Ted Rall to Hannity: "Your word is worth nothing...You have no integrity"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Hannity sandbags guest. Anyone surprise?



http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/02/04.html#a7009

Ted Rall, a cartoonist (I don't know much about his work) was on H&C to discuss the Tom Tole's WaPo cartoon. Hannity did his usual bit of wankery during the first segment, (He apparently doesn't understand what's written in the constitution) but then the second segment started and the classless Hannity played his usual game- he lied to Rall and sandbagged him. Watch and see.

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Rall: You're unbelievable, before we came on the air--I talked to your producer and your producer promised--You're just unbelievable. You lie just as much as the Bush administration--Your word is worth nothing--You have no integrity-Don't you have anything to say that’s original?

Hannity proclaimed that he never promised not to show Rall's old cartoon that they fought about last year. Hannity used the simple tactic of shifting the dialogue to another subject so he can take control and embarrass his guests.

Newshounds has more on the segment.

Ted Rall reacts to his appearance from last night:

"I certainly lit into Hannity, but that's not the point. The point is, if you go onto that show, you cannot trust their producer. If they tell you you're there to discuss a cartoon, they may ambush you with anything and anyone they want...read on

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[Glenda]

1. I love Ted Rall's cartoons

Thanks for posting this!

:hi:

[tatertop]

12. He also writes great books and an awesome weekly column

Love that Rall

[jesus_of_suburbia]

2. Hannity is the biggest asshole.

He even annoys me more than OLeilly and Rush.

[donco6]

3. Jesus! Welcome to DU!

Always knew you were more our kinda guy.

[jesus_of_suburbia]

37. Thanks for the welcome donco6, Catchawave, & EvolveOrConvolve!

Glad to be here... I've been lurking for a while and finally started posting.
I love this website; good to know there are still people in America who give a darn about the direction our country is going in!

[Catchawave]

22. Welcome to DU Jesus !

:hi:

[EvolveOrConvolve]

34. Oh shit, the rapture must be near

Jesus is posting on DU.

Welcome JoS! :hi:

[newyawker99]

52. Hi jesus_of_suburbia!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[rodeodance]

4. "Don't you have anything to say that’s original?"--what a hoot and how

true!! te he. good one

[DemInDistress]

5. another reason why I refer to him as "sean insannity" nt

[RebelOne]

59. That's always been my name for him.

[DemInDistress]

62. that's where I probably picked up the name "insannity" ^5 to you

BTW, I have never seen an arrogant imbecile as sean. A pure party man, a Nazi. He'd be in the tops ranks when the days of Martial Law descend upon America. I wish hardships and other nasty things upon "insannity,O'liely and rush windbag,,

Thanks friend...BTW, I live in NYC home of Ground Zero where once 2 mighty towers stood. They were destroyed by the bush crime family and out of those ashes a baby was born..they named it PNAC/TWAT

[immoderate]

63. I call them Inanity and Comatose.

--IMM

[LiberalPartisan]

6. What does Rall expect?

It's Sean Hannity, who, when he's not fellating any member of the Bush admin he can find is busy fabricating the latest lies to throw to his moronic audience. Why would Rall, whose work can be be of dubious talent and taste, even lower himself by going on the Hannity show?

Hannity is such a sanctimonius turd.

[johnaries]

10. I'm sure he expected it, just wanted the chance to call him on it.

I love his cartoons!

[Mz Pip]

7. I only watched a bit of it

and then turned it off because Hannity was being such a boor. What a twit he is. He calls himself an "independent". Like that fools anyone. He is a shill for BushCo and not worth watching. LEt the Freepers have him. He can reinforce their already upside down version of reality.

I'm glad someone told him off.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Glenda]

13. Yeah, I thought Ted did a great job of standing his ground

And I laughed when Ted called Hannity "Dude!" :spray:

[henslee]

28. I always say dude, dude. Rall is dude. And you real dudes know what

I mean. Right dude?

[EvolveOrConvolve]

35. Dude!

[enki23]

61. he abides.

.

[WernhamHogg]

41. Does he really?

Does Hannity really claim to be an independent? I know O'Reilly claims to be an independent, but now Hannity is doing it too? Who the heck do these guys think they are fooling?

[Mz Pip]

49. Yep, He does.

He was "interviewing" someone who called him on his partisanship and he said he wasn't a Republican, he was an Independent.

So I guess we have no justification to accuse him of being partisan anymore. :sarcasm:

Mz Pip
:dem:

[leftchick]

53. my mother for one is fooled

she bought hannity's book and asked me to read it because he "is an independent" and has some great ideas and I might find it helpful. I said forgetaboutit. I imagine there are a lot of faux news viewers like her who have become programmed to believe everything they hear from the faux stooges.

[tanstaafl]

56. Independent Contractor ..

The only independent these two guys (Hannity / O'Reilly) are is independent contractors for the White House and PNAC.

