Sarah Palin is proving that she hasn't lost her ability to twist the truth since the presidential campaign - which she and John McCain lost in nearly historic proportions, by the way. Appearing on Today this morning, Palin revisited the David Letterman scandal by first trying to twist Dave's joke about how she looks like a "Slutty Flight Attendant" into a hateful generalization of Flight Attendant's in general - it wasn't, just the slutty one - and then, so smoothly you almost couldn't tell she had rehearsed it (almost), she tried to retro-train our minds to believe that David had made a joke about the "statutory rape" of her daughter.
Perhaps the funniest part of the interview is where she called Dave's apology "convenient." First of all, it really wasn't convenient as he dedicated way too much of his time to it - next, I believe the verb she was looking for was "mocking." Doesn't she get that 90% of Dave's apology was, in effect, just another joke? When Lauer spoke in defense of Letterman, pointing out that David's 'apology' was mostly an attempt to point out that he was not referring to Willow but Bristol, who famously because the postergirl for teen pregnancy and is now, wait for it, a spokesperson for abstinence (after all it worked so well for her), Palin insinuated, basically, that you'd have to be stupid to believe it. "You, and anybody else, are extremely naive to believe that very convenient excuse of David Letterman's the other day."
Now, let's be serious. If the joke were about my daughter, I'd be flipping pissed off and be calling David every name in the book - the unabridged edition of "the book" at that. Dave's joke's were kinda mean and were targeted towards young girls, albeit young girls who make really stupid mistakes, even if his ultimate target was Palin. However, Palin's seeming mission here, to turn this into some kind of crusade against bad taste, more than borders on calls for censorship. I don't particularly like the Diceman, if you know what I mean, but he should have the right to perform, and I'm sure Dave was no where near the territory of the kind of jokes Dice would be telling about Sarah Palin and her daughter. Whether you agree with Dave's humor, or not, Palin needs to move on and not try to make out Letterman as something he's not. What's next? He was palling around with terrorists?
Palin's solution is to urge everybody to rise up against Letterman, and fix what is wrong with this country: comedians making fun of her. In the end, though, Dave is protected by free speech and the first amendment. He's as free to make an ass out himself as she did, oh so many times. Of course, the constitution doesn't mean much to Palin - that's assuming she knows what it is - so I suppose that point is moot. So, bring on the censorship! Muzzle our comedians first, reporters next, then hopefully at some point we'll get to the real root of the problem and silence the damn politicians.
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Jon's a dim-fuck.
Uh, oh… one of THEM! Please don't call for an uprising against me!
Jon’s a dim-fuck.
Uh, oh… one of THEM! Please don’t call for an uprising against me!
palin is such a f**king simpelton. i don't care who letterman was talking about….if the daughter is related to palin, she's a stupid f**king lying slut.
…and you have to love her attempting to call Lauer 'naive'
I almost bust a gut laughing at (her)
palin is such a f**king simpelton. i don’t care who letterman was talking about….if the daughter is related to palin, she’s a stupid f**king lying slut.
…and you have to love her attempting to call Lauer ‘naive’
I almost bust a gut laughing at (her)
Who does this truck pull trailer trash tramp think she is?
Letterman has more brains in his shingles than that woman has in her whole
pseudo beehive hairdo.
Letterman is off base and his remarks were crude (though not as crude as some of the low class posters on this site). Palin is a great woman and has accomplished more than you boobs ever will.
Accomplished more with her boobs?
Who does this truck pull trailer trash tramp think she is?
Letterman has more brains in his shingles than that woman has in her whole
pseudo beehive hairdo.
Letterman is off base and his remarks were crude (though not as crude as some of the low class posters on this site). Palin is a great woman and has accomplished more than you boobs ever will.
Accomplished more with her boobs?
Ask her why Alaska has the highest sexual abuse rate in the nation.
Ask her why Alaska has the highest sexual abuse rate in the nation.
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Right On, Jon!
Right On, Jon!
I am a Democrat, but honestly, what Letterman did was just wrong. If he had made jokes about Nancy Pelosi's daughters, or Hillary Rodham Clinton's daughter, the media and the public (at least the vocal public) would be outraged. There is a nasty double-standard when it comes to discrimination in this country and I am appalled at this article and at some of the comments above this one. You don't have to agree with Palin politically, but she's still a human being, and her daughter has done nothing to deserve any of this.
