Obama: Don't appoint SOPA architect as next Secretary of State

Berman has spent decades representing Southern California, and has been one of the biggest shills for Hollywood and other forces that seek to censor the Internet: He was one of the original sponsors of SOPA, and unlike so many others who had the sense to wiithdraw their support after the Internet cried out, Berman has never backed down.

But now the LA Times reports:

Berman, who has been chairman and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is among those now mentioned by U.S. officials as a possible replacement for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton when she departs next year

If the United States really cares about global Internet freedom, there couldn’t be a worse pick for Secretary of State than Berman, who’s repeatedly tried to censor the web at Hollywood’s behest – and Hollywood’s been leading a global charge to clamp down on Internet freedom. Let’s put Obama and the Senate on notice.