Posted on 11/05/2008 4:06:13 AM PST by marktwain
The first test to determine how far left our new president will be is whether he reinstitutes the "Fairness Doctrine" fairly quickly. A true leftist will not be thinking about broadening his support. He will be thinking about how to tighten his control over the levers of power.
President Obama owes his win almost entirely to the MSM and their willingness to cover for him. His only real threat came from talk radio. As a leftist, he would use his executive power to shut down opposition voices. As I recall, the fairness doctrine was removed by regulation, not legislation, and an Obama administration could change the makeup of the FCC to reinstate it without any legislative approval.
I beleive this will be the first test of Obama as a member of the far left. If the "fairness doctrine" or something similar is reinstated, President Obama will have confirmed our fears that he is a politician in the same vein as Hugo Chavez.
I appreciate any comments from my fellow Freepers.
All I know is if I’m a conservative radio talk show host, and geography means nothing anymore, I’m relocating to Canada and broadcasting via shortwave and satellite.
I’d buy a shortwave or get a satellite subscription to hear something besides the claptrap on our media systems. FoxNews will be another target; “fair and balanced” doesn’t cut it with socialists.
Yep, I guess they would all go to Satellite.
I’d love to be able to hear Rush commercial free.
Can you imagine how Sirius stock would skyrocket?
I’m SURE Rush has already been in talks with them.
His salary will probably plummet though since he makes so much of his money from a percentage of the revenues he generates.
Something is going to happen as I’m sure that is zero’s FIRST order of business.
I love Mark, The Rushbo, Laura I, and even that so called cretin Savage!. To me I’m absolutly self assured that the ‘O’ will shut this place down first. FR? I mean really? This site attacks lukers on site. We’ll be the first to go..
This could be a recipe for a civil war.
The “Fairness Doctrine” is to free speech what Title IX is to male college athletics.
You are correct. Goodbye free speech.
Fine by me. It would help destroy terrestrial radio stations, local advertising, and jobs. At this point, I'm all for anything that will stop feeding the beast that is the federal government. Fewer jobs, fewer tax receipts.
Yes, the second order of business will be to import and legalize tens of millions of third worlders, to make sure a Republican is never elected again.
You can start by turning off the TV in retaliation to the media who elected "him".
Will the real slim shadey please stand up?
Thanks I am buying XM radio stock right NOW!!!!! Its the only safe place for money.
“Stroke of the pen, law of the land. Kinda cool.”
Expect a LOT of executive orders, followed by confirming legislation from the now totally tame and subservient national legislature, and rulings from the compliant Federal judiciary, who face impeachment and removal from office if they resist, to be replaced by much more tractable and reliable candidates.
It is our duty, as Americans, to goad this monstrosity of a regime into taking itself over the cliff, and forcing the resulting period of anarchy. Use Saul Alinsky’s strategies against the governing power that got put in place by those same tactics.
Assume there shall be a complete suspension of the Constitution, and begin arranging for a new country to be carved out of the existing real estate. There are red and blue counties in every state. Try to form an alliance between all the red counties, ignoring state lines for now. The blue counties shall then be embargoed, and essentially put to siege, as most of them do not have the internal resources to survive without their dependence on the surrounding red counties. They want to be Cuba, let’s give them a taste of Cuba.
Also they can just air over the internet. I can get Beck or Rush through their insider programs. Last night Beck broadcast over the internet his election coverage. We have satellite radio too, but haven’t, so far, used it in the house...just the cars.
Not necessarily. There's 200-plus years of accumulated wealth to squander, not to mention the fruits of the labor of 25-50 million of us who produce more wealth than we consume.
It's feeding time at the democratic zoo, but it'll take a while for the parasites to kill the host.
Why wouldn’t the reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine meet a court challenge?
Would conservatives just roll over and play dead?
Woe-R-Us
Obama’s first test will likely be watching Russian tanks roll into Kosovo. Watching that would almost be worth it...
He’ll bring it back I think. And he will want to absolutely find a way to shut down YouTube. That led him to all sorts of uncomfortable moments, even without talk radio.
And HuffPo. And...?
I like how you think.
I think you're right though. Selling “fairness” to the masses should be pretty easy. Of course, everything coming out of a dem mouth is “fair” so there is no need for an opposing opinion.
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