On today’s show

Dr. Laura Says She is Ending Her Radio Show Dr. Laura Schlessinger told Larry King last night that condemnations following her use of the N-word 11 times on her radio show last week have made her decide to end the show:“Well, I’m here to say that my contract is up for my radio show at the end of the year and I have made the decision not to do radio anymore. 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, what I think is helpful and useful without somebody getting angry, some special interest group deciding this is a time to silence a voice of dissent, and attack affiliates and attack sponsors…I’m sort of done with that. I’m not retiring. I’m not quitting. I feel energized actually, stronger and freer to say the things that I believe need to be said for people in this country…I write books. I have blogs. I have my Web site…This is the area — this is the era of the Internet.” 

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Iowa GOP Condemns Republican Candidate Jeremy Walters for Saying AIDS is Punishment for Sin of HomosexualityJeremy Walters, an Iowa GOP candidate for Congress, running in House District 67 against state Rep. Kevin McCarthy, D-Des Moines, posted a series of messages on Facebook last week suggesting that AIDS is a punishment for homosexuality.  The Iowa Independent first noted the messages, posting screenshots (above) on its website.The Des Moines Register reports that the Republican Party of Iowa has condemned Walters’ remarks:“The civil rights group One Iowa on Tuesday called for the Republican Party of Iowa to disavow the comments by Walters, who is challenging state Rep. Kevin McCarthy, a Democrat, in House District 67. Later Tuesday, Matt Strawn, the party’s chairman, said in a statement: ‘Mr. Walters’ comments are inappropriate and in no way represent the beliefs of the Republican Party of Iowa. HIV/AIDS does not discriminate, and our hearts and prayers go out to any Iowa family facing this disease.’ Walters at first told the Register that he had no plans to remove the posts. But he said Tuesday night that after talking to Republican officials, he took the messages down. ‘I’m sorry, that’s how I felt because I had friends that passed away of having AIDS,’ said Walters, a stay-at-home dad who works part time cleaning cars. A party spokeswoman said Walters had planned to volunteer at the party’s State Fair booth but will not be allowed to do so.” —————————————————— 

VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGM6gLIsfM0&feature=player_embedded#! 
Kathy Griffin on Prop 8 - ‘Same-Sex Marriage a Civil Rights Issue’Kathy Griffin made a rather serious appearance (for her) on Larry King Live to discuss the Prop 8 decision and why she supports marriage equality 

 —————————————————– Elisabeth Hasselbeck: ‘I Actually Support Gay Marriage’The View’s Elisabeth Hasselbeck tries to clear up some misconceptions about her in an interview with Fancast:“I am not ultra-ultra-conservative on every issue. I actually support gay marriage. I think the gay marriage thing would definitely surprise people. I mean, for some people, it will surprise them to the point that they won’t want to hear it. ‘No, that can’t be, I really want to have this sort of idea of her in my head,’ so I sort of rain on their parade there. I am a person that does believe that life begins at conception, but I also don’t believe that the government should tell women what to do with their bodies. So I’m torn there in terms of supporting laws [for or against abortion]. I always say I would rather change a heart than a law. I think it has to start there. Always trying to mandate, mandate, mandate this or that is not the way that I believe this country should run.”In December 2008, Hasselbeck irked Melissa Etheridge on The View with regard to Prop 8, arguing that the majority should be allowed to vote on the rights of the minority. Hasselbeck also seemed to struggle with the concept of marriage equality in a discussion with Portia de Rossi a year later, asking “Take men and women. Women want all the rights of men, but they’re not asking to be called men. Do you think…is the word [marriage] more important than the rights?” 

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VIDEO (50SEC)http://www.slatev.com/video/levi-johnston-mayor/ 

Levi Johnston’s Mayoral Campaign Ad.  I WOULD VOTE FOR HIM!

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