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Do you think Sarah Palin is valid or overeacting about the joke David Letterman made last night about her 14yr old daughter Willow?
For those who just woke up and aren't sure what he said, here's an article about his joke about Sarah Palin's visit to NYC with her 14yr old daughter.
http://www.movieline.com/2009/06/sarah-palin-not-a-fan-of-david-lettermans-rape-jokes.php
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(Content of link posted below from yahoo.com)
Sarah Palin Not a Fan of David Letterman's 'Rape Jokes'
Written by Kyle Buchanan | 10 Jun 2009, 1:00 PM | 17 comments
Looks like someone’s on Team Conan! During last night’s Julia Roberts-dominated Late Night, David Letterman made some jokes about Sarah Palin’s visit to New York with her 14-year-old daughter, Willow (“They had a wonderful time. The toughest part of her visit was keeping Eliot Spitzer away from her daughter”). This followed a Top 10 List devoted to Palin on Monday, which we’ll reprint below, followed by the Palins’, uh, incendiary reaction.
10. Visited New York landmarks she normally only sees from Alaska
9. Laughed at all the crazy-looking foreigners entering the U.N.
8. Made moose jerky on Rachael Ray
7. Keyed Tina Fey’s car
6. After a wink and a nod, ended up with a kilo of crack
5. Made coat out of New York City rat pelts
4. Sat in for Kelly Ripa. Regis couldn’t tell the difference
3. Finally met one of those Jewish people Mel Gibson’s always talking about
2. Bought makeup from Bloomingdale’s to update her “slutty flight attendant” look
1. Especially enjoyed not appearing on Letterman
Palin took on the “slutty flight attendant” joke while on the air with conservative radio host John Ziegler (“That’s pretty pathetic, good ole David Letterman”) and Politico has the Palins’ response to Letterman targeting Willow:
In an e-mailed statement, the Republican governor said: “Laughter incited by sexually perverted comments made by a 62-year-old male celebrity aimed at a 14-year-old girl is not only disgusting, but it reminds us some Hollywood/N.Y. entertainers have a long way to go in understanding what the rest of America understands - that acceptance of inappropriate sexual comments about an underage girl, who could be anyone’s daughter, contributes to the atrociously high rate of sexual exploitation of minors by older men who use and abuse others.”
Her husband, Todd, added in the same statement that “any ‘jokes’ about raping my 14-year-old are despicable. Alaskans know it, and I believe the rest of the world knows it, too.”
LOL! You all need to go and read this post again. It is funny in and of itself! lol
Palin is a joke
Biden is a joke
The comedian aint funny, in fact he is a pervert!
I wonder how many of us actually heard the comment first hand,, first of all and, sad to say, but these jokes did not start with palin nor will they end there. Are we just a wee bit over the top on this one?
Why dont we all just admit it! Im for Palin cause she is republican and it ***** that we lost the election. Even if they did have 8 years to do something but did not!
Nope Im for Obama, Biden so Palin is just trash anyway and can see russia out her window! And we all know they got elected cause of the black vote anyways!
Politics aside, The dude is only as successful as we make him, so turn it off.....Problem solved.
Palin is a joke
Biden is a joke
The comedian aint funny, in fact he is a pervert!
I wonder how many of us actually heard the comment first hand,, first of all and, sad to say, but these jokes did not start with palin nor will they end there. Are we just a wee bit over the top on this one?
Why dont we all just admit it! Im for Palin cause she is republican and it ***** that we lost the election. Even if they did have 8 years to do something but did not!
Nope Im for Obama, Biden so Palin is just trash anyway and can see russia out her window! And we all know they got elected cause of the black vote anyways!
Politics aside, The dude is only as successful as we make him, so turn it off.....Problem solved.
I agree "all politicians are up for grabs." LOL!!!! Lately, it seems they all give us stuff to work with too! ;)
Oh come on, and Joe Biden isn't a joke?! Of course, all politicians are up for grabs in the joke department. :D
Palin's a joke herself so why Dave had to bring her daughter into it puzzles me.
David Letterman is a 62 yr old pervert. It shows where his mind was at when he made that statement. Palin is a conservative. Letterman would've NEVER made these statements about Obama's daughters or any daughter of a Liberal politician. End of story.
Someone has just bumped this thread up I was not the last one here, my guess is they are trying to bump down the thread twener put up. please know it wasnt ME ...;the last one I did before this was on the 19th not today.. chicken!!.
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He couldnt do much else.. so if anyone ever says anything about the OBama kids and others its okay as long as they apologise a couple of times...
Letterman has publicly apologized
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090615/ap_en_tv/us_tv_letterman_palin
Just saw it on Yahoo.
C~
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090615/ap_en_tv/us_tv_letterman_palin
Just saw it on Yahoo.
C~
I agree with you April.
By the way, Obama's children were featured several times. In fact, what was that with Obama in the living room with that family while his wife and children were on stage during the Democratic convention? Honestly, the children (whether they are in the spotlight or not) should be left out of the ruthlessness.
By the way, Obama's children were featured several times. In fact, what was that with Obama in the living room with that family while his wife and children were on stage during the Democratic convention? Honestly, the children (whether they are in the spotlight or not) should be left out of the ruthlessness.
I'm sorry, was she supposed to hide her daughter in a closet? I suppose she should have acted more ashamed of her daughter? I can't even believe you just said that. She had all her children with her. I think it was wonderful that she supported her daughter and that her daughter chose to keep that baby instead of aborting it and pretending it never happened. She has taken full responsibility for this child and has even come talked with teens about how tough it is to have a baby so young and trying to encourage them to wait on sex.
And no, I don't think he should have been so rude about Chelsea Clinton, either. There really is no call for it and it isn't funny. There really is a line you can cross when it's not funny. It's just being mean.
