"Hear, hear is an expression used as a short, repeated form of hear him, hear him. It represents a listener's agreement with the point being made by a speaker."
:) I would have let it go, but a lot of young people read HN and I didn't want them to think the expression really was "Here! Here!" Once these things get started ...
Where, where? ITYM "Hear! Hear!"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hear,_hear
"Hear, hear is an expression used as a short, repeated form of hear him, hear him. It represents a listener's agreement with the point being made by a speaker."