Regarding the firing of Juan Williams —

Newt Gingrich says that since Williams worked for NPR: “Congress should investigate NPR for censorship and consider cutting off its public funding.” This is a perfect example of what’s wrong with Republicans. Why didn’t Newt and the Republicans cut the public funding of NPR when they controlled the Congress under Clinton? Why didn’t the Republicans cut the public funding of NPR down to zero when they controlled the Congress under Bush the Republican president? It is only when some unconstitutional government agency or program does something that Republicans don’t like that they ever talk about cutting its funding or eliminating it. Republicans are not the party of smaller government; they are the party of Republican government.

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