David Letterman Defends Himself
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David Letterman has responded to Sarah Palin's accusation that he suggested "sexually exploiting" her 14-year-old daughter.
Letterman explained that he was in fact referring to her very legal daughter, Bristol, and not her younger sister, Willow, when he joked that one of the Palins was knocked up by Alex Rodriguez at a Yankees game, saying, "I would never, never make jokes about raping or having sex of any description with a 14-year-old girl. I mean, look at my record. It has never happened. I don't think it's funny. I would never think it was funny. I wouldn't put it in a joke."
Letterman added, "Am I guilty of poor taste? Yes. Did I suggest that it was OK for her 14-year-old daughter to be having promiscuous sex? No."
And further proving his "poor taste" he added, "Governor Palin, if you're watching, I would like you to consider coming to New York City - you and Todd as my guests, or leave Todd at home."
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Team Letterman. F Sarah.
palin and her husband just LOVE to cry victim every opportunity they get.
she just wants something/someone to pay attention to her bitching about something since she isnt on the news everyday anymore…just let her run her yap with her hillbilly slang and get it out of her system….most of us just ignored her the first go round, im sure we can do it some more….hahaha
"…or leave Todd at home." bwaahahahahahah…I LOVE Dave!!! go get 'em tiger. he cracks me up. calling the palins women whores is appropriate and any age…they have proven time and time again that that name fits them. so sorry if it's bad taste…TO ME that entire family is bad taste…you don't hear me bitching and crying about it…quiet the contrary…I'm actually laughing my ass off.
She let a 15 year old have sex in her house, so where was sexy Sarah's morality then!…oh pleeezzzeeee….suddenly, I love david letterman!
I thought the joke was pretty darn funny. Do all Republicans lack a humor chip? Granted the joke was at their expense, but hey jokes have to be about somebody. Their victim game is getting a little old…
I am gettin sick of hearin about White House wanna be Pailin. She is such an attention whore, she ALWAYS has to have a public verbal come back anytime someone else has an opinion about her.
Where is everyone's sense of humour? Taken out of context…ya think? Get over it….
Letterman Rocks~
Moose meat anyone????????
Dave should have left that one out, but its Palin that is pretending its a gross thing about rape of a 14 yr old, and its vile that she is uses her children in this manner.
What a lie. Her 14 year old daughter was at the game with her, not Bristol. Caught your dick in the wringer, didn't you Dave? You really aren't funny.
Re: TheWildflower – Well put. Where WAS Palin then???
Oh, and I do love Dave . . . .
Re: s_dear – What a fucking hypocrite you are. Jokes about Republicans? Sense of humor. Jokes about DSemocrats? Hate speech. Laugh at this: the president is a black Chicago street thug.
I don't understand why people are still all hung up on the Palins, but whatever the case David Letterman is simply not funny. What he said about the 14 year old and ARod was so dumb it was embarrassing.
If you think it was funny, would it have been funny if the joke would have been about one of Obama's girls. Yeah, that's what I thought. Letterman owes them an apology, not funny to make that kind of joke about a 14 year old girl
TEAM DAVID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sex before marriage in Palins Christian household is OK!
So what if you're daughter is UNDERAGE and having sex with someone over 18. Isn't that illegal?
I guess when you hide use the word CHRISTIAN, it doesn't matter what the bible or anyone else says. about sex before marriage. Palin says its not a sin anymore, because (like Carrie) they are above god.
Just yell I'M A CHRISTIAN!
"leave Todd at home" lol I love Letterman!
David doesn't owe that stupid ass bitch an apology. She's the one who should apologize for showing her mug and that stupid family all over tv.
