Palin’s Top Two List About Letterman: “Disgusting” And “Pathetic”
Sarah Palin is calling some of David Letterman’s jokes “disgusting” and “pathetic.”
Letterman joked Monday night that during the seventh inning of the Yankees game “her daughter was knocked up by Alex Rodriguez.”
Letterman followed up on the line Tuesday night, joking that “the toughest part of her visit was keeping [former New York Gov.] Eliot Spitzer away from her daughter.”
Letterman also did a “Top Ten List” of things Palin did in New York. One of them was “bought makeup at Bloomingdale’s to update her ’slutty flight attendant look.’” Palin reacted to that with radio host John Ziegler.
Of course, David Letterman happens to be a comedian. Comedians sometimes go over the line. It’s not like a senator (McCain) making a joke like, “Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.” Or Ted Nugent using foul language to viciously denigrate elected officials and claiming he was doing comedy. The best thing Palin could have done would have been to laugh it off.
Sarah palin is George W. Bush in woman’s clothing…
Thank God she lost the VP spot.
she is a disgrace and always will be.
I feel sorry for the residents of Alaska who have to endour her stupidity and childish talk 24/7.
Palin go back to Alaska and stay there!
June 10th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Alan, I’m going to go to the chase here, not going to mention about her daughter. What if the same guy said your wife was looking for the “slutty flight attendant look.” Would you not want to reach through his chest and grab a hand full of backbone and just filet the sissy? maybe not.
JFA Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
:)
June 10th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
I have no problem with the jokes about Palin. I don’t find most of them funny but they don’t bug me. She put herself in the public spotlight and that just comes with the territory. I feel bad for daughter though. She has enough to deal with and I do find some of the jokes about her rather distasteful.
JFA Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
I suppose you’re right about Sarha Palin Placefield. Maybe I should write someting about michelle(< I know) being stuffed into a pork chop or a watermelon? But I will not do that because it is not politically correct. Right?
placefield Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Well now you are talking about ethnic jokes which are an entirely different subject. I for one usually only find ethnic jokes funny when they are being told by someone of the same ethnicity, otherwise I usually find them offensive. But that is just me.
JFA Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
You’re correct, it’s just you.
June 10th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
I’m no fan of Sarah Palin but I thought the jokes were over the top. I do have a problem however with right wingers getting in a tizzy and saying things like why is NOW not coming to her defense? What part of they aren’t going to defend someone who thinks the raped must birth? Also, I don’t recall too many female right wingers coming to Hillary’s defense when she was maliciously maligned.
JFA Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
For one thing Southern Girl Lip, Hillary was not malicously malinged. it was accurate and correct. :)
Southern Girl Lib Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Watch out, JFA, if you keep showing me your humorous side, I might actually start to like you. Southern Girl Lip is actually pretty dad gum funny. :))
OldLefty Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
For one thing Southern Girl Lip, Hillary was not malicously malinged. it was accurate and correct
……………………
What, that she had a Christmas tree decorated with Crack pipes, was a lesbian and had V1nce Foster Killed?
JFA Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
I didn’t hear that one??
June 10th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
The best think Palin could have done would have been to laugh it off.
Erm, no – the best thing would not be for a parent to laugh at jokes about old dudes knocking her young daughter up.
I really can’t stand Palin, but defending her daughter is not something I am going to criticize her for.
Letterman is an a$$ for making these jokes, her daughter didn’t ask to be thrust into the limelight, and Palin offers plenty of opportunities to poke fun at PALIN, not her daughter.
TDro319 Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Um Cara:
I agree, Palin’s daughter didn’t ask to be thrust into the limelight. But her mother put her there by bringing her up on stage with her.
flap Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
I see Sasha and Malia being brought on stage…are they fair game as well?
TDro319 Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Did I say Palin’s daughter was “fair game”? You love to makes things up as you go along, don’t you? In response to your question, from David Drake 1/11/09:
“So, which Obama daughter – while living in the White House – will be the first to get knocked up and have an abortion? Will it be Sasha or Malia? Hey – I’m just askin’.”
flap Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
My reply to that comment: “I agree, Obama’s daughters didn’t asked to be thrust into the limelight. But their mother and father put them there by bringing them up on stage with them.”
