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| The Senator Of Course Gets to Keep His Microphone |
In today's Politico Michael Calderone delivers the second addition to the censors list in less than a week. Last Thursday, it was Michigan Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow. Today it's Iowa Democratic Senator Tom Harkin.
Both were appearing on the ever dwindling, shrinking by leaps and bounds Bill Press Radio Show, enjoyed by tens all across the nation.
The audio is here. And the transcript is below the fold:
BILL PRESS: …And, thanks for your leadership, thanks for your good work, it’s great to have you there Senator. And, great to have you on the show. Appreciate it.
SENATOR TOM HARKIN (D-IA): Well, anytime – just let me know Bill. I love being with you, and thanks again for all you do to get the truth and the facts out there. By the way, I read your Op-Ed in the Washington Post the other day. I ripped it out, I took it into my office and said ‘there you go, we gotta get the Fairness Doctrine back in law again.’
BILL PRESS: Alright, well good for you. You know, we gotta work on that, because they are just shutting down progressive talk from one city after another. All we want is, you know, some balance on the airwaves, that’s all. You know, we’re not going to take any of the conservative voices off the airwaves, but just make sure that there are a few progressives and liberals out there, right?
SENATOR TOM HARKIN (D-IA): Exactly, and that’s why we need the fair -- that’s why we need the Fairness Doctrine back.
BILL PRESS: We’ll work on that together. Hey, thanks, Senator! Always good to talk to you.
SENATOR TOM HARKIN (D-IA): Thanks Bill, see you, bye.
BILL PRESS: There it is – you heard it here on the Bill Press Show. Senator Tom Harkin: bring back the Fairness Doctrine!
Again we ponder the myriad Leftists out there who repeatedly and rigidly insist that the return of the Fairness Doctrine is all in our heads, a Conservative collective figment of the imagination.
Just another example of Liberals being and remaining impervious to facts. And being and remaining rigidly insistent on censoring Conservative talk radio.
—Seton Motley is Director of Communications for the Media Research Center and Contributing Editor for NewsBusters.org.
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"There it is – you heard it here on the Bill Press Show"
February 11, 2009 - 12:05 ET by JTPAll six of you....
"I need more cowbell!" SNL
Just how broke and
February 11, 2009 - 13:33 ET by Chris NormanJust how broke and desperate for programming does a station have to be to broadcast Bill Press (I didn't even know he had a show). Where is it even broadcast? Just how small are the stations that carry him - and do they broadcast via walkie-talkie or tin can and string telephones?
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
I believe Harkin and
February 11, 2009 - 12:09 ET by rammingspeedI believe Harkin and Stabenow are at least partly floating trial balloons on this subject, the way the Clinton administration did with certain ideas. They want to see how much support and traction they get by talking about it. They also want to see how large and strong the resistance is against The Fairness Doctrine.
Stabenow and Harkin are both bottom-of-the-barrel liberals in the senate, who are in safe districts. They can take the heat from those who disagree. There's a serious threat, to be sure, but thunder and lightning will be delivered by conservatives across the country if Dems ever make a hard move.
This is a planned attack on First Amendment rights of the American public, and there will be blood.
I believe Harkin and
February 11, 2009 - 14:06 ET by Dan The Man 2I believe Harkin and Stabenow are at least partly floating trial balloons on this subject
Unfortunately these trial balloons are the next Porkulus package material. These are not trial and they are not balloons they are SCUD missiles firing accross teh bow.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
horrid leadership
February 11, 2009 - 12:28 ET by sawing battaThe good news is that the silent majority is waking up. Yesterday, on the train, there were some self proclaimed Obama voters...guys who "felt good" about voting for him, who were speaking loudly about the buyers remorse. they realized that too much voting power was transferred to the liberals...and that "this isnt what i thought i was voting for...this is socialism, plain and simple"
i think even 'feel good about myself' Lefties are waking up to the land and freedom grab underway in the name of "stimulus" and the fraud, yes, fraud that is occurring.
