Sarah Palin Calls for Uprising Against Letterman for Joke About Her Daughter

Gov. Palin, stop it! I was with you on this. I heard the joke, never thought it was about Willow, but still in bad taste. You and your husband took this to a level it didn’t need to go to. Child rape? Calling Dave perverted? This is your moment to stay in the spotlight. I got it! During the campaign, Pres. Obama never said a word about your kids or family. I never heard anyone ATTACK your children. They asked questions about Bristol’s plans, but you turned that into “they attacked”. Some of the fringe said your youngest was Bristols, ok not true or fair. Also saw on Faux news sites that the Obama girls weren’t Pres. Obama’s and that was BEFORE you entered the race. Your family hasn’t been through any worse than any of the other families at that time. The difference is YOU USE IT TO STAY IN THE NEWS! To play the victim. Letterman made a joke that was in bad taste. He wasn’t talking about your 14 year old. Now move on, or is it too great a press opportunity for you to pass up!

Right now, the only one who is abusing their daughter are the Palins.
Keep the controversy going, Todd and Sarah. One way to keep your name in the news media. Too bad your comments make as much sense as usual – none.
Talk about low class

If Gov. Palin would stop shoving her family into the public eye, there would be no “jokes” about them on TV. The election was over seven months ago. Why are these people still in the news anyway?

Give me a break.
Palin didn’t have a problem with McCain’s Chelsea Clinton viciousness. She, and the rest of you Republicans, thought he should be our president.
What a bunch of no-good loser hypocrites.

See above

“If the jerk talked trash about my daughter I would keep it up until he regretted saying it.”
Just as you did with McCain?

Palin is obviously very thin-skinned. The only time we hear about her anymore is when she’s having a spat with someone. Would love to see the Republicans nominate her to go up against Obama. She’d lose horribly.

Martin, Really when did any republican defend any of those people you state in your post?? Stop distorting things

STOP IT PEOPLE! Always complaining when politicians make everything political .. this has nothing to do with politics! Didn’t Jamie Foxx the comedian just recently apologize for making comments about Cyrus? Dave – be a man for once .. just apologize and don’t minimize!

I agree with ‘Trythetruth.’ She’s just using this to stay in the news. Her children are constanly in the media because she put them out there. And ‘Chuck’ is dead on. All the hate speech she did on the campaign trail well a hell of alot more offensive than some joke that in her opinion went to far!!

Sara let it go. He’s an arse at times and most people know it.

It does not matter if the extreme left defend Letterman. It was in poor taste and he has definitely lost a viewer here. You know the old saying..a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step..one viewer here, one viewer there and the next thing you know, then the majority quits watching and he is left with the left wing nuts. I have always considered myself a moderate, middle of the road person but I totally disagree that it is okay to take potshots at a kid for the sake of a laugh.

*sigh* Someone shut her up. She can’t grasp that her fifteen minutes are over. Letterman is a comedian, he’s been on the air more than two decades and has no history of degrading women. Palin is only a concerned parent when in the public eye. Alaskans have figured her out and she knows she won’t be re-elected so she’s desperately trying to keep her name on the national stage. She’s an idiot.

jodyrae4 I agree, also this has nothing to do with politics. It was a pathetic attempt by Letterman to be funny. And if this joke had been pointed at me and my children I wouldnt quit either.

WOW anything to stay in the public’s eyes ,again using her kids This woman is a nut case always has and always will be.
Don’t cover this nut let her ramble and no one will ever know….

the Palin family is clearly demented. They’ll say and do anything to remain in the public’s view.
Have a little dignity, and please go away.

Jenny …don’t know what you are referring to about McCain?

Tea – Letterman is disgusting! If that is acceptable humor about the opposing party, he is just as sick as that guy that shot up that museum.
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Your kidding right? I hope so, if not you have lost all touch with reality.