Yes, I make everything up as I go, TDro.
TDro319 Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
So where did it mention they were “fair game”? I simply said because their mother brought them up on stage, reporters become curious and will expose every little sordid detail they find on them.
And I didn’t say the comments were okay, I just gave my reason why this happened. Right away you jumped to conclusions.
Daddio Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 6:51 am
TDro you must be more observant. All presidential nominees bring their families, children included, up on stage at their national conventions. It is common practice. If that now makes it fair game to crack jokes or attact the candidates children then let the games begin with the Obama children. How does that sound?
The pervert Letterman, age 62, made a SICK joke about a girl, age 14, being “knocked up” by an adult. Hate speech anyone? Remember what happened to Imus? Same should now happen to Letterman.
GuidoVanHorn Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 7:18 am
Daddio,
I think you are blowing this a bit out of proportion. They were funny jokes, in line with what David Lettemen has done for the past 30 years.
He has stated that the jokes in question were about Bristol not Willow (joking about an adult is different than a minor) he apparently didn’t know which daughter was in NYC.
Hate speech??? are you kidding?
Daddio Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 7:32 am
Hate speech–just echoing what the left would scream if that joke was told by a conservative like Rush, who is also a comedien, about a liberal icon’s daughter.
Jokes like that, especially about a 14 year old girl is not only distasteful but way out of line. Isn’t there enough young girls in this country becoming pregnant. Then we have some hack comedien telling a sick joke about an adult male “knocking up” a minor child.
I don’t buy his lame excuse about thinking it was Bristol at the game. He knew who was with Sarah. You bet he knew. He just didn’t think there would be this bruhaha because of who he is.
I completely disagree with you on this one Guido.
But I still like you. :)
GuidoVanHorn Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 7:54 am
oh well thanks for liking me..
why descend to the oppositions level? IF you think that joke about X person or group is funny, why be offended and feign outrage if X person is someone you like or sympathize with. All comedy is offensive to something or someone because it makes light of defincies of nature.
Do you watch Letterman? everything he said is completely in line with jokes he’s been telling for 30 years. He’s made fun of more people left or right, white or black (and hispanics too) than just about anyone. That is what he does, and gets paid handsomely to do it.
I’ll take him at his word that the jokes were directed toward Bristol (and honestly the jokes make more sense if you assume that…seems logical)
Daddio Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 8:30 am
Leno’s jokes are funny, and he doesn’t have to stoop to what I consider rape jokes about a minor.
I do like good political jokes…about politicians. My point is that politicians children should NEVER be the butt of political jokes. Conservatives were criticized when they did it liberals should be criticized also. Jokes about politicians children, either by the left or right is out of line. In my book.
Look at what happened to John McCain when he joked about Chelsea Clinton. I thought that joke was out of line also.
LEAVE THE CHILDREN OUT OF THIS. Of course unless that child is over 18 and publiclly injects themselves into a campaign. My only exception.
I have watched Letterman and he just doesn’t impress me. I really like Johnny Carson. He would keep me rolling on the floor with laughter. I like Leno very much also. That’s about it though. How about Dick Caveat? I kinda liked him.
GuidoVanHorn Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 9:11 am
Here’s where we differ. I think Letterman is funnier than Leno (not that Leno isn’t funny, he’s great, but if I’m ever up that late in front of a tv I find myself on Letterman not Leno for the most part)
Now that Conan and Letterman are competing I have a harder task in deciding. Conan is even more infantile than Letterman (which in my infantile brain equates to being funnier)
I barely remember Carson, so I can’t give an intellectually honest opinion of him, but the man was a titan in the industry and deserves all the praise and accolades that anyone has ever heaped upon him.
Caveat???? was that in the 40’s?
And I’m going to differ…I think kids are fair game the second they land on the podium. But statutory rape jokes simply aren’t funny…but I don’t think Dave was talking about Willow, so his joke was still funny.
GuidoVanHorn Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 9:13 am
The Chelsea Clinton joke is classic because it makes fun of two people in one shot. (or 3 or 4 depending on how you look at it)
TDro319 Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
I didn’t SAY they were “fair game”. Flap said that!
flap Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
You implied that, TDro, with the large “but” in the middle of your comment.
