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Rep. Keith Ellison Goes on Fox News and Absolutely Destroys Sean Hannity
Rep. Keith Ellison completely turned the tables on Sean Hannity. Instead of letting Hannity talk through and roll over him, Ellison destroyed Hannity with his own tactics.
Video via Fox News:
Rep. Ellison has been on Hannity’s show before. He knew what was coming, and he didn’t let Hannity follow the standard Fox News script. Hannity set up the interview with all of standard edited video clips of Obama and Republican talking points, but things didn’t go as expected from the moment Rep. Ellison started to speak. Within the first 12 seconds of the interview Ellison calls Hannity the worst excuse for a journalist he’s ever seen. Hannity replied, “What? I didn’t hear you.” Ellison shot back, “You heard me.” Ellison continued, “What you just displayed wasn’t anything close to journalism. It was yellow journalism. It wasn’t anything close to try to tell the American people what is really going on, and it’s just shocking.”
Hannity tried to defend his edited video/GOP talking points attack on the president by claiming he was, “playing Obama in his own words.” Ellison called Hannity’s hackery deceptive, and told the Fox News host that he had just violated every journalistic ethic that he had ever heard of. Hannity tried to hide behind the I am not a Republican, I am an Independent excuse. Ellison smacked that down by saying, “You are nothing, but a Republican.” Ellison called Hannity a “shill for the Republican Party.” Hannity told Rep. Ellison to keep ranting, so he did. He told the viewers to ignore all of Sean Hannity’s commentary because Obama is telling the truth.
The Minnesota Democrat literally destroyed Hannity’s entire format. Hannity got so desperate that he pulled a Romney and offered to bet Ellison $10,000 that he is a registered conservative. Hannity ended up begging for a chance to speak on his own show.
Rep. Ellison did everything that frustrated viewers having been wishing someone would come on Sean Hannity’s show and do. Things got so bad for Hannity that he employed the Fox News cut and run, and ended the interview early.
Keith Ellison’s performance on Hannity was a textbook example of how a Democrat should handle appearing on Fox News. The Fox News formula is to use segment introductions and questions that box the Democrat into the Republican narrative. Ellison understood this, took control of the interview from the moment it began, and never gave it back to Hannity.
Rep. Ellison rolled Sean Hannity on his own show.
In the broader context, Ellison’s performance is a reflection of the confidence that Democrats are feeling right now. They are at the height of their powers, and Fox News is just a speed bump.
Sean Hannity finally got called out, and it couldn’t have happened to more deserving poor excuse for a journalist.
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127 Responses to Rep. Keith Ellison Goes on Fox News and Absolutely Destroys Sean Hannity
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RMuse
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 11:55 am
You called it. Democrats have the savvy, and facts, to dominate these conservative news types. They cannot compete against facts, or pushback, and if every Dem took Ellison’s approach, the people would see people like Hannity for what they are; GOP shills and liars.
mjh
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 1:17 pm
“They cannot compete against facts, or pushback, and if every Dem took Ellison’s approach . . .”
. . . they’d NEVER be invited again.
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lp
Mar. 2nd, 2013 at 5:03 am
that might be a good thing my take is if what i say is to the detrament of the country then what good am i if i can’t help this country move foward or have nothing positive to say then i should requse myself from any negative comments
jojo
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 4:49 pm
Ellison betrayed his own ignorance and stupidity, by contradicting himself- “…I’m not speaking for the president…” yet, practically all he spoke about was Obama. He was also wrong about the sequester, it came from the white house-specifically Jack Lew with B.O.’s approval. In fact he threatened to veto any attempt to affect it, not too long ago.
Shiva(Moderator)
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 5:43 pm
Funny no one can link to Obama threatening to do that.
The good old GOP voted for that sequester hook line and sinker, and said they got everything they wanted. Next?
Laer
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 6:13 pm
Jojo is another Fox News sycophant who could not pull ip his own “Depends” let alone do a little research to get a bigger picture.
harpospeaks
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 5:43 am
awwwwwww, aren’t teabaggers like jojo cute when they wave their lil’ dickies??….
lp
Mar. 2nd, 2013 at 5:13 am
i don’t thik so it sounds to me he spoke what was in his mind and was not at all impressed or intimidated with all the double talk from the likes of a shean hannity
Brendan
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 5:25 pm
It’s frightening some of the things you liberals will say when you’re surrounded by fellow thinkers. Ellison looked like a complete idiot in this clip. He is supposed to be a professional and he sat up there yelling like a 5 year old.
