Letterman Vs The Palins- Page 3

[defyingravity07]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 8:15pm

Alice Ripley...

[Calvin]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 8:17pm

If people were handing out pink slips for outrageous comments, FreeRepublic would be full of unemployed slobs who...well, I guess things wouldn't really be all that different, right?

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 10:12pm

Looks like Letterman goofed bigtime, but I don't like Palin.

[romantico]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 10:17pm

How did he goof? He told a joke and the Palin's have lied in order to make themselves look like the victims. It's a typical right wing smear. They can dish it out but can't take it. Have you actually watched Dave's response or even followed whats happening?

[madbrian]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 10:22pm

Letterman goofed because although he directed his joke at 18 year-old Bristol, but he didn't know that Bristol wasn't with Palin, her 14 year-old Willow was. Having said that, any rational person would realize that Letterman's "knocked up" joke was in reference to Bristol.

[romantico]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 10:27pm

The punchline was abut her daughter getting knocked up,so how does anyone get her 14 year old daughter out that joke? They are really stretching it to bring the 14 year old into it. The Palin's are exploiting their daughter by keeping it in the headlines. They are nothing more than trailer park attention whores!

[madbrian]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 10:30pm

"The punchline was abut her daughter getting knocked up,so how does anyone get her 14 year old daughter out that joke?"

The punchline was that while the Palins were at the Yankee game, her daughter got knocked up by Alex Rodriguez in the 7th inning. Fourteen year-old Willow was at the game, eighteen year-old Bristol was not.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 10:34pm

He knows he goofed, that's why he apologized.

madbrian has stated why accurately.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 10:34pm

Well, see, Sarah and Todddddd threw Willow between themselves and the joke and let her take the hit. She's probably MORTIFIED by the attention, and it would have gotten NONE if they'd just kept their big yaps shut. But they are constitutionally incapable of that (yes, I know the phrase "constitutionally incapable" is used advisedly when referring to a secessionist like Toddddd).

So basically, Willow was a human shield, and Michael Steele (the RNC head, not The Bangle) advises Americans to "turn off Letterman" and, of course, everybody will be tuning in NOW.

I'm just watching last night's episode on dvr, because I always record Sonic Youth. I'm just at Stupid Human Tricks, which is so perfect for any episode Touched by a Palin.

[romantico]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 10:39pm

He didn't goof. He told a joke and a moron who can not tolerate any sort of jokes or criticism got pissed off and used the opportunity to play the victim card.

He never apologized. Show me where he said he was sorry. Didn't happen.Get your facts straight.I watched his show last night and even posted the video and no where did he say I apologize, I am sorry, or even showed remorse.He corrected her on her lie she told and said,"It never happened".

So, unless he released a statement or said anything on tonight's show (I'll be watching)he never apologized.

Updated On: 6/11/09 at 10:39 PM

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 10:43pm

?

Did you read the first sentence of the article Craig posted?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 10:44pm

I just watched it. He didn't apologize.

[romantico]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 10:45pm

Yes I did. Did you watch the video I posted? The article says he apologized. However I watched the entire show and posted the clip and HE NEVER APOLOGIZED. You said he did. So, are you going to believe what you read or what you see and hear Dave say? SHOW ME WHERE HE APOLOGIZED! I watched the show and no apology. Get your facts straight.

[madbrian]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 10:54pm

I believe the closest he came to an apology was something to the effect of: Do I regret the joke? Yes. Which is about as close as a comedian (or politician, for that matter) usually comes to an apology. He then trivialized it by saying that there are thousands of jokes he's regretted over the years.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 10:55pm

Did he say this on the air?

"Of course, we make mistakes left and right,"

as the article says?

That's at least acknowledging a mistake.

I am not so strongly interested as you are in how much of an apology there was, though apparently it is very important to you.

The forensic report of Carradine's death has just come out and says it wasn't suicide so that is of more interest to me to go read right now.

