From now until Father’s Day, Redstate will be running a series of contests on the front page. We’re giving away a copy a day of the book The Ultimate Man’s Survival Guide by Frank Miniter.
The Upper East Side metrosexual may be good at cocktail chat, but a real man knows how to fight off alligators, create a tourniquet out of a t-shirt, and rescue a drowning person. Frank Miniter’s The Ultimate Man’s Survival Guide shows men how to do all of these and more, including:
- how to fight off a bear
- how to set a dislocated joint
- how to pick the perfect cigar and bottle of wine
The Ultimate Man’s Survival Guide teaches men that any guy can be the ultimate man whether he is rescuing a lost hiker, plucking a child from a swift stream, or standing up against injustice.
In honor of those metrosexuals, I present today’s caption contest photo:

Dave’s “jokes” and pathetic non-apology prove he can’t act like a man. Maybe he could use this book! And besides, what better way to honor Fathers’ Day, and dad Todd Palin, than a little front page Letterman bashing, hmm?
So have at it!
(winners to be decided by a panel of RS judges. All decisions are final.)
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Neil Stevens
Daniel Horowitz
Letterman is saying:
Duke Thursday, June 11th at 3:01PM EST (link)It always WAS this long – really!
It’s not about a purge. It’s about an insurrection.
Letterman says:
WilliamPennybanks (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 5:52PM EST (link)(Trying to catch his breath) Where was I when YOU were 14?!
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Letterman says
bobojake (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 3:03PM EST (link)I hope my son grows up to be just like you.
I think he is saying....
JadedByPolitics (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 3:04PM EST (link)“If you will let me I will show you what an old pervert can do to another she-man because you should see how I am with little girls”
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Letterman says
GuyInSD (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 3:08PM EST (link)But I’ve already told you — after Madonna A-Rod doesn’t like you that much anymore so the joke would not have worked.
Letterman
Swamp_Yankee (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 3:09PM EST (link)Letterman:
“So I hear Barney Frank anally raped you during the intermission of Rent.”
Simmons:
“Oh Dave, your such a cad, but in my dreams…”
Richard Simmons:
Wing Zero (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 3:11PM EST (link)“Please Dave, I have and have had more manliness that you ever will!”
1-21-09 – We are so screwed… Wait… maybe not just yet.
Conversation....
lazlor Thursday, June 11th at 3:15PM EST (link)Dave: I still don’t understand why you won’t come over to the house anymore…..
Simmons: I’m gay, Dave. I don’t like little girls.
Letterman is saying
swglaw Thursday, June 11th at 3:16PM EST (link)“Seriously…I meant the 18 year old!
The power to tax is the power to destroy.
Simmons
josephcollins (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 3:16PM EST (link)Oh, Dave – do you really want me to call your bluff…?
Letterman:
MGamo (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 3:19PM EST (link)So are Michelle’s arms a product of your videos or steroids?
“A man who never quits is never defeated.” – Fred D. Thompson
cave
josephcollins (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 3:20PM EST (link)Much more cavernous than that, Dave.
Simmons: gap
josephcollins (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 3:21PM EST (link)Of course I can fill that gap… oh, you mean your in your teeth…
caption
Darin_H (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 3:22PM EST (link)Dave: So it was YOU who knocked up my son!
Richard: Well, you PAID me to.
A visionary coward says that anger can be power, as long as there’s a victim on TV – Flat Top, Goo Goo Dolls
Simmons says:
USNJIMRET (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 3:22PM EST (link)Calgon, take me away……NOW!!
I like yours the best... NT
Wing Zero (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 4:01PM EST (link)1-21-09 – We are so screwed… Wait… maybe not just yet.
Caption
Darin_H (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 3:25PM EST (link)Richard: You wish, Dave, I can do much better than you!
A visionary coward says that anger can be power, as long as there’s a victim on TV – Flat Top, Goo Goo Dolls
Letterman says:
Chemical Sam (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 3:27PM EST (link)Look, Richard, don’t be jealous, I pick on the Palin girls, but you’ll always be the woman for me.
