He's got months to say something else.

has he changed his mind yet.............

how about now?

Well now, I now agree with him on one important point. My liberal friends' heads will explode over this.

Holy Crap!

Something Obama and I agree on.

There was bound to be something.

has he changed his mind yet?

how bout now?

This changes nothing.

re: #2 yesandno

has he changed his mind yet.............

how about now?

LOL....

As soon as enough pressure is put on him, he will change.

CHANGE!

Are the koslings crying yet?

Israel has a fairness doctrine but only during election campaigns.

Each candidate or their supporters must be given equal time, even on interview shows, but only during elections.

“Sen. Obama does not support reimposing the Fairness Doctrine on broadcasters,” press secretary Michael Ortiz said in an e-mail to B&C late Wednesday.

Pardon me, but the Senator has been a lying sack of shit for quite some time now.

For some reason I don't trust him here.....

He was for it before he was against it.

/Next up- he'll waffle.

His word is worth - what exactly?

Why would he support it? It might mean that the press would have to give equal time to McCain!

Clarification countown....

He will lie his way into the WH only to be collared by Pelosi and her minions, or worse.
Don't trust him for a second on ANYTHING!

Who could be against fairness?

He probably doesn't realize that re-imposing it would (allegedly) help Liberals get their bankrupt opinions back on commercial radio. Once he does, he'll throw throwing the Fairness Doctrine under the bus, under the bus.

Obama reminds me of the Ourorboros, constantly eating his own tail.

And Pelosi will come out and condemn his position in 5, 4, 3 ...

Not!

The fairness doctrine would cripple his position seated opon the the puckered lips of the mainstream press...

Don't worry. When Barack Nebuchadnezzar Obama attains power, all who speak against the faith will be thrown into the Fiery Fairness.

Yeah, but once he gets your vote.......CHANGE!

re: #15 RTLM

Clarification countown....

Oh, is THAT was they are...

I always thought he was outright changing his position. I feel alot better knowing he is just clarifying his statement.

Al Franken, failed former comedian of failed, bankrupt AirAmerica begs to differ. And Al Franken is running for Senator of Minnesota to remove the Failure option from the (Anti)Fairness doctrine.

Wait until tomorrow, when he gives an interview on CNN, and "clarifies" his position.

He doesn't support the fairness doctrine, but what kind of judges, officials, and cronies to fill all kinds of government positions would he want? The same kind that would have no problem finding that the fairness doctrine is needed, warranted, and legal.

The same thing with the Kennedy v. LA case yesterday. He didn't like the outcome because it was simply outrageous. However, he wants to get more judges like those who ruled against a state imposing such a penalty for child rape.

You cannot trust what this guy has to say about anything, and he will throw anyone under the bus at the first sign of trouble.

re: #24 alegrias

Al is behind in the polls.

January 20th, 2009,, President B H Obama

"oh ,,,,, THAT 'Fairness Doctrine'. I didn't know thats the one they were talking about. Of COURSE I'm all for it. Give me the bill Nancy, I'll gladly sign it! "

/my nightmare

re: #26 lawhawk

You cannot trust what this guy has to say about anything, and he will throw anyone under the bus at the first sign of trouble.

That is so cynical. And true.

Sure.......just let someone else do it. We are at the wink and nod stage of the Obama campaign.

re: #25 Golem Akbar

Wait until tomorrow, when he gives an interview on CNN, and "clarifies" his position.

The Democratic puppet is out of control! Quick, someone reattach the strings!

re: #9 Ben Hur

Israel has a fairness doctrine but only during election campaigns.

Each candidate or their supporters must be given equal time, even on interview shows, but only during elections.

But America is in a perpetual election......so.....

(Has he changed his mind yet?

How about now?)

re: #14 mj

Why would he support it? It might mean that the press would have to give equal time to McCain!

Ha!
The Fairness Doctrine doesn't apply to the MSM because they are only delivering news, not commentary. That's right! Call all that biased clap-trap "news" and you're off the hook.

*spit

re: #27 Sharmuta

Al is behind in the polls.

He has a fallback position as a crappy comedian.

[Link: newsbusters.org...]

re: #27 Sharmuta

Al is behind in the polls.

* * *
Sharmuta, may Al Franken FAIL & fall behind all the way to election time.

His great opponent Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) actually stood up to the UN and debated Scottish "Gorgeous George" the repugnant Hezbollan member of Britain's parliament & friend of Saddam Hussein who took Oil for Food chits.

