Letterman: When I joked about Palin’s daughter having sex, I meant Bristol, not Willow
posted at 8:41 pm on June 10, 2009 by Allahpundit
A sneak preview of tonight’s monologue from EW. He wasn’t joking about her 14-year-old daughter being a prostitute, silly. He was joking about her 18-year-old daughter being a prostitute. Perfectly legal. Whew!
“We were, as we often do, making jokes about people in the news and we made some jokes about Sarah Palin and her daughter [Bristol]… and now they’re upset with me…” Letterman says on tonight’s show. “These are not jokes made about her 14-year-old daughter. I would never, never make jokes about raping or having sex of any description with a 14-year-old girl…. Am I guilty of poor taste? Yes. Did I suggest that it was okay for her 14-year-old daughter to be having promiscuous sex? No.” Saying he hopes he’s “cleared part of this up,” Letterman extended an invitation to Palin to come on the show as a guest.
Don’t you see? He’d never condone statutorily raping a girl who’s underage. All he meant to do was goof on the idea that Palin’s eldest daughter, a single mother with a baby, is a whore. Everything cool now? Let’s move on.
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F^%%$^%&**(*(*&*^%$^^$##@$#%&^^%$ J#CKASS!!!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on June 10, 2009 at 8:44 PM
LOL Yeah right ok…
What an idiot.
RedbonePro on June 10, 2009 at 8:44 PM
This will continue until there starts to be drastic punishment dealt to those who utter such awful things. In the old days Todd Palin would have called that stack of shit out and shot him between the eyes in a duel. My money is on Palin winning the duel.
PierreLegrand on June 10, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Deceiver, dissembler
Your trousers are alight
From what pole or gallows
Shall they dangle in the night?
What infernal serpent
Has lent you his forked tongue?
From what pit of foul deceit
Are all these whoppers sprung?
What red devil of mendacity
Grips your soul with such tenacity?
Will one you cruelly shower with lies
Put a pistol ball between your eyes?
PercyB on June 10, 2009 at 8:45 PM
It was never really uncool. He was a useless, witless buffoon before he made the cracks, and he was after he made them. His apology might move a fraction of his hermit-ridden viewing figures.
Oops. Sorry, Allah.
MadisonConservative on June 10, 2009 at 8:45 PM
I like your take on this AP.
So, do we get an o’reilly-esque non-apology apology tonight?
therightscoop on June 10, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Time to write another little note.
Cindy Munford on June 10, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Gap tooth prick.
elduende on June 10, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Talk about unhinged wackjobs!!!!!!!!
Letterman,has left comedy in the dust,and has
become a Liberal Operative!!!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on June 10, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Why doesn’t A-Rod try and redeem himself and speak out on this?
Sorry Dave, not cleared up and now you have BOR taking shots at you.
Knucklehead on June 10, 2009 at 8:46 PM
She should book an appearance on his show, then CANCEL and go on another show. Like McCain. But without the groveling apology later.
That would be glorious.
ZJPolitical on June 10, 2009 at 8:46 PM
No wonder I don’t watch CBS, NBC or ABC. RFD television for real people.
suzyk on June 10, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Letterman is a lucky man that it was not my husband he had to deal with, after making a comment about our precious minor daughter. Buck-tooth would have been NO TOOTH.
Ris4victory on June 10, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Conan O’Brien is so much funnier than that washed up old hack Letterman. I think he is so bitter and that bitterness is coming out again now that there’s been another changing of the guard at the show that was supposed to be his legacy. With any luck and some good karma Letterman and Todd Palin will share an elevator ride in the near future. Now that would be the first time Letterman would have made me laugh in decades.
MightyConservative on June 10, 2009 at 8:47 PM
You are an unfunny scumsucking leach, Dave, and you should have been put out to pasture and had your awful show shut down a long time ago.
WisCon on June 10, 2009 at 8:47 PM
So,
LIBERALS ARE SCARED TO DEATH OF SARACUDA!!!!!
EFFECTIVE SHE IS!:)
canopfor on June 10, 2009 at 8:47 PM
That David Letterman, he’s a real humanitarian. Who cares, you still suck.
HornetSting on June 10, 2009 at 8:47 PM
How is that better, Dave?
Ronnie on June 10, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Dave is a Scum Bag. End of Story.
