Video: Letterman non-apologizes to Palin; Update: McCain scolds Letterman
posted at 2:42 pm on June 11, 2009 by Allahpundit
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I had a few long moments of panic after publishing last night’s post when I considered that Entertainment Weekly might have taken him out of context. Surely he didn’t really defend himself by saying he only meant to call Bristol a whore, not Willow. Except … he did, as you’re about to see. No apology, either; the closest we get is an admission that he “probably” regrets having told those jokes — which are duly repeated here in their entirety — but only after admitting that he “kind of likes” the one comparing Palin herself to a “slutty flight attendant.” On some basic level he doesn’t understand what the problem is here (e.g., comparing Spitzer and Alex Rodriguez, each of whom sought fame, to Bristol, who didn’t), and no wonder: Much of the left’s derision towards Palin and her daughter stems from the perception that they’re white trash, a class-oriented smear which Dave naturally figured he could mine for a few safe slut/whore jokes at their expense. Imagine his mystification at suddenly finding out that he can’t. Evidently it’s not just cultured, well educated, progressive girls like the Obama sisters who are off-limits for cheap shots.
Sounds like the ‘Cuda’s done playing nice with him after this. Exit quotation from the governor’s spokesman: “The Palins have no intention of providing a rating’s boost for David Letterman by appearing on his show. Plus, it would be wise to keep Willow away from David Letterman.”
Update: A mild rebuke from Maverick, but better than saying nothing at all.
Republican Senator John McCain has a message for late-night comic David Letterman: Enough with the jokes about Sarah Palin and her family…
“I don’t understand why Letterman would say that about a young woman,” McCain said during a telephone interview on Thursday. “They (the Palins) deserve some kind of protection from being the butt of late-night hosts.”
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I guess you didn’t read my comment above about Rush and Chelsea Clinton. You just proved my point about your being dumb.
But hey, thanks for playin’!
atheling on June 11, 2009 at 8:43 PM
The point is, Vek old buddy old pal, is that I’m not giving Letterman the benefit of the doubt on any of this. He hasn’t earned it, and he shows no signs of trying.
Jim Treacher on June 11, 2009 at 8:45 PM
!!! LOL … I see your point.
But …
I’m going to give him the credit a 62 year old man who’s been doing this for years should have – and that is namely that he did a cursury check of the facts before he opened his mouth. He clearly knew Palin attended the game – clearly knew at least one daughter was there. I’m thinking – well, any idiot would have checked WHICH daughter were there.
Could I be wrong? Yes.
But using the reasonable man standard – and the fact that only Willow was there – I don’t think I can be burned in hell for concluding Dave was talking about Willow.
And if I am wrong then David Letterman is still a heartless bastard for not apologizing profusely for this joke – which he KNOWS now was taken as a pedophilia joke about a 14 year old.
If he’s that stupid – he’s deserves the cake and should eat up.
HondaV65 on June 11, 2009 at 8:45 PM
I skipped over many comments. My apologies atheling. I’m a bit burned out on all the backbiting lately.
fastestslug on June 11, 2009 at 8:45 PM
I gotta agree with Honda on this. Letterman is 62, and has been in the business for a long time. He should have known what he was talking about before he opened his filthy mouth.
He deserves to be crucified for this.
atheling on June 11, 2009 at 8:47 PM
No hard feelings. I apologize for calling you names. I’m pretty incensed about this Letterman thing, and your indifference got my hackles up.
Nothing burns me more than apathy.
atheling on June 11, 2009 at 8:48 PM
It’s good that people from both sides of the political aisle are coming to Sarah’s defense. As bad as this all is maybe it will serve as a turning point for Sarah’s image in the mainstream media.
Christina_M on June 11, 2009 at 8:52 PM
I’m sure you’d be all over it if it was a liberals teen daughter no matter who it was. yeah, yeah, yeah. You’d defend her and be all outraged calling for heads to roll even if it was said by someone you admire, right? Everyone’s decency depends on what side they’re on.
fastestslug on June 11, 2009 at 8:41 PM
massrighty on June 11, 2009 at 8:52 PM
Fair ‘nuf. Can’t really argue with that.