Anyone that thinks he did a good job is out of touch with reality. Try reading a different news site every once in a while and come out from that rock you’re living under.
djchefron(Moderator)
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 5:36 pm
Out of touch with reality.HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA Coming from a teabagger.You to much.Ran out of paint for that witch doctor sign?
Shiva(Moderator)
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 5:40 pm
Oh oh, someones feelings are hurt when hannity is found to be a fool.
Reality is, google “Hannity lies”
bazy
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 11:22 am
Before you comment on the program, watch it. I’m from MN, and I am so embarrassed for Ellison. He acted and sounded like a fool. It does explain, however, why nothing ever gets done in Congress when we have schoolyard thugs simply trying to outscream each other with no desire whatsoever to have an intelligent dialog. Ellison, when you stop ranting, what is your SOLUTION?????
aaron76er
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 8:59 pm
Apparently Brendan here has never seen a Sunday morning news/talk show. Or watched Fox & Friends. Faux News 4ever!
Shiva(Moderator)
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 9:05 pm
Fox n Friends is why I quit Fox a long time ago. Kilmeade and Doocy are hopeless liars and the chick in the middle is a bimbo.
Rich
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 12:20 am
Brendan, every night since Obama has been POTUS fox has been on the same stupid message that hannity has been on.
harpospeaks
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 5:45 am
please give generously to the Fund To Help Teabaggers Like Brendan Get Laid….
Amy Etkind
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 12:00 pm
Nothing short of a body count will satisfy the GOP and Sean Hannity’s blood lust to cut the social safety net. They’d be more honest if they grabbed a shitload of guns and knives and came after Grandma and the grandbabies.
Eykis
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 12:01 pm
Finally…El Estupido called for his BS. Thanks, Congressman Ellison.
sandy reid
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 12:04 pm
I so dislike this channel and Hnnity but it would have been much better for Ellison to have listened to his question and then answer it in a wy to blow what he said outof the water. In this scenario it was just them sounding on one another. Ellison should have blown him out of the water by talking about how we got to the thrillions we owe.
Jim H.
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 12:08 pm
Sandy, that’s just it. Hannity would not have let him give a full answer much less discuss facts.
Eric Schuster
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 1:12 pm
Hannity let him rant for 4 minutes. When he asked him a question, Ellison wouldn’t answer.
djchefron(Moderator)
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 1:21 pm
About your feelings…..
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David
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 4:50 pm
When a question is premised on a near-infinite string of lies (i.e. most of what Hannity has said for the past four years), the sort of response Rep. Ellison gave is more than that question deserves.
Shiva(Moderator)
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 12:26 pm
I think there’s more to it than this, probably something were not seeing. I don’t think Ellison would’ve just jumped up and jumped right down his throat because I’ve never seen him act like that before. He usually thinks his statements out very well
djchefron(Moderator)
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 12:37 pm
The interview might have been taped and knowing the M.O of the right hannity might have said something to make him go off and then edited to show the angry black man.
Jay Sigal
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 10:54 am
So let me ask you Shiva, you’re the one to set the parameters upon which ones “thinking” is evaluated as to its veracity?
I should hope not!
Ellison behaved in such a public forum very poorly, for one of his station.
As the saying goes, you can take the person out of the ghetto, but …
djchefron(Moderator)
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 10:59 am
You cant get more public than this
GOP Rep. to Obama: ‘You Lie!’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q...
Did you condemned it or was you snickering and co-signing it?
Jim H.
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 12:06 pm
You can feel the butthurt if you look at how they are trolling Rep. Ellison’s Facebook page.
jo seee
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 12:26 pm
Maybe you people should listen to hannitiy or other ponts of view instead of being so one sided.
djchefron(Moderator)
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 12:34 pm
Damn ,what Jack Daniels didn’t do to destroy my brain cells you want to finish the job by watching faux?
Just A Dumb Fireman
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 12:59 pm
We’ve already listened more than enough to the lying, stupid, smug, disingenuous sack of shit. Next suggestion, troll?
Kimberley Hearn
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 1:41 pm
Are you kidding? Faux news is so ridiculous a sane person cannot watch it.If they had any credibility then maybe but they don’t.I am surprised there is one person out there that can take their so-called news seriously.It is just like the Enquirer,BS!
David
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 4:49 pm
I’m pretty sure people here do listen to Hannity, and have seen his hackery and shameless mendacity firsthand.
gsb
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 8:40 am
Joseee have you ever really listened to Hannity? Have you ever used your own ability to descern what is true? Have you ever changed channels and tried to see if what Fox news is saying, is true? Try is some time.
