MRC President Brent Bozell appeared on FNC’s America’s Newsroom this morning to weigh in on CBS late night host David Letterman’s tasteless jokes about Sarah Palin’s teenage daughters. Bozell said Letterman’s explanation -- that he was really referring to Palin’s 18-year-old daughter, not the 14-year-old who actually went to Yankee Stadium with her mother -- was “worse than the joke.”
Bozell called the joke “disgusting,” and said “If David Letterman were a man — and he’s not a man, he is a coward — if David Letterman were a man, he would stand up and he would say, ‘We royally messed up on this one. I apologize to Sarah Palin, I apologize to Willow.’”
[UPDATE: Late this morning, Bozell issued a press release repeating his demand for an apology: "David Letterman needs to be a real man and apologize unequivocally, like a real man."]
Here’s some more of the segment, which aired shortly before 10:15am ET on June 12, and began with co-anchor Megyn Kelly playing a clip of Palin from earlier that day on NBC’s Today:
MEGYN KELLY: You heard Sarah Palin say he [Letterman] owes an apology to young girls of this country, and she does not buy his explanation that he really meant to refer, not her 14-year-old daughter who was actually with her at the game, but to her 18-year-old daughter, Bristol.Later on the same segment:
BRENT BOZELL: Yeah, I think the explanation was worse than the joke. It was a taunt, it was arrogant. It was the — what David Letterman has become, which is not a nice, funny guy anymore. This is the man who has a history of taunting Sarah Palin and taunting her family.
Look, I'm thinking about this: Michelle Obama's young, little girl — I think she's 12-years-old. So in two years, she's going to be prime for David Letterman's statutory rape jokes. I mean, this is the kind of comedy that this man is proud of? It's disgusting and he owes her an apology.
Look, the National Organization of Women, even they have condemned him for it. So you know when they're condemning him for it, you know it's got to be bad.
BRENT BOZELL: If David Letterman were a man — and he's not a man, he is a coward -- if David Letterman were a man, he would stand up and he would say, “We royally messed up on this one. I apologize to Sarah Palin, I apologize to Willow, I apologize to her husband,” — to Sarah Palin's husband, who I suspect wants to punch his lights out.
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Well, I'm sure Dave will
June 12, 2009 - 10:41 ET by balboaWell, I'm sure Dave will apologize now that Brent has called him out...
→ You're right
June 12, 2009 - 11:01 ET by Cool ArrowIf Dave can't be swayed by a minimum standard of decency, nothing short of falling ratings could move him.
I'm pretty sure he's got enough followers to keep him afloat.
Do you think Dave should apologize?
The only reason Clarence Thomas is on the Court is because he is black - Joe Biden
It would be nice.
June 12, 2009 - 11:38 ET by balboaIt would be nice.
→ Agree bal
June 12, 2009 - 11:45 ET by Cool ArrowA heartfelt apology, devoid of a peppering of jokes and clip replays would be a good thing.
The only reason Clarence Thomas is on the Court is because he is black - Joe Biden
Devoid of a live audience,
June 12, 2009 - 12:19 ET by SickofLibsDevoid of a live audience, too. As in pretaped, all by his lonesome.
Because as was shown the other night, clearly his audience will laugh and clap at anything he says. And as a narcissist, of course he can't help himself and just feeds into it.
balboa
June 12, 2009 - 11:01 ET by cvgbuckeyeWhat are you now, disapproving of Brent and belittling his defense of a woman and her young daughters? You then choose Letterman's position rather than a gentleman provider of defense?
Then I say that you are as much a coward as Letterman and I for one am quite exhausted by the blind and predictable stupidity that you exhibit here on a regular basis.
making hay and blowing hot air
June 12, 2009 - 16:31 ET by abeautifulpersoni guess when a group of people (read: some conservatives) are totally bankrupt of ideas, taking on comedians with feigned outrage over a joke is the route to go.
rave on, my conservative friends. its jokes like this that is bringing down america, right? (using the term 'friends' very lightly).
if there was as much outrage on the right about the murder of dr. tiller, perhaps threads like these wouldn't look so sad.
anuglysocialist is back to darken NB
June 12, 2009 - 21:28 ET by UnsaneNo, a joke can't bring down America, but Socialists and hate-filled Leftists like you can.
By the way, a Socialist like you, anuglysocialist, lecturing ANYONE on being bankrupt of ideas is akin to a whore lecturing me or anyone else on the virtues of chastity. You might actually want to consider READING posts like mine from time to time. You can get some great conservative ideas from them. Like, for instance, trying capitalism. Works everywhere it is tried. And the ultimate regulator: FAILURE.
P.S. Whine to me again by PM, and I expose the contents. Again. Your one and only warning.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Leave it to a Liberal to
June 12, 2009 - 21:34 ET by Free StinkerLeave it to a Liberal to defend "jokes" about rape.
