Conservative blogger Debbie Schlussel has written a damning blog post claiming that Sean Hannity and his Freedom Alliance charity are ripping of the children of dead soldiers by holding “Freedom Concerts” across the country, claiming that the money raised at these concerts goes to pay for scholarships when in reality, most of the money goes into Hannity’s back pocket.

Imagine that.

From Debbie Schlussel:

In fact, less than 20%–and in two recent years, less than 7% and 4%, respectively–of the money raised by Freedom Alliance went to these causes, while millions of dollars went to expenses, including consultants and apparently to ferret the Hannity posse of family and friends in high style. And, despite Hannity’s statements to the contrary on his nationally syndicated radio show, few of the children of fallen soldiers got more than $1,000-$2,000, with apparently none getting more than $6,000, while Freedom Alliance appears to have spent tens of thousands of dollars for private planes. Moreover, despite written assurances to donors that all money raised would go directly to scholarships for kids of the fallen heroes and not to expenses, has begun charging expenses of nearly $500,000 to give out just over $800,000 in scholarships.

Debbie Schlussel seems to have all her facts in order, not that I need a whole lot of convincing that Sean Hannity is a crook who exploits dead service members and their children for personal gain. Schlussel has combed over Freedom Alliance public tax records (which I am assuming are IRS 990 forms) for the years 2006 through 2008 and has discovered all sorts of scummy behavior on the part of Hannity.

It’s hard for me to describe just how much I dislike Sean Hannity. It’s not because he is a conservative. My parents are conservatives and I love them lots and lots. No, I dislike Hannity because he is a lying liar that lies about stuff. Plus, I don’t like the way he makes a fortune exploiting people’s patriotism.