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Date Posted: 14:00:38 06/11/09 Thu
Author: DizzyDeb
Subject: Oh, please!
In reply to:
Hogarth
's message, "What do you think about Letterman's sexual joke about Sarah Palin's daughter?" on 08:39:27 06/11/09 Thu
This is old already! He didn't joke about rape. And he wasn't talking about the 14-year-old. Ms. Palin enjoyed every word of it because it keeps her in the national spotlight a little (please, just a little!) longer. I frankly found the comments from the article you posted to be much more entertaining.
Was it a bit tasteless? I guess you could say that, but unfortunately, that's the way "comedy" is nowadays. If you're in the public spotlight, you're fair game. And you've got to admit the Palin family was ripe for the picking.
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Sorry Deb, you are wrong --- this is far beyond tasteless and in no way comedy -- Jeannine, 17:52:44 06/11/09 Thu [1]
do you think the reaction would be the same if it were the Obama girls that were joked about? When did he say it was Bristol? She was with her 14 year old. Any sex with her would be rape. You honestly think she (Sarah) invites this???? Why is she ripe for this? Because she had the audacity to run for office?
Misogyny is wrong, even when it is against people that you disagree with. The left is so obsessed with Sarah Palin that they must be very afraid.
You are a reasonable woman, Deb. You MUST understand this!
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Yanno, I am so tired of people speculating about reactions -- DizzyDeb, 06:16:06 06/12/09 Fri [1]
if something were said about the President's daughters. Since it did not happen, it's silly to say how anyone would react. I certainly do not condone jokes aimed at underage girls. Nor do I assume that Letterman is a misogynist. I've not seen the evidence of this. It's another tempest in a teapot.
Is "the left" afraid of Sarah Palin? I would sincerely doubt it. There is not enough to her to be afraid of. Do I think she is using this "outrage" to stay in the spotlight? Yup. She got brushed aside as a speaker at the convention in NYC, but this episode gave her the cameras for longer than any speech would have gotten her.
I am not saying that Sarah Palin is ripe for anything other than a lot of attention simply because she was thrust into the public eye. And her family is not exactly boring.
I don't know what I "MUST" understand. I also don't think I'm wrong just because I had a different opinion and outlook on this molehill. What Palin did was get Letterman more ratings to see if this thing would escalate and continue. But she has also gained attention to ensure that she will stay in the news. It would have died quickly as just another tasteless, unfortunate attempt at humor, if she had done what so many other "celebrities" do when they are the target of a bad joke. Be classier than the "comic" and ignore it.
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Just think Kool-aid drinkers, Jeannine :-) :-) -- gg, a once-upon-a-time democrat snapped out of fantasyland, 11:23:30 06/12/09 Fri [1]
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I don't think they are the same thing -- doni, 00:10:00 06/16/09 Tue [1]
every situation is unique. I saw David, and I KNEW which daughter he was referring to ... I think it is safe to say any of his regular viewers did, as well. Clearly Letterman did NOT mean to say that about the younger daughter, so I think he's being unfairly treated...ESPECIALLY since he publicly, and abjectly apologized for any false impression he might have inadvertently created that he could have meant any daughter other than the 18 year old...Who, as a young mother, is ready to take on the public scrutiny, since the Palin's opened their lives to the 'public'. Isn't that part of celebrity? Taking on the glare of the spotlight on your private life is part of 'giving back to the fans.
If those comments had referred to a child of 14, that is crude calous, and sick...and that's exactly what Letterman said. He followed that with, 'anyone who has watched me over the years knows...that just isn't me.
I totally agree. It's not a part of Letterman's character, and I'm certain it didn't cross his mind anyone would think he was referring to any other than the "baby mama", daughter.
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