Senator Barbara Boxer attended the opening session of the American Society of Newspaper Editors conference in Washington on Tuesday. In remarks to those newspaper editors the California liberal pleaded with the editors to "explain why a vocal minority in the Congress is essential for a democracy and why it is essential for you."
She explained to the trade magazine Editor & Publisher that she believes that Americans don't understand the term filibuster and believes that "editorials would be very helpful."
Barbara Boxer made it clear that she wants the press to favor the Democrats in those editorials in remarks at the conference. "You have a dog in that fight. Your whole basis of what you do is exercising that freedom of speech. These checks and balances are crucial for all of us. We exercise them.”
In other words, liberals are for freedom of speech, conservatives are not. |
