July 1, 2006 by s.z.

Hannity & Colmes Update

I was awake doing kitten related stuff when the late showing of Friday’s H&C aired, so I watched it. Sadly for Nurse Iyer, the duo spent most of the hour rehashing the Duke rape case, and so our persecuted nutcase only got about 5 minutes at the end.

They introduced Carla by playing clips of her saying that Terri could talk, laugh, follow directions, interact with staff and visitors, balance her checkbook, etc.

Then Sean indignantly announced that she was in danger of losing her nursing license, her job, and her livelihood, just for telling the truth, and trying to help a patient who was in danger. Sean asked her if she thought that Michael Schiavo was behind the plot to get her kicked out of nursing. She replied that she wasn’t sure, but it started with a complaint from MA (so you KNOW there’s a liberal in the woodpile). Sean asked Carla why she was getting in trouble for just repeating claims that were part of the public record (thanks to her affidavit for Jeb Bush), and she said she didn’t know, since it was her DUTY to report abuse (and cable news programs are the designated venues for such reporting in the state of Florida),

Alan jumped in at this point, and said that many of our Florence Nightingale’s claims had turned out to be unsubstantiated by the facts, such as when Carla had accused Michael of trying to kill Terri with insulin injections, but a police investigation had found no evidence to support her claims. He added that the autopsy had found that Terri was incapable of speech or sight. He paused for a response for Carla.

Carla froze for several seconds, obviously unprepared for such questions, then stuttered something about Michael’s mother-in-law working for the sheriff’s office. She added that there was a police report, but it could have been tampered with, and evidence could have been destroyed. (While she didn’t address the second part of Alan’s question, I guess it’s obvious that conspiracy could have also done something to Terri’s brain before the autopsy was performed.)

And then Sean interrupted to tell Carla that they were out of time, and to say warmly that he always hate it when people get fired just for being on his show, even if they are obvious nutcases who should not be allowed around prescription medications and sharp objects, and he wished he well, but don’t call him, he’ll call you.

But my favorite part of the hour was a newsbreak conducted by one of Fox’s trademarked blonde news bimbos, this one obviously still in high school (they work cheaper that way). She could read the teleprompter, but just barely. Here, from memory, is one of her stories:

“The U.S. will grant a five-million dollar reward for any information that would lead to the capture of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s successor, Condoleezza Rice. The US Secretary of State announced today.”

Hey, Fox just reports. YOU decide if you want to turn in Condi for the reward.

Posted by s.z. on Saturday, July 1st, 2006 at 11:18 pm.

Um, I’m down with that. Will her work address do?
And wouldn’t Michael’s mother-in-law who works in the sheriff’s office be Terri’s mom who was demanding Michael be investigated for trying to kill her? Why would she destroy police reports?

Left by D. Sidhe on July 1st, 2006

I have to say, looking at this again, isn’t it kind of sad that it was Hannity grilling the chick, and not the target dummy?

Left by D. Sidhe on July 2nd, 2006

OMG, someone must have a clip! I shall FAP!

Left by Happenstance on July 2nd, 2006

I have to say, looking at this again, isn’t it kind of sad that it was Hannity grilling the chick, and not the target dummy?
My mistake — it actually WAS the target dummy. It’s just that he’s such a nonentity that I automatially credited Hannity for anything that happened on the show.

Left by s.z. on July 2nd, 2006

CrooksAndLiars has it up now. Gimme that jar of Vaseline!

Left by Happenstance on July 2nd, 2006

So, um, I’m not an expert or anything, but it’s been, what, a couple of weeks since we killed Zarqawi, and ALREADY there’s another guy out there to replace him, who is so important and deadly that it’s worth 5 mil to get him?
Why does the word “hydra” come to mind?

Left by Christopher on July 2nd, 2006

Thanks for watching and reporting on it–you’re braver than I am. My modest post on this is here.

Left by Tom Hilton on July 2nd, 2006

D. Sihde, I think she meant the mother of his live-in girlfriend.

Left by Hysterical Woman on July 2nd, 2006

I think I smell a movie for your next book guys:
“They Saved Terri’s Brain!”

Left by actor212 on July 2nd, 2006

I’m not an expert or anything, but it’s been, what, a couple of weeks since we killed Zarqawi, and ALREADY there’s another guy out there to replace him, who is so important and deadly that it’s worth 5 mil to get him?

That reminds me of something. We’ve had people rat out a variety of terrorist thugs-Zarqawi, Hussien’s boys, various al Quaeda “#2s.” Have we paid out a dime on any of these “valuable targets,” or have we just been running bait-and-switch scams? Of course, anyone who’d sell out OBL and tha boiz probably wouldn’t appreciate their own face on the cover of Time magazine, but frankly, I haven’t heard a peep about this. Well, I do vaguely recall someone mentioning that they weren’t paying one of these rewards for some reason, but I forget for whom that was.

Left by Marq on July 2nd, 2006