"The FEC thus has plunged into what Smith calls a “bizarre” rule-making process that could shackle the political blogosphere. This would be a particular disaster for the Right, which has maintained its early advantage over the Left in the blogosphere, despite the emergence of big liberal sites like Daily Kos. Some 157 of the top 250 political blogs express right-leaning views, a recent liberal survey found. Reaching a growing and influential audience—hundreds of thousands of readers weekly (including most journalists) for the top conservative sites—the blogosphere has enabled the Right to counter the biases of the liberal media mainstream. Without the blogosphere, Howell Raines would still be the New York Times’s editor, Dan Rather would only now be retiring, garlanded with praise—and John Kerry might be president of the U.S., assuming that CBS News had gotten away with its last-minute falsehood about President Bush’s military service that the diligent bloggers at PowerLine, LittleGreenFootballs, and other sites swiftly debunked"
Dear Congress-Critter,
Muzzling the blogosphere is a shooting offense.
Sincerely
A Former US Marine
Exactly what I was thinking. Let's see them enforce any blog laws.
Here, here!
I think what we're seeing here is the political elite realizing that they can no longer fool most of the people all of the time.
I, for one, welcome their attempt to stiffle free speech. After all, it will be their burdon to explain exactly why this tactic is Constitutional.
I think the Libs keep so many of the mindless stories going so as to keep their 'back room' solutions from much of the 'light of day'.
That said. . .we need to be dealing with this. . .and for starters. . .just who the heck are these people at the FEC who are actually crafting such ideas into a Leftist, dream reality. . .
Their actitons alone. ..should be legally challenged.
Truly makes a joke; albeit not a funny one'' ; of those Libs who are currently feigning their contempt for President Bush's violating our Constitution.