Kathleen Parker: Palin kind of asked for those nasty Letterman jokes, didn’t she?
posted at 4:45 pm on June 11, 2009 by Allahpundit
Via Gateway Pundit, an uncannily similar reprise of Bonnie Erbe’s shot at Michelle, with Parker in the Erbe role and Palin standing in for MM. Yes indeed, says Parker, Letterman’s “slutty flight attendant” joke was over the line. But that’s what Palin gets for winking at Rich Lowry during her VP debate with Biden or something:
[Question]: Listen, Letterman is a comedian. Comedians that don’t go over the line are not funny. If you said she looks slutty, that’s over the line. If I say it, it’s over the line. Why wouldn’t Letterman say it – have you been on a plane?
Kathleen Parker: I don’t have a problem with raunchy humor, but time and place are everything. In a nightclub, fine. But Letterman is sort of an American institution. It just seems to me that when a woman is running for public office, we should avoid sexualizing her.
Okay, I censored myself before so I’ll say it now. I also think it’s out of line for a woman to sexualize her candidacy, which Palin did. Just ask Rich Lowry, who wrote that he had to sit up a little straighter when she winked during the vp debate. So, maybe when you play the flirt and invite males to see starbursts bouncing off the walls (Lowry again), then maybe you invite the sexual punchline. I’m wobbling here.
Yes, surely Palin winking at a debate eight months ago is what Letterman was aiming at with the “slut” joke, not the combination of her being young, beautiful, and an ignorant low-class hick as caricatured by the intelligentsia. She asked for it. Go collect your feminist merit badge, Kathleen.
To cleanse the palate of Parker’s bile, I’ll give you a choice of sorbets: Claire McCaskill defending Palin on Twitter; Jim Treacher taking off the gloves against Letterman in the Greenroom; or the boss on Fox & Friends this morning fitting this incident neatly into the liberal-sexism oeuvre.
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That you seriously believe that Kirsten Powers is a conservative shows how truly ignorant you are.
2Brave2Bscared on June 11, 2009 at 5:19 PM
How’s that? Because she should have known that the broadly accepted principle that candidate’s families are out of bounds would not be honored in her case, and only in her case?
ProfessorMiao on June 11, 2009 at 5:20 PM
War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength.
MB4 on June 11, 2009 at 5:21 PM
I love your thinking. Sometimes an eye for an eye is the better course than turning the other cheek.
theenforser on June 11, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Moments before she was speaking of her mom and dad being school teachers, and winked at them in the audience as she mentioned them.
Nothing more than that.
But of course, the majority of liberals aren’t capable of discerning the truth even when slapped in the face with it, and found that friendly wink to her own family distasteful and unprofessional. Unable to comprehend that one could exude such warmth and affection towards one’s own family during a debate, the liberals decided she was ‘flirting’ – an idea that soon morphed into calling her out for her slutty ways.
Every day, it becomes more and more clear that those who claim themselves to be a liberal do indeed suffer from a debilitating mental illness.
AngelStandlngBy on June 11, 2009 at 5:22 PM
My sincerest apology. Your school is a place of honor, having not spewed out the lovely Kathleen Parker.
Go Gators!
portlandon on June 11, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Oh it’s still Sarah’s fault. That is a really stupid argument. She deserves the right to run for anything she wants to, just like everybody else. It is the responsibility of our media personalities to behave with some sort of class, but I suppose that is too much to ask of them. Sarah Palin is going to turn this around on Letterman, and she will come out just fine. Wait and see.
Brian1972 on June 11, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Source? Linky-poo? Example?
a capella on June 11, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Hhmmmmmm. What was Imus fired for saying again?
Bulldogger on June 11, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Lizza:
Is that you winking at me? Boy, you is jus aksin fo it!
Vince on June 11, 2009 at 5:22 PM
I love it when I don’t proofread, I must not have any sense at all.