As Mom used to say (God rest her soul), “Son, this is a natural consequence of what you did. If you don’t want it to happen again, act differently next time.”
VekTor on June 11, 2009 at 8:53 PM
It’s kind of nice to read words from someone not being a hypocrite. I’m not really indifferent…I’ve lost a lot of faith in anything lately.
fastestslug on June 11, 2009 at 8:55 PM
Okay, okay! Sorry to you too massrighty. :D
fastestslug on June 11, 2009 at 8:56 PM
remember it’s not letterman writing this hateful overreaching crap. It’s his ultra liberal soho writing staff. They were given enough rope to final hang their stooge.
pc on June 11, 2009 at 8:57 PM
So out of all the terrible things the left has been accomplishing, THIS is the one that really sets you off? Bizarre.
Sorry, I don’t understand the outrage, and I promise I have been following the left as long or longer than you have. You guys act like this is some kind of new low for the left? This is pretty much S.O.P. by liberals for decades.
To me the most offensive was the top ten point which backhandidly claimed she was an unwitting anti-semite?
ClassicCon on June 11, 2009 at 9:00 PM
EXACTLY…this is the same soulpatch, Family Guy worshipping, wannabe hipster crowd writing this stuff. For some reason the talk radio station I listen to plays every top 10 from Letterman and without fail, no matter what the topic, they include some dig at Bush/Palin/Cheney. But never for jugears.
ClassicCon on June 11, 2009 at 9:02 PM
If he’d given a proper apology – which any sane person would do after realizing that he botched the joke in that manner – if he’d done that – he could be given the benefit of the doubt.
Since he didn’t I don’t feel compelled personally to buy his story.
Nuff said.
HondaV65 on June 11, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Quit projecting your lack of moral clarity. I have always thought that the children of politicians should be OFF limits. Period. You don’t talk of them, you don’t stick your big nose into their lives, as they did not ask to be in the limelight. Chelsea Clinton deserved the years of relative peace that she had. While I guess you could find people pointing out she was less than pretty, her life was not smeared in any way by anyone in the media, right or left.
You can’t say the same. You attitude is abjectly immoral, and I can’t make this warning strong enough: Pull moral self up by the bootstraps, because there is a culture war coming the likes of which you are not going to understand for this purposeful stupidity.
For those on the left that HAVE been responsible, and there have been a few examples, I thank you. That is what I am talking about. Make that playing field level in the RIGHT way. The Palin family should GET the SAME kidd gloves the Obama girls deservedly have. Period. We will not play it the same way disgusting liberals have. It would be wrong. It might make a point, but it would be reprehensible and wrong.
Noelie on June 11, 2009 at 9:03 PM
Okay, speaking as a woman…are we seriously going to pretend that EITHER party has EVER been a true defender of women’s rights and treating us as equals? Neither side get’s to take credit for that…yet.
fastestslug on June 11, 2009 at 9:05 PM
Spot on and I can’t think of a single joke that’s been made from the Conservative side concerning the Obama girls. Additionally – though Joe Biden’s daughter was caught on video snorting cocaine – she’s been left alone too.
But Willow gets to get raped by A-Rod. Classy move David Letterman.
HondaV65 on June 11, 2009 at 9:10 PM
Not by me, she hasn’t! The fully grown daughter of Joe Biden, Drug Warrior #1, doing coke? Too good to pass up.
Jim Treacher on June 11, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Quit projecting your lack of moral clarity. I have always thought that the children of politicians should be OFF limits. Period. You don’t talk of them, you don’t stick your big nose into their lives, as they did not ask to be in the limelight. Chelsea Clinton deserved the years of relative peace that she had. While I guess you could find people pointing out she was less than pretty, her life was not smeared in any way by anyone in the media, right or left.
You can’t say the same. You attitude is abjectly immoral, and I can’t make this warning strong enough: Pull moral self up by the bootstraps, because there is a culture war coming the likes of which you are not going to understand for this purposeful stupidity.