[romantico]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 10:59pm

No, you said he apologized and I have asked you twice now to back up your false comment. SO far you have failed to do so.You said:

"I am not so strongly interested as you are in how much of an apology there was, though apparently it is very important to you."

Apparently you are not interested in getting your facts straight either. I am not trying to pick a fight with you but you are repeating what a lot of right wingers are saying today and it's just not true.I suggest you watch the clip and then comment.I think Palin has created this story and the right wing has helped her.I thought it was a funny joke and disgusting of Palin to bring her daughter into it.It was clear to me and many others he was talking about Bristol in the joke.

Usually when you apologize for telling a bad joke, you don;t repeat all the jokes you said. Dave repeated the joke in question. Anyone who thinks he apologized while he was telling the jokes again is a moron!

I like Dave and I hope he does to Sarah Palin what he did to John McCain when he bailed on him at the last minute. Sarah pulled the same thing during the campaign with the lipstick on a pig routine. There is a pattern here. Palin tries to make herself a victim by attacking others.She so far has released two statements regarding Letterman, her husband has released a statement and now she is going on the TODAY show tomorrow to speak her mind some more. Tell me again how this bitch is not eating up the attention and using her 14 year old daughter for her own gain? She also did this to Katie Couric and accused her of asking 'Gotcha Questions'.So, this is nothing new for Sarah Palin.


Right-Wing Whacko S.E. Cupp Joins Hannity's Circle-Jerk, Blames Obama For Letterman's Palin Joke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGFGrzWedyA

Updated On: 6/11/09 at 10:59 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 11:00pm

Of course, you're a busy woman. Sorry. Transgender on the net.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 11:57pm

I disagree with you and your rant.

Apparently the article also took that statement of acknowledged error as a kind of apology. It even mentions contrition.

Not everyone agrees with your version of the facts. You needn't take it so personally or be oversensitive.

Yes, I'm more interested in whether there was a cover-up in Thailand regarding Carradine's death, whether he may have been murdered but they don't want it to seem unsafe for tourism, though I don't know if we'll ever know.

[romantico]

Posted: 6/12/09 at 12:06am

What kind of apology starts with you repeating the jokes in question? The article is false and you relied on the article and not what he actually said. I posted the video where you can see what he said exactly.I guess you were too lazy to watch it so you read an article that thinks he apologized.

It's not a question of being sensitive.Its a question of getting your facts straight and Dave never apologized. You can not show me where he apologized. All you can do is show me an article where they think he apologized.I posted the video and have asked you several times to back up your claim and show me where he apologized. You can't do it because he never said it. Doesn't matter what you think,I am going by his words and the facts.It's pretty simple actually.

Maybe you should start a thread about Caradine. Changing the subject on how you got the facts wrong and said he apologized is pretty sad.

Updated On: 6/12/09 at 12:06 AM

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/12/09 at 12:29am

No, not trying to change the subject, just trying to take time out as this thread was not so important to me as to you and once I went back to Craig's article it had a top notice about the Carradine article on it.

I just zipped through some additional articles on the subject and yes, there is a controversy over whether what was said should be called an apology, some think it was, some think it isn't. Several articles from different sources are calling it an apology, a kind of apology, etc.

I don't like to watch TV so that is why I haven't watched your Letterman clip and no, I did not see your clip on the way down the thread, more the back and forth as to whether saying what he did was wrong.

But why do you care so much? Do you want him to apologize more? Do you think it was fine what he said? Did you not want him to apologize at all? When his show sponsors start getting letters that they are supporting jokes about statutory rapes of 14-year-old girls by endorsing his show, because that is what they are probably going to get, the issue may continue on so perhaps he should make his apology clearer. It's really a waste of everybody's time. It's not productive. It's a distraction, but it's a distraction that kind of makes him look in a bad light.

