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Originally posted by jsobecky
Kids should be off-limits.
Originally posted by kosmicjack
Originally posted by jsobecky
Kids should be off-limits.
The Palin family willingly chose to participate in the media circus, the quote above could just as easily be said about Sarah Palin as David Letterman.
That said, I feel very sorry for the girl and I just feel people should leave her alone.
Except she keeps giving interviews and making appearances...
Originally posted by audas
Originally posted by rapinbatsisaltherage
That was completely tasteless, but Bristol has put herself in the public eye by becoming a spokesperson for "Vow Not Now", she's fine with drawing attention to the cause because she's Palin's daughter, she's fine with being on the cover of a magazine after graduating from high school because she's Palin's daughter, so guess what folks? Now she has to live with being ridiculed as well for being Palin's daughter. It happens. If she or Palin intend to cry a river over it then she shouldn't be putting herself out there in the first place.
Letterman, by the way, is not a pervert for making a joke. It was a poorly told joke, but he clearly meant Palin's adult daughter who had already been "knocked up".
[edit on 10-6-2009 by rapinbatsisaltherage]
Eloquent - well spoken and I fully concur,
Thankyou.
First of all, when did Sarah Palin's teenage daughter become a politician? I must have missed that. I agree that celebrities and politicians are fair game, but I don't agree that their children are- especially when they are young.
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
Get over yourselves folks. It's late night TV and who cares?
It's just a joke, he obviously didn't mean anything by it. My god America is a nation of prudes, I swear.
If this story was run in Japan they would all point and laugh at us. Celebrities and Politicians are fair game. If they want some respect, they can start running the country correctly and not pulling crazy stunts or making idiots out of themsevles in public.
Since when is David Letterman a "shock comedian"? Do you even read the stuff you type before you post it?? Lisa Lampanelli is a shock comedian. Jim Norton is a shock comedian. But David Letterman?? Give me a break. He's as vanilla as any other network television host. He is not supposed to be shocking, and if he were, he would end up alienating the majority of his audience. He's supposed to host a talk show that appeals to as many normal Americans as possible, and for the most part, that is what he does. And most of the time he does it extremely well.
Queue George Dancing In Front Of Reporters
The man is a shock comedian, it's what he does.
To Add: Didn't that kid just have a kid? Whats not funny about that?
~Keeper
[edit on 6/10/2009 by tothetenthpower]
But an even more disturbing fact, which Letterman may not have known, was that the daughter who accompanied Palin on her trip to New York was 14-year-old Willow — not 18-year-old Bristol, the unwed mother of Palin's first grandchild.
Okay, that's just wrong.
Originally posted by -0mega-
I wouldn't be surprised if her younger daughter is having sex at this time as well though,
Originally posted by -0mega-
Everyone is still pulling the ''14 year old daughter joke'' argument.
Now does anyone have proof that he actually meant Willow? No, so he might've mistaken in one way or another.
Originally posted by nixie_nox
Funny how now it is only offensive because it is a republican.
good ol double standard.
Originally posted by shanerz
Letterman said something. That girl knew damn well that she could have used a condom/contraceptive, not to mention what can be done after the fact, if she didn't want to face the inevitable 'lewd' remarks. If she didn't, then, yes, Letterman should not have been focusing on the girls ignorance, he should have focused on the parent's idiocy.