Roberts Said: “Letterman thinks he can say and do what ever he wants. Palin has a perfect right to take him on. He has been doing things like this for years. But I bet if he said one little off the wall thing about OB kids the news would be after him. this just shows where we are in country. Fire him and the problem is fixed for a while.”
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I say: Roberts…. (A) just turn on Fox News and see how much is spewed about the Obamas. The fact is, if you’re in the public eye, this is going to happen (just ask the UK Royal family) (B) Palin is using this as a publicity stunt (proof: Letterman never mentioned Willow, she did). (C) Everyone knows that Letterman was referring to Bristol Plain, the young lady who, “Yes in deed”, did have a teenage pregnancy. If Sarah Palin didn’t want this kind of controversy, maybe she should have been spending more time teaching her own daughter about what is right and wrong, versus spewing her right-wing rhetoric and attacking others for their patriotism. Bottom Line Robert… If she can’t handle the heat then she needs to stay out of the kitchen.

the Palin family is clearly demented.
Posted by: dave | Jun 12, 2009 9:24:57 AM
NO CLASS…….

vtb3 you are WRONG. It’s the Republican smear machine that has caused a deep divid in this county. Rove said to win the nation must stay divided and they stopped at nothing to keep control for 8 years. Not to mention Hannity and Limbaugh’s hatred of anyone who is not a Conservative. So when making assessments of division in this country you need put the blame where it belongs. Oh and lets not forget Palins hate filled rallies last fall when people where shouting kill him and she did absolutely nothing to curtail the hatred. I have no compassion for a person or party who mitigates such hate.

Hey, Try the Truth. I challenge you to quote one racist comment that you claim Sarah Palin said. Remember you are allowed your own opinion, but not your own facts. Your name is contradictory.
I have read many different blogs concerning Sarah Palin in recent days. It is unbelievable the hate and vitriol that is spewed against Governor Palin and all of her children. Some of the comments are too obscene and depraved to repeat here. Why the viciousness? Even if an individual disagrees with Palin’s politics, why would they attack her and her children? Normal people do not have this kind of hatred for anyone they didn’t vote for. She has never harmed anyone. Politicians can take care of themselves, but their children, no matter what their age, should be off limits to crude jokes. If it isn’t OK to make jokes about Obama’s children, it is not OK to insult other politician’s children. Period.

Kathie,
you must not have any kids to make such comments. When someone says something as offensive and disgusting, and yes, perverted, as Lettermen did, your instinct is to defend and you naturally feel outraged! Get over your political hatred for her and look at this as an old man suggesting a young woman, 14 or 18, being raped by aggressive politicians & athletes. This suggest women are nothing but objects for men.

You have GOT to be kidding…
Palin’s responsible for allowing the brutal killing of thousands of wolves in Alaska, yet she’s too sensitive for jokes about her daughter(s)? I think she feels guilty about the values she obviously DIDN’T instill in her daughters (thank you Bristol), and this is her attempt to put a bandaid on her (& Todd’s) poor parenting skills.

The true joke in this is Sarah Palin. She is slipping, and thank god for that.

“The candidate who must be obeyed”? Sounds like somebody is still a big sore loser. She didn’t bother to call for an uprising when she was campaigning and people in the audience were yelling “kill him” about Obama. I guess that’s OK with her. Don’t get me wrong…Letterman was way over the line. Kids should be OFF LIMITS. PERIOD. Obama asked for it…and she should have, too…but she was too preoccupied with power and lying about Obama’s background to care about her kids and the effect the campaign would have on them. Letterman should definitely apologize…privately…to her family. And…I beg of you…please do it fast to get her off the airwaves.

Vindictive isn’t she. God help us if she ever got in a position of control. Would she call out the nukes if a foreign leader made a derogatory comment? I think she needs to go slay a Moose and get over it.

