Letterman's Apology: I learned the next day Willow Palin is 14, so I called her a prostitute

Monday, June 15, 2009 | Kristinn

[meanman]

From what I have read and heard about A-Rod, it doesn’t seem to me that he is too bright.

[basil]

I want to repeat what I said in another thread on this subject:

Rape is never a joking matter, whether it is the rape of a woman, a child, or a man.

Anyone who thinks it is a joking matter is a very sick person IMHO.

[Seaplaner]

Kieth, you so correctly identify the keystone of the issue.

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[Richard Kimball]

Mr. September has enough on his plate. He’s properly keeping a low profile on this one. There is no way he wins if he says anything.

[keats5]

And in his “apology” he keeps insisting he would have never told a joke like he told.

It makes no sense.

[dusttoyou]

Gretta just had 2 ladies on who are behind
http://www.firedavidletterman.com/

[uptoolate]

Agreed. He’s spreading poison throughout our society.

[Kickass Conservative]

Letterman only apologizes when that Liberal Dim Bulb Mark Shields comments on it.

I guess Letterman will kill himself if Bill Moyers brings it up.

[eeriegeno]

The only thing he’s sorry about is how people took his “joke”... he’s not sorry he delivered it.

Oh Dave is sorry alright! The problem is that the SOB doesn't realize how sorry he really is........

[mkcc30]

Their tongues will be there hangman’s noose.

[ArtyFO]

Letterman will be gone by the end of the summer, as soon as they figger out who’s gonna replace him.

[mkcc30]

oops “there” should be “their”

[Jess Kitting]

Letterman will be gone by the end of the summer, as soon as they figger out who’s gonna replace him.

My vote is for Craig Ferguson. Much funnier than Letterman (but that isn't saying much).

[dodger]

Mark Shields, was talking about how I had made this indefensible joke about the 14-year-old girl, and I thought, ‘Oh, boy, now I’m beginning to understand what the problem is here. It’s the perception rather than the intent.’

'Oh, boy, now I'm beginning to understand what makes Liberoids react. It's the negative attention of fellow Liberoids (to wit, Mark Shields).

But for this, David would not have a clue .... RIGHT!!!!

[AUJenn]

I’ve wondered that too. I’d be livid if I were him.

Apparently he has too many snakes in his closet to be dealing with this. Messy divorce, etc. I don’t think he’ll be coming near this mess. But I am surprised at the silence.

[hunter112]

Letterman only apologizes for the one joke about Willow getting "knocked up", yet ignores the Willow-as-prostitute joke that by his own admissions he would have known explicitly was about her.

In Letterman's defense, this was a joke about Eliot Spitzer perceiving Sarah Palin's daughter (of whatever age) as a sexual object, it was not calling either of the Palin daughters a sexual object. It was purely a slam on Spitzer.

That said, I'm offended by the ARod joke, it was clearly implying mutually consensual sexual behavior, and was crude, lewd, and wrong.

[joshhiggins]

Here’s the Email I sent to Embassy Suites.
Thank you for withdrawing commercial sponsorship from the david letterman show. As you know many people found letterman’s brand of political humor disgusting. Insinuating that fourteen year old Willow Palin would have public sex in a stadium or be solicited as a prostitute by elliot spitzer is not the type of humor I want to associate with Embassy Suites, Your quick (and I expect permanent) disassociation from the david letterman show ensures I will continue to enjoy staying at Embassy Suites.

[MtnClimber]

If letterman is truly just a comedian and not a partisan shock jock, where is his comedy auction to get planned parenthood donations to win the right to impregnate the Obama daughters?

[mellow velo]

What Letterman apparently STILL fails to realize, apology notwithstanding, is that the “joke” would’ve still been mean-spirited and over the line even if it was the 18 year old daughter, Bristol, who accompanied Sarah to the game.

[Sequoyah101]

Dave who?