An Admission. . .
I'm not the biggest Sean Hannity fan, mainly because he sounds like a parrot most of the time, repeating over and over his same old, tired policies of 8 years of the Bush white house, uh, I mean, he just repeats himself a lot and it's annoying. Every now and then, he'll say something quite profound in one of his long-winded rants, but he's still not my cup of tea.
His new program, minus whipping boy Alan Colmes, is certainly a more entertaining format than the Hannity and Colmes of yesteryear. I like Colmes, don't care for his liberal wingnut philosophies, but get him out of the context of television punditry, and he's a damned funny and witty man. Yet, last night, Hannity struck television gold on his "Great American Panel" portion of the show.
I would almost like to pry Hannity's head open just to see what was going on in there when he came up with this genius panel. It was Democratic Strategist Bob Beckel, one of McCain's advisors named Nicole Wallace and the greatest of all political analysts, the one and only ex-SNL dimbulb, Victoria Jackson.
It was freaking gold! The look on Bob Beckel's face when Victoria opened her mouth the first time was indescribable. I read somewhere this morning that it was like he saw an alien. And I agree, an alien with a giant pink bow in it's fly-away blonde hairdo.
I don't even remember what was discussed because I was so dumbfounded and laughing heartily and I am hoping to find video of the encounter. All I can say at this point is:
Victoria Jackson: 1
Bob Beckel: 0
I was watching Hannity last night Toast while cooking dinner. I swear, I was waiting for Beckel to pat her on the head and reassure her all was well. She had a few blond moments and she's put on a few lb's over the years but I always liked her. Beckel is one fucker I can't stand.
Wish I had seen that! I used to like her. And I'm with you on Sean. I don't watch him on tv but on the radio he's very repetitious, speaking in lists. His heart's in the right place (npi) but we at the P&P household have a hard time listening to him. I do believe he does good but he's not our cuppa either. We love Laura I. She is queen and Rush is king. His style doesn't thrill me, but he's smart and knows his enemy.
I thought she did a great job at tempering his usual left-wing spiel by just being who she is, and sometimes I wonder if she's plays the ditz for effect or if it's really her. Either way, it was a win for her and Bob Beckel was the one left looking like a fool.
And Hannity, well, if he's said it once, he's said it a thousand times. . .
God bless him anyway.