by Leo Lemmer
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February 10, 2008

Will Sean Hannity be waterboarded for charity?

April 28, 2009 12:01 PM UTC (Updated: April 28, 2009 12:05 PM UTC)
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Are you willing to be waterboarded to prove that it is not torture?

On a talk show about a week ago, Charles Grodin and Sean Hannity were debating waterboarding as torture. Hannity insisted that it is not. Grodin asked Hannity if he would be willing to be waterboarded to prove his opinion. Hannity's immediate response was, "Yes," for charity."

 

Since then, Hannity has remained silent.  Keith Olbermann keeps repeating that he will donate $1000 to charity  for every second that Hannity allows himself to be waterboarded.

Will Sean Hannity follow through?

 

Comments: 27

Kimber L. Apr 28, 2009, 12:03pm UTC
I wanna see how this one plays out
Randall C. Apr 28, 2009, 12:15pm UTC
If he doesn't chicken out, I hope they dont' televise it.
Spencer T. Apr 28, 2009, 12:40pm UTC
I saw the show when he said he would do it for charity to prove his point. My immediate thought was that he was using a foolish argument to challenge if waterboarding is torture or not when it is already ruled by law to be so. Additionally it has been called torture by many in high level positions in the FBI and The Secret Service. When you add Senator MC Cain and others it seems his agument that it is not torture is a fools thought.
Can I be in charge of pouring the water on?
Desiree T. Apr 28, 2009, 1:06pm UTC
LOL
Grems 'gremlin' Apr 28, 2009, 1:06pm UTC
Hannity will do it to prove a point. Unfortunately, the point is moot. Whether he does it or not does not change the fact that this is torture.
Richard B. Apr 28, 2009, 1:41pm UTC
I couldn't care less, as that would mean nothing
Can I be in charge of pouring the water on?

Me too, me too!
Hannity is chickenshit, just like Roger Ailes and the rest of the bunch at Faux Noise.
He will never do it.
AJ Simkatu Apr 28, 2009, 2:35pm UTC
I bet that Hannity could be waterboarded enough that he will admit it is torture. I'll pay $1000 to charity to see it done. Let's get $1 million in pledges to see if Hannity can also "walk the walk" or if he only "talks the talk".

I'm guessing he'll be the typical right-wing blowhard and be nothing but hot air.
I'll put up a dollar for every day he spends in Gitmo...

Do it Sean!
Plus, thanks to Arlen, he's already sputtering...
Kris M. Apr 28, 2009, 3:31pm UTC
I think it should be a contest between Hannity, O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Beck, Coulter, and any other bloviating mouthpieces I might have left out. Why don't they find out who can withstand an activity they claim isn't torture for the longest time?
Ellen B. Apr 28, 2009, 4:14pm UTC
I would so tune in to watch if it was televised, the temptation is just too much for me lol
If he did, and that's a big if, he would just endure a little of it, bail, and claim it wasn't that bad, he was still alive, and his begging out so quick is just an indication of how effective a tool it is. What I'd like to see, is him committing to a session he couldn't stop....you know, like the real thing. That's the only way it would have any relevance.
Or impact on his tiny little mind.
Leo Lemmer Apr 28, 2009, 6:59pm UTC
Televise? Yes! Keith, insist.
Leo Lemmer Apr 28, 2009, 7:05pm UTC
Last night on a talk show (which?), an instructor who teaches use of such techniques said that he could make weak Sean admit to anything in a few minutes, even that Keith Olbermann is the best newsperson at present.
Lisa Frost Bailey Apr 28, 2009, 8:01pm UTC
It is a shame this won't teach him to think before he speaks, it would be so much quieter in the world....
Debra C. Apr 29, 2009, 12:46am UTC
Hannity may or may not "allow" this ... victims have no choice.
What I'd like to see, is him committing to a session he couldn't stop....you know, like the real thing. That's the only way it would have any relevance.

Yes, as a condition to stop, he would have to admit that the Republican Party is full of $h!t.
Otherwise, drown him!
Kimberli T. May 4, 2009, 1:49pm UTC
Two things.

#1 Who is Sean Hannity?
#2 What the heck is waterboarding?
Nellie (RIP: Give to Life) May 4, 2009, 4:58pm UTC
I'll pay to watch this. Pay per View, lets see which dumbass survives or cries uncle first.
Rose Hill May 20, 2009, 8:41am UTC
That just proves that Hannity is a complete idiot!

No - I don't want to pur the water on him!!! Waterboarding is torture and no amount of news hype around this ignoramus is going to change that. Maybe he confused his news show with a gameshow.
Spartan * May 20, 2009, 11:51am UTC
Anyone who has gone through SERE training KNOWS Hannity is just another chicken hawk blowhard! He has NO intention of going through with it.
Wayne Altman Mar 1, 2011, 11:10pm UTC
As someone who has been water boarded (twice) if you use the definition loosely it can be considered torture. I would love to see him do it for the right charity, and would even contribute.
Torture to some is not torture to another though. Electric shocks do not work on everyone the same way, nor anything meant to inflict pain. We all have differing thresholds of what we can take. For many, joint manipulation is a horrible torment, for others not so much.
For me it is liberals crying about water boarding when our enemies are beheading innocent people.. THAT my friends works the same way on everyone....

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