Did Hannity fib to Michael Moore about attending Mass?

By David Edwards and Muriel Kane
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 -- 10:54 am
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michael moore2 Did Hannity fib to Michael Moore about attending Mass?When Michael Moore appeared with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Tuesday, he repeatedly confounded the conservative interviewer by invoking a religious basis for his positions while laughing openly at Hannity's fear of al Qaeda.

Hannity began by charging Moore with being "an unapologetic socialist," to which Moore replied, "Christian. ... I believe in what Jesus said. ... Jesus is very clear about the rich man is going to have a very hard time getting into Heaven."

"I'm a Christian," Hannity insisted. "I'm very generous."

"Did you go to mass this past Sunday?" Moore asked. "What was the sermon about?"

"I don't remember," Hannity confessed, as Moore chortled, "You didn't go!"

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Hannity, however, did his best to shrug this off. "Well, you're rich," he jabbed. "The capitalist system allowed you to get here. ... Do you think Fidel Castro would allow you to produce a movie and make millions of dollars trashing his system? ... You'd be killed."

"You're still following that line?" Moore asked incredulously. "What about the murder that's been done in our name in the last decade? ... That's the real issue, isn't is? What's been done in our name, in our Christian name, to Iraq, in Afghanistan, these other places?"

"They were at war with us!" Hannity insisted, pointing to "the terrorists that attacked the World Trade Center."

"The terrorists are criminal thugs," Moore replied firmly. "They're not warriors. ... You're making them out to be such a big thing, like they're equal to us. Are you kidding me? Only a wuss would be afraid of that?"

"If they ever get the bomb..." Hannity began, but Moore just laughed at him.

"Why do we invade another country that did nothing to us, that wasn't a threat?" Moore charged, speaking of the invasion of Iraq. "This is all going to come out. ... I hope there'll be trials within the Obama administration. I hope the Justice Department will go down that road."

Moore then returned to the subject of al Qaeda, asking Hannity, "How many of them are there, by the way? ... We're the United States of America, man! Come on! You're afraid of a few hundred guys on monkey bars?"

"Millions," Hannity insisted. "Millions that buy into Islamic fanaticism."

"All religions have their fanatics," Moore replied.

"Are you one?" Hannity asked.

"Yes," Moore laughed. "I believe that when Jesus said that you're to love your neighbor as yourself... you're to love your enemy. Do you love your enemy? ... You love al Qaeda, then?"

"I love them in the sense that I want to destroy them," Hannity replied.

"I don't think that's the love Jesus was talking about," Moore concluded.

This video is from Fox News' Hannity, broadcast Oct. 6, 2009.



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  • Savantster
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    Hannity going to church or not is immaterial.

    what is material is this kind of crap:

    ""The capitalist system allowed you to get here. ... Do you think Fidel Castro would allow you to produce a movie and make millions of dollars trashing his system? ... You'd be killed.""

    two completely unrelated things tied together.. why? and the one is a complete lack of understanding of economic models.. Case in point. There is NOTHING under "Socialism" as an economic model that precludes the use of money as a means to purchase things, currency is still valid under a Socialism. There is also nothing under Socialism that says people can't make their own money, nor is there anything that says people can't pool their money to fund "projects".

    So, by saying "it was Capitalism that let you get rich" is a flat out lie. The kind of lie that matters, unlike if douche bag went to church or not last sunday. And we don't have "Capitalism" in America anyway, we have a bastardized form of it that include Corporate Welfare, putting the risk on the public and profits in private hands. That is vile, abusive, and open to massive corruption.. which IS what we have in America today.

    Socialism means the public controls the "means of production".. car factories, clothing factories, power plants, hospitals, movie theaters, etc. The "profits" go back to everyone because "everyone is vested" in all main corporations. That doesn't mean you can't knit scarves and sell them. It doesn't mean you can't paint pictures and sell them. It doesn't mean you can't make movies and sell them. It doesn't mean you can't be a fortune teller.. it means the Means of Production are publicly owned, and all the nation's natural resources belong to the people, not private interests. That means the "wealth" is fairly evenly distributed, and along lines the PUBLIC feels should delineate the differences, not along the lines greed and abuses allow to be set by the precious few.


    He conflates economic models with Castro? mincing our Constitution with Capitalism? He's either a moron, or using the most sleazy of tactics to try and paint an emotional picture instead of one based on facts and reality.

