We have to save the internet from her.

We have to save the internet from her.

"I think the Internet should be free," Land said. "It is a great source of information. I'm on Twitter and a fan of Twitter. I think that's a very important part of this. It's a way to actually interact with the community." Asked to clarify her position, Land later explained that she was not proposing free national broadband access. "I think it's important that the costs don't go up so people can have access to the Internet," she told reporters.

Reporter: When you said that you think the Internet should be free are you talking about broadband infrastructure free access nationwide? Land: Right, right. Reporter: So you think that if you were in the Senate you would push for the creation of a nationwide broadband infrastructure with free access? Land: No, no, no. We were talking about one specific item, there. Reporter: Right, net neutrality, which is about access to faster Internet, not free Internet. Land: Right. I think that … I think it's important that the costs don't go up so people can't have access to the Internet, meaning that what he said, if it's faster than [sic] they're gonna charge more to the consumer."

Terri Lynn Land, the Republican choice for Senate candidate in Michigan is, well, not ready for prime time , as Laura Clawson details, ill-prepared to answer serious questions about the auto bailout or equal pay. But she sounds downright intelligent in those responses compared to her answer on net neutrality Actually, it was way worse than that snippet. Eclectablog has the full transcript Free internet? Sure! No? Not what we're talking about? Okay, fast internet! Fast internet costs more? Oh, no, not that. What were we talking about again?

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