SHES A BIGGER DRAMA QUEEN THAN YOU ARE MARIO AND THATS HARD TO TOP. SHE SHOULD REALLY JUST LEAVE HER FAMILY AT HOME IF SHE DOESN'T WANT THE PUBLIC / MEDIA TO COMMENT THAT'S WHAT MOST PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC EYE DO…
Wednesday night on “The Late Show,” David Letterman said that Gov. Sarah Palin had called him "pathetic" for making jokes about her and one of her daughters. "I haven't been called pathetic once since [my] honeymoon," he joked. "This very well could be my last show," he said, as though the controversy was making him an endangered species. "Oh, great," he said. "I pissed off a hunter."
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PRICELESS!
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LOVE DAVE!
Love him defending her slutty flight attendant look!
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PERFECT!
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DAVE GOT THE SHEBITCH DOWN PAT!
Re: jjjjjjjjenn – Difference, Obama never put his girls up to be the moral standard when there was obviously a moral deficit in that household.
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Sarah=slut… affair with husbands then best friend.
Bristol=slut… knocked up by the once paraded Levi.
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Obama and Michelle are doing a wonderful job with their two brilliant girls. No joke there.
Re: SoCal – Would rather have a black street thug who knows that the hell he's doing than the idiot we had for eight years before him. So love your joke!
Re: Long Dong Connery – LOL!
Re: _Alice_ –
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Listen Governor Cougar, your 15 mins are over. Put all that Chanel on ebay and move on with your hillbilly life.
But Bristol wasn't at the game. I believe Willow was at the game with her mother. So either Letterman was talking about Willow and he's nasty perverted liar, or he's an idiot and a bad comedian
Re: SoCal – It's called FREEDOM OF SPEECH and Republicans do the same damn thing. Here is one, how about Pailin is a WHITE TRASH ANIMAL FUCKER WHO SHOULD JUMP OFF A MOUNTAIN. Har. Har. Har.
Nice spin, Dave. Next time, keep peoples' kids out of it. Or include Melia and Sasha in on the "fun". Turnabout is fair play. Oh, and for all of you calling Bristol Palin a whore: what do you think Obama's mother was? Hmmm?
I used to like Letterman, but I now consider him a sexist, filthy-minded liberal scumball. I swear I will never watch his show again. And, David, I guarantee with your "apology" response, you've lost even more than you did yesterday! FILTHY OLD FART!!!!!
BTW, David, if you wanna destroy the conservative Republican woman, go into politics! OLD ASSHOLE.
HEY FEMME-NAZI'S, WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU WHEN A FELLOW FEMME'S FEMME DAUGHTERS IS UNASHAMEDLY "SCREWED" BY AN OLD, LIBERAL HOG?! YOU HYPOCRITES!!!
David, I watched your show, but no more, you scum.
You "people's" support of what Letterman said is SICK. Course, I knew most of you were - in the head.
Palin is such a fucktard!
Letterman sort of took a bit of a risk, but considering that Palin's underage daughter did get pregnant, she is one to complain about letterman's comments.
Proof that Palin can dish it out, but the stupid bitch can't take any with a little grace and dignity. Imagine her running the country? The Iranians would have a laugh pissing with her every day to see what stupid shit they could make her say next.
Re: SoCal – FYI Obama isn't from Chicago.
Re: _Alice_ – Guten tag Alice……..
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Re: SWEETPIECE! – Why tanks….
letterman is full of shit. Those jokes were about the 14 year old, Bristol wasnt IN NY and he knew that… he's just trying to back pedal. That being said, S Palin sucks.
he has the biggest crush on her b/c his wife is dog ugly. truly. i think his liberal jealousy is bleeding red for palin. i hope she shows up, and i hope he gets what is coming to him. that joke was as tasteless as his liberal ideas.
he doesn't get and will NEVER get working class america. it's hard for someone who has multiple homes, ranch hands, cars, money, etc. it's hard for them to understand a day in the life of the noraml person. Palin was a PTA mom and now is govener of Alaska. he can't grasp it and is threatened by her.
I AM DONE WITH THIS SITE. NOT ONE MORE PENNY FROM ME TO YOU MARIO!
