Bernard Goldberg: Hannity Going Too Far In Obama Attacks (VIDEO)

[CatWoman]

On last night's edition of Hannity, the end of the Somali pirate standoff seemed to drive a wedge between the show's host and one of his frequent guests, conservative commentator and author Bernard Goldberg. Hannity was bent out of shape, it seems, by the way the Obama White House had been "taking credit" for ending the standoff, which is strange because I don't remember a "Mission Accomplished" banner being hung or any inordinate deal made out of the matter, save brief statements.

Goldberg was apparently of the mind that Hannity was being rather petty, and while he allowed that the media may have made a big deal out of the event, he wasn't going to criticize the President in this instance. "I don't want to put Barack Obama on Mount Rushmore for simply being the commander-in-chief, but we have to stop going out of our way to find fault with every single thing he does," he said.

Hannity would not be moved, because he is apparently of the belief that Politico reporters uncovered the fact that Obama was bound, somehow, by law, to allow the Navy to carry out the mission. As NewsHounds points out, this was a rather bad interpretation of the article:

The Politico article Hannity was evidently referring to is clearly (although not to Hannity) reporting that the snipers could not shoot without Obama's authorization -- not that Obama was required to give authorization:
The exact details of the shooting remain murky. The snipers fired after all three pirates became visible on the enclosed lifeboat where they were holding Phillips, a Navy official in Bahrain told reporters -- giving the snipers the chance to kill all three at once, so that none would be left behind to harm Phillips.


Obama's involvement in the decision to authorize lethal force was legally required, officials said, because it was a hostage situation, not combat, and unrelated to the already authorized U.S. effort against Al Qaeda and other terror groups, officials said.

"It's not a combat operation, so the lawyers wanted to ensure this was done right," said a second defense official.


Goldberg, quite reasonably, added: "If something bad happened here, and thank God it didn't, but if something bad happened here, I'll guarantee you, I'll tell you who would be leading the crusade against him: You. And you may have been right, if something bad happened, you may have said this is because he's seen as soft and they took advantage of him. You might have been right. But it didn't. Look, Sean, the good guy is alive and well. The bad guys are dead. That's all good. It happened on Barack Obama's watch. He gets the credit.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/14/bernard-goldberg-hannity_n_186613.html

[sharp_stick]

1. You know Hannity has gone too far

when that POS Bernie Goldberg has to correct him.

This reaffirms my promise that Sean Hannity remains one of the few people on this planet who will be immediately kicked in the nuts if I ever run across him in the street.

[Goblinmonger]

2. What a douche.

How can his reading comprehension be THAT bad. Hannity would have cum in his pants on the air if Bush had been president when this happened. We all know that. Frickin' turd.

[hisownpetard]

3. Bernard Goldberg: Donald Trump's RW twin