Well, you obviously didn't read the article because I repeatedly admonished Dave, and even put myself in Palin's shoes. The problem is, she is trying to twist and turn this into some national call for censorship of Dave. All I can say is THANK FREAKING GOD she wasn't elected to the second most powerful position in the world.
No, actually I did read the article. Although you did put yourself in Palin's shoes, it (to me at least) did not feel genuine as you seemed ready to dish out the blame equally between the two. My criticism is not directed so much toward Letterman's comments as it is against the double-standard of the American media, and the caustic nature of most of the above comments. I don't agree with Palin on most political issues, and I am relieved that she was not elected to the second most powerful position in the world as you put it Joe, but calling Palin a "stupid f**king lying slut" as jeff wrote is just wrong.
But wasn't Palin's constant innuendo that Obama was a muslim/terrorist far more potentially threatening to him and his family than Dave's comments are to hers? I agree with you in principle, I've never been a fan of potty humor, but the double standard seems all one sided here. I've never heard Palin apologize for her own brand of offensiveness: twisting the truth for political gain. Particularly when, as she exhibits in the interview, she seems to be trying to use this lewd joke situation to push some decency agenda. If she is successful, she may eventually get to start yanking books out of the libraries like she tried in Wasilla. She is not merely insulted here, she is trying to turn this into a crusade.
You betcha its a crusade. Defending a 62 year old man, or any man, for connecting teenagers sexually with a married 34 year old man is appalling. The women of AMerica are rising up on this one. Fire David Letterman. And fire you, too.
Awesome! Thought police first, then I say we close the borders! Then, we can create a breeding program to cleanse us of all of those pesky genetics from 'foreigners.' Where does it stop?
Sweet, who said we couldn't have another Hitler!
I am a Democrat, but honestly, what Letterman did was just wrong. If he had made jokes about Nancy Pelosi’s daughters, or Hillary Rodham Clinton’s daughter, the media and the public (at least the vocal public) would be outraged. There is a nasty double-standard when it comes to discrimination in this country and I am appalled at this article and at some of the comments above this one. You don’t have to agree with Palin politically, but she’s still a human being, and her daughter has done nothing to deserve any of this.
Well, you obviously didn’t read the article because I repeatedly admonished Dave, and even put myself in Palin’s shoes. The problem is, she is trying to twist and turn this into some national call for censorship of Dave. All I can say is THANK FREAKING GOD she wasn’t elected to the second most powerful position in the world.
No, actually I did read the article. Although you did put yourself in Palin’s shoes, it (to me at least) did not feel genuine as you seemed ready to dish out the blame equally between the two. My criticism is not directed so much toward Letterman’s comments as it is against the double-standard of the American media, and the caustic nature of most of the above comments. I don’t agree with Palin on most political issues, and I am relieved that she was not elected to the second most powerful position in the world as you put it Joe, but calling Palin a “stupid f**king lying slut” as jeff wrote is just wrong.
But wasn’t Palin’s constant innuendo that Obama was a muslim/terrorist far more potentially threatening to him and his family than Dave’s comments are to hers? I agree with you in principle, I’ve never been a fan of potty humor, but the double standard seems all one sided here. I’ve never heard Palin apologize for her own brand of offensiveness: twisting the truth for political gain. Particularly when, as she exhibits in the interview, she seems to be trying to use this lewd joke situation to push some decency agenda. If she is successful, she may eventually get to start yanking books out of the libraries like she tried in Wasilla. She is not merely insulted here, she is trying to turn this into a crusade.
You betcha its a crusade. Defending a 62 year old man, or any man, for connecting teenagers sexually with a married 34 year old man is appalling. The women of AMerica are rising up on this one. Fire David Letterman. And fire you, too.
Awesome! Thought police first, then I say we close the borders! Then, we can create a breeding program to cleanse us of all of those pesky genetics from ‘foreigners.’ Where does it stop?
Sweet, who said we couldn’t have another Hitler!
I wonder if Matt Lauer is going to apologize to Palin now that Letterman has apologized…
I wonder if Matt Lauer is going to apologize to Palin now that Letterman has apologized…
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