Every once in a while, I like to find out what the wingnuts are saying. I used to put on Limbaugh once in a while if I drove to get lunch, or Hannity on the way home for work now and again. It helps because I when I engage a wing-nut (aka visit my dad) I know what the arguements will be before he opens his mouth, and I have my answers already worked out.
I know I'm not the only one that has a facination with the noise machine. I'm a big fan of KingOneEye's diaries and I eagerly open any diary about RedState. Last night put on Hannity and Colmes, where they had Dick Morris on to plug his book. The interview wasn't a disappointment (to anyone that was looking for a laugh). Morris started out talking about Obama, and showed that he is everything a wing-nut should be:
Confused:
MORRIS: He would double the capital gains tax. That means that you get far less when you sell your home or your 401K or your stock plan. He would double the dividends tax. That means that old ladies who clip coupons from corporate stocks get less money.
Out of touch:
He would double the — he would increase the limit on Social Security taxes, which means that instead of paying 12 1/2 percent of the first $100,000, you pay it on everything that you're making
A xenophobe:
Then he'll give 12 million illegal immigrants federally subsidized health care which will so drive up costs in the system that all of the rest of us will have to wait in line behind them.
And a liar:
the majority of the people in the United States would not pay income tax.
But then, they started onto the most unlikely conversation I have ever heard on Fox News. Check this out:
COLMES: Anyway, let's talk about — you also talk about Halliburton, the Iraqi government, American — talk about being fleeced. The Iraqi government, American defense contractors led by Halliburton fleecing the American public.
MORRIS: This drove me crazy.
Donald Vance, a Navy veteran, and Nathan Ertell both handed the FBI evidence of arms sales by a Iraqi company from Halliburton to insurgents, to our enemies.
COLMES: Yes.
MORRIS: And they assumed that they would be lauded. Instead Vance was imprisoned by the U.S. military in a security compound and subjected to harsh interrogation.
COLMES: All right. We're going to take a break, but is the fact that our vice president have — used to be head of this company of any relevance?
MORRIS: The only people that were — punished in the billion dollar rip-off by Halliburton of the American government were the whistleblowers, not Halliburton, not Cheney, who got them the contracts, not any of that stuff.
What happened to this story? I guess it just got buried, like all the rest. It's too terrible for people to believe that our government can do what happened to Donald Vance and Nathan Ertell. I had forgotten all about it. Now I remember and I'm pissed all over again. Donald Vance's lawsuit against the former Sec. of Defense is still alive. Will we ever see a conviction?
But just like that, my momentary faith in journalism came to a crashing end. Here's how the segment ended:
COLMES: We're going to pick it up right there. More with Dick Morris in just a moment.
Plus Barack Obama unveiled a new campaign seal. Some critics are calling it arrogant. Tonight, there is a late-breaking development in this bizarre story. Now the Obama campaign says they're not going to use it again. We're going to have more details coming up in the just a moment on Hannity & Colmes.
sigh.
Here's two links to Vance's story:
Former U.S. Detainee in Iraq Recalls Torment
The Story of Prisoner 200343