Yeah, Letterman’s comments where pretty distasteful and he should not have made them in my opinion ( but we all know about opinions)BUT Palin is hanging on like a “pitbull” using it to her advantage. One rebuttal would have been enough.
Sarah needs to stop talking about this on shows and other avenues and go home and explain to her daughters that comedians always says and makes comments to get peoples attention even if it is in bad taste and not true. She needs to assure them that there is no danger to them in these comments.
Her concern should more be the high rate of rapes in her state. With her always shoving her kids in the spotlight she is perhaps encouraging the interest of one of the many rapist in her own area.
I have a daughter and would not have appreciated these comments. Ms. Palin made many untrue comments in her run for VP, even had that smirk she likes to wear when the crowd was shouting to “kill” Obama.
Both Letterman and Palin are distasteful. Letterman needs to stop with jokes regarding children and Palin needs to go home, do her job and educate her kids about the crazy people in it. It will be hard for her to teach them about honestly though as she goes way beyond the stretching of the truth to try and makes others look bad.

Vtb 3 – Yeah, I guess speaking out about a war WE HAD NO BUSINESS IN would cause division in your world! So far 4000+ American soldiers dead, but nothing should have been said because if we didn’t agree with killing our soldiers and thousands of civilians for no reason, (Iraq didn’t attack us remember) we were the divisive ones. Alrighty!

I am amazed at the venomous responses here. It is a shame that as a society we have fallen to partisan levels that we automatically condemn or blame someone because of their political party. It seems to me everyone in this discussion has gone too far on a level of common decency and respect…

I find the Palins a major embarassment to the state of Alaska. You all should be ashamed of putting Sarah in politics.

i_dream_of_a_jeannie – Yes, and Rush is one big fuzzy ball of love and tolerance! Hannity doesn’t edit statements and tapes to make them sound the opposite of what they are! Heck, Shepard Smith spoke out the other day on the Right wing email he’s getting that is very disturbing and as usual Rush attempted to beat him down and attacked him. Clean your own house first! We aren’t the ones running around killing Dr. in church and security guards!

One of the reasons I love Ms. Palin is she makes the liberals so crazy.
Mr. Letterman’s defense was that he intended his joke against an 18 yr old unwed mother – and the liberal seem to think that makes is alright. Hmmmm.
Wasn’t Mr. Obamas mother an unwed 18 yr old girl? How about if Mr. Letterman started making jokes about her?

Curt, the only person who used the word rape was Todd Palin. Yes Dave has made comments about cougars, Cher, Sharon Stome, I actually think he did say it to Katie by the way, though I’m not 100% sure, and others. So your point is?

Seems that the radical left is dangerous as proven by one of their own killing a security guard. That killer, a radical leftwing moonbat, hated jews (typical of liberals – Rev Wright), hated Bush, hated neocons, and believed in Rosie’s 9/11 tinfoil theory. His next stop was going to be the Weekly Standard. I don’t think he was going to go have a talk about his subscription price.
That guy and the Rosie mental types share the same radical hatred toward America and they must be stopped.
Now we have David Letterman fantasizing about the Palin daughters getting raped by a baseball player. Liberals are sure one sick and disgusting group of people.

So you “demand” a link to something a fact I bring up, yet you don’t demand a link for the “kill him” quote proving it was from a conservative that said it.
You disgust me…

Rock 10:12:48 AM- See you listened to Rush! White Supremacists are not lefties, anybody with half a brain would realize that! Whose campaign rally’s do they show up at? They are the VERY far right fringe! Own what you sow the hate speech!

Sarah Palin and Ms. California think that the only way they can get any air time is to become professional victims.

Here we go TROOPERGATE revisited… Once again Palin is having trouble moving on. – ITWARZ

Dave really stepped in it this time. He could have told any unsavory joke he wanted to about Sarah Palin and people would have laughed it off. Instead, he cracked a nasty joke about Palin’s 14, I repeat, 14 year old daughter. He probably thought it was OK because Palin lost the election and she doesn’t have the clout she had anymore. It doesn’t help to insult Palin. She’s already been insulted enough. There is nothing you can say about her that she hasn’t heard before. However, decent people would have complained if Dave had cracked a joke about Osama Bin Laden’s 14 year old daughter. The joke was just despicable. Dave could have apologized and moved on, but he smirked and wriggled and decided no one would care. It’s going to be a rude wake up call for Dave when he learns just how many people care about their 14 year old daughters. Dave won’t be laughing when he hears the boos every night. Dave will see that some things really aren’t funny, no matter how much you smile.

