[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 9775]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 IMAGINE IF A REPUBLICAN WERE PRESIDENT

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Madam Speaker, in a recent Investors Business 
Daily op-ed, radio host Larry Elder wondered how the media's reporting 
would be different if a Republican were President.
  Of a potential Republican President, Elder wrote, ``Imagine if his 
Secretary of Treasury had not paid taxes, he granted two dozen waivers 
to his no-lobbyists-in-government rule and he had promised 
bipartisanship but only got three across-the-aisle votes for his 
'stimulus' package. Or if he tripled the projected annual deficit and 
intended, within a short period, to double the national debt.''
  Elder's point is clear. The national media's double standard has 
meant a free pass for President Obama and the Democrats' budget.
  The American people should insist on fair news coverage without 
regard to political party.

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