Rating:  Summary: For People Who Can't Form Their Own Opinions Review: Can't think on your own? Need someone to tell you how to think? Sean Hannity will be glad to think for you. All you have to do is regurgitate it exactly the same way he tells you how to think. If you don't, then you are one of those dirty "liberals". Be careful now - don't mess up! Make sure you embellish the facts and twist things to meet Mr. Hannity's prejudices. Don't forget character assasination - that's important too! And by all means, do not form an opinion of your own or seek out the facts. That's it. Don't think. Feel better? Mr. Hannity does.
Rating:  Summary: THE ULTIMATE IN PHONY RIGHT WING SHMALTZ! Review: Sean Hannity continues to push the envelope when it comes to sickening republican propaganda. The cover of this book alone is enough to make me want to puke. Hannity is the whitest man in America, and his "Bush can do no wrong" mentality is what destroys this country. Buy this book only if you're out of firewood.
Rating:  Summary: No substance Review: I have no problem with well reasoned political views backed up by facts. Facts are facts, and can't be argued with.Unfortunately, the facts only rarely support Reagan-boosting, Clinton-bashing positions like Hannity's, so he misrepresents them or omits them altogether when they're inconvenient. As just one example, he presents a chart cribbed from a Web site that purports to show the massive spending deficits under the Reagan administration were the fault of a Congress that spent far more money than Reagan wanted. The chart includes a "cumulative difference" column that adds up the percentage difference for the Reagan budget proposal vs. the actual expenditure year by year from 1982 through 1989. Hannity claims it proves that federal spending would have been 25 percent less if Reagan's budgets had been adopted. The problem is, it doesn't work that way. Each budget is independent of the others, they are not linked to budgets from previous years. In reality, if you add up the amount Reagan proposed vs. the amount spent, the difference is only 2.8 percent. ($7.4 trillion proposed over the eight years, $7.6 trillion spent.) There's another problem too: The amounts actually spent are not, as Hannity claims, the budgets that Congress approved. In fact, for at least most of the years, the amount is much closer to the proposed levels. Spending in a budget year often exceeds the amount budgeted (otherwise there would be no ability to respond to unforseen events), for reasons that are not the fault of either Congress or the White House. (In 1982 for example, Reagan proposed $695.3 billion and Congress approved $696 billion. The difference is hardly worth mentioning. But the actual amount spent that year was $745.8 billion, which Hannity incorrectly blames on Congress.) That's just one example out of many. Want another? Hannity claims that after 9/11, Democrats "showed little interest" in an investigation of the intelligence failure that allowed it. Anybody who followed the news in the year or so after the attacks knows that Democrats in Congress pushed repeatedly for a commission to do just that, and the Bush administration refused for months until finally having to give in. This was documented in practically every newspaper in the country multiple times, but Hannity is banking on the likelihood that his readers didn't pay much attention or don't remember. There may be good factual reasons to champion conservatism, but if that is the philosphy you want to hold, you should find better spokespersons. I'm sure some people will dismiss this review as just "liberal bias." But I'm talking about facts. Truth. Honesty. It seems to me that people who claim to be patriotic people of integrity would want to stand on truth rather than lies.
Rating:  Summary: I wouldn't write a review if it wasn't for the 1-star ediots Review: Sean Hanity's book, "Let freedom Ring" is the most thoughful and thought provking bought I've read. Hanity is a common sense type of guy with a sound value system and this definetly reflects in his book. I dedicate this review to the dumb, ignorant and valueless reviewers who want to censor Mr. Hanity by saying stupid things like, "Take him off the air and off the bookshelves." If you are so closed minded then don't read his book, but don't try to silence him just because you don't agree with what he has to say!
