I think he is a disgusting piece of dirt! Does he not remember that his only child was conceived out of wedlock too and he has never married the woman he sired a child with!?! also I don't think he'd get away with these kind of remarks if he made them about the Obama girls! They are children just like this child! NOT FUNNY DAVE!!!! Of course the liberal media says we should just laugh at it, it was a joke!! It was a cut at Palin because she is a conservative which dave cannot stand. PLAIN AND SIMPLE!!!!!!

Bad joke, bad reaction from everyone.
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I don't watch letterman so I am not sure not "crude" is usually gets but this was bad.
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The second apology, on stage was very classy and necessary. The protests now seem like a waste.
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I love hearing guys like Hannity try to compare himself or even defend Don Imus by comparing Don to David Letterman.
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Memo to Hannity. Letterman is a comic and while I find your view of the world sad and sometimes instead of crying I laugh, you are suppose to be a news person as was your buddy Don.
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Oh and BTW, didn't DI's comments border on racism, I can't remember the exact comments but I believe that was some of the outrage.
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Letterman apologized, Palin says she accepts the apology time to move on.
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Shopierehuh---> I honestly do not find him that humurous anymore either.....maybe it's just us? But good for him getting all of this attention, as that's what he wanted, wasn't it?

I agree w/SuperDave Letterman was way off base and like someone said here they read the scripts before they go on , he had a chance not to read it on air..ya'll better watch out Sarah may be our next President! And I think that would be a good thing!

Letterman was funny a couple of times in 1982 or so. He ran out of material very quickly, within a year or so. It is astounding that anyone watches him. That says a lot about the country, I guess.

No-I understood. It was a joke. He admitted it was a crude joke. Many jokes are.

sewaelizebeth - Apparently you misunderstood. I did not take the “joke” to be more than it was because I do not consider it to be one and obviously neither does Letterman (at least now).
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Letterman grovels after sex joke about Palin's daughter
8:25AM Wednesday Jun 17, 2009
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"It was a coarse joke, a bad joke," a contrite Letterman admitted during Monday night's edition of The Late Show. "The joke, really, in and of itself can't be defended... I'm sorry about it, and I'll try to do better in the future."
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Say what you like, but when advertisers start pulling out of shows it doesn't seem so funny anymore.

I encourage my kids to have a sense of humor. We poke fun of each other all the time. We are the butt of each other's jokes. Are we trying to be demeaning and degrading? And you know what?-They are so kind and helpful to people.
If you took Lettermans joke to be more than what it was meant to be-you're the one who's sick.

Letterman’s “joke” was not made to be funny. It was made to degrade and demean (to undermine the status or dignity of) another individual through the use of another – in this case a child. It is shameful that people are telling their daughters to tolerate this type of degradation and telling their sons that this is acceptable behavior.

I'm reading all these comments while listening to Eminem.
I have a teenage daughter.
I also have a sense of humor. People make such a big deal outta stupid stuff and anyone who disagrees with that-has no morals or are complacent.
I love free speech. I don't have to agree with what everyone says.

opinions~ talk to the hand! You've missed the whole message here. I don't even have a TV. You're assuming just like the rest of the uniformed majority!

Darius: the TV, media, radio doesn't do anything to your kids. you do but not teaching them morals and values etc. stop blaming everything cause your kids are easily influenced. I am tired of people like yourself who plop your kids in front of a TV and complain that your offended by what's on TV. Stop whining and take your kid to a park or for a bike ride. Maybe teach them how to read you tool

future~ don't worry, I've that part covered. Just a side note, this isn't just about my kids...it's about everyone's kids.

Kleej, if your kids are still up at 10:30 pm watching Letterman, then you're not doing your part.

Kleej...Amen. I'm with you. It's the courageous who make the difference in this world. It's the complacent who are blind to it. The media has done a number on this culture for sure. Anyone who denies that or thinks it's no big deal has given up their right to complain about what other people do to them.

opinions~ I'm not hurt or offended by any of this garbage. I'm embarassed that our society finds this media acceptable. What ever happened to morals and values? The media today isn't as easy as unplugging a TV, or a radio or a PC! The media is all around us whether we like it or not. You can't just shut it off! Get in touch with reality. The media is plugged into US! Parents can do their part in limiting the media their kids come in contact with only to a certain point. There are parents raising the next generation of so called "leaders" who were raised on this same garbage and what do you suppose the end result will be?? Look around you! 30 years ago kids were being expelled for chewing gum in school....today they're being expelled for having guns! If you're offended that this weighs heavy on my heart, so be it! Mock me if you like....people like me expose the cowards that exist out there today. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. Pick a side. If you choose to remain part of the problem, don't complain when you're violated by someone who is just acting out what they've been taught! Wake up.

