Keith Olbermann v. Sean Hannity on Waterboarding | 04/24/2009 7:55 am
Olbermann to Pony Up Big Money for Every Second Hannity is Waterboarded (Video)

MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann will pay big if FOX News’s Sean Hannity will agree to be waterboarded for charity.
Olbermann said Thursday he would pay $1,000 to charity for every second Hannity is waterboarded, The Huffington Post points out.
The two hosts have vastly different views on just how torturous the
practice is, and Olbermann blasted Hannity for trying to make light of
the subject.
"They’re not taking this seriously and they are talking out of their
backsides. What a breakthrough it would be if, by having reality
literally forced upon him, a buffoon like Hannity were to realize the
deadly seriousness of this," Olbermann said. "The searing truth: that
the moment of torture automatically makes the presumed bad-guy
recipient the victim, and makes the torturer into the evildoer."
Hannity on Wednesday somewhat offhandedly agreed to be waterboarded so long as the money could go to charities that support American troops’ families. Olbermann’s offer: "For every second you last, a thousand dollars — live or on tape, provided other networks’ cameras are there. A thousand dollars a second, Sean, because this is no game … Oh, and I’ll double it when you admit you feared for your life, when you admit the horrible truth — waterboarding, the symbol of the last administration, is torture."
Watch Olbermann’s challenge below:
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There is zero chance a pampered, elitist chickenhawk like Sean Hannity will allow himself to be tortured. Christopher Hitchens, another pro-Iraq occupation Bush apologist, underwent waterboarding. Here’s a link to the video. And here’s an excerpt from his account, titled, "Believe Me, It’s Tortured":
Hitchens lasted 10 seconds.
i don’t see how that has anything to do with the truth about how it is a torturous practice.
NOBODY in their right mind is FOR torture! It is completely regretable that you cannot, in most cases, get the protective information you need through sweetness and light. I don’t think there is one American that would like to see another 9/11 because we failed to take whatever measure it took to prevent another attack. Who of us EVER thought we would see somethinlg lilke that in our life time. In some cases there is nothing left to do. Hatred and lies about this country are deeply developed in people who have no clue about exactly WHO we are.
When O’Reilly spoke to the rape victims group, Alexa Foundation, despite the fact he’d said on air that rape and murder victim Jennifer Moore’s attire had invited her attack, Olbermann donated $25,000 to Alexa.
No one at Fox, including O’Reilly, donated a penny, and it’s unclear whether O’Reilly demanded a fee for his engagement. True to form, O’Reilly did not have the tea bags to mention Olbermann’s donation on the air.