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If the late-night TV host had referred to a female Democratic politician as he did to a prominent Republican governor, then joked about her fourteen-year-old daughter being raped, feminists would be calling on CBS to do to him what they did to Don Imus.
Wonder if this will cause any prominent to Democrats to bellow “have you no decency, Dave?”
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I know that question is rhetorical, because we all know the answer.
Comment by TRO — June 10, 2009 @ 8:36 am - June 10, 2009
I can not imagine how thoroughly satisfied the Palin Derangement Syndrome people must be with this shot to the gut of their nemesis. thelittleletterpeople will be noted for their absence. Since this treatment is indefensible and because they revel in such abuse, they will have nothing to say. They are not brave enough to support Letterman for making them giggle.
Sarah Palin is a mother, a wife, a governor, an attractive woman and down to earth. That really creeps the liberals out. To them there is something obviously wrong with her. She is not elite. She makes lunch for her brood. She never looks harried. She always smiles. She is stuck on God. She must be plastic.
Poor libs, they just don’t dare like her. She is everything they fear. This hardworking person who has a strong sense of responsibility and tells it like it is must be ground into the dirt.
And as for David Letterman, where does this cheap laugh line stand in the pantheon of humor? He has proved that nothing is beneath him. He could have used an editor’s intuition and scrubbed it. Instead, he chose to “go there.” He is guilty of malice. And since this undoubtedly came from a writer, it is malice aforethought.
No, Letterman has no decency. He is a twisted puppy who has hung around for the dough long after he ceased to work at his job. He buried his creative spark long ago and has used his show as a forum for letting his personal demons romp.
There is a circle in Hell waiting for him where he will be subjected to an eternity long interview with Barbara Walters while Roseanne Barr makes fart jokes.
Comment by heliotrope — June 10, 2009 @ 8:47 am - June 10, 2009
Of course they won’t be calling CBS, this sort of thing is perfectly OK, if they are REPUBLICANS. The left only shrieks if they joke is about a liberal.
Comment by Rich Vail — June 10, 2009 @ 8:52 am - June 10, 2009
[...] Why aren’t feminists upset with Dave? [...]
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Ha, you made a funny. As if feminists cared about women and young girls! Ha ha ha. You sucka for believing this line.
Comment by T — June 10, 2009 @ 8:57 am - June 10, 2009
Their silence is deafening.
Feminists today remind me of the kid in class who averts his teachers eyes in order to avoid getting called on to supply an answer to a problem he cannot answer.
The teacher sees you, and everyone around you knows you have no reply.
They are fooling no one by their silence. They may hope we knuckle dragging mouth breathers await instructions from them about when to be outraged. Their assumption that we are too blind to notice this kind of assault and too stupid to see their ignorance of it is what will kill the movement.
Comment by MagicalPat — June 10, 2009 @ 8:59 am - June 10, 2009
To be fair here, Letterman gave no indication that Palin’s daughter would be raped. That’s a huge mischaracterization and you should change that line. Letterman says “knocked up.” That clearly is not even close to saying “raped.” Yes, the joke was in poor taste, but its hardly something to get all bent about.
[JR, when someone "knocks up" a 14-year-old girl, he has sex with her, a minor. Having sex with a minor is statutory rape. --Dan]
Comment by J.R. — June 10, 2009 @ 9:03 am - June 10, 2009
Even though the youngest daughter was in attendance with Palin, I don’t think even Letterman or his writers our that sinister to write a joke about ARod having sex with a 14 year old girl. I assumed the joke was in reference to Bristol Palin, still in poor taste, but not criminal.
Comment by J.R. — June 10, 2009 @ 9:08 am - June 10, 2009
Later today, the rationalizations from the left will begin to ooze out. I predict this will be the most popular:
“It’s Palin’s fault for shamelessly using her children as political props.”
Comment by brobin — June 10, 2009 @ 9:10 am - June 10, 2009
Democrats are not chivalrous. They depend on Republicans for that.
Comment by Becky — June 10, 2009 @ 9:14 am - June 10, 2009
Remember when Rush Limbaugh (supposedly) accidentally ran a cruel visual joke about Chelsea Clinton on his TV show? He apologized on the radio, on his TV show, and in face to Mrs. Clinton at their first meeting. I don’t see that happening here. Besides, she was asking for it by being all conservative and pretty and stuff.