If obama voters are feeling this way, the rebellion against socialism cant be far behind...
GRAB YOUR PITCHFORK...WE'RE NOT GOING DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT.
→ Pitchforks
February 11, 2009 - 12:41 ET by Cool ArrowThe pitchforks are a nice touch. Let them think we're just a bunch of hayseeds without any modern means of defense.
Pitchforking D.C.
February 11, 2009 - 12:46 ET by Sergeant ROCKI would march on D.C. with pitchfork in hand to protest this outrage. Guest speakers should include Rush, Walter Williams, etc., etc., etc...
Pick a day..
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Bolton/KEYES 2012
→ Hey Rock
February 11, 2009 - 12:49 ET by Cool ArrowDon't forget Glenn Beck.
He started the Pitchfork movement.
How about Mark "The Great
February 11, 2009 - 13:44 ET by fitzfongHow about Mark "The Great One" Levin?
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." -Winston Churchill
The more the merrier!
February 11, 2009 - 13:48 ET by Sergeant ROCKAll good with me.
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Bolton/KEYES 2012
I like what Rush had to say
February 11, 2009 - 14:14 ET by jistincaseI like what Rush had to say today about taking back the government. Go ahead and let the liberals make a huge government machine and when they get voted out then take that and turn it against them. Take the fairness doctrine and shut them up, take every democrat that anything to do with the current mess and put them on public trial, create our own acorn and take over the census bureau and use it to our advantage. Time for an eye for an eye. They may be all smug at the moment but we are going to be coming for them and there is going to be no place to hide. We will destroy the democratic party when this whole thing blows up on them and they will never recover again. It is time to be a community organizer and put all the liberals out with the trash where they belong.
metaphorical
February 11, 2009 - 13:31 ET by sawing battabut since we dont have the votes (and soon enough, the guns), the pitchfork isnt too far from the truth...
Read the Bill. It's fraudulent in its sales pitch...IT'S THAT BAD.
Go ahead, pass stimulus components we can all agree on...tax cuts, certain longer term infrastructure. suspend sales a/o income tax immediately and re institute it at a later date? That's immediate relief. but lumping in socialized health care boards (to name one of many horrible examples) in the name of 'stimulus' is fraud.
I'll bring the
February 11, 2009 - 13:53 ET by SickofLibsI'll bring the torches!
(Young Frankenstein, "that's Franken-SCHTEEN")
WOW
February 11, 2009 - 12:32 ET by Prester JohnRush is issuing a formal declaration of war on the Democrats and the sheeple who support them.
Time to lock and load sports fans.
Prester John... I didn't
February 11, 2009 - 12:51 ET by bigtimerPrester John...
I didn't see your comment above when I posted mine below, glad you are listening too.
I was SO tickled when he also aimed it right back at George Soros, therefore warning MediaMatters and all their ilk...let alone msnbc and other networks!
This IS WAR!
WOW!!! Rush is fired up
February 11, 2009 - 12:40 ET by bigtimerWOW!!!
Rush is fired up like I haven't heard in a very long, long time!
I hope others heard his opening monolouge...the Fairness Doctrine was very much included in taking our country back!
God, I wished with all my heart he would RUN for President...thank God for Rush!
Rush
February 11, 2009 - 12:42 ET by GothampcThis was really great, but a workable plan needs to be put forth.
Steps One, Two and Three
February 11, 2009 - 13:07 ET by Prester JohnJoin your local Republican Party and support it with your time and money.
Run for office or support those who views reflect your views.
Let the RNC twist in the wind for a while until we are sure they have received and understood the message.
Plan
February 11, 2009 - 13:15 ET by GothampcI am a registered Republican and vote in every election. Unfortunately I live in NY and the GOP has left us high and dry. All I can do is pray.
You have my sympathy
February 11, 2009 - 13:21 ET by Prester JohnI used to have two GOP senators (well, one GOP and one RINO) and at a semi-RINO representative.
All Dems now.
