Bloggers everywhere should give Congressman Denny Rehberg a round of applause for his support of the Blogger Protection Act of 2008, H.R. 5699.

He announced his support of the bill by blogging about it over at mtpolitics.net – a fellow Dextra Blogger. You can read his post HERE.

Here’s a summary of the bill:

The Blogger Protection Act of 2008 – Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to: (1) exempt uncompensated individual Internet activity from treatment as a contribution to or expenditure of a campaign for federal office; and (2) cover blogs and other Internet and electronic publications under the general media exemption pertaining to expenditures.

If your Representative in Washington, D.C., has not signed on as a co-sponsor of this important legislation, contact him or her and tell them to co-sponsor H.R. 5699. You can send them an e-mail HERE.

Face it folks, the media doesn’t always tell the whole story or they let their personal views take over the story, especially in politics, and especially here in Montana. Blogs fill in the blanks, and many times tell the rest of the story. We should not have those rights curtailed in any way.