by William Raspberry

About the author: William Raspberry is a nationally syndicated columnist.

President Clinton has spoken out against the “loud and angry voices” who use the airwaves to spread hate.

“Their bitter words can have consequences,” Clinton told a Minneapolis gathering of college officials on April 24, 1995, suggesting (but stopping short of the direct accusation) that right-wing talk radio hosts may have some measure of responsibility for the violence that wracked Oklahoma City that month whether they intend such violence or not.

Naturally, these talk-show hosts have been quick to protest their innocence. They never told anyone to plant bombs or kill people, they insist—only that they should defend themselves against an overzealous government. And if some idiot listens to them and, on his own, does something awful and illegal...well, it&rsquo...