Oh my: DeMint will try to force vote next week on the Fairness Doctrine
posted at 9:12 pm on February 19, 2009 by Allahpundit
Doubtless it’ll be voted down, but it’s a perfect excuse for talk radio to raise the alarm bells and prime the public for the real battle to come — especially so soon on the heels of The One’s opposition to the Doctrine. Smart politics.
Sen. Jim DeMint announced that he will force a vote next week on a bill that prevents the Federal Communications Commission from reinstating the Fairness Doctrine.
The South Carolina Republican’s bill, the Broadcaster Freedom Act, is cosponsored by John Thune, R-S.D., and 27 others and will be offered as an amendment to the D.C. Voting Rights bill…
Sen. DeMint stated: “I’m glad President Obama finally confirmed his opposition to the Fairness Doctrine, which attacks the right of free speech on talk radio, but many Democrats in Congress are still pushing it.
“With the support of the new administration, now is the time for Congress to take a stand against this kind of censorship. I intend to seek a vote on this amendment next week so every senator is on record: Do you support free speech or do you want to silence voices you disagree with?”
If you want to say thanks, here’s your chance. Better yet, use the opportunity to urge him to make sure “localism” is covered in his amendment. The Democrats aren’t stupid; when they try to reinstate Fairness, it won’t be called Fairness. Raising public awareness means, first and foremost, calling attention to the backdoor means of reintroducing the doctrine. If it’s done, it’ll be done by stealth, not by The One ramming it down our throats.
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You and Molloy are such f**king asses. It’s like my side saying that people like Keith Olberdouche and Chwissy Matthews are a bigger threat to this country then Stalin eever was.
Hilts on February 19, 2009 at 10:33 PM
See, that’s my fear. They’ve rammed through and side-stepped so many things in the first month, I think its good to shine as much light on some of their plans as possible. As a bonus, it will make all of these liberals in DC STFU about it. They are holding it over our heads like the Sword of Damocles. Make them put up or shut up and we’ll deal with it in any other form when we have to.
genso on February 19, 2009 at 10:36 PM
DeMint – Release the hounds!
jrab01 on February 19, 2009 at 10:37 PM
What’s to fear from the verbiage of a raving lunatic? The more he speaks for dims the better.
MB4 on February 19, 2009 at 10:42 PM
onlineanalyst on February 19, 2009 at 9:56 PM
That’s good news about Bill Russell. Considering the situation in that district, he did well last year. I’ll gladly contribute again to his new campaign.
maxine on February 19, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Wonderful. It’s a very clear question, which s/b easy to answer.
Yes, they are. It c/b used against them some day and it goes so much against true liberalism. Alas, today’s Democrats are neither liberal, nor democratic. They’re just power-sharks, out to exploit the fools who vote for them. They are the modern day serfmasters.
Entelechy on February 19, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Of course an anal suppository such as yourself fully got behind President Bush when he was trying to protect this country from Islamo-nazis. Oh yeah that’s right “Dissent is the highest form of patriotism” as long as the dissent is against a GOP president in a time of war. What Rush Limbaugh (full disclosure I was never a great fan of his) said was that if Barkey Hopey McChange was trying to bring this country towards Eurotrash Socialism that he hopes he fails and so do I.
Hilts on February 19, 2009 at 10:44 PM
It takes a fool to say this and an even bigger one to use it as fodder. Think first!
Entelechy on February 19, 2009 at 10:46 PM
The Obamafied kool-aid drinkers have been duped. They won’t realize they’ve been duped until it’s too late… and even then, they’ll most likey never admit to it. The media absolutely adores this man, and more than 50% of the US sheeple are completely zombified by him. Today, the Obamessiah was in Canada talking about global warming.
HalJordan on February 19, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Mr. Demint should put together a clip reel of the various Dem pols who over the last year (and especially over the last two weeks) have been beating the drum about the Fairness Doctrine. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.
He should also shame the Democrats and call them out for being against the First Amendment. This bill should be called the Free Speech Doctrine.
Still, part of me wishes that the Dems pull the trigger on this. This is a battle that will bloody them up something good.
