Hannity Takes On "Boondocks" Artist On The Air

[CO Liberal]

In a recent strip, he had some choice things to say about Condolezza Rice. And on a panel show on BET, he called Rice a murderer.

Once again, people can say anything they want about liberals, but no one has the right to criticize a conservative....

Boy, does Hannity suck!!!!!

[elfwitch]

1. the "Boondicks" guy

He is pretty on the ball most of the time. I don't think Hannity would have much of a chance in a face-to-face.

[CO Liberal]

4. Hannity Is Too Chicken To Go One-On-One With a Liberal

He's just another chickenshit chickenhawk.

[NoKingGeorge]

7. He took a call from 'joe' yesterday

I beleive Joe was a Du'er. He tried to talk rationalley to Heynutty. HeyNutty tried his usual interrupting and deflecting tactics but Joe did not fall for it. Finalley when Joe had him cornered ,Heynutty cut him off. Who ever Joe was, he was excellent.

[loudnclear]

23. Besides, Hannity is not smart enought to even undersatnd the strip.

You know, most of the conservatives don't understand or even get satire or tongue-in-cheek messages...so how do you expect them to understand direct, sohpisticated comic strips?

[alphafemale]

6. The Boondocks cartoonist is also a hottie!

Flame me if you will.
But Aaron is one of the best looking cartoonists I've ever seen.

[elfwitch]

14. quite yummy

No flame here... Seen him on Bill Mahr. Pretty easy on the eyes.

[Isome]

16. Excuse me, but...

It's just so crass to comment on someone's physical attractiveness when we're supposed to be discussing serious issues here. You women are giving the rest of us a bad name. Besides...

I saw Aaron first and I don't appreciate you all ogling him! You got me? ;-)

[spooky3]

89. Ok, everyone, you can have Aaron if you give me Jon Stewart

or, just to show how open minded I am, vice versa.

[Chomskyite]

73. I'm a teacher. I publically speak for a living

I caught Aaron making a speech on CSpan to a crowd of minority youth. He spoke for about 40 minutes and just rivetted them (and me) with sheer truth-telling strength. Here's a guy about three years my junior, who's probably never taught a class in his life and who has probably done little public speaking, but he was going for the throat, and hitting the jugular.

I taped the rebroadcast and have been trying to find ways to use it in the classes I teach.

You can usually always find a general concept (or skill) that you can use given example material for during the course of the semester. And this way you slip in some material the students just wouldn't see or hear otherwise.

So far two of my five classes have seen most of his speech. I'm working on getting two more in there before the semester closes.

[MaineDem]

98. I saw that too

He had me spellbound. A great speaker with a fantastic message!

Go Aaron!

[Forkboy]

102. I saw that speech as well

actually both speeches I've seen from him have been fantastic.

[meegbear]

2. What did he say?

Could you give more information?

[Braden]

3. was Macgruder on with him

or was it a gutless one man showdown?

[CO Liberal]

5. It Was Gutless As Usual

Because Hannity is a gutless sack of shit.

BTW, if any hannity.com denizens are lurking out there - your boy's an idiot, and so are you!

[Bozita]

12. You'll never find courage in the veins of a chickenhawk.

[Braden]

15. no surprise

MacGruder would hand him his lunch in a debate, so what's the point?

[Dr Fate]

9. I doubt the non-military serving Hannity has the guts...

...to debate that bright young man- Aarron is a tough cookie- I've seen him in interviews, and I doubt Sean really wants to tangle with him. That kid would make a fool of Sean "glass tiger" Hannity.

Sean is basically a coward- he supports military action, but he refused to ever serve in the military, much less combat.
Sean supported the 1st gulf War, but REFUSED to ever even serve.


This pattern of cowardice/hypocrisy explains why he is too frightened to debate Aarron man to man.

[adriennel]

8. I concur

... he is intelligent, well-spoken, and yes, good-looking :)
too bad I'm an idiot and can't remember his name

[gratuitous]

10. Had me going there for a second

I didn't think Hannity had what it takes to go one-on-one with Magruder! Seanie likes his little echo chamber with nodding sycophants, where he gets to control every last nuance in the broadcast, so that when someone punks him like the little boy he is, he can cut their feed and then argue against dead air.

Sean, like his drug-addicted hero, is great at debating inanimate objects (looking at you, Alan Colmes), but not so good against a living, breathing, thinking human being.

[KFC]

11. Calling Rice a murderer sounds pretty critical to me n/t

.

[CO Liberal]

13. It Was A Reference to Her Support of Carpet Bombing

Which, when directed toward civilian populations, just may be considered murder.

[TLM]

18. I wish more Duers would apply that same standard

to the folks like Clark, who also supported targeting civilians in Kosovo.

[Brian Sweat]

17. If I were a brain dead conservative pundit for Fuax news,

I would try to remain under Aaron McGruder's radar.

[Isome]

20. Too true...

He was the first person I heard publicly say, "Fuck Bush!" This was during the Black Leadership Forum that aired on CSPAN back in Feb. or Mar. of '01.

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[Isome]

21. No, he wasn't. He was right on the money! n/t

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[Isome]

24. It's all I need to counter the unsubstantial bit you gave.

If you have more, bring it; it's on!