"Gov. Palin has been subjected to one of the most massive and dishonest pile-on smear attacks in the history of liberal media." -- Lowell Ponte
→ ABP
June 12, 2009 - 21:40 ET by Cool Arrowuglysocialist is upset ever since his mom broke his Gary Glitter album and told him to take down the Rob Lowe poster. Now Letterman has to come off the wall.
The only reason Clarence Thomas is on the Court is because he is black - Joe Biden
Brent Bozell
June 12, 2009 - 10:43 ET by BlondeIs usually very upbeat and light when he appears on Fox, laughing while making great points for conservatism.
Today, however, he was furious, as we all are, over the treatment of Palin's children by the (well chosen word, Mr. Bozell) cowardly David Letterman.
So thank you, for representing us so ably, Brent Bozell.
I hope he fails, too.
Coward
June 12, 2009 - 10:54 ET by cvgbuckeyeI say that Letterman is the same kind of coward who makes obscene calls to people while utilizing caller ID block on his telephone.
Then he furthers his cowardice by inviting the Palins to appear on his show.
Here is what a man does:
1. He gets his cowardly backside on an airplane and flies to Alaska. He then drives to the Palin home and calls the family outside and repeats his observations (Jokes?) to the entire family AND their friends. Guess what happens next?
OR
2. I will accept his invitation to the Palins to appear on his show in their place. I will even buy my own fare to get there. He can than repeat his remarks with me on the stage. Guess what happens next?
Why does Letterman think he
June 12, 2009 - 10:50 ET by QueenMumWhy does Letterman think he should be excused on the basis of meaning to target the 18-year old instead of the 14-year old? Aren't his comments disgusting in either case? His pseudo apology was only meant to try to save face. There was no humility or sincerity involved. The original "joke" was not funny in any context.
P.S. Ditto what Blonde had to say.
Queen, BINGO!!! This is
June 12, 2009 - 11:00 ET by SvenQueen,
BINGO!!!
This is the point that many seem to ignore. It was a nasty, mean comment that was degrading to women...no matter what the age!
I also couldn't believe Lauer was trying to say Gov Palin's statement about Letterman was "just as mean...wrong" as His joke!!
Yup both are disgusting
June 12, 2009 - 11:10 ET by nwahsWhich makes me wonder why people are choosing to be intellectually dishonest, instead of saying just that, "Even if it was about Bristol, its gross."
I guess the idea here is to convince America that liberals laugh at child rape jokes. Good luck with that, Brent. Thats a sturdy ship you have there.
Let me remind you. People despise others that use something as serious as child exploitation, as a manipulation tool. This will blow up in your face. Bank on it.
Lights will guide you home
It could have nwahs,
June 12, 2009 - 11:18 ET by AgnosticIf Letterman would have come out and set the record straight and gone on the offensive about character assassination and how conservatives were doing exactly the type of exploitation the were blaming on Letterman. The problem is that is not what happened. He came back out and acted as though he was above question and that the jokes had merit. At best the media will let this blow by over the next couple of days and then there will be another distraction from the true disaster that is the US economy.
A person may be won over with logic and reason but the masses must be bought with spectacle and platitudes. - 2008 Elections
I think the media
June 12, 2009 - 12:16 ET by nwahsI think they'll use it further marginalize conservatives.
If the outcry had stuck with really happened, Letterman couldn't have been so flippant about it. Introducing the preposterous motive of joking about child rape, changes everything.
We don't just have an obnoxious joke and liberal bias.
Now we have an obnoxious joke and liberal bias on one side, and intellectual dishonesty and exploitation/manipulation on the other side.
Now its a food fight
Lights will guide you home
→ Disagree
June 12, 2009 - 11:20 ET by Cool ArrowA scripted, vetted joke is a far cry from Imus' impromptu "nappy headed hos"
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but it looks like you're demanding a double standard because of Letterman's powerful position, or out of fear the right commit a similar offense.
Well, that's already happened, and Imus got fired.
The only reason Clarence Thomas is on the Court is because he is black - Joe Biden
→ Correction
June 12, 2009 - 11:30 ET by Cool ArrowImus got fired, and he was just a Democrat straying too far from the Plantation.
The only reason Clarence Thomas is on the Court is because he is black - Joe Biden
What did they do to Don Imus?
June 12, 2009 - 14:53 ET by ButtercupI agree and I repeat: Don Imus sincerely apologized for his off hand remark. Letterman joked
through an apology for a prepared joke.
Did the media stand up for IMUS???????????