Franken is a worm compared to noble Norm Coleman.

re: #34 debutaunt

He has a fallback position as a crappy comedian human being .

fixed

I'll believe that when me s**t turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbet...

I'd love to see Nancy Pelosi grab him by the ear and scold him.

re: #33 wolfie

Ha!
The Fairness Doctrine doesn't apply to the MSM because they are only delivering news, not commentary. That's right! Call all that biased clap-trap "news" and you're off the hook.

*spit

Maybe Rush should start framing his show as a "news" broadcast. I'm sure he could come up with a funny slant to that.

re: #33 wolfie

Ha!
The Fairness Doctrine doesn't apply to the MSM because they are only delivering news, not commentary. That's right! Call all that biased clap-trap "news" and you're off the hook.

*spit

OK, then Rush Limbaugh is reclassified as a news program on par with Meet The Press.

Now let's see what the moonbats have to say.

re: #40 turn

GMTA.

Barack Obama:

Everything to everyone at every time.

Disagree with one of his opinions? Don't worry. He'll eventually come around and agree with you.

Change of opinion you can believe in!

re: #18 Diamond Bullet

They don't care about getting their views on radio. They already have NPR, which is the only viable left-wing radio outlet (precisely because WE are forced to subsidize it.)
All they want is to get conservatives off the radio.
They want to silence us. That's all.

re: #41 Honorary Yooper

GMTA

Insight and light at my.bo.com ...

This should make us want to work toward reinstating the Fairness Doctrine (discussed here - that I did not know existed or that Reagan abolished it), and work to bring media consolidation to an end. This would be one of a number of lasting legacies in restoring truth when we take back the White House in this upcoming historic election. Of course, to do that we will need Democrats in Congress who are willing to fight alongside "President Obama" on so many of these vital issues. And that's up to us!.

Dated today. After their messiah had announced his position.

Not to worry - the Bus is stocked with plenty of KoolAide.

The real fairness doctrine is the 1st amendment.

OT:

I just posted this in the spinoffs...

The historic Move America Forward "From the Frontlines" webathon will be broadcast LIVE today from 4 PM to Midnight EST...

Melanie Morgan and Michelle Malkin will be anchoring a livestreamed, 8-hour fund-raising “web-a-thon” to send the largest number of care packages to our troops overseas in U.S. history.

This is an excellent cause for our troops who will appreciate these packages from us. I hope Charles makes a thread for this webathon.

I can believe that he is against the Fairness Doctrine - look at all that wonderful press he's been getting as opposed to McCain. Why would he want to give up all that simpering, gooey worship?

The reporter misunderstood him. Actually he meant that he does not support the Fairness Doctrine being imposed on the Internet.

re: #21 buzzsawmonkey

Clever!

re: #49 Intrepid

I can believe that he is against the Fairness Doctrine - look at all that wonderful press he's been getting as opposed to McCain. Why would he want to give up all that simpering, gooey worship?

Will they include television or will the FD just apply to talk radio?

Nothing on Kos about it yet. But then again, doing a search for "fairness doctrine" for diaries posted in the last 6 months shows no results so they probably don't care too much anyway.

Somebody fix this man a waffle--he's going to need it.

After/If he wins, we'll be hearing his this from the Oval Office as he signs the Fairness Doctrine into law.

"I regret having to do this, this was not the Talk Radio I knew."

How about now?

He won't ever support the fairness doctrine
he will support an "equality" doctrine instead...

if someone we deem conservative....99% of America to their way of thinking...then they must be given "equal time"....

This isn't about fairness....its about equality

/hand me the duct tape, my head is coming apart..........

re: #46 karmic_inquisitor

Nice catch !
ROFL !

Yeah, right. I really trust these people.
/

re: #36 alegrias

Here's the poll numbers for the MN senate race.

Much as I dislike Obama, I'm not going to pile on to him for actually supporting a position I agree with this time.

Also, as far as I know Obama did not come out in support of the Doctrine before (could be wrong), so it seems unfair to accuse him of "hypocrisy", flip-flopping, etc. on this particular point.

Re: # 9 Ben Hur

"Each candidate or their supporters must be given equal time, even on interview shows, but only during elections."

Our election cycle seems to start the day after each election, so that would not work here.