For those on the left that HAVE been responsible, and there have been a few examples, I thank you. That is what I am talking about. Make that playing field level in the RIGHT way. The Palin family should GET the SAME kidd gloves the Obama girls deservedly have. Period. We will not play it the same way disgusting liberals have. It would be wrong. It might make a point, but it would be reprehensible and wrong.
Noelie on June 11, 2009 at 9:03 PM
fastestslug on June 11, 2009 at 9:17 PM
Boy, you sure are making a lot of assumptions here.
I’m pissed off about the way Sarah Palin has been slammed, period. The vicious, evil, petty, mean-spirited crap. I see Sarah Palin as one of us. When someone hits her, they hit me. Or my sister. Or my mother.
So, if you don’t get it, I don’t know what to say.
atheling on June 11, 2009 at 9:17 PM
I think the only person who really has the moral authority to determine whether David Lettermangoldbergstien gets a pass or not is:
Don Rickles. As vicious as The Don is with his routines, I don’t think even he would cross that line. This shows a distinct difference between an tongue in cheek insult and just being rude. Sarah is fair game. Her children are not. Amy was hands off. Chelsea was hands off (until she threw her hat in the ring), the Bush girls were off limits, until the MSM decided to use them against their father.
I guess that rule is suspended. What say you, Olby? Mathews? Maddow?
BobMbx on June 11, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Well, there was that Saturday Night Live skit with Republican leaders in a strategy session, ultimately deciding to attack the Obama girls.
Doesn’t that count? Because in the Age of Obama, where liberal fantasies are reality, SNL skits really happened.
malclave on June 11, 2009 at 9:30 PM
The difference here, if you can make that distinction, it that the truly offensive jokes are about her family, not her. They didn’t ask for this, and they shouldn’t suffer it. And Letterman definitely shouldn’t gain anything from it, either.
The top ten crack about Palin was in poor taste, but she’s a big girl, she can handle that. If that was all he did, she could go on there to show she has a sense of humor about herself.
But she certainly is under no obligation to have a sense of humor about his treatment of her daughters, and you should understand that.
JeffWeimer on June 11, 2009 at 9:33 PM
OK, I’ll bite – name the politicians, and show concretely, how they “helped themselves a great deal.”
I’ll wait.
massrighty on June 11, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Should have looked at the original time stamp – Moesart may have already scampered off.
massrighty on June 11, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Who is David Letterman? Ignore that loser. Ratings rule so don’t watch.
suzyk on June 11, 2009 at 9:39 PM
I didn’t have time to view all of the above posts, so please forgive if I’m reviving a dead horse, but its obvious to me from watching that clip that he’s neglecting to mention that the ONLY daughter in attendance at the game was Willow. Therefore, the logical conclusion is that he WAS stating that Willow was the daughter knocked up.
But, Dave can’t be bothered to actually apologize. Instead, most likely under pressure from his producers and sponsors, he side stepped the issue and mocked the Palins for being confused about his intentions…almost sounded like he was making himself out to be the victim here.
Geministorm on June 11, 2009 at 9:42 PM
John Mccain!!!! oh wait…
BPD on June 11, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Let’s compare that to the way the Bush girls were treated for GASP underage drinking in college. The media treated it as if they were plotting to blow up a federal building somewhere. In the meantime, Al Gore’s son is a complete druggie and the media barely mentions it.
Which brings us to the Obama girls. They should be off limits to commentary with this one exception. The Obama’s trot them out as props whenever they need to look like a family instead of the bitter vindictive racists that they are. To a certain extent it goes both ways. By exposing them to the media, the Obamas are inviting the public into their family. That doesn’t give Letterman license to discuss major league baseball players raping them but by their actions the Obamas are putting their kids in the public eye and open to greater scrutiny.
Though the Clintons had no parenting skills they at least had enough sense to make the public events all about them and not their daughter. The Bush girls were older and in college so a different set of rules existed for them. It is clear to me that the Obama family is setting their kids up to be a repeat of Amy Carter and the miserable human being she turned out to be.
highhopes on June 11, 2009 at 9:48 PM
There is no logic to this situation. The man is supposedly a professional comedian and the best joke he can come up is about illicit sex during a baseball game? Comedians used to work harder. Compare Letterman to Johnny Carson whose bit was sometimes a bit blue but never to the point of being offensive.
