Fairness Doctrine hammered 309-115

The Hill ^ | June 28, 2007 | Alexander Bolton

[Delacon]

“Except that the “Fairness Doctrine” is about anything BUT fairness”

When they come out with the “Bestest Most Wonderfulest Bill to Impove Government” bill, head for the hills. :)

[Uncle Miltie]

What an excellent day! Prayers of thanks.....

[Borax Queen]

Adolf Feinstein must really be upset! She was yammering about shutting down talk radio. Feinstein, Reid, and Schumer think the “unwashed masses” are too dumb to understand the Amnesty fiasco and were led astray by talk radio.

bttt

[maine-iac7]

But what do you really think? LOL

[maine-iac7]

Democrats are the sourest faced creatures on earth. Humorless, clueless, Godless...They walk on the dark side.

I could almost pity them - almost...but not quite

[Napoleon Solo]

It wasn’t Rush and Hannity. It was really Michael Savage and his Savage Nation followers who started the movement. BORDERS, LANGUAGE< CULTURE!!!

[SunkenCiv]

Too bad. I was really hoping to see PBS and NPR be subjected to lawsuits over their partisan shilling.

[shield]

We certainly had a wonder day. The illegal crapola...went DOWN Thank You all Americans...UN Fairness Crapola...went DOWN Thank You Mike Pence and the House...and the Supreme Court issued a supreme ruling/opinion today Thank You Roberts and the other 4 justices. What a GREAT DAY....lots prayers were answered today. ;o)

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Sounds like he’s expressing his deepest held fears and masking them with bravado.

If they do anything remotely harmful to talk radio, imagine the firestorm they would receive.

Better to trash talk than get his arse handed to him by his betters.

[nutmeg]

Check out the roll call vote results:

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 599

[nutmeg]

Well said, laurie_d! (#98)

[nutmeg]

Check out this most excellent post by laurie_d in #98:

We won these battles not by insulting people.

We didn’t throw pies at anyone.

We didn’t deface the Capitol.

We didn’t hold signs containing vulgarity in proximity of childen.

We didn’t disrupt speeches.

I’m VERY proud of conservatives today.

[Halgr]

God Bless America

Semper Fi

[Salvation]

Looks like we need to bring down the phone lines in the senate and house on this one, too!

[Eric Blair 2084]

I just read this entire thread and all of your comments, and I am shocked....SHOCKED I TELL YOU!

How can you be opposed to the Fairness Doctrine?

I'm all in favor of the Fairness Doctrine!

Rush, Sean and Marc Levin SHOULD be demanded by Gubmint edict to be co-anchors on ABC, NBC and CBS nightly news.

The folks at Heritage Foundation, CATO, NRO and Reason should be forced by Gubmint fiat to write half of the op-ed page in the NY Times and Washington Post.

Ann Coulter, Dennis Miller and Newt Gingrich must be given equal time on screen in Michael Moore's documentaries.

What the heck is wrong with you people?

[Bush gal in LA]

I don't pity them. The RATS hatefulness just shows up on their faces. They wear their permanent scowls like a badge of honor!

[4woodenboats]

NO Republicans voted against this amendment. Either they're starting to grow a set, or they're more afraid of us than they are Blinky & and her contortionists.

Either works.

Thanks for posting the link.

[jmcenanly]

With the amnesty bill dead, the fairness doctrine fading, and the Republican minority basically running the House, it would seem that the 'revolution' of 2006 is rapidly running out of steam.

I think that what happened was the the voters turned out most of the weak republicans, leaving the stronger ones in place. With the support structure provided by talk radio and the Internet, we are looking at a new majority, which does not include the reactionary 'progressives'.

[Almondjoy]

Back when radio was the ONLY way to get information this law made alot of sense. You didn’t want a guy like rockafeller buying every station and then telling people what he wanted them to believe.. it would of been an incredible abuse of power.

That being said.. today it makes no sense. We have free tv with cheap sets. Cable, Satellite, internet, among other sources of information like newspapers.

With so many ways to get other viewpoints it’s just not needed anymore. This tool would simply be used to punish unliked views.

[Saint Reagan]

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll599.xml

Did Pelosi by any chance resign Congress? She's not listed as voting "Aye," "Nay," "Present," or "Not Voting".