Posted on 06/12/2009 7:48:40 AM PDT by meandog
After this week's flap between Sarah Palin and David Letterman, which started when Letterman cracked a joke about Palin's "slutty flight attendant look" and another about her daughter getting "knocked up" by New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez, the National Organization of Women has condemned Letterman's jokes and is asking its supporters to write to CBS and voice criticism. "The sexualization of girls and women in the media is reaching new lows these days -- it is exploitative and has a negative effect on how all women and girls are perceived and how they view themselves," the group writes on its website, pointing to Letterman's jokes as an example. But, for NOW, it's not about politics: the group says conservatives have been just as guilty, over the years, of sexism. "NOW hopes that all the conservatives who are fired up about sexism in the media lately will join us in calling out sexism when it is directed at women who aren't professed conservatives," NOW writes. Despite Sarah Palin's ascendancy as a female vice presidential candidate, NOW did not support her. Far from it, in fact: NOW's political arm called Palin "a woman who opposes women's rights" and her nomination a sop to disappointed Hillary Clinton supporters.
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Thanks.
Yeah, I’m wrong about their being like a stopped clock. They’re either up to something, or they’ve been shamed into temporarily taking this stand. When they’re talking about this in the future, they’ll probably deny everything.
I’m such a sucker. I should never fall for a leftist ploy.
Links! We want links to your posts.
I understand his ratings are in the toilet. I’ve been praying that he would get kicked off the show. Ah, the Jack Paar days are missed.
Writers or not, Dave's ultimately responsible for every joke he tells. He either signs off on the joke or he doesn't. He approved all of the Palin "jokes".
Yeah, a couple of people have said that, but how closely do you think Dave looks at the material? He’s been doing this for so many years that he probably breezes in 1/2 hour before the show and has the staff give him a Cliff Notes version of the show while he’s in makeup. He’s just the face on the machine.
Yes, it did. Leno, Letterman and others.
What about olderman attempting to call a conservative woman a c..t on TV?
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