I’m hoping the pressure keeps up a few more days and CBS is forced to deal with the situation in some way other than letting Letterman do the typical liberal “sorry if you were offended about what I said” routine. As a man and father, Letterman needs to apologize to the Palin family and then go on an indeterminate unpaid leave of absence during which he is required to get counseling and make amends by doing some sort of community service to children violated by creepy adults.
highhopes on June 11, 2009 at 9:56 PM
They wrote it, but he said it.
chai on June 11, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Just let Gutterman keep on flapping his lips. Pretty soon he will be tasting SOLE. I just hope when he does the shoes have been used to walk through the cow pasture and haven’t been cleaned
hamradio on June 11, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Just let Gutterman keep on flapping his lips. Pretty soon he will be tasting SOLE. I just hope when he does the shoes have been used to walk through the cow pasture and haven’t been cleaned
hamradio on June 11, 2009 at 10:04 PM
My advice for the Governor is to stop taking her kids to campaign events. Be your own woman. The lefties will keep accusing you of using your family to shield yourself from criticism. Ronald Reagan wasn’t defined as a great loving dad. He was defined as a champion of conservatism.
Speedwagon82 on June 11, 2009 at 10:06 PM
I called CBS (again) and the young woman who answered said that the calls have been coming non stop. She was also upset because some callers were abusive to her, asking her if she was a “f***ing liberal” and using foul language.
I told her that it wasn’t her fault, and gently asked her if she thought Letterman’s joke was appropriate, and she resoundly answered, “NO!”. She also added that whether she is a liberal or not was irrelevant. I agreed with her and explained that a lot of people are angry, and that unless CBS does something, it may not stop. I also told her that she was not to blame, and to keep her chin up. Then she forwarded me to a voicemail so I can leave a scathing message to the powers that be.
Folks, if we call, let’s not abuse the people answering phones. It’s their job, and they are completely innocent of any transgression committed by Letterman.
atheling on June 11, 2009 at 10:08 PM
The jokes about Gov. Palin and either of her daughters were tawdry and par for the course in much of television entertainment these days. Letterman has the range of humor found in middle-school boys.
onlineanalyst on June 11, 2009 at 10:08 PM
It’s also his name on the show.
malclave on June 11, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Baseball game is not equal to campaign event.
massrighty on June 11, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Campaign event, charity event, whatever. Just keep them out of the limelight. Let them be normal kids.
Speedwagon82 on June 11, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Another swing, and a clean miss- she took her daughter to a baseball game. Where I come from, that makes her a normal mom, doing a normal thing, with a normal kid.
massrighty on June 11, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Michelle Obama took her kids to London. Is that OK or are they fair GAME now.
Geochelone on June 11, 2009 at 10:28 PM
You struck out dude. Sarah took her child Willow to a BASEBALL GAME. A Baseball Game. A Baseball Game.
Geochelone on June 11, 2009 at 10:30 PM
I disagree wholeheartedly. Letting your opponent restrict you without reason is a recipe for disaster. Take the example of Claire Chennault and the AVG against the Japanese in China. Chennault should have been wiped out in days. He won because HE dictated the way he was going to fight.
The thought that Governor Palin should not take her children on a trip and to the ball game because old gap toothed perverts will misbehave makes me want to puke. “Blame the Victim” just doesn’t play well here.
Obama and Scowly take their kids with them. Can you imagine what would happen if someone made a comment like that about THEM???
When the other guy is reading from Machiavelli, you sure as hell won’t win by sitting there singing Kum Bay Yah and reading the Teletubbies script.
bullseye on June 11, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Then they’d accuse her of being ashamed of them. They’re going to accuse her of anything they can think of. That doesn’t mean she should jump through their hoops.
How about letting her live by the same rules any other politician does? Such as taking her kid to a ballgame?
