Abusing Fox news is always in order.

All the campaign signs I saw were for Ron Paul, which suggests that this event is much less surprising than it would have been if the protesters had been, you know, actual conservatives. (Instead of radically confused people, I think; Ron Paul is confusing.)

Posted January 8, 2008 11:58 AM by David Dyer-Bennet

Why oh why is it that so often when Fox or some other institution that has been blatantly unfair towards the Democrats in particular and the left in general is finally given a piece of their own medicine, it's because they offended some wingnut group?

Not that harassing Sean Hannity this way, no matter how funny, is necessarily a productive thing to do, but it does seem at times that the Democratic left is content to remain polite and complaining, but not willing to risk anything.

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Posted January 8, 2008 12:01 PM by Martin Wisse

I've now seen that clip three times. It just doesn't get old, does it?

Posted January 8, 2008 12:51 PM by Madeleine Robins

My cynical side notes that they were perfectly willing to accept "Fair and Balanced" as meaning that we got shut out; it's only when their darling boy got the same treatment that they got upset.

OTOH, that same cynical side also notes that, while the enemy of my enemy isn't necessarily my friend, they may still be my ally... at least for a while. And right now, we need all the allies we can get against Faux News.

Posted January 8, 2008 12:54 PM by Lee

I expect to see some payroll additions at Fox News: a bunch of beefy guys named Vinnie.

Posted January 8, 2008 12:55 PM by Linkmeister

Things seem to be getting a bit to Old Testament for some people:

A trumpet to your lips, You who watch over the house of the LORD! Since they have violated my covenant, and sinned against my law,

While to me they cry out, "O, God of Israel, we know you!"

The men of Israel have thrown away what is good; the enemy shall pursue them.

They made kings, but not by my authority; they established princes, but without my approval. With their silver and gold they made idols for themselves, to their own destruction . . .

. . . When they sow the wind, they shall reap the whirlwind; The stalk of grain that forms no ear can yield no flour; Even if it could, strangers would swallow it.

Posted January 8, 2008 12:58 PM by Claude Muncey

It must have been very confusing for Hannity to be the one getting shouted at.

Posted January 8, 2008 12:59 PM by Sean Sakamoto

Went to the link, tried to play it, and,
"We're sorry, this video is no longer available."

Posted January 8, 2008 1:02 PM by Paula Lieberman

#8: I'm hoping The Daily Show bought the rights to it.

Posted January 8, 2008 1:11 PM by Stefan Jones

Paula Lieberman @8 -- if you can stand it, and/or are desperate enough, the video's available at Hannity's site.

Posted January 8, 2008 1:13 PM by Debbie

The link provided works just fine for me. I just played it again in fact.

Posted January 8, 2008 1:55 PM by John L

Only the addition of some pitchforks and torches would make that perfect. Or maybe some handy tar and feathers?

Posted January 8, 2008 2:46 PM by Connie H.

Claude Muncey at 6, good call. They are definitely reaping the whirlwind. *smile*

Martin Wisse at 2, why would it be unproductive to harass Sean Hannnity? It produces mirth and glee, and confusion to our enemies. Seems good to me.

Posted January 8, 2008 2:58 PM by Lizzy L

Lizzy, #13: My partner opines that part of the reason Huckabee's early success is so disturbing to the party elite is that he's not the guy who was supposed to be "God's candidate". They've spent 30 years building the Avengelical vote-delivery machine, and now suddenly it's not responding to its handlers.

Posted January 8, 2008 3:04 PM by Lee

Yep. Who would have guessed that training masses of people to vote for whoever shouted "Praise Jesus!" loudest could ever possibly backfire?

Posted January 8, 2008 4:28 PM by Cynthia Wood

My one complaint is that Hannity didn't run far enough. To Antarctica, say.

Posted January 8, 2008 5:22 PM by Fragano Ledgister

For info on the minor candidates beyond PO Boxes, see Minor Candidates. Yes, they even have substantive info on O. Savior (D) and Vermin 'Love' Supreme (R).

Posted January 8, 2008 6:41 PM by Jon Baker

Whoops, wrong thread. Well, at least it's about New Hampster.

Posted January 8, 2008 6:44 PM by Jon Baker

#16: What do you have against penguins?

Posted January 8, 2008 6:51 PM by Stefan Jones

I want to cast Hannity as Wile E. Coyote, and then have Acme ship him the big anvil.

Posted January 8, 2008 8:28 PM by Bruce Cohen (SpeakerToManagers)

Good idea, Bruce. Too bad there weren't any cliffs in Manchester that night.

Posted January 8, 2008 9:19 PM by LMB MacAlister

Ew, ew, ew, Fragano, please, no! *shudders* Keep it away from here. (#16)
And there's lots of nice wildlife & useful scientific work going on in Antarctica.

Do you think Easter Island would withstand Hannity? I believe that's the place furthest away from everywhere else inhabited, and they've already suffered catastrophic ecological failure from humanity. Maybe with a nice aid package of some sort for works & maintenance?

Posted January 8, 2008 10:03 PM by Mez

totally off topic: Mez @22, are you in Antartica? I have a firefighter friend at McMurdo.

Posted January 8, 2008 10:23 PM by shadowsong

I went to Hannity's site for the video, and I feel dirty just looking at it for some reason. A couple of things caught my eye. First of all, the website is cringeworthy. Terrible design and obnoxious graphics. Second of all, there's a conservative dating service just for Hannity fans? Really?

