Comments on: Team Sarah vs. David Letterman

By: Centrist

Centrist — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:38:33 +0000

Well, fortunately the Right Wing Team Sarah lost by 10,000,000 votes in 2008, and their beloved Republican party has since become so fractured, beaten-down, and shown for what it actually is (i.e., Sanford, Ensign, abortion clinic shooters, Limbaugh, white supremacists, etc.) that Team Sarah is now about as powerful (and relevant) as a newborn trying for a Harvard degree.

Which may not be all that great an analogy, considering most Team Sarah members have no passport and have never seen one hour of education beyond a GED or public high school.

Team Sarah, the 21st century is here. It’s a place where black folk, white folk, Asian folk, and *all* folk are welcome. Even you.

Time to put away your 16th-century values and start acting like human beings.

By: On Line Discussion of the Letterman Controversy - Liberal Values - Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:09:31 +0000

[...] To answer his question, Farhi is right that there have been many other jokes about Bristol Palin with many being far worse than the one Letterman told, and later stated he regretted. Additional examples are here. Despite the attacks, Letterman has actually told far fewer jokes about Bristol Palin than other late night comics. The difference is that the far right is under the misconception that Letterman is promoting a liberal agenda and that he selectively makes jokes about Republicans. While he makes jokes about members of both parties, the right wingers who attack are not likely to watch his show and only hear about selective jokes he has told. The right has been targeting Letterman since well before last week’s jokes. This began during the campaign, and was also seen in reports such as this from earlier in the year. [...]

By: Top Ten Things Overheard at The Fire David Letterman Rally - Liberal Values - Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:23:15 +0000

[...] days of planning for the rally, numerous RSVP’s, and months of preparing to go after Letterman by the right wing, the Fire Letterman Rally (picture above) didn’t come [...]

By: David Letterman Apolgizes Yet Again To Sarah Palin and Family - Liberal Values - Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:34:49 +0000

[...] It is doubtful that this apology will make any difference with the Palin supporters who continued to smear Letterman after his first apology last week. These attacks really have nothing to do with jokes about Palin’s daughters. Right wing bloggers began attacking Letterman for telling jokes about Sarah Palin after last Monday’s show and it wasn’t until later that they began distributing the fabrications that Letterman had told a joke about Willow Palin. Right wing supporters of Sarah Palin have been organizing to attack David Letterman for quite a while, as was noted in this post back in January. [...]

By: DB

DB — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:44:25 +0000

My god, the “unfair” whining is going a bit overboard now! Why is it unreasonable to expect an intelligent answer to a simple political question? If such a person (running for VP, no less) is unable to answer the question, people should be able to be critical of that.

By: Ron Chusid

Ron Chusid — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:36:17 +0000

The two are talking about an interview in which Sarah Palin demonstrated that she is ignorant of national issues and unqualified for national office. Under the circumstances it is not at all surprising that any discussion of the event would be critical of her.

There was nothing shameless about this. It was what would be expected from any intelligent people who were discussion Sarah Palin’s campaign.

“Is it unreasonable to ask if CBS management was behind the whole hit piece?”

Yes–it demonstrates the typical ignorance, paranoia, and propensity to adopt conspiracy theories seen by many on the extreme right.

By: Ken Brinzer

Ken Brinzer — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:22:58 +0000

As for the Letterman attempt to denigrate Sarah Palin, it would be one thing if only he were involved, then one could say he rips everyone as he pleases. In fact Katie Couric, a supposed serious news anchor, appeared with Letterman and together they shamelessly conducted a joint sortie against Palin.

Is it unreasonable to ask if CBS management was behind the whole hit piece?

By: Ron Chusid

Ron Chusid — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:42:19 +0000

It is hard to really comment without knowing what comment they are referring to, but it is hard to believe anything he said will really be a problem with the FCC. Besides, if he really said something which was far worse than his usual comments on Sarah Palin, I’m sure the video would have been spread all over.

By: DB

DB — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:27:50 +0000

I fail to see how a political satirist such as Letterman does not have the same free speech rights as right-wing satirists like Limbaugh who make far more “unsavory comments” about other politicians.

By: Sarah Jane

Sarah Jane — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:37:47 +0000

David “LefterMan” ” acted like a leftist pig in mocking Palin while dismissing that Hillary is a dependent and submissive feminist who stayed with a cheating husband just so that she could use the Clinton name to advance her career; there is ample Clinton bedroom material to keep “LefterMan’s” maniac writers busy for a decade.