Sen. Bingaman (D-NM) On the need to reintroduce the Fairness Doctrine.

Contrary to their claims, leftists do not believe in free speech. You are to know what they want you to know. Think what they want you to think. Say what they want you to say. Anyone who dares to step out of line and speak out will be crushed. Just ask "Joe the Plumber".

Talk radio has been a thorn in their side since it was struck down in the 1980s. Which is exactly why they've always been wanting to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine. But this is a thorn that very much needs to exist. Especially if Sen. Obama gets into the White House with a Reid/Pelosi controlled Congress.

The "mainstream" media, being populated by an overwhelming number of leftists, isn't going to hold these clowns' feet to the fire. So talk radio, and the internet, will have to do the job the water-carriers in the "mainstream" media won't and they don't want that.

The leftists want to control what people think and say and do. But they can't do it if there are outlets for other positions to be expressed freely and openly. Which is why they will try everything they can to remove those outlets.