Palin is a JOKE
Re: redmond – You are soo right. That shit put their foot in their mouths….Typical Republicans.
SHES A FUCKING ASSHOLE.
She's an idiot.
WHY, Why does he have to defend himself,when that woman has said many anti gay and racist thing herself..Palin, GO AWAY….
I never one thought Letterman was talking of the 14 year old so you can see how bright Palin is. The fact is Palin's daughter is a slut and so what if someone wants to joke about it. The whole family is a joke.
Republicans are disgasting creautures from this country. Between… this bitch and the former Miss California whore , don't know which one is worst !!!!!!!!
Don't usually care for Letterman but I'm totally on his side in this. Palin put her family out there so too bad if she doesn't like the attention now. She's a joke and so are the rest of her family. If Palin doesn't like it she can always go back to her igloo and stay there. Nobody will miss her at all.
How can you people say Sarah Palin's just trying to get attention? If David Letterman said that about your 14 year old daughter would you stay silent? I think not.. Yea Letterman since Bristol wasn't even at the game. You people are ridiculous, calling defending your child as wanting attention. Yea, they're still around in the media because fuckwads like Perez and Letterman take jabs at them.
Re: jjjjjjjjenn – I was gonna say the exact same thing!
I knew he was talking about Bristol the whole time. Stupid Palins, of course the had to assume the worst…. I'm surprised they didnt accuse them of talking about their 7 yr old daughter!!
Is she the victim again?? Awww… poor baby
Dave said it best. Bristol DID get knocked up, so the joke wasn't that far off base. Why are people getting so pissed about this? The woman is flinging baseless attacks against a guy who is literally harmless. He's made millions of jokes in his life, and this is just another one.
Bristol's a whore anyway, isn't that obvious? Letterman didn't even say that. He was making fun of the fact that ARod has knocked someone up before, and Bristol has gotten knocked up. That's that.
Get off your high horses.
Team letterman for sure. Sarah Palin's still a stupid bitch.
I hope young girls ages 14 - 18 weren't watching. It would give them the wrong impression of what networks, adults and the entertainment industry could do to them. It would be scary to be young and know that could happen and it only requires a half-assed apology laden with more filth.
Re: Long Dong Connery –
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You people are amazing. I guarantee that in any other situation, you would all agree that the idea of a 35-year-old impregnating a child is repulsive and inappropriate. In this case, however, because you personally don't agree with the political opinions of the girl's mother, the idea of it happening to her is amusing and entertaining. Good to know that most of you have subjective moral convictions. God forbid someone ever joke about your children being the victims of statutory rape, but if someone does I hope you'll take a minute to appreciate the comedic value of the joke.
If I were growing up and I knew the adult world could say such things, or make gross mistakes to the point of suggesting rape and then no one comes to the defense of these children. Are you kidding?
Re: spenn2 – WHAT?! Sarah Palin spent 250,000 dollars on some clothes!! How can you even suggest that she's down to earth?! Stop being a dolt.
NOT the worlds biggest Palin fan but the double standard is annoying!Dave ceased being funny over a decade ago!Remember the crazy Norm Macdonald immatitaion of Dave he used to do on SNL ?That was dead on.He can pick on Palin all he wants but the 14 year old was the only kid there and they knew that when they wrote the joke.Lame Dave
CIVIL RIGHTS FOR YOUNG GILRS
CIVIL RIGHTS FOR YOUNG GIRLS
Dementia is setting in on old Dave. You'd think he'd be grateful for the second chance he got at life and for his son. Insinuating someone's daughter is a ho no matter what her age is tasteless. As a parent, he should know better. Good thing no one watches his piece of shit show anymore. Conan is so much funnier.
H8 TOWARD YOUNG WOMEN NOT OKAY
H8 TOWARD YOUNG WOMEN NOT OKAY
H8 TOWARD YOUNG WOMEN NOT OKAY
Re: DSummerfan – Just because someone doesn't believe in gay marriage does NOT make them a bitch or a whore. All either of them said was that they don't believe in it, maybe if they said something like "fags burn in hell" then yea. News flash, our president isn't gonna do anything about this issue either, does that make him evil too?
