One of the reasons why I actually want Sean Hannity (and Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, and Rush LImbaugh) to simply keep on talking is that he is hand delivering Barack Obama the Presidency, Democrats a 40 year majority, and conservatism a deathknell. He turns moderates into liberals, conservatives into moderate Democrats, and libertarians into non-Republicans. If Hannity was nationally syndicated from 1968-1992, we may never have had Presidents Nixon, Reagan, or Bush. In fact, if Sean Hannity was the GOP nominee for President, the Democrats would carry all 50 states, including Utah and Alabama.
In the past few weeks Sean Hannity has destroyed John McCain's chances of becoming President and ensured that Democrats are going to pickup seats in both the US House of Representatives and the US Senate. He doesn't realize it of course but you can bookmark this diary for future reference as I explain why.
John McCain has made a colossal mistake by allowing Sean Hannity to be his chief propagandist and spokesperson, a mistake that McCain can not recover from. Had McCain simply avoided Hannity and marginalized this wingnut as the crazed, neo nazi, fascist bigot he is, McCain might have been able to sell people on his "maverick" image. But by constantly going on Hannity's show and allowing Hannity to spew the filth Hannity spews, McCain just lost the general election.
Unlike other conservatives of the past, most people can see Sean Hannity for the pathetic person he is, including many conservatives who also dislike Sean Hannity and would vote for Al Sharpton before Sean Hannity. Hannity is such an obvious hate monger, an obvious intellectual lightweight, an obvious liar, and obvious horrible person that he is an albatross around the neck of any ally who gets too close to him. The quickest way to turn a moderate Republican into a liberal Democrat is to put that person in a room with Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter for 15 minutes. Yet this is who John McCain has aligned himself with, a modern day Joseph Goebbels who is linked to Ann Coulter, Hal Turner, Oliver North, and Tony Perkins among other bottom one percenters.
Sean Hannity thinks the America people are stupid but most of America is not like his insanitized audience of unrepetent bigots, unloved adults, McVeigh wannabes and other cockroaches who compose his 3 percent audience of dirt. Hannity has decided to adopt the worst of Lee Atwater and the worst of Karl Rove and use this line of attack against Barack Obama. Hannity thinks it will work. John McCain is on board. But it will backfire big time.
For each time Hannity tries to equate one sentence of Reverend Wright made while Obama was not present as the views of Obama, he helps Democrats. For each time Hannity brings up flag lapels and attempts to swiftboat, he helps Democrats. For each time Hannity tries to equate the word friendly with friend regarding William Ayers, he helps Democrats. For each time Hannity tries to equate something destable William Ayers did 40 years ago to that of Barack Obama, then an 8 year old, he helps Democrats. For each time he twists the words of Michelle Obama on proudness, he helps Democrats. Yet John McCain is fully on board the Insanity Express. But it will backfire big time.
Most Americans get it, especially younger folks. They can conceptualize the logical flaws, Swiftboat tactics, and outright lies of Hannity and McCain. With Osama Bin Laden still alive, our economy in shambles, gas prices approaching $4 a gallon, food prices skyrocketing, Americans dieing in the wrong war in Iraq, health care costs soaring while quality is declining, and millions of Americans losing their homes because of the Bush economy, Sean Hannity actually thinks that the way for John McCain to win is to swiftboat Obama with these non issues and outright falsehoods. It won't work.
Polls are already showing Obama leading McCain and once it is clear that he is the Democratic nominee, expect that lead to expand to double digits very quickly. 95% of Hillary's voters will join Obama because they will soon realize that their preferred candidate, Senator Clinton, will endorse Obama and that she agrees with Obama on more than 90% of the issues. Undecideds will not vote for John McCain, owner of 8 homes, tens of millions of dollars, and almost 30 years of Washington insider elitism in his pocket. They know who he is. They know he's an 8 home multi millionaire, Keating Five insider, mentally unstable hothead who insulted American workers by claiming they wouldn't work for $50 an hour picking lettuce. If the voters are undecided now, McCain can forget about them.
McCain has chosen to ride the Insanity Express, a trainwreck that will lead to a landslide victory for Barack Obama over John McCain by double digits. The Insanity Express gave Democrats control of Congress in 2006 and well beyond.
Americans say to themselves, "If McCain is hanging out with that crazy guy from Fox News, he's no moderate." They further conceptualize that McCain isn't trustworthy.
So toast Sean Hannity. And make his day by putting this on the rec list. I know he's here everyday reading our diaries.