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My God...
This could be a huge event for charity. I know allot of people would pay to see that done to Hannity!
HAHAHAHAHAHASHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! !!!!!!!!!1111
Olbermann pressing on Hannity's waterboard offer
By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer David Bauder, Ap Television Writer – Wed Apr 29, 6:36 am ET
NEW YORK – The debate over torture is getting personal for two of cable TV's prime-time hosts.
After Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity made a seemingly impromptu offer last week to undergo waterboarding as a benefit for charity, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann leapt at it. He offered $1,000 to the families of U.S. troops for every second Hannity withstood the technique.
Olbermann repeated the offer on Monday's show and said in an interview Tuesday that he's heard no response. He said he'll continue to pursue it.
"I don't think he has the courage to even respond to this — let alone do it," Olbermann said.
Fox News Channel representatives did not respond to requests for comment.
The two men are on opposite poles of a debate that has preoccupied the worlds of talk TV and radio. Hannity says waterboarding is a fair and necessary interrogation technique for suspected terrorists; Olbermann calls it torture, says it's ineffective and should not be done by Americans.
Charles Grodin was challenging Hannity on the issue on Fox last week, and asked whether he would consent to be waterboarded.
"Sure," Hannity said. "I'll do it for charity ... I'll do it for the troops' families."
It wasn't exactly clear how serious the conversation was, since Grodin joked, "Are you busy on Sunday?" and Hannity laughed.
"I'll let you do it," Hannity said.
"I wouldn't do it," Grodin said. "I'll hand you a towel when you come out of the shower."
Olbermann's offer was quick. Besides the $1,000 per second, Olbermann said he'd double it if Hannity acknowledges he feared for his life and admits that waterboarding is torture.
"The idea of putting somebody in a position they have volunteered for, for charity, to respond to their own unsupportable claims, is in many ways priceless," Olbermann said.
Olbermann, who hasn't missed any chance to criticize his ideological enemies at Fox, concedes TV compe ion plays a part in his offer. But he said it was sincere, because he believes Hannity has had a damaging role in the debate.
"If you expose people to reality, even with someone who is denying reality, that can have a powerful and important impact," he said.
My God...
This could be a huge event for charity. I know allot of people would pay to see that done to Hannity!
well, anything to help msnbc piss poor ratings.
I think $1000 a second is a weak-sauce offer.
Add a zero and now youre talking.
, I'll throw in $10/second. I'm sure you can easily get $1/second from a million or two people.
This could be huge.
If only he had the sack to actually back up that mouth of his. Don't expect to see it anytime soon.
I'll throw in some money on it too.
It's win-win for liberals.
Hannity doesn't put up: He's a coward bag.
Hannity tries it, lasts less than 10 seconds: He's a hypocritical bag.
Hannity tries it, and lasts for a couple of minutes: He's a wet douchbag.
"one of the most reactionary commentators in the world"
olbmermann's mouth is the single most global warming object in the world.
Yay. One blowhard to another. This is important.
I would pay to watch this.
grammar... bad..."one of the most reactionary commentators in the world"
olbmermann's mouth is the single most global warming object in the world.
I think republicans would love to see this to. I want to see a reporter (any reporter) go through it so we can hear how bad it is.
There was one guy.
"Believe me, its torture."
i first skimmed over the article and thought, "wakeboarding aint bad... that is fun!" and then i reread over the article.
hannity and all his supporters as well as the rest of the bags who think they know what the they are talking about.
I agree and I think he's a piece of , but he hit a home run on this one..."one of the most reactionary commentators in the world"
olbmermann's mouth is the single most global warming object in the world.
it'll be interesting to see how this turns out. i'm sure people here have the inside scoop.
what, you and whottt IM'ing?
Christopher Hitchins underwent waterboarding and only lasted a few seconds. Maybe 2 pours of water.
He said it isn't that it's the illusion that you're being drowned... it's that you're actually being drowned.
there ya go.
An he knew this how?
Did he actually drown, and come back to life?
Wow, you're right. In that case, it's not bad at all.
People die from waterboarding. It's not like this is a new revelation.
We actually hung Japanese officers for waterboarding our service members in WW2.
There are different levels of waterboarding. My understanding is that we never used but the lesser versions of it.
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