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Originally Posted by jviehe
He is a republican, Obama is a democrat. They are both fighting over how the country should be run. Im not arguing whether he is a ranter, but whether it is hypocratical for Obama to imply that Hanity can not criticize his wife. He didnt take offense to what Hannity said, but that he said anything.
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I wouldn't say that being affiliated with different political parties makes people "opponents". My mother is a Democrat and my father a Republican, but I don't consider them to be "opponents". But, even if we do take that definition, Obama's job is to represent his constituents, enact legislation, etc. Hannity's job is to entertain people, often in sensationalist fashion, and by appealing to their emotions. Someone who does Hannity's job is naturally going to be at odds with someone who does Obama's job, in the same way that there is a natural conflict between, say, umpires and baseball players.
And, as for hypocrisy, I just don't see it (nor would I see it if McCain, for example, talked about being tired of liberal pundits going on about his first marriage or his divorce). What is hypocritical about finding the particular blather of a particular entertainer objectionable or offensive? It seems to make sense - the point of the punditry on all of those news networks is often,
specifically to shock, offend, etc, because that is the best way to entertain and thus make money. Those networks turn political discourse into "what's going on with Britney's baby?"