Hannity And Malkin “Disagree” On Body Scanners…But Not Really

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by Steve Krakauer | 9:26 am, January 7th, 2010

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Sean Hannity teased his interview last night on Twitter (he’s new, and active) with conservative commentator Michelle Malkin, writing, “I actually disagree with @michellemalkin on something! We’ll discuss it tonight on TV.”

So what happened in the big conservative showdown? Mostly agreeing.

Malkin started by saying, “It’s not the privacy concerns that bother me so much, Sean, as it is the fundamental issues of trust and competence.”

She went on to note that, while she’s “not opposed to some of what Obama has now ordered,” the new measures mean “all of the rest of us will be massively inconvenienced to somehow make us all feel better.”

Well that sounded about right to the Fox News host. “I’m supposed to be disagreeing with you and I’ve yet to find one thing you’ve said that I disagree with,” said Hannity, later thinking out loud that next time he has “to invite an ACLU person on.”

What Hannity initially thought he would disagree with is the idea of whether body scanners are viable at all. In truth, both he and Malkin (and many conservative critics of Pres. Obama’s recent security decisions) want scanners in use, but want it with some level of profiling. Hannity’s main point: “If this would prevent an underwear bomber and we could all get on a plane knowing nobody on that airplane has a bomb, I would prefer peace of mind.” And of course, Malkin mostly agrees.

The Bill O’Reilly/Ann Coulter body scanner interview the night before was ultimately a little more contentious, but mainly because the political ideologies of the duo are farther apart. And also – no ‘anus bombing’ discussion on Hannity.

Here’s the Hannity/Malkin “showdown”:

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The Real Royal King

Could there be two more repulsive people sharing the television screen at the same time? A vacuous, vain man in constant fear of his toupee sliding off and a shrill, spiteful, mean-spirited woman with a strained, fake smile! Both espousing a far rightist ideology they don’t begin to comprehend …!
JohnnyDollarLoveChild

Both Hannity and Malkin would love to see racial profiling take place. And if that were to be enacted, America’s favorite anchor baby, Malkin, might actually get profiled as she is rather brown. (Aren’t there Phillipino Muslim terrorists?) Maybe she’d get subjected to a full body search and if she’s as kinky as many of her fellow religious right types, she’d probably enjoy having some burly TSA type feeling her up and down…I need to stop as I just threw up in my mouth.
The Real Royal King

So that means Blackthon is related to you how?
same2u

Johnny Dollar,

That photo is a little too small. Can you blow it up a little.
Media Me

Then I’LL throw up in my mouth.
ImNotBlue

The Real Royal King says:
January 7, 2010 at 10:05 am

Could there be two more repulsive people sharing the television screen at the same time?

Yes, but virtually nobody watches MSNBC, so nobody sees them.

JohnnyDollarLoveChild says:
January 7, 2010 at 10:24 am

Oh, Colby? How are the things I say worthy of your ire… but things like this, over-the-top nasty and completely inappropriate, a-okay?

Will you explain that to me, please?
m

>Aren’t there Phillipino Muslim terrorists?

Yup. There’s a province that has 95% muslim population in the Philippines. Plus, there are towns in the that are ungovernable because they’re ruled/terrorized by fundamentalists.
same2u

Not only that M, but there have been Al-Qaeda connections with those groups in the Phillipines.

Therefore, I think Michelle Malkin should subject to anal cavity searches
Nachi

Even Jesus would weep and vomit at the sight of a body scan of those two. Both sound & look like they’ve been beaten with a giant Ugly Stick. Yuk. Yup. Same with a couple of other regular regurgitators here. Pitiful.
ImNotBlue

Anything Colby? Is this speech more acceptable to you? Is this less obnoxious?
same2u

ImNotBlue, why don’t you volunteer your tongue to perform the anal cavity search on Malkin?

P.S.

Didn’t you call someone a dick yesterday? Maybe you should be banned for that.
ImNotBlue

same2u says:
January 8, 2010 at 8:30 am

Not that I recall. Did I?

Really, same? Is that the best you can do? Pathetic.
bealzebubba

TSA is a joke…has been since it’s inception. Purely incompetent individuals…they’d be better off hiring Wackenhut security.