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[thebigidea]

33. her job is to serve a cabal that DOES murder people

blood is on her hands as well.

If you don't like Aaron McGruder pointing it out, then you probably HATE FREEDOM.

With us or against us, which will it be?

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[thebigidea]

43. if you hate freedom of speech, you hate FREEDOM

There is no "independent" box in Our Brave President's New World Order.

With us or against us.

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[Blue_Chill]

57. isn't the right to disagree part of this whole freedom thing?

Yes it is.

kthxbye

[thebigidea]

59. nope. If you hate freedom, you hate this country. Try Saudi Arabia.

Perhaps next you'd like burkas on women too.

[Blue_Chill]

65. Me likey freedom!

No be mean to Me. I good!

[thebigidea]

66. I suppose Native Americans just love your wacky impression

[Blue_Chill]

71. Why the hell gave you the impression I was making fun of Native Americans?

lol, that point went right over your head! haha

[thebigidea]

75. I think the objects are flying over your head, dear

[Blue_Chill]

78. Really?

Oh dear.

[thebigidea]

80. yeah, its called sarcasm. its called not being serious.

its called having fun with those so wrapped up in their own self-importance, they conveniently forget they are being mocked.

[Blue_Chill]

82. I am being mocked?

oh dear.

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[thebigidea]

50. you think freedom is a JOKE?

that's why the terrorists are winning, because apparently people like you don't care about freedom.

I suppose you'd prefer to live under Saddam Hussein's government, where there WASN'T any freedom, right?

He didn't tolerate cartoonists.

[Blue_Chill]

60. zing boom blamo!

zowwee wowee!

pffft hahaha

[thebigidea]

64. brilliant debating technique

and I regret to inform you that the appropriate useage is "wowee zowee."

[Blue_Chill]

67. debate? I don't see no steenkin debate!

I just see someone that doesn't understand that freedom is about allowing people to think for themselves (as in disagreeing with a cartoon).

[thebigidea]

freedom is about everyone thinking the same thing at all times

freedom is about going to the mall when we're under attack.

freedom is about finding a bunch of people who dress alike and following them around.

freedom is about freedom.

[Blue_Chill]

76. Yes that's exactly it

Resistance is futile......

[Blue_Chill]

44. Hate freedom?

All that he said was that condi's role in the "cabal that DOES murder people" is not one that puts her in a position to murder anyone.

I'm seeing a lot of RW slogans today coming from the last places I'd expect to see them.

[thebigidea]

58. FREEDOM is a right wing slogan?

maybe to a Baathist or a Communist, but not in MY America.

[Blue_Chill]

81. Your America? Ah I see the problem

I was tlaking about the United States of America, didn't realise we were discussing "your america".

So tell me what color is the sky over "your america?"

[thebigidea]

92. please do not attempt humor with humorists

and if you do, for Hannity's sake - at least try and be FUNNY. You know, make people laugh. That helps a whole bunch.

I mean, honestly - do you really think we'd rack up thousands of posts on DU if we were simply parroting RW slogans the whole time?

I was messing with a disruptor who has since been tombstoned, geez.

[CO Liberal]

95. It Didn't Take Long For Him to Go

:-)

[Jack The Tab]

38. Calling her a murderer may be over the top....

But the approval to bomb the shit out of innocent Iraqi's, based on LIES LIES LIES, and which the justification of it changes on an almost daily basis, certainly rests partially on her shoulders.

This whole administration has blood on it's hands, and will have much more before it is OUT THE DOOR IN 2004

[Blue_Chill]

51. good post

I agree with you but you didn't take it far enough. She didn't just approve she assisted in making the case for war. She also has lied about being warned by the Clinton admin concerning Osama, Al Qaeda, and the war on terror that started way before Bush took office.

[DrWeird]

26. This is america, pal.

And people can criticize baby killers like Rice all they want to. And if you don't love america you can get the hell out.

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[DrWeird]

35. Is that all I have?

You've used that same line three times so far in one thread. What's the matter? Out of your league?

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[DrWeird]

45. Excuse me, was I talking to you?

But it's not that I'm surprised when you show up to defend mass murderers and freepers.

[Forkboy]

53. ouch

that'll leave a mark!

[Blue_Chill]

55. Read post 51

before you get all twitchy.

[DrWeird]

61. I'd say cartoonists have license to call Rice a murderer.

Especially cartoonists.

[Blue_Chill]

74. agreed

I just took issue with your use of odd RW slogans to get your point across.

BTW - I love the cartoon in question.

[DrWeird]

84. Here you go.

<http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=sarcasm>

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[thebigidea]

90. learn to recognize it being used by perennial DU pranksters

and you should be too.

[ninkasi]

25. Right...

it probably should be "murderess".

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[Brian Sweat]

32. What have you got?

If it is contagious, please keep it to yourself.

[dkamin]

97. right wingers are such idiots

her job is not to murder people, therefore she's not a murderer?

that doesn't even make sense if you're really stupid. psychosis? is there a psychologist in the house?

what if she's working two jobs like so many other americans?