WOW…look at all the whack job lefties sticking up for a “joke”. Lets start joking about Obama’s wife and kids…it is OK because I say them on TV (the president was parading his children). You guys that think this is OK are part of the problem…no morals. Morons!

After reading the comments here, I am more than convinced that all of the so called liberal “males” are threatened by a strong and vibrant woman. While it was uplifting to see an African-American president voted into office, it may be a very long time before we see a woman.
The Democrats claim that they are the party of tolerance. That is a laugh. They only tolerate those that agree with them.

If Sarah and Bristol Palin had NOT gotten pregnant before marriage and Hilary and Chelsea Clinton had, instead of realities the-other-way-around, the GOP would be asking America if these women of low moral fiber should be role models for America’s women, etc. But let someone question Palin and somehow she’s now a saint! There has to be some kind of brainwashing to reach such a conclusion!

Palin is a sad commentary on where we are as a culture…………a morally and intellectually bankrupt presidential wannabe with a “Jerry Springer Show” family of double standards,hypocrisy, greed and dishonesty. It’s sad to see such a politically extremist, lunatic politician use her family so crassly.

ONE SET OF STANDARDS APPLY TO IMUS AND BERNARD AND ANOTHER TO LETTERMAN

No matter who you are, or what political persuasion you happen to be, if someone makes verbal personal attacks against your daughter, you have a right to be upset. That the joke was about a minor, and included remarks about statutory rape make it even worse. Palin’s younger daughter is not a public figure and nobody has the artistic license or right to speak publicly like this about her. Yes, we have freedom of speech but that doesn’t mean you should use that to attack children just because their parents happen to be public figures. Letterman crossed a line–and the only reason I’ll ever watch his show again is to write down all the sponsors in the ads and then write to THEM and let them know how trashy the show they underwrite has become and why I won’t be viewing this garbage or buying their products anymore.

Those that are so critical of Palin; why can’t they just go to a ball game like anyone else and enjoy the game? Is going to a ball game with your family now considered “dragging their children out in the public just to get attention” the liberal babble??? You people must really be afraid of her. I don’t care if he meant Willow or her grandmother, Comments like that should not be made about anyone’s daughter. It really is getting so disgusting, these double standards….. We are living in the “Twilight Zone” people. Wake up!! Stop being so complacent. Don’t support people like Letterman by watching his boring show. It’s time to take control and stop letting the liberal press, TV, people, etc push us around all the time.

Letterman should be fired for his not funny jokes on the Palin family! It was a personal assult on sara and her daughter and there’s no excuse! If he did this to my family i’d have to kick his ass!

I wonder what all these libs opinions were of Don Imus. Outrage, fire the guy , how dare he. It is the exactly the same thing and there is most definitely a double standard.
If I were Todd I would accept the invite and then clean his clock on national TV.

It is a sad state of affairs when people have stooped to such low standards as to condone an idiots mean spirited slurs against a woman and young woman. I must confess he is not the only one that commits such crap. It is time for each of us to look at our moral priorities and responsibilities.

Letterman, like others in the liberal entertainment/media realm, clearly think that teen pregnancy is nothing but a big joke. Shame.

sarah palin incited hate riots against president obama. she and her family deserve ALL the ridicule they get. she is a menance to society and a disgrace as a human being. she is an idiot and loves the public attention at the expense of her family being in danger. boo hoo big baby.

As a mother, I stand by Palin – but I think she is going over board… REMEMBER – Jamie Foxx’s comment about Miley Cyrus, now that would make me go and kick his behind and I was surprise her dad did not come forward and said something back. Then I say who cares their stupid comedians that have nothing better to say about other people but to make fun of them. In addition, I have a remote control and the choice to change channels.