Letterman!!!!
Re: crickets – Yea her family was put out in the spotlight, but that doesn't mean that her 14 year old daughter deserves jokes about rape at her expense.
Re: SheriMoonFireFly – Re: SWEETPIECE! – Re: Smirks – Re: Long Dong Connery –
Letterman is a douchebag.
Fuck Dave Letterman! Palin was in town for an autism summit. Why does this asshole insist on bashing her when she's no longer running for something. Why doesn't he say something about how fucking ugly Chelsea Clinton is or say something bad about Obama's kids? She's an innocent 14 year old girl. He should've just apologized and moved on but no he had to be an asshole about it. I used to watch that gap toothed fuckface, but he's decided on getting into politics. Going into politics ruins everything. He should just shut the fuck up. I don't understand why he's insisting on talking about Palin. Have you seen his fucking pig of a wife and his ugly kid? Fucking asshole!
But it wasn't Bristol at the game, it was Willow. Who is 14. So he could at least say "sorry I got the wrong daughter." I know that he wasn't intentionally making a joke about the sexual assault of a 14 year old child, but the children of politicians- and celebrities- should be off limits. Especially jokes about them having sex. Dave messed up because he made a "joke" about the wrong daughter, on accident. I do appreciate him saying what he did, but a tiny "I'm sorry- I meant Bristol and didn't know she wasn't there at that game" would have been better, I think.
Re: that_will_do_PIG_rez – AMEN! and (republicans) get called closed-minded for having different views than them, which is just hypocritical.
Re: LizardKinG –
Except the Obamas….and the Clintons, when Chelsea was small….
Re: misterfister – I couldn't have said it better myself.
Re: SDawg –
A.) How much do you think Michelle Obama's designer clothes cost? The campaign buys them for her, stupid. It doesn't matter.
B.) The Palins built their own house. They hunt their own food. They do their own grocery shopping- Sarah even let the previous governor's personal chef transfer somewhere else, because she didn't need him in her house. Their kids lead relatively normal lives, with sports and church and all the things that millions of other American kids live with. Comparing them to many other political families, whether it's at the state level or federal, they are EXTREMELY down to earth.
Re: Puffin –
The "Palin women" are all whores?
Well, there's the matriarch, who married her high school sweetheart (not whore-ish). Then there's the eighteen year old who took responsibility for her actions and is raising her son (maybe some of her high school classmates called her a name or two, but as far as you know, that was her first time having sex. I would hope you are more mature than a bitter high school bitch). Then there's a fourteen year old and what, a seven year old? And they're all whores? Because they are female, or conservative? Either way, you are an intolerant disgrace.
wow maybe theres hope for you after all perez by saying "and further proving his poor taste” when referring to lettermans comments about gov palin's daughter. at the risk of sounding condesending IM PROUD OF YOU its never okay to talk about a politician's children even if he did mean to refer to bristol who is 18 and not willow who is 13 its still wrong. we have to start doing what is right in this country no matter what someone's political ideology is.
I love how idiots label her a media whore, yet are so obsessed they can't stop talking about her. It couldn't be more obvious that the Left is very afraid of her. PALIN 2012!
David Letterman is an egotistical moron. Maybe next time he should take a swat the the Obama kids and see how the left wing enjoys that. The man is a pervert. And a pig. OBAMA IS A MUSLIM. MUSLIMS HATE GAYS!!!!!!