[scarletwoman]

29. "Her job is not to murder people."

You're right. Her job is to cover the asses of the Bush cabal while THEY murder people.

[Bozita]

30. Was it inappropriate to call Clinton a murderer?

You know, the Vince Foster thing.

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[thebigidea]

36. good idea, lets play nice and NEVER attack our enemies

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[Jack The Tab]

48. The left has more than enough ammo against this admin...

We just don't have the media outlets nor many politicians with the balls to trumpet this administrations absolute FAILURE on a daily basis and offer up our sane alternatives.

Until we get rid of people like Zell Miller and Tom Daschle, this is our problem..

[thebigidea]

49. snicker

"only thing that will resonate is that the left is a bunch of wackos."

perhaps only to sober-minded "independents" like yourself.

"Not He's a murderer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

So this Iraq war business... nobody died?

He's a murderer.

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[thebigidea]

62. Pretty much, yeah

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[thebigidea]

77. Bush, Nixon - these are the people you praise?

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[DrWeird]

87. There's a bit of a difference really.

Not that I'd expect you to know it.

[thebigidea]

91. how dare you leave out NIXON?

Nixon now, Nixon now - now, more than ever... we need Nixon now!

[Jack The Tab]

63. "Pre-emptive Strikes" based on Lies = murder...

The closet any of the others come to this would be LBJ and the Gulf of Tonkin.

But this Invasion was based on lies and greed.

That's completely unAmerican

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[Jack The Tab]

79. I've heard that..don't know much about it...

But this "war" is completely 180 degrees opposite of what America is all about. We are not an empire and we are not a nation founded on the ideology of "pre-emptive" strikes.

The world looks to the U.S. as the arbitor of what's right and what is not.

This example we set for the world now, will be the decline of any world peace.

Watch when India nukes Pakistan because they had a hunch that Pakistan was developing chemical weapons. Or how about when Israel nukes Iran because they get "faulty intelligence" on their nuclear program.

[Isome]

41. Wrong...

A "back fire" is often used to stop the spread of fire. In this case, telling it like it is can only be a good thing.

[rocktivity]

31. I agree with HarryMan

MacGruder shouldn't have singled Condi out--he should have called EVERYONE in the Bush White House cabinet murderers!

;)
rocknation

[Jack The Tab]

42. Hear, hear Rocknation....The administration as a whole...

Has blood on their hands.

The decision to murder and terrorize thousands of innocent Iraqis was based on LIES and GREED. This is indisputable, Harryman.

This administration changes it's justification for this invasion almost weekly.

[Chomskyite]

83. Have you ever heard of

. . . Henry Kissinger?

The NSA's job CAN include murdering people (in Henry's case it included millions) . In Condi's case it has included thousands of civilians and counting. It has also included depriving untold numbers of immigrants and citizens of the US of rights they are Constitutionally guaranteed.

She signed off on Gulf War 2: the farce. She promoted it relentlessly. She lied repeatedly to do so.

That's not even mentioning her decision to tell Sandy Berger to play hide and go f**k himself when he briefed her on al-Qaeda in Jan 01.

[BiggJawn]

93. Well, then, she's a big failure.

Because we don't HAVE any "fucking national security". I don't give a rat's ass WHAT her title is, she's a failure. If I'm gonna kiss her ass, it'll be because I got the hot for her, NOT because she has some revved-up title and that makes her better than me, dig?

And Boondocks isn't a "Who", it's a "What". A comic strip. just like "Mallard Fillmore", only for thinking progressives, not ditto-heads.

[BiggJawn]

94. Well, then, she's a big failure.

Because we don't HAVE any "fucking national security". I don't give a rat's ass WHAT her title is, she's a failure. If I'm gonna kiss her ass, it'll be because I got the hot for her, NOT because she has some revved-up title and that makes her better than me, dig?

And Boondocks isn't a "Who", it's a "What". A comic strip. just like "Mallard Fillmore", only for thinking progressives, not ditto-heads.

[DancingBear]

52. Oh, now I get it

HarryMan+Dennys parking lot = more than coincidence????

[corarose]

70. I heard that InSanity didn't finish High School

How the hell can he debate the cartoonist from Boondocks?

Does anyone know about Hannity's background before getting hired to spew his hatred?

[Jack The Tab]

86. He didn't...hence the perfect neocon shill..has no grasp on civil discours

e...

Hannity has the reasoning of a ninth grader, but the corporate teet-sucking abilities of Bush.

[loudnclear]

72. Can't wait to see Aaron's strip on Hannity and FOX

I can't imagine it.

[Plaid Adder]

96. Next Week: Hannity Gets His Ass Handed To Him By "Boondocks" Artist

Seriously. Having read the strip, I would be scared to engage that guy unless I really knew my shit...and clearly Hannity doesn't.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[LoneStarLiberal]

99. Huey and Riley

Huey and Riley will have their way with Hannity.

[RebelOne]

100. My opinion of Hannity is that he is a loud-mouthed idiot

ass-hole who does not know what he is talking about.

[neuvocat]

101. Try to tell it to his face, Hannity.

Let's see what a real conservative does to stand for his values on national tv.

Punk.