Prester... Same in my
February 11, 2009 - 13:34 ET by bigtimerPrester...
Same in my state now.
bt,Same in New Mexico.
February 11, 2009 - 13:43 ET by Chris Normanbt,
Same in New Mexico. Let's face it, the GOP let the Democrats get the Julios of the world registered and to the polls while they curled up in the fetal position on the floor and whimpered.
By the way, I wish jst one Conservative commentator or gutsy politician (is that a self cancelling phrase?) would tell Snowe. Collins, and Spector that it's time for them to make it official and leave the Republican Party - there's really no point in them staying. At least we would know just who we could count on.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Chris... Oh we can count
February 11, 2009 - 14:26 ET by bigtimerChris...
Oh we can count on those three alright.
I am hoping with all my heart, like I posted somewhere else on this thread, that Pelosi and Reid not allowing the appt. 'R' members to this conference committee to be part of what is put in or taken out of the Porkulus Bill will cause them to vote against it.
Repubs should be screaming to the highest mountains via the msm, if they remain silent about this, I am going to be about more than furious. I think it was Cornyn and Grassley from our side in the Senate that were named for our side of the aisle.
Remaining mum is going to kill us.
bt, I'm not a political
February 11, 2009 - 14:44 ET by Chris Normanbt,
I'm not a political puritan who demands complete orthodoxy from everyone in the party, but I think that Spector, collins, and Snow have proved over and over again that they really aren't comfortable being Republicans. We should encourage them to find their comfort zone in a party more suited to their liberalism.
I wish I'd hear one Republican reply to the media when they're questioned about their vote against the "Spendulus" Plan, "Just because Obama was elected and is currently popular doesn't mean I will abandon my lifetime core political and economic philosophies - what kind of political whore do you take me for?".
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
I couldn't agree more
February 11, 2009 - 14:53 ET by bigtimerI couldn't agree more Chris.
I wished to goodness that the repub big-wigs behind the scenes, the $$$ would for once in their lives support a real conservative that would go against these three with time, it is far better than keeping these dems in our party in our view.
Clean them all out.
I heard some gentleman, oh it was Tom Price (Ga.) on the Wa. Journal this morning, who I like a lot, talk about a membership they have started in congress with real conservative, patriotic members, we all need to sign up and support them, I can't remember the name, but I will look for a link today sometime and put the link here, that is if I am able to (been having trouble getting my links in here for some reason, it is my PC.)
bt,
February 11, 2009 - 15:41 ET by Chris NormanThat sounds like a good idea. I hope they screen the members for strength of backbones before they let them in. We need more people who aren't afraid to lose an election if it means not selling out their purported conservative philosophies. Too many current members got in because they saw conservatism was popular at the time and then ran away from it when the media went after them and they thought it was no longer useful.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Chris... Yeah, I think he
February 11, 2009 - 15:45 ET by bigtimerChris...
Yeah, I think he said they already have about 100 members in the House signed up.
...and that is about what it is in the House according to a lot of votes now that I watch...other than the Porkulus bill, where for once they all voted against something in unison.
I've got a few things to do, will look for the site when I get done.
Thanks. Don't you just know
February 11, 2009 - 15:58 ET by Chris NormanThanks. Don't you just know the media will go after this group like they were a street gang or something?
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Batman
February 11, 2009 - 13:20 ET by Sergeant ROCKMove south of the Mason-Dixon line. Strength in numbers.
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Bolton/KEYES 2012
South
February 11, 2009 - 13:22 ET by Gothampc"Move south of the Mason-Dixon line."
I did for a few years. It's nice to visit, but I prefer the Northeast.
Good luck..
February 11, 2009 - 13:27 ET by Sergeant ROCK... with that. Say hi to Barney for me. And Chucky too.
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Bolton/KEYES 2012
thems ones is dead
February 11, 2009 - 14:20 ET by AJBWe don't need Republicans like Olympia Snowe and her ilk.