CMonster on June 11, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Lizza on June 11, 2009 at 5:11 PM
I would love to see the proof that Kirsten Powers is pro-life. Or anything conservative. She’s a straight liberal, not a commie but a liberal. Unless nowadays, the neutral ‘liberal’ is a commie. You’re a uselss troll. Some trolls are fun but you just suck.
youngO on June 11, 2009 at 5:23 PM
I think they meant a mental institution.
Patrick S on June 11, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Global warming is global cooling is climate change.
600,000 jobs lost every month is 3 million jobs saved or created.
I get it now. I love big brother.
[wipes tear from eye]
UltimateBob on June 11, 2009 at 5:24 PM
I think Geraldo said he’d spit on her. That’s how libs “debate”.
ddrintn on June 11, 2009 at 5:24 PM
All of those 2 ?
the_nile on June 11, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Are you out of your everlovinflippin mind Kathleen? You can’t imagine the punchlines you are inviting by spitting out this drivel……… unbelievable.
JeffinOrlando on June 11, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Lets go back further with your logic. Sarah’s Parents should never have had Sarah. Or Palin’s family should never have left Idaho after 1964 when Sarah was born. Or maybe, with your logic….Bristol should quietly have had an abortion and “done the right thing” for her moms career.
2Brave2Bscared2Dumb2BUseful.
portlandon on June 11, 2009 at 5:26 PM
Translation of the Parker quote: “If you’re a good-looking conservative woman, you’ve got it coming, b*tch!”
ddrintn on June 11, 2009 at 5:27 PM
Ouch! The truth hurts.
Brian1972 on June 11, 2009 at 5:27 PM
Big Brother is watching you.
MB4 on June 11, 2009 at 5:27 PM
let me know when olbermann, matthews, behar, etc. show up to debate someone on fox.
i am waiting breathlessly.
homesickamerican on June 11, 2009 at 5:27 PM
http://www.firedavidletterman.com
reshas1 on June 11, 2009 at 5:27 PM
Liz Cheney, John Ziegler with-in the last week,… Conservatives love a good debate,..the left has a problem w/debating the liberal agenda w/facts.
christene on June 11, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Oh, boy. The old “She was asking for it defense.” It’s a classic example of the Just World rationalization for prejudice.
Now, if something bad happened to Ms. Paper down the pike, using the same logic, we could say, “Well, she wrote that snarky article, she deserved it.” But, of course, she’s a Lefty, so if something did happen to her, I’m sure, she and her fellow comrades, would declare it to be an absolute moral outrage.
Talk about lack of insight!
Dr. Charles G. Waugh on June 11, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Wow, this Lizza seems to be very prolific….like a guppy or a rabbit, because it’s *&#@&ing up this thread.
Smells like Crapulus to me….open registration is hell.
HornetSting on June 11, 2009 at 5:28 PM
The liberals are scared to death of Sarah Palin. She’s articulate and effective and she is CONSERVATIVE. I can’t wait to see and hear more of her. She already has my vote.
suzyk on June 11, 2009 at 5:30 PM
You’re not being graded, and yes it still made sense.
theenforser on June 11, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Yes, Lizza, if only MM was as brave as, say, Rachel Maddow:
“… I mean, the Rachel Maddow show staff, many of whom you know, we sit around all day and talk about whether or not we should put folks on the air. But in terms of the political debate that’s happening in the country, it’s just not being engaged in by elected Republicans. The only people who are talking from the right are these folks who I prefer not to put on TV ’cause they don’t have jobs and I shouldn’t feel obligated.”
get outta Moms basement on June 11, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Parker’s published head shot has a certain come-hither look about it…….maybe she is begging for a high hard one. I’m just saying…….
lol
I have to wonder if Parker caught her husband panting over Palin pictures……the lady is pathologically blinded by a seething hatred of Palin.
