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I couldn't find another clip but I found this transcript:
HANNITY: Alec, I wanted to give you an official WABC welcome considering you were supposed to come on my program last week and you didn’t show up. What happened?
BALDWIN: No, I wasn’t supposed to come on your program, Sean Hannity.
HANNITY: No, actually you were supposed to come on the program because a deal was made with your agent that if you were going to come on with Brian, first you’d come on with me.
BALDWIN: I wouldn’t dream of coming on your program, Sean Hannity. I’m here with Brian. I’m here with a really talented broadcaster.
HANNITY: [Crosstalk] that you are, you don’t tell the truth.
BALDWIN: Why would I want to come on the show with a no-talent, former construction worker hack like you?
HANNITY: Are you the guy that said of our vice president, while we’re at war, while we’re leading troops in harm’s way - are you the reckless, third-rate Hollywood actor who said that Dick Cheney is a terrorist? Are you the guy . . .
BALDWIN: Yes I am.
HANNITY: … who said to stone Henry Hyde to death? Are you the guy who said our president is a CIA mass murderer? I wanted you to come on the program and defend that, you gutless coward.
BALDWIN: At first I thought this was a joke. But you can hear all the acid venom spewing hatred. It is Sean Hannity. [END EXCERPT]
The exchange got even hotter when Mark Levin joined in.
LEVIN: We’ve only just begun - are you 40 or 50 pounds overweight now?
WHITMAN: Oh, C’mon now . . . .
HANNITY: Once and for all you need to be challenged. You want to call our vice president a terrorist - fine. You want to talk about stoning people to death, say it on my program. If you want to be irresponsible and call our president a mass murderer while he’s at war leading troops in harm’s way …
BALDWIN: And what are you gonna do about it, Sean Hannity?
HANNITY: You don’t have the courage to answer questions.
BALDWIN: And what are you gonna do? And what are you going to do about it, Sean Hannity. If I come on your program, what are you going to do?
LEVIN: He’s going to show that you have a two digit IQ - that’s what he’s gonna do.
BALWIN: What are you going to do?
LEVIN: I just told you - you’ve got a two digit IQ.
BALDWIN: And who’s that - who’s your little cabin boy there with you.
LEVIN: I’m not a cabin boy, butt-boy.
BALDWIN: What are you doing there, cabin boy? … I now dub you Sean Hannity’s cabin boy.
LEVIN: And you know what you are? You’re “Brokeback†Alec. [END EXCERPT]
The confrontation continued to spiral out of control, with Whitman intermittently trying to make peace and Baldwin repeatedly urging him to move on to other callers.
BALDWIN: Listen, Sean - you incredibly ignorant boob from Long Island …
HANNITY: Oh, ouch, Alec.
BALDWIN: No, no, no, you’ve spoken, let me talk, Sean. Cause you’ve been spewing your …
HANNITY: You’re a third-rate Hollywood egomaniac.
BALDWIN: You’re a no-talent, ignorant fool from Long Island. You should go back to building houses in Hempstead.
LEVIN: Why was your [former] wife [Kim Basinger] so pissed off at you, anyway?
WHITMAN: Now, c’mon guys.
BALDWIN: OK. We’re done. [Gets up and leaves the studio]
WHITMAN: Come back. Come back. Alec? They’re gone. Alec? Alec has walked out of the studio. Alec, please come back.
BALDWIN: Why would I want to come on the show with a no-talent, former construction worker hack like you?
<snip>
BALDWIN: You’re a no-talent, ignorant fool from Long Island. You should go back to building houses in Hempstead.
I have less than zero love for any of these clowns, but that line above from Baldwin confuses me.
Is he saying that construction workers from Long Island are not allowed to have opinions about politics? It sounds like Bladwin is saying east coast blue collar workers are too uneducated to be allowed into the debate.
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broken_iris wrote:
Alec Bladwin wrote:
BALDWIN: Why would I want to come on the show with a no-talent, former construction worker hack like you?
<snip>
BALDWIN: You’re a no-talent, ignorant fool from Long Island. You should go back to building houses in Hempstead.
I have less than zero love for any of these clowns, but that line above from Baldwin confuses me.
Is he saying that construction workers from Long Island are not allowed to have opinions about politics? It sounds like Bladwin is saying east coast blue collar workers are too uneducated to be allowed into the debate.
No, I think Alec was trying to point out how Hannity is a fraud who presents himself as someone other than who he really is. It's fine to be a blue collar worker and have an opinion. It was more on Hannity trying to pretend he's some shit dont stink holier than thou white collar speciality, which IS an insult to all of the construction workers. Like, he's saying he's too good to be like them.
No, I think Alec was trying to point out how Hannity is a fraud who presents himself as someone other than who he really is. It's fine to be a blue collar worker and have an opinion. It was more on Hannity trying to pretend he's some shit dont stink holier than thou white collar speciality, which IS an insult to all of the construction workers. Like, he's saying he's too good to be like them.
You are probably right. That clip just reminds of how out of touch with reality political pundits are.
Alec's response have earned him new respect in my eyes. i just love how somebody so quick-witted came along and reduced both Hannity and Levin to their utter moron status. So often on their shows, they run at the mouth and no one ever challenges them.
It was so nice to have someone give them a reality slap.
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broken_iris wrote:
NaiveAndTrue wrote:
No, I think Alec was trying to point out how Hannity is a fraud who presents himself as someone other than who he really is. It's fine to be a blue collar worker and have an opinion. It was more on Hannity trying to pretend he's some shit dont stink holier than thou white collar speciality, which IS an insult to all of the construction workers. Like, he's saying he's too good to be like them.
You are probably right. That clip just reminds of how out of touch with reality political pundits are.
Most "hollywood types" are equally out of touch as the political pundits.
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