Democrats. May I suggest you deep six your idea of recreating the “fairness doctrine” for radio? Many of your leaders have been pushing for this. It is not good for your image. In fact, this campaign makes you look like boobs. No, not that kind. The other kind.

Congressguys Dick Durbin, John Kerry, Dianne Feinstein, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have all suggested we bring back the “fairness doctrine”. This was the law that forced radio stations to forever balance opinion pieces. Used to be, they might run a piece that railed against trade unions. They then had to “balance” this with a piece that supported unions. The result was that stations avoided any opinion pieces.

The policy was dropped in the Reagan years. This opened the doors for today’s talk radio. The Democrats don’t like the talk radio that has developed. Because most of it is conservative. So they want to kill Rush Limbaugh and Shawn Hannity and others. By bringing back the “fairness doctrine.”

I think this makes the Democrats look bad. It makes them look mean spirited for one thing. It makes them look insecure. That’s not an image that will suit them going into the next election.