Hannity: ‘The economy is phenomenal.’

[KomissarSteve]

A clip from a conversation between Hannity and Colmes regarding the ailing economy and the expediency of tax cuts for the rich:


http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/18/hannity-the-economy-is-phenomenal/

COLMES: That doesn’t seem to be helping the economy very much…because things aren’t going so well.
HANNITY: It is, Alan. The economy is phenomenal. Where have you been living?

More proof that the good people at Fox News don't...well, read the news.

 

[Grizzly]

A Fox News entertainer said something contrary to obvious fact? This should suprise no one.

 

[variant]

A clip from a conversation between Hannity and Colmes regarding the ailing economy and the expediency of tax cuts for the rich:


http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/18/hannity-the-economy-is-phenomenal/

More proof that the good people at Fox News don't...well, read the news.

Well, for HIM, a person probably making a very large amount of money in an insulated business, the economy IS pretty good.

If you ask that Detroit auto worker that was fired the other day you might get a different story.

 

[billwald]

There are two economies, one for the people who lend money and one for the people who borrow money. The people who lend money are doing fine.

 

[celticfan83]

A clip from a conversation between Hannity and Colmes regarding the ailing economy and the expediency of tax cuts for the rich:


http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/18/hannity-the-economy-is-phenomenal/

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More proof that the good people at Fox News don't...well, read the news.

maybe I should send that guy my bank statement

 

[Voegelin]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/18/...is-phenomenal/

Hannity can saw what ever he wants. Anyone who doesn't like it, can turn him off. He is on the air because millions of people want to watch and advertisers want that audience.

What is disturbing are groups such as "Think Progress", "Media Matters" and the "Center for American Progress". All these Democrat party groups are funded by the same billionaires and mulitmillionaires who wrote out checks for $1 to $5 million at a pop to try to elect Kerry in 2004 (five of them that year gave "nonprofits" supporting Kerry over $75 million. Image that. Five individuals giving that much cash. Makes you wonder what's in it for them).

Why do these very rich individuals monitor the speech of Hannity, Rush, O'Reily 24 hours a day, 7 days a week?

These same ideological donors attempted to create their own talk radio network--Air America--and failed. No audience for that stuff.

Anyone else concerned that "Think Progress" and others do this? That these people are the same ones trying to reenact the so-called "Fairness Doctrine" and kick free speech off the airwaves?

What Hannity said is not the issue. Who cares. Most of what "Think Progress" "Media Matters" and others select is taken out of content anyways. A day or two after these hit pieces appear, we hear the full story.

Happened with Rush when one of these liberal monitors went after him a few months ago. Rush won that fight. This particular charge against Hannity is so minor and pointless I doubt he'll bother responding. I wouldn't.

Except to point out who funds "Think Progress" and who funds the rest of the liberal hall monitors.

 

[Aquamarine81]

Sean Hannity -- America's own Baghdad Bob..

 

[ulu]

Sean Hannity -- America's own Baghdad Bob..

Exactly!

 

[Grizzly]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/18/...is-phenomenal/

Hannity can saw what ever he wants. Anyone who doesn't like it, can turn him off. He is on the air because millions of people want to watch and advertisers want that audience.

What is disturbing are groups such as "Think Progress", "Media Matters" and the "Center for American Progress". All these Democrat party groups are funded by the same billionaires and mulitmillionaires who wrote out checks for $1 to $5 million at a pop to try to elect Kerry in 2004 (five of them that year gave "nonprofits" supporting Kerry over $75 million. Image that. Five individuals giving that much cash. Makes you wonder what's in it for them).

Why do these very rich individuals monitor the speech of Hannity, Rush, O'Reily 24 hours a day, 7 days a week?

These same ideological donors attempted to create their own talk radio network--Air America--and failed. No audience for that stuff.

Anyone else concerned that "Think Progress" and others do this? That these people are the same ones trying to reenact the so-called "Fairness Doctrine" and kick free speech off the airwaves?

What Hannity said is not the issue. Who cares. Most of what "Think Progress" "Media Matters" and others select is taken out of content anyways. A day or two after these hit pieces appear, we hear the full story.

Happened with Rush when one of these liberal monitors went after him a few months ago. Rush won that fight. This particular charge against Hannity is so minor and pointless I doubt he'll bother responding. I wouldn't.

Except to point out who funds "Think Progress" and who funds the rest of the liberal hall monitors.

Translation: Ignore Sean's obviously incorrect remarks - let's attack those who saw it!

 

[GodGunsAndGlory]

Lets see, the peak before the great depression was what? Like 381... now were in 12K. But I guess its not regulated enough. If you want your socialist country, GO TO CANADA! We TRUE Americans do not want you trying to regulate the economy anymore, please just do it, it will make us much happier. The illegal aliens will come to, you guys won't mow your lawn so they know there will be jobs.

What is happening now is NATURAL and when the government intervenes it just becomes worse, STOP TRYING TO INTERVENE!

 

[marshlewis]

Considering that the share market is influenced by perception more than actual worth, is it not worth trying to sooth peoples fears?. Isnt this what billions of dollars being pumped into the economy by the fed is all about.