EMD on February 19, 2009 at 10:49 PM
That’s true. It is a good move strategically by DeMint to put the kabosh on this for the time being, particularly considering The Messiah’s “supposed” opposition to it (although I really don’t buy that). I was mainly thinking long term how this might play out.
Erich66 on February 19, 2009 at 10:50 PM
A true liberal, which you are most definitely not, would be for the famous “I don’t agree with what you say but I will fight to the death for your right to say it”.
Entelechy on February 19, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Yes, on the “global warming” and other topics he was timid, tepid shall we say, boy king that he is, and sin teleprompter.
Also, I liked the oaf he was “It’s grat to be in Iowa, er Ottawa”.
Marilyn Monroe was asked once where Canada is and she something like “up there in the mountains”.
Entelechy on February 19, 2009 at 10:53 PM
What’s to fear from the verbiage of a raving lunatic? The more he speaks for dims the better.
MB4 on February 19, 2009 at 10:42 PM
getalife on February 19, 2009 at 10:54 PM
We agree but its a good discussion to have. There’s a tipping point out there where one can outsmart oneself and the GOP hasn’t been very good at understanding that. Hopefully DeMint is as wise as he seems.
genso on February 19, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Correction
“It’s great to be in Iowa, er Ottawa”.
Also, HalJordan, when I read your comments, it’s as if I read my thoughts. Great that you are here,
Entelechy on February 19, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Sounds like a perfect Republican vice-presidential candidate.
radiofreevillage on February 19, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Reality is cruel – she was your favorite (liberal) clan’s harlot.
Entelechy on February 19, 2009 at 10:57 PM
With your Gaffenmeister as VP, do you even think before you accuse?
Entelechy on February 19, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up on an Obama high
There’s a land of hope and change that I heard of
Once in a campaign lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow
I’ll get so much gold I’ll no longer be blue
And all the hope and change that you dare to dream for
Really does come true
So I’ll wish upon the new Messiah’s star
And wake up where DOW 8,000 is far behind me
Where my 401k no longer drops
Way above the banking flops
That’s where you’ll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow
Obama can fly
Like a Bird over the rainbow
Why then, oh why too can’t I?
Some day I’ll wish upon the new Messaih’s star
And wake up where the forecloser is far behind me
Where mortgage payments melt like lemondrops
Way above the housing bubble flops
That’s where you’ll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow
Obama can fly
Like a bird over the rainbow
Why then, oh why too can’t I?
If Messiah Obama can fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why too can’t I?
MB4 on February 19, 2009 at 11:00 PM
I’m a libertarian, i.e. the sane wing of the Republican party.
radiofreevillage on February 19, 2009 at 11:00 PM
If true, then move forward to the current world. If not, then just move on.
genso on February 19, 2009 at 11:03 PM
The “Fairness Doctrine” is Orwellian named. Objectively it is pro-fascist. To not see that you have to close the eyes of your mind and keep them shut by force.
MB4 on February 19, 2009 at 11:03 PM
I’m not so sure.
What’s to stop them??? Why do they even have to pretend to care about public opinion??? Take over the airwaves now and it gives them two full year before the next election!! Two full years without Rush!!
Expect the internet to be next!
These Democrats are at war with America! This is pure fascism!! Voting to shut us up!! They want to shut us up, deny us information about all of their conniving schemes and law breaking!! Be able to feed us the propaganda they choose!!
This is not American!! This is Nazi Germany! This is Communist Red China!
Filthy pigs! The Democrats are just filthy pigs! Is that too harsh?? Oh my! I guess I should use nicer words to describe the fascism of the filthy pigs called Democrats!!
Any politician that chooses to control and interfere with the free flow of political information,, to stop dissent and public criticism,, to sensor and shut down through intimidation and abuse of their own powers,,, are filthy pigs!!
They want to ban free speech!! They want to ban and shut down the few people on the public airwaves that expose their crimes!!
These so called governmental officials,, Senators, congressman and woman,,, do not pay the very taxes they heap on us! They can drive drunk with impunity, strike law enforcement officers with impunity, their offices are considered justice free sanctuaries, havens for the criminally insane,, temples where only gods may dwell and man made laws are unenforceable.
They do not yet wear crowns,, but they have all the trappings, pomp and arrogance of fat little kings.