I love the easy offened tools that come out of the woodwork when stuff like this happens. What happened to the days when if you didn't like something on the TV, radio, or anything that spits out content that the (easily offended people don't like)to them turning that device off. I am so sick of living in a PC world where people like Kleej are so hurt by little jokes are things that are said that they don't like.
Kleej unplug your T.V, Internet and radio then I think the world would be a pleasant place for your kind. Too all the people who can handle being offended. be proud your a rare kind these days

Some parents are the best guardian's for their own children. This deal with Letterman is a clear cut case of reaping what we sow! Public TV has allowed cursing, infidelity, nudity, murder to seep into the public conscience for years and it's offended many people in the process. Why has this been okay? Because it PAYS! Letterman is on the air with CBS because his show PAYS. I don't agree one iota with what Letterman said regarding Palin, however, I'd rather all our couch potatoes see that than a constant dose of murder and mayhem on a daily basis like is being forcefed. There are some terrific parents out there who are wise enough to censor what their children watch and listen to, however, the parents who were educated their whole life on this garbage media to become "unwise" are oblivious to the fallout from this media which means they have no idea what it's doing to their children who become friends with the censored children. One thousand gallons of fresh water mixed with one gallon of raw sewage, becomes sewage. We're losing this battle because morals and values have become compromised for the almighty dollar and the greedy people who are above those morals and principles are winning the battle of our society's minds!

Levi Johnston was 18 when he knocked up the then 17 year old Bristol Palin. In most states that's considered rape. So what's worse, making a joke about it, or actually carrying it out?

"I notice Kathleen Parker tempoarily shut down her website ..... hmmmmmm"
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I notice Dave decided to give his second apology for something you think was funny......hmmmmmm.

JustAsk Me: Sarah Palin is the public figure who is open to comments and jokes. Her children are not. Period. Anyone with good taste can see that what Letterman said was in very poor taste, not funny, in fact it makes him look the fool. I believe that Letterman had a child out of wedlock also. Anyone want to pick on his kid? Letterman is rarely funny and he wasn't this time either. Watch out Letterman, you weren't funny when you started out on late night and you sure haven't gotten better. Or nicer.

Sarah Palin's family chose to take a public stance on un-wed motherhood. They should expect to be in the crossfire as a result of their choice.

Letterman specializes in combining two current news items, and having them come-out funny.

Dubber's joke wasn't funny - realy wasn't a joke - it deserved getting removed. If you knew Dave Letterman's sense of humor, you'd realize that his joke was VERY funny.

I notice Kathleen Parker tempoarily shut down her website ..... hmmmmmm

Hey Dubber, I missed your joke. Please post it again.

Ms. Parker says in her op ed piece: "Opinions don’t get punished in this country. Period"
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Au Contraire Ms. Parker, obviously you do not read the GazetteExtra Online blog world.

Funny how Dub190's joke about Michelle Obama was removed. It was just a joke, just like Letterman's. What a double standard.

When can we expect Mr. Letterman to just crack a few similar jokes about the Obama girls? Probably when Don Imus isn't fired for making fun of actual adult women in the same manner: ie. never.

At the same time that Palin/republicans/christians were pushing for abstinance only education in the face of study after study that show that teaching condom use is a more effective way of preventing pregnancy and the spread of disease, Palin's daughter was becoming a statistic.
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Palin then praded her about during the election.
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She is 18 and the joke doesn't make sense if it is her 14 year old sister. Palin is the one manipulating here - really? Letterman can't be around Willow now - come on, the right is not that gullible....right?

He is a Joke period, and you people that think he is funny have the mentality of a 12 year old. He is using you.

If you visit Kathleen Parker's website, you will see that she is a man-hater. She hates Letterman, and other males, for a living. So this article is not intended to portray a fair argument about Letterman's joke(s).

WOW - David Letterman's jokes are supposed to be shocking and funny. When I heard this one, I laughed - Good Job David. If you don't appreciate David's sense of humor, then watch something else.

Gee Georgie Bush said there were WMD's in Iraq
maybe that was his form of a joke...and he still performed after that

Letterman said all is well and Sarah has forgiven him....In fact, she even invited him up to Alaska to go hunting with her.

Ha ha. You're gonna get crucified for that one Dub190.
If someone was picking on ANY female democrat, they would be politically and personally attacked until they were figuratively dead to the world.
Look at Miss California, she shares the EXACT SAME VIEW ON GAY MARRIAGE AS OBAMA. Yet she was torn apart by the hatred of Liberal scum like Perez Hilton. Palin is in the same boat. If EITHER of these two women were democrats, they'd have a whole army of brainwashed feminist freaks batting for her!
Yeah she's a "kook" That's how she became the Governor of Alaska. Some people on the left have no conscience, or common sense for that matter...

From what I can gather the, "In, Out" part of the show was used routinely for jokes, getting laughs. Where is the joke if the pictures aren`t screwed up?

Rush apologized for a "technical" foulup, then had to add, "I mean, she can`t control the way she looks." Classy!