Sharon Potts
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 12:30 pm
I never watch this dipshit, but in forcing myself to listen to the “fear mongering” of “fear mongering,” I now see where the right wing crazies get their nonsense.
Stella Lasswell
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 12:34 pm
My hero, congressman Keith Ellison!! We need more like him to stand up to Fox News’ lies.
Robert
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 4:54 pm
Stella,
I really feel sorry for you if Ellison is your hero. I live in the 5th district too and actually tell people I don’t have a congressman – he’s a total embarassment!!!
ed
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 12:38 pm
this is where the folks who post on facebook get there rascist hate filled propaganda on obama being the savior , iread the messiah , he,s called a liar ? potus obama is no more royalty then queen LATIFA OR PRINCE JACKSON IS ,HANNITY GOT HIS ASS HANDED BACK TO HIM BY CONGRESSS MAN ELLISON THANK U SIR
Reynardine
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 3:24 pm
Jie, thatz wel ritten . Wee git so fue peepl kin reed an rite so gud.
Kevin Shinn
Mar. 1st, 2013 at 7:30 am
Freakin’ Dutchman… pro’ly a Roosevelt-lover too.
madcap_freedom
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 12:38 pm
Hah! Hannity ridden hard and put up wet! Great Job Congressman!
Hannity was Plowed in the ground so hard it gave a whole new meaning to his butthurt.
Fact is you, Hannity, cannot handle the truth!
Just A Dumb Fireman
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 12:57 pm
‘Bout time someone called that wh0re what he is – and forcefully, too.
Eric Schuster
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 1:10 pm
I’m saddened by how this congressman acted towards Hannity, and what makes it even worse is many people applaud him for it! Are we not watching the same video?
Why is it acceptable for Ellison to embarrass himself and the great state of Minnesota like that?
djchefron(Moderator)
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 1:12 pm
Having a sad because your seanny-poo wears no clothes?
Sean
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 1:56 pm
Mr Ellison just exercising his 1st Amendment Right…you know the one that comes before the only amendment the GOP gives a damn about.
Just A Dumb Fireman
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 3:45 pm
Maybe because Hannity is not a real journalist, excretes falsehoods out of his mouth constantly, is overbearing, and reneged on his offer to be waterboarded?
gsb
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 4:55 pm
Eric: I am from Mn. I was not embarressed by Elison, think he was strong and correct finally doing what should be done to Repug’s all the time.
David
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 7:13 pm
Are you kidding? You want a congress person that is an embarassment to Minnesota start with Bachman. Hannity is a prick, and a bully and you Re talking about how Ellison disrespected Hannity! What were YOU watching? He did exactly what you do to a bully, bloody their nose. Hannity was getting humiliated, disrespected an elected official, and them did what bullies usually do, pick up his ball and run away. And wtf is registered ” Conservative”? Another lie. People register to be a member of a Party not an ” ideology”!
priscianus jr
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 2:13 am
There actually is such a thing as the American Conservative Party. It’s very much like the Republican Party except that the Republican Party is not conservative enough for them.
Kay McCall
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 1:48 pm
I agree with Eric. It’s extremely sad how the congressman acted – just the opposite from what we would see from Dr. Ben Carson who promotes dialog – talking things through to an acceptable conclusion.
Ellison was rude, insulting, and just the opposite from representing a “controlled” congressman.
I doubt, after this spectacle, divorcing his wife of 20 years, and choosing to be pictured swearing into office on the Quran that he will be re-elected.
djchefron(Moderator)
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 1:53 pm
One he is a muslim and two,good ol dr .carson thats a good ol negro who knows how to talk to white folks.GTFO WITH YOUR RACIST BULLSHIT
Just A Dumb Fireman
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 3:59 pm
One doesn’t seek to achieve a compromise with lies, and one doesn’t dialog with a deliberately disingenuous, overbearing bully. One dialogs with a sincere person. Hannity is clearly anything but.
Now stop carrying water for that uneducated, habitually lying oaf. He makes tons of money, undeservingly, for shoveling his excrement. He doesn’t need you to defend him.
Grrrr!
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 6:54 pm
“It’s extremely sad how the congressman acted – just the opposite from what we would see from Dr. Ben Carson who promotes dialog …”
Oh, yeah … because any time you want to “promote dialog,” Fox News is the FIRST place that springs to mind ?!
You need to pull you head out of your Foxhole.
Surfpnsbch
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 7:24 pm
“Ellison was rude, insulting, and just the opposite from representing a “controlled” congressman.”
Ellison gave Hannity some of what Hannity dishes out to anyone who doesn’t agree with him. I really appreciate that he (Ellison) took old Seannity on and showed what a douche he (Sean) is. Hannity can dish it out but he sure can’t take any criticism. I agree that Hannity is far from what a journalist should be.
