Senator Levin Doesn’t Think He’d Legislate Against Limbaugh - HUMAN EVENTS
Friday, March 09, 2012
Guess who else Armed Forces Radio airs?by John Hayward
Earlier this week, a petition appeared on the taxpayer-funded White House web site, demanding that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta pull Rush Limbaugh’s show off the Armed Forces Radio Network because he insulted Saint Sandra of the Infinitely Subsidized Happiness. This initially caused a great deal of consternation, because it appeared the President was actively seeking to suppress the free speech of a private citizen.
However, it turned out that anyone can create a petition on the White House web site. Conservative humorist Iowahawk was delighted to learn this, and promptly created a one-word petition directed at President Obama: “Resign.” The White House web administrators can and do remove user-created petitions on occasion, but as of this writing, both the anti-Limbaugh and Iowahawk petitions remain active. It appears that the Limbaugh petition did not originate with the President, but his people also have not taken any action to remove it.
It didn’t take long before a Democrat politician with considerable influence did weigh in, however. That would be Senator Carl Levin, who is the chairman of the Armed Services Committee. He told CNN that he’s all in favor of purging dissent… but at least for the moment, he doesn’t “think” he’d legislate against it.