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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To: joinedafterattack
2 posted on
06/11/2009 4:35:15 PM PDT by
Carl LaFong
(Experts say experts should be ignored.)
To: joinedafterattack
3 posted on
06/11/2009 4:35:30 PM PDT by
lmr
(God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
To: joinedafterattack
I never thought I’d see the day.
Thank you NOW!
4 posted on
06/11/2009 4:35:33 PM PDT by
netmilsmom
(Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
To: joinedafterattack
5 posted on
06/11/2009 4:35:48 PM PDT by
Tublecane
To: joinedafterattack
When did hell freeze over?
6 posted on
06/11/2009 4:36:12 PM PDT by
Slings and Arrows
("If Dick Cheney is Darth Vader, then Barack Obama is Jar-Jar Binks!")
To: joinedafterattack
If you wouldn’t have provided the link, I wouldn’t have believed it was real. Shocking.
To: joinedafterattack
Everyone write drudge to post this.
To: joinedafterattack
"Someone of Letterman's stature..."
Huh? Is this another Letterman we're talking about or Dave, the perv?
9 posted on
06/11/2009 4:37:04 PM PDT by
ataDude
(Its like 1933, mixed with the Carter 70s, plus the books 1984 and Animal Farm, all at the same time.)
To: joinedafterattack
What does this have to do with abortion?
11 posted on
06/11/2009 4:37:38 PM PDT by
VoiceOfBruck
(Fear the forehead!)
To: joinedafterattack
According to the National Weather Service, Hell just had a cold snap.
12 posted on
06/11/2009 4:37:56 PM PDT by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: joinedafterattack
Wow, NOW was shamed into defending a conservative.
13 posted on
06/11/2009 4:38:30 PM PDT by
Always Right
(Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
To: joinedafterattack
Wow - I never thought I’d see the day.....amazing - I almost fell out of my chair reading this one...
16 posted on
06/11/2009 4:39:21 PM PDT by
MasonGal
To: joinedafterattack
A bj to BJC in the side office from the intern didn’t bother them !
17 posted on
06/11/2009 4:39:25 PM PDT by
IrishMike
(Liberalism is a psychological disorder and a dangerous mental illness.)
To: joinedafterattack
Is this true? Knock me over with a feather...
To: joinedafterattack
Hell is freezing over ... surely it is the end of global warming.
19 posted on
06/11/2009 4:39:54 PM PDT by
steelyourfaith
("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money" - Lady Thatcher)
To: joinedafterattack
Yep, I can believe that Letterman was referring to the “other” daughter who wasn’t anywhere near the subject matter of the joke...
Then again, maybe I don’t.
20 posted on
06/11/2009 4:40:12 PM PDT by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: joinedafterattack
Still waiting for the ACLU to protect America’s Civil Rights.
These are nothing but liberal hackneyed groups put up to try and make people feel warm and fuzzy that they don’t have to do anything ... And the POW.
21 posted on
06/11/2009 4:40:56 PM PDT by
Tarpon
(You abolish your responsibilities, you surrender your rights.)
To: joinedafterattack
Wow. NOW and stopped clocks have something in common.
23 posted on
06/11/2009 4:41:48 PM PDT by
stevio
(Crunchy Con - God, guns, guts, and organically grown crunchy nuts.)
To: joinedafterattack
NOW has to go back, what, 16 years to illustrate Republican hypocrisy on matter? That’s scraping.
25 posted on
06/11/2009 4:42:36 PM PDT by
fullchroma
(I want my country back.)
To: joinedafterattack
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. When NOW gets it, you know it's really bad. Atta girls...you tell Letterman to take a hike.
26 posted on
06/11/2009 4:42:39 PM PDT by
pray4liberty
(http://www.foundersvalues.com/)
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