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minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down3·18 hours agoYou mean the Act that came after 12 years of GOP attacks on the Fairness Doctrine and the FCC? The one that passed after the GOP retook both Houses? Yes, that was all Clinton’s fault.
minus-squareSwingingTheLamp@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·15 hours agoHe signed it. Hell, I guess he had to sign it, because they had the votes in the Senate to override a veto. Because lots of Democrats supported it, including Al Gore. And ol’ Bill had plenty of praise to heap upon it. Yes, it’s as much his fault as anybody’s.
You mean the Act that came after 12 years of GOP attacks on the Fairness Doctrine and the FCC? The one that passed after the GOP retook both Houses?
Yes, that was all Clinton’s fault.
He signed it. Hell, I guess he had to sign it, because they had the votes in the Senate to override a veto. Because lots of Democrats supported it, including Al Gore. And ol’ Bill had plenty of praise to heap upon it.
Yes, it’s as much his fault as anybody’s.