Come on, everyone knows that Tony is a typical liberal, New York elitist douchbag who thinks that everyone in "fly-over" country is a bumpkin.

That's fine, believe what you want, but leave that garbage out of the show...

Nobody cares what you think of Sean Hannity, if I want to watch politics, I'll watch one of the cable news shows...

Yes, Please leave politics out. Andrew's comment totally offended me. If you happen to share opinions with certain people within the political arena (cable news or otherwise), and someone says they don't have a brain, well, then they are saying you don't have a brain either. I can have a different opinion then a fellow American, but don't feel like I should be put down for it. It's all about respect and if you don't respect me than I won't respect you. Bye bye Andrew, I will no longer seek out your show and watch. I was so excited to see you in Montana, my neighbor state, but oh so disappointed to hear your comments.

Yeah, Sean Hannity's charity has raised 100 million dollars for the children of fallen soldiers so they can go to college for free. Yet, you have to make some half-baked personal jab about his brain. I am still going to watch the show, but with a different perspective on Anthony's understanding of the world outside of food and booze.

Hmmm... so calling, Bourdain a "typical," liberal, New York, elitist, douchbag(sp), isn't at all a political attack?

Opinions aren't garbage. From what I've seen, Tony, always weighs and compares and in the end always sticks to his beliefs, thereby completely non-hipocritical. I mean, look at, Ted Nugent. Tony, has such polar beliefs, but seemed to really have a good time and really listen to him despite their obvious political gap. He keeps an open mind and is fully and obviously capable of reason. He never truly condemns.. unless, of course, it is a certain public figure, whose brain cavity doesn't spare much more activity than mechanical wristwatch. Or others for that matter. Fare game.

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No, calling Tony a "typical liberal, New York elitist douchbag" is an attack on character regarding political views. It's not a political attack.

I was under the impression all of you lefties were really smart? At least that's what you tell us?

You've not seen very much if all you can reference is the Ted Nugget segment....

I see that you can do little more than parrot what yo read on DailyKos or HuffingtonPost, so I have little desire to debate with you likes...

I like the honesty of his political comments? Does Sean Hannity have a brain? This comments and opinions make Tony who he is and he has the right to express them. Don't like changes the channel. I on the other hand enjoy the show that much more knowing we share the same political views. If you said something bad about Bush you where unpatriotic but is you say something bad about Hannity or one of the other mindless Fox commentators your a .....wait for it.....Liberal. Be careful of the republican witch hunts.

Next they'll be calling Tony a Nazi or some other scary tactic.

I'm with the posters who think that the Hannity comment was low class.

On another note, America's English teachers have failed us, or have at least failed several of the posters...badly.

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Originally posted by hubfoodblogger:
No, calling Tony a "typical liberal, New York elitist douchbag" is an attack on character regarding political views. It's not a political attack.

And yet Tony simply asking what happened to "Sean Hanity's" brain is a political attack? Don't be a hypocrite.

Yes please leave the politics out!!!!

there was a comment about oreilly a week or two ago i let slide (I dont like him much anyway.) now this week it's hannity. if bourdain keeps it up... i'm out. I DONT watch the show to hear his personal attacks on 'non liberals'. I actually watch the show as an escape from the politics. it doesn't take a genius to figure out he's a leftist but I will NOT continue to put up with these attacks.

How stupid is he to give jabs to people who represnt a large number of his viewers? perhaps he's decided to go the way of nbc and play to the hard left? if so i'm out - to tell the truth he's not as clever as he thinks and his show is starting to get tired.

Shut up and Sing - just entertain us.

What happened to Sean Hannity's brain?
It's actually a fair question that needs to be explored.

"Shut up and Sing - just entertain us"

Only something a mindless Sean Hannityfan can say. Congrats, you're a great American.

I watch the Travel Channel because I am trying to escape politics. Then last night as I was watching trhe show, I hear a remark about Sean Hannity. Please leave your opinions to yourself, now I guess I will watch HGTV 24/7. I thought I had another escape.

Love Tony, love the show, but he is a bit to the left. The Laos show and the Southwest Border show were filled with appologize for America type jabs.

Agreed, leave the politics ut of the show. I'm no Hannity fan or Chris Mathews fan or Keith Olberman fan or Katie Couric fan or Rush Limbaugh fan or ... You don't need to alienate half or more of your potential audience. I turned the show off when that comment about Hannity was made. I want to be entertained and maybe pick up a cooking tip or two from Mr. Bourdain, not be lectured to about politics.

When entertainers use their popularity and platforms to take cheap shots and spew their liberal politics, in a mostly conservative country, their entertainment "value" is greatly reduced.

I occasionally watch this show as an escape of sorts, tolerant of Mr. Bourdains liberalism. What a shame he refuses that same tolerance to his fellow citizens. I stopped watching after the rather lame Hannity dig and will not be tuning back in.

Sean Hannity has 15 million viewers a week and just as many or more listeners to his radio show.As a previous poster noted, he has raised millions of dollars for the children of fallen soldiers. He regularly gives airtime to opposing views on both his shows. Perhaps Mr. Bourdain could sit on one of his panels and defend his comment...face to face.

I'd put Hannity's brain up against that of a boozing cook, with a thumb ring and a big mouth, any day.

It seems to me that people here are overly sensitive when someone criticizes a person they don't agree with.

If everyone here who feels hurt by a joke, then simply turn off your tv because the world as you see it does not conform to your views.

And to the guy that said this is "mostly conservative country," would you care to back that up with facts and statistics?

Come on, lighten up! You didn't complain when he said Giada has a big head or his cracks about Rachael Ray and others? That's just his humor. Get over it...

Political talk show hosts, regardless of whether they're conservative or liberal, all take complex subjects, turn them into black and white, then state that their position is good and the other position is evil, their position is logical while the other position is illogical, their position is American while the other position is downright un-American.

It doesn't matter whether we're talking Hannity, Olbermann, Limbaugh, Maddows, etc. They all do the same thing and they do it for ratings and money. It's purely an "us vs. them" strategy and it works. For anyone to feel they need to rally around multimillionaires to somehow "defend" them is ludicrous. They actually love negative publicity because they make their living from being controversial.

None of the aforementioned people were successful until they began to take extreme positions on issues. Limbaugh figured out the formula and the rest are copycats on either side of the political spectrum. Do you really think you're getting a political education by listening to these shows or reading their ghostwritten books?

I have no problem making fun of any of them. I sometimes think they meet for beers and conjure up fake "wars" between each other for ratings. Making fun of Sean Hannity's brain isn't a big deal to Sean Hannity since he's actually a smart guy who knows how to use media to make millions for himself. I say make fun of all of them.

@ hubfoodblogger: Calling someone a "typical liberal, New York elitist douchbag who thinks everyone in 'fly-over' country is a bumpkin" says more about yourself than about anyone else. Sounds like you're the one who isn't worthy of debate since you've already classified everyone in NY as one big stereotype.

Maybe if you spent some time there, you'd realize you have no idea what you're talking about. Do you even know what a "douche bag" is and how it relates to Tony Bourdain? Or do you think throwing about petty, illogical insults makes you appear to be clever? You couldn't even spell it correctly.

Today I watched a great show, with the exception that he elitist New York Host had to bring his personal politics in. He is creating his own "mythical history"