David in ATL on June 11, 2009 at 5:30 PM
LOL
Hornetsting aka blondie
blatantblue on June 11, 2009 at 5:30 PM
So when a liberal comes over and takes a dump on your lawn, you react by going and taking a dump on their lawn?
I’d rather beat them for taking a dump in public.
MadisonConservative on June 11, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Not getting enough ‘me time’? Quit being so snarky.
CMonster on June 11, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Prediction: K. Parker’s next column will be another excercise in pathetic self-pity (i.e. people at Hotair called me a prostitute, I get a lot of hate mail, I am such a victim, etc); and then she will use this in some form or another to attack Palin.
How this woman became a syndicated columnist is beyond reason.
Norwegian on June 11, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Sorry for this but:
I would like to slap Parker so hard Obama’s dick flies out of her mouth.
Sorry.
__________
RJGatorEsq. on June 11, 2009 at 5:31 PM
Thought crime does not entail death: thought crime is death.
DasObamaReich on June 11, 2009 at 5:31 PM
Awwww. Your pink panties are showing. Piss off.
I’m not the one splattered all over the blog.
HornetSting on June 11, 2009 at 5:32 PM
I like the name. Is that a slam on getalife?
UltimateBob on June 11, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Kinda like plastic surgery and botox (works if they keep their mouths closed).
Feedie on June 11, 2009 at 5:33 PM
You’re on the right track. Beat the hell out of them and shove their face in it. The point is to do what you can do to the best of your ability (i.e. keep holding conservative values)
CMonster on June 11, 2009 at 5:33 PM
Nope.
HornetSting on June 11, 2009 at 5:33 PM
You wouldn’t happen to be a Countdown fan, would you?
Jim Treacher on June 11, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Hornet sting
>:[
blatantblue on June 11, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Gotta love this new troll loser coming to Michelle’s site and acting like a little ill-mannered brat.
It’s mere presence here negates the very argument it proffers.
Heh.
Christien on June 11, 2009 at 5:37 PM
There’s another troll posting constantly in many threads that is making Hot Air almost unreadable.
Loxodonta on June 11, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Darn…busy with a phone call and beat me to it…lol.
coyoterex on June 11, 2009 at 5:38 PM
She puts her Olby mask on and mimics his gesturing while surrounded with a bowl of popcorn, 6 corn dogs, 12 twinkies, 4 hot pockets and a large DIET coke.
“Oh my God!! Countdown is on!!”
Her poor husband quietly retires to the garage for the night.
portlandon on June 11, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Parker defending Dave the Perv? Isn’t that special.
So stylish. So sold out. So Hollywood. So airheaded. Best to keep Parker away from any kiddies too apparently.
C’mon Parker since every thing’s a joke you’re bound to have a few ready for us about blacks and Polacks. Revrum Wrong was blaming Joos for something the other day. Must have been a joke too.
viking01 on June 11, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Every time I consider making a donation to NRO, the fact that they continue linking to Kathleen Parker’s columns makes it impossible.
Take her off the blog roll, and I’ll make a donation. Keep linking her, and forget it.
And I’m not talking about critical links, either. Those are fine. What I’m objecting to are the standard links, where here columns are listed amongst other “conservative” links for the day, as though she’s anything more than an unhinged, bile-spewing jerk.
She showed some leg on Colbert, too. Can I call her a whore and a slut?
Kensington on June 11, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Considering most of the female liberal politicians and spokesholes look more like the back side of the donkey than the front they are probably taking out their frustration because they never have the opportunity to get knocked up. :)
Bulldogger on June 11, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Kathleen Parker = Lizza?
It’s plausible.
darwin on June 11, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Southerngal…..she’s has about as many brain cells as she has teeth. One and a half.
HornetSting on June 11, 2009 at 5:40 PM
I would agree that in most cases and situations, a candidate’s family should be left out of the process. However, when you have a Republican running on a pro family values platform, Bristol’s situation was more than relevant.
