For months and months when I've heard others complain about Sean Hannity, I would think to myself 'yeah but he sure loves the troops'. Sure I knew he was a partisan but he was so nice and sweet and good to those in need that I just didn't care. After all, he does those concerts every year for the children of those who gave all to further their education. Not only that, you can hear it in his voice whenever he talks to a member of the armed forces or to one of their family members.
When someone would complain about his supposed unending support of the GOP, I would remember his tirade about Dubois Ports and about the borders. Shoot he even went down to the border and filmed several episodes from there right when the GOP was hoping that the issue would die down. When he disagrees with the administration, he is not afraid to speak his mind.
Plus he's just so darn cute. He comes across as one of the nicest people you'll ever meet. I've heard Greta Van Susteren talk about him and she is most definitely a full-blown leftist but you can tell just by her voice that she thinks the world of him. I really do believe that he and Alan Colmes have a genuine friendship which shows me that he is able to keep his politics in perspective.
To be honest, I'm not really surprised with his latest actions seeing as I already knew he was not nearly as Conservative as he makes himself out to be. I can't remember which issue it was but I suspect it probably had to do with federal funding of embryonic-stem cell research. I realize there are a lot of people who don't consider that an important issue but it's funny how the ones that aren't really strong on life issues, often end up disappointing those on the right who are Social liberals. It appears to me that Social Conservatives who are major players have a much stronger backbone when it comes to other issues than those who are Social liberals.
The part about all of this that bugs me the most is that Sean has said over and over again how he is a Reagan-Conservative. He has said that his Conservatism comes first and foremost yet here he is endorsing with every bit of his power the least Conservative candidate of them all running for the Republican Presidential nomination.
Don't get me wrong, I like Giuliani. I thought he did a wonderful job on and after September 11th as New York's mayor. I even thought he did a great job as Mayor of NY prior to 9/11.
Plus I like him much better than McCain and supposedly McCain is more Conservative than Rudy. Yet I trust McCain about as much as I do my ex's. Not to mention that I just can't stand him.
But I digress, this is suppose to be about my disappointment with Sean in regards to his obvious support of Giuliani. Simply because he said he would appoint Justices like Alito and Roberts, that doesn't mean that they are the only type of Judge's he would appoint. I keep remembering his praise of Ginsberg and the fact that he is pro-abortion.
Shoot, did you hear Rudy mention guns? He thought it was necessary to enforce some of the strictest gun control laws in the country. He even mentioned how he believes in the second amendment and that he has no intentions of interfering with our rights to hunt. Did you hear that? He thinks the second amendment is about hunting.
Then he goes on to explain how he thinks gun control laws are just fine and even necessary in certain parts of the country. Can someone please point out to me where it states in the Constitution that our Bill of Rights only apply in certain parts of the country?
Oh and have you heard Sean try and explain away Rudy's liberal stands on the issues? I'm sure you have if you have listened to him at all since he has become a regular Rudy apologist. He acts as if the President has no influence whatsoever on life issues but he conveniently forgets about Bush signing the Partial Birth Abortion Ban that was vetoed by Clinton (who Rudy admired by the way) and the Mexico City Policy that prohibits monies from going to federal agencies that perform abortions as
a method of family planning in other nations. Can you see Rudy taking either of those stances?
Then what about the borders? I thought Sean cared about this issue but he simply describes Rudy's stance on the borders as being like President Bush's. Rudy seems to like the idea of a virtual fence. I have come to see virtual fence in the same light that I see guest worker program. Mainly what they are saying is that they don't support a "real" fence on the border just like they support "amnesty" for illegals.
Sean, Sean, Sean please remember your promise to us your listeners that you would never forsake your Conservative values. Please stop putting your desire to win at all costs above advancing Conservatism.
Elusively yours,
ilja