Jim Treacher on June 11, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Seriously, people. The only point made clear in the ‘joke’ (so called) to which daughter he was referring to was the one attending the game. Otherwise,it wouldn’t have made any sense. Would he have used A-Rod’s name if he wasn’t at the game?
anuts on June 11, 2009 at 10:33 PM
You guys have go to see the hillbuzz graphics OMG. So funny.
hillbuzz
Geochelone on June 11, 2009 at 10:33 PM
I think one of the things we need on the right is a conservative version of Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson. I know that will cause a mind-lock for a lot of people.
However, we don’t have someone who can organize and mobilize people in a case like this. We’ll never have the ability to get busloads of people down to the local CBS affiliates for protests.. or would we. There are a lot of conservative retirees.
The trouble is, who would make a good conservative Jessie or al.. Perhaps we can draft Ted Nugent.
Again, the problem is that the majority of the people who are righteously p*ssed about this have to work tommorrow, probably a 10-12 hour day. Doesn’t leave much time for rabble rousing.
bullseye on June 11, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Bless your heart. You do realize that you’ll be one of the few respectful calls they receive right? Just ask Shep Smith how that works. :D
fastestslug on June 11, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Now Jim, we’re talking baseball – don’t go bringing the circus into it – you’ll confuse the trolls.
massrighty on June 11, 2009 at 10:36 PM
What is more normal than taking your kid to a ball game? I am going with mine next week.
coyoterex on June 11, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Uhm bennyboy, do some basic research will ya!
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estern civilization.
DSchoen on June 11, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Well, that reminds me about the old joke about the lineman who was called into the office because Mrs. Murray on Main Street complained about the worker using foul language
The worker answered his boss with “Well, I was under the pole and Jon dropped a wrench which cracked my helmet cutting my scalp. I looked up and said ‘really Jonathan, you simply must learn to be more cautious with your equipment’”
I personally would probably not browbeat the person answering the phone. However, there probably are a number of cases where it is a leftist moonbat working there and the person complaining picks up the snarkiness.
When you have a lot of spilled gas around it don’t take much…
The other problem is that this type of anger is what happens when there is an injustice. Imus makes an idiotic comment and he gets instantly canned. Ms California makes a simple statement and she gets canned and flamed and death threats. etc etc.
Here we have a clear cut case where letterman should get fired along with the writers, or, at the least, suspended for a month.. Butttt. nope, he’s on giving Palin and us the finger.
bullseye on June 11, 2009 at 10:46 PM
That’s precisely why nothing will be done about this bullseye.
Maybe NOW will gets results but a bunch of partisans frothing at the mouth? Not so much.
fastestslug on June 11, 2009 at 10:52 PM
He is a disgusting, bitter old man. No self respecting woman or respectful man should be watching his show.
sheesh on June 11, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Back to the NOW gang, some have rightly so exposed their silence on the Clinton shenanigans and now they limply condemned the Letterman rape joke. Notice that the NOW gang also has been silent on how Muslims treat women? Did you also notice how they are silent when Muslim women get murdered by their fathers or husbands over some minor thing? The NOW gang is truly selective and they rarely speak out on abuses of conservative women. They must have felt some heat about their three day silence on Lettermans awful joke concerning Willow.
garydt on June 11, 2009 at 10:57 PM
bullseye on June 11, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Oops – screwed up the blockquote in my previous..
bullseye on June 11, 2009 at 11:02 PM
fastestslug on June 11, 2009 at 11:10 PM
Yes and no. When calling to my Congressional representatives or in situations like this, I am always civil to the person who answers because I know that he/she is merely a tool of the system. Probably a young person on the first job or nearly so. Same goes for the e-mails I send because it isn’t like a Congressman can be bothered reading e-mail from constituents when there is a 20-something staffer who can read it and generate the appropriate form e-mail that does nothing but thank you for your comments while the Congressman goes about ignoring what you said and voting for the agenda of the filthy liar in the White House.