And let’s not forget that Palin pushed her family to the forefront quite a bit during the campaign. Numerous times she had both Bristol and her then boyfriend appearing on stage with her, as if they were all family. As if illegitimacy is no big deal. As if illegitimacy should be celebrated.
The responsible thing to have done was keep the boyfriend out of it at least until the two were married. Of course, as it turns out, that whole marriage promise was nothing but politics.
Do you realize how much you sound like a liberal with your stupid appeals to “rights”? Of course Palin had/has the “right” to run for anything she wants as long as she’s legally eligible to do so. But the question is not did she have a right to run for VP, but rather was it right for her to do so in light of her family situation? Do you see the difference here?
2Brave2Bscared on June 11, 2009 at 5:40 PM
I used to think Bill Clinton’s “thumbs-up” was kinda flirty.
pjean on June 11, 2009 at 5:40 PM
Only if you pay her 25 cents.
MB4 on June 11, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Parker definitely seems like the sockpuppet sort, doesn’t she?
Kensington on June 11, 2009 at 5:42 PM
If there’s one thing worse than a vile troll, it’s a prolific vile troll. I’m taking a break. Be back later.
Loxodonta on June 11, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Kathleen Parker’s brain has been usurped by the inside-the-beltway cabal. She has had nothing new or interesting to say for some time. Any thoughts she has written in the past year or two can be found originally in a number of other sources such as HuffPo, Daily Kos or Democrat Underground. They at least leave us with no confusion about who they are and what is their agenda.
drewas on June 11, 2009 at 5:43 PM
I am really sick over this. So I have a question. Will David Letterman be making it to the top of Keith Overbite’s Worst Person In the World list any time soon? Somehow, I seriously doubt it.
doctor horton on June 11, 2009 at 5:43 PM
And Clinton’s a rapist! We’ve come full circle back to Letterman’s “joke.” Bravo!
Kensington on June 11, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Out of curiosity, when did winking become sexual? I’ve seen people, male and female young and old, wink in all kinds of circumstances. Is it only when an attractive woman does it that it becomes sexual?
CookeyD on June 11, 2009 at 5:43 PM
According to Monica that was usually about the only thing other than a cigar that he could get up.
Joe Bloggs on June 11, 2009 at 5:44 PM
I read somewhere that Olbermann actually was totally saying that Dave was a jerk for saying that.
I was SHOCKED!
upinak on June 11, 2009 at 5:44 PM
Well, it’s nothing new. Remember how all those “bimbos” Clinton came on to were just white trash who were asking for it?
ddrintn on June 11, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Laters.
and remember, eat pony.
HornetSting on June 11, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Actually, this post has nothing whatsoever to do with my logic. Rather it is a fine demonstration of your own lack of intellectual faculty.
Seriously, what the hell are you talking about? What does any of that have to do with anything I’ve said? Are you a moron?
2Brave2Bscared on June 11, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Obama is spending us into the ground and trying to get cap and trade passed by Congress which will accelerate the decline of the economy and NK and Iran are developing nuclear weapons while Obama employing ‘smart power’ and Parker finds this the most important thing to discuss?
gwelf on June 11, 2009 at 5:47 PM
good, that’s what he should be saying
doctor horton on June 11, 2009 at 5:49 PM
portlandon on June 11, 2009 at 5:49 PM
” Commedians that do not go over the line are not funny” Quote from Parker’s blurb above. Used to be a lot of commedians much funnier that Letterman could ever hope to be who did not ‘go over the line’. Bill Cosby was mentioned above, Lucille Ball, Red Skelton just to name the ones that pop into my head quickly. These and their counterparts were a lot funnier than Letterman and you could actually let the kids listen to them without fear. Cannot recall just when it became de riguer that jokes and joksters had to include sexual stuff to be considered funny…but it seems to be the case. I know, I sound like a fuddy duddy–but I’m not sorry and make no apologies.
jeanie on June 11, 2009 at 5:50 PM
I’d watch what I say about KP here. She’s Michelle’s good friend and a friend of this site. And she is Pro-Life.
