I'm unfortunate enough to be listening to Fox News now (don't ask) and what I'm hearing from Hannity now is... mind-boggling.
He's accusing the Clintons of everything to do with Russia that tRump himself has done. And I mean EVERYTHING-- he's accusing Hillary of colluding with Russia and selling out American ideals, in order to sway the election.
He brought up the uranium narrative again. Folks, we have met our new Benghazi.
He accused Obama of donating over $970,000 to Fusion GPS, to which he is ascribing the power and reach of Cambridge Analytica. Meanwhile, not a peep about the actual Cambridge Analytica.
He accused Bill, Hillary, and liberals of betraying American ideals and trying to bring down the president.
He accused Mueller of being a Democratic operative (but of course).
He called Putin a "bad actor" and an enemy of America (I guess because it's not so easy to admire him now?)
He says there is "ZERO EVIDENCE" (yes, he was shouting it) of Russian collusion with the tRump campaign.
I shouldn't be surprised-- after all, it IS Hannity. But I can't help it.
I heard the depth and totality of Hannity's, and his fanbase's, commitment to attacking their enemies-- us.
I see their complete abandonment of American ideals, and of democracy itself.
I see their wholehearted, enthusiastic attack on the Clintons-- who tried to warn us about Russian interference, who tried to stop it! I see their zeal to blame the wrong person, and let the real rapists of our democracy go free.
I see an army of "#TrumpRussia truthers" being created and mobilized as we speak, every bit as all-in as Hannity himself. I fear for my dad, who is a regular Hannity watcher, becoming one of those foot soldiers.
I see good Germans, petainistes, lynching fans, and those who cheered as women were burned at the stake as witches.
I heard a steadfast commitment to lies, and to doing violence to the truth.
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You want to know why the Republicans are so reluctant to stand up to tRump?
Because they're waiting for the right narrative. The one that will allow them to avoid blame, avoid introspection, avoid changing themselves or their approach; and blame the Clintons and the liberals instead.
They don't want to stand up to our unconstitutional "president". They are on his side. They think WE are the traitors and subverters of democracy.
I heard evil tonight. And that's what has me so speechless.
Hannity is an evil man. He could be our Goebbels. He must be stopped.