That being said, I wouldn’t call these people innocent. They choose where they are working and, particularly in the case of Congressional staffers, they have made the choice to defend whatever their boss is on the record of supporting. They should expect some level of abuse for doing so. There is no cause to be rude to them but let’s not call them innocents either.
highhopes on June 11, 2009 at 11:26 PM
What’s the issue here? He said it, he meant it. I hope we don’t have to listen to that alien guy, Gibbs, to tell us what Lettermanless really meant.
bloggless on June 11, 2009 at 11:30 PM
Well, it works for the left. If we are not emphatic in our disapproval, they don’t get the message. BTW, I called McCain’s office yesterday and I got the feeling that the guy I relayed my message to thought I was a joke. No joke.
bloggless on June 11, 2009 at 11:33 PM
How many times did Governor Palin go to baseball games in New York or any other state besides Alaska before she was picked as McCain’s VP? She has probably made more trips to the lower 48 since the November election than the previous 10 years. She is campaigning or fund raising or keeping in the public eye or whatever it is you want to call it. Thats fine. But don’t drag the kids into it. Don’t they have camp or friends they want to be with in Alaska?
Speedwagon82 on June 11, 2009 at 11:35 PM
It has nothing to do with “feminism” really. It has a lot to do with common decency.
It has a lot to do with respect. Can’t help notice Dave said nothing bout Obama’s mother who was also a “knocked up” unwed teenager, I wonder why?
It has to do with Bristol, she wasn’t there as the article in the NYT clearly spelled out, 2 days BEFORE he attacked Palin.
Now, SouthernGal, considering all of your points are proven wrong, will you stand tall and condemn Letterman and the left for this vicious attack on a child?
DSchoen on June 11, 2009 at 11:37 PM
WRONG WRONG WRONG. This type of behavior by Davey Boy and the silence of the left amounts to intimidation. I doubt the left is smart enough to orchestrate or coordinate this but nonetheless it is intimidation. If Gov Palin lets herself be intimidated then her range of movement will continue to be restricted.
One of the things I learned way back in the Martial Arts was never let anyone get you cornered. If they try then cause pain and give yourself manuevering room.
The Slutty Stewardess was over the line. The Rape and Prostitute comments and subsquent finger was way over the line.
bullseye on June 11, 2009 at 11:45 PM
Sent to Kellog…I am the father of twin 11 year old girls. What would you guess is the lifetime cost to your company of my indoctrinating my girls with
“Kellogg: the company that makes cereal you eat while laughing about statutory rape!”?
AlexJ on June 11, 2009 at 11:54 PM
ROFL…come on. “How dare Sarah Palin take her kids along to New York!” Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? Would you apply that standard to anyone other than Sarah Palin? Honestly.
ddrintn on June 12, 2009 at 12:00 AM
Uhm No.
Letterman said
“We were, as we often do, making jokes about people in the news and we made some jokes about Sarah Palin and her daughter … and now they’re upset with me…
Key point here “jokes about people in the news”
The question then is “what was in the news?”
This is what was in the news.
On June 7, the AP reported
“Palin was being honored Sunday at an anniversary celebration for the Long Island-based Independent Group Home Living Inc. after attending a New York Yankees game. She was joined by her husband, daughter Willow and a sister.”
Lets recap K!
Who: Palin, her husband, daughter Willow
Where: New York Yankees game
When: June 6th
Why: was Palin in NY? honored Sunday at an anniversary celebration for the Long Island-based Independent Group Home Living Inc. She was doing charity work.
Now what in this is there to make fun of?
Is it possible that no one, not Letterman, not the idiot that wrote the “joke” not who ever it is that approves this crap didn’t know which daughter was with Palin?
NO, it is not possible.
DSchoen on June 12, 2009 at 12:06 AM
In all honesty, why would she want to go to New York? The state keeps electing braindead liberals and the occasional law and order Republican mayor who is a social liberal.
They enthusiastically voted for an inexperienced dope who hung out with a guy who bombed their very own city 30 years ago. And all this when he was running against a guy who risked his life in defense of New York and all the other states in the Vietnam War. Its ridiculous. Can you explain it?
Speedwagon82 on June 12, 2009 at 12:16 AM
I disagree. The receptionist is not personally responsible for what David Letterman said. That is unjust, no matter how you want to spin it. CBS is crap, yes, but it’s not like it’s an abortion clinic, for heaven’s sakes.
