Group: seattle.politics
From: Yer Pal Al
Date: Monday, October 08, 2007 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: rush smears rush

On Oct 5, 5:18 am, eldorado wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Oct 2007, Yer Pal Al wrote:
> > On Oct 4, 11:42 am, eldorado wrote:
> >> On Wed, 3 Oct 2007, Yer Pal Al wrote:
> >>> On Oct 2, 6:19 pm, George Grapman wrote:
> >>>> Crescentius Vespasianus wrote:
> >>>>> Tim Crowley wrote:
>
> >>>>>> hahahahaha. you are one dumb mo-fo.
>
> >>>>> -----------
> >>>>> Unlike the Democrats in the Senate, you are exercising your right not to
> >>>>> listen. They on the other hand, want to censor Rush's freedom of speech.
>
> >>>> How are they trying to prevent him from speaking?
>
> >>> They have sent a letter to Clear Channel pressuring them to condemn
> >>> Limbaugh's statements.
>
> >> This is funny, the same group of people who used tactics such as death
> >> threats to protest The Dixie Chicks from speaking their mind are now
> >> whining about a few letters being sent to Clear Channel.
>
> > What's different about this is there is an idiot speaking about it on
> > the Senate floor.
>
> So, death threats to squelch freedom of speech is ok, but for a member
> of the senate to give his opinion is not ok. gotcha.

Leftits call for the death of Limbaugh, Coulter and Bush all the time
on their blogs. It's inappropriate, but it's free speech. For a
senator to get involved in partisan bickering on matters that don't
involve the Senate on the Senate floor is childish and certainly they
have something better to do.