Comment by David Poe — June 10, 2009 @ 9:19 am - June 10, 2009
They were silent about Monica too. They shreiked about subordinates getting taken advantage of before that, but didn’t say a thing about Bill. When they are silent about this happening they just undermine themselves. The next time they try and speak out, people will ask why they speak out for some and not all. Equality, right?
Comment by Dean — June 10, 2009 @ 9:37 am - June 10, 2009
David Letterman is not funny. He is just mean. Jay Leno could dish out the jokes against Bush and Republicans too, but he was more creative and not often mean. And Letterman fails to notice that he himself is an aging man soon to be cast aside for someone younger. It won’t be that much longer. He is really quite pathetic.
Comment by bio mom — June 10, 2009 @ 9:37 am - June 10, 2009
It just occurred to me that Couric and Letterman as co-hosts could take over both shows. Letterman could do a riff off of Couric’s sincere reading of the news she selects and slants and Couric could bring gravitas and an impish giggle to Letterman’s venomous zingers.
Comment by heliotrope — June 10, 2009 @ 9:39 am - June 10, 2009
because feminism as a cause is dead…
When you are fighting for a cause based on morality, you must be true to that morality at some level. If you grow apoplectic at a behavior when it’s done by one group, and utterly silent, if not outright supportive, when it’s done by another, you no longer have the moral authority required to actually claim the moral high ground required for your fight… and you do that often enough, your cause dies.
I’m thinking Clinton presided over the funeral…
Comment by bob — June 10, 2009 @ 9:50 am - June 10, 2009
If liberal women think that somehow because Dave said this about a Conservative in public that it is ok they better realize that he is saying the same thing about them just behind their backs! Men who feel the need to demean women do it to all women, they do not pick and choose however Dave knows if he said it about Obama’s daughters he would be fired so they are slick enough in their HATE for women to define when they speak nastily of them.
Having been a liberal women until 9-12 I can tell you that the WORST people in the world to have a REAL discussion about women, blacks, jews and gays would be LIBERAL white men….they are indeed the racist’s they proclaim to see in the Conservatives!
I am sure no one on this site would be shocked to know what they say about all the above groups in quiet conservations at union meetings, protests etc.
Comment by Jaded — June 10, 2009 @ 10:01 am - June 10, 2009
I agree (who wouldn’t?) it was a sleazy “joke” but it seems to me it was directed more at Alex Rodriguez than it was at Palin’s daughter.
Yeah, to be sure Letterman wouldn’t have done it if it was about Obama’s daughters (much younger of course but still).
And if he did, the point is spot on: the feminists would have been outraged.
Comment by SteveMG — June 10, 2009 @ 10:02 am - June 10, 2009
Have feminists even been relevant since they turned their back on Bill’s victims? I am pretty sure that episode showed them to be nothing more than the bitch branch of the Democratic Party. Why would anyone care what they are cackling on about now?
Comment by Diggs — June 10, 2009 @ 10:17 am - June 10, 2009
The only thing more disturbing than the comtumely meted out by the likes of Letterman is the delight with which it is received by an obviously deranged audiance.
That there is a following for the Letterman/Mahr/Oberman /Couric types says a lot about the state of American culture.
Comment by william — June 10, 2009 @ 10:21 am - June 10, 2009
His contract must be up for renewal.
Comment by Ignatius — June 10, 2009 @ 10:39 am - June 10, 2009
Liberal woman are part feminist when it involves liberal woman and part mysigonist when it involves republican woman. AKA frauds.
Comment by Sunflower — June 10, 2009 @ 10:44 am - June 10, 2009
Cancel your cable until 2010 elections are over – blame Letterman and his ilk when you speak to your service provider.
Comment by yyysguy — June 10, 2009 @ 10:44 am - June 10, 2009
What happened to Letterman? Years ago he seemed to be proud of his run-of-the-mill Ball State midwestern heritage.
Now? He’s become cocooned as an East Coast liberal elite.
Comment by EMD — June 10, 2009 @ 10:48 am - June 10, 2009
I am a liberal. That was NOT funny, David Letterman.
