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Sean Hannity Interviews Teen Basketball Players Banned From Competing In Arizona

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Last night, Sean Hannity took to fighting the Highland Park, Illinois school system Sarah Palin is furious at over their refusal to allow their high school girls’ basketball team to travel to Arizona for a tournament. Their reasoning for preventing them from going was an opposition to the new Arizona illegal immigration law. Hannity had two of the girls from the team on the show to discuss their reaction to not being able to compete in Arizona, and they admitted they were, for the most part, confused.

Hannity seems to be making a regular segment out of political outrage over influencing children, and he wasted no time to blame Barack Obama, who attacked the Arizona bill, for spreading misconceptions on the bill. To his credit, Hannity also put his money where his mouth is and offered to contribute towards funding the team’s trip to Arizona. The girls answered their questions, understandably, as apolitically as possible, stating that their reaction to being told that they would not be able to compete was that it was “stupid” and were “kind of confused, I don’t really know what they meant.”

They emphasized that they had no significant opinion about the Arizona law, although they thought “a lot of people need to do some of their homework. Instead, they argued that they were “just trying to play basketball, and don’t think our beliefs” have any influence in how they choose tournaments to play in. And, yes, they confessed, although the team was trying to find a new place to compete, “Arizona is still their number one choice.”

The interview below:

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  • writer

    Maybe that’s the answer! The feds wouldn’t watch the border between Mexico and Arizona, so now we’ll just put a fence around Arizona.

  • badr

    You know who doesn’t care about this story? The gray lady.

  • Moderate

    “a lot of people need to do some of their homework.”

    Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday said that he hasn’t read Arizona’s recently adopted anti-illegal immigration law that has generated sharp criticism from the Administration he represents.
    Do your homework, Holder.

  • tjl

    You know who really doesn’t care about this story? Most people.

  • DonnaK

    Hannity is an user and an idiot. He is trying to rehabilitate his reputation from his charity scandal. Would he let one of his kids go to Arizona during this time of danger & upheaval. Probably, if he thought it would get him some publicity!!

  • MichelleF

    DonnaK says:
    May 14, 2010 at 1:31 pm
    Hannity is an user and an idiot. He is trying to rehabilitate his reputation from his charity scandal. Would he let one of his kids go to Arizona during this time of danger & upheaval. Probably, if he thought it would get him some publicity!!

    And who is responsible for the danger and upheaval…….oh yeah, you libs for trying to turn this into a race war. You need to remember that a MAJORITY of the American people agree with the law. It’s absolutely dispicable how the media and left has distorted this issue. The media in this country is truly dead. It just serves as a propaganda arm of the left. And the people aren’t blinded to it anymore.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Vzdds/1803196213 David Vzdds

    Donna,

    Hannity is a HERO and a PATRIOT. There is NO “scandal”. Hannity was framed and slandered by a bunch of left-wing liars who have nothing better to do than make up lies and slander good people, like Sean Hannity.

    The Illinois school is despicable for using children as pawns in their left-wing delusions. Arizona is absolutely right to enforce the laws and keep its people safe and secure.

  • Jelperman

    Hannity and his Hannitards need to stick to fleecing the yokels with those bogus “freedom concerts”.

  • Teabagger

    At least the rest of the girls parents had the sense not to let their child go on with this opportunist molester.

  • Jelperman

    Good point -especially when you consider Scammity’s support for Abu Ghraib, where teenagers were raped. He has as much concern for the well-being of teens as Roman Polanski.

  • murphy0071

    Hannity is a shill for the Right and has been for years. He is no more a patriot than an old broken toilet seat. Local politics, particularly the decision of local schools in states other than Arizona, are local and they have just as much a right to their actions and opinions as does Hannity, Palin, or any of the liars and sociopaths they represent.

  • nocountryforwho

    I don’t care about Hannity’s politics or anything about some charity scandal, what I do care about is that the right says the left is using kids, then the right uses kids against the left.

    These games are stupid.

