Posted on 06/13/2009 2:19:00 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
Don Imus apologized.
Mel Gibson apologized. So did Michael Richards and the Greaseman (didn't do much good).
Politicians do it all the time. Shock jocks, actors and athletes do. Even Bill O'Reilly has done it.
So why can't David Letterman bring himself to apologize?
In another one of those delicious, you-know-you-love-it-even-as-you-roll-your-eyes media flaps, Letterman has been fending off an aggrieved Sarah Palin after she took offense at several of his late-night cracks.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
At first, most liberals pretended the controversy sparked by Letterman's tasteless "joke" didn't exist, insisting the "joke" was very tasty because, in the view of warmhearted and tolerant libbies, Palin's children are fair game merely because Palin didn't kill them in the womb. And Palin is fair game because, unlike liberal women, she's beautiful.
But then Letterman did a switcheroo mid-week, 'clarifying' that he was only making fun of Palin's 18-year-old daughter Bristol. Hmmm, why would anyone think he was talking about Willow, who was at the game, and not Bristol, who wasn't at the game?
Letterman said, "These [were] not jokes about her 14-year-old daughter." These were jokes about her 18-year-old daughter. 'Clarifying' further, he added, "I would never, never make jokes about raping or having sex . . . with a 14-year-old girl." I only joke about raping or having sex with an 18-year-old girl!
(One awkward moment for Letterman during his 'clarification', a hideous Eliot Spitzer look-alike in the audience -- with a John Denver hairdo -- turned out to be Letterman's lovely bride Regina Lasko.)
Taking their cue from Letterman, the always scrupulously fair and balanced media have all accepted at face value his lame-o 'clarification', based on zero evidence, that the "joke" was about Bristol because nothing about Letterman's dysfunctional personal history suggests he's a pedophile. For example, he started dating Regina Lasko in 1986 -- 8 full years after Regina's 'Welcome to manhood!' 18th birthday.
In an article cryptically entitled, "Letterman Sends No Regrets," the Washington Post insisted that Letterman's "jokes" about teenage girls getting raped don't "rise to a career-threatening level," bragging that "the pressure on Letterman to apologize publicly is low."
Like all the nutjobs on the left, Letterman is obsessed with Sarah Palin. When Palin became McCain's running-mate, libbies waited all of 2 seconds before having paroxysms of rage. She drives liberals even more bananas than they already are because she's everything they're not -- beautiful and intelligent, quick-witted and classy, vigorous and courageous, charming and funny, successful and happily married. And if libbies are this nutty already, imagine when President Palin enters her second term?
Anyway, that's...
My Two Cents...
"JohnHuang2"
Once Palin wins in Iowa 2012, the card house will crash.
Can Palin recover? Widespread? I hope so.. It’s an uphill battle for sure.
An EXCELLENT post, John.....as usual. Keep up the good work!
She will for sure win the GOP primary. If she pulls it off in key states, she’ll be the GOP candidate. No doubt about that.
If she achieves this despite a 4 year MSM artillery barrage the rest will be history, because 0bamania can’t be prolonged much longer.
The only thing lower than David Letterman, is the filth he lives in.
Everything you stated is absolutely true. The “ONLY” way in which to stop a left wing locomotive is to stop their funding.
The left has a double-standard, as well as a, “do as I say not as I do mentality”.
Everyone, please take a few minutes out of your day and contact his advertisers. If you are truly outrage, take a few minutes and begin to put the pressure on. This can’t be emphasized enough - “the only way to stop them is by drying up their funding”.
A list of Letterman Advertisers -
http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/2269180/posts?page=6
I have heavy doubts that hussein can be beat. Too many states are getting locked up for the left, and that’ll be that. Plus the white ‘aw jeez he’s gotta be good’ factor blew away McCain, and will be a real hard factor to go against next time.
Stop declaring defeat, you very obvious troll.
Oh please... get out of that "he'll rule forever" mentality. By 2012 his name will be a curse.
How are too many states locked up? We ran a weak candidate who unilaterally decided to tie his hands behind his back while Obama bitch slapped him and it was still relatively close with McCain getting 173 EVs. The GOP just has to flip close states like Indiana, Ohio, Florida, Iowa, Virginia, NC, and Colorado back, and they can win.
And yet they still try to claim there's no liberal bias in the media. Incredible.
I just emailed Best Western and told them I would actively avoid patronizing any of their facilities if they continue to sponsor the old lecher.
The fact that he(/) joined on April 1 might be a clue.
From the article in WP:
Unlike racially charged comments that brought Imus, Gibson, Richards and Doug “Greaseman” Tracht low, Letterman’s joke is milder and doesn’t rise to a career-threatening level, says Ken Sunshine, a veteran New York public-relations executive.
Let me see if I have this correct:
Off limits joke= Making fun of hair style of black girl
Acceptable joke= Rape of a young white girl
I think I have it straight now. Thanks WP. What would I do without your careful commentary to help me cope with such nuances?
http://www.popcrunch.com/david-letterman-married-regina-lasko-letterman-wedding-surprise/
David Letterman and his longtime girlfriend (of 13 years), Regina Lasko, have tied the knot. The pair were wed in a courthouse ceremony before the Justice of the Peace near their ranch in Montana.
The late night host revealed that he has made an honest woman out of his sons mother during the taping of the Late Show on Monday.
On Thursday, at 3 PM, March 19, 2009 at the Teton County Courthouse in Choteau, Montana.
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Regina was a production manager on The Late Show, and gave birth to their son Harry on November 3, 2003.
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The Jerk has a Ranch in Montana, wonder how the locals feel about him?
Guess I should not be surprised, Ted Turner owns (think he still does, but it may be Jane’s now)a ranch near me outside of Crowell, TX.
Trollsti2 also had some issues in this thread...http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2230072/posts
Within the thread he defends and attempts to legitimize his troll-like posting habits.
Unfortunately, it bounced back. :(
Well both the libs and Letterman has forgotten that they have attacked a nest of hornets, that is the consevatives. That is the last thing they want to do.
good post.
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