Comment by KA — June 10, 2009 @ 10:50 am - June 10, 2009
He just repeated the “current truth”. Nobody will say boo, except perhaps, to slam anybody for making a big deal of it.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — June 10, 2009 @ 11:00 am - June 10, 2009
TRO what are you talking about. There is nothing I like about Sarah Palin, and listen a lot of republican women don’t like her not just what you call us “liberal” women. She is rude, she talks about morals and values and look at her daughter, she like to hunt and kill defensless wolfs from planes, just because is fun. I sure don’t want to be represented by a woman like that. I believe in God, but I also believe that a woman has the right to choose. So, thank you David and thumbs up to you!!
Comment by Marianna — June 10, 2009 @ 11:19 am - June 10, 2009
No one watches Letterman — how could they have known?
Comment by Michelle — June 10, 2009 @ 11:33 am - June 10, 2009
Comment #6 – Amen to that, Jaded. I am Hispanic, 55 years old, grew up in a small agricultural community in south-central Idaho. One would think that growing up in the heart of ultra-conservative Idaho would have been a personal life experience of encountering prejudice/racism on a daily basis.
To the contrary, I can only specifically recall 5 such instances in my entire life where I encountered such behavior from a “redneck” or “conservative.”
On the other hand, even as a child, I quickly became aware of the phony condescending behavior of individuals that professed “liberal beliefs.” Over time I developed a finely honed sense for detecting the bigotry they work to mask.
I have 2 brothers and 6 sisters and we will all tell you the same: The biggest bigots we’ve enountered are people that identify themselves as liberals.
Comment by gsarcs — June 10, 2009 @ 11:43 am - June 10, 2009
Remember these people are the ones with the bumper stickers that say “She’s not a woman. She’s a Republican.” Those people should be ashamed of themselves. Alas, they won’t be. They have no shame.
Comment by Real American — June 10, 2009 @ 11:54 am - June 10, 2009
Well, I’ve filed a complaint with the FCC and left negative feedback on CBS’s site. But I’m still pissed. I’m trying to find the advertisers for that show and plan to contact them. Anyone know any specifics regarding advertisers? Man, I’d love to make that fat lip of his even fatter.
Comment by leishman — June 10, 2009 @ 11:55 am - June 10, 2009
They aren’t feminists but more importantly, they are jealous and envious as hell of Sarah Palin. What’s not to envy, she’s smart, attractive, has guts and stands up for her principles. Something they all wish they could be but know deep down know they are the polar opposite and will never amount to anything but mentallly unbalanced shrews and harpies
Is it any wonder the likes of Joy Behar and janeanne Garofalo are typical representatives of them? Ugly both on the inside and out
Comment by Sue — June 10, 2009 @ 12:24 pm - June 10, 2009
While I think the Willow Palin joke was indefensible, the remark I found just as disgusting (in part, because it proves the assertions in comments 6 and 12 above) was the “slutty stewardess” one.
Because Letterman outright called Palin a whore in that remark.
It’s one thing to call someone a “sexy” whatever, because it affirms she’s an attractive, desirable woman. But to call her a “slutty” anything demeans her — it’s rather like the Playboy freelancer’s hate f**k post last week. It not only objectifies her, it victimizes her and basically implies, “all she’s good for is screwing.”
Everyone in the audience knew EXACTLY what Letterman was implying in that statement. Just like the audience knew EXACTLY what Obama intended with his “lipstick on a pig” comment.
But are we really surprised by the left’s misogony? After the attacks on Hillary during the primaries and after the treatement Palin received during the campaign, can anyone pretend this is anything other than what it is?
Finally, is anyone really surprised that feminists are only offended by such matters when it’s politically expedient to be so?
Comment by elaine — June 10, 2009 @ 12:36 pm - June 10, 2009
The only silver lining, and I mean the only, is that Sasha and Malia Obama will be immune from such demeaning comments which are not even worthy of leering winos in a dive bar. I am not just shocked that writers, editors, producers, and David Letterman could not find their conscience on the way to the laugh line, but also because the audience actually did laugh.
Bastards should rot in hell.
Comment by Irish Rabble — June 10, 2009 @ 1:01 pm - June 10, 2009
Re Marianna’s comment
Thank you for proving the point in one post. It’s not an issue to demean a woman, to make jokes about statuatory rape on her daughter when it’s someone not liked by the left. Heck, let’s encourage such behaviour!
