When Will Hannity Be Water-Boarded "For the Troops' Families"?

Iris, I think you're right about him not being able to keep his mouth shut! Taskr, I'm not saying I want anybody to be water-boarded for having a different political view. It was Hannity who said he'd do it, nobody just out of the blue said they wanted him to be tortured. Annie

10 minutes? I wanna see him pinned there for an hour.

Hey... I want Obama to pardon Bush and Cheney... How about that?

I agree sea, I understand one prisoner was water boared 78 or 87 times. Some say that Bush and Cheney should be prosecuted for their torture of those prisoners. Others say that Obama should pardon Bush and Cheney, that way the truth would be solidified. But, it looks like they will get off scot free!

Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the 9/11 attack happened during Bush's watch, not Clinton's.

snd... Do you think Obama should pardon Bush and Cheney like Ford did for Nixon or should they be prosecuted? Surely you have an opinion on that!

Yep, he said it the day after Hannity said it and he's mentioned it just about every day since, if not every day. He's even offered to double it if Hannity says "Countdown is the best show on television", or something like that. Annie

In all fairness, X, it wasn't Keith who ran his mouth and made it seem like water-boarding wasn't a big deal; how was it he put it - holding a wet towel on your face or something to that effect? I'll have to try to find the transcript but I can't remember exactly which show it was on or what date, but Lawrence O'Donnell said one night that neither he, Sean Hannity, D1ck Cheney nor maybe another one or two he mentioned would never be able to handle something like water-boarding, that it maybe WOULD work on them because they're cowards. Remember, he included himself in that and I think he included another liberal who was with him on the show. The point he was trying to make wasn't the put-down of Hannity and Cheney that it may have seemed at first but he was saying that some people, members of our military and terrorists like al Qaeda members share a deep commitment to their cause that most of the rest of us don't have. In other words, torture likely would work on me, Lawrence O'Donnell and Sean Hannity but it won't work on the ones we really want it to work on. PLEASE don't misunderstand and take me to be favorably comparing our troops to terrorists because I'm NOT! Our troops are very well-trained and conditioned and by their very nature they're loyal and totally committed to serving and protecting our country. Terrorists have their own sick beliefs and agenda. The point is either group would be much more likely to resist giving up anything important to their cause and would tell the torturers what they think they want to hear even if it's not the truth. Annie

In all fairness, X, it wasn't Keith who ran his mouth and made it seem like water-boarding wasn't a big deal; how was it he put it - holding a wet towel on your face or something to that effect? I'll have to try to find the transcript but I can't remember exactly which show it was on or what date, but Lawrence O'Donnell said one night that neither he, Sean Hannity, D1ck Cheney nor maybe another one or two he mentioned would never be able to handle something like water-boarding, that it maybe WOULD work on them because they're cowards. Remember, he included himself in that and I think he included another liberal who was with him on the show. The point he was trying to make wasn't the put-down of Hannity and Cheney that it may have seemed at first but he was saying that some people, members of our military and terrorists like al Qaeda members share a deep commitment to their cause that most of the rest of us don't have. In other words, torture likely would work on me, Lawrence O'Donnell and Sean Hannity but it won't work on the ones we really want it to work on. PLEASE don't misunderstand and take me to be favorably comparing our troops to terrorists because I'm NOT! Our troops are very well-trained and conditioned and by their very nature they're loyal and totally committed to serving and protecting our country. Terrorists have their own sick beliefs and agenda. The point is either group would be much more likely to resist giving up anything important to their cause and would tell the torturers what they think they want to hear even if it's not the truth. No, but he couldn't resist reporting on it and he does frequently run his mouth, anyway, I wanna see him shut up for 5 minutes. but about waterboarding, it is more a hazing stunt than torture, look all over youtube, like these drunk fools, they were one of a few dozen videos I found of such horseplay. And if a terrorist is a lot tougher, than waterboarding should be no big deal to them right? so as it may not be effective on most (though it was on some) perhaps we need to revise our strategy anyway. But my point was, it isn't that bad, so hannity should put his money where his mouth is and get waterboarded and I would love to see Olberman be a man and do it too, especialy if a lout like hannity can do it.

oops! forgot the link ******WARNING, video contains explicit language and obnoxious drunken foolery.*** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWRxrMMljGk

So if it's not the worst thing that could possibly be done that makes it acceptable? Sorry, I don't buy into that. Annie

Pouring water over someone's face is a far cry from using chemical weapons to ethnically cleanse your own country. If you think waterboarding is torture, and that's a perfectly logical belief, just take a look at what torture is in the middle east. We here in America don't have the stomach to see what real torture is. http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/30/uae.torture/index.html

Actually snd no matter how much I think Hannity is an a$$ I wouldn't want to see him waterboarded, shouldn't assume things you know nothing about. I'm simply stating that if all of the people that are for torturing people were to be waterboarded than maybe they too would begin to realize how it sucks to drown.

That would be ONE TIME I'd be glad to watch him. I'm not going to hold my breath, tough, he's just a big mouth blow-hard! Annie

Yea, be one time I wouldn't mind watching him either; I'd even order it on pay per view :)

Taskr, I'm not sure if you guys are feigning ignorance or if you REALLY DON'T GET IT! My " favorite commentator" isn't the hypocrite; Hannity is the hypocrite for refusing to make good on his promise after claiming for ages that he doesn't believe waterboarding is torture. Rose, it was DANNY Pearl, not David, and as horrible as what happened to him was it has nothing to do with this topic at all. The majority of Americans don't agree with YOU about torture. We don't torture, it's against our laws and has been for at least 60 years or so. Sean Hannity is a coward and he's not a reporter. No American who really loves his or her country would approve of these techniques. Sndcain, again I don't know if you're playing dumb here or really believe your own words but Keith only made the offer of paying Hannity and donating it to the troops' families because Hannity said he'd do it. Also, there is no evidence water-boarding has saved a single life. Annie

"Taskr, I'm not sure if you guys are feigning ignorance or if you REALLY DON'T GET IT! My " favorite commentator" isn't the hypocrite; Hannity is the hypocrite for refusing to make good on his promise after claiming for ages that he doesn't believe waterboarding is torture." I completely get it. First off, I haven't heard Hannity refuse it, so it's too early to call him anything. If he does refuse it, it would be because he's a coward and a liar, but that doesn't meet the criteria for hypocrisy. He IS a hypocrite, just not because of this. "We don't torture, it's against our laws and has been for at least 60 years or so." If that's true, please show me the specific law that bans using torture against terrorists. They aren't American citizens or POWs so laws referring to either are invalid. "No American who really loves his or her country would approve of these techniques." So we're back to the "If you disagree with me you are anti-American"? Wasn't it you who was so offended by that in the past? "Keith only made the offer of paying Hannity and donating it to the troops' families because Hannity said he'd do it." He made the offer because he hates Hannity and wants to see it happen Annie. He wouldn't make this offer if "I" said I'd let someone waterboard me for charity. What if Hannity said "I'll let someone cut my arm off for charity"? That's torture. Would you pay thousands to see that happen? If all Olbermann wanted was to give money to troops' families, he'd do it. He could do it and make a public statement that waterboarding is wrong and he'll give the money to charity, but he does NOT want to see it used on anyone. "Also, there is no evidence water-boarding has saved a single life." That's because Obama decided to cherry pick what parts of the memos to release. His OWN National Intelligence Director, Dennis Blair has said that we received high value information from those interrogations that saved lives. I guess you don't even believe Obama's people if they don't say what you want to hear.

When did he say that? Annie