X-repub, Please quote me something even slightly close to this said about the 1st family on fox or anywhere else. NEVER, NEVER has something so vile been said about them and if it was you better believe someone would be fired and their life basicly destroyed. The fact that this is exceptable to the left says all I need to know about the dem. party. Obama said “family is off limits” why arn’t the blind followers listening?

Hey Chuck: “He is an entertainer. Just like we won’t hold Palin responsible for all of the racist rants and hateful rhetoric spewed by her and her followers on a daily basis, which I find much more offensive and dangerous, than any late night talk show hosts joke about the dysfunctional family.”
What on Earth are you talking about?

I can not believe the political debate that is going on here. Everyone that is defending Letterman just put yourself in Gov Palin’s shoes. As a mother if someone decided to “attack” (and no matter what you want to say, a bad joke is an attack), I would hit them with all that I had at my disposal. Any of you tha think she is to blame, maybe you should go ask your own Mom for a hug as it seems you didn’t get enough of them as a child. Young girls and young women have enough of a hard time with the way society enables the degradation of them as it is, David Letteman needs to remember that and do what’s right and apologize. Anyone that disagrees with this is simply looking at it as a Democrat versus Repubican issue AND IT’S NOT. Respect the women in your life and they will return the respect.

Let’s see, Bristol Palin supports abstinence, and oops, she gave birth out of wedlock and then oops David Letterman’s staff goofed in their research and Dave compounded the gaff by telling a joke in bad taste based on the bad research. One is understandable and the other is not? If Ms. Palin overreacts like this to her personal life, how will she react as a worldwide representative of the US?
Just for the record for those looking to bash anyone and everyone – we all make mistakes and use bad judgments. We’re just not famous enough for it to be a big deal.

I can not stand the stupidity of either David Letterman nor his support group in this column of commentators.
He should be removed off the network just as the other idiot was for commenting on Nappy Headed hos either from the right or the left the constant degrading of girls and women should stop.
David said he was talking about the older daughter as if that lame excuse is going to make it appropriate..
Boycott him and any other hate monger or bigot that dares to use the public airwaves to slander or vilify women..

I mean come on you do not see the people that live in the cities crying out for Palin to say sorry about calling us anti-americans because if you remember her quote that real americans live in small towns and not in cities… Well she is just as much as a moron for making that as much as Letterman could be seen to be for making his comments. So oh well…

Has the National Organisation of Women (NOW) taken up this issue?

Okay but the HATE SPEECH is not making fun of people. HATE SPEECH is when you pull people together against some one. Okay and I was not talking about IMUS i agree that he should have been put off the air for the rest of his life. But Letterman’s comments were not hate speech. Hate speech is like the comments that were made to kill the abortion doctors a few weeks ago on the air and look some one did. And as for Bill Mahr he does not say hate comments at all. He says stuff about whites, blacks, dem, rep, everyone. but it is true stuff. I do not care if you are any color or creed. If you do something stupid some one has the right to make comments on it. And again there was no HATE SPEECH on Letterman.

And no to bring up another point. Todd Palin is no saint either… He had alot of Hate speeches against your wonderful country you live in. Even made the comments that he wants Alaska to get out of the country of U.S.A. but you do not see everyone saying he should duct taped and gagged because of it, lol. but again if he was in a country that did not have the rights that we have, hmmmm like china, he would be shot and that would be the end of it. So again be happy you are in this great country and let us all say what we want too.

Can you imagine what would happened if a republican said this, he would have been fired or they would have made him apologize. When BO ran for office he wanted his family no be involved in his political conquest. The media honored that, why doesn’t it work for Gov. Palin. There are such double standards, it is sad to see this great nation come to this. Just wait until we get socialize medicine. Then your eyes will open…..

Reading over these comments it’s painfully clear the astounding degree of hatred that is held for anyone that doesn’t have the same political viewpoint as those writing these hateful comments. Attempting to make this an issue of Palin is how you really don’t have to talk about the real issue of a man saying pathetic and vile remarks about a young girl ( regardless of her age ) for the sake of a cheap laugh. It’s a glaring example of just how much decency and respect for another human being is irrelevant. To attack based on the fact you don’t like someone else’s view of the world is really a statement on how insecure and frightened you are. A strong and secure person wouldn’t need to attack in order to give themselves a sense of worth. It’s just plain sad.

