I find David Letterman’s ‘jokes’ about Sarah Palin and her daughter to be extremely offensive. Perhaps Letterman is too old to really know what his people are writing for him; it’s clear after all, that the man has lost his fastball. Still, someone ought to tell him to apologize.

Considering that Letterman’s TV ratings are so abysmal to begin with, boycotting the program wouldn’t do much. From what can be made of Letterman’s recent conduct, he really doesn’t seem to care whether he offends anyone anyway.

The best way to stick it to him is to through pressure on his sponsors and advertisers. Absolutely nothing makes TV producers cringe like unhappy sponsors. They can do without viewers but they can’t survive without advertising dollars. As much as it pains me to admit, Rev. Al Sharpton used this maneuver brilliantly when Don Imus made his off-color remarks on the radio. Rev. Al went directly to the Imus sponsors and said “You can kiss our patronage goodbye if you keep supporting Imus’ show.” Ultimately, no matter how much and Imus apologized for his statement, the number of sponsors pulling out of his program made his firing imminent.

Letterman isn’t likely to mend his ways. But it would be nice to see him squirm at least a little bit for making such offensive remarks.

didn’t mean to disparage Gov. Palin, or her daughter on his show,
he had tested the remarks on his boyfriend who thought they were ok.

Lettermen is simply acting out his OWN pedophile fantasies and projecting them through humor. He should certainly be watched closely around children and any child he has had private contact with should be examined by a physician asap for signs of sexual abuse.

should publicly denounce Mr. Letterman’s comments and demand a public apology. It would have a strong impact seeing as he’s been a frequent guest on Letterman’s show. He of all people should be denouncing such trash.

at FRee Republic:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2268894/posts

- JP

jokes about raping Malia or Sasha!

That my friends, would be outrage.

I just wanted to say that. Don’t worry she’ s cool with it. she doesnt understand why Palin would call Letterman pathetic. She says she gets called out like that all the time and is cool with it. She probably slep with the producer to get her job and her mother was a whore. Again, please don’t be offended Contessa Brown is cool with it. Really:

Letterrman is still on TV???? Frankly I’m surprised. Watched the video, however, and found him to be an old reprobate. I know he likes young girls…. how old is his wife?

You’d think that a man who is finally a Father would have more respect for other people’s children.

He’s beneath contempt….. I’d say I won’t watch him, but I haven’t done that in years.

I just googled obscenity+ media and found an article.

One of the steps used to define obscene programming is

“Decide whether the programming in question features “sexual activity specifically defined by the applicable state law” that could be considered “patently offensive.” This can be the easiest of the Miller criteria to establish in an obscenity case.” The case is Miller v California.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2140128_meet-fcc-regulations-broadcast-decency.html

Exactly the right word.

She isn’t a public figure in any sense except as a relative of a governor.

David Lettermans abhorent jokes regarding Gov. Sarah Palin and her 14 yr old daughter have lost your netwrok yet another viewr for ANY AND ALL material and source.

Rather than watch another minute of CBS just to determine which sponsor to complain to, I will rely on other sources.

CBS has been set as a locked channel on all 3 cable boxes on the house. No member of the Morris family will be entertained or miled by any CBS program. I have shared Internet clips of this vulgarity with my neighbors who are equally disgusted.

Furious and gone!

Liam Morris
Bear, DE

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Letterman, who JUST married his Baby Mama, calls out Palin’s daughter and that is entertainment? Pot and kettle, double standard.
Over at MSNBC there is a clip Brewer vs. Zeigler (Palin was on his show).
Brewer the anchor, was totally full of herself while Ziegler spanked her with what she left out. Naturally, miffed, she cut the mic.

why Letterman is on TV. Frankly he’s unattractive and unfunny, and this has always been so. Who’d he sleep with to get that job? And whos butt has his nose imprint on it that he keeps it?

David Letterman has his own personal charity umbrella organization, which is registered as American Foundation for Courtesy and Grooming. This foundation is funded by Letterman and makes contributions to his pet charities. The single biggest recipient Child Advocates of Indianapolis, Indiana, which advocates for abused or neglected children in order to provide children with a safe and healthy environment.

