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AIM: Congressional Liberals Bare Plan to Muzzle Conservative Speech
U.S. Newswire on Yahoo ^ | 1/15/07 | AIM

Posted on 01/15/2007 5:32:44 PM PST by NormsRevenge

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To: Dead Corpse
It takes all kinds to make up a community, we draw on each other's strengths and positive attributes. All sides of the conservative curve have input.

IMO, it is best to allow other points of view in order to understand what the group as a whole wants and needs. The World is changing around us daily. We can't live in the past or isolate ourselves from the future.

We have to make our ideology appealing to the majority of the population and we won't do that by being cynical or anti-social.

Reagan was the best teacher we have ever had in this respect, and hopefully others will follow his example and learn to treat others with respect and regard to their philosophy. Through communication and statesmanship, is where the most hearts and minds are won.
61 posted on 01/15/2007 6:59:29 PM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP (Show me a 'true' Conservative and I'll show someone with bad knees)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP
We have to make our ideology appealing to the majority of the population and we won't do that by being cynical or anti-social.

We won't do that by compromising on our ideals either. We need people who can change the packaging, not the gift. Lately, we've had people running the GOP that are all packaging, no gift.

That needs to change.

62 posted on 01/15/2007 7:05:31 PM PST by Dead Corpse (Anyone who needs to be persuaded to be free, doesn't deserve to be.)
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To: Jim Robinson
I did not know that. They always have been for free speech...as long as the speech in question recites their talking points. And, they have the cojones to call OUR side of the aisle fascistic.
63 posted on 01/15/2007 7:08:06 PM PST by Pharmboy ([She turned me into a] Newt! in '08)
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To: Dog Gone

Sorry, delayed double clutch... multitasking.


64 posted on 01/15/2007 7:08:18 PM PST by JSteff
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To: JSteff

LOL, that was a LONG time between clutch moves!


65 posted on 01/15/2007 7:09:52 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone

Agreed. This will never pass the Congress, or the President's desk.. and even if it did, the Supreme Court will say "no way".


66 posted on 01/15/2007 7:10:31 PM PST by Lunatic Fringe (Say "NO" to the Trans-Texas Corridor)
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To: Dog Gone

You're right, my friend. Ain't gonna happen. Period.


67 posted on 01/15/2007 7:11:18 PM PST by RightOnline
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To: Dog Gone; All

(sarcasm on)

but zee democrat party only vants peezeful coexistance. Perhaps a compromize could be reached. Ze only vish a bit of ze airtime.

(sarcasm off)


68 posted on 01/15/2007 7:12:09 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: RightOnline

Hey, ROL, good to see you again. We haven't been on the same thread for quite awhile. I'm glad we're still thinking alike.


69 posted on 01/15/2007 7:14:24 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: All

FreeRepublic is next.


70 posted on 01/15/2007 7:15:39 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: NormsRevenge

What this country needs is a good 10 million person
conservative march on Washington. So, what's everyone
doing for their Summer vacation and is there enough
room in the D.C. mall for us all??....JJ61


71 posted on 01/15/2007 7:29:24 PM PST by JerseyJohn61 (Better Late Than Never.......sometimes over lapping is worth the effort....)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP
The arrogant belief that this country wants even harder right Presidential candidates is seriously misguided.

I think the country wants a leader with vision and principles. If Democrats wnat to ban all guns and a RINO only wants to ban some but can't really articulate why some guns are more ban-worthy than others, an uninformed voter will perceive that the only reason the RINO is holding back progress is that he's in the pocket of the evil gun lobby.

By contrast, if a candidate took the position that the success of 39 states' CCW programs shows clearly that citizen armament is an asset to the country, even people who might otherwise be anti-gun would be more likely to rethink that position. They may or may not decide they agree with it, but in any case they'd be more likely to judge the candidate as having genuine beliefs rather than merely being a foot-dragger.

72 posted on 01/15/2007 7:33:10 PM PST by supercat (Sony delenda est.)
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To: NormsRevenge
This is the left's MO. Look at college campuses, which are supposed to be the model for free speech and thinking. The left on the college campuses do anything necessary to stop any conservative speech. They will shout you down, get violent, steal posters, etc. There is nothing new here, but if they have their way, the left will regulate and stop all free speech in the name of campaign finance reform, fairness, and whatever other nonsense they can call it.
73 posted on 01/15/2007 7:38:23 PM PST by Hendrix
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To: NormsRevenge

Sean Hannity has been warning about this for months.


74 posted on 01/15/2007 7:50:03 PM PST by 3_wheeler (Freedom Isn't Free (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/conservative_americans))
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To: NormsRevenge

God help us when they get the presidency, along with their control of the legislative branch. The only protection for conservative freedom of speech will be the legal industry, which is unreliable for conservatives at best.


75 posted on 01/15/2007 7:54:21 PM PST by KoRn
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To: NormsRevenge
I recall Rush talking about this years ago when there was a push for it.

Remember him saying he wouldn't be shut up.
He would start a 'pirate radio station' offshore.

I don't know what his possible actions would be now however.

76 posted on 01/15/2007 7:56:05 PM PST by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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To: Jim Robinson

That's Senate Bill 1. Call your senators and ask them to vote to remove Section 220. (The bill is actually about lobbying reform, but Section 220 tramples free speech.)


77 posted on 01/15/2007 7:57:34 PM PST by Prov3456
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To: Hendrix; All
This is the left's MO. Look at college campuses, which are supposed to be the model for free speech and thinking. The left on the college campuses do anything necessary to stop any conservative speech. They will shout you down, get violent, steal posters, etc. There is nothing new here, but if they have their way, the left will regulate and stop all free speech in the name of campaign finance reform, fairness, and whatever other nonsense they can call it.

The problem is we aren't violent back. If you're a wimp, say "But we don't do things like that." Well, neither did the Jews, Gypsies, Catholics, Esperanto speakers, et al; they all went up in smoke.

78 posted on 01/15/2007 8:00:17 PM PST by olde north church (Time for a Cultural Revolution)
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To: Dog Gone
It would have to overcome a Republican filibuster and a Bush veto and then get 2/3rds of Congress to override.

You are making me nervous. Do the Republicans know how to filibuster? (The President knows how to veto—he has done it before, I believe.)

79 posted on 01/15/2007 8:18:54 PM PST by Logophile
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To: supercat
If Democrats wnat to ban all guns

The reason that the 'Rats want to ban all guns is that they know that if there is a second American Revolution, they will be the redcoats.

80 posted on 01/15/2007 8:27:07 PM PST by reg45
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