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San Francisco Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval says that condemnation of immigrants “leads to the beating of Muslim-Americans and many other Americans.”

Democrat leftists that are no better than soviet era communists are using every tool in the shed to try and shutdown conservative talk radio. Everybody has been paying attention to the efforts of Democrats in Congress in the smear against Rush Limbaugh. But that is only one front on the war against free speech. Today the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a resolution to condemn nationally syndicated radio talk-show host Michael Savage for using hate speech.

What did Savage do? A group of students announced that they were going to fast until they starve to death in support of opening up our borders during the height of the immigration debate over the summer. Savage responded on his show with his typical melodramatic and very entertaining response, “I would say, let them fast until they starve to death then that solves the problem.”

However liberals are using these comments as a stepping stone to shut Savage down. The response by San Francisco Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval and 8 of the 9 members on the city’s board of supervisors was a Linda Chavezian style attack calling Savage’s comments racist and hateful; condemning the conservative talk show host for “defamatory language against immigrants.”

This is the same sleight of hand that Democrats in congress and their liberal backers in the media used against Rush Limbaugh. I would call them jealous but the motives are much more underhanded and dangerous than that. These people can’t handle having their views challenged. Conservative talk radio is the one mainstream media outlet that liberals haven’t been able to stack in their favor. Hence they whip out the smear machine to fan the flames of bigoted emotion while Democrats quietly work to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine using back door methods.

It will come as no surprise that Dick Durban is leading the effort to shut down those who rightfully note that his policies are more in line with the Taliban than they are with the American soldier.

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) has said broadcasters should be required to give listeners both sides of political issues so voters can make informed decisions. - The Hill

I’ll say the following again to any clear minded person reading this article that many swing to the left. It may be conservative talk show hosts today but this will turn against you tomorrow. Voters can easily make informed decisions without a government official monitoring speech to make sure it isn’t slanted one way or another.

Republicans in Congress are responding to the Democrat attack by sponsoring legislation that would protect broadcasters from government intervention.

Pence, a former professional talk radio host, and Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), a radio station owner, on Monday sent letters to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) demanding a vote on the Broadcaster Freedom Act.

In their letters, Pence and Walden cited broad support for their bill as well as a vote on an appropriations amendment earlier this year showing that many Democrats are wary of angering politically influential radio personalities such as Limbaugh. The Republican lawmakers gave Democratic leaders a deadline of the end of next week.

“Over 200 of our colleagues have joined us as co-sponsors of this important measure,” Pence and Walden wrote.

“Considering the significance associated with protecting free speech, we respectfully request that you schedule floor action on H.R. 2905 by Friday, October 12, 2007. While we may not always agree with those who are on the airwaves, as members of Congress and freedom-loving Americans, we should never back down from an opportunity to defend their rights or speak their piece.”

Under House rules, members of the minority party can force House leaders to schedule a vote on controversial legislation by obtaining 218 signatures on a discharge petition.

Democrats from conservative-leaning districts, such as Brad Ellsworth (Ind.) and Heath Shuler (N.C.), where conservative radio personalities enjoy higher visibility among voters, may face pressure at home to sign such a petition. Doing so would anger Democratic leaders because it would allow Republicans to seize control of the House agenda. At least 17 Democrats must sign a discharge petition to force a vote on the legislation.

“I don’t think freedom is a partisan issue,” said Pence, who emphasized his efforts to build bipartisan support for the legislation.

The Broadcaster Freedom Act would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from setting rules and policies reinstating the so-called Fairness Doctrine.

Give Pence credit, he said this issue would be back in our faces a few months ago and he was right.

On the heels of the Savage condemnation we note that 41 Democrats in Congress condemned Rush using a lie as the springboard. This isn’t much different than something Stalin would do right before your family disappeared in the middle of the night. The smear, the lies and personal attacks is where it starts. Stalin often incited political upheaval through class warfare and worker revolution; no different than Democrats today. Like Democrats, Stalin blamed other people for his problems, never one to lay the blame at his feet or the system that kept him in power. Democrats and liberals hate conservativism, Stalin hated capitalism. One of the dirtiest sleight of hand tactics that Stalin used was to rewrite history to besmirch, denigrate and tarnish the image of those leaders who had come before him and political enemies that he faced. Stalin used slander as a tool to help eliminate his opponents.

This is a mirror image reflection of what is going on in America today under the iron fisted tactics of Democrats in Congress.

But there is hope; people are fighting back and waking up to what is happening. Civil rights attorney Daniel A. Horowitz, no conservative, has offered to represent Michael Savage.

“You have a strong federal civil rights action that you can file against Supervisor Sandoval and the city of San Francisco,” he advised. “You have a constitutional right to state your political opinions and no city official has the right to lie about what you said or to call for a mob to come to your door to threaten you and to try to have you fired.”

Horowitz said the Civil Rights Act of 1871, designed to tame the terror of the Ku Klux Klan, can be used as the basis for a federal civil rights action against the official and the city.

“You are protected by this civil rights act because you are the victim of the same type of mob terror that (the) Klan used to inflict,” wrote Horowitz. “This terror is being organized against you simply because people do not like what you say. Translated into legal language, you are being attacked by a type of terrorist because you have exercised your First Amendment rights.”

Horowitz wrote: “The Klansman in your case is wearing a suit and not a white robe. He is doing his dirty work under the hood of his elected position instead of under the coward’s hood of the Klan.”

The call for action against Savage came at the same time city supervisors were considering using taxpayer dollars to pay for immigrants’ green cards and citizenship. - World Net Daily

This is just one more attack on your right to challenge politicians and is just one more reason why voting in 2008 is so important.

See also: Michelle Malkin

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