Hot Scoop: Hannity & Garofalo Go At It!
Leaving
the convention floor this evening after rousing speeches by Howard Dean
and Barack Obama (more on that later), Democracy for Iowa's intrepid
reporter, Darrell Lewis, came upon this scene.
Janeane Garofalo (right) points the finger at Sean Hannity
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Sean
Hannity of Faux News and Janeane Garofalo, Democratic activist, Dean
supporter, and sometime sparring partner of Tucker Carlson, were going
at it out in an alley. It was all out war!
Says
Lewis: Less then an hour ago in an alley behind Fleet center, I came
upon Sean Hannity and Janeane Garofalo in a heated discussion.
Garofalo was really ripping into Hannity, and at one point she said,
“You are just plain mean to people.” Of course, I had to throw my two
bits in and tell Hannity it was disgraceful the way he treated Dean.
Anyway, the discussion was fairly lengthy and heated at times, with
only a handful of us observing it and occasionally getting
involved. By the time it ended the two of them had come to an
agreement to be on each others shows and do “in-studio exchanges.” Hannity told her, “Well, I
was on my way to have a beer, but if you want to go back up to our
studio now, let’s go!” and off they went.
Sure.
What's the point of fighting in an alley when you can do it on TV and
get paid for it! Thus endeth Blog for Iowa's foray into tabloid
journalism.
Blog For Iowa 
I should have added that the agreed to actually do “in studio” exchanges with each other….I can't wait to hear Hannity up against Garofalo on The Majority Report on Air America Radio.
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funny story….earlier tonight I ran into Barack at the McDonalds stand in Fleet Center…a couple of reporters following him but not a great deal of attention……..after his speech you couldn't get near the man
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Darrell: thanks so much for your coverage.
I was pretty much glued to the tv tonight listening to the speeches.
What I noted in particular at the end was the commentary by the 2 MEN on the NPR station re: Teresa's speech , that they wanted something more touchy/feeling in essence. I thought about this for a moment as I was pleased that she covered issues and also came out so strongly for the time being now to hear the wisdom of women's voices. That made the whole speech for me. The male commentators missed the significance of this and then I realized, they essentially want her “to bake cookies”….there will be a lot of effort by the media first to make the “first lady candidate” fit into the “behind the man mode”….I thought Teresa resonated well with the audience and I sure don't think the Dems need to put any effort into trying to make Teresa fit into Laura Bush's mode. We can do better than that. We can let Teresa's voice be heard and ours too. Maybe the commentators on NPR will figure this out…or maybe a woman around them will “enlighten” them.
(And I still bake cookies on the side!)
Bev in Baxter.
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