Posted on 08/17/2010 7:35:48 PM PDT by mlizzy
Dr. Laura Schlessinger chose her words more carefully this time.
The longtime AM radio fixture says that she will pull the plug on The Dr. Laura Program at the end of the year, a week after repeatedly using the N-word while taking a call on the air from a black woman who wanted to discuss her interracial marriage.
She made the announcement during an appearance on Larry King Live.
Here's her rationale:
"My contract is up for my radio show at the end of the year and I've made the decision not to do radio anymore," Schlessinger told King, who also happens to be on his way out this year (for less incendiary reasons).
"The reason is I want to regain my First Amendment rights. I want to be able to say what's on my mind and in my heart and what I think is helpful and useful without somebody getting angry, some special interest group deciding this is the time to silence a voice of dissent and attack affiliates, attack sponsors. I'm sort of done with that."
She's not retiring or quitting, she added, but rather, hopes to be "stronger and freer to say the things that I believe need to be said for people in this country."
Schlessinger apologized for her verbal gaffe the day after it happened, admitting that she did "the wrong thing."
"I didn't intend to hurt people, but I did. And that makes it the wrong thing to have done...I was attempting to make a philosophical point, and I articulated the N-word all the way outmore than one time. And that was wrong. I'll say it againthat was wrong."
You get a certificate from one course. Often it is a course that lasts a few hours at most.
Funny that you never said anything about all of her horrific personal issues that make her totally disqualified.
She is a victim of her own stupidity.
Perhaps...but there was more there than what you are commenting on...
Funny that you never said anything about all of her horrific personal issues that make her totally disqualified.
That might be because it had nothing to do with what I was talking about either way.
It has everything to do with her credibility. She hides behind a completely fake persona. If there is one thing that conservatives hate, it is a person who claims they are conservative, but lives as a liberal. That is the real Dr. Laura - a first class hypocrite. That is really too bad, but it is the life she chose for herself.
I’m not disputing that but again, it isn’t what I was asking you or talking about. I was speaking specifically about her degrees / experience / certifications or lack thereof. Your post I was responding to also said nothing about her personal life.
i missed this...quit listening to her years back with her habit of talking and not listening...like Sean does at times
but did she really say “niqqer” over and over like nothing....not in a fight or anything just casually?
she would have to be nuts
We’ll have to agree to disagree, my FRiend.
SHE WAS YET ANOTHER VICTIM OF LEFTIST PC WHO WAS DEFENDED BY ONLY A FEW PATRIOTS!
Dr. Laura - whatever her sins as a person - is an excellent spokeswoman for the values that make this country great and a true romantic who loves husbands and families.
I’ll miss her program when she leaves air.
http://ronbosoldier.blogspot.com/2010/08/who-will-left-destroy-after-dr-laura.html
Victim? She was no victim. She simply quit on her own! She owns her own production company and wasn’t forced to quit by anyone. Also funny how she immediately apologized for being crass on the next segment before this even aired.
Physiology is not psychology. Look it up. She got a certificate for sitting in on a class for a few hours. I have plenty of those. Anyone can get them. You pay to attend and you get a certificate in the mail that says you attended. She got herself an unpaid position by giving a university a donation that she used as a tax write-off. She has no formal training in the topic of her radio show. It was all a scam. Period. End of story.
The strange thing is that private parties can be treated as if they were official bodies by how the govt administers civil rights laws. If a private party interferes with a protected minority’s rights, the feds step in. A private party denies her a sandwich because of her religion or her color etc, it is a civil rights violation. If she is denied her ability to make a living but using her speech, it is not covered. Kind of odd if you think about it.
Sorry for late reply, but just somehow found the thread.
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