Gingrich was one of the most intelligent, convincing, forceful GOPers out there and, with the exception of the affairs and his personal life which cost him his job, I would have loved to see him run for President. The platform of the Contract With America, now largely abandoned by the GOP, was instrumental in kicking Bill Clinton right in the Nads after his first two years in office with the sweeping changes in Congress. But now, they've abandoned term limits, spending limits, smaller government and the principles of Reagan in favor of living high and large like their bretheren, the spendocrats.
Who will lead us like Gingrich did?
RUSH is firing on all cylinders!
February 11, 2009 - 12:42 ET by Sergeant ROCKlol.. Stupid liberals!
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Bolton/KEYES 2012
→ Rush
February 11, 2009 - 12:44 ET by Cool ArrowHe just hit Butterpillar on their promise to kiss Obama's buttocks.
"They" are shutting down
February 11, 2009 - 13:02 ET by Edhenry"They" are shutting down "progressive" ..
no specifics on "they" (as it is really the marketplace where they can't sell their lies)
Progressive = Communist
These are trial balloons by Harkin and other far left congressmen to keep the professional anti-americans nodding (professors, undergaduates, deliberately unproductive citizens, coffee house workers, etc).
Cant sell your products? Force gov't $$ and then overpay microphone hogs ($300k+ for PBS announcers)
The airwaves are open to all who can get an audience. "They" can't disprove that fact.
BT, its time we are all fired up! Enough is enough!!
February 11, 2009 - 12:50 ET by jefflebowskiIn three weeks I'm about ready to start slitting throats (joking, mostly). More and more are talking about what to do. Civil disobedience, marches, running W-4's up to the maximum to prevent DC from getting at our money, etc.
What we need is organization. There is no way we can wait until 2012. We need to shock Washington into sense.
Angry White Dude
http://angrywhitedud...
Morning AWD... Hey, Rush
February 11, 2009 - 12:55 ET by bigtimerMorning AWD...
Hey, Rush is saying what we all have been that are conservatives, the msm has been after him full-throttle the last few months...
He is hotter than a pistol this morning...and he is going to follow through all the way...
Beck is coming out tomorrow with some plans too to get us all involved nationwide, the little I got to catch this morning.
War Baby...WAR!
→ Tavis Smiley
February 11, 2009 - 12:58 ET by Cool ArrowRush really is on a roll.
Tavis Smiley proclaims Obamboo is the African American Castro.
HEY TAVIS!!! WE ALREADY KNEW THAT!!!
Cool/ccc
February 11, 2009 - 13:10 ET by bigtimerCA... I heard that too...what a piece of work Tavis is.
I have always detested this man, he is and has been so over-rated for years now....he is a fast talker, for a leftist...with nothing but poor me, and the black race BS that he spews.
Of course he has no agenda whatsoever...just ask Cornell West...one of his bestest buddies.
ccc...glad you have Harkin's number posted...I will be calling when it comes to the floor....unless they slip this in a bill too without us knowing.
I heard on Rush that Pelosi and Reid are not letting one single 'R' be in on this conference meeting regarding the Porkulus Bill, where is the outrage from the repubs and the msm, they had better start yelling via the msm about this and informing the people out here what is going on behind the scenes.
Contact Tom Harkin at
February 11, 2009 - 12:59 ET by candidcameracatContact Tom Harkin at 202-224-3254, and tell him you're against bringing the Fairness Doctrine back.
To add on here about Tom
February 11, 2009 - 13:01 ET by bigtimerTo add on here about Tom Harkin, he has been trying to get the Fairness Doctrine in incrementally for years now, and I mean years.
He always tried to get Rush off of the military air-waves, I can't think of the right acronym at the moment, but you get the drift. It is bad enough that they aren't allowed to have the full three hours of his show as it is.
Harkin is a real piece of leftist work!
Rush/Bolton '12
Poor Bill Press. By
February 11, 2009 - 13:05 ET by HockeyKidPoor Bill Press. By "they" he means the American people who can't stand to listen to drivel like his show, and the sponsors who won't support a show with basement ratings.