Turn-off tune-out…
Indian Outlaw on June 10, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Good to see CBS standards are circling the bowl unlike MS-DNC that have already been flushed.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on June 10, 2009 at 8:48 PM
sent my 2nd letter to FCC today too – have my confirmation number too, not that those weasels will do anything………
Ris4victory on June 10, 2009 at 8:48 PM
OH well then sure…. it’s just okay then isn’t it. Not!
petunia on June 10, 2009 at 8:48 PM
I have a better idea- how about he invites Todd over to “discuss” it – now that would be interesting-
marks on June 10, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Remember you support this every time you pay your cable bill.
ronsfi on June 10, 2009 at 8:48 PM
I’d boycott his show, but I haven’t watched it since the late 1980s. Doesn’t sound like I’ve missed much.
AUINSC on June 10, 2009 at 8:48 PM
I’d beat him like a rented mule if he made any unsavory comment about my daughter.
Or worse. (Like expose his nub of a penis to the world)
omnipotent on June 10, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Uh, nice try, Dave – NOT! Remember, the “knocked up” joke was from the night before. Instead of “clarifying” what he meant on the next show, he told the “prostitute” joke about the daughter who was at the baseball game – a 14-year old girl.
corona on June 10, 2009 at 8:49 PM
In all this vitriol I’ve never heard ONE person refute any of Sarah Palin’s policies. Never. Isn’t that interesting?
elduende on June 10, 2009 at 8:49 PM
O/T….the Dennis Miller/O’Reilly gay penguin discussion just sent me into fits. Iced tea everywhere.
HornetSting on June 10, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Ahhh
ronsfi on June 10, 2009 at 8:49 PM
What a sickening goon.
Zorro on June 10, 2009 at 8:49 PM
what a jerk he is.
on a separate note, I hope nobody is reading this poems…lets not encourage poems…I am sure there are ghastly bad.
The Final Cut on June 10, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Strange,where the Left seem to find there so-called comedy,
like SNL disgusting skit,of incest!!!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on June 10, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Prediction, Sarah Palin won’t do Letterman. But McCain (take your pick) will.
Marcus on June 10, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Hey! I don’t remember hearing anything about Letterman marrying the mother of his child! So that makes his offspring fair game right?
petunia on June 10, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Well at least my side doesn’t have a monopoly on the politics of perpetual outrage.
crr6 on June 10, 2009 at 8:50 PM
watched olbrrmanns open tonight to see the hysterics
He attacked palin and michelle Bachman but defended janet napolitano. E! Dismissed miss California as a bimbo but gave an interview to the stupid one from the hugh Hefner show
Why do liberal men attack conservative women so much and treat them as nothing more than sex objects? Condi rice. Palin. Palin jr. Michelle b. Michelle m. The “hate f&$@” list.
Where are the feminists???????
battleoflepanto1571 on June 10, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Oh And what get’s me more… the MSM did not defend a 14yr old girl or question Dave, No, they went after any conservative they could find and grill them on palin. Sick just plain sick.
Indian Outlaw on June 10, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Yes, like all the many, many jokes you’ve told about Barack Obama, right? Oh, I forgot, Mr. I See Dead People On Memorial Day isn’t funny. Silly me.
TheQuestion on June 10, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Didn’t need clarification.
The comments are despicable.
It doesn’t matter which of their children you meant to malign.
The kids are off limits.
Non-apology non-accepted.
massrighty on June 10, 2009 at 8:50 PM
SNAP.
Admit it, though: Sasha and Malia jokes would never fly. Even five years from now.
Allahpundit on June 10, 2009 at 8:51 PM
That was the whole motive. He wants to goad her into appearing for the sake of his ratings. She’s ratings gold.
ddrintn on June 10, 2009 at 8:51 PM
It would be nice to have guests to start cancelling their appearences.
RobCon on June 10, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Oh, well now I understand! Thanks Dave for clearing this up, you only meant to sound like a a horney old man hot for 18 year olds and not an advocate of pedophelia! Certainly, that’s much better . . .
theenforser on June 10, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Second look at Conan O’Brien?
Siobhan on June 10, 2009 at 8:52 PM
Nope. Letterman is on broadcast television, which is free, which is exactly why I have satellite. I can watch Fox News and avoid the Obama media altogether.
College Prof on June 10, 2009 at 8:52 PM
The media don’t give your side quite the opportunities.
ddrintn on June 10, 2009 at 8:52 PM
I think we are going to see Obama scold him.
I know he’ll do the right thing.
Upstater85 on June 10, 2009 at 8:52 PM
No dice, a**hole. You didn’t know the difference between Willow and Bristol.
You insinuated that a 14 year old girl should be raped. Now you’re simply saying that Bristol is a slut for having sex.
He’s only apologizing because people are really really pissed. P*ssy.
Your side does have the monopoly on being a**holes about a supposed joke about a 14 year old girl being raped and hatef*cking conservatives. You should be very very proud.
mjk on June 10, 2009 at 8:52 PM
So it’s OK to call the 18 yr. old a hooker, but not the 14 yr. old.
