Defeating An Imaginary Enemy

By Cernig

I will admit to a chuckle or three as I read Steve Benen's post today about the hard Right's fervor to defeat a reintroduction of the Fairness Doctrine - a policy move that isn't even being contemplated. At first I though, "maybe that's all they're confident of winning against" and then it struck me that if the Right makes enough of a stink then the Fairness Doctrine will become an issue again and politicians will be forced to take stances. How delicious it would be if the wingnuts then lost the battle against an enemy they'd constructed out of whole cloth. It could happen. I suspect that the far Right is less popular right now than the immensely unpopular Doctrine itself. They should be careful what they wish for.