Clinton and Boxer Discuss ‘Legislative Fix’ to 'Influence' Conservative Talk Radio

Coming coincident with the Thursday release of the Center for American Progress’s plans to assault conservative talk radio, Senators Hillary Clinton (D-New York) and Barbara Boxer (D-California) were overheard discussing the need for a “legislative fix” to the problem.

This information was relayed to radio host John Zeigler of KFI 640 AM Los Angeles by Sen. James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) who witnessed the Senators talking about something that they heard on talk radio which upset them so that they said:

We’ve got to do something about this. These are nothing but far rightwing extremists. We’ve got to have a balance. There’s got to be a legislative fix to this.

For those interested, an audio of this discussion is available here, with the transcript to follow:

SENATOR JAMES INHOFE (R-OKLAHOMA): I was going over to vote the other day, and I was walking with two very liberal gals that were, they didn’t pay any attention to me being with them. They were outraged by something you said, or Rush Limbaugh said. Somebody said something that upset them. They said, “We’ve got to do something about this. These are nothing but far rightwing extremists. We’ve got to have a balance. There’s got to be a legislative fix to this.” And as we got off the elevator, I said, “You gals don’t understand. This is market driven. And there’s no market for your liberal tripe.”

And that’s in, so I see…

JOHN ZEIGLER, HOST: You can’t tell us which Senators they were Senator? You can’t tell us who they were? Was that Boxer and Feinstein?

INHOFE: Uh, you’re halfway there. The other one’s running for president. You figure it out.

ZEIGLER: Oh wow. So, it was Boxer and Hillary. Boxer and Hillary told you that, you overheard Boxer and Hillary saying…

INHOFE: No, they were talking, they were complaining about the uh, talk radio.

ZEIGLER: And they were saying that we need to do something about talk radio.

INHOFE: Oh, yeah. Well, they do that, this is common chatter.

ZEIGLER: So, Hillary and Boxer were conspiring to end talk radio.

INHOFE: No, not to end talk radio. They just want to influence it. Anyway, the point is the market’s still out there, and it still counts.