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June 25, 2008

Democrats: Block Conservative Voices

By gaining control of the legislative and executive branches of government, censorship would almost be guaranteed by the Democrats, through the "Fairness Doctrine."

The Fairness Doctrine at Work

Liberals often seemed perplexed by the success of conservatives in talk radio and the abject failure of liberal talk radio (see Air America, Jim Hightower, Ed Schultz, etc.).... Conservative talk radio has been successful, i.e. profitable--and liberal talk radio has not--because of the most basic of reasons: it supplied a market demand that was otherwise unmet. ...The success of Rush and other conservative talk radio hosts, and the failure of liberals to achieve similar success, is the underlying motivation behind Democrats' efforts to re-impose the Fairness Doctrine.

So....

PELOSI SUPPORTS REVIVAL OF MEDIA 'FAIRNESS DOCTRINE'...

“Do you personally support revival of the ‘Fairness Doctrine?’” I asked. “Yes,” the speaker replied, without hesitation.

What to expect....

Battle over 'Fairness Doctrine' heats up

WND founder and editor Joseph Farah ... "Prepare for a major, frontal assault on the First Amendment – perhaps the worst in American history," he wrote, citing a letter written by U.S. Senate President Harry Reid, D-Ariz., to talk radio superstar Rush Limbaugh's network several months ago, demanding he apologize for something he never said.

..."To them, the First Amendment doesn't actually protect the inalienable right to free speech and the free press. It only protects their speech and their press. They want a monopoly on media. They had it once and they got spoiled. They decided they can't live without it any more."

He said come January 2009, if Reid still is running the Senate and Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., still is running the House, "they are going to pass a law bringing back the so-called 'Fairness Doctrine.' If Barack Obama is in the White House, he will sign it."

You don't think that the Democrats would want to regulate blogs on the internet, too, do you? Count on it.

Authored by Woody

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No one in this country should be surprised to learn that socialists seek to redefine “free speech” as that speech which is acceptable to the government. This is what has already happened in Canada, in the UK, and a host of other Western European nations – and it falls directly in line with the concept of political correctness. Apparently, House Speaker Pelosi (clearly a socialist, if not an outright Marxist) forgets that unpopular views is exactly what the framers of our Constitution sought to protect. Naturally, this entire concept falls in line with the promises of change and hope touted by Barack Obama (himself a Marxist). The Democratic plan for America isn’t looking so good from where I sit . . . but unless McCain gets his head out of his rectum, government dominance over individual liberty is exactly what we’ll have to contend with over the next eight years. And you know, the Islamacists must be just eating this up – it fits nicely within the context of Shari’ah Law.

Posted by: Mustang at Wednesday, June 25 2008 11:31 AM (BFb1r)

2 The funny part is that if the democrats get the type government they are fighting for they won't be in charge. A small select group with military backing (none in the democrat party) will take over and every former member of the government and their families will simply disappear never to be seen again. Their media supporters will proceed them in death. No one wants a traitor around and the democrats are all traitors.

Posted by: Scrapiron at Wednesday, June 25 2008 07:45 PM (bYbHX)

3 My guess is that many attorneys would be employed by conservatives to preserve free speech, and sometimes successfully. I've often wondered if what Scrapiron said would come true. Hard to believe. But if so, I would preserve my right not to say a damn thing about any removal of traitors. Mainly, I wouldn't miss them.

Posted by: Cappy at Wednesday, June 25 2008 08:19 PM (WO/z8)

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