Now we have this Democrat hero cracking jokes about raping 14 year old girls. When confronted he tries to deflect by saying he thought it was 19 year old Bristol Palin in NY with the Governor, as if that excuses the comment.

Bottom line: when it comes to right wing people and their families, there are NO boundaries.

It wasn’t that long ago (last year actually) when David Shuster was SUSPENDED by MSNBC for making a comment that Hillary Clinton was “pimping out” her 27 year old daughter Chelsea at campaign events. Gooses and ganders don’t mix in this brave new socialist world.

Look up the word “subhuman” in Webster’s Dictionary and you will see a picture of David LAMErman

Imus didn’t say the Rutgers team “was” anything. He said something about how they looked, but didn’t come close to implying that they were what they looked like. And he made no reference to anybody personally.

Letterman, OTOH, made personally disparaging remarks about a 14-year-old girl. Even if he got his targets mixed up, it doesn’t make any difference. It was disgusting.

Letterman should lose his show, for a longer period than did Imus.

So much for the “I meant to call her OTHER daughter a whore” defense:

“It doesn’t matter whether he was talking about Willow or Bristol, what he said was unacceptable,” responded Palin spokeswoman Sharon Leighow.

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- JP

Little Miss Attila.

It includes this perceptive observation:

This is American Sharia, assholes. The practitioners of Sharia in Muslim countries are at least consistent in their contempt for women and in their practice of gender apartheid: you, on the other hand, want sexual slavery for some women in this country; others, whose opinions you prefer, can live in relative peace and freedom. You will allow it.

If you are giving women and girls the “gift” of not being badgered for being female, and threatened with misogyny and sexual assault, they are not truly free—only living in a state of grace, contingent upon performing the right tricks, spouting leftist verbiage like seals at Sea World, balancing balls on their noses in the hopes of getting fish thrown into their mouths.

And any woman who doesn’t understand this fundamental truth about the misogynists living among them could be in for a rude awakening at any point, because that attitude will infect those who harbor it.

(my emphasis added)

I will forever after see Kirsten Powers as a trained seal, because the leftist verbiage does come spouting out of her.

I did a Letterman show as an audience member a while ago (pre 9-11). They are little more than a live laugh track, seriously – everything is prompted and pumped to the audience as “giving Dave energy, he feeds on it”. They didn’t know what he was going to say, and they were prompted to applause, no matter what.

From what I saw on youtube, it was a VERY weak applause and that’s why he acted the way he did after the “joke” (that and he KNEW it was in poor taste).

He needs to fire his writing crew if he knows whats good for his show, They are so far gone as to be on another planet. Unfortunately, he has editorial control over their jokes and he hasn’t even seemed to try. It’s a shame, his 9/11 soliloquy was excellent.

But I digress. Don’t hate on the audience, they didn’t know what was coming.

What are the people in audience – Pavlovian dogs? Just because an “applause” sign lights up it does not excuse applauding something beyond the pale. And Lecherman’s lame jokes were without question beyond the pale.

Having the courage of one’s convictions means not going along with the crowd when they are wrong like some mindless sheep.

Every audience member who laughed at and applauded the jokes, was putting his or her stamp of approval on what Lecherman said. Anyone in that audience who rejects misogyny should have stood up and walked out. I doubt anyone did.

- JP

Newsday’s front and back covers are posted online for next morning’s paper. Tomorrow’s front cover gives about 2/3 to the Holocaust Museum slaying, and about 1/3 to pictures of Governor Palin and Letterman. The tabloid recently reduced its overall size to save money, so these spaces aren’t what they used to be.

Big time but have the 14 year daughter’s
lawyer do it not Sarah.

…everyone who is outraged over Letterman’s joke voted for Bob Barr, because you could certainly never vote for the guy who said:

“Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.”

Look, the Palin joke is borderline offensive anyway, but let’s be honest. It never would have made it out of the writer’s room if it alluded to ANY 14 year old having sex, much less the child of a former VP candidate. Clearly, he was referring to Bristol Palin. She’s in the public eye, by choice, and the only Palin daughter anyone would reasonably think of given the context of the joke (pregnancy).

It’s a manufactured controversy coming soon to a fundraising e-mail near you.