Letterman v. Palin

[Another_Dude]

Originally Posted by Psychonaut

The joke was made with him thinking the 18 year old was at Yankee Stadium but it was actually the 14 year old. Simple misunderstanding. Regardless, who cares? Palin needs to fade away. And quickly. Letterman should never have had to apologize. Too many people in this country need to shut up and quit trying to worry about what's best for the rest of us.

She accepted his apology.

And remember, Palin was asked to be on the campaign last year. She wasn't seeking out the limelight and trash that has been thrown at her family.

Plenty of smart and qualified people in the future will look at what happened to the Palin family and stay out of national politics where they could have done some good. The media on the last election went full retard and the country will be worse off because of it.

[Chordata]

Originally Posted by Another_Dude

And remember, Palin was asked to be on the campaign last year. She wasn't seeking out the limelight and trash that has been thrown at her family.

She could have declined. By accepting, she made herself an even greater public figure than she was (and thus the source of much late-night fodder).

By shoving her pregnant daughter into the focus, she did the same.

It was a stupid and inappropriate joke, but Palin and the 15 people who protested Letterman yesterday need to get over themselves.

"Letterman supports raping underage children." Of course he does...

Talk about "going full retard."

[Another_Dude]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

Palin is going to do everything in her power to not fade away. She wants to run for President in 2012 and to do that she needs to stay in the spotlight.

I don't see her running in 2012.

[Deadset]

Originally Posted by VinnAY

Letterman's only mistake was using her kid, and it doesn't matter if it was the 18 or 14 year old. Palin is in the public eye, the kids are off limits IMHO. Now, Bristol is sort of injecting herself in the public eye with the whole baby and teen abstinence stuff, but even then it was in poor taste on Dave's part.

Well said, if you're a public figure, you are fair game....it's time to leave the families of these people alone. Kids from both sides are off limits or should be, it seems that one side thinks they have immunity to this rule.

[SDon1969]

Interesting that Leno quipped on-air about Palin's daughter being impregnated by Edwards (and it's not like the other late night talk show hosts shied away from the topic), but Palin didn't get upset about that one...However, I would concede that Letterman's joke was the crudest.