AprilOrit on June 11, 2009 at 5:50 PM
North Korea is going to test a third nuclear bomb tomorrow. Wonder if it will be underground or over Los Angeles?
I do care about Palin and what people say about her children, but it does seem trite when we are facing all this ‘love’ from other countries.
HornetSting on June 11, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Stupid liberal? Me? oh that’s rich!
Damn straight it was right for her to run when asked by the Republican nominee!
McCain knew all about all of this and asked her anyway, because she is a very talented speaker, and has a ton of intangible appeal.
She rocks the house, and she is a solid conservative who can relate to most of the Republican base, because she is the base.
You think all of the Republican voting families out there who vote have kids that are perfect? Hell no they don’t!
A whole lot of them are in the same situation the Palins are in.
This idea that Sarah Palin should be singled out for exemption to all the unwritten rules of campaign coverage followed for decades is just infuriating!
Appeals to rights are stupid. I suppose the Bill of Rights is stupid x 10.
Brian1972 on June 11, 2009 at 5:52 PM
It has everything to do with it. Your Shoulda Coulda Woulda BS logic is ridiculous.
I’ve been accused before. But you prove it without a doubt.
Did you happen to eat lead paint chips as a child?
portlandon on June 11, 2009 at 5:53 PM
You’re still here, so I guess that iron fist isn’t all that hard after all.
ddrintn on June 11, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Letterman may look like a pervert and talk like a pervert but don’t let that fool you. He really is a pervert.
- “Groucho”
MB4 on June 11, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Parker should be completely ashamed of herself. First, if someone had joked about one of her children in a “sexualizing,” way, I wonder if she’d be fine with it – that is, as long as it was in a night club. Further, she’s assuming that Letterman was actually trying to be humorous. Hey, he may have decided he just wanted to bat at a women today.
Secondly, a “conservative,” referring to Letterman as an American institution? OK… This seems wrong on more than 1 level.
Finally, before we know it, Parker will be saying that rape victims were inviting it because they were wearing short skirts. Parker, there are many countries that agree with you. Why don’t you move there and try to write your beloved columns.
Upstater85 on June 11, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Where does “insult the president’s wife” fit into conservative principles, exactly?
MadisonConservative on June 11, 2009 at 5:53 PM
portlandon,
Barry had/has the “right” to run for president, but was it right for him to run in the first place, given his pushing Hope and Change incessantly during the campaign? ;p
/2Left2Bdeft
Christien on June 11, 2009 at 5:54 PM
Insulting Michelle? Well who’d do that, I kind of enjoy having James Brown back with us.
Jeff from WI on June 11, 2009 at 5:56 PM
So, are you saying that Democrats run on an anti-family values platform?
ddrintn on June 11, 2009 at 5:56 PM
I think David Letterman is going to go the way of Dan Rather because of this.
.
He didn’t apologize when the ugliness of his words was made evident to him, in the same way Rather refused (still refuses?) to admit his work was a fraud.
.
I can’t see him squirming out of it or getting it off his back–much less having the nerve to knock Palin again.
Matushka on June 11, 2009 at 5:56 PM
whell, I guess, the same thing can be said of obama, after all, Mathews HAD A TINGLE UP HIS LEG when he saw obama speak, no ?
runner on June 11, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Parker is an extraordinarily sick woman. She perpetuates the stereotype that women should “know their place” and shouldn’t bring abuse on themselves. Disgusting.
Erich66 on June 11, 2009 at 5:57 PM
So Kathleen Parker thinks Gov. Palin deserves demeaning, sexist remarks because she “sexed up” her campaign. I wonder if KP bothered to attend one of Palin’s events. I did, with my oldest daughter. The governor dressed modestly and acted like a lady. Didn’t noticed anything “sexed up” about the event. KP is one insecure woman.
