Video: Letterman doubles down, makes prostitute joke about Palin’s daughter; Update: Both Palins rip Letterman
posted at 12:10 pm on June 10, 2009 by Allahpundit
Via Conservatives 4 Palin. The punchline’s as stale as year-old bread, naturally, which makes this daisy-fresh by Dave’s usual standards. Here’s Lileks on yesterday’s “comedy”:
Really, it’s just a rote slam: If your mother is a loathed politician, and your older sister gets pregnant, famous old men can make jokes about you being knocked up by rich baseball players, and there’s nothing you can do. That’s the culture: a flat, dead-eyed, square-headed old man who’ll go back to the writers and ask for more Palin-daughter knocked-up jokes, because that one went over well. Other children he won’t touch, but not because he’s decent. It’s because he’s a coward…
Well, one more thing. Some say Dave – I’m sorry, the staff members who wrote the joke and had it printed on cards for him to read – thought the daughter in attendance was the older one who had the pregnancy controversy last year. This is possible; it also means that we accept as an excuse the fact that the writers confused the daughters they wished to humiliate…
One more thing: the monologue contained an Angela Lansbury joke. Dude is OUT THERE.
Here’s what the crack “Late Show” writing staff came up with when, as predicted, he went back and demanded more “sex with Palin’s daughters” jokes. Oh, almost forgot: CBS just signed him to a new deal through 2012. Presumably he’ll have worked his way up to gags about Piper Palin turning tricks by then.
Update: C4P has angry statements from both Todd and Sarah laying into Letterman’s “sexually perverted comments.” Will Dave triple down tonight?
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You want to know what you are, David Letterman? Huh? Huh? You don’t, I do, everybody does … … you’re the son of a thousand fathers, all cowardly little bastards like you.
Tuco on June 10, 2009 at 1:13 PM
Is there any doubt left that Letterman is a hack?
Kelli_D on June 10, 2009 at 1:15 PM
too bad his rating are going down the toilet
runner on June 10, 2009 at 1:15 PM
Once again, today’s “feminists” are giving this a pass. There are articles galore on Palin’s toenail polish, her mini-skirt she wore recently, her speeches being plagarism, her daring to scoot out when the GOP embarassed her by removing her from the speaking agenda….you name it.
It’s open season on this woman.
And there are two people in the entire darn country speaking out……her husband and Ziegler.
Pathetic.
AnninCA on June 10, 2009 at 1:16 PM
What a faggot!
nk on June 10, 2009 at 1:17 PM
Dave needs a vacation because I find his comments offensive. Where is the “Imus” push for him to take a break?
I would tear into his illegitimate child, but that is beneath me.
Geronimo on June 10, 2009 at 1:17 PM
By the way, where are our stalwarts from the Beltway G.O.P. that are so “tired” of
Sarah?
Kay Bailey? McCain? She was your running mate last year? Peggy, you want to write something apropos? Mitch McConnel and John Boehner? Anytime now, guys!
Meghan, you got something to say?
(…..sound of crickets….)
Two words: “Jesus wept.”
victor82 on June 10, 2009 at 1:17 PM
I wish they would switch him with Beck; can’t catch his show in AZ at 2 in the afternoon.
Nutz.
Firefly56 on June 10, 2009 at 1:17 PM
I wonder if the second joke had something to do with Sarah revealing to John Ziegler in the interview that she occasionally second-guesses herself whether she should stay in public life due to the ridicule against her and the cheap shots against her family.
Perhaps the Obama war room interpreted her comment that its 24/7/365 relentless pursuit to destroy her was working and ordered Letterman to pour on the pressure to push Sarah Palin over the edge.
technopeasant on June 10, 2009 at 1:19 PM
Maybe we can set one up for Dave- Drudge has a headline up of Michelle Obama’s outfit, referring to an “orange snake.”
What can you do with that, perv?
(I know, nothing. Obama’s not funny.)
BTW, just pointing out the double standard.
cs89 on June 10, 2009 at 1:19 PM
He reminds me of Olberman. another bitter and angry old liberal who gets new contracts as their ratings drop. I don’t get that formula. I don’t work in the industry so I guess that’s why I don’t get it….