Criterion Chemical was in the black for FY2010!
Not bad considering the forces arrayed against small business these days.
Let’s see about actually making some serious profit this year. Shameless capitalism, by:
www.criterionchemical.com
Simmons
josephcollins (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 3:27PM EST (link)Todd Palin’s gun is much bigger than that! Dave, you are in serious TRUH-Bul.
Letterman says:
phxg (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 3:31PM EST (link)Don’t be coy Richard, you know you want to be hate-raped by Barney Frank, Playboy said so.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. –Aristotle
Dave: Quit playing hard to get Ricky...
oleslow Thursday, June 11th at 3:32PM EST (link)I’ve already doubled my offer. What more do you want?
Letterman:
Slightly_Askew (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 3:33PM EST (link)Look, Richard, you can’t lose! I have tons of available time slots, the dumbest audience in the late night market, and the political backing to keep me on the air indefinitely. It’s a natural fit for a Deal-A-Meal sponsorship.
Can we not make fun of Simmons?
mom2oneson (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 3:36PM EST (link)He hasn’t done anything deserving of us to say these vile things about him. Back when fitness was only for the fit he had a successful business helping overweight/unfit people start moving and lose weight. He has worked to get physical education into schools. That is a good thing compared to the liberals that want to drug and lablel with a psychiatric disorder healthy active boys just for wanting to move around. I believe he is a Christian too.
Yeah, the target's the jerk on the right
molybdanthan (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 5:37PM EST (link)Good for you to point that out mom.
Letterman
VanishingNYRep (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 3:38PM EST (link)I can say anthing I want to about anybody because I’m a rich liberal.
Letterman:
azaeroprof (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 3:40PM EST (link)You can have all the 14-year-old boys you want, but leave the 14-year-old girls to me!
OR
Richard, you’ll just have to wait 13 more years before you can have sex with Trig!
nice and
speciallist (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 5:07PM EST (link)brutal..lol
Simmons
Pomme (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 3:42PM EST (link)And they call me creepy!
“Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views” William F Buckley Jr.
"So Richard,
Shaggy_DA Thursday, June 11th at 3:47PM EST (link)let’s get something straight between us, you think I’m funny right? You don’t take me seriously when I demean you and say stupid things about you right? So tell me, why is this Sarah Palin so mad at me? It’s not like I said she was a lesbian or anything — not that there is anything wrong with that. I mean c’mon, A-Rod and Spitzer, that’s good stuff. And the flight attendant thing, that was comedy gold. What did I say that was so wrong?”
“You want me to be honest with you Dave?”
“Of course Richard, tell me the truth.”
“Dave, you’re an idiot.”
————
“Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.” – A. Lincoln
Pimpin aint easy
Restorationary (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 3:53PM EST (link)When your ho rolls her eyes at you, you gotta give her the pimp hand
Dick and Dave
dnonnema Thursday, June 11th at 3:58PM EST (link)Letterman: So Richard, I understand Michelle had a very awkward moment in London last week when you knocked up her daughter on the London Eye.
Simmons: Oh Dave, gentlemen never kiss and tell.
Letterman: Note to self: invite Sasha and Malia for sleepover.
(uproarious canned liberal laughter in the background)
Well
Wing Zero (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 4:00PM EST (link)Some of these are 10X’s funnier than mine…
Maybe tomorrow.
1-21-09 – We are so screwed… Wait… maybe not just yet.
Come on Richard
gazill Thursday, June 11th at 4:05PM EST (link)I’m a man’s man…
Obama’s America-the paucity of hope
And Richard Says to Dave…
thatjerryguy Thursday, June 11th at 4:08PM EST (link)Sorry Dave, but I’m waaaaaaaaaay too old for you.
"No Richard, Not "a Rod" Like This...
ATLconservative Thursday, June 11th at 4:22PM EST (link)…I meant the baseball player!
Is that why you’re here? Fallon’s two blocks away. Go see him – he needs the guests.”
So when you guys were dating,
Tbone (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 4:23PM EST (link)he still called himself Barry?
Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.