[Canuckistanian]

8. Weren't they friends at one time?

I remember Hannity criticizing a Ted Rall cartoon once and saying he was schocked, shocked I say that Ted would do such a thing.

He went on to say that they knew each other from somewhere, maybe their home town.

[rockymountaindem]

9. Why does anybody go on his show?

They're setting themselves up. That's like stepping into the arena with a feces-throwing monkey and wondering why you get hit with poo.

Furthermore, why is Colmes just sitting there? As if I don't already know...

[rodeodance]

11. for what it is worth here is Hannity's email:

[e-mail]

[Pharaoh]

14. ted rall rocks!

[wtmusic]

46. He completely puts Hannity in his place

as the lying, sniveling admin whore that he is. :thumbsup:

[The Backlash Cometh]

15. Oh, man I just love it when Liberals fight back.

It was a two year old cartoon? I had no idea.

Is Pat Tillman that guy who was killed by friendly fire, and the military tried to cover it up?

[Hand]

18. Yes--

Rall could have brought that up, I suppose, but I can't imagine that it would have been worth the trouble.

[Glenda]

16. Here's his latest cartoon

[AndyA]

17. Why does Hannity even have guests on his show?

It's obvious he doesn't care what they have to say. He just likes to hear himself talk. They should just stick a friggin' mirror on the guest chair and let Hannity look at his reflection and talk, talk, talk.

What a propagandist! He probably gets the scripts approved by Karl Rove prior to air time.

[Kire]

19. Hannity does the same shit with every guest.

one more vote for the greatest page!

[Oeditpus Rex]

20. I can't understand

why someone hasn't jumped out of their chair and beaten the shit out of Hannity. Given the chance, I certainly would. I'd mess him up bad.

God, I hate that motherfucker.

[Catchawave]

21. This proves Hannity is a clueless idiot:

Ted Rall's Cafe Press Merchandise: http://www.cafepress.com/tedrall

Support the Message !

[Golden Raisin]

23. I don't have one iota of sympathy

for Rall. When you agree to APPEAR on Hannity's "show" you KNOW (unless you're a total idiot) that you are stepping into a sandbagged, pile of stinking $^%#. And he thought Hannity's producer was an honest man of his word? Serious guests like Rall only lend credence & lustre to the myth that Hannity is some sort of serious, professional "news" person, rather than a vicious, bullying blowhard bankrolled by Rupert Murdoch. We need more "guests" to refuse to even appear on Hannity, not to succumb and plug their latest book, or whatever.

[Azathoth]

26. Exactly

There is absolutely nothing that someone like Ted Rall could hope to gain from appearing on Hannity's show except the publicity of being attacked/mauled/sandbagged in front of a very hostile audience. He's not going to shut Hannity down in an argument, because Hannity controls the mic and hires the editor. He's not going to reach people with his message, because no one who would be remotely interested in what Rall has to say watches Hannity's show. Why anyone outside of the extreme right agrees to give credibility to guys like Hannity by appearing on their shows is beyond me.

[GrantDem]

42. I'm with you -->>

Anyone that appears on any show on FOX entertainment (it's definitely not news) is throwing themselves to the wolves. O'reilly, Hannity, Gibson are not journalists and merely serve to propogate the right wing agenda (fantasy world) and GOP talking points (lies).

I find it interesting that Hannity was calling Rall "mean" while he was busy attacking him. Who is "mean"? hmmmm..... :shrug:

[Occulus]

58. Sabotage would be better

As in, go on the show under one pretense, and then answer the questions with total nonsense.

On national security, for example: "What can the Democrat Party possibly do to improve their image on national security?"

"Well, I think we should invest more in music education and the arts, especially organizations such as DCI, youth ensembles, and so on."

Just totally derail the conversation with topics completely unrelated to the topic at hand, so they can't get the talking points out in the first place. FORCE them to address different issues by refusing to even take one single step down the road Hannity is trying to lead them down.

[The Doctor.]

24. Hannity...

What an asshole!

Yes, Ted Rall had every right to question Tillman's motives and intelligence.
I've seen more Freeper-types insult Tillman for his anti-war stance than anyone else.

I believe that Rall was not intimate with Tillman's motives, otherwise he might have been more forgiving. But the fact remains that Pat did participate in an illegal war.

Freedom of speech does not protect public figures from scrutiny.

Now, for the sake of posterity;


It was unkind, but that doesn't mean Hannity's not an asshole.

{oe} - It is also evidenced by Rall's conclusion that he did not research the 'friendly fire' incident that took Tillman's life.

Rall was right, Hannity was using an obsolete reference to attack him.