And with unemployment as it is, I don’t think many on that level are going to quit their jobs out of principle. At the rate things are going right now, I’d answer freaking phones at CBS if it’ll give me a living.
atheling on June 12, 2009 at 12:24 AM
She’s a human being who was, as far as I know, invited there. She has a right to go there without having her kids dragged through the mud by some brain-dead over the hill lib “comic”. Even Blago was able to take his kids to Disneyworld with less harassment.
ddrintn on June 12, 2009 at 12:27 AM
1. She was invited to participate in an event celebrating Seward’s purchase of Alaska.
2. You’ve had your opinion roundly condemned and refuted by just about everyone. Your continuous defense is starting to make you look a little bit silly and obstinate.
3. Last I heard, it’s a free country, and Americans can travel anywhere they like in it.
atheling on June 12, 2009 at 12:27 AM
Speedwagon82, your hatred is gonna eat you up.
She was not “campaigning or fund raising” for her self. She was invited to be a speaker at a charity event.
A charity event for kids with “special needs”, do you find that evillllll!?
This was her schedule for the week of June
On Friday morning, Palin will attend an event for S.M.I.L.E., a charity which supports families of children with Down Syndrome,
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Palin to walk for autism
As we learn that Gov. Sarah Palin will participate in a third event in New York State this weekend,
Gov. Palin will spend Saturday in Auburn, NY to help the town celebrate what organizers call Founders Day, as well as the 50th anniversary of Alaska’s statehood.
Then Sunday on Long Island, the governor will be honored by the Independent Group Home Living Foundation for her support of families who have children with special needs.
Add another event to her Sunday schedule. Autism Speaks is sponsoring its Walk Now for Autism Awareness and Fundraising Event Sunday, June 7, and Gov. Palin is scheduled to participate, according to the organization. In fact, the group’s press release says:
Wow! Speedwagon8 what evil things she’s doing, raising money for kids.
The fact is Speedwagon8, if Letterman didn’t make this attack on Palin you would not have even known she was in New York.
The fact is Speedwagon8, she was in New York, she did raise money for kids with special needs, autism, S.M.I.L.E., a charity which supports families of children with Down Syndrome.
And for that she was attacked. Pathetic.
You have to be one sick f puppy to attack someone, anyone doing charity work.
DSchoen on June 12, 2009 at 12:43 AM
I’m personally done with all the attacks on Palin. I can’t picture being a Palin supporter, but I definitely am a huge defender of her right to throw her hat into the ring.
This crap that a woman can’t do that without being smeared has GOT to end.
AnninCA on June 12, 2009 at 12:47 AM
Sorry I’m old fashioned. I don’t think sitting governors should be making multiple trips to states thousands of miles away to raise money for charity. Her approval rating in Alaska has gone down ever since she wrongly said yes to McCain.
It gives the left wing another talking point that she is neglecting her constituents. New York didn’t elect her to anything and would vote for a million Hillary Clinton clones before doing so. She needs to do what is right for Alaskans. Make the state the model of conservative belief. If she does a good enough job, she will cinch 2012 easy.
Speedwagon82 on June 12, 2009 at 12:51 AM
I don’t know where you live, but I’ll bet your governor could leave the state for a month and you wouldn’t even notice.
If she didn’t travel anywhere outside Alaska, it would be “I may be old-fashioned, but I would think that anyone who aspires to higher office should be out pressing the flesh in some place other than Alaska.” She’s damned if she does or doesn’t, and nothing she does or doesn’t do is going to change some people’s minds.
ddrintn on June 12, 2009 at 12:58 AM
Yep, three or four electoral votes will lock it up.. Stay in Alaska and shun the national limelight.. That’s the ticket.
bullseye on June 12, 2009 at 1:02 AM
She should have been raising money for Adults with special needs, like Letterman.
bloggless on June 12, 2009 at 1:02 AM
At least Letterman admitted “this may be my last show”. He may be right about that. Years ago he was actually funny sometimes and probably knew better than to call rape a “joke”. A non-apology followed up by a repeat of the same garbage is a slap in the face. The Palin’s are smart to stay far away from him. If she goes on the show, it will lessen my respect for her. Let him continue to bash her for it for months or years to come, unless somebody pulls the plug sooner.
liv2race on June 12, 2009 at 1:54 AM
Yeah. Didn’t the Obamas take their kids to Paris? Pathetic. Don’t they have camp or friends they want to be with?
malclave on June 12, 2009 at 2:01 AM
Letterman meant Willow. He had an entire day of media outrage and publicity about the fact that willow was at the Yankee game; All doubts were removed because THE NEXT NIGHT LETTERMAN MADE THE SPITZER COMMENT.