It reminds me about all that hoohah about the Janet Jackson "costume malfunction" and what was the result of that, though that was a completely different situation and not analogous.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/12/09 at 12:33am

Anyway, the Jonas Brothers were on Letterman tonight and I hate to say it, but the big band performance of their new single was really good. The youngest one should stop cracking his voice tho, it's played out.

Also, Dave kept referencing "being in trouble" and it was really funny. BECAUSE BRISTOL PALIN WAS IN TROUBLE TOOOOOOO!

[uncageg]

Posted: 6/12/09 at 12:34am

I am playing catch-up with this. I saw the baseball game joke the night he said it. I missed the whole fall-out until this morning while watching The View.

I guess we can get "technical" about this but the reality is that he made the joke about Bristol. We all know it. He made a mistake and he realizes that. He did not say I am sorry, but he apologized in his "David Letterman way". I think any fan of Letterman knew what he meant with his comments. And basically what he was saying is that the Palin's knew who the joke was directed at. But still, his writers should have done their research. Now quite honestly, I knew Palin was in NYC and went to a game, but I did not know it was with Willow. So when the joke was made, I assumed it was Bristol. And I assume they may not have paid enough attention to her visit to know either. Just my random thoughts.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/12/09 at 12:37am

Of course. And nobody said A-Rod knocked Bristol up IN FRONT OF HER PARENTS. Maybe the reason she wasn't with them was she was hiding in the locker room, which is exactly where I would be if I were here.

The Palins blew it by using their own 14 year old daughter to trump up this feud.

[romantico]

Posted: 6/12/09 at 12:41am

I agree. Palin is the one who has issued three statements on the matter and needs to go on the TODAY show to spew more fake outrage.Any politician who is this thin skinned needs to just go away. Next week it will be something else. The woman bitch's 24/7 over dumb stuff.

Bottom line is this:

Dave never said I am sorry, I am apologizing,etc. Therefore,I do not see it as an apology. As I have said before, this has become a common pattern with the Palins.

Not asking you to watch TV. I did it for you. I posted a clip from his show where he talked about the joke in detail and addressed it. I'm sure you watch clips.Maybe if you watched the clip, you would be more informed and see where I am coming from.

I care about getting your story straight. You sound like a Sarah Palin publicist or defender and I am pointing out you made an error.He never apologized. I asked you to back up what you said and you can't do it because he never said what you claim he said. You seem upset that I am asking you to prove what you posted and am asking you back it up if you are so sure.

I don't think he should apologize because I do not believe the Palin's are offended.I actually laughed at what he said. He never said a word about rape. Another error on your part.Dave does not owe anyone an apology. Apparently you are too lazy to research and see that Sarah does this sort of thing for attention.

All I ask is you get your facts straight. He never apologized and never said anything about raping a 14 year old.That's what FOX, and all the right wingers are saying and it's a lie.

You said this:

"When his show sponsors start getting letters that they are supporting jokes about statutory rapes of 14-year-old girls"

So, I need you to show me A) Where Dave apologized. (he didn't and you have failed to prove it because you can't) and B) Show me where he joked about rape and 14 year old girls(you said girls so according to you Dave told more than one joke about rape and a 14 year old girls. He never said one but now you are exaggerating and saying he said more than one?)You are spewing crap and you can't back up the lies you are posting.You don;t like Palin,or so you claim but you sound just like one of her defenders.

Start researching and getting your facts right!

Updated On: 6/12/09 at 12:41 AM

[justagirl2]

Posted: 6/12/09 at 12:52am

"Plus, it would be wise to keep Willow away from David Letterman."

Really? REALLY? I was casually rolling my eyes for most of that article, but that phrase is just infuriating. If we want to get desperate and grasp at straws, doesn't the above statement imply Letterman might do something to Willow? I think that's a terrible insinuation, and I bet if it had been the other side saying something similar, Sarah would be crying "defamation" right about now. It's ridiculous how hard the Palins keep trying to stay relevant.