Go Congressman Ellison. Wish we had more like you in Florida. Alan Grayson and Debbie Wasserman=Schultz are great but we need more who aren’t afraid to tell it like it is.
Dewbert McClintock
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 2:47 am
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz? Are you kidding me? You’re kidding, right? She is such a joke.
majii
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 12:41 am
Kay,
I must disabuse you of the notion that Dr. Carson could ever rise to the level of prominence that Rep Ellison and President Obama have risen to. Sure, he’s a new black “toy” that conservatives can elevate, but his future in politics would be much like those of Allen West, Michael Steele, and Herman Cain. We may be black like they are, but we don’t like anything about their political ideology. Therefore, if any of these new “toys” should ever deign to run for POTUS, they definitely would NOT get a majority of the votes of us Black Americans, and I don’t think they’d get a majority of the votes of the young, or of other minority groups in the nation because they carry the same stench that the other republicans/conservatives do. See, this is why so many republicans have been wrong about President Obama. We didn’t vote for him because he’s black and we’re black. We voted for him because he was the best candidate.
Dewbert McClintock
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 2:49 am
majii, you make me laugh.
Brigita Petrutis
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 2:02 pm
Far too long have the Dems exhibited restraint and decorum when facing Republican lies and bullying. If ranting and raving are acceptable in Congress, then some of it directed at these scumbag pundits who call themselves journalists is a good dose of reality. The truth does not come clothed in proper etiquette. Queen’s Rules don’t apply in a street fight.
PB
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 2:21 pm
Excuse me? who was the bully? Another brain-washed. You remind me of the school-yard where I teach…”Not my fault…He made me do it”….
djchefron(Moderator)
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 2:25 pm
So you admit that the right has been acting like the brownshirts?
PB
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 2:19 pm
I guess it is okay to be disrespectful of another’s opinion for a lot of you. From Mn I am embarrassed. CAN WE NOW SEE WHY NOTHING GETS DONE? ELLISON WAS RUDE, AND YOU ALL ARE BRAIN-WASHED IF YOU THINK ONE PARTY IS AT FAULT!
djchefron(Moderator)
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 2:31 pm
GOP Rep. to Obama: ‘You Lie!’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q...
We tried to be civil only to be called dirtbags,socialist,un american and everything else.and you have the nerve to come here and lecture?
As for the charges against me, I am unconcerned. I am beyond your timid lying morality, and so I am beyond caring.
Edward K. Jordan
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 3:31 pm
Not to mention labels applied to Obama by Hannity and his ilk such as: “Socialist”, “Communist”, “Marxist”, “Un-American”, and strangely enough “Nazi”. Then we have the non-issue of Benghazi, the “birthers”, the “truthers”, “death panels”, oh and my personal favorite references to our President as being a “racist”.
Surgeon General’s Warning: Watching Hannity has been known to cause irreversible brain damage and will ultimately cause people to laugh at you…in public.
Cyndi
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 5:56 pm
So you think the loss of 4 Americans lives is a non-issue? Apparently they weren’t relatives of yours.
djchefron(Moderator)
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 6:00 pm
You covered your ass.Where did I hear that before 3000 people were murdered.
cognitive dissonance is the feeling of discomfort when simultaneously holding two or more conflicting cognitions: ideas, beliefs, values or emotional reactions.
Shiva(Moderator)
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 6:09 pm
How about the loss of over 40 people in embassy attacks under Bush? You seemed to laugh them off easily enough.
The non-issue is the way ther4 GOP is sticking to what happened and asking incredibly stupid questions.
Bill
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 2:33 pm
Hannity says he is not a Republican. Why then has he spoken non-stop to us all to vote for Republicans? When has he told us to vote for a Libertarian or Democrat? If I were to check his election records status in his state, would I find him registered as an independent? If so, why does he recommend almost nothing but Republicans? Is there a state somewhere you can register as a conservative? Never heard of that. Mine registers me as a member of whatever party my presidential candidate is in during primaries.
Didn’t he want us to vote for Romney? Is Romney a Republican or a Conservative?
Just A Dumb Fireman
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 5:06 pm
He lied again when he claimed that he was registered as a conservative. There is no conservative party as an option.
Mike Mo
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 10:27 pm
americanconservativeparty...
awkward
mjh
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 1:49 am
I clicked on that link — on the front page is a screenshot of Ronnie Raygun.
IOW — virtually indistinguishable from republicans.
Awkward . . .
.
C.
