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Letterman "Jokes" About Palin's Daughter (Voted into NOW Hall of Shame - Hell Freezes Over)
National Organization for Women (NOW) ^ | June 11, 2009 | National Organization for Women (NOW)

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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KEYWORDS: bitterlibtard; cbs; feminists; letterman; nags; now; palin; palinfamily; trashtv
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To: joinedafterattack

REAL WOMEN HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN ON THIS MATTER:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525882,00.html


61 posted on 06/11/2009 5:21:26 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: lmr

I enjoyed that. I think I could have put on such a production, but I would have had to say, “I know the guy that did Letterman’s wife”. LOL

My God man, have you seen her photos... nobody gets that drunk anymore. LOL

But still... nice job.


62 posted on 06/11/2009 5:29:54 PM PDT by Gator113 (I live in "one of the largest Muslim countries in the world." Imam Obama told me so.)
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To: Popman

I was watching Limbaugh’s TV show when he did the Chelsea Clinton dog joke. It wasn’t funny and it made me rather sour on the guy. Love his politics, love his leadership, love his talent, but that stupid joke cost him a lot of moral authority and not just with liberals.


63 posted on 06/11/2009 5:31:54 PM PDT by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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To: joinedafterattack

What’s A Rods Comments on dave I wonder


64 posted on 06/11/2009 5:32:34 PM PDT by Charlespg
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To: beandog

Dave Letterman is an amoral jokester who will do anything for a laugh, but WHY did people in the audience laughingly approve his oafish behavior?


65 posted on 06/11/2009 5:36:56 PM PDT by July4 (.)
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To: joinedafterattack

Actually, it isn’t after two nights of Palin jokes. It has been since the Republican convention last year.


66 posted on 06/11/2009 5:39:04 PM PDT by passionfruit (When illegals become legal, even they won't do the work Americans won't do)
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To: ccmay

Rush was dumb to say it and really did know better than to give the left ammno

...But compared to the vitriol and downright cruelty the left pukes out daily and debases themselves, Rush comment was an pimple on a elephant ass


67 posted on 06/11/2009 5:42:15 PM PDT by Popman (Joe Biden REALLY can't be Vice President, can he ?)
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To: joinedafterattack

Well I’ll be damned.


68 posted on 06/11/2009 5:43:27 PM PDT by GVnana
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To: keats5
Remember, many of the women who supported Hillary felt betrayed by the DNC “good old boys” and switched their allegiance to Palin.

PUMA! PUMA! PUMA! PUMA!

69 posted on 06/11/2009 5:47:56 PM PDT by Aroostook25
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To: joinedafterattack
The sexualization of girls and women in the media is reaching new lows these days

Only "these days" ??? Where has NOW been all "these decades" ??? And where were they when they cast all their eggs (figuratively) into the leftist basket which includes the leftist 'media'?

-- 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

WOW! Hell surely *has* frozen over! Otherwise, its never too late to repent, NOW .... the only question is, what took ya so long ???

70 posted on 06/11/2009 5:48:55 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
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To: joinedafterattack

Someone of Letterman’s stature
**
LOL


71 posted on 06/11/2009 5:51:05 PM PDT by Finalapproach29er (A woman will be the next President; I hope it's Palin instead of HRC.)
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To: joinedafterattack
"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"

Deal.


72 posted on 06/11/2009 6:09:14 PM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: Army Air Corps
"We need a Photoshopped phot of Dave’s head on the body of a trenchcoat-wearing pervoid."

How about this? Just a quicky, lol.

Photobucket

73 posted on 06/11/2009 6:13:20 PM PDT by TexasBeth
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...

Nice of NOW to stick up for the Palin family members during the recent election campaign. /sarc

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c3WtQv44wGc/SL3fDgfistI/AAAAAAAAAug/4thMx1swRbE/s1600/I%2Bsuck.gif


74 posted on 06/11/2009 6:18:10 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: TexasBeth

Works for me.


75 posted on 06/11/2009 6:21:22 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: joinedafterattack

NOW! They’re still around??? I thought they hung it up after Clinton.


76 posted on 06/11/2009 6:23:49 PM PDT by americanophile
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To: netmilsmom

You should really rethink that.


77 posted on 06/11/2009 6:25:06 PM PDT by donna (Sarah Palin: "...all of us, who consider ourselves progressive...")
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To: bdeaner

78 posted on 06/11/2009 6:27:12 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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79 posted on 06/11/2009 6:27:39 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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link suggested by Penny in msg 48:

http://www.capwiz.com/now/mail/compose/?type=ME&indid=18011


80 posted on 06/11/2009 6:28:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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