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Summary: Extreme, and not much better than Franken...
Review: Hannity has managed to demonstrate how extremes of any persuasion can harm a cause with some merits. I listen to him ocassionally, and can't keep from wincing painfully at some of the outrageous things he says, and at the way in which he shouts his callers and guests down, telling them they're not going to win, because "this is my show".
As in his radio show, in this book Hannity exhibits a thorough lack of understanding of what being "fair and balanced" means. He strikes me as somebody who never really had a mind of his own, and who cherishes the opportunity to vociferously repeat the mantra of the far, far right in this country.
If you really want a fair and balanced view of things, stick with open-minded O'Reilly, who takes on liberals, moderates, and conservatives equally when they are wrong, and who doesn't strive to justify wrongs and offer apologies just for the sake of remaining in one ideological camp, as extreme and skewed as it may be.
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Summary: Get Sanitized - Avoid Hypocrite Hannity - He's Hateful
Review: I struggled through this book, amused at the way in which Sean jumps to conclusions. Man, this narrow minded man is a hypocrite of biblical proportions! Read the book if you must, but go into it with the knowledge that Sean exagerates the facts and jumps to conclusions based on faulty research. This country is in real trouble if the majority falls for this kind of drivel.
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Summary: Should be embarassed to call himself a Christian
Review: Mr. Hannity speaks a lot about his Christian values but I wonder what Bible he's reading. My Bible teaches tolerance, compassion and love of one's fellow man, whereas this man seems to practice the opposite. I am not his judge but it seems the word "hypocrite" could easily apply. As a devout Christian, I am appalled and sickened by this type of mean-spirited, hateful individual purporting to hold the same values I do. He doesn't. He should be ashamed of himself... assuming he has any shame at all.
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Summary: Who's at war?
Review: Well, I'm a Californian. Not because I live here, but because it is home to me. I love the thrill of the city, the oceans, mountains, and the bounty of all that is good--and wholesome--and American. I am an American because I was born with American value and because after traveling the world for two decades I have seen for myself that this is the best country to live in and to raise a family. I hire Americans like me, and some not like me, and I generously provide health care and take care of my extended family.I was also raised Catholic, although my father was of a different religion. I love diversity, of cultures, ideas and religions. I grew up amongst Jews and Arabs, Hindi and Buddhists, and even enjoy going to their bookstores and gatherings around university centers. Why do I mention all this? Because, Hannity paints a picture of America devoid from these very things I love. Freedom of expression (not just the press) and freedom to love the diversity of that which has made this great nation of ours. I also cried bitterly on 911, had lost a friend, wrote a poem of hope and redemption for all my friends at home and abroad. We had lost our innocence. We became a nation at war. The local corner store that employed Arabs meekly avoided my gaze, but I felt in my heart they hadn't done anything. I felt sorry for them that they will soon carry the burden of extremists which had nothing to do with them. I thought also about the books I was reading, the television I had been watching, which instantly turned to angry debate, angry invectives and voracious desire to rip apart the old America, blame it for all that had gone wrong, blame Clinton, blame Hillary, blame France and, why not, blame the EU, the UN and the failure of NATO (as per Kosovo)--blame the world but not see the bigger picture. As a businessman, I prospered under Clinton. As an American I felt America was moving into the 21st century and into the third millennium, an era when America's hegemony will be increasingly challenged by forces more powerful than the fences of the cold war. I lived in Poland, Hungary and the pre-Czech Republic Czechoslovakia, and even formed American-styled businesses there. I understood how they look at us, how they look up to us, and, recently, how much concern they have for us. I am concerned that our unilateralism of late has diminished the goodwill abroad, in China, in India, in East Europe, in the growing EU. I am concerned that we are fighting mathematically unwinnable wars, fighting demonized icons that are little more than jeering paper tigers, but being enmeshed in a trap that will suck our lifeblood. I am concerned about our staying power in regions that resist us and far outnumber our presence. As a technologist, I am concerned with the outrageous belief that better technology, R&D, precision weapons and next generation soldiers with the latest wireless technologies will solve the problem at the core. I am also concerned with the rise of American extremism, both extreme left and extreme right, that paints an antiquarian, one dimensional picture of America, hypnotizes the press and spoon feeds people that don't read anything much more intelligent--or anything at all. I have recently disconnected my TV, stopped drinking carbonated soft drinks, and started to exercise and pray more frequently. I pray that we can find our way as fiercely independent Americans that we always are, as Americans that learned to prosper and become world leaders in the past century, and as Americans that develop as even stronger, self-assured and respectful leaders in the face of unprecedented global change that we now face. We cannot do this, I believe, in the context of the ad hominem debate contained in this book.