And no, I don't think he should have been so rude about Chelsea Clinton, either. There really is no call for it and it isn't funny. There really is a line you can cross when it's not funny. It's just being mean.
Of course it does. I remember when Chelsea was being made fun of by some media back then and I remember being so upset at the time. It's just crass and rude! I don't care what the person's politics are - children should NEVER be put in the middle of any of that.
What did you think of McCain's joke? Did/does that offend you as well?
I personally think it was horrible for him to make that comment. I used to listen to David Letterman all the time (loved him), but he started to go over the top and then I turned to Leno. I think his comment was way out of line.
As far as I'm concerned, children of celebrities and politicians are off limits when it comes to jokes like this. If they are adult children, that's one thing, but even then I think David Letterman's comments were sick!
As far as I'm concerned, children of celebrities and politicians are off limits when it comes to jokes like this. If they are adult children, that's one thing, but even then I think David Letterman's comments were sick!
Maybe if Palin hadn't featured her pregnant daughter and her fiance so prominently in her campaign the "joke" wouldn't have resonated at all. If there was any humor there, it was in reference to the older daughter and I think everyone with a brain realizes the context in which it was intended.
That being said I too think it was over the line - though not as far as some apparently think it was.
Her daughter and her fiance were paraded all over the campaign trail and I thought that was over the line too. If a politician doesn't want their children exposed to this stuff they should keep them out of the politics. Obama's children were not featured - they were kept away from the media.
Hilary's daughter?
John McCain made this odious joke about Chelsea Clinton back in '98.
Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno."
-- Sen. John McCain, speaking to a Republican dinner, June 1998.
And this is the same man that some people voted for in 2008 for President.
Letterman is a comedian - he never tried to or held himself out as competent to lead our nation.
Still, I agree that his statement was in bad taste. But I also think Palin's trying to milk this for as much as she can. And that's not surprising at all.
Mike
That being said I too think it was over the line - though not as far as some apparently think it was.
Her daughter and her fiance were paraded all over the campaign trail and I thought that was over the line too. If a politician doesn't want their children exposed to this stuff they should keep them out of the politics. Obama's children were not featured - they were kept away from the media.
Hilary's daughter?
John McCain made this odious joke about Chelsea Clinton back in '98.
Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno."
-- Sen. John McCain, speaking to a Republican dinner, June 1998.
And this is the same man that some people voted for in 2008 for President.
Letterman is a comedian - he never tried to or held himself out as competent to lead our nation.
Still, I agree that his statement was in bad taste. But I also think Palin's trying to milk this for as much as she can. And that's not surprising at all.
Mike
Yes most of us feel like that ...it is too much as I have said it is political as he has definatly shown his liberal bias many times, Govenor Pailin is simply responding to his words ...if we walk in her shoes how would we behave,would we not be outraged and protect our child .I have never understood why he has had so many bad words to say about the Palins, I cannot see that she is so awful to warrent it.Like so many show bus -folks he has a poitical agenda and takes every opportunity to voice it,I hope he gets sacked I doubt it though..look what happened to Imus , who said that stuff about the Girls basket Ball team..he did get the sack, albeit back now, but he was genuinely sorry not like this Twerp.....
I find David Letterman to be obnoxious at any time! He's been around for so long it's a wonder he doesn't do his show on auto-pilot. Man, we got his show here in Australia about 20 years ago. I have old video tapes with him on it as I let movies run as I recorded them and went to bed...with him as the following show....He has not changed one bit.
I do not know who writes his stuff, but he always seems to giggle from it.
We get his show a day or two later than you guys, but I wouldn't have bothered to turn it on to see what he said about the Palins anyway. I find any joke aimed at a child which refers to sexual innuendos an absolute disgrace.
That's my two cents worth!
I do not know who writes his stuff, but he always seems to giggle from it.
We get his show a day or two later than you guys, but I wouldn't have bothered to turn it on to see what he said about the Palins anyway. I find any joke aimed at a child which refers to sexual innuendos an absolute disgrace.
That's my two cents worth!
Letterman has a young son that has been targeted with kidnapping threats, he above anyone should know how it feels to have a child harrassed and is wrong wrong wrong,,I will peronally NEVER watch his show again,,,spread the word boycott letterman
How did this get into a full blown left wing liberal political bunch of stuff. Letterman was/is wrong and everyone agrees with that! Now, whats to be done about it? Some would thing the pres otta come out and speak, personally I think it is up to us, the viewer to simply turn the channel. When ratings sink and the pocketbook suffers, it will stop! Not until then. As a matter of fact Obama came out during the campaign when Palin was being talked about because she had a daughter that was prego out of wedlock, the children are off limits. Does no one remember that? Guess not. Letterman is wrong so quit watching him! I dont know that the man dislikes women either.Geesh! And let me be clear, I am not bashing anyone for having an opinion! But I got mine too! The truth is probably somewhere in the middle!
Problem is he has taken his humor into his politics he has been after Govenor Palin for a while ...Maybe the left wing Liberals are afraid she could be a threat in 3 years,..I dont think he likes Women and married or not whose to know whats in his closet, maybe some right wing folks should say nasty sex talk about OBamas children or Chelsea Clinton see what reaction there is to that ,...I didnt see any over reaction I saw protection of her daughter.
I think Letterman is sick, and I would have reacted just as she did. I mean, let him try that same comment about the dem party, HA, he would not get away with it, and he shouldn't it is degrading to all women, this country and its morals are gettng way out of hand, it is disgusting.
True..... so How about a big soul felt apology to girls and Women everywhere.and no more dirty jokes about us.
Yes Letterman was stupid and yes Palin is over reacting...what's new on either point?
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