I hate speech laws, but I also hate the lying idiots who call themselves “journalists.”

Rainey seems to be trying far too hard to dismiss calls from senior leaders of the party for the FD…

Thanks, Ed. Garbage like this should not go unchallenged.

Rainey’s is obviously an agenda driven article, written by one of the same gang that likes tell us there would be no culture war if only we’d stop fighting it, and there is no war on Christmas, if only we’d stop saying Merry Christmas. It’s all our fault, because we choose to resist them.

Add Nancy Pelosi to the list of Dems in favor of this. From Wiki -

On June 24, 2008, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (who represents most of San Francisco, California) told reporters that her fellow Democratic Representatives did not want to forbid reintroduction of the Fairness Doctrine, adding “the interest in my caucus is the reverse.” When asked by John Gizzi of Human Events, “Do you personally support revival of the ‘Fairness Doctrine?’”, the Speaker replied “Yes.”

Whether they find it politically unfeasible to specifically restore it is debatable. Didn’t a Rasmussen poll show the peeps are in favor of this? I could forsee Obama saying he’s just following a mandate which is the will of the people.

In any case there are other things they can do through the back door to stifle speech via regulation, such as following through on Obama’s calls for more “diversity”:

“He considers this debate to be a distraction from the conversation we should be having about opening up the airwaves and modern communication to as many diverse viewpoints as possible..”

What’s to stop them from saying, say, there are too many white males on the radio?

There are many ways to skin a cat.

Our Constitution must be protected at all costs. Our meager liberties are at stake, and any weakening of the Constitution weakens us all.

dmann on November 14, 2008 at 6:59 PM

What do you mean, ultimately?

THIS IS A FAKE CONTROVERSY AND A DISTRACTION FROM THE REAL ISSUES
lodge on November 14, 2008 at 4:32 PM

I came down here at the bottom to post the same thing…put this dog to sleep, it ain’t going to happen.
right2bright on November 14, 2008 at 4:35 PM

Actually it is not a FAKE. Do you listen to the DEMS? Do you realize that they may have a filibuster proof Senate?

Lodge…and of course we can only handle one or two issues. Better not address this one. It is just too much for us rightwingers. //sarc off

Even if he took over the Publisher’s Clearinghouse giveaways, I think I’d have to decline.

Sapwolf on November 14, 2008 at 7:27 PM

I brought this up last night. We should call it the “million listeners march”. When/if the dems even remotely bring this up after Jan.20th, the bloggers, radio, tv, jump on this and organize. I’ll be going in a heartbeat.
We’re not going down, we’re not giving in to this crap.

No one’s talking about the Fairness Doctrine?
Today’s entry in the Los Angeles Times by James Rainey on the Fairness Doctrine
presents a confused and contradictory dismissal of the concerns raised
by Democratic members of Congress……

Rush will have to call for a Dittohead March.

I’m not kidding. Only the biggest march on Washington, DC in history will put a stop to it.

I will drop whatever I am doing and GO if he says so to protest indefintely in DC the FD.

You don’t win struggles by sitting on the sidelines. We would only have ourselves to blame if we didn’t.

Thank you Mr. President of the World. Please let us know when you will be officially changing the English language as well, as I saw Rosetta Stone was one of your biggest campaign contributors.

Merci!