I understand though why her talk about morals and values must confuse you. Alien concepts often do.
Just like that wolf hunting is regulated and a valid form of predator control. It’s not fun. Most consevatives don’t take delight in the cruelty and suffering of another. That’s part of the reason of the hunt in the first place.
We’ll leave joy in others’ suffering and making jokes about a crime like rape to your side.
Comment by The Livewire — June 10, 2009 @ 1:51 pm - June 10, 2009
Look the liberals and Democrats can say these mean hateful things about Republicans and their children because in their minds conservatives are EVIL. Anything goes when fighting evil. When liberals slip up and say dumb things they are fogiven because they are righteous. Jackson…hymietown, Clintons racist comments about Obama, Kerry and Murthas comments about the military. Righteous vs evil. It is also why the media views the events this way. They blow Republican missteps out of proportion, because , well this is who they are. Uncaring, mean heartless etc.
Comment by Gene in Pennsylvania — June 10, 2009 @ 3:05 pm - June 10, 2009
Outside the thread,
Two more recent gaffes by the VP, the first critical decision made by Obamateleprompter…picking a competent Vice President…..
courtesy of National Review Online
On the economy . . .
The vice presidential gaffe machine was in high gear Tuesday. During a press conference call with reporters, Joe Biden was asked to explain how exactly the administration plans to create 600,000 new jobs this summer.
But according to The American Spectator, when reporters asked the VP to explain how the White House even came up with the 600,000 number, he asked for a pass, saying a question like that is “above his pay grade” and, “I’m sorry, I’m not an economist. My background is in foreign policy.”
That is so comforting coming from the guy who President Obama tasked with implementing the stimulus plan.
. . . And did Biden just put Judge Sotomayor’s nomination in jeopardy?
Vice President Joe Biden may have crossed the line when he assured national law enforcement groups Monday that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor “has your back.”
The remark quickly stirred criticism in the legal world, since Biden was making a pledge that a fair and objective justice would not necessarily be able to
Comment by Gene in Pennsylvania — June 10, 2009 @ 3:26 pm - June 10, 2009
[...] smear? Of a 14 year old, no less? And of course it’s OK if they’re conservative. Joyner adds his two cents. Think the attack on Palin isn’t full-tilt-bozo? They’re [...]
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I wonder what the reaction would have been if the joke had been of similar tone but used a person of color as the brunt of the joke?
Is there less Presidential late night ribbing due to his color? Race? Mr. Letterman wouldn’t want to cross that line would he?
Comment by TnnsNE1 — June 10, 2009 @ 4:25 pm - June 10, 2009
FYI the good people at Hillbuzz are already onto this issue. Read their comments here
http://hillbuzz.org/2009/06/09/not-on-our-watch/
You will find the name of advertisers and yes they are intent upon boycotting those advertisers until Letterman is pulled from the air.
Enough is enough of this kind of crap.
Comment by thestraightaussie — June 10, 2009 @ 5:08 pm - June 10, 2009
Read this:
http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2009/06/cbs-news-uses-rape-analogy-for-sarah.html
Comment by thestraightaussie — June 10, 2009 @ 5:22 pm - June 10, 2009
The New Agenda is a feminist group that is tackling misogyny wherever it occurs. This is a huge task since anti-female bigotry is found throughout our culture and across the political spectrum.
The New Agenda is a non-partisan effort. We want all women and girls to be able to enter the public sphere without being attacked in sexist terms.
Comment by Egallantry — June 10, 2009 @ 5:56 pm - June 10, 2009
[...] GayPatriotWest writes: If the late-night TV host had referred to a female Democratic politician as he did to a prominent Republican governor, then joked about her fourteen-year-old daughter being raped, feminists would be calling on CBS to do to him what they did to Don Imus. [...]
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#30 leishman: Hillbuzz has a list of corporate sponsors of the Letterman show.
http://hillbuzz.org/2009/06/10/list-of-david-lettermans-advertisers/
I wrote to CBS, FCC and several of the sponsors. We will NOT let a liberal comedian get away with misogyny and disgusting jokes about child rape.
