On Wednesday, Fox News’ Sean Hannity argued that Halloween was a “liberal holiday” because “we’re teaching kids to knock on other people’s doors and ask for a handout.” From Media Matters:

On the October 31 edition of Fox News’ Hannity & Colmes, co-host Sean Hannity claimed that “Halloween is a liberal holiday” and “is teaching our kids to be liberals.” Hannity explained that “we’re teaching kids to knock on other people’s doors and ask for a handout.” Co-host Alan Colmes responded by asking if that meant that Christmas is a “liberal holiday.” Colmes asserted that Halloween represents “the act of giving,” and asked: “Isn’t that a Christian thing, to give, to share with your community?” Hannity replied: “Not to teach your kids to beg for a handout.” [Watch the video here.]

But on the September 9, 2007 edition of Fox News’ Hannity’s America, Hannity made the opposite argument. A little more than a month ago, Hannity argued that in their quest to ’secularize America,’ liberals wanted to “get rid” of Halloween.

There’s a lot to learn from liberal Massachusetts, the bluest of blue states, in terms of it’s not working in terms of helping economic activity for poor Americans or the poor people of Massachusetts. So it’s failing in that respect. Poverty is growing there for people.

But also a lot of what happens in Massachusetts when you start with it’s no longer a Christmas tree it’s a Hollywood tree get rid of Valentine’s Day and Halloween is removed, et cetera. We wish you a Merry Christmas to we wish you a swinging holiday. I don’t know how to quite take that.

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