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Re: Man with the gold said by amigo_boy:said by WhatNow:I find it interesting in that people want Government to keep Big Biz from acting like they do then the go out and vote Republican which is all for big biz. Blink. Blink. Isn't this a Democrat administration who appointed most of the commissioners? Yes, but the FCC doesn't really get appointed like that. If it did, it would be 4 or 5 D's right now. And keep in mind that, even though the appointments come from both D's and R's, the 60-vote senate gets to approve these appointees.
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1 edit | said by funchords:Yes, but the FCC doesn't really get appointed like that. If it did, it would be 4 or 5 D's right now. And keep in mind that, even though the appointments come from both D's and R's, the 60-vote senate gets to approve these appointees. Everyone knows I'm not a fanboy of Republicans. But:
1. Three of the five Commissioners were appointed by President Obama. (See Genachowski, Clyburn and Baker.).
2. The Senate has been controlled by Democrats since Jan. 2007.
If the President believed in a significantly different FCC mission than Republicans, he could have appointed anyone he wished and force Republicans to expend political capital blocking his appointment.
Democratic Senators (controlling the Senate) could have threatened "The Nuclear Option" just like Republicans were willing to do when Democrats blocked appointments Republicans believed in.
The OP suggested the problem is with Rs. If there's a problem with the current FCC, it looks difficult to pin it on Rs when 1) a Democrat President appointed a majority of commissioners, and 2) a Democrat-controlled Senate could have fought blockage of allegedly better appointments with the same vitality Republicans have shown.
There's not that much difference between the two parties.
EDIT: Commissioner McDowell was also re-appointed by by President Obama. That's 4 out of 5 commissioners who serve as a direct result of Democratic appointment(!).
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When he was reappointed to the Commission on June 2, 2009, Commissioner McDowell became the first Republican to be appointed to an independent agency by President Barack Obama.
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It's silly to say this is a Republican problem (as the OP did). |
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funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
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kudos:5 | Again, that's not exactly how this independent agency works, and the fact that McDowell was appointed by Obama clearly shows how. |
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| said by funchords:Again, that's not exactly how this independent agency works, and the fact that McDowell was appointed by Obama clearly shows how. Maybe you could explain? The OP wrote
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I find it interesting in that people want Government to keep Big Biz from acting like they do then the go out and vote Republican which is all for big biz.
4 of the 5 FCC commissioners were appointed by President Obama. And, approved by a Democrat-controlled Senate which could have invoked the "Nuclear Option" (to resist a Republican Filibuster, which we're told is the reasons Dems had to appoint less-than-desirable commissioners).
It's silly to blame Rs for the current makeup of the FCC. If Ds wanted a black-flag, throat-slitting FCC, nothing prevented them from appointing people who would accomplish that goal.
I'm not a big fan of Rs. Nor arguing there is a problem at the FCC. I'm not on board with the Net Neutrality thing. I think social progress occurs through baby steps and compromises. I'm merely addressing the OP who seemed to say there is something wrong with the FCC, and it's the Rs fault. |
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