Posted on 06/10/2009 9:26:53 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
In the mainstream popular culture, it's been open season on Sarah Palin since last fall's campaign. It's an interesting question why the assault on Governor Palin continues, but, for whatever reason, she has been subjected to more abuse--frequently obscene--than any public figure in memory. Left-winger David Letterman mocked her on his late night show on CBS, referring among other things to her "slutty flight attendant look." It is hard to imagine such sexist vituperation being heaped on any other American politician:
Not content with that high-class humor, Letterman added a "joke" about 14-year-old Willow Palin being "knocked up by Alex Rodriguez" during a Yankees game:
What a creep! Over the years, I've watched a total of perhaps an hour of Letterman's show; I don't think I've ever seen him say anything funny. But he is not alone in the belief that where Governor Palin and her family are concerned, anything goes.
Malia Obama will turn fourteen during her father's term in office. What do you think the chances are that Letterman (or anyone else) will make obscene jokes about her on network television?
If anyone even implied something like this about the Obama daughters, they’d get dealt with Chicago style.
And still no jokes about Obama, his ridiculous looking wife or his evil reverend...
Don't call Letterman names, don't put anything that might give away your political affiliation. Just say his comments were unacceptable and that it is NEVER okay to joke about statutory rape. Tell them you'll boycott CBS and their advertisers until Letterman is fired or apologizes on-air.
Dave is jealous his wife doesn’t look as good as Sarah.
He has no class (do any Liberals?)
He should have his mouth washed out.........with Drano.
The Clintonoids with their hemmorhoids were involved in that one. Remember how Imus had made comments about Bill while he was in Office?
David Letterman is a media slut!
Imus got into permanent dudgeon with the Clintons when he cracked wise at them hosting the White House Correspondents dinner.
Lettermans wife looks like a bag lady he picked up in Central Park.....
Letterman can only dream he can have a hottie like Palin. Which is why he takes potshots at her.
The torrent of lies and abuse directed at Sarah Palin since last August has done three things: (a) It has left an indelible stain on the Obama Presidency, (b) it has disgraced the MSM 9with some noble exceptions) and (c) it has rendered the “feminist” establishment irrelevant.
WRITE TO THE ADVERTISERS OF LETTERMAN!
Advertisers will not want to have even a blip of downturn in this market.
The only way Letterman will have advertisers is from TARP infested banks or GM Bailout dollars.
The thing that makes me sort of glad about this is -— IT ACTUALLY TELLS US THAT SARAH PALIN IS CONSIDERED A LEGITIMATE THREAT TO THE LEFT IN GENERAL AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN PARTICULAR.
If Sarah Palin was totally forgotten and irrelevant, why would the media still pay so much attention to her ?
I see Letterman has his own gay marriage going on there. It looks like his wife can pee standing up.
“slutty flight attendant look.”
Only an audience drunk on their stupid admiration for an empty-headed “Mr. Nobody from Nowhere” they elected to the Presidency of the U.S. would hear a statement like that and laugh.
Also, grown men who make comments like that about perfectly attractive females are usually guys who couldn’t score in a womens’ prison if they were holding a handful of pardons. Just MHO
There might very well be documentary or testimonial evidence to the effect that this is a preplanned campaign to disparage the Palin's to grow advertising revenue and ratings for letterman. Again, correct me if I am wrong, but I think that constitutes malice.
Comments please.
Remember when the Dems lost Congress in ‘94. The first thing they did was bemoan the lack of civility and “mean-spiritedness” of Republicans. Of course, these hypocrites are silent now. Probably because the don’t think of conservatives as “real” people.
If you look at the timing of the Imus firing...about the time Hillary figures she will run for President...hmmmmmmm....
Actual malice is a high standard, but Letterman seems to have made that easy for anyone who wants to take him to court.
Dave’s wife is mannish looking and one has to wonder if she had an anal birth or did they steal that child from another couple?
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