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 2:31 am
He kept saying he’s registered as “conservative”, what?! I don’t have that “option” on my state registration.
He’s a lying fool. A shill for Fox News and the Republican Party.
Janet Androsac
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 3:05 pm
Loved Ellison. He didn’t let Hannity put words in his mouth and spout off lies. Hannity is a little boy.Hannity was called on his lies and he tryed to talk over him the whole time he was suppossily giving him time to “rant” and he didn’t like it. I thought that he was funny the stupid look on his face.I never heard of a registewred conservative. That’s more of his make-believe truths. LOL,LOL!!
Edward K. Jordan
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 3:19 pm
Hannity….a “registered conservative”….what hogwash! The congressman is 100% spot-on by describing Hannity’s presentation as “Yellow Journalism”! Thank God that Faux News gives this pathetic example of a “journalist” a job because otherwise he would be sacking groceries at Safeway.
Mike Mo
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 10:24 pm
he’s not a journalist….
Buck
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 3:21 pm
Of course the trolls are “hurt”. What’s good and righteous for the goose is never good for the gander. Republicans have no moral highground here. You all need to be hurt by the words and actions of the GOP Reps, Senators and Govenors. Stop the false shock and bring the truth, then maybe Dems, Indies and sane Americans will take you seriously and hold sensible dialog with you. Until then, settle for more and more liberals exposing your lies to the world.
THE KING
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 3:52 pm
WE, We the people are paying the price and TRUST me, our problems CANNOT be fixed. More than 20 years ago, I told my wife the 2 PARTY SYSTEM has to go. They have a Great thing going for them, but for YOU & I it’s killing us. Everyday the Repulicans get up, look in the mirror and while tying their tie, the say, What Democrat can I beat up on Today, and the Democrats do the same thing. It’s no wonder nothing gets done and WE, We the people are paying for it. Both parties have a good thing going for them in their Retirement wages and benifits and they DO NOT want that ruined by a 3rd party. It’s like the Superbowl, Ravens and 49er’s have a great game going on, and here come the Detroit Lions marching on to the field to join in the game. Well these 2 parties like their game and they are not going to have it changed, WE, We the People will just have to pay the price.
Independant
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 5:58 pm
You guys don’t really think that Ellison’s juvenile histrionics somehow passed for intellectual discourse do you? Some of his best quotes were:
“No – Your a broken record. No – You tell lies. No – You’re immoral”
The guy sounded like kid on the playground.
Folks, just because he ranted and yelled over someone doesn’t make his appearance any more enlightening than Alex Jones was on Piers Morgan. The age of intellectual discourse seems to be all but dead in the US.
Shiva(Moderator)
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 6:07 pm
Doesnt change the fact that everything he said was true.
Independant
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 6:42 pm
So were Hannity’s comments. Some folks may not like them but we’re never going to get this country back on track unless we’re prepared to face reality. The world is not as simple as “my party is all good, yours is all bad.”
Shiva(Moderator)
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 6:50 pm
True, except for one thing. Hannity hasnt told the truth since he was in diapers
Independant
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 6:53 pm
I’m sure that’s 100% accurate. He’s not completely in accordance with you must be 100% evil and untruthful. You need to be honest with yourself when you make statements like that “am I part of the solution or part of the problem?”
Moongal6
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 9:06 pm
Did you spell your screen name incorrectly for a reason? Does it have something to do with necklaces?
Just askin’.
djchefron(Moderator)
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 9:25 pm
Maybe it was time to change his depends and it was on his mind.
Jacob Pratt
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 7:52 pm
Keith let himself get a little emotional, which is unfortunate but it’s alright, cause that was flippin LEGENDARY. That’s precisely how Fox pundits SHOULD be treated, like the empty-headed puppets they are. If progressives ever go on Fox, they should treat everyone working there like they’re running a public access high school news show, a bad one. In all honesty, I think all progressive politicians should shun Fox News, because even going on gives them a sort of validation. Fox News is one of the most destructive forces to our society, and they really need to start being treated so.
antfreire
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 9:00 pm
Anyone that regard Rep. Ellison behaviour in Hannity’s show as correct should have their head examined. Forget about right, left, progressiveness, Tea Party or whatever. The man was out of hand, uncontrollable agressive, and showed no manners at all. If someone here thinks that this is the best way to deal with political or ideological opponents let me suggest that you move to North Korea or Cuba. This fellow Ellison should not be a legislator in USA. He should be a member of the Republican Guard in Iran. I only hope that the voters in his state think twice on the next election day.
