David Letterman apologized (kind of) Wednesday for his jokes about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her family, and extended an invite for them to come on his show.
Well, the former Republican Vice Presidential nominee, who seems intent on making People magazine headlines at every opportunity, issued a reply Thursday:
"The Palins have no intention of providing a ratings boost for David Letterman by appearing on his show," Palin family spokeswoman Meg Stapleton says. Zinnng.
"Plus, it would be wise to keep Willow away from David Letterman."
So ... Letterman is a pedophile now, according to the Palin spokesperson? We thought we weren't allowed to joke about underage girls ... not that anyone was.
Seriously, no one is saying the jokes weren't inappropriate, but the Palins are clearly just using Letterman, and by extension their own daughter, as an opportunity to rally support for ... something. Makes us wonder if they own NBC stock.
In case you missed it, David Letterman jabbed at the Palin family after Sarah and Todd visited NYC and took in a Yankees game with 14-year-old daughter, Willow.
The host cracked that the worst part of the trip was "keeping Eliot Spitzer away" from her daughter, and that Alex Rodriguez knocked her up in the 7th inning.
The Palins denounced Letterman on Facebook, calling his comments "sexually perverted" and saying "Any 'jokes' about raping my 14-year-old are despicable."
Letterman took eight minutes on Wednesday night's show to explain the jokes, clarifying that he was referring to 18-year-old Bristol Palin (who did get knocked up when she was a minor, incidentally) and admitting his material was in bad taste.
"These are not jokes made about her 14-year-old daughter. I would never make jokes about raping or having sex of any description with a 14-year-old girl," he said.
He continued to emphasize: "Am I guilty of poor taste? Yes. Did I suggest that it was okay for her 14-year-old daughter to be having promiscuous sex? No."
He called the jokes, "borderline ... but again, made in an act of desperation to get cheap laughs, which is what I've been doing for the last 30 years."
Which side are you on in this war of words?
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June 11th, 2009 4:37 PM
Letterboy is one sick, dirty-old-man pervert.
June 11th, 2009 4:46 PM
Hey if Don Imus got fired for his "Nappy Headed" statement. Letterman ought to get fired for his statements that way worse than what Don Imus said. If you think the Palins are milking this... the next time this happens to a liberal and the liberals are crying for a person being fired... I'll find this article and shove it in your hypocritical face.
So basically the moral of your story is that Conservatives should shut up and not milk sexist and misogynistic remarks and non-apologies but Liberals can milk it and protest and get people fired if it happens to them because it makes sense? PLEASE! I've print screened this article so if it happens to a liberal and you guys make an uproar believe me I'll shove this in your faces!
June 11th, 2009 4:49 PM
There was obviously an egregious error on the part of the writers that provide Mr. Letterman with his material. I would suspect that Mr. Letterman wasn't aware that the younger Palin was in attendance of the game.
I am very disappointed in who ever made the statement "Plus, it would be wise to keep Willow away from David Letterman." This is borderline slanderous and discouraging.
One would think that it is necessary to understand in order to forgive. Apparently there is no understanding on the Palins aids part.
Perhaps the aids have considered this to be advantageous media attention and feel it necessary to fan the flames to garner further coverage. Play with fire and get burned kiddies. Remember the golden rule, do unto others......
June 11th, 2009 5:12 PM
I hope that one day karma backfires and the same thing is said and done to davids child. then we shall see how protective he becomes . it is sush a coward moment that he refused to apologize with respect instead he made an ass of himself. his mother is an idiot if she is not completely ashamed and humiliated by the remarks of her soooo called son. for him to be sooo tall he is such a little man.
June 11th, 2009 5:14 PM
The republicans made fun of Chelsea Clinton's looks she was aminor no one stopped them. I say right back at them The Palins chose to put their family in the public eye but yet cant take reprucussions Take teh apologyShut up and get over it Besides the Republicans tore this counrty apart and everyone still treats them like royalty
June 12th, 2009 12:03 AM
The joke is on most people who believe the Palins, saying the joke was about Willow because she was at the game. Through the power of projection and the media they have convinced people that Letterman meant something other than what he said. All they did was pretend the joke was not about Bristol.... lol... a real stretch considering it was a pregnancy joke about her daughter.
And Todd immediately jumps to rape... creepy as Hell.
People seem to forget how she used Piper as a human shield when she got booed at a hockey game. People only see this false veracity she *says* she shows, and they neglect to notice that she continually throws her own kids in front of herself. While saying everyone should leave them alone. This family is like frigging Menudo, or the Lohans, or those Ukranian descending-sized dolls. Each new one serving to distract from Sarah Palin being a joke and failing miserably. SHE needs to leave her kids alone instead of blaming everyone else for this stuff she starts herself.
ps. bellamiasalon: karma cannot backfire, ever.
June 12th, 2009 12:30 AM
Willow was NOT at the game.
I repeat, WILLOW WAS NOT AT THE GAME. Pictures do not show a Willow.
The Palins made it up just to fuck with people and try to deflect all the jokes & make DL lose credibility.
June 12th, 2009 4:54 AM
No one gives a shit about Sarah Palin and her fucked up family. So Letterman cracked some jokes. Get the hell over it. He clowns on everyone. FUCK Sarah Palin. Letterman is the man and always will be!
June 12th, 2009 11:14 AM
Charles U said: 'I am very disappointed in who ever made the statement "Plus, it would be wise to keep Willow away from David Letterman." This is borderline slanderous and discouraging.
One would think that it is necessary to understand in order to forgive. Apparently there is no understanding on the Palins aids part.'
Perhaps there's another meaning to the statement. I heard the statement spoken (not just reading it in an article), and I took it to mean that Willow was very hurt and angry over what had occurred, not that David was a perv.
June 12th, 2009 11:20 AM
Why is it necessary to make jokes about any of the Palin children? If, in fact, the joke was about Bristol, why add to her distress? She committed a mortal sin and didn't compound it by having an abortion (and I admire her for that). However, Bristol's life is negatively impacted forever. Being a single parent is wildly difficult, especially for one so young. Why rub salt in her wounds just because her mother chose to become a national political figure. Plus, being as David was an "unwed father" until very recently, I hardly see that he has any grounds to make fun of anyone's morays.