Ampersand on June 10, 2009 at 1:21 PM
So it’s okay to joke about the rape of her 19-year old daughter? Or to imply that her 19-year old daughter is a prostitute?
You have chosen a very apt screen name Simple Simon.
Dee2008 on June 10, 2009 at 1:21 PM
OT: Betsey, you went to BSU? I was born and raised in Muncie, went to Burris (K-12 school associated with Ball State, that school right next to Ball Memorial). Amanda Carpenter is an alum as well.
Geministorm on June 10, 2009 at 1:21 PM
That’s sure what my kids would do…they can give as good as they get, and would get more satisfaction from doing it than I would.
Nothing like being righteous in the face of douchbaggery to make you feel powerful.
Bob's Kid on June 10, 2009 at 1:22 PM
Thanks to those who posted the contact links. I have a lot to do today, but I’m going to prioritize writing to the people involved with this. I can’t stand it.
I wish I could do something about the cretins in the audience too, but that’s hopeless.
juliesa on June 10, 2009 at 1:23 PM
Not one second of that clip was even remotely funny. And even he seems to notice it.
What a douchebag.
madne0 on June 10, 2009 at 1:24 PM
Brings a tear to my eye to hear it.
sniff!
Bob's Kid on June 10, 2009 at 1:25 PM
Which shows how far this country has fallen and continues to fall.
Dino64 on June 10, 2009 at 1:26 PM
cs89 on June 10, 2009 at 1:19 PM
FINALLY! Mention of Michelle’s latest fashion faux pas!
(As the saying goes, “If liberals didn’t have double standards, they’d have no standards at all.)
ohio kat on June 10, 2009 at 1:26 PM
Sarah Palin should appear on Conan’s show during sweeps. I can picture Conan going up to Alaska and taping segments he could play over a week during sweeps — burying Letterman in the ratings battle.
Christina_M on June 10, 2009 at 1:27 PM
If Dave said, “Hey,how about that Michelle Obama. She made the most beautiful list but she reminds me of a klingon.” Or, “That dude Michelle Obama looks like a shaved Chewbacca when she shows off her arms.” He’d be off the air today and we’d never see him again.
V15J on June 10, 2009 at 1:28 PM
I see she’s channeling Jackie O again. (hehe)
Dee2008 on June 10, 2009 at 1:28 PM
This is the deal. We are either a group of bitchy old women or else we have some political and financial clout. Who are the advertisers on that piece of crap Letterman’s show and let us launch a boycott against them.
We either have guts and will fight or else we just sit here being nerds and wimps showing off our typing skills.
Jdripper on June 10, 2009 at 1:29 PM
This is what I can’t understand.
Privately, the people at NBC Universal are disappointed in Conan’s rollout. Dave has a golden opportunity here to expand market share at Conan’s expense, precisely because he’s new and bleeding some audience. Instead, Dave does Olbermann and blows off half of his potential audience.
If the people at NBC Universal are smart, they’ll tell the a$$clowns at MSNBC to start piling on Dave. This would be a chance to disrupt Dave’s show and CBS’ entire evening lineup.
There’s no honor among thieves. Don’t expect MSNBC’s defense of Dave to last.
victor82 on June 10, 2009 at 1:29 PM
I suppose loads of negative email and boycotts of sponsors are in order, but wouldn’t it just be much simpler, quicker and more effective if someone took one for the team and busted “Dave’s” nose?
james23 on June 10, 2009 at 1:29 PM
Three shot at Holocaust Memorial, the war continues while Michelle shops.
tessa on June 10, 2009 at 1:30 PM
…three little words for CBS: Jumped The Shark!
…ol’ Dave hasn’t been relevant, and certainly not funny, since the first Bush Administration…the latest hitting below the belt a’ la Bill Maher (who hits one below the belt with his lips, generally) is to me a sign that he never was that funny in the first place….
…the man’s the Chevy Chase of late-night TV…he’s widely regarded as funny without having to break a sweat and actually be funny….
