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Lindsey Graham Isn't Sure If Bloggers Deserve 'First Amendment Protection'
National Journal ^
| June 5, 2013
| Brian Fung
Posted on 06/05/2013 9:18:43 AM PDT by don-o
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To: don-o
Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press It's not complicated. We all have freedom of speech, even those who support Obama as more important than preserving America as a free country. We all have freedom of the press, even ordinary people who post on Kos and DU or who slam Governor Sarah Palin right here on FR. These are God-given rights, and He gave them to every single person on earth - even Muslims who don't want to have those rights, even to leftists who don't want us to have those rights, and even to the unborn babies who will be murdered by their own mothers at Planned Parenthood before they ever have a chance to communicate aloud or in writing and exercise those rights.
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posted on
06/05/2013 9:55:29 AM PDT
by
Pollster1
("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
To: don-o
So the First Amendment only applies to "joinalists?"
Since when?
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posted on
06/05/2013 9:56:13 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("Forget it, Jake. It's Eric Holder's people.")
To: Liberty Valance
Are there blogs devoted to his “life style” of choice?
To: don-o
It does not matter what you think they deserve. The constitution guarantees them 1st amendment rights no matter what your wishes might be.
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posted on
06/05/2013 9:58:38 AM PDT
by
formosa
To: jimfree
Can this clown be recalled?
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posted on
06/05/2013 9:58:53 AM PDT
by
Jane Long
(While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs stay silent.)
To: Jane Long
Any chance Trey Gowdy will run in 2014 primary to FINALLY remove Linda Gramnesty?
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posted on
06/05/2013 10:01:00 AM PDT
by
newfreep
(Breitbart sent me...)
To: don-o
Is this spitwad retarded or something?
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posted on
06/05/2013 10:04:24 AM PDT
by
biff
(WAS)
To: don-o
The Bill of Rights only applies to speshul people, Linseed? GFY!
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posted on
06/05/2013 10:04:30 AM PDT
by
TigersEye
("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
To: don-o
Oh, Lindsey! You’re SUCH a bitch! I just want to pinch your chubby cheeks!
(No, the ones on your face.)
To: don-o
Do we have to register as reporters before expressing an opinion? What are the standards? What are the requirements? Where is the free government training program?
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posted on
06/05/2013 10:31:36 AM PDT
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
To: cripplecreek
To: Jack Hammer
Who gives a sh*t what Lindsey Graham thinks.... If he wants to persecute bloggers, let him amend the Bill of Rights or go f*** himself. Bravo!
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posted on
06/05/2013 10:40:18 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: nikos1121
What they would like to do is license journalists. Then when they have a problem with what someone is saying, they pull their license.
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posted on
06/05/2013 10:41:44 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: kevkrom
I called Lindsay Graham and I told him that if bloggers doesn’t deserve the protection of the first amendment, then he doesn’t deserve re-election this coming 2014, and that I will work hard to see he is not re-elected.
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posted on
06/05/2013 10:42:15 AM PDT
by
Bullfrogg
(American by birth, Irish by heritage, and hellraiser by choice)
To: don-o
Ha. All this time, I thought there was an individual right to free speech. Silly me.
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posted on
06/05/2013 10:46:51 AM PDT
by
JimSEA
To: don-o
There is no license requirement to become a journalist, but the RATs would have
everyone believe that the MSM and RATs can only anoint someone with the title.
Bloggers have as much right to be called journalists as anybody who has their ugly
mug on TV flapping their jaws like pickled pig cheeks in the wind.
Who determines who is a Journalist? No matter how bad, I say the person
doing it for a living is enough. The Democrats are the worst offenders
against the 1st Amendment!
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posted on
06/05/2013 10:47:27 AM PDT
by
MaxMax
To: don-o
We don’t need no steeeeenkin’ Constitution.
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posted on
06/05/2013 10:49:54 AM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: Bullfrogg
Good for you! I’ll work with you to elect a solid conservative as Linda’s replacement.
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posted on
06/05/2013 10:59:48 AM PDT
by
Jane Long
(While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs stay silent.)
To: don-o
Is this what Obama's offering the press in exchange for throwing James Rosen overboard? Is this the 'off the record' deal?
Obama will shut down 'the competition' and blame it on one idiot Republican? Sweet for liberals.
Citizens turned to the Internet starting with 'Whitewater' as a search for truth. The New York Times gave one side - with elegance and superb writing - but just one side. Other newspaper followed.
People turned away from the MSM - and toward the inelegant writers of the Internet in a search for fairness
It wasn't the "internet" that was the problem - it was a lack of fairness.
The IRS tried to help the MSM by taking away our rights to assemble and speak... but that's backfired. This plan will backfire too.
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posted on
06/05/2013 11:09:06 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Swedes bring their cars..savages their flames..burning cars a metaphor. D. Greenfield)
To: don-o; et al
“Is any blogger out there saying anythingdo they deserve First Amendment protection? These are the issues of our times.”
Begs the question: Does any Senator deserve due process?
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posted on
06/05/2013 11:20:14 AM PDT
by
S.O.S121.500
(ENFORCE The Bill of Rights.....It's the Law!)
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