The crux of this debate is the Democrats’ desire to stonewall conservative talk radio. While talk radio may lean to the right, this is not because of any inequity in our system. Talk radio is among the most egalitarian, open vehicles for political speech. No other medium gives Americans as much freedom to share with the masses their individual views on the issues of public importance.

Democrat leaders are unwilling to recognize that, regardless of the current political climate, we are a right-of-center nation. Poll after poll has shown that the average voter considers themselves leaning right. Liberal rhetoric simply does not resonate with the average hard-working American, and this is translated over the radio waves. Rather than accept public discussion of ideas that conflict with leftward Democrats, they desire to silence public opinion.

Their proposal is about suppressing political speech that is inconsistent with a liberal ideology. An insult to American intellectual freedom and a blow to the freedom of the press, the proposal reveals to all Americans that Democrat leaders do not respect your right to speak freely.

At every turn, this new Democrat majority is calling for increased Washington control over the lives of Americans. Now they are working to extend their blanket of authority onto political speech and the public airwaves.

The American people refuse to move in the direction of Soviet-era Russia and Chavez’s Venezuela. There is no greater fairness than freedom, and America will forever vigilantly stand for our freedom of speech and expression.