Laura Schlessinger Erupts on Radio

While I approve almost 100% of the messages promoted by Dr. Laura, I sometimes feel like her approach can be a bit brittle.  However, after hearing only portions of her well modulated rant today since the radio was not turned on in my office, and having my husband (not a Dr. Laura fan) declare her "spot-on", I'll be looking forward to her new show on Sirius XM.

[...]Schlessinger says that Media Matters, along with activists like Sharpton and lawmakers like Rockefeller -- who said recently the Federal Communications Commission should consider shutting down Fox News and MSNBC -- do a disservice to the country, and she has no intention of letting them, or anyone else, shut her up.

"My creative juices are rekindled," she said.  "After having to spend all this time on terrestrial radio with affiliates and advertisers being attacked, you get very distracted. But I just want to forge ahead, even with Al Sharpton asking the FCC to shut down any speech that offends him."

"This is all coming from the Democratic side," she said, noting Rockefeller's political affiliation. "It's very scary. The term 'progressive' always meant to me to progress, not to censor. That Sharpton and Rockefeller want to censor free speech is irrational.  read it all