Shut Up, America!: The End of Free Speech

by Brad O'Leary

Can you be trusted with free speech? Many politicians in Washington don't think so. They see your right to free speech as a threat to their seat in power. In this hard-hitting book, bestselling author Brad O'Leary exposes the frightening movement afoot that would eviscerate the First Amendment. With his trademark, take-no-prisoners approach, O'Leary shows you how censorship is on the march. From the Orwellian Fairness Doctrine to so-called campaign finance reform, you will learn the real threats, who the enemies of Ben Franklin and Thomas Paine are (including names of senators, congressmen, and Obama administration officials), what they're up to, and how you can fight back and save your freedom. Over two decades ago, Ronald Reagan gave birth to a flourishing, free exchange of ideas when his Federal Communications Commission removed the shackles of the misnamed Fairness Doctrine and restored the First Amendment. However, what was a boon to honest debate has proven to be a nightmare for left-wing politicians. Now these censorship proponents have the upper hand and the First Amendment in their sights.

Genres: Politics

208 pages, Hardcover

First published April 14, 2009

About the author

Bradley O’Leary has written fifteen books on American politics, romantic travel, and religion in politics. His career in politics included a stint as president of the American Association of Political Consultants, and he has played an active role in a number of American political campaigns, winning 26 awards for outstanding advertising. In addition to running national polls for twenty years with Zogby International and working as a political commentator on NBC Westwood, he has worked with Congressmen Newt Gingrich and Jack Kemp as well as Senators Howard Baker, Bill Brock, Bob Dole, Phil Gramm, John Tower, and approximately thirty others. A front-page political writer covering the state of American politics and the treasurer for Chuck Norris’s Kickstart Kids Foundation, he wrote the reference book God and America’s Leaders is available at World Net Daily and is a comprehensive quote book on our Founding Fathers’ and presidents’ comments on Christianity, religion, and other aspects of America’s spiritual life.