Obama Declares War On Conservative Talk Radio

by Jim Boulet, Jr. - November 17th, 2008 - The American Thinker

Barack Obama sought to silence his critics during his 2008 campaign. Now, with the ink barely dry on this November's ballots, Obama has begun a war against conservative talk radio.

Obama is on record as saying he does not plan an exhumation of the now-dead "Fairness Doctrine". Instead, Obama's attack on free speech will be far less understood by the general public and accordingly, far more dangerous.

The stealth candidate is moving fast to launch his stealth subversion of free speech. Practicing the same strategies of Marxist and communist subversion he taught as a community organizer, Obama moves quickly to shut down political opposition and consolidate the power he will need to create his Civil Police Force. This force, which will report to him personally, will be the second step needed to end freedom in our great land.

The initial tactic will involve promoting a concept the left has named "localism" as a process to have the FCC sue any radio station that does not carry the message they deem appropriate. Legal fees will crush management and ownership of these stations until they give up. Who has the money to fight the federal government?

I assume since America was deluded enough to vote for him, they will be deluded enough to let this suppression of free speech go through. Martin Niemoller's poem seems more and more prescient. Obama keeps saying exactly what rights he is going to take away and most Americans just respond, "Oh well that doesn't affect me, how bad can it be?"