It's the liberal way--when you don't have the talent to make something of yourself, you blame the other guy and get the government to bail you out.
Grow a pair, Bill, and maybe you'll start to understand what it means to be an American man.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Sorry to say that I live in
February 11, 2009 - 13:08 ET by pitter43Sorry to say that I live in Iowa, hijacked here after a stroke. I just sent Harkin an email telling of my feelings on him supporting the unfairness doctrine. He won't like it much.
Where are the Protectors of Free Speech
February 11, 2009 - 13:21 ET by Lee BoggsWhy are we not hearing about interviews of conservatives or any protector of free speech and the press?
Has any elected official spoken in opposition of the Fairness Doctrine on Hannity or any other non-liberal talk show?
Hot topic! Go, Rush!
February 11, 2009 - 13:51 ET byIf he had left it alone, it would have died by now.
The more attention you draw to this Fairness Doctrine, the more likely the issue will be brought to the forefront. Conservatives know TalkRadio is pumped into the factories for the workers to listen to as they go about their work. If all of a sudden, you had opposing viewpoints explaining to the workers some of the problems they face as they continue to vote against their better interests (i.e. higher wages and better healthcare), they might be able to see through the conservative smokescreen. But, why would they ever want to hear about opposing viewpoints? It's not as if they should learn anything...they did that in the 8th grade!(sarc on)
Go, Rush! The truth is always revealed by the light of your infinite wisdom!
Hey, Rush, ever think about running for office?
Odd Job
Wrong Odd Job. The subject
February 11, 2009 - 13:55 ET by bassndudeWrong Odd Job. The subject was just brought up in congress yesterday by SENATOR TOM HARKIN (D-IA). So your wrong again.
Surprise, surprise, surprise!
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
Rush isn't in Congress?
February 11, 2009 - 13:57 ET by Sergeant ROCKWho knew?
Let the clubbing begin!
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Bolton/KEYES 2012
Howdy bass... Like I
February 11, 2009 - 13:57 ET by bigtimerHowdy bass...
Like I posted above, Harkind has tried to get this implemented year after year in the Senate, one way or the other, it would be wise for some that post here to know what the hell they are talking about before shooting off their big mouths.
shhh, BT, you're 'drawing
February 11, 2009 - 14:04 ET by SickofLibsshhh, BT, you're 'drawing attention' to the issue and THEY are going to find out!
Hi BT. Yeah, he will harp
February 11, 2009 - 14:09 ET by bassndudeHi BT. Yeah, he will harp on that so long as he lives. And as another little tid bit, Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, has been in the forefront of the campaign to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine, is married to Tom Athans. Tom works extensively with left-wing radio organizations and was the executive vice-president of Air America. Despite massive publicity the MSM, AA has failed miserably to win a national audience. Stabenow's conflict of interest has been largely ignored by the MSM. She recuse herself from all political involvement with this issue.
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
ahh my Senator Stabenow
February 11, 2009 - 14:32 ET by dark_dsI wrote Stabenow last week .. got a form response about the Fairness Doctrine which indicates she got alot of emails regarding it.
In Michigan we dont want term limits for our senators just weight limits would do the trick ..... sorry dont like to pick on a person but that was too easy. She is utterly clueless
Water Boarding is illegal but Koolaid Boarding is still an option... dark_ds said that
Everthing was created Last Thursday*.
February 11, 2009 - 14:04 ET byBass,
So, there!
Odd Job
*Last Thursdayism.
Odd Job, question for you.
February 11, 2009 - 14:11 ET by bassndudeOdd Job, question for you. Were you born stupid? Or do you have to work at it?
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
A question for KnobJob:
February 11, 2009 - 14:28 ET by R D HelmOnce your Marxist friends have managed to destroy the means of wealth creation in this country, which is private enterprise (which they are probably only hours away from bringing about with the government takeover bill they are currently finalizing) what will Obama and his goons be "redistributing" after that happens?
