Sean Hannity Wins Imus Over With "Conservative Victory"

Just in case Sean Hannity doesn’t have enough exposure—he’s on more than 500 radio stations around the country, and has his own nightly Fox News program—he’s back with another book, Conservative Victory, his first in six years.

“It’s a pretty simple message,” Hannity said about his book, the subtitle of which, not surprisingly, is “Defeating Obama’s Radical Agenda.”

When he began writing this book back in August, Hannity could see Obama’s radicalism coming down the road, and not just in the form of his health care bill.

“Take a look at all the radicals he’s appointed since he’s been President,” said Hannity, who ticked off a list of names that included Anita Dunn (“looks at Mao as her favorite philosopher); Kevin Jennings (“advised a young boy in school who was having sex with an adult to ‘use a condom’”); and Harold Koh (“wants to apply Shari’a law in the U.S. and paint every roof in America white”).

“Okay,” Imus said, considering this slew of information. “But other than that?”

As for whether Hannity was happy that Obama visited the troops in Afghanistan over the weekend, he said, “I was thrilled to death. Did he bow to anybody?”

He professed frustration with the “mainstream” media constantly asking him if there is anything about the President that he likes. “He seems to love his family and he seems to be a good father,” said Hannity. “Just ask Benjamin Netanyahu, who he left at the table last week to go up and eat dinner with his kids.”

Cynically, Hannity thinks Obama’s visit to Afghanistan was a political move designed to raise his sagging poll numbers. “But is it good that the Commander-in-Chief goes to see the troops?” Hannity said. “Yeah, I think that’s a good thing.”

Much of the second half of Conservative Victory focuses on President Ronald Reagan, on whom Hannity seems to have a bit of a man-crush.

“I love to watch Reagan video and listen to his audio,” he mused, and described how the Gipper rescued the country from the throes of Jimmy Carter’s double-digit inflation, 21.5 percent interest rates, and skyrocketing unemployment.

“He comes in with hope and an optimism and an agenda that was based on really solid principles,” said Hannity. These principles included lowering the top marginal tax rates from 70 to 28 percent, doubling revenues to the government, and creating 21 million new jobs. “He gave us the longest period of peacetime economic growth in history.”

Following the Reagan model, which also includes fiscal responsibility and strong national defense, would, in Hannity’s opinion, steer the country back on course. As for Obama the person, his background continues to frighten poor little Hannity.

“I don’t think you can hang out with this guy Jeremiah Wright saying ‘G-D America’ and all this other stuff, and not have some of the same radical views,” he said.

But now, after 15 minutes of listening to Hannity, Imus was the one who was scared. “I’m trying to think if I can remember where all my guns are,” he admitted.

-Julie Kanfer