Posted January 8, 2008 11:05 PM by Teresa Rogers

BTW, the NYT says Hilary 39%, Obama 36%. So it's not a huge victory (or loss) for either. The real loser is Edwards. Which is a shame.

Posted January 8, 2008 11:23 PM by Randolph Fritz

And one other point--how come Hannnnity chose to run? Coward, much? His crew finally unleashed a few choice words, once they were in the safety of the lobby (or at least the port-cochere and watchful eye of the staff) of the hotel. But not one single word in response to the loyal Paulites.

Posted January 9, 2008 12:19 AM by LMB MacAlister

I think Hannity should be shipped to Bikini Atoll. In fact, I think dropping him from a plane* would be a good idea.

*With a parachute. I'm not heartless.

Posted January 9, 2008 12:25 AM by Xopher

Teresa, #24: ...there's a conservative dating service just for Hannity fans?

That actually makes sense, in a very catty sort of way.

Posted January 9, 2008 12:30 AM by Lee

Xopher @ 27: SOFTIE!!

Posted January 9, 2008 12:41 AM by LMB MacAlister

LMB 29: *tears up* I just want him to...die of radiation sickness. Is that so terrible? *sobs*

Posted January 9, 2008 12:52 AM by Xopher

shadowsong (#22) <turns head towards southern horizon, imagines reflection of summer midnight sun off snowpack into sky> no, I'm not physically there.

I do have a friend who works in the Antarctic Division Tassie HQ (photos not uploaded). One day I hope my health & finances will let me organize a trip to see some of it — it's the fifth-largest continent (14.4 million km² = 5.4 million mi²) and Australia the seventh (7.75 million km² = 2.99 million mi²), if you count Europe (10.2 million km² = 3.9 million mi²) as a separate continent, so I'm only aiming to see a small portion — and not have the boat catch fire & sink, or the plane smash into a volcanic peak.

Xopher (#27, 30) Do you think he'd like the flag? The motto is rather plangent.

Posted January 9, 2008 1:05 AM by Mez

Mez writes at #31:

One day I hope my health & finances will let me organize a trip to see some of it — it's the fifth-largest continent...

Seems to me I recently saw that a talk by Brother Guy was recently placed online (rummage, rummage) ah, it's Real Player streaming video here.

Brother Guy on Ice
Presentation at Boskone 44. Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ, PhD presents a slide show of his 1996 trip to Antarticia to search for meteorites. Brother Guy is an astronomer assigned to the Vatican Observatory. He is also the curator of the Vatican Meteorite Collection.

This is part of a large collection of video of panels and talks at SF cons, which I have yet to sample.

Posted January 9, 2008 1:45 AM by Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey

Thanks, Bill. That looks like an interesting resource. I've seen some of the Imax films of Antarctica, too …

Working on one lung as Sydney heads towards a typical hot, humid summer, the idea of clean cool air (upwind of the rookeries) is refreshing.

Posted January 9, 2008 1:56 AM by Mez

Too bad it couldn't have been a video of a bipartisan effort by Paulites and Obama supporters to run down both Hannity and O'Reilly.

Posted January 9, 2008 3:45 AM by Earl Cooley III

I think Hannity should be shipped to Bikini Atoll. In fact, I think dropping him from a plane* would be a good idea.

Bikini's not that bad these days, and the Castle Bravo test made it into one of the world's finest wreck diving sites, including the only divable aircraft carrier. (They moored a lot of surplus warships at various distances to see what happens to warships when you nuke them. Answer: as Halle Berry would say, same thing that happens to everything else.)

Posted January 9, 2008 7:18 AM by ajay

Stefan Jones #16: Nothing. I'm just in favour of seeing what would happen if Hannity had to confront a walrus or two.

Posted January 9, 2008 7:39 AM by Fragano Ledgister

It's only a small part of my mind, but I'd love to see a race where it was Obama and Ron Paul, if only because Fox wouldn't have a horse in the race anymore.

Posted January 9, 2008 1:02 PM by eric

And yet, eric, they will ALWAYS have plenty of horse's asses to go around...

Posted January 10, 2008 4:01 PM by Edward Oleander

ajay 35: Oh. I thought it was a) gone and b) radioactive. Live and learn.

Right then! Same plan, scratch the parachute!

Posted January 10, 2008 4:38 PM by Xopher

I would have liked to see a scene from Oh, Brother Where Art Thou where the crowd runs the guy out of the hall on a rail. I would like the same for all fake populists.

Posted January 11, 2008 6:13 AM by old

Mez (#22): Hmm, head full of rock? He'll fit right in....

Posted January 11, 2008 3:43 PM by Christopher Davis

old, #40: As 'feelgood' as it was, that sequence really pulled me out of the film, and disappointed me. It felt, from the history I thought I knew of the period, very anachronistic.

Posted January 11, 2008 5:16 PM by Mez

I loved the parting shot from one of the Paul supporters "We're good Americans and you're not!"

Posted January 11, 2008 8:13 PM by Craig R.

Sorry, I'm behind on reading ML, but wanted to add this:

The story is even better than most sites and news media portray it -- the Paulites went into a restaurant on Elm Street in Manchester and started chanting around the Fox News team as they sat at a table having dinner; the news people fled, followed by the Paulites, as they chased them out of the restaurant and down the street, where the Fox people took refuge by ducking into the Center of NH, where the news media had their major setups and camps (and security guards at the door).

We locals loved it.

Posted January 14, 2008 7:12 PM by NC Hanger