And it’s Dick Cavett, not caveat (as in caveat emptor).
June 10th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
A few years ago a “newsman” attempted a lame joke by saying: “When rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it.” The next day he was fired and has never been heard from since. Do you suppose anything like that will happen to Letterman? I’ll hold by breath.
Aside from that, why are left-wingers so terrified of Sarah Palin? Why does she bring out such hatred? Is everyone afraid she might become a serious political force and must be destroyed before this happens?
Southern Girl Lib Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Naw, it’s not that complicated. She thinks the raped must birth. That’s pretty much it for most of us.
4moreyears Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Right on Southern Girl LIP :)
Palin-Bachmann 2012
Because the Raped Must Birth
OldLefty Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
McCain Swears He Didn’t Know Fundraiser Said Women Should Lay Back and Enjoy Being Raped
Submitted by Nick D on Tue, 06/17/2008 – 12:04am.
He swears he didn’t know!
He’ll return the money!
How’s that effort to attract Hillary Supporters going now?
Clayton Williams, a frequent GOP donor who not only donated $300,000 to McCain but also was scheduled to hold a fundraiser for McCain in his home town of Midland, Texas.
But instead, the fundraiser is off and McCain is promising to return the $300K after someone — who apparently is skilled at using the Google — did a little background check on good ole boy Clayton Williams and discovered that during an unsuccessful run for Governor of Texas in 1990 against Ann Richards, Williams compared being raped to the weather, and said “As long as it’s inevitable, you might as well lie back and enjoy it.”
The left LOVES Sarah Palin, it’s the GOP who is terrified of her.
4moreyears Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
I thought 14 WAS the age of consent in the rape capital of the US, Alaska?
Or maybe that is WHY Alaska is the rape capital of the US?
Second that. “The left LOVES Sarah Palin”, thank you McCranky!
J. Fred Smug Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
I’m a moderate, know TONS of “left-wingers,” and I can confidently assure you that not one of them is “terrified” by Sarah Palin.
A better one-word description would be “APPALLED.”
Because it is truly APPALLING that anyone would consider her qualified on any level as a candidate for ANY national office. That is John McCain’s legacy. And he knows it.
Daddio Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 6:53 am
HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING TO VP BIDEN RECENTLY? America should be “appalled” that he is VP.
TDro319 Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Gee Daddio. What happened to all the “show some respect for the office” crap you used to throw at me during the last administration? I guess you think that only applies when a repub is in office.
Daddio Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Just responding to Mr. Smug. :)
I respect the office TDro. I have always respected the office. Where have I not respected the office?
TDro319 Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
“I respect the office TDro. I have always respected the office.”
Back during the Bush administration, I spoke out about his policies and these was, and you ripped me a new one – saying I had no respect for the office of the POTUS and that I should stand with the president regardless of what I thought of his policies. You said he was the leader of OUR country and it’s the patriotic thing to do. \
Oh well. Maybe you meant that we should “respect the office of the POTUS” if a republican is running the show.
June 10th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Palin’s daughter being “knocked up” by Alex Rodriguez sounds a lot like MSNBC’s David Shuster suggesting the Clintons “pimped out” Chelsea.
Probably it’s over the line.
On the other hand, these aren’t any friends or family of mine, so I’m not too worried about it.
June 10th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Letterman was funnier when he wasn’t so political.
June 10th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
Palin reflexively plays the victim card EVERY TIME! She is easily THE MOST NARCISSISTIC “POLITICIAN” ever to appear on the American political scene. Period. Hands down. Enough already.
JFA Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
No, Fred Smug, Palin connot be a victim, ever. She is the wrong color to be a victim, yes?
Southern Girl Lib Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
Earth to JFA: She’s a woman – believe it or not we are considered a minority in most circles.
JFA Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
SGL,,, AHH, humm. I don’t know what “earth” means? Is it good or bad? However females are the majority in ever specics<(I know but I don’t want to look it up right now) on this planet, yeah, yeah. :)
Ask anybody that breeds cattlle, hogs, chickens or what ever. They have a lot of girls and only a very few boys, no? :)
TDro319 Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
And if anybody would know anything about racists, it’s the republicans. They’re still raking Sotomayer over the coals.
