Audio: Camille Paglia rips the Fairness Doctrine to shreds
posted at 3:17 pm on February 14, 2009 by Allahpundit
Ever been to one of those Brazilian restaurants where they bring out plate after plate of nothing but red meat? Steaks, chops, sausages — all you can eat, until you’re glassy-eyed from the sheer red-meatiness of it all. This clip is that restaurant.
Oh, here’s the latest Democrat to come out in favor of Fairness. Remember, just your imagination. Click the image to listen.
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“Ever been to one of those Brazilian restaurants where they bring out plate after plate of nothing but red meat? Steaks, chops, sausages — all you can eat, until you’re glassy-eyed from the sheer red-meatiness of it all. This clip is that restaurant.”
Love it!
artist on February 14, 2009 at 3:25 PM
The “Fairness Doctrine” is is objectively pro-Fascist.
Tav on February 14, 2009 at 3:26 PM
Go Camille Go!
Come to the Dark Side with us. We have cookies!
Sekhmet on February 14, 2009 at 3:28 PM
So do my cardiologist colleagues and their Mercedes Benz dealers.
Sigmund on February 14, 2009 at 3:29 PM
So do my cardiologist colleagues and their Mercedes Benz dealers.
Sigmund on February 14, 2009
Your colleagues love Allah’s play on words too?
heh
artist on February 14, 2009 at 3:32 PM
since when do bums and derelicts get referred to as cardiologits?
Jamson64 on February 14, 2009 at 3:35 PM
I’ve only been to one in Denver on a TDY trip. “My” colleague is a bit heavy for an active duty officer and I normally run a few pounds under what my doc likes. So who do you think they shove the food at when he guy comes around?
Hint, he probably gets a kick-back from your cardiologist colleagues. ;-)
Inter-industry commerce!
hawkdriver on February 14, 2009 at 3:36 PM
As Rush says – there is no way to parody these hairballs.
Go read Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged (try to tolerate her appalling writing in search of a great point), and then watch what’s going on around you since January 20th.
It’s surreal.
Jaibones on February 14, 2009 at 3:39 PM
I concur with Camille. I also wish AP would take the same approach to atheism as she does. I imagine there would be a lot less stress on the threads here at Hot Air.
WaltDakota on February 14, 2009 at 3:41 PM
I remember liberals like Paglia. They were formidable political adversaries because of their principle and logic. Been gone quite a while, now.
Jaibones on February 14, 2009 at 3:41 PM
They never seem to have prices though.
angryed on February 14, 2009 at 3:41 PM
they are gonna push the fairness doctrine, but they won’t be honest about it. It will be some buried line in an unknown piece of legislation that liberal regulators will use to bash talk radio into submission, and when they do this I will fear for the future of this nation.
rob verdi on February 14, 2009 at 3:42 PM
Love that woman. She is a curious one with a great memory.
Dr. Manhattan on February 14, 2009 at 3:42 PM
Geez, how many were there though? Of liberals that I could tolerate at all, she and Russert come to mind and not many more. Russert would have objected to the Fairness Doctrine. But he didn’t even rub off on his own kid.
hawkdriver on February 14, 2009 at 3:45 PM
We’ll watch them and when it comes, I’ll be marching towards the Capitol.
hawkdriver on February 14, 2009 at 3:46 PM
I love Camille Paglia…
meltenn on February 14, 2009 at 3:48 PM
Classical liberalism, I remember thee well. For the most part, I admire Paglia.
photom on February 14, 2009 at 3:48 PM
Sam Nunn comes to mind. Hubert Humphrey, etc.
a capella on February 14, 2009 at 3:50 PM
She may be the last one standing.
INC on February 14, 2009 at 3:50 PM
But it’s not fair that free enterprise is rewarding those who tell the truth!
Jim Treacher on February 14, 2009 at 3:52 PM
liberals who haven’t embraced the nutroots are in most cases frightened of it.
rob verdi on February 14, 2009 at 3:52 PM
Definitely a few more politicians I can think of too, (love Zell Miller for one) but in the journalist or writer category, I still can only think of those two.
hawkdriver on February 14, 2009 at 3:56 PM
Heard it this morning on 770am.