RAF - really - you get info from Rush? - you do know he is a crack head right - ok - just scripted drugs - looks like I am a left wing liberal making an inapropriate joke.

Try the facts...I know it is hard for you some time.

From the show; Rush quoted from the David Hinckley article “In: A cute kid in the White House. Out: Cute dog in the White House.” Could– could we see the cute kid? Let’s take a look at– see who is the cute kid in the White House. A picture of the “cute dog” (Millie) appeared on the screen instead of the “cute kid” (Chelsea). Rush immediately said No, no, no. That’s not the kid. Then a picture of Chelsea Clinton came on the screen and Rush said That’s– that’s the kid.

Again, he never said she was the white house dog...as you declared. But don't let the truth get in the way of what you "think" happened.

A miss quote? He put up a picture of "Socks" the White House cat, then said, "Did you know there is a White House dog?" And a picture of Chelsea went up. He later tried to blame a technician.

The joke was in bad taste and anyone who doesn't think so obviously has never had a 14 year old daughter or one who was butt end of a sexual joke relating to an older man. It just isn't funny. Those would be fighting words for any dad or mom in America. The only reason Letterman has gotten a pass on this, is because he is a liberal and so is most of the media. When it comes to children, the media needs to put political preference aside. Palin went back to Alaska, the election is over, and comedians need new material. It was funny joking about Palin six months ago, now it's just old hag. What bothers me, is that if this was a racial "joke", Letterman would be suspended or fired. However, it's OK to joke about a 14 year old girl having sex with an older man. There seems to be a double standard. I'm surprised more moms aren't PO'd over this or does the fact the Letterman likes Obama give him a pass on being tasteful?

Letterman was clearly talking about Palin's older daughter, period. Geez, I saw the broadcast and new exactly what he was talking about. Was it funny? Sure, I laughed.

Palin's a kook.

ladulce: You said "Palin put her daughters in the limelight by talking about her 17 year old pregnant daughter while preaching abstinence".
That does not justify talking about the other daughter. "AND HE was OBVIOUSLY mistaking the 14 year old for her older sister". So Letterman gets a pass because he supposedly made a mistake? I don't think he made a mistake at all - I think he wanted all the free publicity. I stand by my previous comments.

". AND HE was OBVIOUSLY mistaking the 14 year old for her older sister... Otherwise, the connection to the baseball player would be none...."
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Funny, if it was so "OBVIOUS" why was she not at the game?

"Limbaugh said she was the "White house dog,""
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You are reading to many smear sights again. This is a miss quote from an old TV show he did.

letterman is an idiot and his ratings are droping like a rock. lets face it, resorting to those kind of jokes, and unresearched at that, is lame. letterman is lame and his band is lame. late nite is lame, o'brien is lame. swaping out lenno for o'brien who had the younger crowd in the LATER time slot will not work with the JOHNNY time slot. sorry!

I don`t know what Letterman said, and could care less, but Chelsea Clinton was not left alone when her father was in office. Limbaugh said she was the "White house dog," and McCain said she was ugly because Janet Reno was her father. That doesn`t make whatever Letterman said OK, but don`t be saying that it hasn`t happened to the other party when it obviously has.

SuperDave- Palin put her daughters in the limelight by talking about her 17 year old pregnant daughter while preaching abstinence. The girl was pregnant by a local hockey player, so, the switch to a major league baseball player isn't such a stretch. And, there was no mention of rape. THis girl is now an adult, so it isn't even statuary... AND HE was OBVIOUSLY mistaking the 14 year old for her older sister... Otherwise, the connection to the baseball player would be none....

"where are the feminists that should be defending Willow Palin and her mother?"
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You don't think they are namely from the other political party do you? If that is the case and they dropped their morals for politics that would be really sad.

Letterman was way off-base. This was a scripted joke, he had approved it before the show even started. Somehow because Palin is a Republican, some people think this is okay? Or have our standards fallen so low that the children of politicians can now be joked about being raped by steroid-using idiots? Remember when Clinton was in office? No one dared utter the name of Chelsea Clinton unless it was in a favorable light. It was understood that the children of politicians are off-limits when it comes to either criticism or humour. Even the daughters of George W. Bush were pretty much left alone, unless they did something to put themselves in the news. But now we can make a joke about raping a 14-year-old, and that passes for humour? That's just sick.
And where are the feminists that should be defending Willow Palin and her mother? Feminists....hellllllooooo?!?!?

When was the last time a comedian with a nightly show made a joke about a major league baseball player knocking up a young teenage girl? I don't think that is "their job".

Palin set herself up as a public figure and as such is subject to the satire and jibes of comedians. If we set up a public media council to decide the good from the bad jokes we are on a one way street to censorship. Can't we just all agree, that Letterman and others of his ilk, splatter public figures with bad jokes. That's their job. Palin isn't the first and won't be the last.