Sean Hannity believes it's okay to lie under oath (sometimes)

[hiaasenrocks]

I just listened to about fifteen minutes of his show as I was coming home. He said he went back and "checked the record" on Fitzgerald so we would know "who we're dealing with."

I dutifully stayed tuned in, laughing during the commercial at how these scumbags operate. All they can hope for is to run a personal smear campaign on him. Gee, isn't that how we got into this in the first place?

So what did Hannity find in "the record"? The quotes from Fitz about how he supported the prosecution of Martha Stewart. Hannity said that's all they could get; no underlying crime, just the perjury and obstruction.

The second (and last) example I listened to was about a case in Chicago in which Fitz went after someone for perjury. Again, Hannity was shocked! Outraged!

I stopped listening at this point. It was obvious that this is the only type of thing he was going to talk about. If there had been anything really juicy he would have gone with that, probably first.

So, all we can conclude is that Sean Hannity believes it is okay to lie under oath.

This Hannity clown is so totally devoid of any principles it's almost embarrassing to hear him talk.

At least Hannity cleared up the matter of "who we're dealing with" in Patrick Fitzgerald: A man who believes in and enforces the rule of law.

Unlike you, Sean, you pathetic hypocritical liar.

[Nikki Stone1]

1. Wasn't perjury the charge against Clinton?

And wasn't he found not-guilty?

Back then, lying to the court about sex was enough to get impeached. So it's ok to lie now--about national and international issues--and the court should just stand down?

Hannity's spewing blarney again, methinks.

[Ravenseye]

6. Yeah I thought so too

the big thing that they finally put before the congress was that he lied under oath about his private life.

Not lieing about committing treasonous activities or anything like that mind you.

[AspenRose]

2. Sean Hannity is an idiot

I wish Larry Flynt would dig up some dirt on HIM. Shut him up permanently.

[havocmom]

3. 'Sometimes' = when it's a Republican doing the lying under oath

otherwise, it is a very serious crime. :eyes:

[AnnieBW]

4. But Not About Sex!

It's okay to perjure yourself, but not if you're testifying about a blowjob from a consenting adult intern. :D

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. This is especially interesting since perjury was the only thing

they could find against Clinton, and then it was FUCKING IMPORTANT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD OH MY GOD HE LIED HE LIED HE LIED!!!!!!!!!

Hell, they still talk about how awful it was that he lied.

Apparently, though, going after republicans for lying is, I don't know, silly.

[hiaasenrocks]

9. You should have heard him yesterday.

He was spinning the Clinton story, saying it was different because there were underlying crimes. And as examples he cited Clinton using Vernon Jordan to get Lewinsky a job. Ha.

He ran through the whole list, saying, "Clinton lied about whether he was alone with Lewinsky in the White House. Clinton lied about whether he had touched her in certain places." Things like that.

I got the feeling Sean reads the Starr Report with a bottle of lotion nearby. It's obvious he just gets off on the sex aspects of it.

Imagine how twisted Hannity's children will be, growing up with a father like that.

[Enraged_Ape]

11. "Whether he had touched her in certain places"?!!

It was CONSENSUAL SEX BETWEEN TWO ADULTS!!!!

And this is somehow supposed to compare to CRIPPLING an intelligence network constructed OVER DECADES to track the global trade in WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION? And to destroy it during a F*&(ing WAR?!!!

(Sorry about the all-caps. I've found that that may be the only language in which lurking Freepers speak.)

[hiaasenrocks]

13. That's exactly what he said!

It was like listening to a child describing some "naughty" thing he saw.

Hannity is a sick, sick individual.

[samplegirl]

17. Dont they remember.....

Rule of Law??????????????

[tallahasseedem]

7. Lying about an affair = perjury

Lying about compromising national security and intentionally outing a CIA agent for personal and political gain = free pass.

I hate these people.

[kenny blankenship]

8. Well of course he does, he lies every night on-air. (eom)

[LostInAnomie]

10. Hmm... What was that phrase that threw around during the Clinton years...

... Jeez, what was it. It had something to do with not mattering what the focus of the investigation was about... and Uhhh... Ohh something about respect for our legal system... It's on the tip of my tongue... Oh yeah, THE RULE OF LAW!

RULE OF LAW! RULE OF LAW! We have to respect the RULE OF LAW!

Those hypocritical bastards can go fuck themselves. If it was a big deal about an victim of a witch hunt lying about a fucking blow-job it sure as fuck is a big fucking deal if some Bushite political hacks out a fucking CIA agents! Fuck Hannity!

[shenmue]

12. Hannity makes a lot of noise...

but he has nothing to say.

As I've said, not only are his positions never coherent, they are also never consistent. If this guy ever says the exact same thing two weeks in a row...run.

[AX10]

14. Hitler Hannity says alot of crap.

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[DancingBear]

15. Is it me, or does Sean strike you as acting a bit too sexually righteous?

When they get him, the tapes are going to play like this:

"I've been a bad boy, Mistress Karla, make me drink from the dog bowl"

Just sayin' again...

[hiaasenrocks]

18. Absolutely. The guy is obviously

nothing but an opportunist, with no principles whatsoever.

[La Coliniere]

16. Hannity is a shrill shill.

Thinks he's an insider, but we know there's nothing inside besides lies, spin and partisan stupidity. An enemy of the people it seems to me.

[dancingme]

19. He interviewed Judge Bork today

and after discussing Miers he brought up the indictments. He tried to get Bork to say that no one could remember conversations they had from 2 years ago in talking about Rove and perjury. I was stunned when Bork would not play along. He said if the conversation was about something that was important to you - like Wilson's criticism of the Iraq war then you would remember it. Hannity sounded like he was going to cry. "Oh, but it was a conversation long ago, two years ago don't you think nobody could remember what they said to somebody on the phone two years ago?" and Bork said it depends on the conversation and the subject. Hannity then said he was out of time and had to let Bork go.

I live in the Philly area and I am lost without Air America and Randi on my drive home from work. Hoping some station in Philly picks up AA so I don't turn on Hannity again.

[Iris]

20. just not about your sex life?

nice try, In-sanity.

[GreenArrow]

21. Sean Hannity believes it's okay to lie, period.

He's built his entire career on it.

[FreedomAngel82]

22. It's only okay if you're a republican

Didn't you know they're aboved the law? :sarcasm:

[PatriotGames]

23. Hannity IS a clown. I think I dislike him the most on Faux.

[highplainsdem]

24. Hannity quote, on the subject of lying under oath (from an old DU article)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/04/06/p/12_moral.html


Moral Relativism: It's not just for liberals anymore
June 12, 2004
By Scott C. Smith

<snip>

On another show, Hannity interviewed former Clinton legal counsel Lanny Davis on June 3, 1999. Once again Hannity honed in on the liar, Clinton:

"Lanny, you took a number of gratuitous shots at Ken Starr…you were taking shots at him, felt what he was doing was wrong, felt the questions he'd be asking the president were wrong and I just -- you can't get away from the fact, the president lied under oath. You're an attorney. The president coached his secretary. You know he coached his secretary. We don't have to go through this whole thing again here. The president got impeached for these things. These are crimes. This is the chief law enforcement officer of the country."