  • drex94

    Vannity doesnt give a rats ass about Arizona…he’s only puting his 2 cents in because he eventually will blame all this on Obama .

  • DonnaK

    Hannity is no “hero” or “patriot”, he is an uneducated man that uses other people to make millions for himself. I use to watch when he was on with Colmes, at least he seemed a little human then. Now he is so full of hate, rhetoric and lies and never –ever has a decent word for The President, no matter if Obama does something the repubs have proposed. I guess once Beck was whipping him on ratings, he had to step up his game!!

  • MichelleF

    Yeah Donna, I long for the old civil days when bush was called a murderer and told to “shut the hell up” on a news channel. Or all the signs of bush as hitler. Or those novels written during that time calling for his assasination. Those were the good, old civil days. I wish we could get those back.

  • Jelperman

    Obviously it was wrong to liken Bush to Hitler. Sure, both men believed in torture and attacked other countries to take their oil -without the common decency of declaring war first. Sure, both Bush and Hitler used an act of “terrorism” as an excuse to to tear up the rights of citizens and act outside the law.

    There are two key differences, though:

    1) Unlike Bush, Hitler wasn’t a deserter from the armed forces.

    2) Unlike Bush, Hitler was legitimately elected.

    How do ya like THEM apples?

  • BR

    Well “jelp” since those apples are LIES, why would we like them? But why would you let facts get in the way.

  • MichelleF

    WOW, that’s the left ladies and gentleman. Thanks jelperman, the more you guys talk the more people see who you really are. Keep it up, please!

  • DonnaK

    I would like to tell you Michelle F., I am not a left winger, I am an independent that voted for Bush. I was so disappointed by him, and by the way the republicans ran their 8 years. I do not agree with everything President Obama does, but the hateful rhetoric he has to endure is much more than Bush ever had. I am giving my President a chance to pull us out of what Bush put us in. In 4 years, if he can’t do it, then he won’t be re-elected. I can’t understand people like you not rooting for the country, and are willing to let it go under to undermine President Obama. Actions of Limbaugh, Palin & Beck disgust me, they are too ignorant to defeat President Obama on an intellectual level, they just get down in the dirt!!!

  • kit9

    The writer of this piece is completely dishonest. He portrays the girls as ‘confused’ repeatedly in an obvious attempt to make it seem as though they were mindless puppets being directed by Hannity. And, he conveniently
    leaves out the quotes where the girls very clearly, no ‘confusion in sight, state that they don’t think politics should ever mix with sports. Both girls were very well spoken and clear in this belief.

  • Teabagger

    You are either naive, ignorant, or full of shit kit9.

  • http://jukeofurl.wordpress.com jukeofurl

    This situation has generated a lot of heat for all the wrong reasons. But it’s a dry heat.

  • MichelleF

    I do not agree with everything President Obama does, but the hateful rhetoric he has to endure is much more than Bush ever had.

    Wow, I can’t believe you can say that with a straight face. And don’t say I’m not rooting for the country. You think that because we disagree with his policies, we want him to fail. The truth is, if he gets his way, the country suffers, so of course we don’t want him to succeed in getting his way. But if you would like america to turn into greece, you may get your way. Fortunately, there are enough of us awake out here that will fight that tooth and nail.

    they are too ignorant to defeat President Obama on an intellectual level,

    And are you kidding me! Anytime someone tries to have an intellectual debate about why they disagree with Obama, there are called a racist. The left will NEVER debate on the issues because they know they can’t win on those term., they just try to divert the discussion or demonize the messenger.

    Please don’t ask me to buy that you wre a Bush supporter because no one in his right mind that voted for Bush would think that Obama is good for this country.

  • MichelleF

    I was so disappointed by him, and by the way the republicans ran their 8 years.

    And out of curiousity, what did Bush do that you didn’t like? Don’t get me wrong, I voted for him twice, but disagreed with him on many things. But for the life of me, I can’t think of one thing you could be disappointed in Bush for that Obama is doing better? But maybe I’m missing something.