…even in the Mafia, families are off-limits…they may put your head in a vice and twist ’til your eyes pop their sockets, but they leave your kids alone…that’s class of a sort…a sort that Mr. Letterman and his staff of giggle-challenged scribblers apparently don’t have….
Puritan1648 on June 10, 2009 at 1:31 PM
First one to answer me was DiTech. They thanked me for my “observations” and said that the e-mail was forwarded to their Marketing Department.
Keep those e-mails going, people.
Obviously, the one I’m really interested in hearing from is CBS.
ChristianRock on June 10, 2009 at 1:33 PM
Dave knows…Prostitutes.
PappaMac on June 10, 2009 at 1:33 PM
OHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
SHA ZAMMMM!!!!
44Magnum on June 10, 2009 at 1:33 PM
I’d just like to see Todd Palin walk onto the stage and grab thar shamneless liberal jerk by the throat. It wouldn’t be long before little Dave soiled his Depends.
Dukehoopsfan on June 10, 2009 at 1:35 PM
Conan is a bore, to me.
I like that other guy….the Scottish one? He’s funny.
AnninCA on June 10, 2009 at 1:36 PM
I guess this is what you resort to if you’re a pathetic, washed up, so-called comedian, who never was really very funny. I wonder what his viewer thinks.
mr.blacksheep on June 10, 2009 at 1:38 PM
People who object to this are applying out-dated standards.
President Obama referred to the Muslim bible as The Holy Koran. Muhammed, the founder of Islam, took Aisha as his wife when she was 6, though he did not consummate the marriage until she was 9.
This 7th century standard, has now been upheld as holy. The cut off age is now 9. There are many examples in Muslim countries of young girls being married off to older men. If there was anything inappropriate about this practice Obama would have spoken out against it.
Anyone who says anything different is insulting Islam and in danger of censure from The President.
Basilsbest on June 10, 2009 at 1:38 PM
I hear the heavy thump of a ban hammer approaching.
Benaiah on June 10, 2009 at 1:38 PM
They have their machine on for comments; I NEVER watch CBS, but they need to know that Letterman’s shtick is old and nasty. No wonder their ratings are in the toilet.
anniekc on June 10, 2009 at 1:39 PM
David Letterman is a joke. If Obama had any cajones, as the man who insisted family members be off limits, he’d call him on this. Alas…
scalleywag on June 10, 2009 at 1:39 PM
And your Mother….It’s better not to talk of her….
PappaMac on June 10, 2009 at 1:42 PM
Letterman should have stuck to reporting the weather. I never thought he was funny.
As far as him joking about Palin’s looks he’s just jealous because the best he can do is that sack of potatoes he has waiting at home for him.
iceman1960 on June 10, 2009 at 1:42 PM
How sad. To me its almost a personal tragedy.
I once had real affection for Dave. A long time ago – 1993? – I deployed to Sigonella, Sicily, by way of Rota, Spain, to fly on P-3 recce crews over then war-torn Bosnia.
I was sent all alone. I was young, and lonely. And I can remember late at night – again, all alone – finding my way down to some TV lounge, and sitting there after midnight … watching good ol’ Dave, a million miles from home.
And he kept me company. Made me a little less homesick.
The first time I went to New York, priority one was heading down to the Hello Deli and meeting Rupert. Or whatever his name is. Nice guy, by the way.
And now … now Dave is gone. Worse than gone. Even the fond memories are tarnished.
Sad. Oh, well.
Professor Blather on June 10, 2009 at 1:44 PM
Yea, like someone said, he may have been relevant years and years ago but he’s not worth a flick of the remote anymore. He was only mildly amusing to begin with. Now he’s just pathetic. What’s sad is that he’s robbing some young fresh talented and FUNNY comedian of a spot on late night tv. Time to move on, Dave. You’re a has been.
scalleywag on June 10, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Racist & sexist jokes are not funny.
Jokes about black men raping underage white girls are the nadir of alleged “comedy”.
Everyone involved in the writing and delivery of such bigoted and hateful material deserves censure.
