP photographer Charles H. Porter IV won the Pulitzer Prize for this photograph. (AP photo)

[anachro1]

51. To them, he was a patriot.

and they are all too stupid to know the difference.

[alfredo]

52. And they have guns

[cascadiance]

53. F'in TEArrorists!!! ALL of 'em! Pack'em up for Guantanamo!

[cherish44]

54. Well if they're so please at being compared to McVeigh...

maybe they'll enjoy this video of his handiwork. (These people DISGUST me)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jva3q7OMDVI

[tomm2thumbs]

56. and we all know how that one turned out -

[W T F]

58. "Sean Hannity is a domestic terrorist". SAY IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN!

[Mopar151]

59. Exscuse my French

But these fuckin morons have been waiting all their lives for SOMEBODY to be scared of them. What the FBI and BATF did at Ruby Ridge and Waco was incredibly stupid - incompetence like that should have resulted in prision terms. But loot at haw the recent case of tax protesters Ed and Elaine Brown was handled, and we are seeing a new model - same thing with the Hutaree.
Listen, you stooopid bastids! It does'nt matter how many cops you murder, how many innocents you slaughter. You will not advance your cause in any way, you will not get to be boss! The people who enslave you are not in the White House, they don't come near smelly fools like you. They ride in executive helicopters and private jets, and they are using the threat of you to delay the day they have to pay their fair share of taxes, or get on the same airplane as you. if it takes killing 10 of your children to make their lawn greener, they are fine with that. You are being set up to be their goon squads, their mine police, their Klan - to make war on unions, on liberal churches, on social workers, on educated professionals and skilled craftsmen, on miners and millhands - for the security of the rich, to grind us "back where we belong" - begging for work at starving wages, building castles for the rich while our world falls apart.

[alfredo]

60. Preach On!

[MkapX]

63. Tea baggers

Well, the Tea baggers aren't exactly the smartess people in america just by the fact they follow a woman who writes on her hand and starts a speech with "Gosh" and "Golly".(Palin). Us liberals might be stuck in our ivy league towers, but quite frankly i rather have the country be lead by a person whose IQ is past 70. Taxes on the middle class have actually gone down on Obama's watch which proves that the people in the so call tea party movement know nothing about the thing they are protesting about. Im not going to say that all tea baggers are dangerous, but when you have baggers saying that revolution is around the corner and waving their RPG's and heavy machine guns in the air...it stokes the flames of violence. And other groups like militia men...feed on that energy. Regardless if they say they are non violent. The foxnews pundits can say that radical left wingers are just as dangerous but come on, whens the last time a left winger flew a plane into a IRS building or plotted to kill a cop, even the weather underground and the black panther party retricted their actions to institition not people, never was it their intention to kill someone as oppose to McVeigh and the right wing militias