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Summary: another three-piece suit redncek who can't write either
Review: repeat after me you right -wing idiots there is no liberal media, ann coulter has the brain of a peanut and start thinking for yourselves . now go watch fox news and fry the remaining lack of brain power hearing limbaugh.
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Summary: Awful, Unpatriotic, Dishonest
Review: Sean and his friends at Fox are not true conservatives. They are radical right-wing hystericals. This idiot screamed "wag the dog" whenever Clinton went after terrorists in Afganistan, thus weakening the United States and helping leave us open to future terror attacks. Like 9-11. We're never going to be safe and prosperous until we all learn to tune out the hate-mongers and discuss different opinions like sane adults. Just say no to this book.
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Summary: Don't You Get It?
Review: Here's the formula: put an attention-getting title on a book worthy of The Star (Slander, Treason, Let Freedom Ring, Stupid White Men...) Pick a side - left or right, doesn't matter. Then babble on for a few hundred pages of poorly written, poorly researched incinderary garbage demonizing "the other side". Viola! Number 1 on the NYT best seller's list. Easy way to make a quick buck. If your interested in non-partisan facts regarding the allegations made in these books - including Michael Moore's, check out this non-partisan site: http://www.spinsanity.org and risk having your bubble burst. Fact is, none of these "authors" deserve credibility, your money, or your time.
This formula is gettig old.
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Summary: Factually and Intellectually Challenged
Review: I could call Sean Hannity a liar and a moron, but I won't. However, he demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of statistics and even the English language. He rants and raves at one point about NY state Education Commissioner Richard Mills for raising rhetorical questions. It's clear from Sean's rant that he doesn't understand the concept of the rhetorical question. Does this mean he is a moron? His incoherent rant about John Walker Lindh (who I agree is a traitor who should be serverly punished) is illogical at best. He blames Lindh's liberal upbringing in Marin County for his joining the Taliban...as if growing up as a liberal inevitably leads to conversion to hard-core, radical Islam. I'm sure there are millions of liberal females who choose to relinquish their freedoms in order to spend the rest of their lives in burkas. Hannity, on the other hand, points to his upbringing within the Catholic church as being key to his development. I think without even realizing it, Sean may have revealed the secret reason why he is such a narrow-minded bigot. Perhaps he had an unfortunate incident with a priest during his youth. That would go a long way towards explaining his rabid homophobia. Most disturbing to me is his shrill blind support for the Bush administration. This disgusting idiot libels liberals everywhere by suggesting that the Democrats tried to scuttle investigations into intelligence failures before 9/11, when, in fact, it was Bush and Cheney who didn't want to get to the truth. Look at this Washington Times headline from 5/24/2002: "Bush rejects probe of 9/11: will not give up sensitive terror papers." Or the New York Times on 5/20/2002: "Cheney Rejects Broader Access to Terror Brief." What a sham. If you are unable to think for yourself, have an 8th grade education or less, or think that people unlike you are dangerous and should be repressed, then you are the perfect customer for this book. Take off your white sheet, head out to WalMart, and buy this piece of drivel. If, however, you really believe in freedom - that is, you believe that people are created equal and should have unalienable rights, then steer completely clear of this piece of trash.
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Summary: Factual Misinformation and Fabrications
Review: blah, blah, blah. I got through the book, which had several factual errors and misrepresentations. Take the book for what its really worth. Another pompous FNC windbag cashing in by jotting down his rantings and ravings. The comfort I got after reading it the book was doing my part as an enviromentalist, and throwing it in the paper recycling bin.
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Summary: Dems quit your CRYING!!
Review: This is a great book from someone who is open minded, cares about his country, and has good moral values. Bravo Sean Hannity. The Liberals are scared.
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