Bruno Strozek on June 10, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Why do we have to pick on horses?
Cindy Munford on June 10, 2009 at 1:56 PM
dav is a miserable washed up wrinkly old hack, FWIW I sent letters of condemnation to all of his sponsors. I certainly hope ole bacon legs get his comeuppance.
NY Conservative on June 10, 2009 at 2:01 PM
Who are these Neanderthal donkeys in the crowd who laugh it up and clap at this? Do they even hear the joke or are they just programmed to laugh at certain times?
mountaineer for liberty on June 10, 2009 at 2:03 PM
If you believe that you ought to punish a child for having a father who’s a rapist, it isn’t that much of a logical leap to punish a child for having a mother who’s conservative.
CDeb on June 10, 2009 at 2:08 PM
What is happening to my America – where a woman with an opinion is a slut and child rape is funny??
This all just makes me want to scream!
texan_forever on June 10, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Here’s an address that Todd Palin might write down:
It’s within reasonable walking distance from Letterman’s theatre and use of a sanctioned, recognized facility with gloves, headgear and other protective devices (i.e., cup), would serve to save David Letterman’s life, while allowing Todd to pummel him senseless without being arrested.
I honestly don’t think a jury in the world, even in Manhattan, would ever convict him but why risk it.
WHO WILL STEP UP to sponsor this event, all proceeds to Safe Horizon or some other worthy advocacy group.
IndieDogg on June 10, 2009 at 2:10 PM
Comedy in this country continues to sink in the mud.
Hening on June 10, 2009 at 2:10 PM
Ha ha ha! That’s awesome! Dave rules! I especially loved the joke he made about Michelle Obama. Oh MAN! That was right on the edge.
scottm on June 10, 2009 at 2:12 PM
When I was in college twenty years ago, I thought Letterman was really funny and considered him to be an anti-establishment rebel.
Now, he’s exposed himself to be a pro-establishment hack who’ll stoop to ridiculing children to protect that establishment.
Some rebel!
Slapped Actress on June 10, 2009 at 2:15 PM
Nancy Reagan redecorated while her elderly husband napped and no one was watching the store.
Next!
simplesimon on June 10, 2009 at 2:19 PM
Wow dave. Howz about some Michelle Obama jokes too? Hey why not? Michelle’s not even an elected official.
Mojave Mark on June 10, 2009 at 2:23 PM
Ooh, topical! What say you about the Mayaguez incident?
Mr. D on June 10, 2009 at 2:24 PM
What. A. Cowardly. Lowlife.
greggriffith on June 10, 2009 at 2:25 PM
A few years ago Letterman had a child outside of marriage. The bible calls this a bastard. It probably was not the mother faut he wouldn’t do the manly thing and legitimize his own.
seven on June 10, 2009 at 2:27 PM
@simplesimon
You are a no class cretin and a complete tool. I hope they ban your trolling soon. You have nothing of value to add to this conversation (and I suspect in your life as well).
Wolftech on June 10, 2009 at 2:28 PM
…Godfrey Daniels! The woman looks like one of the goons in those old Popeye cartoons!
…then again, Dave’s no Clark Gable….
…well…she must be very nice, patient, and forgiving…shame on me for judging by appearances….
…but…daaaaaaaaamn! You could sniff out possums behind a face like that!
Puritan1648 on June 10, 2009 at 2:30 PM
Iwonder if Dave ever thinks about his own sperm bait, Harry, when he talks about other people’s kids.
Vega on June 10, 2009 at 2:33 PM
I’m not sure I’ve ever complained to a television show in my life. But this … well, I sent the following to every address I could find.
A 14 year old girl. It really is unbelievable.
Professor Blather on June 10, 2009 at 2:34 PM
RE: simplesimian
Ignore it and maybe it will go away.
ohio kat on June 10, 2009 at 2:34 PM
…my! A mass-murder in a public venue compared to a frivolity…you, sir, are a comic genius!