Parker’s comments are reminiscent of ones uttered by Bobby Knight years ago. And the media clobbered him for it.
In addition to Letterman, I’ll keep my daughters away from Parker. No need for her bad influence on their lives too.
NebCon on June 11, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Nah – Lizza has to be getalife. Too many repetitive short insults to be anyone else.
katiejane on June 11, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Nowhere, if it’s a joke about her being sexually assaulted.
Jim Treacher on June 11, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Your childishness is quite embarrassing. Do your parents know you’re on their computer?
But of course I forgot the Golden Rule of the new Conservative Manifesto: Thou shalt not criticize Sarah Palin. Ever. No matter how legitimate your criticism may be.
2Brave2Bscared on June 11, 2009 at 5:58 PM
This is the same stupid liberal argument used to drag everyone’s family through the mud. The media descended on Alaska to dig up dirt on her and found nothing. SO her family is not perfect – that makes her more like the average American and not less.
I’ll take her version of a family over the nihilistic, urban dwelling, sissy democrat, 1 child carbon neutral family any day.
dpierson on June 11, 2009 at 5:59 PM
I vote that HA and other conservative blogs stop referring to her stupidity. Can we get a show of hands? Let her try to sell her swill to the left. They have enough unattractive, bitter women over there. parker will just fade away if we stop paying attention andd furthermore, stop paying money for any sources where she is published. Is she even in NR anymore? Let’s help the bitter, nasty dried up harpy go away.
peacenprosperity on June 11, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Nah, getalife was never that wordy.
ddrintn on June 11, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Lizza, your taking after nice343 and will probably experience a similar fate.
FontanaConservative on June 11, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Parker on Tingles Show
He asked “is it good for her to be this high profile?” She responds. “They responded in a very sophisticated way, very political way by saying that not only were the comments inappropriate but, they are typical of that Hollywood, New York, you know sort of elitist… group of people who don’t understand mainstream America. SarahPac has probably raised $500k this afternoon”.
Chissy goes on to prove he’s got a tingle up his 3rd leg for Sarah. He KNOWS she is the only one that can knock down Obama.
CTSherman on June 11, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Who gives a crap about Kathleen Parker? Honestly who reads her columns? She’s irrelevant. If she wasn’t wanted of the token Palin hating “conservatives” that came out during the election, I wouldn’t have a clue as to who she is…
therightwinger on June 11, 2009 at 6:01 PM
I didn’t specifically say any such thing, but since you asked, yes.
2Brave2Bscared on June 11, 2009 at 6:01 PM
That’s the mindless stupid liberal “hypocrisy” rule. If a conservative takes a stand and anyone related to them in anyway is involved in the issue, they becme hipocrites. It’s just stupid and I’m assuming that you aren’t a propagandist for the left, who know it’s stupid and use it because stupid poeple will accept it. That would make you one of the stupid people.
peacenprosperity on June 11, 2009 at 6:01 PM
For the sake argument, I assume Obama was also running on pro family values (he is against gay marriage, etc).
Why then, isn’t it relevant to bring up the fact that his own brother has been banned from entering the UK on child molestation charges?
Or maybe Obama openly ran on “anti” family values?
Norwegian on June 11, 2009 at 6:02 PM
You might think that by Kathleen Parker’s own reasoning, it’s okay to call her a slut and make sex jokes about her kids. But it’s not, because she isn’t as attractive as Sarah Palin.
Jim Treacher on June 11, 2009 at 6:04 PM
OK then Kathleen Parker can leave all her panties over at my place and I’ll just have to risk my dog losing all respect for me. I suppose I can make that much of a sacrifice.
MB4 on June 11, 2009 at 6:04 PM
Who’s iron fist – one of these silly newbies who call themselves Conservative?
There is only a handful of real Conservatives here, Madison Conservative is one and there are a few others.
AprilOrit on June 11, 2009 at 6:05 PM
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