“Did I suggest that it was okay for her 14-year-old daughter to be having promiscuous sex?”
Notice how Letterman puts the emphasis on Palin’s 14 year old daughter in the hypothetical situation? It’s not “I didn’t mean to suggest it would be okay for a 30+ year old professional baseball player to commit statutory rape”, it’s (essentially) “I didn’t mean to say it was okay for Palin’s underage daughter to be a ho.”
Way to stay classy there, Dave. /s
correction: he did mention the rape element earlier on. Still, Letterman’s apology sound more snark than sincere to me.
Letterman calls Palin daughter a prostitute for Spitzer.