…what’s next in your little bit of standup? Gonna compare cancer to eight-year-old reports of Jenna Bush’s partying…maybe compare Auschwitz to Dick Cheney’s shooting mishap…no…I’ve got it…compare the Khmer Rouge’s bludgeoning people to death by the tens of thousands to Sarah Palin’s 14-year-old being brutally buggered in a baseball park….
…that last one’d have you on the Letterman show…or, at least, writing for it….
Puritan1648 on June 10, 2009 at 2:37 PM
The guys over at Hillbuzz.org have the list of advertisers for the Letterman show and are calling for complaints and boycotts.
Toutoune on June 10, 2009 at 2:43 PM
Dave Letterman, the verbal pervert.
4shoes on June 10, 2009 at 2:43 PM
Come on, he has to be funny; Paul Shaffer laughs at everything Dave says.
Chaosmosis09 on June 10, 2009 at 2:44 PM
Letterman made hay off of the sexism against Hillary.
Why shouldn’t he keep going?
Nobody objected.
AnninCA on June 10, 2009 at 2:47 PM
What I learned from this thread:
Ride in a car at a big parade = enormous popular appeal
4 million viewers for an hour five nights a week = washed up
Humorless conservatives aside, quite a few people watch Dave…
benny shakar on June 10, 2009 at 2:49 PM
Better get your hearing checked, new guy.
Jaibones on June 10, 2009 at 2:52 PM
Great rant. I think the most damning aspect of it is, “What would you think about the media slamming your precious child, Dave??” How about if we make fun of your ugly wife and slow to read, walk, speak, (insert any good insult) child? I despise the hypocrisy of the left, just a constant stream of, “I’m better than you.”
anniekc on June 10, 2009 at 2:53 PM
If anyone’s ratings are slipping, I would think it would be Hannity’s. If his show ended after 30 minutes, it would be fine, but the “Great American Panel” is unwatchable. Plus, he is having Nicole Wallace (the ditzy blonde who torpedoed Palin’s VP campaign) on regularly. When FNC has Wallace, Whore-aldo or Fred Barnes on, I switch channels.
They should switch Hannity’s time slot with Glenn Beck,
bw222 on June 10, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Hillary wasn’t 14 years old. Bit of a difference.
Dino64 on June 10, 2009 at 2:55 PM
Hey, benny shakar, did you hear the one about your mother s***ing off the biker gang at the country fair for charity? Something about a “Bobbing for Dollars” booth?
Come on, loosen up. Don’t you have a sense of humor?
IndieDogg on June 10, 2009 at 2:57 PM
Anyone know where a list of Letterman’s advertisers can be found?
ctmom on June 10, 2009 at 3:00 PM
The real humor is your defense of a despicable attempt at a joke. Wonder if you would laugh if it were Obama’s daughter he was talking about. Benny you are a RIOT!
rukiddingme on June 10, 2009 at 3:03 PM
Letterman is scum, like John Stewart…I’ve stopped watching these liberal dickheads ages ago. If enough people tuned these fools out, they’d eventually disappear.
I also don’t like Bill Maher but occasionally he’ll bring on a conservative commentator so I’ll watch those episodes.
thinkagain on June 10, 2009 at 3:09 PM
Poor benny shakur… nobody taught you the concept of context, eh? Let me help you out…. 4 million viewers on a broadcast channel is average at best. Drawing 20,000 people to a parade that averaged 5,000 in years past is quite impressive.
BPD on June 10, 2009 at 3:13 PM
I forgot, is his first name David or Dick?
Mr. Grump on June 10, 2009 at 3:14 PM
What a typical moronic liberal and what an appropriate screen name.
orlandocajun on June 10, 2009 at 3:24 PM
Saaaay. Doesn’t David Letterman have a little daughter ?
kurtzz3 on June 10, 2009 at 3:33 PM
It IS NOT and never will be humor to attack little girls in the fashion that Letterman has adopted. This is an old man who no longer seems to have the ability to be funny and has lost his grip(if he ever had it)on what is appropiate and what is not. He is a despicable man–if ‘man’ can be applied to such as he.
jeanie on June 10, 2009 at 3:34 PM
boycotts and complaints are the only way. Can lists and/or links be provided?
jeanie on June 10, 2009 at 3:36 PM
I pray none of the Palins go on Lettermans show. Don’t give him any ratings please. Maybe thats what that moron is up to.
johnnyU on June 10, 2009 at 3:40 PM
I’m already going down the list and sending boycott letters to the advertisers. I wil ensure my family does NOT do business with any of them!!