    Hannity, and all right-wingers, are abusive ass clowns.
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  • imwc
    did hannity fib?...no, he fucking lied, and is paid very well to do it...
  • DougI
    And this is why Fox doesn't have strong liberals on their shows. Every time there is a Michael Moore, Janene Garafalo or Dr. Howard Dean the Cons just look like blubbering fools spouting catch phrases.
  • STEVE
    Hannity is such fucking cowardly piece shit. I hate that motherfucker cock sucking prick.
  • DEBBIE
    TERROISTS WERE /ARE REGULAR THUGS HIRED BY CIA,,MOSSAD(ISRAEL).FACT.
  • J C
    It is interesting to watch someone have a conversation with Hannity and not go crazy. Hannity will try to push all his victims into screaming at him but super smart Michael Moore can't be pushed and Hannity looks like the dumb man that he is.
  • schmice
    I thought Michael Moore did very well against Hannity. He never lost his cool and set Hannity up with his thought provoking retorts. Of course it was all wasted on Hannity who was just giving rote canned answers. I wish I had seen the whole interview. Where can I find it?
  • TakeOurCountryBack
    An easy way to tell when Hannazi and all Right wing pundits lie...........Their lips move!
  • ckerst
    Did Hannity fib to Michael Moore about attending Mass? No, he lied. Liars lie, and in Hannity's case he can't help himself. BTW, how much money from the $43.00 dollar freedom concert tickets actually went to the children of slain troops? $2.00?
  • DFW
    Hannity lying? A Republican mouthpiece hired by "their" network, Fox, to spout their line lying? Surely something like that can't happen more often than, say, a hummingbird's wings beating.
  • prochoicelib
    wow, he put on a suit and shaved. He did good for putting up with that putz.
  • Of course, he lied. That's his nature. Open mouth...out comes bullshit. Remember when he said he would get waterboarded for charity? Still waiting on that one....friggin' coward.
  • terrymo1
    Why would hannity go to mass to begin with? He is anti=catholic!
    he completly goes against the teachings of his church.
    And why did we attack iraq or even Afganistan? It was saudies that
    attacked us on 9/11! But since the bush crowd was so into the saudies,we got those that were in the country,out in less then 24 hrs.bush+saudies=terrorism.
  • mgardener
    Why when republicans lie, they are called "fibs".
    When Democrats lie, they call us liars?
  • pitbullstew
    Here Sean...I cant forgive you? Maybe the good Lord can?

    Sunday, October 4, 2009
    St. Francis of Assisi, Deacon, Religious, Founder of the Three Order (Solemnity)
    First Reading:
    Psalm:
    Second Reading:
    Gospel:
    Sirach 50:1, 3-4, 6-7
    Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 11
    Galatians 6:14-18
    Matthew 11:25-30


    Mary "remained a virgin in conceiving her Son, a virgin in giving birth to him, a virgin in carrying him, a virgin in nursing him at her breast, always a virgin"

    -- St. Augustine, Sermon 186

    Sirach 50: 1, 3 - 4, 6 - 7
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    1 The leader of his brethren and the pride of his people was Simon the high priest, son of Onias, who in his life repaired the house, and in his time fortified the temple.
    3 In his days a cistern for water was quarried out, a reservoir like the sea in circumference.
    4 He considered how to save his people from ruin, and fortified the city to withstand a seige.
    6 Like the morning star among the clouds, like the moon when it is full;
    7 like the sun shining upon the temple of the Most High, and like the rainbow gleaming in glorious clouds;

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Psalms 16: 1 - 2, 5, 7 - 8, 11
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    1 Preserve me, O God, for in thee I take refuge.
    2 I say to the LORD, "Thou art my Lord; I have no good apart from thee."
    5 The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; thou holdest my lot.
    7 I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.
    8 I keep the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
    11 Thou dost show me the path of life; in thy presence there is fulness of joy, in thy right hand are pleasures for evermore. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Galatians 6: 14 - 18
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    14 But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
    15 For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
    16 Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule, upon the Israel of God.
    17 Henceforth let no man trouble me; for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.
    18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Matthew 11: 25 - 30
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    25 At that time Jesus declared, "I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes;
    26 yea, Father, for such was thy gracious will.
    27 All things have been delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
    28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
    29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
    30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Go In Peace, the Mass has ended.
  • bruman
    Hannity is like a small worm. He is clueless and sophomoric. Hannity appeals to the uneducated scared, white trash that populates the small towns and suburbs in America. Moore was laughing at Hannity because, well, we all tend to laugh at clowns and Hannity is chief clown at Fox, right beside O'reilly and Beck. Fox News hires paranoid idiots.
  • starvapor
    Michael Moore shouldn't waste his time visiting the FOX news Loon Farm.

    FOX's targeted audience isn't gonna have their rigid, narrow little minds, changed by anything Moore says.
  • karenfromaz
    Today, yes, I think God (aka Jesus, Lord, Father) does infact condone war. Thank you President Bush for taking a stand to PROTECT America. Too bad we have a Socialist in the White House and Capitol Hill.
  • Savantster
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    If your sky fairy condones war and the slaughter of innocents, why isn't he on the Sunday talk show circuit telling us that?

    Oh, right.. he doesn't exist.

    Killing in the name of some voice in your head is called psychosis. Go get some help (and meds). That you're bat-shit nuts also helps explain how you think someone that just bailed out private companies with public funds is a "Socialist".. and you, like fuck-stick Hannity, clearly don't even know what that word means. Meds won't help that, unfortunately.
  • TheFaitheist
    I expect that you'll be taking yourself to the recruitment office post haste...Or, are you just another empty-headed chest thumper?
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