Shiva(Moderator)
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 9:04 pm
He acted no differently then Hannity does to many of his guests
djchefron(Moderator)
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 9:27 pm
A little religious bigotry going on there wouldn’t you say?Iran?SMDH
Jim Harvey
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 9:35 pm
Ellison,is what’s wrong in Washington, the president signed the sequester bill into law.
Shiva(Moderator)
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 9:43 pm
Really? Lets see, the GOP voted it into law, check. Boehner said he got 98% of everything he wanted as he sent it off to Obama, check. Obama signed it, and all three partys never thought it would happen.
Ellison is one of the sane ones day to day.
djchefron(Moderator)
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 9:44 pm
Is It Because hes a Muslim ,black or OH MY STARS AND GARTERS both.
Rose AnnBright
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 9:46 pm
Sean kicked his ass but good. Keith Ellison ia a muslim man who has no respect for anybody but his loser muslim friends.
Good for you Sean I would never let that loser on my show if I were you.
djchefron(Moderator)
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 9:57 pm
Still believing that WMD’s are still in Iraq huh?
TexasLibertarian
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 9:51 pm
You guys must have watched a different interview than others in the blogosphere. Ellison acted like a clown and babbled incessantly with not one coherent thought other than calling Hannity what he is which is not a journalist. However, Ellison was a disgrace to the office he holds and the good people he represents. He acted less mature than Hannity which I did not think was possible.
What other sane reporters saw and heard:
www.mediaite.com/tv/dem-c...
m.theatlantic.com/politic...
m.washingtonpost.com/blog...
www.politico.com/blogs/me...
www.thedailybeast.com/vid...
And you call out Fox for bias?! LOL
djchefron(Moderator)
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 10:22 pm
The Rude Pundit was talking about a another case where the blogosphere seems to demand that the left should be held to higher standards and he sum it up with this: [Now, Progress Kentucky is a tiny, mostly worthless organization. It's easy to pile on it. But time and again, the left proves that it demands a devotion to truth and fair discourse.
Which, by the way, is why the right is able to walk all over us all the time.]
And you know what?I totally agree.We didn’t make the rules on how this”game”is played but I be damn if we will disarm.So all those wusses can kiss where the sun don’t shine
Joebagadoughnuts
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 9:57 pm
Not much passion here! The congressman missed a great opportunity here. His first mistake, and maybe also one made by many of you here, was to imply that Hannity is a journalist or anything he does journalism. He’s not. He’s an opinion barker and pot-stirrer. That’s a dead-end attack. I would love to have seen Congressman Ellison gut Hannity, but he missed the opportunity by a mile. I sympathize with his passions, but cool, spirited professionalism would have been far more effective. Instead, he lowered himself to Hannity’s 5th grade level of schoolyard debate tactics. Gotta do better when the opportunities come.
Mike Mo
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 10:18 pm
I’m a democrat and although i usually hate fox news, with an unbiased approach I have to say that Ellison was acted very rudely and really embarrassed himself. Instead of using some of his valid points to win his argument, he instead decided to act like a child when his point of view was threatened. I honestly found this as an embarrassment to my party.
Mike
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 10:54 pm
Ellison destroys Hannity? Please. Ellison, as usual, acts like a petulant child. Any time he’s one on one with a person with an opposing view, it’s the same garbage. Insult the other guy and don’t let him get a word in edgewise. THAT, by definition, is not destroying someone. It only makes you look like an ass. Worse, it makes you look like you can’t win the debate because you’re refusing to let the other guy say his piece.
I’m from Minnesota and I get my fill of this idiot on a weekly basis. Not sure if he’s paranoid or just needs anger management counseling. Either way, his act is getting very stale.
Shiva(Moderator)
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 11:33 pm
A pet rock can destroy hannity. The guy tells so many lies he cant remember what he said minutes before.
peterlo
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 12:38 am
Mike,
You just describe Insanity Hanity in a nut shell. His sample tactics are so elementary that it’s only makes sense in his sharp brain (sarcastic). What transpired was Hannity getting a taste of his own medicine, better yet, it was karma. He couldn’t handle it, so he attempted to deflect similiar to what you’re doing now. The congressmen wasn’t an angry black guy which Sham tried to make him appear. Insanity is getting old and that “Jetti” trip isn’t working anymore.
I suggest you elevate yourself too by getting exposed to other sources of new & information other than Faux.
