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moral relativism, political correctness, and not-too-subtle anti-American multiculturalism,<br />

<strong>the</strong> kind that preaches that America is a racist, sexist, bigoted, imperialist,<br />

homophobic, and thus fundamentally evil and oppressive nation.<br />

It's a wonder that Marin produced only one American Taliban and not thousands, isn't it?<br />

We're lucky al Qaeda didn't establish a training camp right <strong>the</strong>re in Sausalito. Hannity keeps<br />

hacking away:<br />

He grew up feeding his mind on The Autobiography of Malcolm X, not Moses or Peter<br />

or Paul ... In time, Lindh converted from anything-goes liberal agnosticism to hardcore<br />

Middle Eastern radical Islam.<br />

Before reading this, I had never considered <strong>the</strong> direct line between liberal agnosticism<br />

and hard-core, radical Islam. But Hannity has a strong case. So many of my liberal, agnostic<br />

women friends from college gradually relinquished <strong>the</strong>ir freedoms and decided to spend <strong>the</strong><br />

rest of <strong>the</strong>ir lives in chadors, avoiding <strong>the</strong> gaze of men.<br />

In contrast to Lindh's depraved childhood environment, Hannity trumpets his Long Island<br />

childhood in <strong>the</strong> protective embrace of <strong>the</strong> Catholic Church. Gee, nothing weird happened<br />

to cute lit tle boys in <strong>the</strong> Catholic Church, eh, Sean? Nothing that would explain your<br />

bizarre fixation with our nation's homosexuals. Throughout Let Freedom Ring, amid <strong>the</strong> halftruths<br />

about tax policy and <strong>the</strong> pabulum about national security, we find page upon page of<br />

denunciations of homosexuals, homosexuality, and homosexual practices-including, believe<br />

it or not, on page 158, a graphic description of what he calls "fisting."<br />

Speaking of formative experiences, Hannity tells us about one of his great early inspirations.<br />

On page 43, he outlines <strong>the</strong> life story of his embattled hero. He's talking about how<br />

his champion was keyed in to <strong>the</strong> gravity of <strong>the</strong> terrorist threat even back in <strong>the</strong> eighties. He<br />

says:<br />

Ollie North—decorated for courage and bravery in Vietnam with <strong>the</strong> Silver Star, <strong>the</strong><br />

Bronze Star, two Purple Hearts, and three Navy Commendation medals—helped<br />

plan <strong>the</strong> Reagan administration's liberation of Grenada. He helped plan <strong>the</strong> raid<br />

against Libya, in response to repeated rounds of Libyan terrorism. He helped <strong>the</strong><br />

President wage a relentless campaign for freedom and democracy in Central America.<br />

<strong>And</strong> for his efforts, Ollie and his family were not heralded as American heroes.<br />

They were targeted-first by Libyan terrorists, and <strong>the</strong>n by liberal Democrats.<br />

On page 263, he tells <strong>the</strong> full story:

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