Comments on: Sarah Palin Will Defend, Exploit, Teen Girls' Honor And Self Esteem

By: Aatom

Aatom — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:26:14 +0000

There are millions of people taking to the streets in Tehran risking life and limb to alter the course of their country's politics, and here we are. Talking about this clown circus.

The only thing Letterman is guilty of is flubbing the research on this joke. If his lazy writers had bothered to check which daughter was at the game with her none of this would have happened. But for fuck's sake, it's a monologue joke. Not a great one. Very few of them are.

Also, if Palin says the words "rape" and "Letterman" in the same sentence again my head may explode with rage.

By: sigerson

sigerson — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:05:26 +0000

This is such utter bullshit. Letterman was obviously referring to the daughter who had underage sex and got pregnant. THAT daughter is a public figure who advocates for abstinence, appears on the COVER OF PEOPLE MAGAZINE and is fair game. Just like making jokes about Cheney's gay daughter or Meghan Mccain's insanity.

Was it funny? Worth a chuckle or two, I guess. Was it tasteless and "over the line"? Absolutely not.

By: My Number Is My Address

My Number Is My Address — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:07:15 +0000

Indeed. Also kind of an A-Rod joke, isn't it? Like he can't control himself. I was surprised Letterman told the joke, it's not really his style. But it's nothing.

By: hman

hman — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:37:21 +0000

Oh brother, even Hannity and Ingraham were talking about this last night.

Hannity wants Letterman fired for this, obviously.

By: ladybug taint

ladybug taint — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:39:06 +0000

Jeez – this back and forth between them mirrors exactly the kerfuffle between Donald Trump and Rosie O. It only serves to get publicity for Letterman and relevance for Palin. Both sides know this. Both sides want this. This is why the story will not die.

By: wiilliiaamm

wiilliiaamm — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:17:00 +0000

As a Letterman-man from the early days of his morning show(iwasveryyoung)–I also agree that it was hack, lazy and a cheap shot.

That said–the most unpleasant part of the whole thing is that it gives the Alaskan hack a reason to visit the moral highground–one of those foreign lands she can only see from her house. And that irritates.

By: brent_cox

brent_cox — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:46:01 +0000

I'm mostly cheesed no one has brought up the fact that the narrative of a joke is not something that actually happened — it's made up. So there is a difference between accusing someone of being knocked up by ARod and proposing that it would be funny to imagine a world in which someone was knocked up by ARod. Which in turn renders a "How dare you?" toothless.

Also, see Twain w/r/t explaining humor and dissecting frogs.

By: NicFit

NicFit — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:44:13 +0000

Please leave the counter-intuitive blogging to Slate.

Pal1nS suk ha ha.

By: Hobbesian

Hobbesian — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:36:36 +0000

Re: Willow – no, it's not just you. Fun fact of the day – Warwick Davis is also the band leader in all the Harry Potter movies! What did we do before the Intertet?

By: Abe Sauer

Abe Sauer — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:16:41 +0000

no kidding. She's talking over Lauer now calling Letterman a "so-called comedian." She's coming across quite well and… sane, actually. Ah, Dave, unintended consequences, etc. Also: is it just because i'm old or does everyone hear "Willow" and think of Warwick Davis?

By: paxcincinnatus

paxcincinnatus — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:57:36 +0000

true, the only real crime here is giving an opportunity to palin to stay in the news cycle.

By: rod_townsend

rod_townsend — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:55:38 +0000

Letterman was wrong to mention Palin. At all. If her tree falls in the forest, close your ears and eyes so SHE WILL NOT EXIST!.

By: mathnet

mathnet — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:20:19 +0000

Looks like my logo has already won! I'll take my $100 in fives and intercourse.

By: Flashman

Flashman — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:17:15 +0000

Was this that joke about Rodriguez 'knocking up' her daughter? I totally agree, I thought that that line was just tasteless and not funny at.
I was really surprised; I thought Letterman would have had a bit more sense, or class, than to say something like that.

By: Choire

Choire — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:14:02 +0000

lol. fixed!

By: mathnet

mathnet — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:13:41 +0000

You will never know what I was talking about.

By: mathnet

mathnet — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:13:10 +0000

NEW FONT FAKE-OUT