Letterman vs. Palin

[DaShi]

Holy ****ing Christ on a stick, this is such a stupid issue. A washed up old model in Alaska is angry because a washed up old comedian in New York told a bad joke. Why exactly are we supposed to care about this?

I'll bet Rosie and Donald are pissed that someone stole their bit.

[SlowwHand]

Gov. Palin accepts Letterman's apology

07:30 AM CDT on Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Letterman made several references to the issue during his monologue, introducing himself as "Dave Letterman, good will ambassador." He said he got a call from his mother earlier in the day telling him she was siding with Palin.

When he began a joke about Bernard Madoff, whom he called "the most hated man in America," he then amended that to a list of two. "Me, Bernie Madoff," he said. "He was waaay out in front until a couple of days ago."

[BeBMan]

Idea: give Palin a strip show, let Letterman be the next VP candidate for (R).

[rah]

Positive press? Being portrayed as a petty ***** that stretches the truth to create drama (eg, the "rape joke" allegations) does not make her look positive.

Best thing she could do is find a large rock and live under it for the next 80 years.

A lot of the repug base rallied to her support which is why I said positive for her. You'd never vote for her anyway, (assuming you could vote in the election) so what you think isn't really important to her.

Even being a repug I still couldn't agree more with your second statment. (is 80 years enough?)
She's an embaressment to the party as far as I'm concerned.

[a.kitman]

Positive press? Being portrayed as a petty ***** that stretches the truth to create drama (eg, the "rape joke" allegations) does not make her look positive.

Best thing she could do is find a large rock and live under it for the next 80 years.

Iam betting she came out of this whit a big plus whit most americans.
Also smart of her to not go on Letterman, standing her ground.

[DaShi]

Palin/McCain 2012

[rah]

By 2012, Palin will still be unelectable and uglier
McCain will be dead.

[Dis]

I totally lost all respect for Letterman. How could he cave after she basically called him a paedophile?

[rah]

I'm sure it was the network that made him cave. CBS is the old fuddy network.

[-Jrabbit]

Man, I can't believe how much airplay she squeezed out of this.

It's weird how this has played out. First, McCain formally announced his candidacy on Letterman. Then screwed the pooch 2-3 weeks before the election when he blew off a Letterman appearance (the faux, ill-fated "off to DC to save the economy" gambit). Now this. Weird that Dave, a liberal, has been a lightning rod for so many GOP happenings.