"[T]hen immediately afterwards, Rush Limbaugh and other hate-mongers began to fill the airwaves."

Al Gore could not have been more transparent when he uttered those words in reference to the so-called Fairness Doctrine -- a blatant legislative attempt by Pelosi-liberals in Congress to SILENCE Rush Limbaugh and ALL of conservative talk radio!

But Nancy Pelosi isn't the only liberal who wants to silence conservative talk radio.  Senator James Inhofe recounted some time ago that he overheard Hillary Clinton and Barbara Boxer conspire to declare war on talk radio:

"They said we've got to do something about this. These are nothing but far right-wing extremists.... There's got to be a legislative fix for this..."

Congressman Mike Pence responded by introducing the Broadcaster Freedom Act (HR 2905) -- a bill that will thwart attempts by the Pelosi-led Congress to impose the so-called Fairness Doctrine on the American people.

But Nancy Pelosi will not allow the Broadcaster Freedom Act to come to the floor for a fair up-or-down vote. 

In response, conservatives in Congress initiated a "discharge petition" -- an action that requires the signatures of a simple majority of the House of Representatives to FORCE a bill -- in this case, the Broadcaster Freedom Act -- to the floor for an up-or-down vote!

And at this moment, 200 Members of Congress have signed the discharge petition. We are only 18 votes shy of forcing a vote on the Broadcaster Freedom Act.

Not so strangely, The discharge petition is being signed along party lines and Democrats are not rushing to put their John Hancocks on it.

That's why NOW is the time to call our elected officials on the carpet.

President George W. Bush probably said it best:

"By insisting on so-called balance, [liberals] want to silence those they don't agree with.  They know they cannot prevail in the public debate of ideas."

But don't take President Bush's word for it.  Bill Ruder, John F. Kennedy's Assistant Secretary of Commerce, told us how they did it back in the good old days when liberals ran all three branches of government:

"Our massive strategy was to use the Fairness Doctrine to challenge and harass right-wing broadcasters and hope the challenges would be so costly to them that they would be inhibited and decide it was too expensive to continue."

The trouble is, no one wants to listen to lefties on talk radio (left-wing opinions already saturate the airwaves on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN etc.) .

Several years ago, Air America -- heavily funded by liberal ideologues -- saturated the airwaves with anti-American rants and raves.

Nobody listened.  Pretty soon, Air America couldn't pay the janitor.

Pelosi and Clinton and Boxer KNOW that if they force stations to carry liberal propaganda, broadcasters will lose millions of dollars, since few people can stomach hours and hours of leftist bombast. 

In other words, the Fairness Doctrine -- as Bill Ruder made perfectly clear -- isn't intended to provide balance.   ITS PURPOSE IS TO FORCE TALK RADIO TO CEASE AND DESIST, TO SILENCE CONSERVATIVE DISSENT -- TO HUSH RUSH!

What Are Liberals Saying About The So-Called Fairness Doctrine?

Pelosi is so bold, she isn't even trying to hide her agenda.  According to Martha Zoller, writing for the Business & Media Institute:

"The do-nothing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said last week that she supports reviving the Fairness Doctrine... When pressed further on whether she would allow the Broadcaster Freedom Act to repeal the Fairness Doctrine permanently, Pelosi said, ' No... the interest in my caucus is the reverse.'"

In other words, Pelosi is admitting that she wants to gag opposing viewpoints.  And the statements of other liberals support that view.

When asked if she advocated the return of the Fairness Doctrine, Senator Dianne Feinstein told Chris Wallace of Fox News: 

"Well, I'm looking at it, as a matter of fact, Chris, because I think there ought to be an opportunity to present the other side. And unfortunately, talk radio is overwhelmingly one way."

(Note to Barbara Boxer: Talk radio is overwhelmingly one way because it is the only medium -- other than FOX News or the Internet -- where anyone can even hear a conservative opinion.  As Rush Limbaugh says, he doesn't give equal time because he IS equal time.) 

Senator John Kerry chimed in:

Senator Dick Durbin (you remember him... he's the man who once compared our troops to NAZIs), the Majority Whip in the Senate, said:

"It's time to reinstitute the Fairness Doctrine.  I have this old-fashioned attitude that when Americans hear both sides of the story, they're in a better position to make a decision."

Does Pelosi and Company REALLY believe in giving both sides of the political debate? 

Let's take a look at Exhibit A. 

For years, conservatives have complained about the leftist bias of PBS and NPR -- organizations supported by our hard-earned tax dollars.

Viewers have been bombarded with attacks on orthodox Christianity; fawning, idealized depictions of radical Islam (funded by the government of Saudi Arabia); shameless immorality disguised as art, and the nightly skewing of contemporary politics. 

Every time we protested, the Left responded by thumbing its nose at us.

"Bias?  We aren't biased.  You're just paranoid.  Shut up!" 

Jeffrey A. Dvorkin, National Public Radio's Ombudsman, wrote a smug, smirking column in which he said that nobody can legitimately point to a liberal agenda in NPR's broadcasts.

"Some listeners say they know it is there, because they can hear it, even if they can't put a finger on it."

Media Research Center and Accuracy in Media -- experts in such matters -- "put their finger on it" every single day.  Is Dvorkin terminally dense or just a rabid ideolougue?

And that's what happens when the so-called Fairness Doctrine falls under left-wing management: Intellectual tyranny.  The old double standard.  We win, you lose.

America can't go there.

Right now, our airwaves are free.  Let's keep them that way!

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