Richard:
GCBWI (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 4:29PM EST (link)Sarah and Todd Palin have the sense not to be a guest on Letterman. But does my agent? Nooooooo….
Letterman:
Jack_Savage (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 4:32PM EST (link)“I most certainly WOULD look good in that outfit, Mr. Simmons!”
lol
speciallist (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 5:04PM EST (link)excellent
"Say, Richard...
mustango (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 4:49PM EST (link)…do you have, I don’t know, maybe a niece who’d be interested in sweating to an oldie?”
“I just miss — I miss being anonymous.” — Barack Obama
I fully sympathize, Mr. President. I miss you being anonymous too.
Simmons says
Bob_Frazier (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 4:49PM EST (link)“Why did I come on this show? This curmudgeon wouldn’t have a kind word for anyone if it wasn’t included in his democrat talking points.”
My entry...
speciallist (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 5:03PM EST (link)This is brilliant
antisocial (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 6:57PM EST (link)..
Obama Doctrine – Boot On The Throat
—————————–
What is to be done?
——————————
No. You can’t – Moe Lane
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The Emperor has no clothes!!!
Simmons says
restofva (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 5:18PM EST (link)Why is Todd Palin in the balcony with a hunting rifle?
Isn’t he dreamy!
My two cents....
jimi Thursday, June 11th at 5:45PM EST (link)….let Letterman be held accountable for his own words, but don’t go down to his level.
Richard Simmons has no reason to even be dragged into this.
5 nt
mom2oneson (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 7:51PM EST (link)Can we make two entries? if so...
Wing Zero (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 5:50PM EST (link)Richard Simmons looks up to God, backing away from David Letterman, thinking, “When You strike him with an Old Testament Plague, please remember I didn’t make jokes about raping 14 year old girls, and I was nice to overweight people.”
1-21-09 – We are so screwed… Wait… maybe not just yet.
Letterman says to Dick:
angryred Thursday, June 11th at 5:51PM EST (link)I’m telling you, you will sweat to THIS oldie!
1-20-13 Hope for Change
"Not bad, Richard, but I bet I can rock that outfit better than you!" nt
RSSS Thursday, June 11th at 5:58PM EST (link)Hmm...
hotspur (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 6:05PM EST (link)“Isn’t that your talent flying away? You should probably pay attention to that.”
Big Apple Infidel (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 6:29PM EST (link)Letterman: Do you know if NAMBLA has any good father-son activity programs?
Greetings from occupied territory!
You're kidding!
Kitty_Myers Thursday, June 11th at 6:45PM EST (link)Richard Simmons is calling me a girly-man?
…
Oh...I had it all wrong....it was you, not Bristol,...
Blue_State_Refugee Thursday, June 11th at 6:46PM EST (link)…..that A-Rod molested!!!!
Blue State by Birth, Red State by Choice
your jokes are gay Dave
JLenardDetroit (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 6:54PM EST (link)unrelated: Hey DL, how ’bout these “poor taste” Hilary jokes instead?!?!
Regards from NoMoTown (the MOTORlessCITY)
“Liberals, looking to do for? America what they’ve done for? Detroit! which is DESTROY IT!”
“I think, therefore I am Conservative”
“Conservative by choice, Republican by necessity”
“You can lead a Liberal to the Truth/Facts, but you cannot make them THINK!”
“Romney [No, not my first choice] does NOT have a MORMON problem. He has a, far too many Americans; these days; are MORONS problem!”
Follow @JLenardDetroit
(RS:Help) (JLD) (Hollyweird) (Brain-deads) (SPIN-cycle) (Obamaocare) (Party of kNOw) (Conservatism) (TEApeats) (respectful) (message) (Warning: Children Will Die!!)
Heil “O” Hell No Obamao is NOT MY PRESIDENT! “No U won’t”
I want “O” to FAIL (here, here, & whole Diary (Ofail) here, is why)
“The first Liberal was Satan” – a Rush caller (other Quotes)
Maybe not a caption per say
molybdanthan (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 7:04PM EST (link)But since it’s Dave…
From the home office in Liberal Kansas, here’s the Top 10 reasons I’m out of here.
