There is no art or performance value in what Hannity or the Tea Partiers are doing.
If so, there would be more interest by the public in what they had to say.

I could acknowledge some performance value there if it existed.

Listening to the "facts" is like interpreting the bible or the Constitution. Besides,
where do you hear valid facts these days? On mainstream media?

The cliche about the broken clock doesn't apply to the international time zone.
You could be wrong somewhere all the time.

Side choosing is not so important as a decision made on a willingness to assimilate information that makes sense. Eventually a decision has to be made as to what is sensible and what is nonsense.

When it comes to performance art, politics is not as important as the performance.

Hannity, Palin, Limbaugh and the Tea Partiers are poor performers because they make no sense, they are boring and stupid.

"Taking sides" is an assumption that receiving information is analogous to being on a sports team.   This is not the issue. It is a matter of judgement (some might call this judgmental) based on reasonable information.

Access to all sides of the argument doesn't mean all sides are correct. And access to all sides doesn't belong necessarily in a concert or political rally.

There is this myth that open-mindedness without conviction is desirable. Being open-minded isn't necessarily agreement with an idea.

There are some ideas that are intolerable.