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Reviving a Dinosaur
The Democrats' new obsession with the Fairness Doctrine won't even end up in a museum.
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Senator Durbin, also with a straight face, opined that “…when Americans hear both sides of the story, they’re in a better position to decide.” Earth to Sen. Durbin: They are getting both sides, every day.
Congresses controlled by the Democrats twice tried to revive the dinosaur. Both bills were vetoed, one by Reagan, one by George H.W. Bush, and there were not enough votes to mount an override effort.
Fortunately, the current trial balloon is floating back to earth as your read this and it has about as much chance of becoming law as did the Democrats’ effort to cut off funding for our fighting forces in Iraq.
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Peter Hannaford was closely associated for a number of years with the late President Reagan, beginning in the California Governor’s office. His latest book is Presidential Retreats.
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