Dr. Laura & Sarah Palin ~ Sisterhood of the First Amendment Nonesense

The Constitution seems to be a major issue in politics these last few weeks.
It seeks that Conservatives all over the political spectrum want to have their cake and eat it too.

You have the 14th Amendment Issue where Conservatives want to strip your Constitutional Right to Birthright Citizenship.

You have Cordoba House AKA Ground Zero "Mosque." Despite this being nothing more than a local zoning issue, it's turning into a daily Republican talking point, but instead of citing your First Amendment Right to freedom of religion, GOP opposition to Cordoba House is becoming their platform to the November Midterm Elections.

Most recently we have Dr. Laura. You know, my disdain or Dr. Laura goes back more than a decade and I won't spend much time going over why she is Dr. Hate.
Her recent debacle surrounds her her use of the "N" word 11 times on a recent episode of her radio show.
Granted, Dr. Laura wasn't inciting hate for once, necessarily. Dr. Laura is simply guilty of insensitivity to the use of the "N" word and bad taste.
This is very shades of the Don Imus"nappy headed hoes" comment a few years ago.

The point of this post of mine isn't about what bad judgment Dr. Laura used on her show, otherwise I'd be typing all night long. The point is how Dr. Laura keeps insinuating that her First Amendment Rights have been obstructed. She's even ending her show so she can "get her First Amendment Rights back."
What's more is, she's got company, albeit - not the best kind. Half-term Governor Sarah Palin is coming to the rescue, tweeting similar gibberish around how the "lamestream media" has trampled Dr. Laura's First Amendment Rights.

I'd just like to ask these ladies, just how Dr. Laura's rights were somehow violated or obstructed? Dr. Laura said the "N" word 11 times on her show. The show aired. Million of people listened. No Government agency is going after Dr. Laura trying to haul her off to jail or slap her with a huge fine. Her show hasn't been sanctioned by any Government. She had the freedom to say it, and still has the freedom to say it again.
There is no protection in the First Amendment that somehow exempts you from the court of public opinion. Just as Dr. Laura is free to, and still is free to use the "N" word in public or in private, we the people are free to denounce such hate speech and expose it. We the people are free to pressure advertisers to stop bankrolling her show and encourage people to denounce her.
Surely someone like Sarah Palin should understand that, as she aspires to be President one day. Her first duty to the country as President is to defend the Constitution, not to defend disgraced public people from tanking popularity.

You know, Sarah wants President Obama to denounce the planning of the New York Mosque but yet she has yet to denounce Dr. Laura's use of such an offensive word, which just goes to show you the xenophobic attitude of Sarah and her Tea Party.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich thinks that as long as there are no churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia then there shouldn't be a place for Muslims to worship in Manhattan. Hmmm......so is he saying that we should strive to be more like Saudi Arabia???

Bottom line.....you can't cry about the first amendment not protecting you from public opinion, and you can't deny Muslims their First Amendment Right to a place to worship.