Those of us who were listening to the Sean Hannity show on Friday, February 2, know that a familiar voice took on Mr. "Great American" for not being such a great American after all.

In the middle of Hannity's program, Gard called to remind him of an errant statement made on a previous show. The subject was the Democrat non-binding resolution regarding the "war" in Iraq. Gard observed that he and Sean agreed about the towering hypocrisy of the Dems for granting the President the power to go into Iraq, and retaining the power of the purse over it, but not actually "putting their money where their mouths are" when it came to disapproval of the "war".

If, they both agreed, the Dems (and some republicans) are truly against what is happening, and want it over, then let them do something substantive, and vote to bring the troops home. This, the gutless pols in DC have not done.

But shortly after agreeing about the empty rhetoric of the Dems, Sean and Gard diverged.

Gard mentioned that, while it didn't seem like a big point at first, it was actually very significant. He noted that Sean, in his criticism of the Dems, had said that "they all, or most of them, VOTED for the war! If they don't like it, let them do the Constitutional thing and vote to defund it."

Now, keen observers of Constitutional history and jurisprudence are aware of one major, glaring mistake in such a statement.

THE CONGRESS NEVER DECLARED WAR.

Gard noted this to the Great American, saying that according to Article One, there is only ONE method for the Congress to mobilize the armed forces of the United States, and thus put them under the command of the, (helllo, Sean?) Commander-in-Chief. It is a Declaration of War, with a capital "W".

At this point, Sean did something strange. He said to his new friend El G Grande, "But that depends on how you declare war! the Constitution never spells that out!"

When Gard stuck to his guns, explaining that War was considered a term of art, and Congress declares War by, uh, ISSUING A DECLARATION OF WAR, and he also pointed out that TX Representative Ron Paul asked for a Declaration of War, and only received three votes, Sean seemed to not quite understand, again stating that it's not spelled out in the Constitution.

Does anyone wonder if Sean might have been distracted in the studio? Perhaps he was watching a DVD of "1984"?

A Declaration of War needs no further definition. It was understood in 1787, and it is still understood today. It is simple:

"The United States Declares a State of War" against...

Everyone with a sense of history, including people like Tony Blankley, Jack Kemp, Ron Paul, Jeanne Kirkpatrick, and many others whom Sean might consider "Great Americans" agree with Gard and have said so openly. One wonders if he would try to play semantics with them as he did with El G.

Sean even went so far as to accuse Gard of trying to play semantics.

That's not his bag, Mr. H. QUESTION: Do you think Sean or Gard is right? How do you feel about the so-called War?