Sarah, have been a member of that Alaskan secessionist group – and even recording a welcome for its convention after she became governor, obviously has some experience calling for uprisings!

Geez – this reminds me of a fight betweeen by two young kids. Letterman, admit the jokes were in poor taste and give a true apology. Palin, accept the apology and – if you truly want your children left alone – drop the subject and let them fade from the public eye. It’s that simple.

This is the second article I have read where the reporter says Gov. Palin “calls for uprising”, but no where do I find where she said that. Bad reporting? Or biased reporting?
Mr. Letterman was in the wrong, he should be man enough to acknowlege that and truly apologize, instead of the schtik he tried to pass off as an apology.

Way to go Palin! Letterman is an idiot and needed to be told off. So many sick liberals that think it’s funny. What a bunch of sad sacks these liberals are. What a bunch of whiners!
Fire David Letterman!! Throw his miserable of the network. He is opnly funny to the cynical mob with no class, the mob of raviing lunatics.
Scott

LETTERMAN SHOULD BE FIRED , NO IFS OR BUTS.

The (ABOMINATION of DESOLATION!!)
America and the WORLD!

Governor Sarah Palin forced rape victims in her home state to pay for their own rape kits but now she is trying to pretend she cares about women who are raped. What a load of crap and what a stinking politician.

If Sarah starts an uprising to oust Letterman, can I be the first to start an uprising to oust her? Sarah is like every typical bully. She can attack as viciously as any barracuda but she cannot take it when it comes back to her. Sarah is hiding behind her children and Letterman’s comments to launch more attacks against President Obama who had nothing to do with what Letterman said. Sarah called the President “He who must be obeyed” and said he called for children to be off limits. Then thing Sarah didn’t point out however is that Mr. Obama was defending HER KIDS!

During her recent interview with NBC’s today show, Gov. Palin, slipped up and NO ONE has caught it yet. She made a remark that during the campaign that President Obama said that Kids are off limits, then the next sentence she said that her kids should be left alone. Get it? Even though she says she is not, that clearly indicated to me that she is running now, for 2012. This culture war crap is the same thing that Regan did during his second term, and Bush Sr. did when he ran against Clinton. David Letterman is no more responsible for the decay of America society than my pet Beagle. Follow the $ and that’s what America is all about. From the top to the bottom, greed has taken over.
Basically 12.5 Trillion dollars is missing from US households (as reported by abcnews). Let’s get real. We got lied into 2 wars, have lost over 4500 soldiers, 120,000 wounded or traumatized. The banking system was raped. Congress is mostly corrupt. The justice system has been subverted. Regulatory agencies (to protect us) have been made ineffective. Does any really think we are being told the truth about 9-11? This list keeps going and going. Now we have Liz Cheney out there… she is just as bad as dad. Rush Limbaugh ? LMAO! The right has gone round’ the bend. The left is not far behind. I am an independent voter, have been since 1980. It doesn’t matter who is in power. We are ALL GETTING SCREWED by the left and the right. C’mon America, does anyone really believe this crap? That is the REAL Raping that is going on? Thomas Jefferson said, “America will always get the government we deserve”. Yes, we do!

The OBOMINATION of DESOLATION! Accompanied with the MEDIAS DECEPTION,PERCEPTION,FORMULATION! For ALL the LEMING,BRAINWASHED, ANTI- AMERICAN,PERVERTS!!

I think Sara is right .Dave Letterman should be fired. Hes is just trying to cut in on Conan Obrien. So he`s using anything that he thinks is funny . He didnt think it was so funny when someone tried to hurt his child. Can you imagine what Obama would have done if it would have been one of his daughters. Some lines should not be crossed.

I’m a guy and won’t listen to the letterman show again. He’s been pushing the envelope in the last election and now he’s gone over the edge. They should find a replacement for him.