The controversy is that Ann Coulter called John Edwards a “faggot.”

Let’s go to the video tape:

I submit that Ann Coulter is a despicable, opportunistic media whore who says things simply for the shock value. This is just another example of her doing this, except this time it’s slightly funny.

I don’t think she was calling John Edwards gay. She knows he’s not gay and frankly I’d be surprised if she herself wasn’t a lesbian.

I believe she was using the word “faggot” the same way fifth graders use the word—to describe someone as a wuss. She was also making a pop culture reference to the actor from Grey’s Anatomy who went to rehab for calling a fellow cast member, who really was gay, a “faggot.”

Call me insane, call me insensitive but I really think she used some good comedic devices in that clip. She made fun of Edwards’ stance on Iraq and she made fun of the ridiculous reasons some celebrities (Isaiah Washington and Michael Richards) enter rehabilitation centers all in one joke. I think it was fairly well done. Plus, as any comedian would be impressed with, she knew her audience. She was speaking to the Conservative Political Action Committee and knew just what would make them laugh.

In this instance and this instance only, I defend her. You may think her joke wasn’t funny. You may think that she should leave the comedy to comedians. But I think she tried to make the audience laugh and judging by the clip, she succeeded.

Okay, now I’m ready for my flogging.

Tonight at 7:00 PM ET I’m hitting the air waves! As you see in my previous post, your’s truly will be a guest on “My Point,” a live, one hour program carried on Blog Talk Radio. The show can be heard live by following this link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hostpage.aspx?show_id=8482 and I believe it will remain archived there forever. Lucky me.

The show is hosted by David Odeen of “My Point” and “Jenn of the Jungle” of “Screw Politically Correct BS” and is a political and current event talk show from a conservative point of view. According to Blog Talk Radio, I’m being billed as a “very funny conservative blogger.”

Now, I’ve always known myself to be “very funny” (though I would have described me as EXTREMELY funny) but as far as being “conservative,” that was news to me. I sure as hell aint “Colmes” but I never considered myself “Hannity” either. I suppose if the hosts keep the discussion on killing terrorists and hating Osama bin Laden I’ll be okay, but if they ask for my views on abortion or whether or not I care about gay marriage, then they may not like me anymore. We’ll see.

According to Odeen’s blog “My Point” they plan on engaging me in conversation about such things “as some of our favorite authors, like Vince Flynn and Brad Thor.” But beyond that, I have no idea what they plan on filling the 90 minutes with. But I’m coming prepared!

• I watched last night’s premiere of the kick-ass, sixth season of 24 in case they decide to talk about that. (For the record, I’d have watched 24 regardless of this interview or not.)

• I watched President George W. Bush’s interview on 60 Minutes that aired last night.

• I bought a newspaper, though truth be told, I haven’t read it yet. (Anything happen that I should know about?)

• I re-watched Saddam getting hanged (or hung?)

Hopefully, that will be enough to keep me interesting. If not, please be my safety valve. Its a “call-in” show so feel free to call in. The number is (347) 996-5948. Call in, say hi, join the discussion, start a new discussion, whatever.

And also, feel free to use the comment section below to let me know how I’m doing, what I should do, how I did, how smart I am, how you want my body, whatever.

UPDATE! 1/16/07: My appearance on “My Point”, including the CEO of BlogTalkRadio offering me my own show, can be heard here…

Stay tuned for details of The Dr. Blogstein Radio Happy Hour coming to BlogTalkRadio in February!

(WORLD WIDE WEB) Dr. Blogstein of the increasingly popular DrBlogstein.com will be a guest tomorrow on “My Point,” a live, one hour program carried on Blog Talk Radio. The show can be heard at 7:00 PM ET (6PM CT, 4PM PT)on Monday evening by following this link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hostpage.aspx?show_id=8482

“My Point,” which is hosted by David Odeen of “My Point” and “Jenn of the Jungle” of “Screw Politically Correct BS” is a political and current event talk show from a conservative point of view. Recently the program had been rated as the sixth most popular show on Blog Talk Radio.

