Heath Shuler Shows Why He Doesn't Belong in Congress

John Armor for Congress Press Release | March 28, 2008 | Armor for Congress

[MitchellC]

It seems FR could be, under certain administrations, strong armed into accepting every press release from every candidate in any political race in the nation.

And why would that be a bad thing? All kinds of articles get posted on FR, always have been.

You seem to have very little faith in the ability of Freepers to grasp and critically analyze what they read.

[dfwgator]

Just like he didn’t belong in the NFL.

[Lee'sGhost]

I started reading this without looking at the byline. I though, “This sounds just like John Armor.”

Bingo.

[Thunder Pig]

I made a 50 on the test when applying for a factory job in the mid 90's, and got turned down for the job. They said I wouldn't be happy. I begged my way in, and ended up leaving a couple of years later...unhappy.

I guessed at about half the answers.

[Thunder Pig]

I thought on the advertisements this place was supposed to be a grassroots place. Can't have much grassroots if the moderators or administrators keep mowing down the participants.

Cut the grass too much, and the grass dies, roots and all.

[billva]

This is a political pitch. It should be removed immediately.

Nonsense, this is a good place for Conservative Republicans to show their views. Because this one is running for Congress against a Liberal Dem doesn't meen it should be deleted.

[vetvetdoug]

Shuler was below average intelligence while at Tennessee but Cutcliff could manage him like a puppet....and get the maximum amount of output of an otherwise mediocre intelligence and talent. Professional football requires a QB to make snap decisions and have superior intelligence and therefore Shuler’s downfall. Now in Congress, Shuler is past his level of competence and showing it.

[mrmargaritaville]

wow, just wow-I’m starting to think he might have had someone take the wonderlich test-because a 16 might be a little out of his reach

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

I was setting where I am currently setting. I don’t object to campaign announcements concerning rallies or speeches, but this is candidate comparison, or attack or distortion of facts, which ever fits.
It seems FR could be, under certain administrations, strong armed into accepting every press release from every candidate in any political race in the nation.

You seem to be laboring under the delusion that the Fairness Doctrine - which Reagan Deep Sixed a generation ago, and which in any case applied only to broadcasting - applies or might apply to FreeRepublic.com. In a world where McConnell v. FEC can uphold the McCain-Feingold law, you could in fact be right. However, McConnell v. FEC was a 5-4 decision, and one justice on each side (O'Connell pro, Rhenquist con) have been replaced by Justices Roberts and Alito. The present court's usual swing vote is Kennedy, and he voted con McConnell .

So there is significant reason to hope that any future First Amendment case before the present court will actually enforce the First Amendment. And the very last thing you would be able to prove about the First Amendment before an honest court is that it requires speech or publication to be "objective" or "fair" or "balanced." The plain language of the restriction - and the historically well-documented practice of founders Jefferson and Hamilton - are directly to the contrary. The conceit of journalistic "objectivity" traces back only to the advent of the Associated Press in the middle of the Nineteenth Century.

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[em2vn]

No such delusion exists. However, I do understand the libeal mind. Right and wrong mean nothing, The Constitution is an impedment in their desire to reach their aims.
Regulation of political expression, at least on the internet, in the United States is well within their orbit of response.

[PGalt]

Thanks for the ping. Interesting.