Will David Letterman become the face of the Demoncrat party in 2012?

The RW never learns, do they?  They tangle with comedians at their own peril.

Oh, wait, I just had the kind of epiphany that I sometimes have when reading someone else’s comment, so allow me to respond to my own thusly:

The RW never learns, do they?

They believe this to be a feature, not a bug.

They believe this to be a feature, not a bug.

Heh. Indeedy.

I thought both of Letterman’s jokes were in poor taste, but sweet fucking home-baked biscuits, it’s way out of line implying that he’s a pedophile.  It’s also reckless on her part to use Willow as part of a cruel gotcha, but then she had no problem using Willow and Piper on the campaign trail like props, so I guess I shouldn’t find it at all surprising.

Well Kev, they’re not completely stupid.  If they were completely stupid they would have accepted his invitation.  They could save what little face they had against Couric if they didn’t answer what most would characterize as softball questions.  But unconfortable, pregnant pauses on the couch and robotic answers, obvious bewilderment and general standoffishness was what McCain was avoiding when he snubbed Dave.  Her interview would be a veritable Hindenberg of PR debacles.  Picture Joaquin Phoenix interview except it not being a stunt.

As a parent, I’d appear on the show just for the chance to punch Letterman in the face if he’d said something like that about my daughter. But why issue a statement invoking the kid if the whole point was supposed to be that they’re off limits? Maybe Mr. Greta is still acting in an advisory capacity.

Well Kev, they’re not completely stupid.  If they were completely stupid they would have accepted his invitation.

Oh, I totally agree and have no problem with the first sentence of the statement.  Not only is it smart, but it’s true, too. Letterman would get great ratings at a time when he’s battling a new rival on NBC.

Letterman’s jokes were tasteless, and I’m glad he apologized.  I don’t care what the circumstances are, children of politicians need to be left alone.

That being said, the fact that Palin’s spokesperson would issue such a inflammatory statement shows just how sophomoric and out of touch these people are.  They don’t know how to stop adding fuel to the fire.

You know, Sarah Palin would do well to heed the advice a wise woman in politics once offered Hillary Clinton during the primaries, when Hillary made public comments decrying the sexism to which she was subjected.

Well, you know, I think, fair or unfair, and I do think it is a more concentrated criticism that Hillary gets on so many fronts, I think that’s unfortunate, but fair or unfair, I think she does herself a disservice to even mention it, really. I mean, you’ve got to plow through that. You have to know what you’re getting into which, I say this with all due respect to Hillary Clinton and to her experience and to her passion for changing the status quo, also, but when I hear a statement like that coming from a woman candidate with any kind of perceived whine about that excess criticism or, you know, maybe a sharper microscope put on her, I think, man, that doesn’t do us any good. Women in politics, women in general wanting to progress this country. I don’t think it’s, it bodes well for her—a statement like that. Because again fair or unfair it is there, I think that’s reality and I think that’s a given. I think people can just accept that she is going to be under that sharper microscope—so be it! I mean, work harder! Prove yourself to an ever greater degree that you’re capable, that you’re gonna be the best candidate and that, of course, is what she wants us to believe at this point, so it bothers me a little bit, hearing, hearing her bring that attention to herself on that level.

Seriously, how does Palin score “high moral ground” points by issuing, in response to Letterman’s apology, a public statement that is semantically indistinguishable from “That’s what your mother said last night, Dave, while I was shaving her ass at my stag party”?

Sarah Palin is the reason I hate shopping at dollar stores.

I agree completely with what Kevin, Betty Cracker, Pumalicious! and StrangeAppar8us said!

I told dead baby jokes when I was in fifth grade.  I guess that means I was a child murderer.

Can I just add that I don’t give a flying fuck either way?

Just wanted to add that. Fuck Palin, fuck her family and fuck Letterman.

And fuck Bill Kristol.

Also.

Dave should realize that the right to capitalize on gratuitously associating children by name with paedophilia belongs solely to the parents.

I told dead baby jokes when I was in fifth grade.  I guess that means I was a child murderer.

Comment of the day.

Mrs. Polly—It’s lines like that which render all further discussion superfluous.

The DOD should hire you to shut down Chinese chat rooms with a single, unarguable, crystalline, bunker-buster comment that sings as it falls from the sky.

You know, maybe I’m just insensitive and/or hate the Palin’s too much, but weren’t Letterman’s comments obviously about Bristol?  You know, the Palin daughter who was pregnant at 17 then shoved into the national spotlight by her power hungry Mom?  For the Palin’s to imply that Letterman joked about Willow—and in this manner—is completely disingenuous.

Sarah’s now on a national media tour, wherein she’s lifting little Willow’s skirt up to show America that her hymen is intact NO THANKS TO THAT CHILD RAPIST LETTERMAN.

Someone call CPS on this woman.