Sean Hannity – Deliver Us From Evil – A Book Review

Deborah Venable

07/31/06

Needless to say, I’m a little behind on some of my reading. “Deliver Us From Evil”, (Reagan Books, An Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, New York, NY) has been out for a couple of years now. It was written before the 2004 elections, so reading it for the first time now, through the lens of two years in the future, made it even more interesting. In those two years that has ensued since the book was written, the evil that Sean Hannity so deftly defines has grown ever more troublesome and the appeasers even more desperate.

Mr. Hannity’s warnings in the epilogue of the book are right on target for everything that has happened and is happening now. And he is right – evil IS the enemy, whether it takes the form of cruel dictators in far away dangerous lands or the weakness in human nature that allows it to divert our attentions away from more indirect assaults on our national spirit. Whether the attack is coming from outside or inside our America, evil intent is driving it and subversive power trying to overcome freedom is the motivation. Strength, not weakness, is the only thing that will defeat such evil.

Sean takes his share of criticism from those who love to hate a strong sense of right and wrong and anyone willing to stand in defense of right. He seems to be one of the conservative voices that liberals love to hate most. That is usually an indication of one’s effectiveness, and it is undeniable that his popularity has grown considerably in the last decade. Sean Hannity makes no apologies for his beliefs or his analysis of the problems we face. In “Deliver Us From Evil”, (subtitled, Defeating Despotism, Terrorism, and Liberalism”), he does not mince words as he parallels historic record with present day results. He aims his remarks at the [then] coming presidential election of 2004 with clearly stated opinion backed up by fact. You may agree or disagree with his opinions, but the facts stand on their own. He spends the time to explain appeasement in all its forms and the results, both real, (historically factual), and expected, (now two years later – also factual), and thus formulates the proof against appeasement being the tool for lasting peace.

With fuzzy shades of gray so often blending the black and white worldview, of right and wrong, good and evil, this timely book serves as an optical correction device to separate the gray into its two components – black or white, right or wrong, good or evil. If you are uncomfortable with that terminology, “Deliver Us From Evil” will have you hunting up your poison darts to throw at the author. If not, you may find yourself saying, “I couldn’t have said it better myself,” or “Thank goodness someone finally had the guts to tell it like it is.”

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