Talking Points Memo is reporting that Congressman Mark Udall, D-CO, will introduce a resolution on Monday condemning Rush Limbaugh's remarks about soldiers who oppose the Iraq War being "phony soldiers." He is seeking co-sponsors for the resolution.
It will be interesting to see how the Republican and Democratic House members who voted to condemn the Move On ad about General Petreaus will respond to this resolution. Our guess is that Minority Leader John Bohner, aka Bonehead, will find some bs explanation on why when a right-wing hack denounces soldiers for being against the war it is okay. It will, of course, be ridiculous, but what else can he do?
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I am very happy to see there are people from the good state of Ohio who realize what a blithering idiot Bohner is. He is the worst. Is he a drunk? There has to be some reason why his behavior is continually over the top.......
Good bye to free speech!
The senate resolution did not mention MoveOn.Org and it took no action.
The senate and house resolutions against Rush Limbaugh mentions him by name and it does take action. The senate took action against Rush by writing his employer.
Those wanting to silence Rush are those waving good bye to free speech.
Silence Dogood.
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution doesn't apply to commercial, or, for that matter, to non-commercial broadcasters. If it did, then the Federal Communications Commission couldn't exist and the government couldn't require broadcasters to be licensed. Second, the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution doesn't prohibit anyone from asking that a person's employer sanction them for their speech, unless that employer is a government body. In such a case, the First Amendment might be implicated. So what you are doing is what right-wingers always do and that is bringing up a red herring because you can't really defend Limbaugh's actions.
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