The Streisand thread was pretty popular, so let's give this a try!

[mikemover]

PERMISSION TO SPEAK FREELY?! Not if our Congress can help it...

Now here’s a story that didn’t get anywhere near the coverage it deserved. It hit the news wires about the same time that the Democrats were ignoring state election laws by booting Torricelli from the New Jersey Senate race after the legal deadline, and Democratic Congressman Jim McDermott from Seattle was telling us from Baghdad that Saddam Hussein could be trusted, but our own president is going to lie to us.

Big huge “I told you so” coming. It’s that menacing campaign finance reform law that our 'ol Republican pal John McCain managed to put over on the American people.

The Federal Election Commission is starting to interpret the law and make rules. Last Thursday we learned that the FEC has decided that it will be OK if Jay Leno and David Letterman make jokes about political candidates in the weeks before an election.

All is not clear though. The FEC did say that a case by case decision would be made a to whether or not programs like Leno’s or Letterman’s, or talk shows, would be considered to be campaign contributions.

Now let me tell you just where this is going. I’m going to use The "Godfather" of talk radio as our example. Rush Limbaugh is a dedicated Republican and spends a good bit of his time skewering Democrats. I can absolutely guaran-damn-tee you that, sooner rather than later, Democrats are going to complain that Limbaugh’s show amounts to a "virtual contribution" to Republican political campaigns and that he should be prevented from discussing politics in the weeks before an election. You wait – I’m right on this one. If there’s one thing the Democrats hate more than talk radio, it’s Rush Limbaugh.

So, how do you like it folks? You now live in a “free” country where the Imperial Federal Government gives permission to comedians to make jokes about political candidates.

Do you need a wake up call?

Mike

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