That is the word I would use to describe Alan Colmes.  I never thought that his arguments were even close.  I listened to him long time ago on the radio and with some libertarian guy whose name I can't remember.  Hannity is well rid of him although Bob Bechel is a classic liberal when it comes to trying to make a point i.e. he can't.  He uses snide remarks to set up straw men to knock down.  Ever heard him argue with Ann Coulter?  She won't put up with his straw man approach and makes him look like a fool.

 That said, I don't listen to or watch Sean Hannity either.  Don't get me wrong, he's one of the good guys but he appeals to a portion of the non-thinking conservative public if you ask me.  On his radio show he always lets the hanging softballs go un-swung at.  He appeals to the populist in the conservative movement and seems to be more interested in promoting his tours than actuallty discussing important things and often completely misses the point.  He is good at being the interviewer though and I used to listen just for that part of his show.

Just my opinion.

Since government is coercion, politics is largely the exercise of deception regarding the intended use of coercion - George Orwell

The departure of Alan Colmes still leaves Hannity & Colmes with one shrill, whiny, humorless ideologue.  I hope Fox will use this opportunity to re-tune this slot by bringing in a couple of true heavyweights. 

Be they both on the right, or one from both ends of the spectrum, let them be clever, thoughtful, intelligent and able to articulate philosphy beyond talking points and catch-all phrases.

Please Fox, make this hour fun.

Wow, wow and wow...

I am shocked here...I have watched Fox from day one, I have screamed at Colmes over the years from my living room or kitchen...not because of our differences politically, but because he constantly interrupts, talks over, doesn't let anyone answer a full question before he starts with some new blather or another leftist question/statement, he veers off of the topic by doing the typical lib spin to point to conservatives did this too way back when using somebody from ten twenty years ago if he can't find a recent example from a repub critter...in other words he absolutely drives me nuts...

I also know he is doing his job, what he is paid to do, sometimes I Just block him out or laugh, to be honest, I don't know how I am going to feel, that is why I picked undecided...maybe we should be careful what we wish for here, you just never know who is going to be the replacement , it there is going to be one.

...but I know one thing, I know exactly how my husband is going to feel....lol.

Matthew, thanks for this info, I haven't had time today to read anything on other sites I visit usually before coming here, so this is news to me. 

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

I've never understood why anyone would put up with listening to a liberal.  In their worldview, anything goes, which means they have no problem lying to you if they think it is expedient.

I am so glad this guy will be gone soon.

When it was his turn to be on camera, I grabbed the remote.

But my biggest objection to Alan was that he was meanspirited. I suspect that through his life, he met now and then with some shabby treatment. So, IMO, he became passive aggressive when dealing with people. 

     The point counter point idea is always a good one. Hannity is equally flawed with his mantra that he beats to death. I like him, but after you've heard his schitck 1,000 times it's like a bad commercial.

      Colmes use to be a good banana, but in the last year, he has gotten real testy. Maybe it is his time to move on. Beckel reminds me of about one million fat guys I have seen in my past drinking life. Three beers, and you can hear him one block before you hit the swinging doors.

     How about Michell Malkin vs Geraldo Riveria 5 nites a week? That would be fun! After one week of that, Geraldo would be welcoming the skin heads again, if he was still standing.

I haven't had cable for two years.  I don't miss it.  I don't miss him. 

I guess the only people who call Fox News 'conservative' are the people who don't watch it.

Goodbye Alan Colmes...From the beginning, I have never liked him.

It is very important to present both sides of the issues...People need to be aware of both sides in order to make an intelligent, informed decision about what they believe. But Alan Colmes has always been nothing more that just a shill for the left. He doesn't offer any constructive input to the discussion...Just liberal, leftist talking points. He drives me nuts, and I won't miss him.

It'll be interesting to see who replaces him...But whoever it will be, they're sure to be an improvement over Colmes.

"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981

Since we are into symbolism of the left, how about replacing Colmes with a donkey, the penultimate trademark of the jackasses of the left....

Happy Thanskgiving to All!!!!

The show is complete chaos the whole time. Both of them annoy the hell out of me but Alan makes me want to hit something. He is so stupid about half the time he isn't rational, very observant or even well informed. He often takes positions or brings up stuff that has already been refuted or proven to be wrong. Doesn't stop him! Plus I just don't like the guy's looks. Hate to say that but if I were across from him they would probably be pulling me off him cause I would want to stomp a mud hole in his *** about 4 nights a week. I always think of the cartoon Heckel and Jeckel when I watched H & C. Good riddance. Hope he gets a job where I don't have to hear or look at him. Ever! I could stand to watch Kirstin Powers in his slot. She seems to have toned it down some, especially when she saw how the MSM was treating Palin. I believe she can be more balanced. Alan is and was a shrill, nattering magpie of a weenie. His limp wristed style of baiting the guests used to get right up the crack of my..................

Something told me DO NOT miss going to church this past Sunday - and it actually paid off bigtime!!!

"Will You Miss Colmes's Nightly"

Miss Colmes??? I thought so!!!!