I wrote they want to ban free speech,,, no,, that is not it!! My mistake! They want to ban the truth!! That is their real goal! To stop the truth,, so that they may freely spread their lies!!
JellyToast on February 19, 2009 at 11:03 PM
stand up Chuck!
joey24007 on February 19, 2009 at 11:04 PM
I’ve said this a time or two about DeMint and will say so again…DE MINT IS DE MAN!
BobAnthony on February 19, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Indeed. Believe.
HalJordan on February 19, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Heh. Hey, leave him alone there Entelechy. Stand up there Larry Flynt and give him a hand…oh wait, never mind. :)
NathanG on February 19, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Yeah, Jesse Ventura and the Paulites proved that so well.
NathanG on February 19, 2009 at 11:07 PM
HalJordan, I just quoted you in the QoD. Go see.
Entelechy on February 19, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Ventura is a populist. Ron Paul is fine. A little crazy personally, but his ideas are good. I supported Romney if you care to know.
And yes, I think it’s good that Palin is back in the woods she so mistakenly crawled out of last year.
Anyway, back on the topic, I sent an approving email to DeMint.
radiofreevillage on February 19, 2009 at 11:11 PM
Aw shucks. Sink me, I’m blushing.
HalJordan on February 19, 2009 at 11:11 PM
Yep, the GOP hasn’t understood much of anything lately, which is why I think those Democrats who have brought up the Fairness Doctrine are incredibly foolish. If one side is self-destructing (as the GOP has tended to lately), the other should simply sit back, do nothing, and watch it happen. Instead, they’ve over-played their hand now, and DeMint caught on. Good move.
Erich66 on February 19, 2009 at 11:11 PM
I’m a registered independent too. I don’t blame the lefties for making Obama, I blame everybody else.
Entelechy on February 19, 2009 at 11:14 PM
President Hussein thought he was in Iowa today. That’s not a Vice-President candidate. He’s the actual fricking President.
BlameAmericaLast on February 19, 2009 at 11:20 PM
Actually, I don’t blame the Marxists for being Marxists either. It’s the Republicans who,, do to past decisions, have brought us to where we are. They seem to be getting their act together now,, at least most of them,, but,,we are here largely due to Republicans. The RINOs and the “new tone.”
Democrats are just being who they have always been.
JellyToast on February 19, 2009 at 11:21 PM
No, he didn’t.
radiofreevillage on February 19, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Sorry, I was wrong. I just assumed that Ventura was a libertarian because he supported Paul. My fault. I at least respect someone who’s a libertarian. In my opinion, their opinions are less cringe-worthy than the left’s. I just don’t appreciate the insults hurled at Governor Palin. She doesn’t deserve that. And trust me, I’m not a Palin-Mania type of person. There just seems to be too much passion on both sides of the Palin issue, but that’s just my two cents.
NathanG on February 19, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Indeed. I couldn’t get up in the morning, or look in the mirror if I were one of them. I’m actually so happy to have been born unfree. You’d have to kill me before I’d turn red, ever!
Entelechy on February 19, 2009 at 11:25 PM
Hey, at least you recognize that, instead of joining some useless third party.
I just don’t understand the Palin hatin’.
BlameAmericaLast on February 19, 2009 at 11:28 PM
readiofreevillage, the Bumbler in Chief, Bush 43, er…not…click on video.
Entelechy on February 19, 2009 at 11:31 PM
I see no point in beating up the dead… uhm, Gov. Palin so long as she isn’t a symbol of the future of the Republican Party.
I hope to see a larger number of exceptionally smart, fiscally conservative socially moderate candidates. I though Romney was close to that ideal, hence my support.
Although, come to think of it, you can do much worse than Palin. Deval Patrick would be a good example.
radiofreevillage on February 19, 2009 at 11:31 PM
I know what he said. Read my exact response.
radiofreevillage on February 19, 2009 at 11:32 PM
We need more DeMints. More more more.
camelon23 on February 19, 2009 at 11:33 PM
Hey, I supported Romney too. But he flipped on that social stuff. Did you just not believe him?
BlameAmericaLast on February 19, 2009 at 11:41 PM
I don’t hate her. I don’t like her. She’s not bright, and I’m opposed on principle to this idea let’s vote the girl next door to the office with responsibilities such as ordering a nuclear attack.