Obama would throw his own grandmother under the bus to get elected.

re: #2 yesandno

has he changed his mind yet.............

how about now?

Channeling the Verizon "can you hear me know" guy ...

"Do I have your vote now? [steps in new direction on issue] Do I have your vote now?"

re: #49 Intrepid

I can believe that he is against the Fairness Doctrine - look at all that wonderful press he's been getting as opposed to McCain. Why would he want to give up all that simpering, gooey worship?

Once again, the Fairness Doctrine does not apply to the unfair MSM.
As long as it's classified as "news," it's not applied.

The Fairness Doctrine never did anything to balance out the leftwing bias of the MSM.

They (including MSMers) want it back so they can shut up conservative radio.

re: #60 kyjed

Re: # 9 Ben Hur

"Each candidate or their supporters must be given equal time, even on interview shows, but only during elections."

Our election cycle seems to start the day after each election, so that would not work here.

You're right.

We should have a 6 week campaign like in Britain.

re: #9 Ben Hur

So does Canada.

It's bullshit cause everyone knows the networks always spout the liberals propganda regardless

Man! Obama changes speeds and directions faster than a mourning dove in the third week of the season.

re: #52 NJDhockeyfan

Will they include television or will the FD just apply to talk radio?

It would be narrow and pointed to only those media in which McCain and/or conservatives are painted in a favorable light. That's what makes it "fair", doncha know.

/

Obama talking out his butt again?

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

re: #58 Sharmuta

Here's the

re: #61 Dahveed

Obama would throw his own grandmother under the bus to get elected.

Didn't he do that already?

Barack!_{It's only a matter of time before he will} Change!_{his mind.}You can believe it!

Obama changing his mind is the kind of "change" we can all believe in.

re: #61 Dahveed

Obama would throw his own grandmother under the bus to get elected.

where have you been? She's been under there since just about day 1

Don't worry everyone, if Obama gets elected and signs the FD into law we can always take our case to the SCOTUS and get it overturned as unconstitutional .. oh wait

re: #70 Honorary Yooper

You beat me ,,,see my 73 ,,,, GMTA ,,, I'm just a slow typer

The Nigerian "Get-Rich Scheme" Finally Arrives to Obama's Website ...

I have just received a message from a person with a profile at this site promising quick million bucks in my bank account.

They know where to mine for suckers.

I cannot image sitting through a speech by Al. Fingernails on the chalkboard.
The perverted smile. The assumption that he actually knows something. The devolution of critical thinking at its best.

DNC keynote speakers for BHO.

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

Obama is gonna need an industrial car crusher to get all his shady friends and leftist past actions under that bus. He is a shameless bald faced liar, as are almost all communists.

re: #63 wolfie

Once again, the Fairness Doctrine does not apply to the unfair MSM.
As long as it's classified as "news," it's not applied.

The Fairness Doctrine never did anything to balance out the leftwing bias of the MSM.

They (including MSMers) want it back so they can shut up conservative radio.

They have so lost in the talk radio medium - even that ridiculous "Air America" (puke) can't sustain itself. It's a sour grapes thing, I think. The hatred for Limbaugh, Boortz, Savage and the like runs deep, especially in light of their '94 congressional losses.

If this keeps up, Obama will have stood for everything that I do at some point.

Of course, that also means that at other points, he has stood against everything I stand for.

I think I am in favor of voting for him today. Tomorrow, not so much. November, definitely not.

/"It only matters when it counts", might be a good campaign slogan for him now. Or in Latin "Is tantum res ut is duco".

Give him a day and he'll blame his staffer for getting it wrong.

"That is why Sen. Obama supports media-ownership caps, network neutrality, public broadcasting, as well as increasing minority ownership of broadcasting and print outlets."

That sounds like he has left himself quite a bit of wiggle room, better clear a little more space under that bus.

"Whew! Good thing Barack Obama has the reputation of always standing by his decisions and keeping his word."

Good one!

He may not support it, but he won't veto it either, if he should, g*d forbid, become POTUS.

re: #2 yesandno

has he changed his mind yet.............

how about now?

and now?

Obama: Apparently He Was Against the Constitution Before He Was For It - or - Our Schizophrenic Supreme Court

re: #80 Intrepid

They have so lost in the talk radio medium - even that ridiculous "Air America" (puke) can't sustain itself. It's a sour grapes thing, I think. The hatred for Limbaugh, Boortz, Savage and the like runs deep, especially in light of their '94 congressional losses.

