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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 06:24 PM Jul 2018

Sean Hannity in 2008: "If you cheat on your wife, are you going to be honest with your country?"

Sean Hannity in 2008: “If you cheat on your wife, are you going to be honest with your country?”

Sean Hannity said in 2008 that presidential candidates who have affairs have a “character issue” because they are “living a life that’s a lie.” Hannity, who made the comments during a discussion about the affair of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Hannity & Colmes, also said that Americans “have a right to know before we elect somebody” whether the candidates have had such affairs. He also speculated, “If you cheat on your wife, are you going to be honest with your country?”

In a subsequent episode of Hannity & Colmes, Hannity went further, stating that “If you take a vow, a promise, a pledge, a solemn vow, and you promise to love, honor, cherish, be faithful to, in good times and in bad, richer or poorer, better or worse, and be faithful, you know, till death do you part, if you don't -- if you can't keep that vow, why should people not be suspect that you keep a vow to, you know, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States?”

President Donald Trump is currently under fire for paying hush money during the 2016 campaign to conceal affairs with model Karen McDougal and adult actor Stormy Daniels. Hannity is Trump’s confidant and top propagandist.

https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2018/07/25/sean-hannity-2008-if-you-cheat-your-wife-are-you-going-be-honest-your-country/220790


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Sean Hannity in 2008: "If you cheat on your wife, are you going to be honest with your country?" (Original Post) Miles Archer Jul 2018 OP
I wonder if that video was played back to him what would he say now? kimbutgar Jul 2018 #1
"That was then, this is now" gratuitous Jul 2018 #6
Oh So True Vogon_Glory Jul 2018 #14
"Conservative ethics................." MyOwnPeace Jul 2018 #15
to hell with hannity heaven05 Jul 2018 #2
If hannity sticks his tongue any further up trump's ass, Haggis for Breakfast Jul 2018 #12
LOL heaven05 Jul 2018 #18
Naturally he'll get a free pass on this. lpbk2713 Jul 2018 #3
Hopefully, Cohen's cache of tapes snares this "catholic" hypocrite! RestoreAmerica2020 Jul 2018 #4
Funny how those old quotes come back to bite you in the ass. Totally Tunsie Jul 2018 #5
How ironic that at that very moment, Cheeto was cheating on his wife! FakeNoose Jul 2018 #7
Three fucking stooges Historic NY Jul 2018 #8
If you cheat on everyone, can you be trusted with the country? hedda_foil Jul 2018 #9
I'd bet my house Sean's had his stinger polished by many not named Mrs Hannity blm Jul 2018 #10
Things change, times devolve. marble falls Jul 2018 #11
He will vehemently apply the same standard to a Democrat in the future Mr. Ected Jul 2018 #13
Edwards was cheating on his first wife, not his first, second, and third wives, badhair77 Jul 2018 #16
OOPS!!! Omaha Steve Jul 2018 #17
Whoever is running against Trump should play this clip in a TV ad. Dem_4_Life Jul 2018 #19
Hannity is one of the world's biggest hypocrites. Initech Jul 2018 #20

kimbutgar

(21,137 posts)
1. I wonder if that video was played back to him what would he say now?
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 06:25 PM
Jul 2018

I’d love to see the backpedaling and lies he would be spouting.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
6. "That was then, this is now"
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 06:36 PM
Jul 2018

Conservative ethics are situational by nature. If they can hang a judgment on a Democrat, it's a timeless, deathless rule that is more immutable than anything the Medes and the Persians ever thought up. When a Republican does it, well, there are about 62,935 nuances and shadings that you have to take into account, and doggone it if it totally absolves Donald Trump from cheating on his wives. Talmudic scholars don't get that deep into the weeds.

MyOwnPeace

(16,926 posts)
15. "Conservative ethics................."
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 07:51 PM
Jul 2018

ox·y·mo·ron

ˌäksəˈmôrˌän/Submit

noun

a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ).

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
2. to hell with hannity
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 06:28 PM
Jul 2018

personal bootlicker of his boss, trump. And he licks EVERYTHING off, no matter where trump walks....

lpbk2713

(42,755 posts)
3. Naturally he'll get a free pass on this.
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 06:32 PM
Jul 2018



Only because he is on the (R) side of the fence.
And they don't have a code of ethics or morals.

badhair77

(4,217 posts)
16. Edwards was cheating on his first wife, not his first, second, and third wives,
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 09:12 PM
Jul 2018

thus the difference for Sean.

Dem_4_Life

(1,765 posts)
19. Whoever is running against Trump should play this clip in a TV ad.
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 09:56 AM
Jul 2018

...that is so say if he is still in office in 2020.

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