Imagine a conservative man on
television making a joke about Sasha and Malia Obama having sex and
being statutorily raped in the middle of Yankee stadium in front of
Michelle Obama.
The outrage would reach Don Imus proportions and it would not stop until the guy was fired. I'd be outraged too.
Well, David Letterman made exactly that "joke" about Willow Palin, age 14, on his TV show.
I hear absolutely nothing from feminist groups about it. This proves that NOW is not the National Organization for Women. It's the National Organization for Liberal Women.
The unwritten rule in politics has always been "hands off" when it came to a politician's kids. Not so when that politician is Sarah Palin.
I still can not explain the hatred the left and the media have for Palin. What exactly did she do to deserve it? I've seen the most vile things written about her, but this is a woman who fought corruption and has never had a scandal. She has no history of being mean to anyone.
If the left and the media disagree with her policy and expresses that, then fine. This hatred though is bizarre. It's hard enough to find good people to run for office. The Palin hatred on display must have a chilling effect for other candidates, both women and men, to try their hand at serving. Particularly attacks on family and children.
In Sarah I see a successful governor who wanted to serve her country as Vice President, just as 8 other governors in the 20th Century had done. "Governor" had been the standard by which executive experience was judged in a Presidential candidate, but since she was a woman, the Press changed the standard. Suddenly Governor meant "inexperienced."
I'm informed by my Christian faith when it comes to apologies. I'm usually very accepting of them. I'm not a pundit who automatically rips into an apology as "insincere" when a celebrity apologizes. I see pundits on TV do that all the time.
I'm a Catholic. Accepting apologies to me is as important as making them. It actually becomes an obligation when the apologist meets the standard: 1) He's truly sorry for the offense; 2) His intention is never to repeat it; 3) He does a penance for the transgression. When that happens, accepting the apology becomes my burden, and I'm wrong if I don't accept it.
For the first time, I didn't buy an "apology" by a celebrity. David Letterman came on TV and repeated that "It was just a joke." We know Dave, an awful one. That's why you are in trouble. He made more jokes and laughed along with his audience as he made this "apology" but continued to deny his actions by saying in effect, "This is what I do."
This wasn't an apology, but a rationalization that what he did was OK.
My friend Andy Garruto copied my on an email he sent to the CBS brass about Letterman. Here it is:
The outrage would reach Don Imus proportions and it would not stop until the guy was fired. I'd be outraged too.
Well, David Letterman made exactly that "joke" about Willow Palin, age 14, on his TV show.
I hear absolutely nothing from feminist groups about it. This proves that NOW is not the National Organization for Women. It's the National Organization for Liberal Women.
The unwritten rule in politics has always been "hands off" when it came to a politician's kids. Not so when that politician is Sarah Palin.
I still can not explain the hatred the left and the media have for Palin. What exactly did she do to deserve it? I've seen the most vile things written about her, but this is a woman who fought corruption and has never had a scandal. She has no history of being mean to anyone.
If the left and the media disagree with her policy and expresses that, then fine. This hatred though is bizarre. It's hard enough to find good people to run for office. The Palin hatred on display must have a chilling effect for other candidates, both women and men, to try their hand at serving. Particularly attacks on family and children.
In Sarah I see a successful governor who wanted to serve her country as Vice President, just as 8 other governors in the 20th Century had done. "Governor" had been the standard by which executive experience was judged in a Presidential candidate, but since she was a woman, the Press changed the standard. Suddenly Governor meant "inexperienced."
I'm informed by my Christian faith when it comes to apologies. I'm usually very accepting of them. I'm not a pundit who automatically rips into an apology as "insincere" when a celebrity apologizes. I see pundits on TV do that all the time.
I'm a Catholic. Accepting apologies to me is as important as making them. It actually becomes an obligation when the apologist meets the standard: 1) He's truly sorry for the offense; 2) His intention is never to repeat it; 3) He does a penance for the transgression. When that happens, accepting the apology becomes my burden, and I'm wrong if I don't accept it.
For the first time, I didn't buy an "apology" by a celebrity. David Letterman came on TV and repeated that "It was just a joke." We know Dave, an awful one. That's why you are in trouble. He made more jokes and laughed along with his audience as he made this "apology" but continued to deny his actions by saying in effect, "This is what I do."
This wasn't an apology, but a rationalization that what he did was OK.