After all, government cannot create wealth, so, what will then motivate people to produce anything, as there will no-longer be any incentives to produce?
The slaves of the former USSR (which was anyone who was not a part of the ruling class) once had a saying: "We pretend to work, and they pretend to pay us."
What will the Obama regime do to get people to produce? Will it resort to threats, perhaps? Intimidation?
Will it be forcing people to work at gun point?
What?
-Dave
Our clueless political leaders are about to drive us all over a cliff. The time to HITM is now-before we go over.
Odd... You are full of
February 11, 2009 - 13:55 ET by bigtimerOdd...
You are full of bullsh!t.
You really should ask for a raise from your employer, your fearless communist leader Soros.
Too bad the 'workers' don't
February 11, 2009 - 14:00 ET by SickofLibsToo bad the 'workers' don't have televisions at home, huh? Then they could have access to all points of view in a totally unbiased way.
Conservatives know
February 11, 2009 - 14:02 ET by fitzfongConservatives know TalkRadio is pumped into the factories for the workers to listen to as they go about their work.
Your enthusiastic ignorance is already legendary, but your above assertion has to the most ridiculous bit of conspiratorial nonsense ever. Like the thug union bosses would ever permit conservative talk radio to be "pumped into the factories"! Keep 'em coming OddSlob, you may have a career ahead of you as an unintentionally funny comedian.
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." -Winston Churchill
Julio and Odd Slob
February 11, 2009 - 14:06 ET by Sergeant ROCK.. both live at Julio's grandma's house, in the basement. Good thing Julio has a job, I guess.
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Bolton/KEYES 2012
JO is just mad cause the
February 11, 2009 - 14:07 ET by SickofLibsJO is just mad cause the manure processing factory he's employed at does it.
That silly assertion of
February 11, 2009 - 14:14 ET by Chris NormanThat silly assertion of Random Task's came straight out of "V for Vendetta" or something.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Ever work in a factory?
February 11, 2009 - 14:53 ET by CobraMan"Conservatives know TalkRadio is pumped into the factories for the workers to listen to as they go about their work."
It's obvious that you've never worked in a factory. It's in the offices where you'll hear talk radio, not on the factory floors. Most factory floors are noisy, and the workers all wear hearing protection. You couldn't hear a radio program on a factory floor, even if you wanted to.
Obama: My job is above my pay grade
Phew...I'm glad you didn't mistaken me for a factory worker...
February 11, 2009 - 16:26 ET byLet's face it when it comes to the working class
in America...it is undereducated, hypnotized by RightWing TalkRadio & TeeVee, underpaid & duped
into believing that unions will only worsen their overall situation. Many of these people's lives will be dictated by events, forces, and policies outside their control and understanding. Yet they march along in
political lockstep, conservative to the core without knowing
why, responding with emotion instead of reason to political & religious appeals designed for just that purpose. That's it in a nutshell as far as I'm concerned.
BTW...hearing protection with AM/FM!
Odd Job
Whew. There's some well
February 11, 2009 - 16:42 ET by Chris NormanWhew. There's some well thought out and very insightful political and social commentary. "Nutshell" being the pertinent word here.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
OddJob, the working class
February 11, 2009 - 16:40 ET by bassndudeOddJob, the working class in this country are self-reliant, self-aware, clingy to guns and God. Many are members of unions. Everybodys lives are dictated by events, forces and policies outside their control. Even yours, yet you keep marching on, in lock step with your liberal buddies, following blindly the path to socialism and goverment servatude. Have fun looking for shoes...
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
fairness
February 11, 2009 - 14:04 ET by bob randolphI wish these morons would try and re-enact this. I would like to see all hell break loose.
Why is it that liberal views can't make it on the radio?
February 11, 2009 - 14:09 ET by c5then50% of the country supposedly voted for the most liberal Presidentail candidate in the last 60 years. The liberal democrats gained seats in both the House and the Senate in November. Why is it that these same people won't listen to the liberal "progressives" when they are on the air? Air America went bankrupt.