Really like to hear from fathers !
katy the mean old lady on June 10, 2009 at 8:52 PM
Gov. Palin should go on RedEye instead of Letterman.
SouthernGent on June 10, 2009 at 8:53 PM
.
My side is the human race. You must be rooting for the penguins.
ronsfi on June 10, 2009 at 8:53 PM
Do you really find this outrage unjust? You think that saying this kind of stuff is okay?
Remember when Rush said Chelsea Clinton was ugly in the 90s? That was considered really bad and Rush apologized!
This kind of thing is outrageous and you shouldn’t be saying it is okay.
petunia on June 10, 2009 at 8:53 PM
Maybe Todd will show up and “explain” why making jokes about his girls is slightly off limits. With a rifle.
mjk on June 10, 2009 at 8:54 PM
I haven’t wasted one minute of the last ten years watching that POS but I might have to force myself to watch one episode just so that I know which advertisers to start boycotting.
chromium on June 10, 2009 at 8:54 PM
If Palin does go on the show…he better wear a cup.
ronsfi on June 10, 2009 at 8:54 PM
Letterman can lick the sweat off of my ex-husband’s balz.
sybilll on June 10, 2009 at 8:54 PM
I think the first dude should publicly insist that Letterman invite him on his show so that he can apologize in person. If Letterman has the stones to do it, Todd Palin should show up wearing tactical unit gear (minus anything illegal). Then sit down in the chair, w/o the handshake, tell Dave, “Ok, I understand you’ve got something to say to me,” with stone cold expression on his face. Let Dave apologize, and then after an uncomfortable pause, Todd jumps to his feet, real fast, which would scare the crap out of Letterman. Does make a move in his direction, just jumps to his fast, all of a sudden. Then Todd says,”I got what I came for,” and walks out. Please, please, please, punk this a-hole, since you can’t punch him.
smellthecoffee on June 10, 2009 at 8:54 PM
The world may be ugly, but each man must do what he must
Give in vile Letterman, in a year you will be dust
Now come let our Lady of Justice possess you
In her breathtaking, hair-raising bed
She will tingle your spine
As she captures your heart and your head
PercyB on June 10, 2009 at 8:54 PM
Letterman only wants her for the ratings.
Indian Outlaw on June 10, 2009 at 8:54 PM
Wouldn’t it make the mother of his child fair game? After all, she’s the one who had the baby out of wedlock. Pot, meet kettle.
College Prof on June 10, 2009 at 8:54 PM
“your side” gets to have people suspended/fired for making innapropriate comments about their adult daughters.
“your side” already declared their family “off limits.” (But, apparently, that only applies for the children from “your side, right.)
And, it’s not politics, bucko; it’s real outrage – as in, too bad he didn’t make a “joke” like that in a bar somewhere, so he could get a proper, deserved, beating.
massrighty on June 10, 2009 at 8:54 PM
If Dave’s mother is still living Conan should have her as a guest & ask her what went wrong.
BHO Jonestown on June 10, 2009 at 8:54 PM
He married her, but I noticed in the comments over at the linked site that his child has Down’s.
Can anyone confirm that?
Knucklehead on June 10, 2009 at 8:54 PM
He did.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on June 10, 2009 at 8:54 PM
Oh oh is that what they prefer to be called now? I always like to be up on the current trends.
petunia on June 10, 2009 at 8:54 PM
.
Erm…is that an insult or an invitation?
ronsfi on June 10, 2009 at 8:55 PM
Should have said “doesn’t.” Erg.
smellthecoffee on June 10, 2009 at 8:55 PM
I’m in my 30′s and if someone called me a slut/hooker with my Dad (or brother) around, my Dad would pull out his old hunting rifle. Then again, if someone called me a slut/hooker to my face, I’d beat the sh*it out of them myself.
mjk on June 10, 2009 at 8:55 PM
I stand corrected. But his child was born out of wedlock…
petunia on June 10, 2009 at 8:55 PM
I say let an Anchorage, Alaska jury decide.
viking01 on June 10, 2009 at 8:55 PM
hehe, if, by some chance in hades, she accepts to go on the Late Show, I wonder if the camera crew will be able to keep Dave’s security goons out of the shot? If he’d made cracks like that about MY daughter, no matter how old, he wouldn’t want to be in the same TOWN as me, without an Abrams to drive him to work.
JamesLee on June 10, 2009 at 8:56 PM
LOL, old grey white guy likes jail bait.
tarpon on June 10, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Sure you do.
This isn’t politics…this guy is a TV show host, not a politician. Nobody is running against him. He’s just being criticized for being a a**hole.
