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Summary: Offensive, Abominable Garbage
Review: Hannity's very title is a giveaway here to the essential dishonesty of the conservative mindset: "Liberty" is an essential feature of "Liberalism."Hannity's "liberty" apparently does not include religious freedom for non-Christians, economic democracy, nor dissent from the Bush junta. People that REALLY love freedom should boycott any sponsors of Hannity. I do.
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Summary: A Strong Finish
Review: There are few surprises in this book. I liked it, but then this is the type book that conservatives will like, liberals will not. If you watch Sean Hannity's show, or listen to his radio program, then you know what to expect out of this book, so if you buy it, don't complain if it isn't some great revelation for you.
I like Sean Hannity. He is someone who got passionate about something and ended up being very successful at it. That is always admirable. But I found this book lacking content. Maybe it's just that I am so familiar with Hannity that I wasn't reading anything I didn't already know, but I thought there was too much time spent just rehashing guests from the Hannity and Colmes TV show. But then I read chapter 11 and it turned the whole thing around for me. Chapter 11 appears to be Sean Hannity speaking from the heart and it is invaluable. Like Bill Bennett's classic, Book of Virtues, chapter 11 of this book should be required reading for every High School student in America. It exposes the cold hard truth about many of the liberal lies and tactics and how they should be dealt with. In fact, the last 3 chapters really make this book a worthwhile read.
Buy the book. If you're not a political junkie, you will learn a few things in the first ten chapters. If you are a political junkie, you'll get your money's worth in the last three chapters.
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Summary: This man is BRILLIANT!
Review: What more can I say.
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Summary: Relevant, hard-hitting, and insightful...to a degree
Review: Hannity accomplishes much that is good in this wide-ranging and sometimes rambling indictment of the American Left Wing. To his credit, the author goes a long way toward correctly identifying the mindset of the American liberal. Perhaps of greatest value in the book is Hannity's proven talent for identifying the true cause of many issues. He should also be commended for his dogged pursuit (and timely use) of facts to support his case-something not often seen from the other side of the political aisle. He argues from a position of strength (i.e., a premise based in fact supported by a logical argument) on many issues, but where he falls short of the mark is in the intellectual discipline to consistently apply this formula to all of his arguments. Like many conservatives who embrace that title, Hannity remains objective only on issues related to fiscal policy and the nation's defense (of course, other trivial exceptions also apply). True to form, Hannity loses all semblance of the plodding, logical thinker on issues the invoke his unabashed religious views. To his credit, the author confronts this bias explicitly; he openly states his relgious tenets and then argues from them. While his candor is appreciated, it is precisely this logical inconsistency that dilutes the value of the book. For there is a certain intellectual dishonesty involved in placing equal weight on arguments that flow from fact-based, logical premises and those steeped in faith-based, irrational premises. The inevitable and regrettable result, is a book containing a hodge-podge of truly brilliant, rational arguments comingled with relgious appeals to authority, the fallacy of self-exclusion, the fallacy of composition, and other logical fallacies. These intellectual flaws do not, however, diminish the importance of those arguments that do stem from a rational basis. Hannity provides cogent and insightful attacks on the leftist mindset, and he lends much to the establishment of a proper agenda to combat it. Topics in the book include the war on terrorism, military defense, taxation, abortion, the enrivonment, and general social mores. Many of the topics are handled deftly, and much is provided in the way of historical and political perspective. However, as noted above, Hannity too often disarms himself by not arguing from a position of perfectly consistent logic. It would be nice to see a conservative completely identify the root cause of the insidious positions espoused by the likes of Al Gore and Tom Daschle. While much is made of their ample record of hypocrisy, Hannity refuses to take the moral high ground in attributing anything sinister to their motives. Why not? Perhaps it's time to call a spade a spade. Tom Daschle is another ivory-tower leftist who would have been perfectly at home in the hippie movement. Indeed, the only thing truly dangerous about this man is that the same asinine policies being spouted from the muck in Woodstock are now being bellowed from the floor of the U.S. Senate. Al Gore is an even easier case, and Hannity does a fair job of identifying Gore's anti-American screed ("Earth in the Balance") as just that. However, after correctly identifying the hateful nature and harm that works such as these can do to the United States, Hannity goes to great lengths to explicitly and repeatedly refer to the former Vice President as patriotic. Why the hesitation to drive the point to its proper conclusion? Perhaps Hannity's hedging on important points such as these reflect his publicist's means of keeping the door open to visitors on his radio and televisions shows. (If that is the case, perhaps his publicist should be noted among the contributors.) I suspect, however, that this sort of pragmatism is at the root of the conservative movement, for this sort of logical inconsistency is the hallmark of many conservatives today. Indeed, we see this sort of timidity with conservatives a great deal: lucid identification of crucial issues pursued only to the 80% mark...it's like a bad horror movie where the villain is always left alive to haunt us another day. Perhaps conservatives fear that a complete pursuit of their enemies might jeopardize their faith in the almighty compromise; perhaps it might take them too close to some of their own irrational premises. Either way, this hesitation is the reason that conservatives will never fully prevail in the war of ideas.
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Summary: Thank God, we're fighting back
Review: What can I say but that I love Sean Hannity and that I am indeed proud that he is such an outspoken and well liked conservative. For too long, we conservatives have not been represented favorably on television and the news. We were all too often portrayed by the media as the bad guys. I gave up watching network news years ago because I recognized the bias long before anybody ever talked about it. Things have changed. I think Rush was our trail blazer and now finally, we have more than just token representation on television with the advent of cable news and with people like Sean articulating so well our side of the argument. Conservatives should support fellow conservatives in their unending quest to defeat liberalism. Buying and reading this book is an excellent contribution towards that end. I would not recommend this book to liberals. Why ruin their day?
