Wow there is some serious animus going on. I totally missed the David Letterman controversy because I was off doing other things. Apparently he insulted Alex Rodriquez by suggesting that he'd be interested in one of Sarah Palin's daughters. Actually he made a joke about her getting knocked-up at the Yankees game. Was the joke tasteless? Yes. Did it deserve the level of outrage that has gone on for four days? That's debatable.
Clearly Letterman has no love for Sarah Palin and I would've thought it best to leave any children out of it - except for the fact that she's pimped out her own kids and "superior" moral virtue. I figure if you don't feed the gremlins they won't grow, but leave it to their PR machine to kick in. By the way, Letterman's joking is all President Obama's fault!
Now Letterman has apologized because some advertisers pulled out. He owns his show so he can pretty much do what he wants but I'm surprised by the level of vitriol on both sides and the undercurrent of hostility which has everything to do with the declining influence of the Republican Party.
So I'm not going to talk about free speech or how the Palins are using this to their advantage because we already know this! I almost feel sorry for Dave except he's a very wealthy white man and will be fine. He's just butted heads with the great big Right Wing machine - which he's been doing for some time now. So this is kind of like two titans fighting it out.
The hypocrisy occurs of course because of the attention that's been given this as if it was a SERIOUS ISSUE!! when Fox, MSNBC, CNN and plenty of other newspapers and media spread their lies and vile hate speech EVERY SINGLE DAY and it's ok when THEY do it. This doesn't even compare. My only advice to Dave is that he should remember that white womanhood is a sacred thing to many that they will defend regardless if it is Sarah Palin or her daughters.