Joebagadoughnuts
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 12:42 am
+1. You know, a really interesting prime time news show would be a format that features the two extremes of news subjects, like the Hannity/Ellison encounter discussing sequester or whatever, and take apart both participants for their behavior, hyperboli, and untruth…then actually cover the story with facts and journalism. The host could have some entertaining bipartisan roast fun with the first part, then utilize guests and use real journalism and discourse to find real substance on the various subjects. It’s kind of like what Spencer does, but if the host could be slickly neutral, taking the hatchet to all, it would be better. Imagine that!
I think I need meds with that idea, right?
Jay Sigal
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 11:10 pm
You really cannot deal with dissent, can you?
THE KING
Feb. 27th, 2013 at 11:58 pm
Democrat or Republican
Fox or Cnn
DOESN’T MATTER – THE U.S. IS GOING DOWN.
IT CANNOT BE FIXED.
HUMAN NATURE: WIN … WIN … WIN
MORE TO LIFE THAN THAT.
Shiva(Moderator)
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 12:07 am
Take your meds
Joebagadoughnuts
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 10:33 am
DOOMED! lol
You’re right if both sides don’t find the professionalism to govern with proper process and commit to comprehensive tax reform, comprehensive entitlement reform, creating budgets on schedule and staying on them. There just not an adult in their rooms that will sweep all the BS aside and commit to getting those things done.
djchefron(Moderator)
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 10:48 am
The President has submitted his wishlist www.whitehouse.gov/omb/bu... The CBO has scored it www.cbo.gov/latest/Taxes/... Now the house has to write the budget
Oops I cant find it.I see studies,resolutions,something call The Path to Prosperity:
A Blueprint for American Renewal – See more at: budget.house.gov/fy2013pr...
But no budget.But its the Presidents fault.
Joebagadoughnuts
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 11:29 am
Give the prez points for submitting a wish list, although it is not comprehensive enough to do all that needs to be done. That’s not a criticism, really, just recognition that the process is more complex, requiring more than just his wish list. The CBO’s scoring tends to reflect that. A much more comprehensive debate and overhaul is needed. Seems what needs to happen is for Leader Reid to bring the House budget to the Senate floor, and peel it open…rip, shred, but debate the issues. That process reveals and omits all the shortcomings and puts the process in motion to work out the needed comprehensive reforms. This would also pressure the House to stay in the mix and be accountable. It puts the proper process back in place to get something rolling. I would think that the president could motivate this with Leader Reid and the Senate. Yes, no, maybe?
djchefron(Moderator)
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 11:34 am
The HOUSE HAS NOT SUBMITTED A BUDGET DAMN.
What is it with you people and facts?
Shiva(Moderator)
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 11:41 am
I agree with you except for one thing. The entire congress needs to be replaced. Even the good ones on either side.
Joebagadoughnuts
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 11:57 am
Are you not a little over the top for a moderator, djchefron? Let’s find solutions rather than scream in the dark.
What the public at large finds maddening is that both the process and professionalism have been abandoned. Leadership, from wherever it comes, must reveal the facts and get the process rolling. Criminations here don’t get us anywhere. Discourse will, whether it’s in congress or out here.
Look at the extremes here. It ranges from wails of doom to screaming criminations at people. Find any discourse?
Agreed, Shiva, except maybe for “the good ones.” But how to define, I agree. Start over.
djchefron(Moderator)
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 12:19 pm
Am I over the top?Maybe but when you have to deal with half truths and outright lies it makes one go overboard sometime.Now in our little corner what we say is not going to get the deal done.That being said solutions have been offered.All we get is as long as we keep our welfare and obamaphones[I get to that in a second] we are ignorant and a bunch of basement dwelling commies.And thats the flattering ones.
I welcome a healthy debate and frankly its no fun just trading insults but it is what it is.I come with links,facts and supporting evidence and what do I get in return?Nothing.So lets debate but keep your talking points where they belong.
Joebagadoughnuts
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 12:31 pm
Thank you for the reply. Please elaborate just a little on the last sentence so that I understand the parameter(s).
djchefron(Moderator)
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 12:56 pm
Lets start with our fiscal mess.How to fix it.Lets start by getting rid of these breaks
Why Should Taxpayers Give Big Banks $83 Billion a Year?
www.bloomberg.com/news/20...
Thats a question.Why.I said early in the week we take that money and in 10 years thats 830 billion dollars.Not enough.Lets look at the mother lode
Financial Transaction Tax
www.nytimes.com/2013/02/2...
Thats 2.7 trillion a DAY thats not even being talk about. How much that can raise? I will be conservative and say we can easily raise 50 billion a year thats 500 billion in 10 years
Now lets add up oil subsidies because if you are making 105 million a day in PROFITS do you really need the taxpayers to give you money.At 5 billion a year in 10 years thats a cool 50b.