He knew it was Willow.
Geochelone on June 12, 2009 at 3:05 AM
No worries. You don’t have to apologize for being old fashioned. But you do have to apologize for being stupid.
Geochelone on June 12, 2009 at 3:20 AM
McCain should never appear on Letterman’s show again. Letterman gave a classless non-apology. He should be fired.
Phil Byler on June 12, 2009 at 6:30 AM
If she left the kids home, the left would accuse her of neglecting her children.
Yes, Sarah Palin is such a HORRIBLE mother for wanted to spend time with her child at a baseball game and to show that child part of the USA.Expanding a child’s horizons is such a rotten idea. What a HORRIBLE idea to show that child the value and worth of helping others, to show her the value and worth of sacrificing time and effort to make the difference in the life of another child. I just can’t comprehend why any mother would want her child to learn to be compassionate and giving. She should have her read newspapers and watch Letterman instead in order to learn how to treat people.
Beaglemom on June 12, 2009 at 6:50 AM
Hey Dave, I hear they are hiring at the Weather Channel. The weather isn’t funny either.
yoda on June 12, 2009 at 7:17 AM
Let’s face it. Letterman is nothing more than the stereeotypical angry liberal. He has been bitter since being passed over for J. Carson’s chair. It’s time for him to ride off into the sunset.
red131 on June 12, 2009 at 7:55 AM
True Dat!
Dr Evil on June 12, 2009 at 11:08 AM
Wonder which offended McCain more…this or BOR and his wicked witch characterization of Comrade Helen?
Dr. ZhivBlago on June 12, 2009 at 11:50 AM
The Butts are the late night hosts…. Perhaps letterman was losing his ratings after Conan took Leno’s place and had to make some issues that would make people notice him..
The best way to take care of this is not watch his program and write a letter to his sponsors that you will not use the products advertised on his program. That should shut him up.
workingforpigs on June 12, 2009 at 12:25 PM
Let me get this straight…our forefathers risked everything, people have died, and untold risks have been taken…just so that some buffoon can make vulgar remarks about the children of a woman with whom he disagrees politically? David Letterman should be on his knees – apologizing to the souls of those who have made it possible for him to make a complete assclown of himself and America!
redwhiteblue on June 12, 2009 at 12:39 PM
Send a message to the sponsors letting them know you won’t be buying their products, that will shut him up quick.
workingforpigs on June 12, 2009 at 12:50 PM
It’s a sad day in America when parents can’t take their daughter to a Yankees game because a national TV figure will claim that a 35 year old Yankee player will statutory rape your 14 year old daughter.
portlandon on June 12, 2009 at 1:00 PM
Then again, no one ever asked Reagan whether his children would interfere with his ability to govern. The public has a natural curiosity about politicians’ families, because they are a reflection of values and show their humanity. It has gone beyond healthy inquisitiveness in Palin’s case.
alliebobbitt on June 12, 2009 at 2:38 PM
Seriously, what kid wouldn’t want to go to a Yankee’s game with their mother and “America’s Mayor”? I was excited that my mother took me to a convention in Charlotteville, VA with her at that age, because I was considering school at UVA when I graduated high school. When I shared an elevator with Muhammad Ali, I’m glad no one made rape jokes about it.
alliebobbitt on June 12, 2009 at 2:42 PM
I forgot Palin was there for a charity event, as well. She is a very good and decent person, and she and her family deserve none of this unhinged and frightening vitriol.
alliebobbitt on June 12, 2009 at 2:44 PM
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