So true!
They cannot stand to have any competition whatsoever. They want a total monopoly of the mass media.
I remember the hysteria of the left when Rush Limbaugh broke onto the national scene. It was the first time conservatism had a mass voice and the left couldn't stand it. (They still can't.)
Then there's Fox news. Once again, hysteria.

They don't want us to hear any other viewpoint. It's unfair if we do!

Whew! Good thing Barack Obama has the reputation of always standing by his decisions and keeping his word.

ROFL - And we all thought J 'effin Kerry was the king of the flipflops.

The ground clearance of the Obama bus has to be measured in yards given all of the bodies tossed under it....either that or the bus is stuck on its belly - all four wheels spinning and the lamestream media is trying its best to hide that fact from the American people.

re: #59 Occasional Reader

Much as I dislike Obama, I'm not going to pile on to him for actually supporting a position I agree with this time.

Also, as far as I know Obama did not come out in support of the Doctrine before (could be wrong), so it seems unfair to accuse him of "hypocrisy", flip-flopping, etc. on this particular point.

Well I have just done a search of the pdfs at barackobama.com and he does not have a stated position of the fairness doctrine.

Point taken.

However, if you search the blogs at my.bo.com, you find overwhelming and heated support for the fairness doctrine (except today, of course, where suddenly there is support by some for "our next president's" position.

Barack stays vague on so many issues and simply uses well crafted rhetoric and propaganda to indicate the direction that best suits his current needs. He never stated a position on the fairness doctrine (I assume) because he had the Nancy-Pelosi-Angry-Left-"Progressives" locked up. Now he gets to "move to the center".

All politicians do this. What is interesting is to see how all these "new, fresh faces" in our political process simply buy whatever he says without a second thought - even when his (now) stated position contradicts their own.

27 posts on the Fairness Doctrine at my.bo.com, with 23 supporting the reimposition of it.

re: #89 Athos

ROFL - And we all thought J 'effin Kerry was the king of the flipflops.

Didn't you see the flip-flop crown on Obama's head? Oh wait, those are his ears. zzzzzing!

re: #83 bulwrk

"That is why Sen. Obama supports media-ownership caps, network neutrality, public broadcasting, as well as increasing minority ownership of broadcasting and print outlets."

That sounds like he has left himself quite a bit of wiggle room, better clear a little more space under that bus.

He will simply re-name the Fairness Doctrine, then. All he means is that he wants MORE of what the FD did.
network neutrality = leftwing only....the "Fairness Doctrine"
public broadcasting= forcing us to pay for leftist propaganda
minority ownership= forcing us to subsidize or favor media run by Sharpton, Wright, La Raza, and CAIR

I suspect Obama was for it before he was against it.

With a Democrat headlock on both houses of Congress, there is no way in HELL that he would veto a Fairness Doctrine bill from them.

When the Clintons were in power I used to think that they were the epitome of arrogance, narcissism, and lust for power, but Obama has surpassed both of them. Every vote, principle, or relationship that hints of getting between him and his goal gets tossed aside. It's astonishing that so many voters can't see the emptiness there.

re: #88 wolfie

I don't think the entire issue is the competition - its the success of the competition that is driving them nuts. The hard left just cannot accept that conservative talk radio and fair / balanced news can make money while their outlets cannot do so without weathering major losses.

Imagine how conservative radio or TV would be if they had the annual investment from the government that PBS gets.

Sen. John F. Kerry was the king of all flip flops until Sen. Barrack "I'll change my mind and you'll believe it" H. Obama stepped onto the scene and eclipsed him. At this rate, if BHO does not become POTUS, who do you suppose they'll trot out in 4 years to surpass BHO's plethora of beach footwear?

re: #83 bulwrk

"That is why Sen. Obama supports media-ownership caps, network neutrality, public broadcasting, as well as increasing minority ownership of broadcasting and print outlets."

That sounds like he has left himself quite a bit of wiggle room, better clear a little more space under that bus.

He is a POS huckster.
He's just going to rename it the Democracy in Media Bill.

re: #94 Russkilitlover

With a Democrat headlock on both houses of Congress, there is no way in HELL that he would veto a Fairness Doctrine bill from them.

It will be called something else, that's all.

re: #92 wolfie

Exactly, the two biggest hammers in the fairness doctrine tool box, his current position means nothing.

