No, not recently. . .but would it surprise you? Sean Hannity says such boneheaded, stupid, idiotic things all the time, he has to offended a nut out there by now. But no, Hannity's dad beat any crazy guy to the punch. . .uh. . .almost literally. Strap, actually. Which may explain many of Hannity's personality defects.
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Hannity On NFL's Peterson: My Dad Hit Me With A 'Strap' And I'm Okay
On Fox News last night, Sean Hannity said he thinks that Adrian Peterson, the NFL player indicted on child injury charges, should not go to jail for hitting his child.
Hannity explained that he was hit by his father as a child, and he turned out just fine.
"I got hit with a strap. Bam, bam, bam. And I have never been to a shrink. I will tell you that I deserved it," he said. . .
There is no question, George W. Bush has been an absolute dream for comedians. Often times, as Jon Stewart has said, he does the comedian's work for them, and what he says cannot even be made funnier when taken out of context. For we citizens, however, things are a little different.
It's wonderful to have folks like Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Bill Maher and David Letterman to help us find the funny when we've become fed up with Bush and his administration. And this video compilation (with clips often taken from comedy shows) is most certainly funny. But the sad thing is, you could make a montage that goes well beyond YouTube's limitations. Bush has said and done enough stupid and embarrassing things to over-fill a Ken Burns documentary.
The scary thing is, 28% or so of the American electorate finds this man charming. They think his gaffes and general idiocy make him "one of us." I hope we can decide as a nation that a President shouldn't be one of us. I want a President that is smarter and more educated than I am. I want a President who doesn't skip over words in a book that he doesn't understand--he looks them up. Or better yet, doesn't find any that he doesn't understand! I want a President who is the cream of the crop. . .one of our best and brightest.
To me, John "the Economy is not my thing" McCain doesn't fit the bill. BarackObama and Hillary Clinton--whatever you think of them personally--do. Just sit back and watch what "one of us" looks like as President:
And yes, I realize the video wanders off at the end, into divergent territory, but I'm prone to digressions, so I'll not criticize too harshly!
Some people find a picture like this heartwarming, funny, endearing. I'm not one of them. It's just another in a long line of things about George W. Bush that make me wince.
Every once in a while I like to post something from one of my favorite bloggers, actor Steven Weber, who regularly posts on The Huffington Post. He has a quirky, funny, often disturbing writing style that I aspire to! I think you'll enjoy it too. Take a look.
You know what? It's not Orwellian. It's not a conspiracy of the Illuminati. It's not even Operation Northwoods or Halliburton or The Carlyle Group or Poppy weeping because all along it should have been the smart one, Jeb. It's none of the things that make the colossal failure that is Bush Co. sexy.
