News Article: Hannity Offers To Be Waterboarded

[Bamaro]

GRODIN: You're for torture.
HANNITY: I am for enhanced interrogation.
GRODIN: You don't believe it's torture. Have you ever been waterboarded?
HANNITY: No, but Ollie North has.
GRODIN: Would you consent to be waterboarded? We can waterboard you?
HANNITY: Sure.
GRODIN: Are you busy on Sunday?
HANNITY: I'll do it for charity. I'll let you do it. I'll do it for the troops' families.
Hannity Offers To Be Waterboarded For Charity (By Charles Grodin!)
It doesn't get much better than this! I cant wait to see it. Now Oberman takes him up on it:
"For every second you last, $1,000," said Olbermann. "Live or on tape, provided other networks' cameras are there, $1,000 a second, Sean, because this is no game. This is serious stuff. Put your money where your mouth is, and your nose. Oh, and I'll double it, when you admit you feared for your life."
Performance TV at its best.

 

[It's On A Slab]

GRODIN: You're for torture.
HANNITY: I am for enhanced interrogation.
GRODIN: You don't believe it's torture. Have you ever been waterboarded?
HANNITY: No, but Ollie North has.
GRODIN: Would you consent to be waterboarded? We can waterboard you?
HANNITY: Sure.
GRODIN: Are you busy on Sunday?
HANNITY: I'll do it for charity. I'll let you do it. I'll do it for the troops' families.
Hannity Offers To Be Waterboarded For Charity (By Charles Grodin!)
It doesn't get much better than this! I cant wait to see it. Now Oberman takes him up on it:
"For every second you last, $1,000," said Olbermann. "Live or on tape, provided other networks' cameras are there, $1,000 a second, Sean, because this is no game. This is serious stuff. Put your money where your mouth is, and your nose. Oh, and I'll double it, when you admit you feared for your life."
Performance TV at its best.

Christopher Hitchens lasted about 17 seconds.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LPubUCJv58]YouTube - Watch Christopher Hitchens Get Waterboarded (VANITY FAIR)[/ame]

 

[TexasBama]

That may be fun to watch. I think I'd rather watch him being held underwater, though.

 

[Boclive]

Okay, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't know anything. :conf2:

 

[jthomas666]

OK, now this illustrates the danger of torture perfectly. Everyone here on the right is saying that torture is acceptable when the subject has critical intelligence. But in this case, the subject has no intelligence whatsoever. :biggrin2:

 

[pc2bama]

I watched a clip of Olbermann's offer. What a tool. I can see why he has virtually no ratings. Then his "expert" is a blogger from the Huffington Post. Wow.

 

[Bamaro]

I watched a clip of Olbermann's offer. What a tool. I can see why he has virtually no ratings.

Thats not really true; In the 25-54 group (which is what advertisers look at) they are virtually tied:
Obama Administration Boosts O’Reilly Factor TV Ratings

 

[nivekstan]

This amazes me. On one hand waterbording is considered torture and in no way should be used against anyone who is trying to murder as many americans as they can. On the other hand some would love to see someone waterborded whose political persuasion is different than their own.

 

[Frozen Sooner]

Not really all that clear on the difference between "voluntary" and "involuntary" are you?

 

[CrimsonCT]

Not really all that clear on the difference between "voluntary" and "involuntary" are you?

You're not new here anymore, so this should be expected by now.

 

[BigTex]

I would pay to see Olberman waterboarded.

 

[Pluck and Grit]

Thats not really true; In the 25-54 group (which is what advertisers look at) they are virtually tied:
Obama Administration Boosts O’Reilly Factor TV Ratings

In other words, his ratings are higher among the people who don't have any appreciable life experience yet.

 

[TRUTIDE]

This amazes me. On one hand waterbording is considered torture and in no way should be used against anyone who is trying to murder as many americans as they can. On the other hand some would love to see someone waterborded whose political persuasion is different than their own.

You nailed it. What else can be said?

 

[TRUTIDE]

Thats not really true; In the 25-54 group (which is what advertisers look at) they are virtually tied:
Obama Administration Boosts O’Reilly Factor TV Ratings

Are you purposely misrepresenting the numbers or is this what you "virtually" see?

 

[dvldog]

Christopher Hitchens lasted about 17 seconds.

He's an editor for VANITY FAIR for crying out loud. I'd say that's about 7 seconds more than anticipated.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

I wonder if we could talk Fat Phil into taking a swim? Maybe him and Tommy Tubbs could hold hands and sit in the same barrel. :eek2:

 

[Frozen Sooner]

In other words, his ratings are higher among the people who don't have any appreciable life experience yet.

You don't consider someone to have appreciable life experience until they're 55?

 

[Ldlane]

That would be great! Let Henry Rollins be the interregator!

 

[Bamaro]

Are you purposely misrepresenting the numbers or is this what you "virtually" see?

No, the numbers speak for themselves. It is interesting though why there is such a difference between the 25-54 and the population as a whole.:conf2:

 

[Bama4Ever831]

No, the numbers speak for themselves. It is interesting though why there is such a difference between the 25-54 and the population as a whole.:conf2:

If you are under 55 your opinion doesn't matter. And if your a student your opinion counts negative.