[EDINVA]

Letterman had one objective, and one objective only .. to smear Gov. Palin. Using her children, or any of them, was irrelevant to achieving his goal. Given his own vulnerability in the child area, it’s particularly ironic.

[xsmommy]

Third, he strangely amplifies his joke by confessing it really was about "raping" and "having sex of any description," but just not with a "14-year-old girl," suggesting it would have been okay had he just been more explicit and named Bristol, the 18-year-old. In Letterman's world, because Bristol is 18, she is a year past most statuary rape clauses and thus the joke would have only been about "raping or having sex of any description with a [18-year-old] girl."

no hysteria or hyperbole from Victor Davis Hanson

[Tolik]

"Letterman had one objective, and one objective only .. to smear Gov. Palin"

Yes, he is a smear artist. Any other *artistic* talents left in him? Because he is definitely not funny, and for quite a long time.