Letterman on Palin's 14 yr old Daughter

[PennyQuilts]

Well, he is a grown man on the out of wedlock thing.

I'm offended that he attacked a teenager, notwithstanding that some don't like the mother. Like I mentioned before, if she really is a crappy person/mother - all the more reason to be gentle with the kids. The girl didn't do anything to deserve that. Attack Mom if you don't like mom. It is not open season on the teens just because. Anyone who would do that is flat out mean.

All Letterman had to do was say he was wrong, didn't think through the joke and apologize. Hell, he even admitted that saying that about a fourteen your old would be wrong but started splitting hairs over an 18 year old. It wouldn't have killed him to be gracious/kind. He just wouldn't do it. Shame on him for not being a bigger man and putting kindness ahead of his pride/defensiveness. Wouldn't have cost him a cent to simply say the "joke" backfired and apologize to the young girl if it caused her embarassment. Wouldn't you do that if you smarted off about a neighbor's kid and everyone heard it? We all would. We'd be embarassed that we said something mean and apologize. He's human, he screwed up, admit it, apologize and stop acting like a jerk.

[jstanthrnme]

Sarah Palin should be kissing Letterman's butt for bringing her back into the news, and Letterman should apologize for THAT.

[bluedogok]

Why is 14/18 splitting hairs? At 18 you can vote, enlist in the military, enter into legal agreements, get married, etc. It is the "traditional" age of adulthood. None of those are legal for a 14 year old to do without parental permission.

[PennyQuilts]

Why is 14/18 splitting hairs? At 18 you can vote, enlist in the military, enter into legal agreements, get married, etc. It is the "traditional" age of adulthood. None of those are legal for a 14 year old to do without parental permission.

He is in his sixties and ought to be old enough to show civility to any teen. No need to drag either of them into the gutter. Legally, there is a difference, of course. But they are both still young and emotionally vulnerable. Certainly more so than someone, say, in their late twenties or thirties. Religion and the law are the last two refuges of scoundrels, as they say. There are plenty of funny things he can say without making degrading comments about a young woman.

[Easy180]

Another reason the Alaska crew isn't fit for the White House...Take a tasteless joke from a Late Night comedian and try and make it about statutory rape....Way overboard in their response to this

A more seasoned politician would simply say it was truly tasteless and ask for an apology from Letterman

If this is how she and snow mobile dude react to jokes I would hate to see how they react to provocations from lovely gems such as Iran and N Korea

[PennyQuilts]

A more seasoned politician would simply say it was truly tasteless and ask for an apology from Letterman

A classier grown man would have apologized before it reached that point.

[Easy180]

Not very many classy comedians out there...Thankfully

[gmwise]

I don't think NBC would really care since The Late Show is on CBS.....talk about "fact checking".[/QUOTE]



LOL well hell thats fer damn sure...oh hell they're all the same lol

[venture]

Okay i'm going to ask a dumb question here...

Why is this in the Poll Vault? This obvious just another "don't let the facts get in our way" political bash the other side's opinion because my epeen is bigger than theirs.

Letterman is beating Conan in ratings now, and publicity helps. Yes the joke misfired, it happens. The crazy hack from Alaska needs to go back to serving her state as governor and stay out of the national spotlight. Yes...Letterman should have apologized earlier and at least made it clear he was talking the 18 year old. However, as a citizen, I would be appalled if Henry was on GMA or Today boohooing about a Late Night comic joke instead of worrying about more important things. Granted more important things may be to get as much media attention as possible...for both Letterman and Palin.

[stick47]

Why is this in the Poll Vault?

B/C it was going to be a poll. I tired to post the poll but the board timed out twice. I gave up on the poll and just posted the facts of the event.
Moderator: Thanks for moving the thread to Current Events.

[Edmond_Outsider]

Poor, poor pitiful Sarah. She's always the victim of the liberal "gotcha" hate machine.

What makes a person live in a state of perpetual fantasy persecution? Narcissistic Personality Disorder or just culture war politics. Maybe it's Narcissistic Culture War Political Disorder.

Dave gets particularly cutting when he does material about people he and Gerard Mulligan don't like. Political humor at it's harshest and occasionally funniest.

[Luke]

As Stan said, a little fact checking on David's part could have avoided the mess. The 14-year-old was the one actually at the ballgame. Not the older sister.

Nevertheless, he can say what he wants. And everyone who wants to respond can respond.