[Brilliant]

If they are going to regulate talk radio, then they should also censor the TV network news.

[elizabetty]

The Dems were not going to bring back the Fairness Doctrine.

They wanted to TALK about and CAMPAIGN while TALKING about the Fairness Doctrine.

Pence deprived them of that opportunity. Brilliant

[hsalaw]

The timing of this is just excellent. The whiney dems were working themselves into a hissy fit (yes, DiFi, I’m talking about you and your pal John F’n Kerry) about talk radio’s impact on the “amnesty for illegal aliens” bill, and the House has now yanked the rug out from under them.

[padre35]

I sort of wish that Mike Pence hadn’t done that, I would prefer the Liberals go nuts over trying to censor Rush et al.

INOW, that was a great issue for us conservatives and it really highlights the hippocracy of the Left....

[jveritas]

Excellent news.

[LibKill]

Congressman Mike Pence has my respect and gratitude. Guts and genius!

Now, if we could only de-fund NPR and PBS.

[imahawk]

What a guy! What a guy!

[Marathoner]

WOW, what a great day in America!. Killing amnesty and the unfairness doctrine in one day. Man, it doesn’t get much better than this!!!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Drive a stake in it.

[ken21]

po’ senator fineslime

she’ll just have to put up with more talk radio revealing

the unethical business dealings of her husband.

[NewJerseyJoe]

Great news. But I am still disheartened.... some (not all) of the GOP politicians have been showing an extraordinary streak of inventiveness and determination these last couple of weeks. My question: where was all this initiative when they were in the majority?? Imagine all the good that could have been done!!

[ChessExpert]

There are some great conservatives out there and Mike Pence is one of them. So why are McCain and Giulliani so prominent? Anyway, it’s great to see the Fairness Doctrine going nowhere.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

“even a major chunk of Democrats thought the idea of reviving the ancient rule that would in essence stifle most free speech in on-air capacities - was a really stupid idea....Except for extremely STUPID people like Diane Frankenstein or John Kerry!....

[PGalt]

Hooray Mike Pence!

[gidget7]

As I said on another thread, this is a GREAT American. Thank you Mike Pence!!

[WilliamofCarmichael]

As I recall Larry King was king of nationally broadcast talk radio. I'll never forget one caller complaining about a tax increase.

"Don't you love your country?" admonished King.

Yes, the era of the "Fairness Doctrine" was just swell.

One hour a week of William F. Buckley on PBS balanced the other 167 hours, said the "middle-of-the-road" folks like the Eugene McCarthy-George McGovern Rats. "Yes," agreed Walter "NV Communists' Most Trusted Man in America" Cronkite.

It was the era of the silenced generation -- yet despite that Richard Nixon won 49 of the 50 states in 1972. Why? Like I said, folks like the Eugene McCarthy-George McGovern Rats.

By the 1980s the courts were all set to erase the "Fairness Doctrine" -- it was no longer needed. President Reagan stopped it 1987.

[Viking2002]

Even most Dims realized that, if the 'Fairness' Doctrine were to be brought back from the grave, their own propensity for continual legislative re-interpretation would come back to bite them hard. Eventually, things like NPR/PBS, and even Leftist-slanting broadcast television (right down to TV sitcoms) could end up being called to account for expressing an opinion, regardless of context. Both sides would wield it like a cultural tactical nuke. And those poltroons in Washington need that sort of existential sovereignty over us like a manic-depressive 5-year-old needs a loaded shotgun.

[3AngelaD]

He did good, but that bill isn’t law yet. And when it passes, it still has to be reconciled with the Senate version. He’ll have to keep a shart eye out, perhaps get himself named to the conference committee, to make sure his amendment is included in the final bill. And then he’ll have to do it over again next year, and the next.

[Rembrandt]

Maybe it’s time to start thinking about 2012 or 2016:

BUILD THE PENCE!!

[weegee]

There is no "Fairness Doctrine".

There IS the "equal time imposition" legislation that the Democrats are getting riled up about. It is legislation that would require Red Tape for broadcast talk radio but would not apply to ABC/NBC/CBS/PBS/NPR/CNN/MTV/VH1/Lifetime/Nick/MSNBC/AlJazeera nor would it apply to print journalism despite the monopolies of the newspaper trade.

And what is "equal time"? Just for DNC authored rebuttals? Or also Green Party, CPUSA, Socialist Worker, MoveOn, SorosInc, Gate, FordFoundation, NOW, et al to also respond to each discussion "equally"?

[George W. Bush]

IMO, the remaining danger is probably from BushCo using the FCC or FEC to retaliate against talk radio. Trent Lott spoke the truth when he mentioned the dangers of talk radio (the citizens) running the country. They regard it as a threat to them.

[Liberty Valance]

You know, between Sessions, Vitter and now Pence ...
...today kinda pepped me up a bit ...

[ProCivitas]

The Leftists should never be given the rhetorical 'high ground' of calling it the "Fairness Doctrine". Actual fairness here is the marketplace of ideas. What leftists favor is the 'anti-free speach doctrine'.

Or something like that. "coerced speech" doctrine?

We need better terms of debate.

[theDentist]

The only problem is a Dem can insert an amendment superceding Pence’s amendment in some future bill.

[EdReform]

bookmark

[bigjoesaddle]

Congressman Mike Pence

[xtinct]

Mike Pence ... not only brilliant but a handsome rascal !!!

A Congressman we can all be proud of... unlike the maggots I am stuck with here in Taxachusetts.

[Sprite518]

Good news!

[AnimalLover]

PING

[Smokin' Joe]

Another attempt to rescussitate "Air America" bites the dust. Rush gets listeners and sells ad time, the Frankenzoids couldn't cut it in the open market so the Dems wanted to require stations carrying the one to carry the other.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

PENCE FOR VP!!

[timydnuc]

UH RAH to Mike Pence. The Man is a stalwart defender of this here Constitution. Again, UH RAH Mr. Mike, you sir, are a patriot.