yeah, his schtick was insults and making fun of everybody. At times he could be funny. The reason Imus was fired is because the girls he made fun of were black. There should not be a double standard.
This joke was in poor taste. Letterman apologized. FWIW - I don't think Imus, even though a cranky, non-funny, miserable person, should have been fired, either. Prediction: The longer Palin hangs around in the limelight, the longer the GOP will hang out in the wildnerness. Mitt Romney must be pulling his well-coiffed hair out.
Comedy is about context and irony. Your cartoon comparison recognizes neither. That would make you a doofus.
You still don't get it, do you? Letterman's joke was a reference to conduct, which we can control and for which were are responsible. (And you know full well that he was talking about Bristol.) Imus's comments had racial overtones. I'm not going to comment one way or another on Imus here because this thread is not about him. Just be advised that your reference to a double standard has no suitable context. Unless, of course, you were just going for a laugh.
I'm going to have to disagree with you here. First, it was at least arguably ambiguous which daughter Letterman was referring to. As has been reported, Palin was attending the Yankees game with her younger, 14 year old daughter, Willow, and not her older, 18 year old daughter (Bristol; the one that had became pregnant while not married), so the context issue gets turned on its head. Also, I think there's much merit to the claim that had the exact same joke been made about one of Obama's daughters, assuming they were much older, there'd be a furious uproar. His joke was in bad taste. He obviously meant Bristol, and not Willow when uttering it. He apologized belatedly which caused most of the uproar. The far right should tread carefully and not beat this dead horse for further political gain. Most americans dislike Palin because she's an intellectual lightweight (see my 'Who Is This Dumb Bitch' thread I started the day McCain nominated her as his VP choice, which shocked me, but where my commentary had great predictive value). She's already milked the sympathy train from her supporters as much as she's going to get.
Who the hell eats at Olive Garden anyway? I'll tell you - the same Jesus Luvin - "rightwing" redneck conservative hicks that kicked out the Goldwater philosophy and replaced it with plutocracy and "Christianity" and ultimately brought down the Republican Party with their idiot GWB. These are the types that go to The Olive Garden to feel "cultured" while relishing EYE-TAL-YUN food.
yeah, lets talk about irony: letterman tells a scripted joke about statutory rape, that was reviewed in pre-show meetings, and perhaps even rehearsed Imus makes on off the cuff remark, that could have been stuck in his head from a Ludacris song he heard on the way to work Obama stands on stage with Ludacris during his campaign Ludacris is a mega-star and probably will run for senator some day the left gets Imus fired, the left defends letterman First song on the list: http://www.songlyrics.com/ludacris/1st-10-lyrics/ Ludacris Back For The First Time 1st & 10 (feat. Infamous 2-D & Fate Wilson) Click, click Click, click Yeah Click, click DTP nigga! [Infamous 2-0] I started with ten mack tens And ten clips and ten pens Got ten times richer in the span of ten years Bitch I'm ten times two on a scale of one to ten I'll battle ten crews with the strength of ten men [Fate Wilson] At nine, I was into crime, sex, and drugs Pushin' an '89 Box Chevy sittin' on dubs Nine thugs all ski masks, black suited with gloves Break the imprinted chest with at least nine slugs [Ludacris] Man I ate eight clips with eight chicks Watching eight flicks You's 8-6 if you ate pussy with fake lips I figure eight when my mind goes in circles DID I DO THAT or was it Mystikal and Urkel? [Infamous 2-0] On to 7 Ak 47, so what? I got seven hoes stoppin' by at seven to fuck Then put seven in your chest seven days a week And add a foot for good measure you'll be seven feet deep [Chorus] It goes 10-9-8-7-6-5-4 3-2-murder 1 lyrics at your door These DTP niggas come ready for war So don't start the fucking game If you won't settle the score [Fate Wilson] I got six hoes distributing on six blocks It's blistering from cops tryna stop these rocks from distributing Six gun shots left One pint of Vodka before this pimp will hit It's street justice, now it's six hole in your casket [Ludacris] Give me a high five and I'll put that nine lower than your esophagus Then smack you so hard that you have to come with 2Pacalypse Five stars, twenty rims, five cars I'd add more but I had to subtract one from five bars [ Ludacris Lyrics are found on www.songlyrics.com ] [Infamous 2-0] I got four forty-fours on a rip on the floor For you niggas talkin' shit I'm fixin' to show you what for I did four months in the bing instead of a hearst Now it's DTP for life, dog for better or worse [Fate Wilson] I fuck three best friends Ran on all three the same game In these streets I'm a murderer I got three alias names I'm three times insane Three shots will cave your brain On 3 fire and ready, cock back and aim [Chorus] It goes 10-9-8-7-6-5-4 3-2-murder 1 lyrics at your door These DTP niggas come ready for war So don't start the fucking game If you won't settle the score [Ludacris] I'm packing two twenty-twos and twice the ammunition But at Friday the 13th What's up now superstition? I'm a two timer with a couple of twins Double jeopardy With a pair of two deuces in the two seater Benz [Fate Wilson] I got one motto get dough till your gone I got one main lady the rest of y'all is hoes I'm numero uno with one more before I go If you think I ain't the one bitch you too slow [Infamous 2-0] And all you zero ass niggas ain't nothin' to me Because I chop up O's, move dro', and chop keys 0-6 is my clique along with PC Pretty Rick, Calil, V-Slim and Shondrez [Ludacris] It goes 1 to 10 and 10 to 1 Ludacris, Fake Feeze, and that nigga I-Twain It goes 1 to 10 and 10 to 1 Ludacris, Fake Feeze, and that nigga I-Twain It goes 10-9-8-7-6-5-4 3-2-murder 1 lyrics at your door These DTP niggas come ready for war So don't start the fucking game If you won't settle the score
Always so amusing how so many of you claim to want to follow the Constitution, yet you always are trying to sub in for the Speech Police. Can't have it both ways guys. Sarah Palin is a dope! Freedom of speech baby!!!
I don't recall anyone saying that the government should prevent Letterman or anyone else from making such a joke. As such, it is not a Constitutional issue. Sarah Palin has the right to defend her family from sick jokes like the ones Letterman told. The people have the right to show their disgust at Letterman.
Uh....okay.....So, let's all exercise our Constitutional Right of Freedom of Speech and let's all stop trying to be the United States of Speech Police. Let Letterman say what Letterman says and Palin say what Palin says. Hey, let's even let the "people" say what the "people" say.