Posted on 02/14/2008 7:43:09 AM PST by K-oneTexas
McCAIN INTRODUCES TALK RADIO LEGISLATION
Arizona Sen. John McCain has introduced federal legislation to protect talk radio shows from the reinstatement of past rules that required dissenting voices be given equal time on their shows.
McCain and fellow GOP Senators John Thune of South Dakot and Norm Coleman of Minnesota have put forward legislation preventing the reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine.
The Fairness Doctrine was done away with in 1987 but previously required political radio shows to offer equal time to opposing viewpoints as part of their Federal Communications Commission licenses.
A number of Democrats and liberal advocates want the Fairness Doctrine put back in place. They do not like the fact talk radio is dominated by conservatives such as Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage and Laura Ingraham.
McCain said imposing such rules would stifle free speech and there are plenty of political viewpoints in the marketplace.
This guy is the idiot.
If you reward bad behavior, all you get is more bad behavior.
I have no problem fighting hard for all conservative candidates on the ballot.
McAmnesty is NOT conservative by any stretch unless your political positions already put you in the Democrat Realm of political philosophy.
Too bad the GOP and RNC decided to manipulate the primary process this year to give the Non-Conservatives in the race the best chance at winning.
Those are my principles.
I am not a Party over Principle kind of guy.
Seaplaner, we disagree on McCain. I will vote conservative farther down the page to restrain the worst of his plans. I do however appreciate your reasoned post and the fact you make your points without insults.
Regards
Not sitting out. I’m sure there’s a conservative candidate on the ballot somewhere.
Great post. I am with you. Make him deal with our concerns.
Regards
Great post! I just feel like begging the people who are not going to vote for McCain to reconsider for the countrys sake but most of them only dig in and throw insults at me.
I concur.
We may not like the choice for POTUS, but there should be plenty of Conservatives down the ballot for us to balance what’s going on with the Presidential Farce, I mean, Race.
Why not focus on voting for Conservatives down-ballot? What if we could set conventional wisdom on its collective @$$ by swinging the control of the House or Senate back to the GOP?
The Conservatives we elect would then be able to stymie the socialistic tendencies of whoever is in the Oval Orafice.
This could set the stage for a Conservative to arise from that fight and get the Movement back on track.
We’ll never know if we stay home.....................
Reminding you that we have good and honorable soldiers doing what needs to be done so we have the luxury of typing away all day long and that their interests should not be forgotten is "pathetic"?
Reminding you that they deserve a better, more capable CIC than Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama is a "shameful ploy"?
Snap out of it while there's still time!
OTOH, we don't know who he will pick for his VP yet, and that could make a difference, considering McCain has health issues (maybe mental as well).
And then, we don't know what the future between now and the election has in store for us? So there are too many variables that could force people to vote for the GOP if the times become more perilous.
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See my post at 94 and tell me what is wrong with it.
And the voters voted for McCain. Don’t forget that. The majority of the voters chose him. Isn’t that the American way?
I see Shapiro is another guy who thinks you win us over by insulting us. No sale.
Conservatives need to get to the polls in November and vote for conservatives in the House and Senate and local races.
As for president I would urge conservative to vote for someone not on a major party ticket so that way your vote can be counted at least as a "None of the above."
“Maybe mental?”
BWAHAHAAAAHHAAAAHHAAAAA! ROFLMELOA!
When was this?
Time to take a deep breath. Let it out slowly.
I agree strongly with one of your point. McCain can do a lot to make amends with conservatives by picking a strong conservative as a VP. Someone like Fred Thompson, or Mark Sanford, or George Allen. If he did that, I think a lot of conservatives would feel a lot better in November.
Fuggedabowdit, that ass just wants to argue like a junior high school girl. He still hasn't mentioned where he served.
LOL. The GOP political elites are now getting frantic. They are trying to foist a flawed candidate on rank and file conservatives and tell us it is our patriotic duty to vote for a pro-amnesty, anti-free political speech, pro-global warming, pro-federal spending on embryonic cell research candidate who prior to Tuesday received just 31% of the total primary vote.
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