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Summary: One GREAT book!
Review: Hay is this one great book or what. Doent even think about that - it IS a GREAT book. But it still aint the whole storey.
When you get done here reed "Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser and see the great way that American business is spreading THE American Way all over the world. There aint NOTHING as great as American liberty, a\nd there aint nobody got the right to say different.
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Summary: Inspiring
Review: This book reads a lot like Sean Hannity's radio show, so you can almost hear Hannity delivering his messages in his voice. Hannity, like Rush Limbaugh and more recently Ann Coulter, is villified by so-called liberals for his conservative views. As far as the broadcasting and writing approach is concerned, Hannity isn't the entertainer Limbaugh is, nor is he as brusque as Coulter. But he wears his heart on his sleeve as he makes clear his ideals, and he makes his points in an honest, straight-forward way. Sure, he asks tough questions of those he disagrees with. And among his best points are that in this country, we have a right to disagree with each other--something which isn't tolerated at all in other parts of the world. But Hannity is the first to admit when his own party is in the wrong, and he never resorts to the name-calling and demonism which so often bog down political discourse these days. And that's refreshing. The book jacket is cloaked in red, white and blue, and one of Hannity's chief goals for writing the book is to illustrate the sacrifices our military has made for us over the years to keep our country strong and free. He states that it's crucial that our children learn of these sacrifices and of what people like Hannity's own grandfather went through as an Irish Catholic immigrant to reach this country safely and then find success here. Hannity takes strong issue with those who insist on bashing our country's freedoms and trying to quash them. He also cites numerous examples of how symbols like our nation's flag, pledge of allegiance and Declaration of Independence (not to mention our country's history) are being derided, ignored, tarnished and rewritten to suit political agendas and correctness at the expense of the ideals our country was built upon. He makes an awfully strong case for putting aside partisan politics when it comes to issues of national security, since countries hostile toward us are likely to make use of the internal bickering--and already have. There are those who won't read this book because Hannity makes clear his views on the importance of freedom, religion and self-sufficient people in a capitalist society. But to reject this book because of his conservative views is a huge mistake, because it serves as a most instructive reminder about the efforts of previous generations to insure that we have the right to debate and disagree as we do. Highly recommended, especially for those who have a negative view of this country. And recommended as well because of its capacity to teach patriotism--and yes, tolerance--to our young people.
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Summary: Can you count the falacies
Review: While reading Hannity's book I came across many falacies. I;m not surprised by them since they would be there if a liberal wrote a book but they should be pointed out. First of all Sean goes off on Clintons cheating without mentioning the number of Republicans that had extramarital affairs. He calls Clinton a scumbag for pergery while he hails Poindexter a hero who also pergered himself before congress. He mentions Linda Cahvez and Pete Wilson and their views on immigration without mentioning their own use of illegal immigrants for work. He says that liberals are wrong to say they're pro-choice, shouldnt conservatives be wrong to say they're pro life when they support the death penalty? Finally he mentions how Fox News is balanced and fair, this is coming from the same station whose reporter (Riveira) lied about his reporting in Afghanistan. It wouold be nice to find a real balanced book and one that is slanted to one political side.
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Summary: taking the book on its own merit
Review: I will readily admit that most of these reviews will depend on the reviewer's politics. However, I read this book fully wanting to understand it on its own terms and not let my opinion be effected by any obvious disagreement I might have. With that said, I will extremely agree with fellow reviewers that there is not a single thread in this book that can be considered the basis of a logical argument. As a student persuing a doctorate in philosophy I believe that an argument must prove itself and not simply rely on the beliefs of the target audience. The ideas and arguments here are simply meant for people who already agree with them and need no reason for rational thought. This is a very foolish way to discourse indeed. All it amounts to is rhetoric and propaganda for the right. This is something I simply cannot stand no matter if it is propaganda for the right, left or whatever absurd lables people will make up to make themselves feel superior. It's a given that media celebrities are not the best writers, they just get the largest book deals. In the end this is the same non sense I cannot stand about Rush and fundementalists. They have an ultimate high opinion of themselves and feel no need to prove their arguemnt because everyone should just accept that it is correct. Present a decent right-winged argument without sounding like a lunatic and I'll be happy to review it positively and with an open mind. This certainly doesn't even come close. On a side note-this is where I will consider my own politics-when exactly has this country exemplified these 'values' Mr. Hannity argues for? If being a patriot means not questioning things like this more closely, then the right can keep the title, I'd rather have free thought. There is no point in independance otherwhise. I won't even get into the absurdities of the so called war on terror. Not a single person-certainly not Mr. Hannity-has provided a rational argument for why we should have a war with Iraq. This I say considering there hasn't been any agression launched by them in the region or against us in some time. On the contrary, we feel the need to bomb them at will for whatever pointless reasons we make up. Nor has any proof been offered that they have these weapons that may or may not be somewhat equal to our own. Enough of my soap box, to sum it up, this is one of the worst books I have read in years.
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Summary: Another killed tree for the waste of paper!!!!!!
Review: Interesting to see fundamentalists at work!
just the same ideology that drives terrorists Sean!
There is a huge difference between patriotism and
one sided chauvinism. The writer is right about one
thing though liberalism is evil. But so is his
ethnocentric right winger style of freedom.
Thank God I borrowed the book from a library!!!!!!!!
My advice, You could do the same
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