Don Imus had the last decent
morning show on MSNBC because he did stand up for what he thought was right regardless of politics.
for n-waaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhsssssssssssssss
June 12, 2009 - 21:35 ET by UnsaneLet me remind you. People despise others that use something as serious as child exploitation, as a manipulation tool. This will blow up in your face. Bank on it. Let me remind you. N-waaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhssssss. You Leftists and Socialists hide behind children all the time. (Back "free" health care, IT'S FOR THE CHILDREN. Back strict gun control. IT'S FOR THE CHILDREN. Fight global warming. IT'S FOR THE CHILDREN.) I for one am sick of that. If anyone should know all about child exploitation, it is YOU and your fellow Leftists.
Which makes me wonder why people are choosing to be intellectually dishonest, I ask the same of you all the time. Just come out and admit your Leftism. You claim to be a disenfranchised Republican, yet all you do is blast conservatives, and your OBSESSIVE DEVOTION, Rush Limbaugh.
I guess the idea here is to convince America that liberals laugh at child rape jokes. Good luck with that, Brent. Thats a sturdy ship you have there. You don't need to convince me. To the Left, anything goes. No standards needed in society. Standards are evil tools of oppression invented by evil conservatives, Leftists think to themselves routinely.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
See below
June 12, 2009 - 21:40 ET by nwahsSee below when I had the exact same principles regarding Imus' firing and mischaracterizing his comments. But since those comments only affected black women, I was quite popular.
Its a sad state of affairs when your principles are swayed by the demographic of the person insulted.
Lights will guide you home
Backward's Shawn, please listen to the facts. Willow was at the
June 12, 2009 - 21:47 ET by pahubergame, period; but for some reason you and other libtards want to convince us that it was not Willow that dave was talking about.
How can you know this? How do you say this uniquivically with certainty?... and why?
How do you back up all of your posts here today with the facts of dave's joke?
Go away
June 12, 2009 - 21:49 ET by nwahsGo away NAMBLA man.
Lights will guide you home
You cannot answer the question Backward's Shawn. Please, I
June 12, 2009 - 21:54 ET by pahuberwant you to show us all the 'light' you got for us. You do not have anything...so it seems.
Was Willow at the game? Was Bristol.... how do you read DL's mind to know this? We are begging you oh all knowing one.
How can you know this? How do you say this uniquivically with
June 12, 2009 - 21:57 ET by pahubercertainty? You have been so bold as to try and convince all here at NB's that you know it was not Bristol.
You have not explained anything other than use personal attacks and comments that make you certain it was Bristol. We are hoping you can show us so as we will change our minds.
Show us your evidence.
"Go away NAMBLA man" This
June 12, 2009 - 22:11 ET by Scuba Dude"Go away NAMBLA man"
This from a guy excusing the rape of a child.
Typical libtard.
The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER
You're a web toed freak
June 12, 2009 - 22:17 ET by nwahsYou're a freak. I don't even want to know where your mind is.
Lights will guide you home
Geez backwards shawn... when you support rape jokes it doesn't
June 12, 2009 - 22:20 ET by pahubermake you look as cool as you might have thought, huh?
You have yet to provide a shred of evidence.
We are still waiting....
n-waaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhsssssssss now plays the race card
June 12, 2009 - 22:05 ET by UnsaneIts a sad state of affairs when your principles are swayed by the demographic of the person insulted. Huh?
It's an even sadder state of affairs when you can't let your true nature out.
See below when I had the exact same principles regarding Imus' firing and mischaracterizing his comments. But since those comments only affected black women, I was quite popular. So now you are accusing NB of being racist now, I see.
For the record, I don't have a problem with Imus being fired. We are all beholden to an employer. Well, most of us are. If the station decided to fire him, for looking at the GM wrong, so be it.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Well go back and see who was defending him
June 12, 2009 - 22:10 ET by nwahsWell go back and take a look at who was defending him. I said it back then. His comments were obnoxious. They weren't racist.
My principles don't shift with the breeze.
Lights will guide you home
the intellectually dishonest n-wwwwaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhssssssssss
June 15, 2009 - 00:22 ET by UnsaneMy principles don't shift with the breeze whines an unprincipled Leftist who blasts NBers for belonging to a party, when he himself has bragged endlessly about being a Republican, and has whined endlessly about why the Republican party can't be even MORE Leftist so that he cna have his dream of an America with two Leftist parties.
Really, n-waaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhssssssssss, you have made some fairly stupid comments here in the past. This has got to top the list though.
One critical difference you fail, and fail miserably to note - and I ascribe that to your penchant for intellectual dishonesty - Imus apologized. Letterman has not.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Bozell's cool. He doesn't
June 12, 2009 - 10:54 ET by RR GOPBozell's cool.
He doesn't sit around and yuck it up even with Sean Hannity. We need more serious conservative men like him out there in TV land.
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!?).
