Paul Hackett: Latest Liberal Hatchet Man

Outrageous comments are made daily by news anchors, reporters, and commentators on cable news. Partisan hacks often join in the fun, and it’s a little difficult to keep up with the profuse insanities. Great sites like News Busters, Hot Air, MsUnderestimated, and others have a constant flow of information regarding ridiculous assertions and tainted liberal comments. A few hours of watching the shrill voices of cable news in a week conjures up images of a screeching cat fight on a hot summer night. In the midst of these outrage fests, it is difficult to find the new low, but this week Paul Hackett stopped the show with his mean-spirited, hate-filled comments directed at the dignified and humble Dan Senor during the Bill O’Reilly program.

A critical fact is that Bill wasn’t there that night. John Kasich is a nice guy, and does a fine job most of the time, but Hackett had obviously had his insults prepared and succeeded in shouting down Kasich. I am surprised that any host on Fox News would permit a guest to remain on the air after referring to a noble American as a Nazi. Hackett launched into his prepared insults by referring to Dan Senor as Herr Senor, and then called this former Press Secretary as the Unterfuhrer. Hackett had unleashed his rehearsed his Nazi rhetoric, and caused a sensation in the nutzville blogger community.

The editors at The Unalienable Right tell the story.

Look what Hackett is trying to say there. Some conservatives and members of the Bush administration have been making the comparison of our current terrorist enemies to some of our enemies of the past, such as Nazis, communists and fascists. Hackett is calling a fellow American who served in Iraq (as a civilian) a Nazi. By saying in essence “he started it” Hackett is implying that calling the terrorists fascists and calling his fellow American a Nazi are somehow equivalent, or that the former somehow justifies the latter. In other words, Hackett is asserting some equivalence in “the Nazi dialogue” comparing Osama bin Ladin to the Nazis and Hackett’s own words comparing Senor to the Nazis. There also seems to be an implicit objection from the left to calling our Islamofascist enemies “fascists.” Not just that it’s an inaccurate historical reference, which is debatable, but that it’s somehow wrong to call them that.
Or, Hackett is a foul-mouthed, hot-headed, unthinking ignoramus who just plain doesn’t know what he’s saying. Take your pick.
We caught a few minutes of the Rush Limbaugh show this morning, and he was making a similar observation – liberals/Democrats didn’t object much, if at all, when Senator Durbin compared U.S. troops serving at Guantanamo Bay to Nazis and communists, but they are speaking up to object when our radical Islamist enemies are compared to Nazis or fascists. People who are so morally confused simply cannot be trusted with the majority in Congress in 2006 or with the presidency in 2008.
The Democrats think the enemy is the Bush administration. Republicans think the enemy is radical Islamic terrorism. Voters must decide which view they agree with in November

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Paul Hackett has had his fifteen minutes of fame. MSNBC has tried for eighteen months to make Hackett into a star. The radical left wing loves him. The truth is that liberals think that it’s fine to refer to any conservative as a Nazi, but it is anathema to do not compare our Islamo-fascist enemies to Hitler or Hirohito.

These radical views, embodied so fully by Paul Hackett and others, may make a huge splash in the media, but they certainly do not have the moral weight to win the fundamental debate of our time. A large portion of our citizens have lost focus in the global war on terror. The terrorist threat no longer seems real, and until our nation experiences (God forbid) another massive attack, the radical democrats and their will accomplices in the media will continue their blame America, cut and run scheme as a strategy to appeal to voters. The United States may have to experience the debacle of having the liberals in charge of things to realize that it is time to vote for and demand a responsible government once again.

Others on this topic: Hugh Hewitt, Johnny Dollar’s Place, Mark Levin Fan, Round Two at Hot Air, First State Politics.

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Kirby, Board Fumble Again

While the Huber Heights teachers appear to be thrilled to be returning to their classrooms, and their satisfaction with the settlement is clear, the ineffectual Superintendent Kirby and his board appear to continue with their comedy of errors. At the conclusion of a strike it is customary and expected that both sides will ratify the agreement within twenty-fours of the other party ratifying. Kirby makes apologies for his board, who obviously were not too worried about the situation since some of the members are out of town. Wow! What a board. It’s easy to see why the board hired someone as hapless and misguided as Kirby. One of the board members even had the nerve and lack of graciousness to sound off with sour comments in the Dayton Daily News.

“I’m not happy the leadership of the HHEA led our teachers out on strike,” board member Carl Fisher said.
“The deal was more expensive than I feel the community can afford. I’m afraid it will put future funding in jeopardy.”

This total lack of class and integrity does not demonstrate a willingness to move forward with a productive attitude on the part of the board. Mr. Fisher must be speaking for the entire board since his comments appear as the exclusive public statement from the Huber Heights board. His lack of competence is further revealed when he blames the leadership of the HHEA. The union was obviously united behind its’ leaders, and for Fisher to blame the leadership for the strike is short-sighted, childish, and just plain wrong. My guess is that the teachers got a deal they deserved, and that Kirby, Fisher, and the rest of this unimpressive cast of characters on the board are unhappy with their loss.

In a teacher’s strike there are no winners. But, there’s nothing worse than a sore loser.

We hope to do a complete wrap-up this weekend, though we are waiting on sources from both sides to confirm details.