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"Nixon didn’t try to do that. They couldn't control (the media). They didn’t try. [...] What the hell do they think we are, puppets?"
- Liberal opinion writer Helen Thomas, describing the Obama admin's penchant for heavily scripting public appearances & press conferences - 7/1/09
Harry Reid: Another liberal free speech hypocrite
It’s bad enough that “Dirty Harry” Reid is a corruptocrat who, year after year, has gotten away with being one of the shadiest Democrats in Washington, DC, but it gets even worse when you find out that Reid, like so many other Democrats, is only a big defender of the free speech when he’s not the one who is being criticized, as you’ll see from this report from Brian Maloney, who himself was a target of Reid’s back in the late 90s.
The far left in this country are incensed that the liberal domination of both the mainstream and opinion media has been over ever since talk radio came onto the scene strongly in the late 80s, and since Fox News was launched back in 1996, and as a result, they have taken to tactics like:
—- Trying to bring back the blatantly unconstitutional “Fairness Doctrine”,
— Trying to intimidate TV networks into dropping programming that portrays their heroes in a less than flattering light via threatening their broadcast license (a movement that was promoted heavily by Harry Reid) and threatening legal action,
—- Going on a witch hunt to dig up dirt on conservatives they didn’t like in order to have them fired from their jobs – all done under the guise of supposedly “desiring” honesty in reporting,
—- Taking to the floors of the House and Senate to denounce a conservative radio talk show host – mocking that host’s prescription drug problem,
—- And in addition to that, calling for the censoring of that talk show host from Armed Forces Radio as well as a “ratings system” for political speech,
—- Invoking the “chickenhawk” argument to try to shame war supporters who haven’t served from giving opinions on the war on terror,
—- And related to that, routinely playing the Absolute Moral Authority Card in shameless attempts at discrediting opposing viewpoints,
—- Attempting to shut down the minority in the House by changing a rule on the minority’s rights that has been in place in the House since 1822, and
—- Disrupting conservative speakers on college campuses by using violence in an effort to stifle that person’s speech.
And that’s just the short list.
As I’ve said before at this blog, the left’s claim to be the “true defenders” of free speech would be a big laugh if the issue itself wasn’t so serious. Whether it be by government force or otherwise, the far left would love nothing more than to be able to keep opposing viewpoints from being seen/read/heard. There is, of course, a reason for that, and that is because they’re not especially keen on conservatives exposing the numerous flaws in most of the viewpoints that liberals hold. And they especially don’t like the idea that conservative ideas resonate with a lot of people – way too many for liberal comfort.
It’s bad enough when the average Joe Liberal tries to shame conservatives into silence, but it’s another thing altogether when you have “leaders” in Congress like Harry Reid who want to use their power to control what we see/hear/read. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is a disgrace to the US Senate, and I sincerely hope the Nevadans who keep electing him to serve will finally wake up before the next election he could potentially run in again – in 2012. But whether or not they do decide to hold him accountable, the rest of us certainly will.
Riiiiight.
More: Kobayashi Maru has related thoughts on the Democrats’ latest attempts to silence the opposition.
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All of this brought to you courteous of the MSM. Reid wouldn’t be able to get away with half of this stuff if the media wasn’t in the dems pockets.
Imagine if a Republican had tried half of this garbage, what would happen? It would be on every television station and newspaper cover for weeks, including a “special investigation” by Time.
It is very sad that it has come to this in this country and it’s not going to get better anytime soon.
I can but agree with NC Cop.
MSM do not do the job they once did.
George III tried telling the colonies what to do. There was a revolution.
Time to revolt against MSM?
The MSM is taxing people without representation.
Stop supporting the MSM with money.
- Betray-us = phoney soldiers is the Lefts latest desperate attemp to proffer equivalency, embarassed to the rafters over the Patraeus ad, and hoping to push it off the radar screen.
- Leaving aside the feckless effort to outright distort any phrase they can falsely recast, you have a Senator calling for the suppression of the free speech rights of a radio talk-show host, over a phrase that doesn’t even mean what they say it does.
- Is it even possible for Reid to look anymore anti-American and useless. Again, you see the mask of faux Democratic values slipping from the soft-Marxist faces of the far Left. All of this while no meaningful legeslation gets any serious attention, not just the war, but everything else. Your tax dollars at work, supporting the Left ideologs and their anti-Everything Conservative dogma.
- Well the “we’ve lost the war” agenda fell on its ass for the Dembulbs, and this smear campaign is going to fall just as fast. The more of this BS they try, the more they shine the spotlight on the real politik that the Left is willing to engauge in, including the moveon thugs, funded directly with Soros money, and resting on the shoulders of Hillery, who made an open reference to having been a starting partner at the Yearly Kos commie gathering.
- Reid stood there and “praised” the voices that have bravely come forth and condemned this “evil” war. The next problem the Dems will have to deal with is even more national exposure of the antics of Beauchamp, Macbeth, et. al., the “brave” self confessed phoney soldiers.
- Rush thrown off his radio show? Not going to happen. His corporate bosses have already told Reid politely where he can put his faux outrage and lies.
- Reid dumped from Congress like the super partisan Left-wing pandering hack he is. Very possible.
- BBH –
Democrites!!!
Pinky Reid will continue his shenanigans unabated until at least January 2011 (when his term is up) unless the GOP can retake the senate majority in the meantime.