Ingraham kicked things off with a little plug for her book, then encouraged Dylan to think about "eternity" and "the legacy you're gonna leave behind." When that didn't work, she tried to make Dylan feel guilty about treating her body like "a commodity." Ingraham asked, "you don't think God helped create the human form and that God has a special plan for you?" And Dylan responded, "we all use our bodies for work."

Ingraham then accused Dylan of being lazy, asking "do you ever plan on getting a real job?" She plowed right on through with the laziness argument, even though Dylan said she currently has two jobs. When she asked what would happen if a bunch of people got together and paid Dylan to stay a virgin, Dylan said, "there's so many more places people should donate their money."

Perhaps the most telling segment of the show, however, was when Dylan's MySpace friend Raquel called in to offer her support. Raquel talked about her sex change, then asked why Ingraham was spending time harping on Dylan when she should be asking Alan Greenspan "where the $531 trillion worth of derivatives went." Ingraham first insisted on referring to Raquel by her birth name of Bruce, and then told her that "there are some things more important than money." To which Dylan responded, "virginity's not one of them to me."

The truth is, Alan Greenspan's choices are more important to Americans than Natalie Dylan's, and Ingraham didn't have Dylan on the show because she cares about morality. She cares about ratings, and Dylan's media ubiquity (today's Daily News has her girl-crushing on Kim Kardashian) demonstrates that ratings are something she can provide. Dylan's very smart, and she seems to have better values than her interviewer (even conservative blog Hot Air mocks Ingraham, calling the interview "just 15 minutes of Ingraham trying to shame this woman into regret. And failing utterly.") But Dylan also comes off as extremely mercenary. Ingraham speculates that she won't actually go through with the virginity sale, and that she'll instead use her newfound notoriety to make money on books and TV appearances. This seems likely. Dylan looks poised to become more fame-whore than real whore — a path unfortunately not open to the many, many prostitutes in the world with fewer resources than her.

Audio: Laura Ingraham interviews woman auctioning off her virginity [Hot Air]
Virgin-for-sale Natalie Dylan says Kim Kardashian would be welcome to buy [Daily News]

Earlier: Tyra: Woman Auctioning Off Her Virginity Says It Is A Feminist Act
Area Woman "Empowered" By Auctioning Her Virginity
What Do You Wish You Knew Before You Lost Your Virginity?

• Remember Oliver Clark? He asked a question at Tuesday's debate on the economy and John McCain told him he "probably" hadn't ever heard of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Well, it turns out he has a B.A. in PoliSci, a Masters in Legal Studies, and is in the midst of a Masters in Public Administration. So, he'd heard of them both, and he thought McCain's remark was condescending — and he's right. [MSNBC]
• Oh, speaking of telegraphing contempt and racism, former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating called Obama "a guy of the street" and suggested he should admit to the drug use he's already admitted to. Frank ought to admit that he's just trying out something BET founder Bob Johnson tried on Hillary's behalf in January in South Carolina that failed so spectacularly. [Huffington Post, NY Times]
• Other things John McCain is stealing from Hillary? His mortgage buyout plan. He thinks that'll make us fickle ladies vote for him. [UPI]

• If you hadn't yet been asked to swallow enough bullshit from the McCain campaign, Sarah Palin told conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham today that she and John McCain answer questions every single day and Obama never answers anything. The Bible Spice refused to be interviewed by Ingraham again. [Think Progress, PoliticoThere's a lot of scary, scary anger out there among Republicans, mostly because they think they're losing. Suck it up, assholes. [Politico, Washington Post]
• In that, though, they're just like their scary, anger-addled idol. [The New Republic]
• The fact that Obama has enough money to buy a 30 minute advertising spot on CBS (and possibly NBC and Fox) is unlikely to help McCain's temper or the mood of his supporters. [Politico]
• But it does distract them all from how the Dow is now down below 9,000 for the first time since 2003 and the Bush Administration has decided to give up on the remainder of their free market principles and nationalize more of our financial system. [Washington Post, NY Times]

Laura also said she was gonna "go after" Joy if she tried any of "her tricks." Except Joy did bring up a great example of Laura being a hypocrite, and instead of "going after her," Laura totally pussied out and dodged around the question. So she was right. It wasn't pretty! (BTW, watch how Sherri Shepherd doesn't say a word during the whole thing.)