Rating: Summary: Balanced, Insightful look into two differing Worldviews Review: I was warned by my friends on the left that this book is a polemical diatribe. However, it becomes clear to anyone who bothers to READ it that this book is far from the invective hate speech peppered with swear words that the left thrives upon. Sorry radical lefties, this book is definitely not written for the sophomoric individuals that think the pedantic ramblings of Moore and Franken posses some sort of reasoned argument. The first 50 pages of the book are a look at different worldviews, one conservative and 1 leftist. I particularly enjoyed Mr. Hannity's clear explanations of how each side looked at issues and why there are differences. It was refreshing to have an author be able to discuss a differing viewpoint without resorting to personal attacks. It is fascinating to note that you rarely find this in a book from the left, instead the left employs fervent hate filled ad hominem attacks against anyone they disagree with. Very rarely will you ever find the left trying to understand differences instead they wish to be divisive creating a wedge larger than one truly exists. It isn't until page 100 that Mr. Hannity starts dissecting the pernicious effects that radical leftism has had on the United States of America. He shows quite clearly that Bill Clinton through his naiveté and his multilateralist feelings of appeasement did insurmountable damage to this country and he is the main person to be held culpable for September 11. While this is not new news to anybody who isn't brain dead it is interesting how delicately Mr. Hannity presented the facts for you to draw out your own conclusion. Again no hyperbole or hatred, merely a lesson of what not to do, given in a very compassionate way. The book continues along in a very through and logical way. In the end you are presented a fantastic view of the difference between the two worldviews. If you dislike hate filled rhetoric and enjoy logic and reasoning then this book will be for you, regardless of what side of the political spectrum you are on. You will especially like this book if you believe like I and Mr. Hannity that the Radical Left has hijacked the once great democratic party of this country.
Rating: Summary: ALL PATRIOT NO ACT Review: I find Hannity's pill hard to swallow. And, my friends, it is not a truth pill. The fact that Hannity tries to associate Liberals with Hussein, Hitler, and Stalin is appauling. He himself supports totalitarianism when he calls those who oppose the neoconservatives "unpatriotic." Conflict does come from social and economic differences. To think that the middle class would ever sit back and let the rich get richer is absurd. I don't know if Hannity actually believes these lies that he's telling us, but his book has been written to stir controversy and sell copies, as it has. No "true" Christian would ever try to associate a group of people with political differences, the Liberals, with terrorists and dictators. I myself am protestant but I find that the conservative way of polarizing issues and making opponents into a cartoon (see the GOP website) is unprofessional. I do not oppose Hannity's books because of differing views, but because of the ad hominum remarks and great bias. If Hannity calls himself fair and balanced, he must be sarcastically speaking.
Rating: Summary: If you have any hope for America... Review: Sean Hannity is a real American hero. His book describes and gives factual evidence (unlike left wing wackos) for every charge he makes. Delivers a fantastic portrayal of the American lefties (and even those who call themselves conservatives) who are destrying America and keeping our Country on the brink of destruction from outside forces. Thank you for being there Sean.
Rating: Summary: Deliver Us from Hannity! Review: You can be sure that the followers of Sean Hannity aren't exactly weeping over the countless trees that had to be destroyed to publish this inexplicably bad, (and not surprising bestselling) book. The same blundering generalizations, weak data, dubious citations taken out of context, and generally piss-poor writing, plague this overpriced exercise in liberal-baiting. One look at the "intelligence" of the audience for this refuse and you can understand why this country is going down the tubes so quickly. I cannot wait until Al Franken sinks his teeth into this one, dessicating Hannity's delusional fiction as he did in his "Liars" book, and exposing the man for what he is - an angry, self-aggrandizing, overpaid, lying hypocrite and fabricator of facts. Yes, there is evil in this world, and that evil is Sean Hannity. Whatever you do, don't fall for this claptrap. Take your hard-earned cash and give it to the National Arbor Fund - we need to fill the void left by those thousands of poor trees that died so Sean Hannity could get his hateful words out to his likewise hate-filled countrymen.
Rating: Summary: The First Lie is On the Cover Review: In the last election, Gore got 50,996,116 votes, to Bush's 50,456,169. According to the lie on the cover of this book, that means that more than half the people in this country are liberals, which means more than half the country is "evil". Hannity lied about me. I'm a liberal. And a Viet Nam era veteran. This liberal served his country, when conservatives like Rush Limbaugh, Dick Cheney, Trent Lott, Newt Gingrich, William Bennett, David Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Michael Savage, Michael Reagan, Ted Nugent, and Karl Rove did not. Where were you guys? And, where was Sean Hannity during Gulf War I? He was in his late 20's/early 30's back then. What happened, Hannity? Flat feet? So, if you believe Hannity's lie that over half the people in this country are evil, or that I'm evil because I'm a liberal, go ahead. It's a free country. Just be sure to thank the vets - even the "evil" liberal ones - who kept it free. Or, you can thank the do-nothings mentioned above.
Rating: Summary: This guy is a flaming (...) Review: "Appeasement" is trivialized here in Hannity's book. Every policy directive from a Democrat that doesn't call for the immediate and overwhelming use of US might is appeasement. Republicans get a free ride: Bush I's not riding into Baghdad, Nixon's warming relations to China, Reagan not invading the USSR, etc. Also not mentioned in this book: bitter GOP partisanship during conflicts going back to WWI. Essentially, any and all charges he puts forth in this book more than apply to the GOP, (...).
