Letterman Apologizes to Palin — For Real This Time

Good grief this woman will do anything to stay in the public eye. Those folks that find her what? charming,? certainly not bright, must be in pig heaven. How the hell long is she going to take this piece of trivia?

Palin is the Joke!!!!!!

Letterman is displaying and is on a road that Palin knows nothing about – It’s called the high road.

“Letterman is displaying and is on a road that Palin knows nothing about – It’s called the high road.”
Letterman is a PIG. Period.

dave only did this so that when sarah continues her trash talking, she’ll completely look the fool.
whatever it takes to shut the old bag up is fine by me.

“when can we hear sarah palin’s apology to all those rape victims back in alaska that she charged for their rape kits?”
That story was debunked MONTHS ago, genius. Lay off the Kool-Aid.

You know, maybe … just maybe … if Letterman was axed for his comments, other talk show hosts would also be axed and SNL would not be able to make fun of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin to make them appear stupid, dumb or worse … and we could finally have a nation back that doesn’t laugh at ridiculing, demeaning and devaluing jokes that always were and always will be tasteless to the point of being contemptable.

I think it will end here. Sarah’s handlers will pull her aside and say “you better take the apology.” and she’ll say ; “Really?” and they’ll say “kinda ya” and she’ll be all like “awrighty” and she’ll be all like “I knewya had it in ya Dave! I’ll see you in 2012 and we can do that interview.”and Dave will be all smiling condescendingly and thanking God he’s not Don Imus and hating the US for getting so stupid over the past 20 years.

This should NOT be about partisan politics. Both sides of the political fence should be outraged, whenever this happens to ANY child of ANY politician. It was odious when David Shuster of MSNBC made a similar crack about Chelsea Clinton. Shuster was suspended, and the network apologized to the Clintons. Where is the CBS apology to the Palins? Why hasn’t Letterman been suspended? This is about a washed up late night host who is now just a dirty old man. This is about a mean spirited, former comedian demeaning a young girl with ignorant, degrading, sexual rhetoric. When misogynistic jokes become as unacceptable as racist jokes, then, and only then, will we know we’ve made progress in the battle for gender equality

“Liberals require a target to hate,” No. Liberals are just amazed at how the Republicans are seemingly committed to self-destruction by supporting people who are even more stupid than them as presidential and vice-presidential candidates. Not to mention a candidate who told a “joke” at least as bad about Chelsea Clinton, which went entirely under their radar.

“It was odious when David Shuster of MSNBC made a similar crack about Chelsea Clinton.”
And what was it when your last presidential candidate did the same thing?

lay off what koolaid, stacy? the story was never debunked. sarah palin and her police chief did indeed charge rape victims for their kits. the state was so embarrassed by wasilla’s practices that they had to pass a law banning it. while sarah’s police chief was giving interviews to the newspaper speaking his opposition against paying for the rape kits, you can’t tell me that sarah didn’t know. she was a mayor of a town of 5000! liek she doesn’t know what her chief was doing. if dave is responsible for a simple oversight by his staff about a joke then sarah palin is COMPLETELY RESPONSIBLE for her police cheif charging for rape kits!!!!!!!!!!!!

There was never this much fuss when Leno ripped off a senile old man to get his antique car at a bargain price. Or is Sarah ok with abusing the elderly? I’d let Dave visit my teenage daughter, but I’d never let Leno near my elderly relative. Yes, Dave’s joke was in bad taste. He admits that, regrets the joke, and has apologized. He’s a good guy who made a bad joke. Who has never cracked a joke they immediately regretted? Sarah???

