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In reply to the discussion: Dear Dr. Laura Schlesinger.... [View all]PatSeg
(53,815 posts)18. Well done!
Reminds me of that iconic scene on The West Wing when President Bartlet took down an uptight bible thumper. It is probably the most watched segment on YouTube.
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The scene in West Wing came later and was taken from the post by Kauffman, which is very old. West Wing took it
Amaryllis
May 30
#22
Yeah, I've seen that letter from the OP a long time ago, probably in the late '90s.
Wednesdays
May 30
#26
A quibble: Schlesinger converted to and practices Judaism (since 1998) per Wikipedia
harumph
May 30
#14
Wasn't she the hypocrite that had naked photos from the 70's resurfaced a couple decades ago?
Crowman2009
May 30
#15
Still not as crazy as when her son thought it would be funny to put a gun in his mouth and take a picture...
Crowman2009
May 31
#70
She was a hypocrite i so many ways! Telling older women "your too old" to have a baby
BlueWaveNeverEnd
May 31
#74
I was listening to her show many years ago, and a listener called who was estranged from her parents because of a
Fil1957
May 30
#25
When Leviticus (Wayyiqra) is mentioned, I'm reminded of that Twilight Zone episode, "To Serve Man"!
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
May 30
#28
You want to own a Canadian, eh? I'm kind of wondering if one of them would like to own me.
NNadir
May 30
#30
As she passed thru phases of her life, she told women they wete off limit for them
BlueWaveNeverEnd
May 31
#77
The only thing I get out of Lev. 18 is the Levites would fuck anything that moved
jmowreader
May 30
#58