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Miles Archer

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4. "Hannity & Colmes" was really the first show to turn "owning the libs" into a smirking spectator sport
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 11:22 PM
16 hrs ago

I wasn't especially "aware," politically, when the show was on (last episode aired in 2009).

But even then, when politics wasn't something I thought about much, and really didn't talk about much, I thought "What's wrong with these dorks?"

HANNITY, for working the same tired bully act every day

COLMES, for willing to be the token lib, the butt of jokes, Hannity's doormat

But I do think it's the first time that right wing scum said "This is FUN" when skeet-shooting at libs. It sort of paved the way for Grampy's daily troll posts. All of the buzz words, all of it, just crap thrown at the wall, like Hannity & Colmes.

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