I'd almost believe that the votes that win the elections for the liberals are all manufactured and are not real people. Where are the half of americans that supposedly agree with Sen. Harkin and Bill Press and Al Franken? Why is it that the liberal ideas have to be forced on the public? Government forcing speech is still just as unconstitutional as the government preventing speech.
Hey, I got the wrong "CHANGE"!
Alan Keyes / Sarah Palin - 2012
Fictional Characters
February 11, 2009 - 14:14 ET by Sergeant ROCKWell, you have to remember that a good portion of Obama's votes came from either cartoon characters, inmates or dead people.
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Bolton/KEYES 2012
Why, over saturation? Newspapers, TV , Movies, schools
February 11, 2009 - 14:22 ET by upcountrywaterWall to wall 24-7-365.24 now they wonder why oh why folk won't listen to their BILGE on AM!
The OAF can sign an <gag> executive order:
All AM transmitters must go digital by July 4 th.
BTW: no radios shall be made that pick up digital AM signals.
FREEDOM
(D)
We know why...
February 11, 2009 - 16:17 ET by retroconWe know why the libs don't listen to talk radio... there are three kinds of lib voters: 70s hippie leftover socialists, younger brainwashed types, and middle of the road moderates who don't think about politics much.
The hippie leftovers usually are one issue idiots, environment, lifestyle, antiwar, abortion, welfare, whatever. They give lip service to all the lib ideas, but you can spot these folks, they only get passionate in a discussion when you hit their perticular touchpoint. So lib talk bores them most of the time, whenever the discussion is not on their issue.
The young brainwashed types, well, they listen to music radio and their iPods.
For the moderates, they just don't like the viciousness and vulgarity of the lefties on the radio, you ever listen to them?!??! Worse than the superbowl broadcast in Tucson after a particularly great Cardinals pass.
Besides, we get talk radio, they get ABCBSMSNBCNN. Apply it to them, and i might just sign on.
Censorship is censorship. Next, they'll claim that, because the space between any two people is "public airspace," we have to not say certain things. Oops, they already started that, with "hate speech" legislation.
Harkin & Stabenow: bring it,
February 11, 2009 - 14:15 ET by SickofLibsHarkin & Stabenow: bring it, assholes. Just try it. Please. I'm begging you!!!
There will be an uprising not seen since we were a British colony.
SoL... Hear! Hear! Plus
February 11, 2009 - 14:38 ET by bigtimerSoL...
Hear! Hear!
Plus like I said, they really made a fatal mistake taking on Rush with the intensity they have.
They are FOOLs.
And it's driven from the top
February 11, 2009 - 16:25 ET by SickofLibsAnd it's driven from the top down, which will make it even more fun!
Oh, Those funny Liberals!
February 11, 2009 - 14:53 ET by RadiomanI agree this is a trial balloon. Liberal talk is a failure because it is redundant! With the MSM being liberal, there is no need for talk radio. And the Liberal talkers have no sense of humor...they have no sense of humanity or the weakness of human nature..but their ideas are ssoooo very important, almost omnipotent. Is Bill Moyers or Bill Press entertaining? Quick! Come up with 3 Liberals who are truly funny? Most Liberal humor is mean and spiteful. But a tyrannical government cannot allow freedom of expression and many Dems would like us to head in that direction.
http://www.chalktalk-talk.blogspot.com
but then again. . . .
February 12, 2009 - 01:34 ET by baseballmavenBaseballmaven
If they shove the fairness doctrine back down our throats, does that mean that all TV news will have to give 'equal time' to conservatives? hmmmmm . . . of course, since they're still pretending to be neutral journalists, perhaps not.
What a joke...if they had an audience they'd have airwaves.
Harkin
February 12, 2009 - 01:58 ET by Dr. RonDuring my tenure at a government regulatory agency, we found Harkin to be mean, venal and corrupt..but, then again, as a Dem Senator, what else is new?