wrapper - 22 November 2008 12:09 PM
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“Did they know Obama favored the Fairness Doctrine? Uh, they didn’t know what it was.”
Why should they? Obama does not favor the fairness doctrine and nobody cares about it except the stampeders on the right.
Of course, O’bama also “promised” he would only take public funding. He was lying thru his teeth then, so he knows how to do so.
If Congress passed a revival of the Fairness Doctrine, would he veto it? No.
Chew on this from Human Events
The speaker of the House made it clear to me and more than forty of my colleagues yesterday that a bill by Rep. Mike Pence (R.-Ind.) to outlaw the “Fairness Doctrine” (which a liberal administration could use to silence Rush Limbaugh, other radio talk show hosts and much of the new alternative media) would not see the light of day in Congress during ’08. In ruling out a vote on Pence’s proposed Broadcaster’s Freedom Act, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-CA.) also signaled her strong support for revival of the “Fairness Doctrine” — which would require radio station owners to provide equal time to radio commentary when it is requested…
“Do you personally support revival of the ‘Fairness Doctrine?’” I asked.
“Yes,” the speaker replied, without hesitation