#10: My stalker called and said she’s moved on.
#9: My personal offensiveness has gone beyond a New Yorker’s to the level of a Parisian.
#8: The hole I dug for myself has almost reached China.
#7: The best thing out of my mouth anymore is halitosis.
#6: Suddenly, I’m introducing myself to my neighbors, and I can’t go within 100 yards of a school.
#5: Make Parez Hilton look more tolerant, articulate, and manly by comparison.
#4: A clinic in Austria specializes in colorectal surgery to remove Todd’s boot.
#3: Need time to finish my book on how to make kids cry.
#2: Even Michael Jackson thinks I’m creepy.
And the Number One reason…
Two words: President Palin.
WINNER!
General_Maximus (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 7:32PM EST (link)+1!
“Strength and Honor.”

“What we do in life, echoes in eternity.”
^5 (ut)
JLenardDetroit (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 7:41PM EST (link)unrelated-text: Hey DL, how ’bout these “poor taste” Hilary jokes?!?!
Regards from NoMoTown (the MOTORlessCITY)
“Liberals, looking to do for? America what they’ve done for? Detroit! which is DESTROY IT!”
“I think, therefore I am Conservative”
“Conservative by choice, Republican by necessity”
“You can lead a Liberal to the Truth/Facts, but you cannot make them THINK!”
“Romney [No, not my first choice] does NOT have a MORMON problem. He has a, far too many Americans; these days; are MORONS problem!”
Follow @JLenardDetroit
(RS:Help) (JLD) (Hollyweird) (Brain-deads) (SPIN-cycle) (Obamaocare) (Party of kNOw) (Conservatism) (TEApeats) (respectful) (message) (Warning: Children Will Die!!)
Heil “O” Hell No Obamao is NOT MY PRESIDENT! “No U won’t”
I want “O” to FAIL (here, here, & whole Diary (Ofail) here, is why)
“The first Liberal was Satan” – a Rush caller (other Quotes)
If we get to vote
Lammo (Diary) Friday, June 12th at 12:54PM EST (link)this one is my choice. Hoisting Letterman on his own “comedic” device, Priceless.
Don’t be so open minded that your brains fall out. (John Corapi, The Black Sheep Dog)
Dave!
Cargosquid (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 7:04PM EST (link)I mean, we JUST met…..how can you ask me to do THAT?
Dave says:
WilliamPennybanks (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 7:22PM EST (link)You think the celery and dip in the green room was free? I bought your dinner, now let’s get too it while I close my eyes and think about a teenager.
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Wadya think, Richard
WilliamPennybanks (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 7:26PM EST (link)If I get back on the Oscars, I think an Oprah Uma rape joke would be golden.
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
ARod
General_Maximus (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 7:30PM EST (link)Richard…hello…Richar…Oh would you please quit thinking about A-Rod!
“Strength and Honor.”

“What we do in life, echoes in eternity.”
You are kidding about what you just said, aren't you?
civil truth (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 8:17PM EST (link)that my wife did A-Rod AND Eliot Spitzer while I was out stalking Willow…
The greatest evil…is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed, and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voice. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the offices of a thoroughly nasty business concern. -C.S. Lewis
http://www.gmsplace.com/
Letterman
Erick Brockway (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 8:28PM EST (link)Letterman: Richard, just because I thought A-Rod was the name of a bat doesn’t mean you know more about baseball than me.
Note to lefties;
“Don’t be afraid to see what you see.” -Ronald Reagan
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jeffreywturner (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 9:23PM EST (link)“Look Richard, I think its high-time you update your slutty glory-hole attendant look.”
“Life is too short, can’t we all just eat pork and kill some terrorists?”
Doh...you owe me a Keyboard...
speciallist (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 9:28PM EST (link)and I Never say that….lol
This thread is Brutal....
speciallist (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 9:25PM EST (link)lol….this is terrible….Simmons is getting the Shaft…errr…
he’s getting a Bum rap…errrr…he’s really getting Hosed..errrr..
he’s getting the Shxx end of the stick..errrr…..nevermind…
we’re sorry Richard…
Richard Simmons
Greg (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 9:32PM EST (link)Is that his huge rod sticking out of the table?
