Oh, Hey Mr. Letterman. How You Been, Mrs. Palin?
In case you were in a coma or hiding under a rock this whole past week, you might had missed the whole Letterman vs. Palin throwdown. If so, then here is the 4-1-1.
Letterman, made a few jabs at Palin’s recent visit to the Big Apple on his Late Show this past week in his opening monologue and in his Top Ten List: Top Ten Highlights of Sarah Palin’s Trip to New York City:
10. Visited New York landmarks she normally only sees from Alaska
9. Laughed at all the crazy-looking foreigners entering the U.N.
8. Made moose jerky on Rachael Ray
7. Keyed Tina Fey’s car
6. After a wink and a nod, ended up with a kilo of crack
5. Made coat out of New York City rat pelts
4. Sat in for Kelly Ripa. Regis couldn’t tell the difference.
3. Finally met one of those Jewish people Mel Gibson’s always talking about
2. Bought makeup from Bloomingdale’s to update her “slutty flight attendant” look
1. Especially enjoyed not appearing on Letterman
He also joked about Yankee’s star A-Rod (Alex Rodriguez) knocking up her daughter.
And even though most of the world was laughing, the Palin’s were not amused. At all. And they wrote this little response on their website:
“From Governor Sarah Palin: “Concerning Letterman’s comments about my young daughter (and I doubt he’d ever dare make such comments about anyone else’s daughter): ‘Laughter incited by sexually-perverted comments made by a 62-year-old male celebrity aimed at a 14-year-old girl is not only disgusting, but it reminds us some Hollywood/NY entertainers have a long way to go in understanding what the rest of America understands – that acceptance of inappropriate sexual comments about an underage girl, who could be anyone’s daughter, contributes to the atrociously high rate of sexual exploitation of minors by older men who use and abuse others.’”-Sarah Palin
Letterman responded by apologizing (kinda). He said that he wasn’t talking about her 14 year old but her 18 year old. You know, the one who got knocked up when she was 17 while her mom was running for VP last year? Yeah, that one. He replied
“These are not jokes made about her 14-year-old daughter. I would never, never make jokes about raping or having sex of any description with a 14-year-old girl. 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.”
He cleared the air and then invited Gov. Palin to be a guest on his show. Yeah, she’ll definately take that offer up.
But whether you like it or not, Sarah Palin is back in the spotlight. But even if you don’t like her, she sure as hell is entertaining. I think James Carville said it best: “She doesn’t always just sit on the edge of the cliff, she actually falls off it sometimes”.
I have a little advice for Gov. Palin: Lighten up. Yes, these are nasty, but if you really are back for good, then you’re going to be dealing with a lot more of these. Letterman will probably be the worst of your problems.
-Lesley