So Dave wants to apologize – again. I wonder if this apology will be like his last one, you know, with him being smug in the fact that the audience would accept anything he said while he smirked and insulted and was totally insincere with the apology that wasn’t an apology.
There was no reason for him to attack the Palins’ children. It does not matter if their mother is in politics or not – there are some lines that just should not be crossed. Attacking innocent children is one of them.
Here you have an old man making sexual comments about young girls. Fourteen or eighteen, the comment was still wrong. In fact, the comment would be wrong directed to any female, regardless of age. Unfortunately, his female audience was so desensitized that they thought the “joke” was funny. I wonder how many were parents? I wonder how many of them had daughters that got pregnant at a young age? I bet there were plenty of those parents sitting right there in that audience when he made that “joke.” I wonder if they felt just a little bit uncomfortable when they laughed at that joke?
The irony of it is that Letterman is in no position to pass judgment or make jokes about anyone since his own child was born out of wedlock. How old was Dave when that happened? Hmm, if I remember correctly, Dave’s little Harry was a guest at his Daddy’s
and Mommy’s wedding. How many jokes can we get out of that??? Looks like Dave is practicing one hell of a double standard.
I wonder how much Old Dave would like it if someone made a joke about old men having babies out of wedlock. Shouldn’t he have known better??? Let’s see, Little Harry’s parents were not married when he was born. What does that make Little Harry???
Dave doesn’t like anyone to question him about this subject, but hey, he left himself open to this when he made jokes about other people in similar circumstances, didn’t he????. But wait a minute, since we can’t get at Dave, let’s go after his kid. Let’s call him a bunch of names (I can think of a few relating to Little Harry’s specific set of circumstances) and let’s do it in front of a nationwide audience. Wouldn’t that be fun???
Why not? There’s nothing wrong with getting your giggle on…
That may be so, but it would be totally wrong and I would never do it. I think you have to be a special type of mean to do something like that. Unfortunately, Old Dave didn’t feel that way,
Like I said, some lines should never be crossed, no matter how much you dislike the parent.

The Socialists have obviously twittered their following to ensure that Letterman’s comments made are Palin, McCain and Everyone’s fault BUT Letterman. Letterman even said that. Sad, but true.

I’d like to see Sarah Palin AND Bristol (and any other family members and friends that want to participate) start the Palin Unwed Mothers Charity Homes across the United States, making sure there is ONE in EVERY CITY in AMERICA, BY working tirelessly, appearing on all news shows, entertainment and otherwise including David Letterman’s so they can begin addressing the consequences to the abstinance only programs that result in teenage pregnancy PLUS get their message out to all middle & high school students about the CONSEQUENCES to having sex as a teenager and how much it costs, emotionally, physically, financially, AND spiritually. I’d like to see Sarah Palin stump ALL OVER THE USA stating how she had to keep her daughter Bristol on her great insurance plan so she could have the best healthcare in America as she gave birth since Palin’s boyfriend did not have a job NOR insurance….I’d like to see Sarah Palin use her CELEBRITY to make sure that any PREGNANT, SCARED, ALONE, DESTITUTE, young woman without means or support has a SAFE PLACE to go to BIRTH her child in peace…& then be provided the opportunity to complete her high-school education WHILE someone is watching her child…so that this unwed teen can go on to be a productive member of society….& not fall into prostitution, shotgun marriages, drugs, or worse…But NO, All I get is Sarah Palin outraged…I’m outraged that she isn’t turning this GRAND OPPORTUNITY to speak up about something she knows ALL about & use her mighty political FUND RAISING abilities to BETTER USE than what she has been doing since losing the election….YOUNG WOMEN OF AMERICA NEED PROTECTION & THEY NEED A VOICE & THEY NEED SUPPORT THAT OUR OWN GOVERNMENT & SCHOOLS & FAMILIES DON’T GIVE THEM….YOUNG GIRLS WISH THEY WERE BRISTOL….MOST OF THEM DON’T EVEN COME CLOSE!!! USE YOUR BULLY PULPIT WOMAN; YOU ARE WOMAN, I WANT TO HEAR YOU ROAR ABOUT SOMETHING MORE THAN WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN MAKING SQUEAKS ABOUT – TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT BABY!!!

The story of sarah palin making women RAPED in Alaska pay for the rape kits was never debunked because it is the truth. sarah is a much bigger sexist then David Lettermen will ever be as proven by her attacks on 18-year-old Levi Johnston and her using the power of her office to go after her sisters State Trooper husband. sarah is a sexist as proven by her winking, flirting and playing the martyr. The helpless little Alaskan female who big bad Lettermen and the media are abusing. When is sarah going to apologize to the rape victims of her home state and when is she going to apologize to the American people for being an annoying hypocrite? John McCain if you really cared about the country why did you unleashed this menace, this scourge (The Female Barracuda) upon us?

I’ll move on when the media moves on. The First Lady of the United States of America was just called a gorilla and I have heard barley a whisper about it yet NOBODY sarah palin has dominated the news for almost a week. I’m mad!

