The people I meet as I walk who are least interested in having a Republican majority in the legislature or Congress are the ones who begin spouting back Hannity and Rush.
They are also the ones who have been deeply politicized by their churches.
What is happening is not in the interest of any fiscal conservative.
If this continues, fiscal conservatives will eventually begin to ask why they would want to go out of their way to protect the free speech interests of people and organizations who are openly using that freedom to act against their interests.
I predict that fiscal conservatives who see past the rhetoric won't necessarily cheer the reimposition of a Fairness Doctrine, but they are unlikely to be enthusiastic opponents.
Isn't that a sad prediction for our democracy?
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