  • DonnaK

    Michelle F–I told you I’m not on the left, but an independent, and I voted for Bush twice also. People like you are irrational when it comes to Obama,there is no having a conversation with you. I can be a rational human being, like some things about Bush, and some things about Obama. I totally respect who the President is, whether D or R, but people like you are such haters, they can’t give the President any respect regardless of what he does!! You must be a miserable human being!!

  • MichelleF

    Not at all, I’m quite happy. But you didn’t answer my question. What did Bush do that you didn’t like, that Obama is handling better? I’m just curious.

  • writer

    Holder knew he was against the law before he read it.

  • MichelleF

    People like you are irrational when it comes to Obama,there is no having a conversation with you.

    Donna, the reason i keep pressing your for an answer is because I’ve read your previous post pull of hate towards conservatives like Hannity and then you want us to believe you are in the middle. It just doesn’t add up. I’ve known quite a few people who voted for Bush and then voted for Obama for whatever reason and not ONE of them is glad. So I’m really curious what it is about Obama you like. Is that such a hard question for someone that likes him to answer?

  • MichelleF

    Donna,
    Since you say you want to have an intellectual debate, let’s do it. One of the things I like about Bush was, he was serious about the war on terror and was willing to do what’s necessary to win it. On the other hand, Obama won’t even acknowledge there is a war on terror and calls it a contingency plan. We have an attorney general who won’t even say that radical islam is a problem (that came out on vid yesterday) so you can see for your self. One of the things I didn’t like about Bush was he spent way too much. But if you didn’t like that about Bush, you can possible think BO is better since his spending is more than ALL OTHER PRESIDENTS COMBINED. That’s a FACT and you can look it up if you want. I thought Bush was way too soft on the border, but I’ve heard liberals like juan williams acknowledge that he’s done more about immigration reform than obama.

    The fact is, I don’t like Obama because he consistently runs down his own country and apologizes for it to anyone who will listen. He talks like the Tea-Party and Republicans are more his enemy than Iran and Al Queda. He rammed through healthcare without caring that a MAJORITY of americans didn’t like his plan. And btw, the man he has heading up healthcare says the reason for it is redistribution of wealth:

    Obama’s Nominee To Head Medicare, Medicaid: We “Must Redistribute Wealth”
    “Any health care funding plan that is just equitable civilized and humane must, must redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent health care is by definition redistributional,” Donald Berwick said. Berwick is Obama’s nominee to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

    He said the police in MA “acted stupidly”, yet when a muslim shoots up Ft. Hood, he says we must want for all the evidence. He demonizes capitalism at every turn, yet rakes in money from them hand over fist. I don’t want someone running America that thinks capitalism is bad. He sat in a church for 20 years listening to a racist spew his hatred of America and says he didn’t hear it. He’s surrounds himself with self-confessed communists and socialists and yet wants us to believe he doesn’t believe those things. Let me know if you need quotes from his commie friends and I will be happy to provide them.

    In short, you’re right, I don’t want his policies to succeed because if they do, we are doomed and the country as it was founded is over. Now you can spin that into I want america to fail all you want, but that’s not the case. You can close your eyes and pretend it’s not happening if you want, but I for one won’t do that.

  • AmericanCowboy

    Buycott Arizona. Visit the Great State of Arizona this year. I have planned a trip to Scottsdale for June. Scottsdale has some amazing resorts, great restaurants and shopping, a wild nightlife and some of the greatest golf courses on earth. They also have the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River. Let’s support the Great State by spending money there. Vote out politicians who don’t support legal immigration.

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  • tlgonzo

    MichelleF – you are right on!! I greatly appreciate your time in posting such an eloquent response. I also notice that Donna K has failed to do so and while that disappoints me, it doesn’t surprise me. The minute you start hitting liberals (she claims to be an independent but doesn’t sound like any independent I’ve ever met!) with facts, they mud-sling or bow out of the conversation. Happens on Facebook all the time! Thank you again and I echo every sentiment you expressed.

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