Sen. Graham: Do bloggers ‘deserve First Amendment protection?’; Citizens respond; Updated

http://twitter.com/#!/ConservativeLA/status/342348122829254657
No kidding.
http://twitter.com/#!/DLoesch/status/342347782352420864
As Twitchy reported, late last month, Sen. Dick Durbin actually asked — out loud, mind you — whether bloggers and Tweeters are entitled same constitutional protections as the fabled “real journalists.” As it turns out, he apparently has a kindred spirit in South Carolina dinosaur Lindsey Graham.

Via National Journal:

“Who is a journalist is a question we need to ask ourselves,” [Graham] said. “Is any blogger out there saying anything—do they deserve First Amendment protection? These are the issues of our times.”

“The issues of our times”? Really? We hate to break to you, Lindsey, but last time we checked, the First Amendment applied to all Americans — from “just bloggers” to dim-bulb senators:
http://twitter.com/#!/kurtbradwill/status/342354409696681984
Yep.
http://twitter.com/#!/MelissaTweets/status/342347754070216704
He’s out of touch; we’re out of patience.
http://twitter.com/#!/allanbartlett/status/342357660043198464
http://twitter.com/#!/AM_Hoffman/status/342353904736030720
Take a hike, Senator.


Update:

The backlash from First Amendment advocates must’ve gotten to the good senator. Let him be clear:
http://twitter.com/#!/GrahamBlog/status/342372414136672256
Bloggers respond:
http://twitter.com/#!/KristinaRibali/status/342373364876333056
http://twitter.com/#!/ExJon/status/342376722664157184
Oh, and Sen. Graham, just to be clear: bloggers are entitled to all of the freedoms guaranteed under the First Amendment.
http://twitter.com/#!/lachlan/status/342373376112865280Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/06/05/lindsey-graham-do-bloggers-deserve-first-amendment-protection-citizens-respond/