Rating: Summary: Mundane Review: People are obviously flooding this sit with 5 star reviews with the goal of maintaining a high rating for this book. I have actually read it (well I read the first 100 or so pages) and let me tell you this is just like watching Fox news with Hannity, except here Hannity doesn't have to waste any time bullying and lambasting his "guests" and go on and on with his "pro american" opinions. The truth of the matter (such as I see it) is that people like Hannity never make a buisness or a country great, they are just over inflated egos who want to be the center of attention. Thankyou Fox and all your likes for exploiting the likes of Hannity. Even if you are a "not so intellectual" conservative this book is at best mediocre. Just because you love America, need to remamber that men like Hannity are NOT what makes America a good place to live.
Rating: Summary: Okay, so I was wrong Review: In an April, 2003, piece, syndicated (conservative) columnist Charley Reese wrote, "Sean Hannity has a one-rut mind: Every criticism or dissent ... is a left-wing attack against his hero, George W. Bush." That pretty much sums up "Deliver Us from Evil." Although I'm a libertarian, my roots are in the "conservative movement." I have a lot of sympathy for conservatives, sometimes against my better judgment. And I believe conservative arguments need and deserve to be cogently presented and rationally debated. I concluded my Amazon.com review of Hannity's disappointing first book with these words: "C'mon, Sean. You're smart and articulate. You can do a whole lot better than this." Well, apparently he can't. A 300-plus-page book gives Hannity the opportunity to develop some insightful, thought-provoking analysis. Unfortunately, he acts out his role as George W. Bush's paladin by gliding serenely from one talk-radio totem to another, never breaking an intellectual sweat. This book is full of boilerplate lessons from Churchill and Reagan ... shopworn excerpts from Every Conservative's Book of Favorite Quotes (Adams, Burke, etc.) ... capsule summaries of middle-eastern history ... attacks on opposing viewpoints as "appeasement!" ... and most of all, praise to the skies for the wisdom, virtue, vision, and statesmanlike bearing of George W. Bush. (In fact, I seriously wonder whether it is President Bush, and not the Lord, whom Hannity believes will "deliver us from evil.") Hannity's writing seems to have improved from what I can remember of his first book. He quotes other people quite a bit, so give him credit for research. And he often manages to get the right targets in his sights. But once again, I think he has failed to take advantage of the unique virtues of the medium: the chance to develop a sustained, thoughtful, and in-depth argument without being interrupted by co-hosts or forced to break for commercials. It's discouraging, though not surprising, to see this book doing so very well. There has got to be more to modern American conservatism than hero-worship, buzzwords, and chest-thumping nationalism masquerading as "patriotism." Hasn't there?
Rating: Summary: Great Book (Review from a Former Liberal) Review: Sean, you wrote a great FACTUAL book. I must admit, coming from an artist (and a former liberal), I was skeptical about your book even though I listen to your show every day. I wasn't sure you would be a good writer. When I opened the book and read the first section I thought, OK, the same repetitive rhetoric I hear from Sean every day. I wasn't sure even at this point. Then I read it end to end. This book, hands down, was one of my favorite books to read! I am 30 years old and a catholic (which is another reason your title of the book peaked my interest). I lived through many of the events in this book but grew up with the stereotypical view of Republicans. Republican bad. They only want oil, big business, they are racist arms dealers and war mongers. It is apparent to me now that there is a reality that the liberal , and I mean LIBERAL, media doesn't want you to hear. It is sad that most people only listen and obey. I challenge anyone to read this book and not be stimulated to do further research into the events in this book. Sean, you were a master at citations. There is an entire section at the end of the book filled with sources of FACT. I must admit, I am the type of person that agrees with force in my life. I try to be reasonable but I don't believe this has any place in the world when there are enemies everywhere trying to kill us. I have a 1 year old and one on the way. I want them protected. This book says it all. If we don't read and learn from history we are bound to repeat it. This book is appropriate for the times and important for people on both sides of the political landscape to read. Great job Sean.
Rating: Summary: Follow him into the rabbit hole Review: Any person who would buy this book for a purpose other than that of ascertaining some objectivity on the current debate, chooses to live in a frightened world and star in a Hollywood movie of their own creation. These are the people buying duct tape every time the magic nob is cranked up to "Code Orange", and the ones who call the police on a brown skinned neighbor buying fertilizer at the Home Depot. This is fear pandering at a frenetic volume, and for those that feel not only comfortable with spending billions of dollars which are not available but are inclined to adopt unmitigated military attack on a nation of our choosing as permanent foreign policy, then I say they are worthy of much sympathy as frightened and insecure souls. Furthermore, to say that the reason they support such a policy of pre-emption is to battle against a conceptual noun such as "Evil" leaves them vacant of even the simple credibility required for a book review. History has shown us that we are left hemorrhaging as a nation after such wars on conceptual "enemies" (War on Drugs, War on Poverty, War on Hunger). Perhaps those who are eager to extinguish the "Evil vermin" that reside in this world would be interested to know that 19 of the men who perpetrated the attacks of 9/11 were in fact from Saudi Arabia, still a close ally and still one of the leading purchasers of American military equipment, who after the attacks stepped up by 10 fold the amount of money they spent in the US on a PR campaign to portray their country in a favorable light. We can ask then of Hannity and of his readers to enlighten those of who have since graduated from boyhood notions of Good and Evil, so that we may see clearly: Who exactly is Evil? And who is being appeased?
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