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Sean Hannity, the combative conservative talk radio and cable TV host, has laid out his two-fisted philosophy in a new book, "Let Freedom Ring." Predictably, he pulls no punches. Hannity is a brash New Yorker. He revels in having been born and bred in the Big Apple, and he loves the challenge of taking on the liberals. What's more, he's very good at it. Hannity's radio show went to national syndication on September 10, 2001. The events of the following day only strengthened his resolve to bring his patriotic message to America, and to expose the Left as unapologetic architects of a vulnerable America.
Hannity gleefully catches spinmeister Dick Morris emphasizing what every sentient American already knew — that everything done by the Clintons was the result of raw political calculation. As he documents, the Clinton team ignored the gathering storm and passed up opportunities to effectively hit the terrorists before they hit us. But as Hannity shows, the Clinton approach was the logical outcome of decades of liberal assaults on U.S. intelligence capability. In 1995, Senator Pat Moynihan introduced a bill to abolish the CIA. Two years later, presidential hopeful John Kerry was on the Senate floor trying to do the same. He was vigorously supported by Rep. Maxine Waters, who accused the CIA of introducing crack cocaine into the inner cities! Hannity realizes that immigration is the front line of the battle against terrorism, and once again, he details hatchet jobs by liberals such as Eleanor Clift on anyone who even suggests that there should be any limits on the free flow of aliens across our borders. Hannity spotlights the indispensable Charlie Rangel, proving that he can't complete a sentence containing "immigration" or "Republican" without using the name "Hitler." Clinton and Gore, of course, went all out in the 1996 election to push through immigration "reforms" designed solely to flood the polls with more potential Democrat voters. Sean Hannity is no immigrant basher. His grandparents came from Ireland and he lauds the efforts of hard-working, legal immigrants who cherish America's best values. Hannity is a happy pugilist. He fights hard but fair. He knows that America is in a fight for her institutions, her culture, and her very existence against malignant forces at home and abroad. He has no doubt that America will emerge victorious. (Regan Books 2002, $25.95, 295 pages) |
His methodology is simple and effective — examine the record and let the liberals speak for themselves. The results are stunning and instructive, as Hannity demonstrates just how far from mainstream values the Democrats have wandered.
