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Letterman Owes Palin, Flight Attendants, Women in General an Apology
Politics Daily ^ | 06/11/09 | Melinda Henneberger

Posted on 06/11/2009 9:43:11 PM PDT by curth

This is why I stopped watching David Letterman even before Jon Stewart came along: He was forever either drooling on women or treating them like they were perfect idiots, in a way he never behaved with male guests. (I did, however, enjoy the appearances of his mom Dorothy, a church secretary who was occasionally able to summon Good Dave, live from her kitchen in Indiana.)

At age 62, he shouldn't need Dorothy to tell him that referring to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as having updated her "slutty flight attendant look'' is outrageous – and his "joke'' about Palin's daughter was even worse. During his Tuesday monologue, Letterman mentioned that last year's GOP vice presidential nominee was in New York, and had attended a Yankees game with her daughter. "During the seventh inning,'' he said, "her daughter was knocked up by Alex Rodriguez." Palin had taken her 14-year-old daughter Willow to the game. On Wednesday night, a semi-apologetic Letterman told viewers that Willow's older sister, 18-year-old Bristol Palin, had been the intended target of the remark: "We were, as we often do, making jokes about people in the news and we made some jokes about Sarah Palin and her daughter, the 18-year-old girl, who is -- her name is Bristol, that's right -- and so, then, now they're upset with me. These are not jokes made about her 14-year-old daughter. I would never, never make jokes about raping or having sex of any description with a 14-year-old girl. I mean, look at my record. It has never happened. I don't think it's funny. I would never think it was funny. I wouldn't put it in a joke." Which means he thinks rape jokes about an 18-year-old are funny?

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aol; bitterlibtard; lettermen; palin
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This is pretty big. This is a front page story on AOL. Governor Palin is finally getting support from all over.
1 posted on 06/11/2009 9:43:12 PM PDT by curth
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To: curth

First and foremost he owes Willow Palin a humble apology.


2 posted on 06/11/2009 9:45:12 PM PDT by counterpunch (In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.)
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To: curth

Letterman just needs to leave. Go now. His time is over. He isn’t funny, he isn’t entertaining.

Just go, Dave. Don’t apologize, don’t explain. Nobody cares.

Time to leave.


3 posted on 06/11/2009 9:46:03 PM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: curth

Does this guy have his own plane? If he ever flies commercial I wonder how he’ll be treated by Cabin Attendants ...


4 posted on 06/11/2009 9:47:13 PM PDT by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: curth

He should talk. What about his own wife?
Talk about a S____.
The kid was practically 10 yrs old before Dave married her. Takes one to know one I suppose


5 posted on 06/11/2009 9:47:16 PM PDT by Cookie123
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To: counterpunch
After he makes his apology his late night show should be pulled. He is an ugly man who has no space to call anyone immoral. Seems he knocked up his girl friend and the baby was born before the nuptials!
6 posted on 06/11/2009 9:47:28 PM PDT by celtic gal (I think the democRATs should change their logo from a jackass to a RAT with a long tail.)
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To: curth

Apology not needed, he needs to be fired.

Or let some of Palin’s supporters adjust his attitude for her. Would not take much. He would slither off into his hole again.


7 posted on 06/11/2009 9:49:03 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Once a Republic, Now a State, Still Texas)
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To: curth

I never would have expected this to happen. It was somewhat slow on some blogs, except for freerepublic and conservative4palin, but man has this picked up steam. Letterman and CBS must be pissing their pants and hoping this will go away.


8 posted on 06/11/2009 9:49:59 PM PDT by ABQHispConservative (A Blue Dog Democrat is an oxyMoron!)
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To: curth
""her daughter was knocked up by Alex Rodriguez.""

If I was Alex Rodriguez, I would be speaking to a lawyer. This should be worth about $2,000,000. I pray that Alex does this.

9 posted on 06/11/2009 9:51:47 PM PDT by matthew fuller (Elections, like erections, often have similar consequences!)
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To: curth

Letterman is a jerk and a despicable human being- even BEFORE this. And he just isn’t funny, either.
I’m glad Sarah took a poke at him.


10 posted on 06/11/2009 9:54:36 PM PDT by 13Sisters76 ("It is amazing how many people mistake a certain hip snideness for sophistication. " Thos. Sowell)
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To: curth
"We were, as we often do, making jokes about people in the news..."

When Letterman makes a denigrating and sexually suggestive joke about Michelle Obama, somebody please let me know. And when Letterman makes any joke that makes Barack Obama out to be goofy or stupid or otherwise ridiculous, alert everybody, because that will be international news.

11 posted on 06/11/2009 9:54:43 PM PDT by snarks_when_bored
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To: curth

I’d love to see what would happen if Todd Palin met up with him. On the one hand, Todd would probably be too much of a gentleman to knock out a few front teeth, while on the other hand it would be richly deserved.


12 posted on 06/11/2009 9:56:19 PM PDT by Windcatcher (Obama is a COMMUNIST and the MSM is his armband-wearing propaganda arm.)
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To: curth

Write to CBS and complain:

http://www.cbs.com/info/user_services/fb_global_form.php

I told CBS that Letterman owes Governor Palin a profound, deep and personal apology.


13 posted on 06/11/2009 9:57:30 PM PDT by BAW (clinging . . .)
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Letterman Owes Palin, Flight Attendants, Women in General an Apology ..."

Don't forget A-Rod. I think it's entirely appropriate that Dave also apologize to Alex Rodriguez.


14 posted on 06/11/2009 9:59:41 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Windcatcher

Being a gentleman would require him to whip his arse.We have all tolerated this nonsense for way too long.


15 posted on 06/11/2009 10:01:03 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's even tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: curth

I’d like to see Todd Palin punk his a$$ on National TV.


16 posted on 06/11/2009 10:01:35 PM PDT by Hoosier-Daddy ("It does no good to be a super power if you have to worry what the neighbors think." BuffaloJack)
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To: counterpunch
I mean, look at my record.

People have and that is Dave's biggest problem.

17 posted on 06/11/2009 10:02:16 PM PDT by razorback-bert (We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.)
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To: BAW

Complain about Letterman:

CBS maintains an Audience Services telephone number 4 audience complaints. Call 212-975-3247. Supevisor: Ray Failola.

I was gently foaming at the mouth today talking to this stooge. The Executive said that CBS hasn’t made a decision on a response. That it is letting Dave ‘handle it’.

Melt the phone lines Peeps!


18 posted on 06/11/2009 10:03:20 PM PDT by 506Lake
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To: Hoosier-Daddy

with his next door neighbor’s dog


19 posted on 06/11/2009 10:05:53 PM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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To: matthew fuller

Slander only occurs when there’s a reasonable expectation that people think you’re serious.


20 posted on 06/11/2009 10:06:42 PM PDT by Borges
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