« IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME | Main | DC WEEKEND »
June 28, 2004
DOES THE FCC GET TO FINE THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION?
So our classless Vice President used the f-word on the Senate floor, and Republicans from Bush to Frist are refusing to condemn or chastise Cheney for it. Not surprising. I always knew that the Republican talk about respect and honor for the country's buildings, offices and institutions was just a bunch of hooey. Will the next Vice President "restore honor and dignity" to the Senate floor?
Also just curious... you know all those heightened fines that conservatives just ramrodded through Congress for FCC "decency" violations? How come if Howard Stern says it, it's a fine -- but when Cheney says it on the Senate floor, it's okay? By the standards that the hypocrites just shoved our throats, I figure Cheney's use of the f-word and subsequent defense of having done so... well, according to the rules, the Bush Administration ought to be fined about a half million dollars.
How come conservatives in the Bible Belt have such a huge problem when the f-word is used in Hollywood movies, but they're remaining remarkably silent when the Vice-President of the United States uses that same word? Why were they whining about the FCC not nailing Bono for using the word on an awards show, but they're not jumping up and down in protest at the Vice-President's choice of the same word? Are they saying that a rock musician has a greater responsibility for setting an example than the Vice President?
Just the latest in the long, long line of Republican hypocrisy... whining when those they don't like do something, but then turning a blind eye when their own do the exact same thing.