AUINSC on June 10, 2009 at 8:56 PM
and that was ok because……
PS Letterman….Willow Palin, FOURTEEN, was at the Yankees game
alexraye on June 10, 2009 at 8:56 PM
crr6: Willow is 14 years old…a mere child – what about that does not get through your skull? do you have daughters??
Ris4victory on June 10, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Sarah should come on the show and read him the riot act. Bring Todd along. Let Letterman be man enough to face them both.
Of course, Bucky would love it. Ratings galore, even if he does end up looking like a pathetic creep.
Mallard T. Drake on June 10, 2009 at 8:57 PM
We could ask her if it is too late for an abortion. Okay that was wrong… but I just clued in to this and I’m newly outraged.
petunia on June 10, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Letterman is an ass and a jerk. He’s a predator of young girls.
jencab on June 10, 2009 at 8:57 PM
When an old guy starts making these kind of jokes I can only come to one conclusion. The man is a pedophile, supressing his “feelings” and obviously “kicks” on his own fithy thoughts of which he thinks it’s funny.
Dutchwolf on June 10, 2009 at 8:57 PM
I have a question. Other than foxnews what do you watch? You seem to hate everything on the small or big screen.
Terry Silver on June 10, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Boring. Old. Lame.
Did I mention really old?
jdflorida on June 10, 2009 at 8:58 PM
I know i said I’d try not to cause a fight and butt out
but… letterman crossed the line
there are no sides when it comes to people’s children
this is just wrong
don’t stone me…
g0tmylifeback on June 10, 2009 at 8:58 PM
I’m referring to conservatives of course.
Terry Silver on June 10, 2009 at 8:58 PM
YES! +1000
jencab on June 10, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Now that the “understanding” is over, I think Sarah needs to invite Letterman on a little hunting trip up north.
Rovin on June 10, 2009 at 8:59 PM
This WILL come to pass with someone eventually, and, I think, with most of us eventually, as a whole.
There is only so far people can push other people, with humiliation, degradation, belittling, condescension, slurs about their children, and so on, and in general treating them worse than dogs – as if they didn’t count, and had no humanity.
The left has gone over that line too many times.
Alana on June 10, 2009 at 8:59 PM
No everything is NOT cool. That was an excuse, not an apology. And he tried to get sympathy and make the Palin’s sound stupid when he was like: “Now they’re mad at me”
W/e. This guy is a Piece Of Shit.
repalincan on June 10, 2009 at 8:59 PM
+100. Hear Hear. How about a double team with her and Thad McCotter on the same show?
Mallard T. Drake on June 10, 2009 at 8:59 PM
What about what he said about Palin’s appearance.
repalincan on June 10, 2009 at 8:59 PM
I have not seen the David Letterman show in a long time.
He was not funny.Letterman is like the rest of the Hollywood gays.masterbaiting in the closet with a rope around his dick hanging him self.Its that or dying of AIDS.
Denniscat on June 10, 2009 at 8:59 PM
I don’t buy it. He’s using allan colmes’ excuse that he meant a different daughter. I knew it was the younger daughter. This just would show he’s so ignorant of palin and her family he can’t even distinguish between her two eldest daughters, yet he’s willing to badmouth her based on her knowledge of her in everything else.
TTheoLogan on June 10, 2009 at 8:59 PM
I watch MSNBC and CNN (AC yum…)
I also really like Salon and huffington
g0tmylifeback on June 10, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Of course he did. He knows it would get huge ratings, for which he is desparate
Fed45 on June 10, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Palin has a beautiful family. I hope they sheild those kids from this stuff.
petunia on June 10, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Military channel
History channel
Lost – until the frozen donkey wheel thing
Psych – until it got not funny
That’s pretty much it. The rest is boring arse sh*t.
mjk on June 10, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Maybe we should make David Letterman the head of the Democratic party ? Turnabout is fair play.
William Amos on June 10, 2009 at 9:01 PM
So you’re just A-OK peachy keen with someone calling your 14-year-old daughter a prostitute and “joke” about her getting raped.
On national television no less.
You’re just A-OK with that?
MightyConservative on June 10, 2009 at 9:01 PM
>_> I can’t help but wonder what the media’s reaction would be if he has commented on a liberal’s daughter in a similar position… This entire situation is so tasteless it isn’t even funny, and at this point Letterman is beyond crude – he is contemptible.
Stomper on June 10, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Book the invite, back out to go on Fox, but send Todd to fill in on Letterman.
Honestly though….he doesn’t deserve the ratings boost she’d bring.
Fighton03 on June 10, 2009 at 9:01 PM
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