Love her and Mark Simone is the best. I think he and Ann Coulter have a thing going………;)
ctmom on February 14, 2009 at 3:57 PM
You just doomed Brazilian restaurants when the Dem Diet Doctrine passes.
WaltDakota on February 14, 2009 at 3:57 PM
I’m looking for Galt’s Gulch. If you find it first, let me know, okay?
What a tragedy for USA that liberals like Paglia have lost control of their party to the repressive, totalitarian nutroots.
petefrt on February 14, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Democrats have some risk in making this law instead of FCC policy. When they get booted out of office completely in 2012 so will their cohorts in the media when the GOP controlled Senate and FCC deem Couric, Willimas, NPR, MSNBC and CNN as “unfair” and yank them from the airwaives.
cadams on February 14, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Camille is one of the few liberals whose opinion I respect.
DFCtomm on February 14, 2009 at 3:58 PM
(Allah?…red meat?……why, I never)
Welfairness doctrine is exactly what the dems stand for. Something for nothing.
oakpack on February 14, 2009 at 4:01 PM
The only reason I go to salon.com is to read her monthly column. The feedback area there regularly loses its mind over what she has to say. Good times…
Abelard on February 14, 2009 at 4:02 PM
I have grown to really like Camille P. She has a brand of independent thought, albeit liberal, that WAS NOT THREATENED by Sarah Palin.
That is true liberal, and not a socialist in profressive clothing.
singlemalt_18 on February 14, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Is she really gay, or do I have a shot?
keep the change on February 14, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Mmmmmmmm…meat.
KelliD on February 14, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Especially enjoying her mocking the stylized affectation of speaking of everyone on PBS.
Ever notice, when you’re scanning the dial, you recognize a PBS station after hearing about three words? Unbridled snobbishness.
petefrt on February 14, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Excellent. I believe you’re onto an important point.
petefrt on February 14, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Ever notice that if you use that affectation in conversation that even hardcore libs will agree with anything you say?
pedestrian on February 14, 2009 at 4:11 PM
camille is one of the best journalists I have read. She has ALWAYS been fair to Sarah Palin and even supporting her at some points. She isnt afraid to be fair even though she writes for the liberal salon.com
ousoonerfan15 on February 14, 2009 at 4:13 PM
The Fairness Doctrine is Facist censorship, nothing more, nothing less. They have both houses and the White House. The two party process will collapse if they get this passed. Any lemming that voted for the stmulus plan without reading it does not deserve to serve in public office. They are traitors to their country as well as their constituents.
volsense on February 14, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Terrific. Made my afternoon, Allah.
hippie_chucker on February 14, 2009 at 4:14 PM
That cracks me up!
No, I haven’t tried it. But the idea obsesses me. I’m going to Starbucks now and try it out.
petefrt on February 14, 2009 at 4:14 PM
One of the best, if not the best, liberal writers out there. She is intelligent and a great writer. Not to mention she is a fan of Rush and Levin.
jencab on February 14, 2009 at 4:17 PM
“keep the change on February 14, 2009 at 4:07 PM”
DUDE — u have a better chance of getting tammy b. to switch sides …
/bummer, huh?
Buckaroo on February 14, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Yeah, I think it’s a question of essential honesty. You know, those who refused to buy into Sarah-is-stupid-because-the-groupthink-says-so garbage. They’re a vanishing breed.
ddrintn on February 14, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Completely OT: When Bush, Reagan, or even Clinton went out to dinner in their hometowns, were there 30 or so news trucks covering the event? I doubt it. But no, here in Chicago we have a swarm of sychophant media-types hanging out around this restaurant (name probably leaked by the White House). This man is an attention-freak. He can’t be bothered with reading the stimulus bill but go somewhere where people will fall on their knees when you descend – oh yes. Governing a country is getting in the way of his social life.
sherry on February 14, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Right ON Camille!
rtsidedragon on February 14, 2009 at 4:26 PM
Wondering, if this thing ever comes to pass, it there some way for us, the listener, to fight it. Boycotting advertisers? Turning off lib leaning programs? Surely, if we act as a group, conservatives might be enough to break the stations in question which would eventually force some change? Possible?
jeanie on February 14, 2009 at 4:28 PM
Camille gets it. As usual.