Justrand on June 10, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Hey Dave, if SaraCuda was shooting rats in NYC, how the he!! did she miss your mange ridden carcase? We know she’s a better shot than most city boys like you.
BillyGoatGruff on June 10, 2009 at 3:44 PM
let’s bring the creep down if we can and not becuase it’s Palin’s daughter but because he is patently and obviously a child abuser. Imagine what other kids are saying to that girl. Law suit time?
jeanie on June 10, 2009 at 3:46 PM
Best Western replied basically saying that they don’t have any control over when the commercials air, it’s just done through some media agency. I bet they would take more of an interest if they heard from enough people.
XWing5 on June 10, 2009 at 3:46 PM
With Michael Moore being so silent the loonies on the left need an idiot to look up to. A Muslim in the White House and idiots on CBS and MSNBC. Nothing new here.
bluegrass on June 10, 2009 at 3:53 PM
Yep, the Chelsea Clinton Rule apparently applied only to Chelsea. Maybe someone can take a shot at Sasha and Malia. You know, just to be fair.
Think about it, Republican daughters are fair game: Patti Davis, Barbara/Jenna Bush, Michelle Bachman’s kids, and now the Palin daughters.
I’m pretty sure this is tame compared to what we’ll be hearing over the next year or so. Palin and her daughters, including even Piper, are going to experience just much vitriol the Left, in their terror, can throw at them, all in the name of destroying Sarah Palin’s chances of election.
And feminists and women’s rights groups will be nowhere to be found.
Dave in San Diego on June 10, 2009 at 3:54 PM
I have complained to Best Western, but cannot find the list in the above posts that listed the other advertisers. Can anyone give me the time slot in which it was posted? I want to contact the others too. Thanks.
jeanie on June 10, 2009 at 3:57 PM
Never mind, I finally found it and will be spending the next hour e-mailing these. I find it hard to to imagine that any product would want to be associated with this child abuser.
jeanie on June 10, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Ummmm…..I think the list was posted somewhere on the front page, but it’s also here http://hillbuzz.org/ and here http://www.conservatives4palin.com/
XWing5 on June 10, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Sweet_Thang on June 10, 2009 at 4:09 PM
David Gutterman
http://cuial.com/david_gutterman.jpg
izoneguy on June 10, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Someone suggested that Governor or Todd Palin go on the Tonight Show to address this as a sort of double hammer to Letterman’s head.
Only one problem. There are no balls over there, either.
Won’t happen.
IndieDogg on June 10, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Oh, my. Another Hoosier. How cool! I wasn’t born there, but my Mom was from Tipton. We moved to Muncie when I was in Jr. High and I was graduated from Muncie Central. Natural progression was on to BSU. Did my student teaching at Burris and Westview El.
BetseyRoss on June 10, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Hey, have some fun, call CBS Television
Main Number:
(212) 975-4321
Ask them if they approve, and register your displeasure.
William Teach on June 10, 2009 at 4:22 PM
For anyone who is interested: You do not need an address to contact these companies. For most of them you can just google the name and add contact. Pretty much does it though you may have to be creative in which category you choose to air your complaint. Keep it short and polite but firm I suggest. Only takes a minute and it helps a 14 year old girl who, through no fault of her own, has now been made a laughing stock. Imagine this happening to your daughter or grandaughter on national TV.
jeanie on June 10, 2009 at 4:23 PM
He defines angry white male.
Somewhere along the line he made a play on a decent, real woman like Sarah and was rejected for being such a reject.
It’s patently obvious.
FireBlogger on June 10, 2009 at 4:29 PM
CBS Feedback
ronsfi on June 10, 2009 at 4:38 PM
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