“This will be fun,” Dr. Blogstein said, “I’m honored to have been invited to be a guest on such a serious radio show. I hope they know what they’re getting themselves into.”

“My Point” radio show encourages listeners to call in and join the discussion. The number to get on the air is(347)996-5948.

**An all new Vince Flynn interview when he returns to the Radio Happy Hour on Tuesday night October 21 at 9PM Eastern. Just click –> Vince Flynn.**

You may remember me talking about the new book by Vince Flynn last week. Well, I have Act of Treason and while I haven’t finished it yet, I can tell you that it’s a real winner. But what I’ve come to realize this week, with Vince Flynn “on the stump” is how Flynn himself is a real winner.

The man is a straight talker. He tells it like it is. (Which is obviously the same thing as calling him a “straight talker”) He also carries himself in a very (dare I say) presidential way.

He calls himself a Republican, but also indicates that he’s pro-choice and that gays can do whatever the hell they want (my wording, not his!) He takes a real hard stance on national security. I have yet to hear or read an interview where he takes a stand on stem cell research, but so far, he’s right in line with my line of thinking. A presidential candidate with those views is a presidential candidate that I would vote for–heck, that I’d campaign for.

Its well known that President Dubya is a big fan of Flynn’s books (and no, they’re NOT picture books!) President Bubba is also a fan of the author’s series. Already, Flynn is bridging the political divide!

If you’re still not sold, check out Flynn’s appearance today on Fox News:

Am I wrong? He’s quite presidential if you ask me.

Now, our one obstacle is that I’m pretty sure that Vince Flynn has no intentions on running for office and why should he? He’s probably making millions on his books. I’m not sure how to overcome that, but what I do know is that he reads his fan site message board. So it is there that I choose to officially nominate Vince Flynn for President!

P.S. : If there are any computer savvy people out there who could make me a logo that looks like a campaign poster for Vince Flynn I will be indebted to you for life–or at least for October. UPDATE!10-14-06: The logo to the right is courtesy of the lovely Miss Cellania.

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***Click here for the latest info on Brad Thor!***

or click play below to listen to Dr.Blogstein’s June 24, 2008 interview with Brad Thor

Way back in late February, yours truly brought you the world’s first glimpse at bestselling author Brad Thor’s new thriller’s book jacket. And now, since I know my sophisticated audience would never dare judge a book by its cover, I bring you the very first interview with Brad Thor about his new book Takedown!

But before that, let me come clean: I am a huge fan of Brad Thor’s previous books, but then again I’m biased because I’m American and do not support terrorism against my country. If that describes you as well, then I’m fairly certain that you too will become a fan of Mr. Thor’s work.

All indications are that Takedown, the fifth thriller featuring tough-as-nails and sarcastic-as-Blogstein counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath, will be this summer’s hot read. You know, the one book you see every other person on the beach reading?

So, my tip to you is to get in on it early so you can take credit for discovering it–at least that’s what I intend to do.

The book comes out on May 30th but I just preordered it here.

And now, without Freddy Adu, we welcome Brad Thor…

Dr. Blogstein: Hello Brad, it is a true honor to have one of my favorite writers visiting the pages of Dr. Blogstein.

Brad Thor: It’s my pleasure, Dr. B. Thank you for having me.

Dr. B: If you had two or three sentences to convince me to read Takedown, what would you say?

BT: I know where you live, what kind of car you drive and where you get your shirts laundered. Read it or I’ll be in touch.

But if you aren’t the kind who bows to petty intimidation, then I’d say - this book is a white-knuckle thrill ride. It is easily my best work to date. The plotting is razor sharp, the chapters are fast as hell, the action never stops and the characters are based on real people who are out there kicking ass and taking hyphenated names on a daily basis.

Dr. B: Brad, you had me at “shirts laundered.”

According to your new book’s description on Amazon.com, terrorists attack New York City and “all of the bridges and tunnels leading into and out of Manhattan are destroyed.” Can something like this really happen in New York?

BT: If someone is willing to throw enough manpower at it, you bet it could.

