Author Topic: Palin: Letterman owes women an apology... (Read 13591 times)

tu_holmes · « **Reply #100 on:** June 15, 2009, 04:40:00 PM »

Quote from: LurkerNoMore on June 15, 2009, 04:35:11 PM

Wrong. McCain lost because the independents and moderates fled his side after he brought on Palin. She killed the election for him right away.

That's exactly what happened. The only people who stuck with McCain after that, were those who made more than 250K and were worried about having to pay more in taxes under Obama.

240 is Back · « **Reply #101 on:** June 15, 2009, 05:13:15 PM »

It was some combination of the economy tanking, mccain's 'senior moments', Palin doing terrible on Couric, palin avoiding daily media interviews like all other VP candidates do, and other reasons as well.

It'd be silly to say "the ONLY reason..."

Mccain made a lot of mistakes, and Palin simply isn't presidential material. The nation was ready for a change, and 1992 told us what was gonna happen (end of war, recession, the war hero gets toppled by an unknown lib).

Dos Equis · « **Reply #102 on:** June 15, 2009, 07:38:43 PM »

Good for him. The right thing to do.

David Letterman apologizes to Palins over 'coarse joke'
Posted: 08:54 PM ET

NEW YORK (CNN) – David Letterman delivered another, more repentant apology for the off-color joke he made last week about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter.

"It was kind of a coarse joke. There's no getting around it," Letterman said in the opening monologue of Monday night's show.

Letterman, who joked last Tuesday that Palin's "daughter was knocked up by Alex Rodriguez" at a recent Yankees game, still insisted he was referring to Palin's 18-year-old, Bristol, who gave birth to a boy in December, and not her 14-year-old, Willow.

Related video: Letterman's joke was 'perverted,' says Palin

Palin has called that a "weak, convenient excuse" for a joke that was"inappropriate" no matter which daughter was the target.

"My 14-year-old was there with me at the game. She was the only one there with me," Palin said.

Letterman said Monday night that he now realizes, "It doesn't make any difference what my intent was, it's the perception."

"As they say about jokes, if you have to explain the joke, it's not a very good joke," he said. "I take full blame for that."

"I told a bad joke. I told a joke that was beyond flawed," he said.

"So, I would like to apologize, especially to the two daughters involved, Bristol and Willow, and also to the governor and her family and everybody else who was outraged by the joke," Letterman said. "I'm sorry about it and I'll try to do better in the future.

The controversy comes at a time the late-night ratings battle between the "Late Show with David Letterman" on CBS and NBC's "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" is in the spotlight.

Letterman has gained ground in the two weeks since O'Brien took over hosting duties from Jay Leno.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

24KT · « **Reply #103 on:** June 15, 2009, 09:27:40 PM »

I doubt this had anything to do with Palin, ...I strongly suspect it was all the slutty flight attendants.

National Association of Slutty Flight Attendants March in NYC

Alaska governor Sarah Palin received a resounding vote of support today in her war of words with David Letterman as thousands of slutty flight attendants marched on Mr. Letterman's TV studio in New York.

The protest march, organized by the National Association of Slutty Flight Attendants, attracted as many as twenty thousand slutty marchers, according to NYPD estimates.

"Say it loud, we're slutty and proud!" chanted the protesters, who lined the sidewalks in front of Mr. Letterman's studio to show their support for the Alaska governor.

Kendra Kalounis, the executive director of the slutty flight attendants' group, said she had canceled a tanning appointment to attend the march and added that slutty flight attendants were a political force to be reckoned with.

"Do you know the difference between a regular flight attendant and a slutty one?" she said. "Lipstick."

Personally, I think they were objecting to even being compared to Palin. That was plain mean & cruel.

240 is Back · « **Reply #104 on:** June 15, 2009, 10:00:33 PM »

repubs, please, run a reagan/clint eastwood-esque candidate in 2012. A real badass.

Straw Man · « **Reply #105 on:** June 15, 2009, 10:37:50 PM »

I can't believe Letterman apologized again

even in his apology he had to point out yet again what we all know which is that he was referring to Bristol (the only Palin daughter most of us even know).

Now it must be imperative that Jay Leno apologize since his joke was actually about Bristol and she was under 18 at the time.

I hope Sarah Palin will be consistent in her outrage and do nothing else in her life until she extracts the appropriate apology from Leno.

WTF is wrong with this country?

