We have to have an honest discussion about the jihadist threat. Are we not allowed to say that Muslim terrorists have killed thousands of Americans and continue to plot the deaths of thousands more? Are we not allowed to say that there are Muslim states that aid and abet these fanatics? Are we not allowed to even debate the role that radical Islam plays in inciting this violence?
I don’t expect Juan Williams to support me (he’s said some tough things about me in the past) – but I will always support his right and the right of all Americans to speak honestly about the threats this country faces. And for Juan, speaking honestly about these issues isn’t just his right, it’s his job. Up until yesterday, he was doing that job at NPR. Firing him is their loss.
If NPR is unable to tolerate an honest debate about an issue as important as Islamic terrorism, then it’s time for “National Public Radio” to become “National Private Radio.” It’s time for Congress to defund this organization.
NPR says its mission is “to create a more informed public,” but by stifling debate on these issues, NPR is doing exactly the opposite. President Obama should make clear his commitment to free and honest discussion of the jihadist threat in our public debates – and Congress should make clear that unless NPR provides that public service, not one more dime.
Mr. President, what say you?
- Sarah Palin
I just emailed my reps- AGAIN- about de-funding NPR. It is SO past time to let them sink or swim on their own.
Sarah Palin. Going where few politicians will.
I like Sarah Palin more and more.
The citizenry should demand that tax dollars STOP being used to fund National Propaganda Radio AND Propaganda Broadcasting Service.
Either that or tax money should start to flow to conservative talk radio hosts (Rush, Mark Levin, Gleen Beck, etc.).
so why do we need to use tax payer revenue to fund a knock off of east german soviet propagandist radio??
She’s a straight shooter and a true American.
Palin, O’Reilly, Hucabee, DeMint for defunding- and even “The View” is critical- methinks that NPR has screwed the pooch.
It shouldn’t be defunded over Juan Williams. It never should have been funded to start with.
I most certainly would love to be a fly on the wall over at NPR. Imagine the flop sweat, hand-wringing, upset stomachs, fear, trembling, deeply secret meetings, flying e-mails, phone calls, whispered conversations in the stairwell. Oh, it’s way too much fun to watch lefty elite drones squirm. LMAO.
Defund them for enforcing their rules? Never gonna happen. Like it or not, their rules say their employees are not permitted to give their opinions on any other news media. Even though it took them 13 years to enforce their rules with Williams, they still enforced them.
Person in family received a plea from a former professor this morning to fight back against Sarah Palin- even if you don’t agree with what happened to Juan Williams. He/she said that you must fight back against people like Palin to protect NPR. Family member just laughed.