 

[JustOneWay]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/18/...is-phenomenal/

What Hannity said is not the issue. Who cares. Most of what "Think Progress" "Media Matters" and others select is taken out of content anyways. A day or two after these hit pieces appear, we hear the full story.

Wrong. What matters is Hannity said the economy was phenomenal. That is the topic. Hannity's quote was not taken out of context.

This is a non-story, and the quote was probably a just a joke. Posts that try to de-rail the topic are worse than the actual quote

 

[GodGunsAndGlory]

Wrong. What matters is Hannity said the economy was phenomenal. That is the topic. Hannity's quote was not taken out of context.

This is a non-story, and the quote was probably a just a joke. Posts that try to de-rail the topic are worse than the actual quote

No the problem is that the economy is fine and if it does go in a recession, the government to back off it and stop trying to regulate it.

 

[ChaliceThunder]

Lets see, the peak before the great depression was what? Like 381... now were in 12K. But I guess its not regulated enough. If you want your socialist country, GO TO CANADA! We TRUE Americans do not want you trying to regulate the economy anymore, please just do it, it will make us much happier. The illegal aliens will come to, you guys won't mow your lawn so they know there will be jobs.

What is happening now is NATURAL and when the government intervenes it just becomes worse, STOP TRYING TO INTERVENE!

And by "intervene" you of course mean President Bush's intervening with meaningless tax cuts, right?

 

[JustOneWay]

No the problem is that the economy is fine and if it does go in a recession, the government to back off it and stop trying to regulate it.

 

[invisible trousers]

I guess he's technically correct- it's phenomenal that the Dow Jones Industrial has dropped nearly 1000 points since the beginning of the year.

 

[reverend B]

There are two economies, one for the people who lend money and one for the people who borrow money. The people who lend money are doing fine.

not true. the people who are lending the money are also in crisis, to the tune of 10-14 billion dollar right downs. the mortgage market is in crisis. stay tuned. that has not begun to peak. this is why the crisis is getting attention. it is finally starting to hit the moneyed class as well.

 

[reverend B]

No the problem is that the economy is fine and if it does go in a recession, the government to back off it and stop trying to regulate it.

this is simply inexperience talking. the economy is at a crisis point, and the executive has finally had to face the truth and encourage an emergency stimulus package to try to stave off a disaster. housing market: tanking. car market: tanking. mortgage market: tanking. stock market: tanking. wages: stagnant. inflation: growing. oil prices: historic. unemployment: growing. deficit: historic. value of the dollar: plummetting. trade deficit: outrageous (31 years in a row).
the economy is not "fine". this has been building for a long time due to poor decisions making by our government, and it will take some serious intervention to prevent an economic holocaust that will put a great number of your friends parents in bankruptcy or out of their houses. the strength of the country as a world power is at stake.
when was the last time you remember the republicans advocating emergency measures like tax rebates to the middle class? trickle down is fine until you really need to impact the economy in a crisis, and then they give the money to the people who will spend it, not the ones who will hoard it.
we are entering a period that will be a referrendum on the economic philosophies we have been operating under, just like we had to re-evaluate the situation in 1928. stand by folks. this bumpy ride has just begun.

 

[jamesrwright3]

this is simply inexperience talking. the economy is at a crisis point, and the executive has finally had to face the truth and encourage an emergency stimulus package to try to stave off a disaster. housing market: tanking. car market: tanking. mortgage market: tanking. stock market: tanking. wages: stagnant. inflation: growing. oil prices: historic. unemployment: growing. deficit: historic. value of the dollar: plummetting. trade deficit: outrageous (31 years in a row).
the economy is not "fine". this has been building for a long time due to poor decisions making by our government, and it will take some serious intervention to prevent an economic holocaust that will put a great number of your friends parents in bankruptcy or out of their houses. the strength of the country as a world power is at stake.
when was the last time you remember the republicans advocating emergency measures like tax rebates to the middle class? trickle down is fine until you really need to impact the economy in a crisis, and then they give the money to the people who will spend it, not the ones who will hoard it.
we are entering a period that will be a referrendum on the economic philosophies we have been operating under, just like we had to re-evaluate the situation in 1928. stand by folks. this bumpy ride has just begun.

Yes..government policies which have allowed easy credit have hurt both our trade deficit and our savings rate. I think long term we should have had policies which promoted growth..even at a lower level, if it was "good" growth..

 

[variant]

Yes..government policies which have allowed easy credit have hurt both our trade deficit and our savings rate. I think long term we should have had policies which promoted growth..even at a lower level, if it was "good" growth..

I agree stable and slow growth is preferable to unstable quick growth.

In my opinion, long term growth comes out of job creation and industrial output, both of which are suffering right now.

The problem is that the government can only give us a quick fix now. It will have to borrow money to give us an economic boost, but our future taxes will still have to go into paying off the ever growing debt.

This strikes me as an election year tactic. The politicians that run our government are figuring out that the economy is a really big issue and NOW they want to do something about it. Young people like me, and my children are going to be stuck with the debt, and our government is going to be crippled for some time because of the rampant spending that has gone on in the last 20-30 years.

Eventually the government will not be able to sustain the populist policy of lowering taxes and increasing services.