Straw Man · « **Reply #106 on:** June 15, 2009, 10:42:45 PM »

Letterman should be making MORE jokes every night about the Palin brood

that should be his only topic on every monologue

240 is Back · « **Reply #107 on:** June 15, 2009, 10:43:36 PM »

Quote from: Straw Man on June 15, 2009, 10:37:50 PM

WTF is wrong with this country?

Something happened to republicans. They sat and lsitened to hannity, rush, and oreilly WHINE for the last 8 years. Suddenly they WHINE. They feign offense, and htink they'll get votes because 'the other people were inappropriate".

it was inappropriate to invade iraq. it was inappropriate to borrow 5 trillion bucks. This was just a bad joke/misunderstanding. He apologized three times now.

Repubs, seriously, toughen up. Brush this shit off your shoulder. palin had a national audience on TODAY. She should have said "Apology accepted, Mr Letterman" and then spent the next 8 minutes talking about her SOLUTIONS to our country's problems. Wouldn't that have been a cavalier, bad-ass way of handling the situation? She has a nation who loves to watch her on TV... and she doesn't use that time to really facilitate some cool change.

Instead, she gets on TV and whines. Bummer. She could have used that platform in a more useful manner.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #108 on:** June 16, 2009, 05:43:56 AM »

Quote from: 240 is Back on June 15, 2009, 10:43:36 PM

Something happened to republicans. They sat and lsitened to hannity, rush, and oreilly WHINE for the last 8 years. Suddenly they WHINE. They feign offense, and htink they'll get votes because 'the other people were inappropriate".

it was inappropriate to invade iraq. it was inappropriate to borrow 5 trillion bucks. This was just a bad joke/misunderstanding. He apologized three times now.

Repubs, seriously, toughen up. Brush this shit off your shoulder. palin had a national audience on TODAY. She should have said "Apology accepted, Mr Letterman" and then spent the next 8 minutes talking about her SOLUTIONS to our country's problems. Wouldn't that have been a cavalier, bad-ass way of handling the situation? She has a nation who loves to watch her on TV... and she doesn't use that time to really facilitate some cool change.

Instead, she gets on TV and whines. Bummer. She could have used that platform in a more useful manner.

If Palin were shrwed she would say the following:

"I accept the apology and agree that this matter should be dropped. I think we all need to focus on the bigger issues of the day, most importantly, the reckless fiscal policies of the President who is pursuing the same policies of George Bush, but three times worse."

In this way, she can keep her head high, accept her victory, keep her name in the news, and start on the attack of the real problem - Spendthrift Obama.

Straw Man · « **Reply #109 on:** June 16, 2009, 06:08:31 AM »

Quote from: 333386 on June 16, 2009, 05:43:56 AM

If Palin were shrwed she would say the following:

"I accept the apology and agree that this matter should be dropped. I think we all need to focus on the bigger issues of the day, most importantly, the reckless fiscal policies of the President who is pursuing the same policies of George Bush, but three times worse."

In this way, she can keep her head high, accept her victory, keep her name in the news, and start on the attack of the real problem - Spendthrift Obama.

Haven't you figured out yet that Palin is a moron.

If she had any brain or class she would have laughed off the joke and said something like she doesn't concern herself with jokes by late night talk show hosts.

Instead she chose to put the image in the public domain of her 14 year old kid being raped and said it repeatedly. I wonder who's comments (Letterman or Palins) was more embarressing to the kid.

Anyone with half a brain knows that the joke only makes sense in the context of the "unwed teenage mother/abstinence advocate" Bristol Palin

How many more times do we need proof that Palin is a opportunistic idiot who cares more about keeping her face in the media for another day than she does about her own kids?

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #110 on:** June 16, 2009, 06:12:02 AM »

Quote from: Straw Man on June 16, 2009, 06:08:31 AM

Haven't you figured out yet that Palin is a moron.

If she had any brain or class she would have laughed off the joke and said something like she doesn't concern herself with jokes by late night talk show hosts.

Instead she chose to put the image in the public domain of her 14 year old kid being raped and said it repeatedly. I wonder who's comments (Letterman or Palins) was more embarressing to the kid.

Anyone with half a brain knows that the joke only makes sense in the context of the "unwed teenage mother/abstinence advocate" Bristol Palin

How many more times do we need proof that Palin is a opportunistic idiot who cares more about keeping her face in the media for another day than she does about her own kids?