As a mostly lifelong conservative, I must admit I find Alan Colmes' views  almost always distasteful. But he is a cerebral host who rarely if ever attacks a guest personally. So I give him credit for advancing the interesting and enlightening aspects of the show, even if his favorite debate tactic (reductio ad absurdum) gets boring pretty quickly these days. Contrast this with the whiny, off-putting style of Shaun Hannity and you can get an idea why I turn off Hannity and Colmes ever more frequently. Shaun can be interesting and well-worth watching, as on his Hannity's America where he has a stimulating, but not provoking personna. His viewpoint, that is, his conservative message, is always appropos and if not the last word in conservative analysis, it is nevertheless well worth a listen. But his debate style is insufferable. If he does not interrupt his guests more than the inimitable Chris Mathews, who can be the pentultimate obnoxious host, then Shaun is a close, on-his-butt second. Shaun never misses an opportunity to step on his opponent's words. Never mind that the audience might be curious as to why a particular lefty seems smitten with an outrageous opinion, Shaun will make sure the listener never finds out. And if the lefty's mouthings are especially egregious (note: this could mean that the lib has scored a point) then be sure that Shaun will attack the miscreant personally, or just change the subject by bringing up some other more easily assailed failing. Whereas Alan is a more intellectually honest debater, Shaun is a cheap trick artist, a bomb-thrower and a spectacle-maker. It will be fascinating to see who Fox brings in to replace Colmes. I would love to see another strong woman cut out of the Fox gorgeous-babe-who-is-a-lawyer mold. Someone who is just as strong intellectually as Alan, but quite frankly easier on the eyes. But it cannot be another bomb-thrower or the show will -- blow up (hah! bomb-thrower . . . blow up. Too obvious, right?). Well, you get the point, anyway. I don't listen to or watch too many liberals. Can't stand their cant. They haven't had a new idea since Roosevelt's brain trust. And they are often cut out of holier-than-thou cloth. Clearly someone like Rachel Maddow or Adrianna Huffington would be just too much. But I have seen one or two on MSNBC and CNN while surfing during a commercial, nameless to me unfortunately, who I think could fit in Alan's chair nicely. There is a dark-haired, dark-skinned, serious young woman, a Democrat strategist, I think, who shows up on MSNBS as a guest panelist, who might be worth a shot. Anyone know who she is?  

Two of not more than half a dozen people in the world who would drive me to murder them if I was forced to listen to them for more than 30 seconds at a time.

Old, Retired and glad of it.

...as the old joke goes. I don't mean to be cruel. I just want to parlay into my observation that Colmes was always a wonderful radio personality who somehow always seemed painfully boxed into the role of dweeby liberal. When I used to catch Colmes' late night radio show on the now defunct WEVD in New York the differences were stark. Colmes, a former comic, was loose and hip and comfortable sparring with a variety of guest and callers. But on the tube Colmes became a laughable punching clown compared to Sean Hannity's killer trial lawyer schtick. Recurring guests such as Ann Coulter and Dick Morris would routinely wipe the floor up with Colmes who was armed with only silly puns and "facts" quickly ripped from the DNC fax machine. Colmes' nose was bloodied so much that even liberals turned on him.

Obviously, Sean Hannity was the clear star of "Hannity and Colmes" and I gather I'm not alone in feeling that Hannity was only sharing the spotlight with his partner out of sheer friendship. Also, to be frank, Colmes at times appeared distressingly thin and weakened next to Hannity's "helmet-haired" good looks. A visual picture that does not bode well in trying to score left wing talking points.

Nonetheless, I wish Alan Colmes well. I sincerely hopes he finds a venue that allows the Alan Colmes of radio to spread its wings.

I just hope they don't replace him with Keith Olbermann because Olbermann's an even bigger blowhard than Alan Colmes will ever be. Plus, Bill O'Reilly would never stay at Fox News if they hired Olbermann.

I'd like to see someone else on there like Dick Morris and make the show into 5 day a week Lib bashing party...forget this 'fair and balanced' junk-nobody else is doing it in the MSM.

Be that as it may, I actually like Alan Colmes on some level, even though he's an obnoxious Liberal.

One of the 24% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 89% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.

Colmes was somewhat tolerable about four or five years ago.  He has gradually become nothing but a walking talking point for the left.  (In some ways this criticism applies to Hannity as well, but Colmes is far worse.)  Colmes makes little sense and seems to press minute issues that he thinks he can win even as he is losing the overall debate.  In a way he seemed a little lost on the show, playing second-fiddle to Hannity, who has a stronger personality.  In recent years, I've pretty much stopped watching the show altogether.  Most of the time, it's just a bunch of people screaming back and forth, not listening to each other.  It gets irritating real quick.

I think Colmes is a little weaker than your average news lib. I've seen him get smacked down by Hannity and guests, even liberal guests, more often than most. And like most libs, he never addresses the issue at hand, and simply tries to discredit those he disagrees with. I think we will see the same pattern from whoever he is replaced with. Like Colmes, they won't be able to debate with facts, only tactics.