June 10th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
WHO cares about Sarah Palin? NOT ME, that’s who!!!
LOL. She does look like a ’sexy’ flight attendant though. Not too ’slutty’, just about right…
I would volunteer to join the mile-high club with Sarah Palin. Haha.
placefield Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Oh yeah
June 10th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Palin’s daughter didn’t ask to be thrust into the limelight. But her mother put her there by bringing her up on stage with her.
You know, I understand that Obama has caught an NBA game already. Suppose he was there cause he likes basketball? Or, do you think he was trying to figure out which player was gonna be the father of his grandbaby? Or, maybe, which players would be the fathers of his grandchildren.
She thinks the raped must birth.
Yet you think the inconvenienced can kill. Weird world.
The best thing Palin could have done would have been to laugh it off.
Alan, are you going to update this post with the fact that the daughter of the Palin’s that was travelling with mom was not Britol, but Willow? And that she is 14?
The best thing Palin could have done would have been to laugh it off.
I think that what Letterman is trying to do is get an in somehow to the White House.
flap Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
“Yet you think the inconvenienced can kill. Weird world.”
Very astute observation.
TDro319 Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
I agree. These WERE two “inconvenient” wars.
flap Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Would you be complaining about slavery had we not fought the Civil War?
TDro319 Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
“Would you be complaining about slavery had we not fought the Civil War?”
I’m sorry Flap. I don’t share your positive view of unnecessary killings in war.
flap Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
So what was supposed to be done about slavery? Allow it? I’m not saying it was fought chiefly over slavery, but what was to be done? Talk about it while black people are being persecuted and enslaved? Harrumph about it and talk about how bad it is?
Sometimes wartime killing is necessary to correct a moral wrong. Sad but true. What should have been done about Germany in WWII? Let the Holocaust go on and the world be taken over by Hitler? Seriously…I’d like to hear what your plan for dealing with that would be.
You make very valid points about war being overused, including the Iraq War to an extent. But the idea that ALL war can be (or even should be) avoided is a little extreme I think. I respect the fact that (for born humans) you believe in non-violence but I don’t see how it is workable in the real world.
TDro319 Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
I’m a pacifist. I don’t believe in violence, but I know that some wars were necessary, like WWII for example – but not these two. Just as I know some abortions are necesssary.
I think war should be avoided at ALL COSTS. If that means a stronger diplomatic stance with other countries, so be it. And I personally don’t buy this right wing BS that we should “kill first, ask questions later” (I think you refer to it as the “Bush Doctrine”). I am against any killing of innocent people.
I attended a funeral a few years back. My neighbor’s son was killed in Iraq. The parents were devastated. Now think about that for a minute. You give birth to a child. For 19 years, you raise him, love him, teach him right from wrong, you celebrate him – and then he’s killed. His parents were inconsolable, and rightly so.
And you tell me abortion is much worse than war???? I beg to differ. Have you no conscious? Are you devoid of human emotion? The death of a 19 year old is of less consequence than the death of a fetus? I’m sorry, but I don’t buy it. I’m not that heartless.
That being said and being a bleeding heart liberal and an EXTREME pacifist, I’m pretty disappointed that Obama is not doing enough to end these wars. Nothing would please me more than to see our troops come home – alive and in one piece. I think they would be better served defending our country rather than fighting in wars started by old chickenhawks.
June 10th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
though Letterman’s jokes were in poor taste, they were funny, so I can overlook that.
But I do think it’s cheesy and somewhat inappropriate to attack a minor on national television, but it was funny, so again I can overlook that.
The problem is that Dave is very open about his distaste for Palin (and republicans in general)and sometimes it feels like his jokes aren’t actually jokes but personal attacks. In which case it starts to borderline on mean and not funny.
That’s why comediens should never make their political views blatantly known. and if they do, they need to take precaution to make sure they make fun of the other side as well.
Jon Stewart is a flaming liberal, but he’s still funny, because he’ll make fun of anyone, anywhere, anytime, you never have to ask…was that personal? And he says stuff way worse than Palin has a slutty look.
June 11th, 2009 at 2:28 am
The best thing the Rutgers girls basketball team could have done would have been to laugh it off. After all, Don Imus was only making a joke.
