Bringing the absurdly named “Fairness Doctrine” out from under its lefty rock, and exposing it to the light of day:
Although a spokesman for President Barack Obama said the administration wouldn’t pursue the revival of the Fairness Doctrine, Republican Sen. Jim DeMint, S.C., wants Senate Democrats to go on the record one way or another on the issue.
DeMint, chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, said on Feb. 19 he will offer the Broadcaster Freedom Act as an amendment to the D.C. Voting Rights bill next week. The Broadcaster Freedom Act was introduced by Republican lawmakers last month and prevents the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from reinstating the Fairness Doctrine.
“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,” DeMint said. “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?”
Its a fair question – and unless Reid can squash this, it will pass overwhelmingly, because no Democrat up for re-election in 2010 will want to be within a country mile of a vote against free speech.
We must fight and must remain vigilant – the left wants to curtail freedom because it leftwing thought holds that non-leftwing thought is wicked…deliberately wicked, or wicked by being folly, but wicked in any case. And something which is wicked is not to be tolerated – in this case, Rush Limbaugh and conservative talk radio, with a possibility of throwing in the conservative blogosphere, too.
If we want to emerge out of the Obama morass as free people, we will have to keep on our toes to guard our liberties against a leftwing which doesn’t really understand what liberty is.
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