Dr. B: The answer I was looking for was, “no.” Dude, you scare me.

In your expert opinion, is a terror strike similar to the one you write about in Takedown imminent? If so, can you tell me when to get the hell out of here?

BT: It’s funny you should ask. My wife jokes that I have some sort of bizarre ability to see into the future and write about events before they happen. I hope that isn’t true with New York, but what’s interesting is that Takedown is actually based on a very scary guy who went into hiding two days before the September 11th attacks. Not a lot frightens me, but this man is something to be seriously scared about. In my unending quest to have a fatwa issued against me, I used the guy’s real name in the book - and made him a pedophile to boot. As I neared completion on the novel, the CIA launched a missile strike inside Pakistan and nailed a bunch of bad guys. Supposedly, my guy was among them, so I decided to give the character a fictitious name. Two days ago an intel buddy of mine called to tell me that the scary guy is not dead and had managed to escape. I hope I’m wrong, but if I were you, Dr. B - I’d make sure I had plenty of canned tuna and powdered milk under the bed. And while you’re at it, keep that plastic sheeting and duct tape handy too.

Dr. B: Ummm, I could have used that plastic sheeting for my desk chair before you answered that question, if you know what I mean.

Are you ever afraid that you’re giving terrorists ideas?

BT: With all of the work I put into my novels (interviews, research, etc.), I come across a lot of information that for reasons of national security, I either change or omit altogether. I consider it my duty to be responsible. But am I ever afraid that I’m giving terrorists ideas? It does cross my mind from time-to-time.

Dr. B: To that point, according to “Page Six” in the New York Post dated July 2, 2005, the government put pressure on you to cancel interviews on your last book tour because “the D.C. bureaucrats are afraid Thor will give away secrets that might help the evil-doers.” If this is true, why did you get the memo and Scooter Libby didn’t?

BT: You know what, Scooter’s always been a rebel that way. He got the memo just like me, but a bunch of us suggested it might be funny if he blew it off and sure enough…

Dr. B: What makes Brad Thor novels so much fun to read is the tension of not knowing whether this is the book in which your hero, Counterterrorism Operative Scot Harvath, finally finds the letter “T” that’s clearly missing from his first name. Seriously, dude, what’s with your spelling of “Scot”?

BT: My brother’s name is Scot. My mother didn’t like the idea of three T’s lined up in Scott Thor, so she opted for Scot with one T. The character is based in part on him. That’s the truth.

Dr. B: How does the president in your novels, Jack Rutledge, measure up to other fake presidents such as Josiah Bartlet from The West Wing, David Palmer from 24, or George W. Bush from Crawford, TX?

BT: ROTFL. You’re a pretty funny guy, doc. Let me take these in order.

Josiah Bartlet couldn’t go a single round with President Rutledge. Who’s going to train him? Josh? CJ? Mrs. McKlusky - “He’s a wrecking machine, Josiah…”

Presidents Palmer and Rutledge, though, mano-a-mano would be a helluva fight. Plus, Palmer’s got that bad paw with all that funky skin. That would be pretty cool, but I’m afraid if things got too tough, he’d tried to tag out to Jack Bauer. Then Scot Harvath would have to jump in and the ass whoopin’ would begin. Bauer’d be hurtin’ for a lot longer than 24 hours.

And because I’d very much like to be invited back to the White House, I feel it necessary to point out that President George W. Bush is not a “fake” president.

Dr. B: That’s debatable.

Finally, Brad, if Takedown had a soundtrack what songs would be on it?

BT: What a great question. Let’s see here. In order of appearance they would be:

Tear the Roof of the Sucker - George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic
Daddy Cool - Boney M
Staying Alive - N Trance
Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway) - Billy Joel
Let’s Get It On - Tenacious D
And for the credit roll - Scotty Doesn’t Know by Lustra.

Dr. B: Books have credits that roll?

Well, thank you very much for your time, this has been a blast!

BT: If only all of my interviews were this much fun. Thanks, Doctor Blogstein. See you on the web.

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