Just lying to the Kaffir, as is permissible by the Noble Koran.
Wait, it is racist to point about Barry's Muslim background.

re: #96 Athos

correct. It all stems from their mentality that there should be no "losers" so nobodies "feelings" are hurt. In youth sports, no keeping score. In school, don't post grades because someone that got a "D" would feel bad if his freind got an "A".

I agree with Obama's position.

OW! That hurt my brain when I said that. Guess I'll have to practice some more.

I agree with Obama's position. OW!
I agree with Obama's position. OW!
......

re: #97 Jetpilot1101

It will be hill's shot in 4 years when BHO flames out

re: #96 Athos

Well yes, the success of the competition is, as you say, what matters.
To them SUCCESS=power, i.e. a MASS audience.
They fear any power that opposes their own.

re: #70 Honorary Yooper

re: #73 sattv4u2

Well, there you have it.

re: #104 chicagodudewhotrades

It will be hill's shot in 4 years when BHO flames out

Possibly and since I don't see McCain around for two terms, we are going to need a Ronaldus Magnus to run against her.

Did the obamameister forget to check with the 'dear speaker' about this?

She gave an emphatic "YES" when asked recently if she supports revivial of the Fairness Doctrine

Hmmm... apparently logic and reasoning were also thrown under the bus as Obama claims that McCain's energy policy is nothing but gimmicks.

I see that the construction of 45 nuclear power plants would be a gimmick according to Obama. Gotcha. How many watts is Obama's energy policy going to create - 0. McCain's? 45,000 megawatts if each facility produces a typical 1,000 MW of power. Yeah, I'd call that a gimmick alright./

re: #100 bulwrk

Exactly, the two biggest hammers in the fairness doctrine tool box, his current position means nothing.

You zeroed in on the money quote!This guy is a real snake in the grass.

re: #103 yitzy

I suggest you go to comment # 83 and see what Obama really has in mind before you say that.
He just wants to rename the FD but increase it's horrid provisions.

Does anyone have a link to something McCain has said about this issue?

Obama will run as far to the right as his nutroots will allow. Soon, he'll be for winning in Iraq and drilling for oil, but just until the election of course. Don't know about "fairness" doctrine though. I'm going to some nutroot sites to review their marching orders for Obama on the fairness doctrine.

re: #89 Athos

ROFL - And we all thought J 'effin Kerry was the king of the flipflops.

The ground clearance of the Obama bus has to be measured in yards given all of the bodies tossed under it....either that or the bus is stuck on its belly - all four wheels spinning and the lamestream media is trying its best to hide that fact from the American people.

The Obama bus.

I found a link regarding McCain's position on the Fairness Doctrine. He appears to be on the right side of this issue.

FD Under The Bus
The cyclist appears to be the Fairness Doctrine.

re: #109 lawhawk

Fundamentally, Obama does not see anything wrong with the current energy situation and prices. In fact, he would prefer higher prices and more challenges with energy supplies as it would force not only additional conservation but provide the case for even greater government intervention and control of energy (nationalization of the domestic energy industry).

If there is a plan that lacks any grasp on reality or gravitas, it is the plan of the hard left to just let the situation founder even further and then have them and the government arrive in the nick of time to save the nation.

Do these people have any grasp on reality or are they just locked in their fantasy world of neo-marixst theories?

re: #114 CyanSnowHawk

Exactly - but even with that, it's getting pretty crowded under that thing.

I wonder what clearance is needed if he get's elected and throws the country under the bus.

The Obama campaign is coming to remind me of the days when I was first learning to ride.

The students rode is a large indoor ring, all following the instructor around and around the ring. Every once in a while the instructor would call out "CHANGE" -- and then every rider had to turn his/her horse around to trot in the opposite direction.

When you could CHANGE fast enough, you could advance from trot to canter.

Obama seems up to gallop.

The Illinois senator’s top aide said the issue continues to be used as a distraction from more pressing media business.

There's a principled position.
/not

Why does that remind me of Palestinian statements like they are against murdering Israeli citizens because it's counterproductive to their negotiations.

re: #112 Lawrence Schmerel

Does anyone have a link to something McCain has said about this issue?

afraid to

Did he say he supported it before? No? Then it's not under the bus. Let's use the term for when it really happens (and it genuinely happens plenty).

I hate what Obama stands for, but we should still be consistent and fair with our criticisms anyway.

I saw the stu