When people say: look at her, she’s so one of us, I say: next!
radiofreevillage on February 19, 2009 at 11:41 PM
I trust that he’s at the very least leaning conservative on social issues. His “I’m so so socially conservative, your not gonna believe it” image was bs, in my view.
I mean, hey, he’s not perfect. Ideally, I wish a republican would say: alright can we please lay off boys who wanna kiss eachother and start balancing our budget for a change? So far there’s been nobody like that. So you pick the lesser evil out of what’s available.
radiofreevillage on February 19, 2009 at 11:45 PM
As you can see, I need to be schooled on the views of certain politicians, but isn’t/wasn’t Romney a socially conservative Republican. Isn’t he against gay marriage and abortion? Heck, I’m all for socially moderate and fiscally conservative Republicans. We’ll need them to have a snowball’s chance in hell in states like Florida and especially Illinois. Maybe Mark Kirk can win in Illinois, although it might be pretty difficult considering that Chicago basically runs Illinois. It looks that way anyway. I’m not sure why I made this a discussion about these people instead of DeMint. It’s all your fault! (just kidding). :)
NathanG on February 19, 2009 at 11:45 PM
That’s what he said. It’s not his prerogative to ban either thing. And he has qualification where it really mattered. Not that it does anymore.
radiofreevillage on February 19, 2009 at 11:49 PM
On the DC voting thing. If I am correct Norton is a “delegate” with voting rights in the house. The rats gave her full voting rights and call her a member of the House and not a delegate any more. I think this is how it went.
Clyde5445 on February 19, 2009 at 11:56 PM
As for DeMint, what is there to say? Fairness Doctrine needs to be killed regardless of what you think of your local radio.
radiofreevillage on February 19, 2009 at 11:56 PM
DeMint! Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.
Mojave Mark on February 20, 2009 at 12:04 AM
You and I can certainly agree on that. I’m appalled that some of the Dems are actually proposing this be enacted. They should be ashamed. I can’t wait to see who votes for the Fairness Doctrine if this comes up for an official vote. It’s going to be delicious. I imagine that Barbara Boxer will be first in line to vote for it. God, I can’t stand her.
NathanG on February 20, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Just remember, when it comes, it won’t be called the ‘Fairness Doctrine’, and the MSM will absolutely not notify that the vote is coming up…just stay on your toes…
AUINSC on February 20, 2009 at 12:14 AM
Well, two things. One is we gotta agree on whether it’s “the MSM will not report it” or “Everybody watches Fox News and listens to Rush, and who cares about the three nuts who watch MSNBC?”
But more to the point, this is the job of the Republican Reps and Senators to stand up and say, this is an atrocity. this isn’t some kind of tax number 145. This is about free speech. They should raise hell.
Assuming we all agree on what we think about the Dems and their stimulus, name three most outrageous things about the bill which was recently signed into law. And if you can’t cite three specific things, don’t you think the Republican members of Congress failed at their job?
radiofreevillage on February 20, 2009 at 12:35 AM
Let’s get it on…
right2bright on February 20, 2009 at 12:39 AM
Excellent article linked to from another thread: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MzAyZDIzMzdkMmMyOWYxNTlmNDU5MjQ5MzQ1Y2FmYTE=
It highlights much more astutely the failure of the Republicans to speak pointedly about real issues instead of making ridiculous accusations such as “OMFG, you’re so not above politics and so totally not bipartisan”.
radiofreevillage on February 20, 2009 at 12:55 AM
I can think of another bodily orifice — his own — he can shove it into.
gryphon202 on February 20, 2009 at 12:56 AM
Three things? 1) Didn’t consult the Republicans (despite being totally post-partisan) 2) The redistribution scheme disguised as tax breaks…ie., you or I won’t see one penny back from this plan on our taxes…we will pay people who don’t pay taxes because they don’t earn enough money to pay taxes in the first place and get an EITC. 3) The big 3 auto bailout…nope, let them fail…I’ve owned 4 GM cars in my life…4 too many.