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

25. I'm no fan of Rall, but Hannity manages to out-asshole him.

[Maraya1969]

27. I hate giving Hannity anymore recognition but I recommended this

It is hard to believe that someone would prostitute themselves out the way Hannity, Limbaugh, Savage, Ingram and others do just to make money but I think that is what many of them do. They know that in the end the success of their show has nothing to do with how many lies they tells or what kind of disgusting filth it contains; what matters is if people watch it and how much money their company can charge for commercial time - because that is the bottom line. And we are just as guilty of promoting them as any idiot freeptard who watches like they are being fed from the Holy Grail.

Maybe they all have brains but no integrity. They know they are going to piss off their guests but they don't care because it makes people watch them for good TV.

As for my, no amount of money would make me stoop that low.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

30. It's the "No Such Thing As Bad Publicity" law...

...if people are talking about you, you have notoriety.

If you have notoriety, you become a commodity.

When you become a commodity, you receive a steady paycheck. Book contracts. Speaking engagements.

That's why Fox's John Gibson has been so desperately trying to offend. He wants a Hannity / Limbaugh paycheck, but he lacks the ability to rise above being John Gibson, and consistently looks pathetic in the process.

:patriot:

[ClayZ]

29. I can not stand Hannity but I am glad I watched this!

I wrote him and said, "The army upped the age requirement and lowered the IQ requirments ... You should join. You might make it past the first test now."



:rofl:

[Lusted4]

64. The whole time that was going on

Alan sits there daydreaming of new ways to wash Hannity's rectum.

[ryan_cats]

31. And Ted Rall is surprised?

And Ted Rall is surprised? Hannity is the dumbest rwinger of them all. I remember during the Clinton impeachment trial, he sounded like a broken record repeating the same old tired cliches on and on. Colmes should smack him, heck, Rall should have smacked him.

[Initech]

32. Not nearly as effective as Jon Stewart calling Tucker Carlson a douche...

But I'll take it. Hannity, Limbaugh, Beck, O'Reilly are all nothing more than big, fat stupid douches anyways.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

33. either talk like this to Hannity or don't go on his show.

simple rule.

[lpbk2713]

36. I hope the word gets around about what a sleaze he is.

Then even RWers won't want to be his guest if they have no idea what to expect.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

38. As long as they faithfully recite the right wing talking points...

...they have nothing to fear.

When they stray, they become cannon fodder.

[SmokingJacket]

39. Not only is Ted Rall an excellent cartoonist, he's mad as hell.

:thumbsup:

I'm shocked Hannity had him on.

[bluestateguy]

40. while Rall is an asshole

Hannity is a far bigger asshole.

[burythehatchet]

43. There was one point where Shithead put his hand on Rall

at that point I was praying that Rall would just deck him. I will say it right here and now if I ever have the opportunity to pop that asshole in his sitty face I will take it with out hesitation. That asshole is a fucking disgrace to humanity.
:mad:

[tishaLA]

44. What's missing, though...

Is Colmes' enabling performance. He assures Rall that "we don't make deals like that on this show" etc. Hannity isn't a liberal's worst enemy: Colmes, and other sniveling faux-ny libs like him, are.

[MrSlayer]

45. What is their problem with Tole's cartoon anyway?

I'm failing to see what the outrage is about.

[Yollam]

47. Rall should've mentioned the fact that Tillman despised Bush...

...and opposed the Iraq war.

It was all in the letters he sent home to his mom.

I didn't much care for that particular 'toon either, but Tillman's sentiments RE Bush are relevant, and there was NOTHING wrong with Toles' toon.

Hannity is a total scumbag phony.

[sakabatou]

48. Pot meet kettle.

Hannity doesn't think that the Constitution doesn't give us any of our rights...

[PatrioticLeftie]

50. Notice how

Hannity's "argument" consisted entirely of name calling and speaking louder than his opponent.

That's Republican journalism at work!

[high density]

51. Ted Rall is pretty hit and miss IMHO

Typical Hannity BS there... I dunno how anybody can watch that yellfest anyway. That was a complete waste of time for all involved.

[KyuzoGator]

54. Seriously, why even have guests?

Hannity runs his fucking mudflap nonstop for 20 minutes. Someone says something that cuts to the bone? Just talk over them.

Ridiculous.

[BushOut06]

55. Need we any more proof that Hannity is a programmed idiot?

I like the part towards the end where Rall says "That's the same thing you said a year ago". It's so true - Hannity has these canned little speeches he pulls out, rants that he has memorized that he doesn't deviate from. He simply can't think for himself, he's completely incapable of going off-script.

[chat_noir]

57. Damn, can't find that huge DU Hannity-bashing thread!

[Twist_U_Up]

60. If I where on that show..........

and in a bitter dispute insued like that and dickhead invaded my space like he did to Rall,I would have snapped his arm off and stuffed it down his throat.

And to think most of our energy is spent on Tweety when in reality a majority of the right relate to Hannity more.

I`d like to see an effort to rid of Hannity before Tweety.