That is going to be hard rod to swallow, he so dreamily
the Number 1 reason
wilfranc Thursday, June 11th at 9:39PM EST (link)DL: It was PMS. I swear I’m not myself at that time of the month. In fact, I don’t seem to be myself any time of the month anymore. Got any advice?
RS: Pleeeeeaaaaassssssseee.
Honest Richard, why some of my best friends are gay.
Tbone (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 9:51PM EST (link)nt
Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.
Letterman: (I wish)
ss396 Thursday, June 11th at 9:55PM EST (link)I apologize most sincerely for that hideously perverse statement that I made the other night about the Palins. I am so sorry from the depths of my soul for having uttered such an abomination. I cannot for the life of me understand how I could possibly think that such a despicable remark could even remotely be thought of as a joke. And I am appalled that so many in my audience actually thought that it was funny. The folks on the right blogosphere are perfectly correct to take me to task for that statement. I’m sorry; I’m sorry. Oh, how I wish I could have that moment over again, to somehow unsay what I said.
Er, Richard, uh, why don’t you believe me?
If you pay someone to sit on his butt, you can’t be surprised when he does.
Nice -nt-
molybdanthan (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 11:52PM EST (link)Simmons doen't get it either
Erick Brockway (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 9:59PM EST (link)Letterman: Whattya mean that wasn’t funny, Richard? It’s S A R A H P A L I N for crying out loud!
Ok, ok, try this one. It had Barney Frank spraying. Well more than usual…”
Note to lefties;
“Don’t be afraid to see what you see.” -Ronald Reagan
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C'mon Richard
BAW Thursday, June 11th at 10:33PM EST (link)You love everybody. Help me out, say something nice about me. You know it was a joke, I’m not really just a sick disgusting old perv.
But so far, the one that tickled me the most was restofva’s “Todd Palin in the balcony with a rifle.”
Richard: Did I shave my legs for this? nt
AKSteveB (Diary) Thursday, June 11th at 11:59PM EST (link)Hell is other people – Sartre
Well here goes
ceili_dancer (Diary) Friday, June 12th at 12:02AM EST (link)DL: After twittering you about a date I picked up on craigslist casual emcounters who do I run into at the bathhouse?
RS:Puhleease, you said bears preferred.
So Tell Me
Bill Higgins (Diary) Friday, June 12th at 12:51AM EST (link)So tell me, Richard:
When was the last time you were at Yankee Stadium?
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On tonight's show...
mackbolan (Diary) Friday, June 12th at 1:24AM EST (link)…Dave’s wife makes her television debut.
Idea
oklahomajon Friday, June 12th at 7:51AM EST (link)Idea rename Dave either Dave the Digusting or Digusting Dave and then dont pay attention to him and he will go away
Idea
oklahomajon Friday, June 12th at 7:51AM EST (link)Idea rename Dave either Dave the Digusting or Digusting Dave and then dont pay attention to him and he will go away
Letterman:
MNConservative (Diary) Friday, June 12th at 11:07AM EST (link)I always thought Redstate was THIS MUCH classier than me.
Simmons: Not any more!!!
To borrow from Airplane...
MatthewT Friday, June 12th at 12:40PM EST (link)Dave says, “You ever seen a grown man naked?”
Give me Ham on 5
Lammo (Diary) Friday, June 12th at 12:58PM EST (link)and hold the Mayo.
Don’t be so open minded that your brains fall out. (John Corapi, The Black Sheep Dog)
Reply to this is my friend
Lammo (Diary) Friday, June 12th at 12:59PM EST (link)The above is a reply to MatthewT
Don’t be so open minded that your brains fall out. (John Corapi, The Black Sheep Dog)
A case of mistaken identity. Or two.
kittiewan Friday, June 12th at 3:23PM EST (link)Oh, you silly boy, Dave. That wasn’t Sarah buying the slutty stewardess makup. That was me! Come to think of it, that wasn’t Sarah’s daughter, either. Tee-hee!