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reply posted on 16-6-2009 @ 04:43 PM by rapinbatsisaltherage
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He did. The neocons decided to ignore and then inflame this. His words, "Which daughter was 'knocked up'? The 18 yo." Everyone that wanted to be pissed at this just chose to ignore it though.

I agree it was overblown and clearly about the 18 year old, but in his first statement, as you pointed out, he didn't apologize, he just explained. Which was his right but I think it just gave Palin more leverage and he could have stopped that.

Funny that those that are OK with Limbaugh's 1st Amendment rights won't even bother to respond to questions about Letterman's.

That's because those crying double standard are often guilty of this themselves. See all the hardcore Christians who complain about their "rights" being infringed by gays. See all the Democrats who use to complain about the media letting Bush get away with murder in the beginning who now relish the same treatment of Obama.


reply posted on 16-6-2009 @ 05:14 PM by rapinbatsisaltherage
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u act like Palin is the first person out there to ever over-escalate a situation.

Does that make it any less of an obvious, childish tactic? Who cares if she's not the first? The fact that she's doing this shows her true colors, and just piles on to a heap of other embarrassing things about her.


reply posted on 16-6-2009 @ 05:20 PM by rapinbatsisaltherage
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Re-post whatever you want. It doesn't change the fact that his explanation is a lie. Palin was at that game with her 14-year old daughter, not 18 year old Bristol.

How does that show that he lied? It's not called a lie, it's called a mistake. If you turned on the news the next day funnily enough many commentators admitted to forgetting she even had a younger daughter. I knew she had younger children but I never knew Willow's name until now. The joke was clearly about Bristol, who everyone is familiar with.

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reply posted on 16-6-2009 @ 05:25 PM by sos37
Originally posted by rapinbatsisaltherage
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u act like Palin is the first person out there to ever over-escalate a situation.

Does that make it any less of an obvious, childish tactic? Who cares if she's not the first? The fact that she's doing this shows her true colors, and just piles on to a heap of other embarrassing things about her.


Well that depends on why the issue is being escalated. On one hand you have David Letterman, an old comedian making sex jokes about one of her daughters. Palin is a parent and so obviously she is going to be pissed. But she's also got the media who is willing to listen to her and publish what she says.

Did Letterman go too far this time? I'll ask this same question and I expect a fully objective answer - let's suppose it's some time later and Letterman makes a similarly disgusting sex joke about one of Obama's daughters. Now do you think he's going too far, or is it just because he made a joke related to someone you actually side with?

If you're not a parent you won't understand the defense mechanism that kicks in. If I hear some old man making a sex joke about my daughter then I'll knock his lights out.


reply posted on 16-6-2009 @ 05:27 PM by SpeakerofTruth
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Honestly, I am not surprised by what any of these people say. Whether it be Letterman, Leno, Palin, Ingram, et cetera, it seems that every time they open their mouths, only "stupid" comes out.


reply posted on 16-6-2009 @ 05:28 PM by sos37
Originally posted by rapinbatsisaltherage
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Re-post whatever you want. It doesn't change the fact that his explanation is a lie. Palin was at that game with her 14-year old daughter, not 18 year old Bristol.

How does that show that he lied? It's not called a lie, it's called a mistake. If you turned on the news the next day funnily enough many commentators admitted to forgetting she even had a younger daughter. I knew she had younger children but I never knew Willow's name until now. The joke was clearly about Bristol, who everyone is familiar with.

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How do you know this was a mistake and not some attempt to garner cheap humor at an easy target (the Palins)? How do you know that this isn't what happened - Letterman and the rest of Hollywood, until now, believed they could say anything they wanted about the Palins and get away with it - except this time it offended some women. How do you know he's not backtracking to cover himself by lying?

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reply posted on 16-6-2009 @ 05:31 PM by rapinbatsisaltherage
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How do you know this was a mistake and not some attempt to garner cheap humor at an easy target (the Palins)?

Because jokes about Bristol being knocked up were told before Letterman did them. Since when have the Palin's children been easy targets other than Bristol? I've never seen Letterman mocking any of her children other than the adult who put herself in the spotlight, if you have another example of him doing so then please share, or stop assuming that he is doing it now just because it fits Palin's agenda.

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reply posted on 16-6-2009 @ 05:33 PM by rapinbatsisaltherage
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et's suppose it's some time later and Letterman makes a similarly disgusting sex joke about one of Obama's daughters.

Obama's daughters are not eighteen year old girls who put themselves in the spotlight for being Palin's daughter like Bristol did, becoming a spokesperson and being on the cover of a magazine.

I agree the joke was tasteless, but Bristol is the one who wanted media attention, now she's fair game.


reply posted on 16-6-2009 @ 05:38 PM by ManBehindTheMask
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no they are in the spotlight as the presidents daughters, and has been stated before, i dislike obama but it would be equally out of line for him to make comments about them as well....


Just because we have our first amendment right, doesnt excuse people from using a little judgment and morality when they exercise that right.
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