Actually I’ve been hoping for some lib with the class of, say, a Sean Penn or a Jeanine Garofolo to go on CBS live and drop some F-bombs defending Letterman. Get CBS hit with a few hundred K more in fines over this deal, that’d be perfect.
I am also bothered by the fact that a reference to Bristol being "knocked up" is offensive on its own terms, and that this fact is being obscured by the Willow references. Not only did he suggest that a young woman who made a mistake is a slut; he said Bristol's mother was a slut and that Bristol was essentially a prostitute who would interest Elliot Spitzer. The continuous comments about 14-year old Willow obscures the fact that Letterman's remarks were classless and over the line, regardless of who he was referring to. Those remarks should have caused just as much outrage if he had used Bristol's name in the so-called "joke". After Letterman's non-apology, I think Palin should have said "well now that I know he only thought my 18-year old is a slut and prostitute and that I look like a slut, I guess it's okay now..."
I also think this story has run its course. Letterman and the left have been shown to be coarse and cruel, and that is enough. Letterman is going to emerge as a martyr soon. Remember we will get no help from the Obamunist networks.
Great article by Farber.
So she's not acting offended for herself, but about the seeming acceptance of degrading comments about women being allowed to happen in the name of 'entertainment'. This is the wise thing to do, and though those same 'entertainment' folks will try to spin it against Sarah, I think most folks will understand her position on the subject completely.