Metro on February 14, 2009 at 4:31 PM
sherry,
I’m wondering if Obama will spend less time in the WH than any other president. Just a bunch of aides running around isn’t the same as the adulation of the crowd.
INC on February 14, 2009 at 4:31 PM
“jeanie on February 14, 2009 at 4:28 PM”
it’s not gonna pass – it’s a koslamb wet dream that shows up every time the donks gain power; notice NOONE in this fabulous congress has floated a SINGLE bill on it; and zero hasn’t said squat about it — he has yet to even fill the vacancy on the fcc?
/these trial baloons are going out there like all their triangualting crap — notice also no polls being trumpeted — that’s cause [jus' spitballing here] this issue is a 2:1 loser — at best …
Buckaroo on February 14, 2009 at 4:32 PM
More Camille Paglia:
unclesmrgol on February 14, 2009 at 4:33 PM
I think you’re right. Didn’t the media criticize Bush for taking vacations in Crawford a couple of times a year? I remember that being part of their petty ridicule.
sherry on February 14, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Yes, and it’s pathetic that her insight is such a standout among her lib peers. She is only saying what anybody with half a brain would say.
surrounded on February 14, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Wow! unclesmrgol: That was great stuff. Says more or less exactly how I personally feel about Palin.
jeanie on February 14, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Hahaha, I like her “NPR voice.”
V15J on February 14, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Good stuff, medium rare, Allah! And Fogo de Chão is my favorite Brazilian steakhouse!
Zorro on February 14, 2009 at 4:38 PM
No you won’t.
No offense, but if you’re not already marching to the Capitol because of the stealfromus package deal, this won’t get you marching either.
Midas on February 14, 2009 at 4:43 PM
sherry,
Yes, they did.
INC on February 14, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Oooh, I think I’ll go to starbucks and talk in dulcet tones too!
I’ve been reading through her letters here. Universally wonderful stuff, but this is a snippet where she discusses talk radio:
Instead of bleating for paternalistic government intervention, liberals should get their own act together. Radio is a populist medium where liberals come across as snide, superior scolds. One can instantly recognize a liberal caller to a conservative show by his or her catty, obnoxious tone. The leading talk radio hosts are personalities and entertainers with huge rhetorical energy and a bluff, engaging manner. Even the seething ranters can be extremely funny. Last summer, for example, I laughed uproariously in my car when WABC’s Mark Levin said furiously about Katie Couric, “What do these people do? Open fortune cookies and read them on air?”.
Buy Danish on February 14, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Here is why no facts, reason or logic will sway Liberals (read: facists, socialists, communists) from their pursuit of the Censorship Doctrine:
ENVY.
Montana on February 14, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Do the other liberals openly or secretly hate her guts? For surely they do hate her for refusing to subscribe to the group-think mentality.
Disturb the Universe on February 14, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Liberalism is a lock-step ideology that allows no independent thought.
Montana on February 14, 2009 at 4:55 PM
A liberal acting…. liberally? How strange and unheard of!
There are some things we should all be able to get behind. Free and unfettered exchange of ideas is one of them. Good thing there are a few voices on the Left that still recognize this.
VolMagic on February 14, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Awesome. Happy Valentine’s Day, Camille!
Fallen Sparrow on February 14, 2009 at 4:57 PM
50 bucks says she voted the straight Obamabot ticket. Same as wutzerface Althouse… claims to be true liberal and then votes for a nothing-burger and then whines there’s no there there! Cry me a river, ladies, and when you learn to vote with some integrity, maybe I’ll care.
drunyan8315 on February 14, 2009 at 4:58 PM
No, I’m not marching to Washington now because my unit is 7 weeks out from deploying.
hawkdriver on February 14, 2009 at 5:01 PM
My favorite part might actually be when she admits that liberals have had a stranglehold over the MSM for at least the last 50 years.