Comment by Juju — June 10, 2009 @ 8:19 pm - June 10, 2009
I emailed three of the sponsors on Lettermans website that still has the monologue and “ten things” clips up. I haven’t watched CBS for years, but told the product makers I will vote with my pocket book in future if I dont hear back from them, ASAP.
Comment by Skeej — June 10, 2009 @ 8:25 pm - June 10, 2009
I left my comments at the CBS website, too. I’m so FED UP with the the nasty pot shots taken at Sarah Palin & her family! I have no problem with comedians poking fun at celebrities and public figures in a good natured way, but since day one there has been a viciousness in the attacks toward SP that continue to bewilder me!
Comment by Annie — June 10, 2009 @ 9:27 pm - June 10, 2009
I wonder what Andy Rooney thinks of this.
Comment by SoCalRobert — June 10, 2009 @ 9:28 pm - June 10, 2009
I have been reading the comments at Hillbuzz. Not all liberal Democrats agree with Letterman, the lamestream media or Obummer. Interestingly they call him Dr. Utopia, and yes Benito is another name. Some of them have discovered Newt Gingrich is not so bad after all, and I see interesting comments re Rush Limburgh and Sean Hannity.
This is a cause that can unite all of us in one way or another. The slurs were shocking and things like the reaction of whatishername Contessa were pathetic to say the least – in her case she has this thing about how it happened to her, yet she seems to think that Palin is fair game…. not…..
Comment by thestraightaussie — June 11, 2009 @ 3:55 am - June 11, 2009
[...] to make comments about the progeny of Democrats like Bill Clinton, Joe Biden and Al Gore, suggesting the rape of Sarah Palin’s daughter is okay. (The same crew that refuses to make jokes about Dear [...]
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#26 – Your parents must be so proud of you. Why don’t you climb up the stairs from the basement and thank them for not having aborted you?
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — June 11, 2009 @ 3:43 pm - June 11, 2009
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And just for comparison purposes, let’s see how Dippy Dave would have gone over if his monlogue had gone like this:
“The category tonight – Top Ten Hghlights of Michelle Obama’s Visit to New York. I didn’t know she was coming but we made room for her on the show. I hope she shows us those wonderful arms.
“She was here, she was up at Yankee Stadium. OK, Top Ten Hghlights of Michelle Obama’s Visit to New York. Here we go:
“10. Visited New York landmarks of the country she’s finally proud of.
“9. Laughed at all the homeless whiteys she saw on the streets.
“8. Made collard greens and chitlins on Rachel Ray.
“7. Broke into and stole a car on Park Avenue.
“6. After pulling a gun and screaming, “I’m gonna pop a cap in your ass” at a drug dealer, scored a kilo of cocaine for her husband.
“5. Made a sleeveless sweater out of 100 live rats.
“4. Sat in for Kelly Ripa after she pulled a knife on Kelly and threatened to slice and dice her.
“3. Made a white guy give up his seat for her on the subway.
“2. Bought makeup at Bloomingdale’s to cover up her resemblance to Aunt Esther on Sanford & Son.
“And the number-one Top Ten Hghlight of Michelle Obama’s Visit to New York: Especially enjoyed showing off her $540 sneakers at a local homeless shelter.”
(Musical interlude by Paul Schaeffer.)
“In a related story, Michelle attended a Yankee’s game. One awkward moment during the game. Maybe you heard about it or saw it on one of the highlight reels. An awkward moment for Michelle Obama at the Yankee’s game. During the 7th inning, both her daughters were knocked up by Alex Rodriguez. You can see how that would be awkward.
“But, given President Obama’s love of abortion there are no worries. Those mistakes can have their brains sucked out and be killed just as they’re coming out of the girls. No sense in punishing a preteen with a child.”
Gee, really funny, huh?
Not.
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — June 11, 2009 @ 4:53 pm - June 11, 2009
As many bloggers have pointed out, by Letterman’s standards, his own wife is a whore (didnt marry her til their child was in kindergarten) and president Obama’s mother is a slut (got pregnant with Obama before she was married and while his father was already married) .
Ok, libs, take it away, lets hear the jokes!
Comment by American Elephant — June 11, 2009 @ 7:43 pm - June 11, 2009
my last comment on the pervert Letterman, who has the mindset of a misogynist, and if he acted out his fantasies on rape of young girls would send the ugly host to jail for life! was not submitted because the system was busy.
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