Gay Group Demands Letterman Apologize for Mocking Transgender Appointee Amanda Simpson

ABC ^ | Jan. 6, 2009 | RUSSELL GOLDMAN

[Secret Agent Man]

Elaine: “So what was wrong?”

Jerry: “Well, she has man hands.”

[incredulous joe]

Look at the paws on that dude.

[incredulous joe]

Dude?

[incredulous joe]

The good news is that she is the only member of our Commerce Department to be able to palm a basketball and dunk on a 10 foot rim, from a standing position, while wearing pumps.

[GSP.FAN]

I am shocked how many threads you cover.

[SunkenCiv]

Being covered with threads keeps me warm in the winter. ;’)

[blueplum]

Are you here to do a job or just to fill a quota or appease other people?

attention hound, of course we all know it's to fill a quota, duh!

[tlb]

>>>Dr Johnny Fever tells Herb Tarlek that the beautiful Jennifer Marlowe “used to be a guy”

If Obama’s appointee looks like Loni Anderson I imagine the fuss will die down rather quickly and everybody will rush to forgive the administration. Without looking I am guessing however he looks more like Louie Anderson.

Hard to recall the days twenty years ago when Dave actually was the funniest talk show host. It’s a shame what bitterness can do to an old man.

[Pharmboy]

Yeah...that dreadful person DID get good advice; with Tiger, I believe he was so beat up he could NOT show his face.

[TheRobb7]

I think the proper pronoun would be:

She/he/it

...But if one were to say THAT a little too fast, it would present it’s own set of problems.

/sarc..giggle...snort

[Dr. Eckleburg]

The excerpt left out the funniest part of the story.

From the article...

"... In a letter to Letterman and CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler, Human Rights Campaign called the bit "inappropriate and incendiary" and said it reflected "transphobia," a fear or hatred of transgender people."

Transphobia!???!

Hopefully there's medication for someone suffering from transphobia.

Or prison.

[GSP.FAN]

I was looking up transphobia,will they have to call it the GBLTT group,it's getting bigger all the time.. Came across this ,i have no idea what the it means?

[1000 silverlings]

I've been to the doctor. I have transphobia, Islamophobia, Obamaphobia and hydrophobia,(Madd Dawg disease) so I'll soon be dead.

However, I did not "catch" any of the afore-mentioned disorders, nor can I transmit them, so no cure can be possible, making my state not so much a "disease" as a condition of being.

It's just possible "I was born this way". I didn't experiment with any trans, Islams, Obamas, or water hydrants in my youth, although from a very young age I was attracted to trans ams and I always liked dogs.

People who don't like me are silverlingphobics and suffer from Ag-phobia and Atomic #47-phobia. They also don't like Argentina or Nevada. Yet, somehow I get all the blame.

[Quix]

I think The Lord has some very big 2 X 4’s to whack them upside the head with . . . if they don’t wake up, they’ll be hit hard enough, it won’t matter.

[Quix]

[Dr. Eckleburg]

ROTFLOL.

Yes. I blame you.

[1000 silverlings]

I’ll get a gold tooth and then we’ll see

[Dutchboy88]

IMHO we are witnessing the Decline & Fall of the US “Empire”. Nero is fiddling (with himself?) while “Rome” burns. The US has sailed away from its biblical moorings and we are headed for the stormy seas of destruction.