GuidoVanHorn Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 7:19 am
true daddio..it was the best thing they could of done.
Daddio Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Probably would not have come to firing Imus over that if not for Al Sharpton. A true life race baiter.
But that is history, though we should all learn from history.
June 11th, 2009 at 6:59 am
They’re still raking Sotomayer over the coals.
Except, of course, she IS a racist. And a sexist.
EricG Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Except, of course, Gingrinch & Limbaugh are RACE-BAITERS. And both are sexist pigs.
So if Sotomayor is a sexist and a racist.
Then I guess the Republican Party has been working on Race Politics and Degrading Non-Whites for a awhile now.
Want to face facts or just live in your right wing fantasy?
How do you think Rush got famous?
Bashing women, hispanics and blacks.
Hope for Change Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
If she was a racist, why would the party of Jesse Helms, Strom Thurman, and Trent Lott be objecting?
TDro319 Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
“Except, of course, she IS a racist. And a sexist.”
That’s because Gingrich told Pino she was. That’s all the confirmation he needs.
June 11th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
“I think kids are fair game the second they land on the podium.”–Guido
I guess the Obama children are then fair game. Right?
pino Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
I addressed that above. No one took the bait.
I am shocked, just shocked, I tell you. ;-)
TDro319 Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
” guess the Obama children are then fair game. Right?”
If you wanna bash the Obama girls, go right ahead. It’s what you do best, you know.
GuidoVanHorn Reply:
June 12th, 2009 at 2:35 am
as far as I’m concerned, as long as the joke is funny…go ahead.
but I’m not everyone…but you won’t hear criticism from me…unless of course the joke isn’t funny.
June 11th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
I like Letterman and watch his show from time to time.
But I don’t like this joke or that he went there.
Only because I have a rule:
Leave the family out of it.
It is simple.
If I was in public life then all the public can tear me apart and tear through my background.
But you come after my family … after my sisters … after my former / current lovers …
You get ready to stand in a court room. Because I’m going to destroy you.
So that’s my take on it.
We all can rip and scheme and lie away in the politics game; but you bring the family into the mix and I say all the rules go out the window.
I have lots of interesting things to blog about with the family members of Republicans … I wouldn’t do that. Address the person at hand, address the issue at hand.
And like Alan points out, Letterman is a comedian. It’s not like he is running a campaign against Palin. He made his joke. Now it’s over. I wish he hadn’t but he did and here we are.
Republicans should just get over it.
Daddio Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Should he go the way of Imus? It was only a joke Imus made about the Rutgers girls basketball team.
Al Sharpton and co. should have just gotten over it.
June 11th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Republicans should just get over it.
Hahaha, yup, another brilliant pontification.
Maybe you and Obama can go scout out an NBA game, look for some potential fathers for Obama’s girls; she’ll need more than one ya know!
TDro319 Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
What? That’s the best you have, Pino? Why don’t you say what you really mean? Don’t hold back. Freedom of speech and all that, you know.
June 11th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
[...] where is the gracious acceptance by Palin of his apology for what he said? Of course, Dave apologized in his trademark humorous style, and added this serious [...]
June 11th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Alan, you are so wrong. Good thing his child is a boy and not a girl. I don’t believe he would think it is funny if his daughter was the brunt of such a “joke”. Neither would you. Thinking this kind of humor is ok just because he is a liberal comedian is in itself, disgusting. Stop being such a hypocrite.
June 11th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
[...] is not much different than the Letterman joke about which the right wing is going [...]
June 13th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Hmmmm….
“Sean is right .. we shouldnt be going after the kids of candidates and people in office!”
http://newsbusters.org/static/2008/0…FNC-Graham.mp3
So when Schuster commented “SHUSTER: But doesn’t it seem like Chelsea’s sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way?”
Alans response was.. “we shouldnt be going after the kids of candidates and people in office!”
When Letterman a comment just as disgusting about Palins daughters, Palin should have just laughed it off?
Offcolor remark towards a 28 year old Clinton actively campaigning for her mother.. “wrong”
Offcolor remark towards a teen aged Palin, “acceptable!”
Wow! What Hypocrisy!
June 15th, 2009 at 10:35 pm