Letterman vs Palin

[Rockstaru]

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Is imageshack shitty now (or has it always been?)

[ZarakiKujata]

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needs E3 translator on the bridge in the background to be win

[Seraph]

If you experience lack of humor, dry mouth, or an erection lasting longer than four hours, consult your doctor immediately.

[Souj]

not related to this story in particular, but she has a book called "Trailblazer"... what trial did she blaze exactly?

[MF Perm tha Fineass]

not related to this story in particular, but she has a book called "Trailblazer"... what trial did she blaze exactly?

John's stories of the one to Oregon.

[kuronosan]

God damn, enough about Sarah Palin. She's a fucking tool who's trying to stay relevant in a society she really doesn't belong in charge of.

Whoever said she's just trying to stay in the spotlight pretty much got it right. Nobody's talking about her so she's doing the typical QQ and trying to get herself noticed so that AMURKENS will vote for her if she decides to run for the first female Vice/President again.

[MF Perm tha Fineass]

God damn, enough about Sarah Palin. She's a fucking tool who's trying to stay relevant in a society she really doesn't belong in charge of.

Whoever said she's just trying to stay in the spotlight pretty much got it right. Nobody's talking about her so she's doing the typical QQ and trying to get herself noticed so that AMURKENS will vote for her if she decides to run for the first female Vice/President again.

Man this is 4 pages of bait for swampdonkey and FNH to come striding in with their robes and hat on. We have Beckwin behind that bush over there with bag of liberal fuck and some dang sauce. Be natural man let it happen, the trap is set.

[510Meeze]

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Republicans are the Ethugs of politics, liberals are the gimps who use assault and nyzul gear (some exceptions of course...on the gear, not the liberals).

[Ziero]

The thing that bothered me about certain comments in the thread, is that when a girl has sex, they seem to be held to a standard that allows it to be assumed that they "sleep around". So yes, the joke didn't call her specifically a slut, however that seemed to me to be the implication.

It's not just the fact that she had sex, it's the fact that her mother was using her kids as examples of Abstinent only education, and holding up the oldest one as a role model to the country....except she got knocked up before she was 18. It's hypocrisy at it's finest because here she is going around saying how this is the only way to do it, while her own daughter is living proof of her stance's short comings. So it's not so much that the daughter is a slut, it's that they're both hypocrites.

Conversely, look at Cheney and his daughter. Notice how he never really mentions anything in terms of gay/lesbian laws and how no one really picks on his openly gay daughter? Now picture him if he was a champion of anti-gay rights, and used her as the role model for his beliefs. They would rip him and her a new one a dozen times over. But instead he says nothing, not for or against, and asks his daughter be left alone. And she is, and no one takes pot shots at him for that, despite the near universal disliking of that man.

In other words, if you say one thing, but do another, be prepared to have it chucked back in your face at every opportunity people get.

Plus, it's a joke. Get over it.

[Gryffes]

Plus, it's a joke. Get over it.

If they get over it then they have to move on to being butthurt douchebags strawmanning something else because damnit thats how the republicans roll.

[Dimmauk]

Sarah Palin accepts David Letterman's apology
AP

By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer David Bauder, Ap Television Writer – 1 hr 53 mins ago

NEW YORK – Sarah Palin says she accepts David Letterman's apology for the joke about her daughter.

The Alaska governor, in a statement issued Tuesday, said the apology was accepted "on behalf of all young women, like my daughters, who hope men who `joke' about public displays of sexual exploitation of girls will soon evolve."

On his CBS' "Late Show" on Monday night, Letterman said his joke about one of Palin's daughters being "knocked up" by Alex Rodriguez can't be defended.

He said the joke referred to 18-year-old Bristol Palin, not her 14-year-old sister Willow. But Letterman said it's his responsibility that people believed that he intended to target Willow, who had attended a New York Yankees game with her mother.

"I'm sorry about it, and I'll try to do better in the future," he said.

Letterman last week tried to make light of the joke after the first indications that it fallen flat. Palin had called the comments "sexually perverted," and her husband, Todd, said that "any jokes about raping my 14-year-old are despicable."

Palin said Tuesday that Letterman has the right to joke about whatever he wants to, and "thankfully we have the right to express our reaction."

"This is all thanks to our U.S. military men and women putting their lives on the line for us to secure American's right to free speech," she said. "In this case, may that right be used to promote equality and respect."

Although Bristol, an unwed mother, was the target of his joke, Letterman didn't name her when it was originally made on June 8.

It was "a coarse joke," "a bad joke," Letterman told viewers. "But I never thought it was (about) anybody other than the older daughter, and before the show, I checked to make sure, in fact, that she is of legal age, 18."

"The joke, really, in and of itself, can't be defended," he declared.

If there's a misconception that he was making the joke about a 14-year-old, Letterman said he understands why people are upset. "I would be upset myself," he said.

"I feel that I need to do the right thing here and apologize for having told that joke," he said. "It's not your fault that it was misunderstood, it's my fault that it was misunderstood."

Letterman made several references to the issue during his monologue, introducing himself as "Dave Letterman, good will ambassador." He said he got a call from his mother earlier in the day telling him she was siding with Palin.

When he began a joke about Bernard Madoff, whom he called "the most hated man in America," he then amended that to a list of two.

"Me, Bernie Madoff," he said. "He was waaay out in front until a couple of days ago."

[Alleya]

Huzzah, the forces of willful misinterpretation triumph again.

[Norellicus]

He did the right thing, necessary or not. It improves his image and shuts up the whiners.

[Day]

Plus I'm 100% sure he'll continue to take cheap shots at the whole thing for weeks to come. Just the way Letterman is.

[Dimmauk]

Plus I'm 100% sure he'll continue to take cheap shots at the whole thing for weeks to come. Just the way Letterman is.

Yeah, he will continue to make fun of them by making fun of himself.

[Day]

I don't know if that was sarcasm, but that is actually what he does.

[Bingbong]

The firing and protesting is absolute crap, just people with nothing better to do than sit outside his house and whatnot.

In all seriousness though, Palin's approached this with some serious class. The AP story cut short, in my opinion, is the best statement about the apology. One that I did not see quoted in the thread.

"Palin said that Letterman has the right to joke about whatever he wants to, and "thankfully we have the right to express our reaction....In this case, may that right be used to promote equality and respect."

So it's evident she's not looking for him to be fired, she's not looking for any sort of censorship, she got an apology for being disrespectful to her daughters, which she accepted, and we can all move on now.

[archibaldcrane]

Wait, where's his apology to Alex Rodriguez? Totally uncalled for, the way Letterman portrayed him as a pedophile!

[Plow]

The firing and protesting is absolute crap, just people with nothing better to do than sit outside his house and whatnot.

In all seriousness though, Palin's approached this with some serious class. The AP story cut short, in my opinion, is the best statement about the apology. One that I did not see quoted in the thread.

"Palin said that Letterman has the right to joke about whatever he wants to, and "thankfully we have the right to express our reaction....In this case, may that right be used to promote equality and respect."

So it's evident she's not looking for him to be fired, she's not looking for any sort of censorship, she got an apology for being disrespectful to her daughters, which she accepted, and we can all move on now.

Except that she implied Letterman likes to rape 14 year olds, dodged being called out on it, and will *NEVER* apologize or express any regret.

[Day]

Put that in your bingbong and smoke it!