Rating:  Summary: Overall lack of substance Review: As a very conservative, Republican American, I must state that Hannity's book, "Let Freedom Ring" was a tremendous disappointment. In summary, I was not challenged intellectually by Hannity's inarticulate writing style. His writing ability is perhaps on a junior high school level as the only term he used that I was partially unfamiliar with was "sacrosanct." I generally prefer to read books that stimulate my vocabulary growth and intrigue me to think deeply about the polemics of our day. Furthermore, Hannity does not have the creativity that Rush possesses nor does he appear to be as intelligent. Rather, Hannity, who lacks substance, is a malcontent person who is angry at the world and offers no solutions to resolve the very issues that perturb him.
Rating:  Summary: Outstanding Complement To The Show Review: First off, this is a review of the audio book on CD, which is abridged. However, I can only think that the actual book is even better. Second, I am a fan of both the author's radio and television show. On those notes, let me say that this is an excellent book for anyone who wishes to hear a conservative view of the world. Actually, a real conservative view. Mr. Hannity does not weaken his stances to appeal to the moderate audience. For conservatives, this book should be a definite addition to your library. For liberals, it should be read to hear the opposiving view points. I found the chapters discussing the conservative environmental position and discussion on school vouchers to be the most beneficial for me. For some time I did not fully understand the reasoning, and once exposed to the ideas, must say that I tend to agree with Mr. Hannity. The discussion on the left's view of defense, religion, and abortion only reaffirmed my beliefs. I honestly can think of no complaints for this book. I advise anyone interested in politics to pick up a copy. I only hope his next book is just as good.
Rating:  Summary: Liberalism Revealed Review: The chief contribution of "Let Freedom Ring" is that it exposes once again the flaws of liberalism. Liberalism as an ideology is simply just feel good platitudes that never solve problems. And liberalism turns people into mean-spirited, hateful, smug, intolerant people and Hannity shows us many examples in the book. Sean Hannity is one of the best talk show hosts in America. The other reviews posted here simply do not give an accurate picture of him or his book. You must read it with an open mind and carefully consider each point.
Rating:  Summary: An Insecure American Review: There is nothing wrong with being conservative. As an African American, I actually agree with SOME conservative views. I guess I am a moderate independent. There are conservatives who want the best for ALL people and will work hard to befriend a person of color, a liberal, or a moderate (like me). There are some conservatives who understands that racism still exist. There are conservatives who will tell the truth about America and not think America is ALWAYS right about EVERYTHING!! Sean Hannity is NOT one of those conservatives. He is a man of hate and anger. Anybody who disagrees with him or Bush are anti-America. Anybody who don't think conservatives are right ALL the time on ALL issues are idiots. Hannity fails to see that NO nation remains number one forever. History tells us that former superpower countries (Rome and Great Britian) will lost their power because of ego, greed, lack of education (look at US schools compared to the world), unfair laws, growing gap between rich and poor and etc. This is a path towards destruction. He doesn't want debate, he wants everyone to be a slave to his way of thinking. In the case of Hannity, O'Reiley, Libby and others like them, they see America changing from a majority to multicultural and they don't like it. All I can say is you can't stop destiny. Hannity's anger, intimidation, criticism, and distorted facts is a sign of a desperate man. He sees the world so narrowly, its a wonder why he's in the 21st century.
Rating:  Summary: Hannity's "BLAH BLAH BLAH..Freedom..BLAH BLAH BLAH..." Review: My actual rating would be Zero stars, but the lowest you can go is one. The whole book is just one big obnoxious and dishonest attempt that is meant to mislead the reader to conclude that it all the librels fault. I do not know what is worse in this book, the missinformation or the out right lies. The way the author puts his material together is kind of typical right-winger slanderers put together any false arguments. By putting up a straw man arguments to hold the opposing views that he crafts as the 'Democrats' and then easily tears it down. For instance, he embelishes in one point that "They tell us that fuel-burning SUV's are bad for America, but flag burning SOB's aren't" You see what I mean, this is typical of the entire book.
Rating:  Summary: Excellent, Honest Viewpoints Review: This is an excellent book on the conservative values. It explains the conversative agenda with clear, easy-to-understand terms. Anyone liberal who considers conservatives as a dangerous group of people ought to read this book. It is very rare that a book like this gets written. Excellent job by Sean Hannity.
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