Being the consummate funny man that Letterman is, I'm sure he'll throw a little quip or smirk in their somewhere.

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).

methinks someone is afraid of losing their show, due to all the public outcry, and sponsors withdrawing............Mr. Bitter needs a new act!!!

on his radio show today.  He read Letterman's apology and then asked and I paraphrase, "Will the people who defended Letterman and his joke now also apologize?  People like Margaret Carlson, Matt Lauer and the fools on MessNBC".  My answer is, I think not and that's why Liberals are disgusting!  Jim Webster

...was motivated by this:

http://americanpower...

As for Dave, if he gets his news from Mark Shields, is it any wonder he is so painfully out of touch?

-Dave

Obama's health care "reform" plan is to blow up the building in order to fix a leak in the roof-Herman Cain

If you believe his lie, he meant to insult her!  Is he apologizing for outraging her?  Liar!  At least he is starting to catch on that he screwed up.

I suggest we hear what the man has to say and discuss it afterwards.

Those who don't believe him wil have the benefit of his own words, mannerisms, and body language.

I'm pretty sure we've all had an opportunity to say our piece.

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Does he think THAT is an apology.  

I'm surprised Lecherman hasn't thought of the obvious response, -fire the joke writer. That's what a typical politician would do, find someone to throw under the bus. It's a little demeaning of Lecherman himself, because he would have to admit that he just reads what's on the teleprompter or cue cards. Anyone with a clue however knows these guys don't write their own jokes any more than the Bamster writes speeches.

and apologizing.
Still, what a dumb joke, and this incident is proof of the immense difference in how the media treats the families of conservatives vs the families of liberals.
I used to like Dave as a performer, but no more.......

Ask Alex Rodriguez whether it's a full apology or not.

You will never convince me this apology is sincere.  There are very few if any liberals I believe feel the slightest bit of remorse in the way they have treated the Palin family.  They are scared of her and what she stands for.  They are doing everything they can to tear her down and the family is not off limits.

The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER

He's saying he's apologizing for not clarifying the joke better, that it was structurally "flawed". He's apologizing for not telling the joke better and causing people to misunderstand what he was saying.

This is hardly different from the standard "I apologize to anyone who might have been offended" and nowhere near the "I apologize for telling an outrageously sick joke to ridicule someone I can't stand" apology that is warranted.

metaphorsbwithu

Along with being an unapologetic lefty, is Dave also flaming hypocrite ?

Of course he is, because in 1996 he took Howard Stern to task for making fun of his girlfriend. Talk about delicious irony.

Check it out:

http://www.solomonia...

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

- Ben Kenobi on  Liberals, and the MSM.

" The Cake is a lie."   

at least he finally apologized.

"Let's wrap him up, alright?" -- Keith Olbermann

His ratings are tanking because he is not funny and she is not a journalist.

They are libs that think kissing the arse of Obama will let them get away with anything. But the American people outnumber Obama.

Sarah Palin is a class act. She has had to take so much undeserving crap from these despicable liberals and yet she doesn't back down.

If I were Sarah I wouldn't except Letterman's apology. I'd tell him to kiss my arse!

 He is apologizing .. thats all he can do ... he can do it publicly and more importantly privately to the Palins

I think people should accept the apology ... forgive and move on ..whether its sincere or not isnt for anybody to figure out .... the shite hit the fan and he got a bunch on him .. no need to be like the Neo Progs (libs) who are never satisfied until blood is drawn and someone loses their job.

_______ Him and the Unicorn he rode in on

Hopefully there are no wink and nod looks to the camera so that this can be considered a sincere apology.  I still find it offensive that he thinks it's o.k. to make fun on Bristol Palin, but if this is a real apology it should be let go so Dave can continue his downward slide in the ratings.

Here's my problem, and it's what I teach my children.  When you apologise you put the pressure on the offended to make everything alright.

If you ask for forgiveness the pressure is on the offending party to make everything better. 

Forgiveness is what he'll get from the public at-large and maybe even the Palins, but he didn't ask for it. 

When a liberal speaks, the truth is busy elsewhere.

But, Letterman fully understood the reason behind the anger being directed at him. To state otherwise is, at least, disingenuis but most likely an outright lie. You don't make it as far as he has by being that stupid.

And it took hearing it from a liberal source for him to "get it". Go figger.

That which does not kill me had best render me incapable of returning fire.

Frankly I don't get Letterman's apology, let alone the joke in question or the constant stream of ugly jokes he's been continually making about Palin and her family.

Assuming one accepts his apology at face value, he only apologized for being misunderstood about a 14 year old girl while he what he really meant to say that Palin's 18 year old daughter would have sex with a Baseball celebrity or anyone at all, at a baseball, game apparently because she's had baby without being married. Then made some reference to her and Elliot Spitzer basically calling her a prostitute  because she's an unwed mother. 

Well  Letterman himself had a child without being married and so did a whole lot of other alleged celebritieswho are way to numerous to list. But according to him its acceptable to single this girl out for ridicule? Why? Because she went to a baseball game in NYC? 

Would it be acceptable to Letterman if other "topical comedians"  said the same about his girlfriend? 

 He joked that Palin came to New York to update her "slutty" flight attendant look. Why is claiming flight attendants look like sluts in the first place acceptable humor?

Over the past year or so, he said the following about Palin: 

“You know, she reminds me, she looks like the flight attendant who won’t give you a second can of Pepsi. No, you’ve had enough. We’re landing. Looks like the waitress at the coffee shop who draws a little smiley face on your check. Have a nice day.”

“She looks like the dip sample lady at Safeway. She looks like the nurse who weighs you and then makes you sit alone in your underwear for 20 minutes. She looks like the Olive Garden hostess who says, ‘I’m sorry, your table isn’t ready yet.” She looks like infomercial lady who says she made $64,000 a month flipping condos.”

“[S]he looks like the lady at the bakery who yells out ‘44! 45!’ She looks like a real estate agent whose picture you see on the bus stop bench. That’s who she looks like. She looks like the lady who has a chain of cupcake stores…”

What's all this about - how is it funny?  What exactly is wrong with middle class women who work at these kinds of jobs and where is the humor at either poking fun at them or at Palin? Where does he get the nerve to do that? 

To me, he continually comes off as an elitist punk who wouldn't say anything like this if the woman's husband was in the audience because he'd get back handed a good one and would deserve it.

Personally I think he's a jerk who ought to be suspended, not fired so he can feel a little bit of the public humiliation he's so quick to hand out to people who really do work hard for living, and who can't defend themselves against smart mouthed punks like him. 

Tufr

There is a double standard. Any lib can get away with any hateful actions towards conservatives, Whites, or Christians. They don't get fired.

A conservative, White, or practicing Christian gets fired for being accused of hateful actions.

Well, truth be told, that was a very good, well made, expensive suit.

Too bad it didn't have a man in it.

http://gjresult.com

Alinsky's Rule Number 5: "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. There is no defense. It's irrational. It's infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions."

Never forget this. This is not about comedy, or sexism, this is hardball down-in-the-gutter politics, and the democratics have a front line in the liberal entertainment world to attack via Rule Number 5. This is why we have to be relentless. Was a simple apology good enough for George Allen, Don Imus, or Trent Lott?