>25K children under 5 starve everyday, and they protest a joke?

Letterman's writers wrote:

One awkward moment for Sarah Palin at the Yankee game, during the seventh inning, her daughter was knocked-up by Alex Rodriguez.

You call that a rape joke?  Where is the rape?  14 is the age of consent someplaces.  At least McCain can get his rape on.

Scenes we'd like to see...

Mr. Palin mano-a-mano with Mr. Letterman, asking him to repeat that joke to his face.   

Oh, and the carnage that follows.

tojo2000 wrote:

Let's take Palin and Letterman out of the scenario.  Let's say I'm talking to a friend about something bad that happened to him, and I say, "Dude, they bent you over and didn't even use lube."  He stops, gives me a shocked look, and says, "Do you think anal rape is funny?"

Now, I would probably stammer out an apology, because I was making a crude joke, but I didn't really mean to offend him.  Maybe he's been raped before, I don't know.  But if he then decides to tell everyone I know that I think raping people is okay and that I am an enemy of rape victims everywhere and forces me to give a more serious apology and then accepts it on behalf of rape victims everywhere, we've gone beyond whether or not the joke was offensive.

Well said.

Honestly, though, your wisdom is known, without really needing to be said. Don't take that the wrong way, but I think nearly everyone (except, obviously, 35 people) thought Palin was milking this shit for all that it was worth (and then some).

I don't see her future extending beyond the borders of Alaska. Sure, I think she's hot (in a MILF/Hot Bitches with Guns sort-of-way.

I mean, man, her family is a huge train-wreck (especially the older juggaho/wiggaboo daughter, I mean, damn).



On top of all that, nearly every time Sarah opens her mouth, she says something incredibly stupid.

She is a Democrat wet-dream, if you ask me.

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The only thing dumber than Sarah Palin is a Sarah Palin fan.

fnord wrote:

I would make an exception for Bristol Cream Palin, because she allowed herself to be used to promote her mother’s extreme views on sexuality, birth control and abortion.

I would wonder about that, actually. I suspect she simply fell into line. Kids in Alaska are not the most worldly group of people. It's not unusual to meet teenagers or older kids who have never been outside Alaska except perhaps for one or two trips "Outside" (anywhere outside the state). They may have been to Seattle, or Yukon, or BC, but quite a few have very little experience in the world beyond (despite the fact you can see Russia from Alaska. Ahem.) and of those in Mat-Su, the region where Sarah and her family live and I where I lived before moving down here, many live very protected lives.

You can't really make a principle of "my family isn't fair game" when half your political platform is about putting your family, and their individual problems, front and center in your campaign. Toting them along for photo ops, giving interviews where you discuss their personal business, and even allowing them to make their own appearances on talk shows voids an expectation of privacy otherwise accorded to politicians with younger kids or who go to lengths to shield their families from the media.

Letterman (rather, his writers) made a research gaffe. They didn't ascertain which daughter was present. Not that his joke would necessarily have been MORE tasteful if its subject matter was more precise (the elder daughter IS a whore), but the resulting ratings boom--for both parties--and nonsensical street protests are obviously providing him with fodder for days. Any other comedian would use such material until it ran out of topical relevance; i.e., when Palin finally got a clue and disappeared somewhere in Denali.

Does Letterman have a different set of rules because he's a 'talk show host,' nationally broadcast/bully pulpit, and not exactly in the most traditional of family situations, himself? Olbermann has a daily list of nincompoops and asshats, where there is no question that he's calling these people on the floor for their perceived misdeeds. He's NOT a comedian but, nonetheless, this 'routine' is presented as comedy. Is it a matter of context or delivery?