My friend Andy Garruto copied my on an email he sent to the CBS brass about Letterman. Here it is:
Dear Nina Tassler, Kelly Kahl, Kim Sartori, and Les Moonves:
In the last few years, Dave has been moving from comedian to liberal activist – the Sarah Palin jokes go too far, and the jokes about her daughter (whether or not he was talking about 14 year old or the 18 year old) are way out of bounds. And to make matters worse, he responds to the Palin family’s criticism with ridicule instead of an apology.
You guys should be ashamed.
You’ve lost me as a viewer, except to check on who is still advertising.
I'd like to encourage all of you to write your own personal email to the CBS brass asking for David Letterman to be fired.
Here is their respective emails:
[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
IT IS TRUE LETTERMAN HAS BECOME MISGUIDED. HIS WIFE IS NO PRETTY PICTURE; HE MARRIED HER AFTER HIS SON WAS BORN. WHAT A MENTOR. WHO IS HIS STUDIO AUDIENCE? THEY MUST ALL BE HORRIBLE, STUPID PEOPLE. THEY GIVE THE TICKETS AWAY TO HOMELESS PEOPLE? GOOD GRIEF. DEGRADING WOMEN AND SEXUALIZING CHILDREN IS SICK. THE DEMOCRATS SHOULD HAVE BEEN STOPPED A LONG TIME AGO. LETTERMAN IS A SICK OLD PERVERT.
Posted by: DOROTHY SARENY | June 12, 2009 at 05:52 PM
David Letterman doesn't really know humor. His comments about the Palin girls are uncalled for. He brags about all the children he fathered. What a sick, sick man. A pervert in my eyes. He should be fired a la Imus.
Posted by: Cynthia La Corte | June 13, 2009 at 12:09 PM
DAVID LETTERMAN'S HATE, ETC. !
David Letterman's hate is as old as some ancient Hebrew prophets.
Speaking of anti-Semitism, it's Jerry Falwell and other fundy leaders who've gleefully predicted that in the future EVERY nation will be against Israel (an international first?) and that TWO-THIRDS of all Jews will be killed, right?
Wrong! It's the ancient Hebrew prophet Zechariah who predicted all this in the 13th and 14th chapters of his book! The last prophet, Malachi, explains the reason for this future Holocaust that'll outdo even Hitler's by stating that "Judah hath dealt treacherously" and "the Lord will cut off the man that doeth this" and asks "Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother?"
Haven't evangelicals generally been the best friends of Israel and Jewish persons? Then please explain the recent filthy, hate-filled, back-stabbing tirades by David Letterman (and Sandra Bernhard) against a leading evangelical named Sarah Palin, and explain why most Jewish leaders have seemingly condoned Palin's continuing "crucifixion"!
While David and Sandra are tragically turning comedy into tragedy, they are also helping to speed up and fulfill the Final Holocaust a la Zechariah and Malachi, thus helping to make the Bible even more believable!
(For even more stunning information, visit MSN and type in "Separation of Raunch and State" and "Bible Verses Obama Avoids.")
(just saw above on the net)
Posted by: fairmack | June 14, 2009 at 02:51 PM
Tonight he made a joke of his apology! What a pompous ass. Regardless if you are a fan of Palin or not, there is a limt to what a "comic" should use for material. Either daughter at any age is not open for shots. He is a fool and an arrogant bastard
Posted by: Knoxie | June 16, 2009 at 11:57 PM
Palin never had a scandal?? Do some research, you ignorant rube.
Posted by: Erin | June 25, 2009 at 04:08 PM
Wow - this is crazy
Posted by: Amy | September 18, 2009 at 10:34 AM
FLOOD CBS WITH EMAILS TO FIRE DAVID LETTERMAN!!! SOMEONE AS OBNOXIOUS AS HIM SHOULD NOT BE IN THE PUBLIC ARENA.
Posted by: KATHY PRESTON | October 05, 2009 at 06:07 AM
Palin is a hippocrite. She's phoney and a liar. She thinks it's cool to hunt. Gee, I would think she has enough money to go to the supermarket and buy some meat. God didn't put her on earth to decide which animals live and die! Thumbs up to David Letterman. She's the one that goes around bragging she a good Christian woman and we find out she's not. David Letterman doesn't do that. Here we go again with the conservatives preaching the gospel and never practicing it themselves. HIPOCRITES
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