No, the entire package was an outrage…the way it was pushed through as an “emergency measure”. I think the only emergency was that it was passed by the DEMOCRATS before anybody had a chance to even know the full extent of the onerous provisions it contained…just ask Chuck Schumer about that one.
Second, even if your argument is that it was the Republicans fault..which is easily falsifiable, then, at most, that was an act of omission..the Democrats have waited for many years to achieve the majority to pass this bill, no matter what the Republicans thought…they got their wish…sink at least 2 generations of Americans in debt (thus, dependency), on top of what they will have to do just to get on in life…nasty.
AUINSC on February 20, 2009 at 1:14 AM
I think your response simply once again proved me correct. We have a trillion dollars worth of a nightmare, and not a single thing you said could be turned into an effective talking point similar to the now famous “bridge to nowhere”.
Your 1) is just a baby whining. I for one don’t get this bipartisan crap. Why would I vote for one party over the other if all bills are bipartisan? Obviously, none of them are with a few exceptions, so this charge is meaningless, and it’s no surprise that people don’t care about it.
2) is correct and fair but it’s not an “outrage”. If you think that people will be outraged by the idea of giving the poor some money (although how it’s done in the bill is wrong, I agree here!) then you don’t live on this planet.
3) is also not an easy talking point.
I think the Republicans need to read the bill and find all bullshit that it contains and then talk about the most egregious abuses. I’m not blaming the Republicans for having the bill passed. I’m blaming them for not mounting even a pretense of a credible and effective opposition to it.
radiofreevillage on February 20, 2009 at 1:24 AM
It’s times like these that call for more popcorn.
Popcorn…Get your popcorn here; Jolly Time, Pop Secret, ActII we’ve got em’ all!!!!
FontanaConservative on February 20, 2009 at 1:38 AM
radiofreevillage on February 20, 2009 at 1:24 AM
AUINSC on February 20, 2009 at 1:50 AM
Hm…afraid she’d stand up to Putin?
VerbumSap on February 20, 2009 at 2:32 AM
I like to see a video of Jim DeMint and John Thune, and others who are doing this (shot from a low angle), bursting through the Senate doors, all with dark glasses, to the sound of Who Let the Dogs Out?
Perhaps I wish for too much. Graham and McCain will help squash this enthusiasm.
eeyore on February 20, 2009 at 2:55 AM
Kudos to DeMint for the effort but I’d like to see him try and attach this amendment to a bill that isn’t unconstitutional. The D.C. Voting Rights bill needs to die. If they want to make D.C. a state, then do it already. Stop trying to sneak extra Reps in through the back door and usurp our Constitution in the process.
mrflibbleisvryx on February 20, 2009 at 3:00 AM
Scared? Of us losing some coin out of our 401Ks? No,
Scared? Of losing a war because he’s an utter incompetent? Yes.
The mere fact that for you on the left, dissent towards the war and your own military was the highest, most revered form of patriotism should get the millennium irony award now that you’re harping of the damage we’ll do by protesting the biggest liberal giveaway and pay for play in recorded history.
Where was your patriotism, where was your fear while we were bleeding on the battlefield.
hawkdriver on February 20, 2009 at 6:33 AM
Ya know, be prepared for some other form of attack then. This is too easy. These people are slick bastards and I just think some other licensing scheme could be afoot.
johnnyU on February 20, 2009 at 6:47 AM
This whole issue is a red herring. All of conservative talk radio could not stop Porkulus from passing. Why would the Democrats really care what Rush or Hanity say?
percysunshine on February 20, 2009 at 6:51 AM
Jesse Venutra is a certified 9/11 ‘Troofer’ loon. Too many steroids during his rasslin’ days effected his mind.
Hilts on February 20, 2009 at 6:55 AM
Lets see….. liberals are always duped…….conservatives never are….Bush plunged us into Iraq….conservatives said Saddam was a threat to us….how’d that war go for us? conservatives whine about the stimulus but not about 1 trillion spent on Iraq, and were still there. who was duped Jethro? Go listen to your false god Rush, you don’t need to think, Rushbo will do it for you. Who’s the sheeple now Billy Bob?
athensboy on February 20, 2009 at 7:04 AM
In case you have not heard Brucie- we actually won in Iraq.
