27%....No. It was a joke, and he did apologize.
72% ...Yes. It was highly offensive.
2%....Not sure.
Posted on 06/15/2009 5:57:57 PM PDT by 2Am4Sure
David Letterman admitted pangs of regret over jokes he made last week about Sarah Palin's daughter.
He may be regretting them a little more now.
A Web site called FireDavidLetterman.com is organizing a rally outside Letterman's show at the Ed Sullivan theater on Tuesday June 16 at 4:30 p.m.
And while Letterman has repeatedly reminded viewers his comments were jokes, the campaign's organizers seem dead serious about getting the late-night stalwart canned.
Sponsored by New York State Assemblyman Brian Kolb, along with an attorney and radio host John Ziegler, the site also provides contacts - including major advertisers and CBS bigwigs - to whom people can complain about what many felt was a tasteless and potentially harmful quip by the late night talk leader.
"Firing Mr. Letterman would send a clear message that CBS will not tolerate any of its employees even an established media figure like Mr. Letterman making demeaning and degrading comments about women," Kolb, a Republican from the Western New York state district of Canandaigua, wrote in a letter to CBS chief Les Moonves.
The accompanying Facebook group and an ancillary one have about 1,800 members to date.
While the actual chances of Letterman being fired would seem to be slim, the controversy comes just as the late-night landscape is in flux, as Conan O'Brien makes the transition to the earlier time slot vacated by Jay Leno.
The campaign's supporters point to shock jocks Don Imus and Howard Stern as examples of high-profile hosts who crossed the line - and were held accountable by their employers.
Letterman made the offending joke on Tuesday night's show, following a visit to New York by Sarah Palin during which she attended a Yankee game with Rudy Giuliani.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/06/15/2009-06-15_fire_david_letterman_campaign_takes_root_protest_planned_over_comment_on_sarah_p.html#ixzz0IYBDOwQY&C
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
64%
when they marketed 2 dolls that simply happened to have the same names as Obama’s daughters, they had to STOP SELLING THOSE DOLLS.
“Even so, she still looks good.”
Agreed she is a babe!
65% at 7 pm, PST.
Consider going there from a non-FR site —they may arrange it so voters coming from FR do not, in fact, really count.
Didn’t we have some prominent conservative politician who had to resign because he used the non-word, MUKAKA?
FIRE DAVE.
66% fire him.
32% just a joke.
69% yes fire his worthless ass
29% no don’t fire his worthless ass
2% We’re too stupid to have an opinion
Now 71% want his worthless ass fired.
bttt
FReeped!
72% want the gap toothed Rat Fired.
Yeah it’s at 71% now.
He never should have told that “joke” in the first place. He only apologized now because of the huge backlash. His apology is too little too late. Fire his A$$!!!
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