“Liberals don’t “fear Palin. She is the best, positive advertising the Democratic party could ask for – short of Hannity and Limbaugh.”
Really?
A recent Gallup poll showed that there has been an INCREASE in the number of Americans who call themselves conservatives, outnumbering self-described liberals by a 2-to-1 margin. The 40 percent figure for conservatives is the highest in nearly two decades.
Hannity’s and Rush’s ratings and audiences are at all-time highs.
And how exactly does all this help the Democratic Party? We’re dying to know.

Stacey – Less than 1 in 4 identify themselves as Republican according to a large poll done by Pew Research. Republicans are sitting at 23% of people identifying themselves as Republican.
As for that Gallup poll you so proudly promote, I recommend you read the information that goes with the statistics. Democrats are more likely to fall in the moderate category which proves my point about Palin being the best advertising for the Democratic party.
The Republican party has been hi-jacked by those on the far right and Palin speaks for the far-right. The party will forever remain a minority party if it continues to placate the ever dwindling far-right base.
The fact that the hate-filled, bigoted Hannity & Rush get so much attention and adoration from your party is not good.

“The party will forever remain a minority party if it continues to placate the ever dwindling far-right base.”
Again, why do you care? You don’t want the GOP in power.

I was offended, but Letterman’s apology sounded sincere and.
Still, many (certainly not the majority but a significant number) on the left think it’s OK to bash anyone on the right — and their children.
For example, you don’t catch Conan, Letterman, Craig Ferguson and even nice-guy Leno accidentally doing sexual jokes about Obama’s kids. But they *ALL* have done nasty, sexual jokes about Palins’s kids. That’s not a right or left issue — it’s just wrong.
But, I think Letterman’s apology was sincere and hope this is over. When somebody is sincere in their apology, let’s move on.

Cheryl,
You’re right (mostly) about the off-color comment about our First Lady. No person, liberal or conservative, should tolorate that type of uninvited personal name-calling attacks. Period. It used to be “officials are OK, spouses are off-limits unless they say something out of line, kids are WAY off-limits”. But, there are a few subtle, but important, differences between these two unnecessary situations that put them in different categories.
First, ALL national conservatives that I’ve seen have immediately repudiated and distanced themselves from that nasty comment about Mrs. Obama. And they should have. And as a Black conservative, I certainly do too. That wasn’t the case with Letterman’s sexual joke involving an underage kid, though kudos to N.O.W. and many other liberals for doing so. However, others tried to politicize it and trash Todd and Sarah Palin for not taking the “joke” about their daughter. Both jokes are at best in poor taste, regardless of politics, and depending on the interpretation of one, illegal.
Second, the guy who made the original comment is not an elected official, but a South Carolina “activist”, described as “an early backer of George W Bush”. Come on. He has no position or authority, so no matter how distasteful or wrong, it’s realistically hard to get a national frenzy going about what some guy said who holds no office, though the news media will try. If we did that, we’d have a national frenzy every week about what people on both sides say in the company cafeteria. Really. Why do you care what an “activist” thinks?
Yes, yes, I know, I know, Letterman is not a public official either. But, he is a national media figure. And, by definition, speaking to millions of people about a sexual joke about an underage kid (or initially interpreted by many to be rape because of only the 14-year old’s presence though Dave said that wasn’t his target), it was in the national media and part of our national discussion the instant it left Letterman’s mouth. On the other hand, we don’t even know who this other wiseguy is.
Third, you may disagree on this point, but while I agree spouses are off-limits, I do not believe that slamming an adult is the same thing as slamming underage kids. Both of these cases were wrong and unacceptable, but there are degrees of badness, and though admittedly not an exact analogy, it’s kind of like slander vs talking about child rape. Slander’s not cool, but it’s not in the same ballpark as talk about statutory rape.
Fourth, the guy apparently apologized immediately. Letterman took a couple of days, and gave a half-joking apology, then finally gave what was accepted by most, including me, (and according to the news, by the Palins) as a sincere apology a couple of more days later.
Since most, including the Palins, have accepted Letterman’s apology, I agree with those who say it’s time to move on. After all, whether you’re on the right or left, you can’t talk for a living and never say anything wrong. When you address the issue and both sides come to an understanding, move on.

I will never understand why the dems are so “darned” jealous of Sarah……

David Letterman should be fired. This comment scripted, rehearsed and taped was about LITTLE GIRLS. Don Imus was fired for racial comments – the same should hold true for Letterman. The ONLY reason he apologized was because his feet were held to the fire.
God help us if these comments had been about Sasha and Malia!