[JoeProBono]

Bristol or Willow: Did he go too far?

[Vaduz]

A pair of losers only a teenager or a stoner could enjoy,both use shock jokes nothing good about them.

[shibumi]

Getting ready to give birth to a litter of Lettermans -

[SolidWood]

Should Host Apologize to Palin?

He should get another heart attack...

or like Wanda Sykes would put it "I hope his heart fails."/cue Obama laughing

[DieHard the Hunter]

I don’t get it. I was brought up to apologize the instant I make a mistake, take my lumps like a man and get over it. It isn’t particularly painful and in a week everything is forgotten.

What’s with this Letterman guy? He can only be doing this because it’s good publicity for him. I can’t see any other reason for not apologizing when an apology is clearly in order. What a cynical game!

[SolidWood]

Sunshine said: "But people often underestimate [Palin] and underestimate her following. She's exploiting this very smartly. She's speaking to her core base that feels maligned. She's playing the faux feminist . . . and the family-values representative. It's extraordinary that she can bring this off."

Unbelievable. These libs are delusional.

"Poor Mitt Romney," he adds. "He's probably wondering, 'Where do I get some of this?' "

Ha.

[this_ol_patriot]

With so much public apologizing around these days it's become meaningless and just a quick way out of motor-mouth disease. If Letterman wants to be “sorry” for this affair he should do something private to atone for it. If not then he should just STFU about it. Either way he's still an ass.

[greeneyes]

Watched Letterman once right after Johnny Carsen retired. Totally tasteless,not-funny, and absolutely no class. Do NOT watch his show-total waste of time.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Liberals rarely—IF EVER—apologize for bashing conservatives.

Remember that jerkface Al Gore and his “extra chromosome” comment?

Remember Hussein and his “Special Olympics” comment? Hussein never apologized. His press office issued a statement.

Remember Robert Byrd using the N word in a tv interview with Tony Snow? His office issued a statement.

ON THE RARE OCCASIONS when liberals say they are sorry and were wrong, YOU MAY NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER bring it up again. They do not lose their positions, they do not give up power, they do not have any material, immediate consequences for their words or actions. Chappaquidick.

Liberals: the biggest haters and hypocrites on the planet.

[Quiller]

From the article: Adds Jackson: "When you give it to everyone equally, as Letterman does, as all the late-night people do, you kind of have to take it. It's like demanding an apology from the National Enquirer -- it's better to just get over it."

It's the height of absurd to pontificate that Letterman would, ". . . give it to everyone equally."

It would be a rapid smack-down if he took even one of the satire opportunities that Obama has offered, and Letterman knows it. Any expectation that there is an equality in Letterman's "humor" is delusional.

Not a political strategist, but this appears to be giving Letterman the thing he craves -- attention. It seems it might have been better if Mrs. Palin had simply responded:

Letterman's writers often provide the show with tasteless or inane comments targeted for low-brow laughs. It is not worthwhile to ascribe any importance to what is said, or to attach any significance to such ramblings.

End of story. Case closed. Move along, nothing to see here.

[grjr21]

Unlike racially charged comments that brought Imus, Gibson, Richards and Doug "Greaseman" Tracht low, Letterman's joke is milder and doesn't rise to a career-threatening level, says Ken Sunshine, a veteran New York public-relations executive.

 

Sure calling someone nappy haired is much more offensive than statutory rape /Sarc>

[blueplum]

Letterman is certainly a shining example of the pot calling the kettle black.

old man Letterman has been shacked up with his own babymomma (half his age?) for the last 8 of the 23 years he ‘dated’ her, has a 6yo son, but has been married to the former Regina Lasko less than three months. Speaking about his Justice-of-the-Peace marriage, he bragged openly:

“I had avoided getting married pretty good for, like, 23 years, and I - honestly, whether this happened or not - I secretly felt that men who were married admired me…like I was the last of the real gunslingers, you know what I’m saying?… “

[DHC-2]

Obama isn't the problem, Letterman isn't the problem. And besides, there's nothing YOU (all of us) can do about THEM. The REAL problem is the people who VOTED for Obama and the people in Letterman's audience who CHEERED at his joke. Now those are people you can do something about ... because many of them are your neighbors. Obama is who he is, he will not change, and he is doing exactly what he was ELECTED to do. Letterman, as long as he's getting SUPPORT from his audience continues to do what he is successfully doing. The bottom line here is for YOU to work on your NEIGHBORS and changing their limited view of the world. They voted for these people and they support the advertising for them. If we want to get out of this mess, we shouldn't be focusing on Obama or Letterman, we should be working on our neighbors that cause these two phenomenons to be successful. This is not something to be left up to the national news media, or DC lawyers ... it is up to YOU.

Action Step: In your next conversation with the person next door, plan a conversation to convince them to vote and think differently, or at least shed doubt on what's happening today. (Don't yell and shout, just talk.) That's the task we should be focusing upon TODAY. Make it a daily goal ... one person ... one new thought ... one changed mind. You see, it is "up to you and me." Not "somebody else."

We hear people asking, "yes, but what can I do?" Well there it is.

[DHC-2]

Obama isn't the problem, Letterman isn't the problem. And besides, there's nothing YOU (all of us) can do about THEM. The REAL problem is the people who VOTED for Obama and the people in Letterman's audience who CHEERED at his joke. Now those are people you can do something about ... because many of them are your neighbors. Obama is who he is, he will not change, and he is doing exactly what he was ELECTED to do. Letterman, as long as he's getting SUPPORT from his audience continues to do what he is successfully doing. The bottom line here is for YOU to work on your NEIGHBORS and changing their limited view of the world. They voted for these people and they support the advertising for them. If we want to get out of this mess, we shouldn't be focusing on Obama or Letterman, we should be working on our neighbors that cause these two phenomenons to be successful. This is not something to be left up to the national news media, or DC lawyers ... it is up to YOU.

Action Step: In your next conversation with the person next door, plan a conversation to convince them to vote and think differently, or at least shed doubt on what's happening today. (Don't yell and shout, just talk.) That's the task we should be focusing upon TODAY. Make it a daily goal ... one person ... one new thought ... one changed mind. You see, it is "up to you and me." Not "somebody else."

We hear people asking, "yes, but what can I do?" Well there it is.

[GOPJ]

When comics and thugs offend scapegoats - ( Jews in WWII Germany or conservatives (today) in the United States) there's no “blow-back”. There's laughter that we would even think we deserved an apology.

The “in” people don't have to apologize to the cultural “outs”.

Letterman knows he can't make a rape joke about Obama's daughters. Just like he knows he can make a rape joke about a conservative's daughter.

He's a pig.

[JoJo Gunn]

No author credit, again. The author is Paul Farhi.

[Jeff Head]

Letterman should research the meaning of the phrase, "fighting words."

Then he should be given about a half hour, private, off the record "interview" with Todd Palin (or Sarah for that matter).

My guess is after that, he would not be making any more jokes about the Palin's children.

Watch it Letterman...Sarah's got her eye on you!