Obama makes an address to the nation:

My fellow Americans, due to the selfishness of some, all are suffering. Radio station owners are not being honest with the American people, and instead of sharing their profits, they are hoarding their wealth.

Deserving artists, like those in Europe, are paid for their talents. But here, in America of all places, here we have come to share not only our triumphs but our trials, here an honest worker in the music industry, the artists we have come to know and love, are being denied their honest wage. And we are being denied the music we so dearly love.

So tonight, I propose legislation to “Let the music play.”

When passed, we will all be able to hear the music once again, and we can do this, “Yes we can!”

You may not be able to hear the music on your local stations right now, but soon, you, like all of America, will be able to answer when asked, “Can you hear the music?” We’ll all say, “Yes we can!”

Let the music play! Thank you, and good night.

When the Republicans oppose this, they will be slaughtered in the media blitz as people who want to “Stop the music.” The political pressure will be overwhelming. The legislation will rush through Congress, and the president will sign it into law.

Of course, federal money always comes with strings attached. Once radio is subsidized it will be controlled. The music will play, but the broadcast content will be censored.

When this happens, remember that it was never about the music, it was about the politics. And it wasn’t about fairness, it was about power.

It was never about Beyoncé, Coldplay, or Taylor Swift … it was always about Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and those of us in talk radio.

It was about silencing the political opposition.