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ordinaryguy
May 10, 2008, 10:27 AM
You know the tide has turned when conservatives refuse to go along with the Bush Administration.

From Places Unexpected, Support For the Press (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/washington/10shield.html?hp)


A federal shield law passed the House last year by a veto-proof margin of 398 to 21, with a conservative Republican — Representative Mike Pence of Indiana — leading the effort.

“What’s a conservative like me doing passing a bill that helps reporters?” Mr. Pence asked in the House debate last year. The answer, he said, came from his belief that “the only check on government power in real time is a free and independent press.”

Imagine that!

chuff
May 10, 2008, 10:49 AM
Thankfully it came from the New York Times who are in no way the driving force behind the liberal media and have never had an agenda against the Republican party or actual conservatives in general.

progunr
May 10, 2008, 10:54 AM
An independent and free press no longer exists in this country so what's the point anyway?

chuff
May 10, 2008, 11:00 AM
An independent and free press no longer exists in this country so whats the point anyway?

Agreed.

NeedKarma
May 10, 2008, 11:22 AM
I think you guys missed the sarcasm is the original post.

chuff
May 10, 2008, 11:53 AM
I think you guys missed the sarcasm is the original post.

Got me there, I didn't get it. From places Unexpected, I get it now.