I dont disagree and I think that the 1000% laser focus needs to be the reckless fiscal policies of Obama/Geitner in printing trillions of dollars of worthless money and the hyperinflation that is going to make the 70's look like ap icnic. .

BM OUT · « **Reply #111 on:** June 16, 2009, 06:14:16 AM »

Quote from: Straw Man on June 16, 2009, 06:08:31 AM

Haven't you figured out yet that Palin is a moron.

If she had any brain or class she would have laughed off the joke and said something like she doesn't concern herself with jokes by late night talk show hosts.

Instead she chose to put the image in the public domain of her 14 year old kid being raped and said it repeatedly. I wonder who's comments (Letterman or Palins) was more embarressing to the kid.

Anyone with half a brain knows that the joke only makes sense in the context of the "unwed teenage mother/abstinence advocate" Bristol Palin

How many more times do we need proof that Palin is a opportunistic idiot who cares more about keeping her face in the media for another day than she does about her own kids?

Palin is a moron but Joe Biden is a fucking brilliant deep thinker.Letterman would NEVER make a joke about those two little rats of Obamas but he has no problem insulting Palins kids.The fucking idiot said "I wasnt talking about the 14 year old".Who was at the game?The 14 year old.He fucked up,got caught out there and now hes loosing advertisers.Welcome to the world of Don Imus.Now that the left sees what its like,perhaps they wont cry like little bitches when someone offends them.Maybe now they may learn to not try and get people fired EVERYTIME they say something that the left percieves as offensive.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #112 on:** June 16, 2009, 06:17:02 AM »

Quote from: BILLY MIMNAUGH on June 16, 2009, 06:14:16 AM

Palin is a moron but Joe Biden is a fucking brilliant deep thinker.Letterman would NEVER make a joke about those two little rats of Obamas but he has no problem insulting Palins kids.The fucking idiot said "I wasnt talking about the 14 year old".Who was at the game?The 14 year old.He fucked up,got caught out there and now hes loosing advertisers.Welcome to the world of Don Imus.Now that the left sees what its like,perhaps they wont cry like little bitches when someone offends them.Maybe now they may learn to not try and get people fired EVERYTIME they say something that the left percieves as offensive.

Hysterical!

The left hates when their own tactics are turned back on them.

LurkerNoMore · « **Reply #113 on:** June 16, 2009, 07:17:34 AM »

LOL @ the Palinites STILL whining on here.

Which is the very same quality that is keeping "your girl" from ever being taken seriously by the majority of her own party, let alone America.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #114 on:** June 16, 2009, 07:22:13 AM »

Quote from: LurkerNoMore on June 16, 2009, 07:17:34 AM

LOL @ the Palinites STILL whining on here.

Which is the very same quality that is keeping "your girl" from ever being taken seriously by the majority of her own party, let alone America.

As flawed as she is, I would still trust her over ZERO any day of the week.

240 is Back · « **Reply #115 on:** June 16, 2009, 07:32:21 AM »

Quote from: 333386 on June 16, 2009, 05:43:56 AM

If Palin were shrwed she would say the following:

"I accept the apology and agree that this matter should be dropped. I think we all need to focus on the bigger issues of the day, most importantly, the reckless fiscal policies of the President who is pursuing the same policies of George Bush, but three times worse."

In this way, she can keep her head high, accept her victory, keep her name in the news, and start on the attack of the real problem - Spendthrift Obama.

we're on the same page here. She'd have 8 minutes on TODAY to deliver a passionate speech, speak to every single broke/unemployed american, speak to those moderates in the MIDDLE that her party needs so bad.

instead, it was 8 minutes of "Oh, you take that any way you want, Matt Lauer. Maybe my daughter would be dangerous, and letterman wouldn't want that! hehehehe you betcha". It was a few minutes of her hinting that letterman isn't to be trusted around young girls. I know this petty immature stuff makes her feel better, but really, 310 million americans care more about their 401k and electric bill than some bad joke the dude had already apologized for.

But she's not shrewd.

LurkerNoMore · « **Reply #116 on:** June 16, 2009, 08:16:57 AM »

Quote from: 333386 on June 16, 2009, 07:22:13 AM

As flawed as she is, I would still trust her over ZERO any day of the week.

Coming from someone anticipating a zombie outbreak so he can justify using his duffle bag survival gear isn't exactly a ringing endorsement.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #117 on:** June 16, 2009, 08:23:58 AM »

Quote from: LurkerNoMore on June 16, 2009, 08:16:57 AM

Coming from someone anticipating a zombie outbreak so he can justify using his duffle bag survival gear isn't exactly a ringing endorsement.