Hilts on February 20, 2009 at 7:08 AM
Also Brucie we won because of a great general named General Petraeus who your hair dressing/interior decorating/limp wristed crowd of neo Stalinists referred to as a traitor.
Hilts on February 20, 2009 at 7:13 AM
Will Obama vote present?
BacaDog on February 20, 2009 at 7:19 AM
I was wondering what happened to her lately. She seems strangely silent since Pelosi came on the national scene. I’m sure you Californians see more than enough of her, but the rest of the country hasn’t – not that we’re missing anything..
Ann NY on February 20, 2009 at 7:30 AM
Kinda like this backdoor move against gun ownership by a Chicago Democrat:
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that any person who owns a firearm in this State shall maintain a policy of liability insurance in the amount of at least $1,000,000 specifically covering any damages resulting from negligent or willful acts involving the use of such firearm while it is owned by such person.
Buy Danish on February 20, 2009 at 7:32 AM
Actually, I think they are more worried about the next couple of years when the disastrous effects of the porkuluos are being felt and they certainly won’t be happy with Rush shining a bright light on that.
Ann NY on February 20, 2009 at 7:39 AM
Why would the Democrats really care what Rush or Hanity say?
percysunshine on February 20, 2009 at 6:51 AM
You aren’t really paying attention if you don’t think talk radio has an impact; Nobody was going to stop “Porkulous”, but it did stop Shamnesty, and it gets a hell of a lot of information to the public that the DEM’s would prefer to keep to themselves.
anniekc on February 20, 2009 at 7:55 AM
I could not disagree more with your comments. Talk Radio, Rush, Mark Levin did EXACTLY what we needed… They brought to the American people the FACTS about the horrible power grab, the pork and the hidden gem on Health Care… The American people responded by the MILLIONS and flooded the faxes, phones, e-mails… 100 to 1 AGAINST this Liberal Socialist garbage… The FACT is that our voices were IGNORED by the very people WE elected… They ignored the will of the people… And they had no fear in doing so with the help of the MSM in the pocket of the Libs and The Messiah. Talk Radion got the word out, otherwise there would have been no accounting for the horrors headed our way… At least now, we can all say this is OWNED by the far left, this garbage is THEIRS… Republicans held the line, except for the traitors, and we will make those three pay, I hope, next election. Without Talk Radio the TRUTH would have been silenced and that IS THE GOAL of the far left radicals… They MUST HAVE no opposition to The Messiah, no truths being told, keep the American people in the dark, lies, lies and more lies, go unreported… No longer can the American people trust the MSM to be fair and do it’s job as a Government watchdog, they have become a lapdog instead. So you and everyone else better get ready to fight harder then we did against the Porkulous… If Talk Radio goes silent, so does our voice, our beacon of hope, our truth… YOUR FREEDOM!
Are you going to be ready when America needs you to defend her? Are you ready to fight for the Constitution?
Let’s roll!
Mark Garnett on February 20, 2009 at 7:56 AM
Bring it on Liberals!
Free Speech… When listening to the radio, if an individual doesn’t like what he/she is hearing, all they have to do is switch to another station. It’s called options! Bring it on you fascist bastards…
Keemo on February 20, 2009 at 8:15 AM
Please follow the link Allah provided to thank Senator DeMint for doing this. He needs to know he has our support.
BacaDog on February 20, 2009 at 8:17 AM
I’m not disagreeing with you at all, I’m saying that even if the left agrees with percy and talk radio was unable to stop the bill, they are worried that Rush and the others will cause them much difficulty down the road. I agree that they have already caused considerable damage thus far and I applaud them and support them.
Ann NY on February 20, 2009 at 8:20 AM
Agreed… Remember without Rush, Mark, Sean (whom I don’t really like) and the hundreds of others on localy the American people would not have acess to ANY real facts anymore… The MSM died in 2008 during the election and is still totaly in the tank for The Messiah and his cult.
Mark Garnett on February 20, 2009 at 8:23 AM
I’m political crushing on this Demint guy. What a winner for the party. Checked him out on weekend FOX show “How to Spend a Trillion Dollars” with Bret Baier. On point through and through. Now we have this preemptive public-bluff calling on free-speech. That’s the GOP I’ve known and love. Let’s see what happens. Off to contact my new darling.