Re: _Alice_ – Hey you!
why is it only funny when its about a conservative woman and her daughter. heres why sarah palin has to be destroyed because she speaks for alot of us women. she lives her beliefs. just because you are a christian person and family doesnt mean your perfect and doesnt mean that your children arent going to make mistakes in their lives. for far too long the far left radicals have succeeded in portraying christians and conservatives as either the evil white male or judgemental and hateful which is so far from the truth its time to fight back and not let these labels stand. the only hate and judgement is see and hear is coming loud and clear from the left in this country. stop it already, gov palin and her family is off limits personally to bash. if you want to disagree with her politics and ideology fine do it in a respectful manner and articulate valid reasoning for your opinions please stop this hate now
palin is a media whore. it was a joke, and she wasn't even the butt of the joke, elliot spitzer was.
I am Not a fan of Sarah Palin - But - Leave the Kids out of it Dave!!
Plus your staff should do their homework - it was the fourteen year old daughter with them.
Low Blow Dave!!
Team Letterman. It was a joke!
first of all-this joke had nothing to do w/ republican/democrat- it was simply done out of hate. And who is the fame whore making jokes about an adult man having sex with a teenage girl?? that was done for ratings, Letterman has his own show, Palin does not! I don't care if you like Sarah Palin or not- it is cruel to make jokes about children, especially sexually explicit jokes. Look at your own family if you have forgotten that no ones family is perfect, and Bristol Palin is not the first girl to get pregnant as a teenager. Someday , you will have children and understand how cruel Letterman was– and if you never have children and understand that way- it is because you do not deserve them! Raise the bar, common decency is free! I don't want to hear jokes like that about children any more than I would want to hear it about gays, animals or David Letterman's Mother! Karma is a bitch! I hope none of you with the hate comments about Palin are raped or have something hateful like that happen in your family! The universe teaches compassion-be careful!
Anyone who thought this was funny is perverted like DL. What if it was about your daughter? I cant' figure out why he doesn't make nasty jokes and comments about President Obama and his family like he did the former presidents and their families. I'll tell you why Dave would be off the air in a minute.
Usually I wouldn't defend Palin, but Dave on this one.. you really looked like an ass. Why don't you just stop talking and making jokes about Palin from now on…
OK, Letterman stopped being funny years ago, and he WAS wrong here, but not to the extent this is being played. That said the double standard is striking. And people attack her, and congrats many of you fall for this, because she is truly not part of the system. She's a wildcard and they cannot tolerate that. Dems and Reps both want her gone, which should ring volumes to those of you who can still think. Now I would not vote for her, but I do like how she has stirred it up. That said, where is the husband on these issues. As a man, no F"N way would ANYONE say something like that about my daughter. Never.
Gov. Palin is an idiot and Letterman is a genius.
Letterman Rocks !!!! Palin needs to get a sense of humor or grow some thicker skin!
Republicans need to get a sense of humor. Even I know David Letterman was referring to the formerly knocked-up Bristol. Palin is just trying to gain some political leverage and failing miserably. Like Barack Obama would get this up-in-arms about a joke. HEY REPUBLICANS: GET A FUCKING SENSE OF HUMOR ALREADY!
Either way i think Sarah is a bitch and if she's gonna be in the spot light she has to learn how to take a joke. her daughter got pregnant and then they go and tell the father he can't have the baby when he just wants visitation rights. The Palin family are assholes. Somebody needs to point a rifle at her and send her ass to Russia, since she can see it from her house.
Re: goodtasteishardtofind – If anyone made a joke like that about President Obama or a member of his family they wouldn't be back on the air today or ever.
Letterman was ill informed about who Palin was traveling with. Thus the jokes about Bristol. He should have done some fact-checking. So the apology missed the point also!
Here's how I see it:
People hear what they want to. I heard the joke and immediately thought of the legal daughter Bristol. At no point did I consider the minor daughter. So why is it that SHE immediately assumed the joke involved her minor daughter?
Re: tigrrrlilly –
EXACTLY!!!
Re: UrMajestyMsG –
EXACTLY!!!!
Re: Puffin –
GOOD POINT!!!!
Sarah Palin is a manipulative shrew.
LETTERMAN FOR THE WIN