Sir Corky on February 14, 2009 at 5:02 PM
After they’ve left and all I have to do is go to retirement appointments, I guarenfreakingtee you I’ll be on the Mall for anything that has to do with the Fairness Doctrine or 2nd Amendment infringement.
hawkdriver on February 14, 2009 at 5:04 PM
Could well be all the lefty trial balloons about FD are a red herring meant to distract us from the upcoming doctrine of “localism”.
Obama can play the centrist by saying he’s not supporting the FD, while at the same time setting us up for “Localism”, a doctrine that will of course produce virtually the equivalent result for them.
petefrt on February 14, 2009 at 5:05 PM
Liberals aren’t just snide, superior, catty scolds on radio, either. That’s just what they are everywhere.
ddrintn on February 14, 2009 at 5:06 PM
I think there were a lot of us, and most of them are now some sort of Republican. Hubert Humphrey is a good example, but as for the Sam Nunns and the like – is he a classical liberal, or a conservative Democrat? I get confused a bit there.
Jaibones on February 14, 2009 at 5:07 PM
Best argument against the Fairness Doctrine I’ve heard in a while. That and a good overall summary regarding the overall state of things in this matter covering both sides. Her NPR-voice imitation was right on the money – I’ve always wondered (and felt nauseated) about those affected voicings I hear on NPR.
True she supported Obama but regardless of that she says some positive things about Rush and Hannity which is sure to raise hackles from the Orthodox Wing of the Left. Her statement about the MSM being controlled by liberals is also accurate and her follow up was priceless. She has done this many times in the past since overall Paglia is a free thinker and more of a libertarian than a big-D Democrat.
Her final comments comparing this to being “straight out of the 1930″ is a direct reference to the fascist European states.
Mr Gus on February 14, 2009 at 5:07 PM
ptfrt – not sure Galt would let me in.
As for the liberal tone, it seems to me that Paglia is so identifiable because she isn’t threatened by a Palin. She is curious, and admiring of their talents and successes.
The partisans (all of us) tend more to defensive and threatened.
Jaibones on February 14, 2009 at 5:10 PM
Awesome. Good luck and be safe.
Jaibones on February 14, 2009 at 5:13 PM
PS Thank you, Guillermo, yes I’ll have the rump roast again.
Jaibones on February 14, 2009 at 5:16 PM
I’ll pass it on to them, but I’m pretty sure I’m done. Not going on this one.
hawkdriver on February 14, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Churrascaria
carbon_footprint on February 14, 2009 at 5:29 PM
I love you Camille. I wish I was a Lesbian. Acutally I am a Lesbian, trapped in a male body. If you can live with that I am yours.
I am speaking metaphorically–except the part about digging chicks, that is true. I am already taken. But I thank you a lot for what you are saying.
Mr. Joe on February 14, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Where the heck does she get the idea that her generation was the “generation of free speech?”
That said… Good job Camille
29Victor on February 14, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Another Shrugged comment. Seems like we’re living in Dagny’s world, now.
Pagilla is spot on and refreshingly honest. Between her and watching Alexandra Pelosi speaking with O’Reilly the other night, there might be more sane liberals than we are lead to believe.
Conversely, we could be completely underestimating the depth of the depravity that occupies the White House.
turfmann on February 14, 2009 at 5:39 PM
I’ve often said that if I were 12 years older I would probably have started as a Liberal teenager in the early 70s and evolved into a Conservative during my 30s. I didn’t like Nixon’s approach to dealing with his enemies either. It was petty, sneaky and dishonest and it smacked of fascism. Worse, it created the environment that gave birth to the modern day Liberal.
Camille uses this word fascism in her interview with deadly accuracy. I watch Liberals impose themselves on us unapologetically like a deranged rapist and I can’t even believe that these people came from that Lenny Bruce era of free love and free speech Camille references.