You know whats hysterical, you call yourself "lurkernomore" yet you lurk over every gay/palin/MSNBC thread, yet you are completely silent on every story coming out how zero is no different than Bush in almost every way imaginable.

LurkerNoMore · « **Reply #118 on:** June 16, 2009, 08:30:39 AM »

Quote from: 333386 on June 16, 2009, 08:23:58 AM

You know whats hysterical, you call yourself "lurkernomore" yet you lurk over every gay/palin/MSNBC thread, yet you are completely silent on every story coming out how zero is no different than Bush in almost every way imaginable.

No, actually what is really hysterical is watching you try to disintegrate thread after thread with off topic discussions because you simply can't contribute to the topic at hand without getting thrown under the bus by your own delusions and statements.

Hypocrisy at it's finest unless of course you can provide links to things you wrote bashing Bush during his terms for the same things you are crying for over Obama now.

Fury · « **Reply #119 on:** June 16, 2009, 08:35:25 AM »

This bitch is still in the news. She needs to STFU. How many times does Letterman have to apologize until this twat is satisfied? Oh wait, she's a media whore. I'm sure we'll be hearing about this until 2010.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #120 on:** June 16, 2009, 08:35:53 AM »

Quote from: LurkerNoMore on June 16, 2009, 08:30:39 AM

No, actually what is really hysterical is watching you try to disintegrate thread after thread with off topic discussions because you simply can't contribute to the topic at hand without getting thrown under the bus by your own delusions and statements.

Hypocrisy at it's finest unless of course you can provide links to things you wrote bashing Bush during his terms for the same things you are crying for over Obama now.

I was not a poster here for most of that time, and anyone here will tell you I hated Bush for his reckless spending.

BTW - you are owned the minute you wake up.

LurkerNoMore · « **Reply #121 on:** June 16, 2009, 08:41:00 AM »

So in other words... you can't show it because you didn't do it.

Hypocrite.

LurkerNoMore · « **Reply #122 on:** June 16, 2009, 08:50:11 AM »

Quote from: BerzerkFury on June 16, 2009, 08:35:25 AM

This bitch is still in the news. She needs to STFU. How many times does Letterman have to apologize until this twat is satisfied? Oh wait, she's a media whore. I'm sure we'll be hearing about this until 2010.

She won't be happy until Letterman buys ad space on the First Duds snowmobile. Because joking about statutory rape is really serious, even more serious than say... Levi committing it in Palin's own home. ZOMG!

Some people have remarked that there is no proof that ANY daughter of hers was at the game. No photos, nothing. If that is the case, she has some explaining to do. Unless of course she really did fly the girl there on the Alaska taxpayers dime. Could be the Lipstick-On-A-Pig Panic scam rehashed for more attention.

BM OUT · « **Reply #123 on:** June 16, 2009, 08:50:31 AM »

Quote from: BerzerkFury on June 16, 2009, 08:35:25 AM

This bitch is still in the news. She needs to STFU. How many times does Letterman have to apologize until this twat is satisfied? Oh wait, she's a media whore. I'm sure we'll be hearing about this until 2010.

Let that little kike keep appologising just like you fucking girls made Imus appologise over and over and his statement was miles less offensive then jew boy lettermans.Im so happy to see you pussies see what its like when one of your is called on the carpet.I didnt hear one of you gutless cowards ever complain when black ass Sharpton got Imus fired,or Al Campanis,or Jimmy the Greek,or Trent Lott.Now one of yours is fucked and you cry like little bitches.How does the shoe fel now that its on the other foot?If only we could get someone to call out that little racist Wright or his bitch Obama for pulling the same shit.

BM OUT · « **Reply #124 on:** June 16, 2009, 08:51:17 AM »

Quote from: LurkerNoMore on June 16, 2009, 08:50:11 AM

She won't be happy until Letterman buys ad space on the First Duds snowmobile. Because joking about statutory rape is really serious, even more serious than say... Levi committing it in Palin's own home. ZOMG!

Some people have remarked that there is no proof that ANY daughter of hers was at the game. No photos, nothing. If that is the case, she has some explaining to do. Unless of course she really did fly the girl there on the Alaska taxpayers dime. Could be the Lipstick-On-A-Pig Panic scam rehashed for more attention.

There is a video of it moron.STOP WATCHING THOSE QUEERS ON MSNBC!!!