From: "Mark" 

I heard (I like the guy as a person and he does a lot of good for our
troops, but I just can't listen to him, he's way too simplistic in both the
battles he chooses and his approach to same) a blurb that Hannity was going
on the offensive against Fitzgerald. That's the wrong tack to take as far
as I'm concerned (or to state it in stronger terms: it's just plain
stupid), and I think he stands alone with that stance.

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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> FoxNews needs a bit of work on their 'uncover' revelations. I wonder if
> all their investigators are still in Aruba?
>
> http://thinkprogress.org/
> Hannity's Attack On Fitzgerald Falls Flat
> Earlier this week, Republican pollster Frank Luntz said, "If [Fitzgerald]
> indicts, they [the White House] will have no choice but to attempt to
> demonize him. I think that is going to be really, really tough."
>
> Fox News's Sean Hannity took up Luntz's challenge last night. He said,
> "[W]ho is Patrick Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor? .[H]e's made some
> surprising statements. We're going to tell you what we've uncovered
> tonight."
>
> First, Hannity went on to discuss only one Fitzgerald statement, which was
> about Martha Stewart prosecutor James Comey. Here's the quote:
>
>  "I think what drives [Comey] is a commitment to justice and wanting to do
> the right thing in a right way. The people who get involved in the system,
> witnesses, jurors, judges, defense lawyers and even defendants, come away
> with a respect for what he does and how he does it." [Today Show, 6/30/03]
>
> Hardly damning, but let's look at what else Hannity
"uncovered." He said
> last night, "The Chicago Tribune quoted one of [Fitgerald's] former
> colleagues in the U.S. attorney's office in New York as saying '[P]robably
> Fitzgerald's greatest talent was finding creative ways to interpret the
> law.'"
>
> But that's not a direct quote, it's the reporter's characterization.
> Here's what Fitzgerald's colleague actually said:
>
>  "When you'd looked at a case from every angle and you were sure you
> didn't have what was needed to take it forward, you could show it to Pat
> and he'd say, 'Have you thought about charging this?'" [Chicago Tribune,
> 2/27/05]
>
>

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