RepubChica on February 20, 2009 at 8:44 AM
I really don’t like him either.
I thought the MSM died a few years before but 2008 made people realize how much the rotting corpse stunk.
Ann NY on February 20, 2009 at 8:48 AM
Who says?
Their pointy-headed staffers who do all of the work may not be, but the collection of horses asses who read the speeches, are tremendously stupid.
By far the least intelligence and least accomplished people to ever darken the halls of Congress is the current majority party.
It’s the worst Congress ever with the worst Speaker ever and the worst Senate Majority Leader ever, with the least qualified, least accomplished, most inexperienced president to boot.
So we have that going for us.
NoDonkey on February 20, 2009 at 8:56 AM
Agreed. It’s a red herring. The real target is control of Internet content. These laws will be carefully hidden in Appendix F.
PaddyJ on February 20, 2009 at 9:10 AM
Thank God I live in Texas, which has two Republican senators. I was just mentioning Boxer because every once in a while she shows up on TV doing her best to look smart. They showed her little speech about Lindsey Graham waving that bill in the air and how he didn’t do that during the Bush years, as if that’s relevent. She just makes my skin crawl; maybe that’s why she was elected. She can annoy the crap out of the right or right of center. But yeah, she’s a vindictive bitch. Just gotta say it. :)
NathanG on February 20, 2009 at 9:11 AM
Offense not defense. I like this. DeMint et al. should push votes on this and other matters related to our freedoms at every opportunity. This will call attention to the liberal agenda and force the each Congressman to go on record. Love the strategy.
DrStock on February 20, 2009 at 9:41 AM
True althoguh I am not a huge fan of Kay Bailey Hutchinson. As for Boxer – the only one dumber then her in the Senate is Diane Feinsteinn.
Hilts on February 20, 2009 at 10:08 AM
Well, if we can’t trust the Republicans to even convincingly highlight the worst aspects of bills proposed by the Democrats, then we’re really in trouble.
I think there needs to be a constant pressure of Republican Congressmen to continue to speak on these issues. Is there a think tank or a website or something that has a good list of what’s wrong with the stimulus. No “it’s not bipartisan” bs, please! If so, let’s find it and forward to congressmen and demand that they speak on that.
radiofreevillage on February 20, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Senator DeMint will be getting the contribution I normally send to Senator Specter! (Yes I know I am an idiot for contributing to and voting for him many times over)
PAGOPgirl on February 20, 2009 at 11:02 AM
This will let us know who stands for the 1 amend. and who does not.
thmcbb on February 20, 2009 at 11:07 AM
Republicans need to BEAT THE DRUM, go line by line calling out the lie of the Messiah that “There are no earmarks and no pork” in this bill… They need to continue to go on TV and Radio and tell the American people exactly why they opposed and still oppose the bill, even though it is passed into law… They need to go line by line to show that this bill is garbage full of money for STD’s, ACORN and a hidden Health Care part that WILL KILL SENIORS thru regulated / rationed care… Hammer this at every single turn… Hold the far left radical Messiah’s feet to the fire on this POS bill…
Lather
Rinse
Repeat
Make bold, bright, broad contrasts between free Americans and those in slavery to Socialism… Producers / Leeches!
Mark Garnett on February 20, 2009 at 11:16 AM
I agree and I’m a bit puzzled and upset that they have not been more vocal to this point. Louder and stronger.
genso on February 20, 2009 at 11:19 AM
I want Senator DeMint to offer a bill stating the United States will never be communist or socialist.
I want to see the Democrats vote against THAT.
Elizabetty on February 20, 2009 at 11:21 AM
Excellent. Time to put the cards on the table for everyone to see.
genso on February 20, 2009 at 11:24 AM
Excellent quote. A wonderful example of how people like Molloy and Bathtub Boy regularly engage in referring to Republicans as bigger dangers than Al Qaeda, while fallaciously making the accusations that Fox News and Rush Limbaugh do the same.
You quoted possibly the most deranged member of your side, perhaps comparable to the most lunatic rantings of Alex Jones, as he could be considered fringe on the right.
MadisonConservative on February 20, 2009 at 11:28 AM
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