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.
I can accept that on the first day, the day with the A-Rod "joke", DL and his writers might have heard that SP was at the game with her "daughter" and assumed it was Bristol.
IMHO (and that of at least a few of us) it would still be un-called-for.
The next day, when it was all over the news that the "daughter" was actually Willow, DL "joked" about her being with Spitzer (i.e. being a prostitute).
Once is a mistake. Twice is deliberate.
To my knowledge, DL has yet to even seem to apologize either to SP or to the Honourable Convocation of Flight Attendants for the whole "slutty" thing.
DL seems to be "apologizing" piecemeal just as much as he thinks from day to day will get him off the hook.
First Letterman claimed he thought the 18 year old was at the game. Then he claimed that he thought Sarah and her husband attended the game without any of their children.
I'm not as gullible as you.
Besides, Don Imus also apologized.
The Libs set the rules; let's play by them.
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Nonsense.
All that is "clear" is that Letterman's team took a week to figure out an excuse that he thought might make his insult less offensive.