Posted on 06/11/2009 4:33:58 PM PDT by joinedafterattack
Letterman voted into NOW Hall of Shame: After two nights of "jokes" at the expense of Palin and her family, Letterman tried to explain himself and offer something of an apology. On his June 10 show, Letterman said he was referring to Palin's 18-year-old daughter, Bristol -- not the 14-year-old daughter who actually accompanied Palin on her New York trip. Letterman said "I recognize that these are ugly" jokes. NOW agrees. Comedians in search of a laugh should really know better than to snicker about men having sex with teenage girls (or young women) less than half their age.
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. Letterman also joked about what he called Palin's "slutty flight attendant look" -- yet another example of how the media love to focus on a woman politician's appearance, especially as it relates to her sexual appeal to men. Someone of Letterman's stature, who appears on what used to be known as "the Tiffany Network" (CBS), should be above wallowing in the juvenile, sexist mud that other comedians and broadcasters seem to prefer.
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Insightful analysis.
wow...so well put and so succinct.!
PARAGRAPHS ARE OUR FRIENDS.
Do You think the NY SLIMES will cover this tomorrow especially considring their piece of trash today written by that Idiot, Krugman?
Well, we knew NOW was freaking out over calling Letcherman down, so they had to go over and take a shot at RUSH! But that was revoltingly weak! First, their accuracy must be questioned, but more importantly there is no comparison between wishing rape on a 14 year old girl by a much older degenerate and calling a dog a dog:-)
NOW might greatly shorten whatever he still has as far as a man goes!
NOPE! Not Once!
Maybe Ugly Man thinks he can get away with everything, now that Leno is gone. Funny it happens not a week out from his stepping down.
What? CABLE?
Is this just a form letter and they think every complaint is from a “cable” station?
It WASN’T a joke. It’s naive to think it was. Taht’s just hte kind of eprson Letteman is. (BTW, The Lettermen should sue Dave for giving them a bad name.)
And what’s up with NOW? they’r right this time, but this is utterly hypocritical on their part.
I saw you request the information that can be found in post #136. Enjoy!
I saw that to after I posted. But, what i mean is a page with one click you can send it not only to CBS, but to all of their advertisers and exec’s and major stock holders. Not just the CBS line and do it to a lot of other companies with a lot of other leftist agendas.
Not bloody likely!
Name two?
Read this for an example of PUMAs who switched allegance from Hillary to Palin after Hillary lost the primary.
http://hillaryorbust.com/2008/08/pumas-for-palin/
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