My prediction.....
In the future there will be jokes about Obamas daughters bahavior and someone will point out that the jokes were in bad taste and the response will
be....
Yeah but David Letterman trashed Sarah Palins Daughter so what's the big deal?
and the wheels go round and round....
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The joke was referring to her 14yr. old daughter! Comedy does have boundaries. By the way, are you female?
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The major difference is that #1. The media will trash anyone with "negative" comments about Obama, as will Oprah. Secondly, if needed, the media
will lambast the individual as a racist who has hate in their heart!
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But more importantly, where are all of the feminist groups protesting Letterman? Funny and hypocritical of them. The only way they will cause an
uproar is for a fellow feminazi. I am sick of these groups who based their whole philosophy on helping womens' rights and then be selective about
which women they support. Hell, even poor ole Hillary did not get any support by them whenever the media portrayed her as old and bitchy.
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Letterman is going down over this, people have had enough. Ultimately, what did him in was the weasel-iest non-apology of the decade. He had his
chance and blew it in the worst way possible.
I'm not a Republican, I'm one of the 40+% of America that votes independently, based on the issues, the record, and the character of the candidate.
This is all the fault of the partisan left and Hollywood. They have never understood the old tactical maxim that you never do anything nasty that will
expose your own people to retaliation in kind. Actually, they used to understand this but it's run by the moronic, pampered children (who are now old
and back in diapers) of the people who built the industry. And they wonder why their whole industry is failing and Steven Spielberg took his
Dreamworks and left; he now works with Bollywood (that's Mumbai, formerly Bombay, India) backing.
They are the ones who have decided to turn comedy and really every mass media outlet they can into a weapon in a 'culture war.' I don't have a
problem when mass media players want to talk about the issues. But I'm sick of the # throwing and the war mentality of 'you have to conform or we do
everything possible to tear you down.' Every stupid tv show is way too full of the worst sort of political trolling.
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reply to post by tothetenthpower
Hit the nail on the head.
Also just in..."Comedian makes a bad joke - LYNCH HIM!"
If its not funny, do not watch it folks.
I think the whole Palin family is a joke. Good for them and their life's, but if those were my "neighbors", I would be thinking my god.
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This is exactly why people like Lettermen get paid. They piss people off and spark some controversy making other people curious so they watch the show
to see what all the hype is about. It's all about ratings 
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Oh dear! You know Lettermans style and what the late show is all about. He takes the piss out of everyone who is, at that moment, in the public eye.
He didn't mean anything maliscious by this it was just in bad taste, and most comedians love bad taste.
I swear, some of you yanks have an irony defisciency. You are so quick to take offence even when you know it was done by one of your best interviewers
and comics. For gods sake, get things into perspective.
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