So far I have pointed out 855 billion that the taxpayers are just giving away and I barely scratch the surface.And people are crying over responsibility and blaming food stamps?Now you see why sometimes I lose it.
We dont have a spending problem.We have a revenue problem
Joebagadoughnuts
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 1:16 pm
I think what you bring is the important fact that there are so many variables that require reform. Seems like everybody in places where deep thinking and consideration are needed, tries to keep it too simple. It’s not. They only succeed in keeping it too shallow.
Looks like good reads. Gotta run, but hope to return when having read carefully for nuggets.
majii
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 1:07 am
It’s very cute how some people can dish sh*t out, 24/7/365, but as soon as someone else gives them a taste of their own medicine, it’s time to haul out the fainting couches and smelling salts. Sometimes in order to rid oneself of a bully, one has to stop being Mr./Ms Nice Guy/Gal, get down in the dirt with the bully and let him/her experience the sh*t that he/she has been burying others in. I love it when the Fox/Hannity apologists show up here because I know I can expect to get a good glimpse into that alternate reality they live in—the one where you get to see someone who looks to an uneducated hack to explain serious issues to him/her. It’s always good for giggles seeing this kind of nonsense. The apologists have shown up to inform us of how poorly Rep. Ellison performed on Hannity’s show. I beg to differ. Proof exists which shows that Hannity felt he had been bested in the interview–the NRCC felt the need to issue a name-calling statement against Rep. Ellison. Now, why would an organization like the NRCC feel like it had to come to the defense of a network hack like Hannity? And, the fact that the NRCC came to Hannity’s defense proves what Rep. Ellison said–Hannity is a shill for the Republican Party!!!
livewire.talkingpointsmem...
lp
Mar. 2nd, 2013 at 5:17 am
isn’t that the truth
Dewbert McClintock
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 2:31 am
You people are idiots. This was clearly a melt down by Ellison. He sounded like a little kid that can’t get his way. Hannity is right. This sequester was Obama’s idea. Then he increases spending. Then he tells us the sky is falling even though the sequester does not decrease spending because spending increased over last year by more than the sequester will cut. Nothing bad will happen. Airports won’t shut down. We will still be able to buy meat. Obama wants a balanced approach. Well, he got his tax hikes, but he won’t cut spending. This President is a whack-job. He is out of control. He’s like a poor girl who marries rich and goes on a spending spree with a credit card; except he has the ability to raise the credit limit.
lp
Mar. 2nd, 2013 at 5:19 am
hummm
PJ
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 5:39 am
I wish all dems were more like Ellison. That would be a blessing for the republican party. Go Ellison dont stop now. keep up the good work. You are the democrats and we love you for it.
lp
Mar. 2nd, 2013 at 4:54 am
i don’t think so mabey he just got tiered of all the lies
THE KING
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 1:19 pm
Here we go again … the 2 Party System.
When are people gonna realize that’s the problem.
Fight Fight Fight … WIN WIN WIN
It’s no wonder nothing get done in Washington.
And WE, We the People pay the price.
Don’t look at me as OLD, Look at me as someone who has seen a lot. Thank God I don’t have to worry about what’s coming.
lp
Mar. 2nd, 2013 at 5:21 am
why?????
rod
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 8:19 pm
Hurray for Rep. Ellison!!!!!
Jarvis Ellison
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 11:02 pm
Well, right or wrong, Ellison pretty much gauranteed that he will not be invited onto talk shows to exchange ideas or to get his message out anymore. Ellison 1 Hannity 0. I guess that makes him the winner, but at what cost?
Shiva(Moderator)
Feb. 28th, 2013 at 11:36 pm
Its no shame not to be invited to Fox. He is on MSNBC periodically and I doubt that beating hannity up will stop that
plusaf
Mar. 1st, 2013 at 12:14 pm
and you all think Ellison WON that “debate”???
WHENEVER ANYONE speaks OVER the other guy and tosses insults back as an “argument” they’ve lost the argument.
I’d be ashamed of Ellison if he were in my state.
Thank goodness he’s not.
Shiva(Moderator)
Mar. 1st, 2013 at 12:19 pm
By your logic Then you are ashamed of O’Leily, Hannity, Doocy, Kilmeade? Thanks, I was hoping so.
Anne
Mar. 1st, 2013 at 12:25 pm
Keith Ellison has my unending respect for calling Sean Hannity on his frequent and flagrant lies. As for any Minnesotan who thinks Keith Ellison is an embarrassment to his/her state, I have just one reply: Michele (Crazy Eyes) Bachmann and her outlandishly stupid, inane comments that are documented for all time.