These modern day Liberals are like the 5th generation of inbred soldiers of the peace movement on some sort of psycho power trip.
Is it time for Conservatives to pull a Ayers style peace movement of our own? Is that the only thing that can save this country? Sometimes I wonder.
watson007 on February 14, 2009 at 5:41 PM
“petefrt on February 14, 2009 at 5:05 PM”
if “localism” is code for just another nanny-state interference in the airwaves, it’ll fail too!
:-)
Buckaroo on February 14, 2009 at 5:55 PM
“watson007 on February 14, 2009 at 5:41 PM”
er, no – the country will be “saved” just as soon as adults start acting like adults, raise their children, and stop looking to gubmint for everything …
/eyeroll
Buckaroo on February 14, 2009 at 5:56 PM
That segment rocked. The acorn falls far from the tree in her case.
And speaking of libs who are very far removed from Lenny Bruce (but very close to Joe Stalin)…
Buy Danish on February 14, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Dito
Harpoon on February 14, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Nearly everything that democrats propose is pro-Facist!
Harpoon on February 14, 2009 at 6:15 PM
I sent her opinions on Sarah Palin to several of my lib friends; they were speechless and claimed she had sold out. (or just had a crush on her) Libs are basically intellectually dishonest, refusing to address situations based on the merits vs. ideology. (hello? stimulous?) I respect Camille Paglia’s willingness to be honest in her thinking; plus she’s a clever writer.
anniekc on February 14, 2009 at 6:15 PM
I’d like to see her beat Ariana Huffington’s ass.
Black Adam on February 14, 2009 at 6:23 PM
(Something keeps eating my comments)
The Bruce Thread link was a hoot BD. Thanks. Highly recommend it and the comments.
hawkdriver on February 14, 2009 at 6:26 PM
As much as I despise the moonbat liberals of the 60′s, it’s refreshing to see one who applies her beliefs consistently.
Now all we need is a real live black leader to do the same thing. (On top of the Freeman’s and Cosby’s that is)
The black skinned shitbags like Oslime-a, Jackson, Sharpton, et al, are vile evil liberals who give decent people a bad name and especially to minorities themselves. To the racists, the impression is that if Oslime-a and the rest are the best the black community has to offer, then they were right all along and blacks just don’t have what it takes to be in charge.
csdeven on February 14, 2009 at 6:41 PM
Have you noticed how the most vocal proponents of the reinstitution of the Fairness Doctrine are usually legislators, elected officials and commentators who are associated with people who work in , manage, or own business connected with Liberal talk back radio? In other words people who would benefit financially if conservative talk back radio’s market share were to be significantly reduced for some reason.
Its like with every Democrat policy and legislation these days you have to look for the kickbacks in the fine print to truly understand why they want that particular policy enacted.
Dreadnought223 on February 14, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Hmmm. Interesting observation. Perhaps that is why many comics are liberals? You can be snide in comedy. And you have to think you are superior to stand up there and make fun of people.
terryannonline on February 14, 2009 at 6:57 PM
When politicians tell you how to criticize them, it’s time to fire their dumb asses.
profitsbeard on February 14, 2009 at 7:02 PM
The Libs should leave well enough alone. I can think of more Lib outlets that would be affected than Conservative ones. SO Rush would go back to TV maybe. Fine. They won’t shut him up.
johnnyU on February 14, 2009 at 7:10 PM
Wow — impressive — where exactly is THAT Democrat party?
David
LifeTrek on February 14, 2009 at 7:23 PM
That’ll never happen. I love Camille Paglia because she’s intellectually consistent, but she’s no conservative. For instance, she’ll concede that abortion is murder, but she doesn’t care. Choice is more important.
Lehosh on February 14, 2009 at 7:25 PM
“LifeTrek on February 14, 2009 at 7:23 PM’
sadly, gone and perhaps never to return …
Buckaroo on February 14, 2009 at 7:26 PM
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