OVERALL GRADE: 7.5/10

I am a Republican because I think that Republican ideology is as close to logic as is possible to find in a U.S. political party. I will vote and support capable Republicans because Republican candidates believe in basic Constitutional values that I think should be upheld, which include a strong knowledge of real economics, a great plan for health care, general welfare, and social security, and I will vote Republican because I like the idea of our military, defense, and various law enforcement branches having the most up-to-date training and equipment possible.

I first heard Sean Hannity on his radio show, The Sean Hannity Show, and I didn't like it very much; too many ads. I don't like radio, period, but oh well, just a preference of mine. I prefer to read about issues either in the paper or on the Internet, and decide on them for myself. But I heard that Hannity had recently put out a book, so I thought, "What the hell, he seemed like an OK guy. I'll give his book a shot."

I didn't regret it. From the first page, I'm hit with a barrage of amusing anecdotes, straight-forward rhetoric, and Hannity's blunt statements of his beliefs. This didn't change much as the book progressed; Hannity tackles various issues such as abortion, gay marriage, tax cuts, welfare, education, national defense, legal and illegal immigration, the war on terrorism, and the war on Iraq with a slicing wit. Note that I didn't say sarcasm; I said wit. Wit is different from sarcasm; wit implies a sense of class and education. Hannity's book is witty; I remember one line quite well, as it is forever burned into my memory. I read it and laughed out loud, something I rarely do when I'm by myself. The quote was something to this effect (note: it is NOT verbatim):

"The Left say they are pro-choice. They are not pro-choice. They are pro-abortion."

I read it and thought, "Holy shit, burned by the Han-man!" I don't even fully agree with him on abortion, but that one sizzled.

Hannity addresses most topics with statistics and explanations of the statistics quite well. However, I do have a few complaints about this book (not so much complaints as issues that would discourage other readers.) For one, Hannity, throughout the whole book, is preaching to the Republican (specifically the conservative) choir. There are many instances where he'll quote liberals, and though these quotes are outrageous and deserve spotlight for their stupidity, he never offers an argument against them. He simply leaves us with a "Can you believe this?" type of response. No, Mr. Hannity, I can't, but it's quite obvious that many do believe this kind of tripe, passionately, and a major criticism by liberals will likely be against exactly these types of passages (I've yet to read any positive or negative reviews by professional critics.)

Another is part of Hannity's personality; he's very blunt and uncompromising in his values, something that I find somewhat admirable, but in this day and age of moral relativity (I love that term, got it from the book) many idiots are going to use this book as a vehicle for the tired argument: "LOOK! SEE??? REPUBLICANS DON'T WANT TO HEAR OUR SIDE!" despite Hannity's other explorations into the liberal mind-set.