All I can figure is that
June 12, 2009 - 10:58 ET by Chris NormanAll I can figure is that since Letterman and his ilk think that their types now completely control the media, they can get away with saying anything as long as it's against a conservative. They're confident of not only get away with it, but be defended and praised by their fellow liberals. They're also certain they have effectively marginalized all their critics who they dismiss as "crazy conservatives".
I can only hope that, slowly but surely, the number of decent pople are taking notice of this ugly trend and one day, all these smart-ass bile spewers will be outnumbered and surrounded. They'll wake up one day and find they have just a tiny marginalized themselves following and every decent civilized person has turned them off.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
My sentiments exactly,
June 12, 2009 - 11:02 ET by QueenMumMy sentiments exactly, Chris. Look what Perez Hilton was able to accomplish with his disgusting display of feigned outrage. How did we get to the point where "theater" defines our culture?
"All people are born alike - except Republicans and Democrats." - Groucho Marx
QM, It is very
June 12, 2009 - 11:34 ET by Chris NormanQM,
It is very theatrical. I think a lot of what's going on is designed to taunt conservatives. it's almost like they're saying, "We have the power to get away with saying anything we want against you and you can't stop us".
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Good morning, Chris
June 12, 2009 - 11:03 ET by BlondeI saw a clip on Fox this a.m. (I believe it could have been part of the Bozell piece) where they showed the women of The Spew....Barbara Walters was down on Letterman for his cowardly joke and even more cowardly "apology", while Joy Behar, naturally, thought Letterman's comments were just hunky dory.
I wish they'd do a poll of the liberal women in the media about this remark. I think the results would be interesting, assuming (big if, I know) that these women told the truth.
In fact, I know it was this piece, because Brent Bozell said they were both wrong (Walters was saying "attack me, fine, but not my kid").
I hope he fails, too.
I saw The View thing last
June 12, 2009 - 11:52 ET by Chris NormanI saw The View thing last night on Greta Van Susteren. I think Walters went about as far as she would go in criticizing Letterman (actually, it was more her defending Palin's reaction), considering her shared politics and her no doubt friendship with Letterman (I'm sure they move in the same NYC celebrity circle). However,I did ge angry, that whenever Hasselbeck tried to make a point, that obnoxious loud mouth foghorn Behar would shout over her and, with Sherry Shepherd (sp?) talking in the background, the whole thing descended into a cacaphony of sounds.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
a cacaphony of sounds
June 12, 2009 - 11:57 ET by ckbennetttn"the whole thing descended into a cacaphony of sounds."
The very definition of The View.
Obama: 'I screwed up'--We're going to be seeing this a lot.
Like a chicken coop when a
June 12, 2009 - 12:22 ET by SickofLibsLike a chicken coop when a snake gets in.
Amen, Chris
June 12, 2009 - 11:20 ET by KC MulvilleI second that. Well said.
Letterman is a class jacka$$
June 12, 2009 - 11:23 ET by ckbennetttnHe definitely crossed the line with his comments on Sarah's daughter, no matter which one he intended. However, calling Sarah a "slutty flight attendaant" is crossing the line as well. I'm sure I'm much like any other man at NB, you can say whatever you want about me, but you start badmouthing my wife and kids, I won't be civil (let's just out it that way). And anyone who would stoop to that shouldn't expect civility. Todd Palin, I believe, is more than justified to meet Letterboy (certainly not a man) in the street and put his teeth down his throat. I'm so sick of libs I can't stand it!!!!!!!!!
Obama: 'I screwed up'--We're going to be seeing this a lot.
letterman is an idiot
June 12, 2009 - 11:26 ET by rowdygirlIf he thinks that the "joke" is funny if it's about Bristol, he's still wrong. She may be of legal age, but that doesn't make it right. She may had a child, but that doesn't mean she should be the target for this type of sick "humor".
He's disgusting and perverted. He knew it was wrong and still did it. His hatred of Palin is central in is mind apparently and he didn't care that he was insulting her and her family.
He's playing to his crowd
June 12, 2009 - 11:34 ET by ckbennetttnLetterboy is playing to his crowd, all the ultra-liberal Manhattanites who haven't a clue what life is like beyond their little island, people who actually think they are better than other people, and the Golden Rule never occurs to them. Keep those comments at your pathetic cocktail parties you slug!!!
Obama: 'I screwed up'--We're going to be seeing this a lot.
jessieH Letterman is a
June 12, 2009 - 11:38 ET by jessieHjessieH Letterman is a putz. I never watch his show. I used to. He is an arrogant SOB. He will never apoligize for this.
If you were offended, let CBS know!
June 12, 2009 - 11:40 ET by 1611LilacLadyFor all of you who were disgusted the Letterman's comment about Sarah Palin's daughter, this is where to complain:
http://lateshow.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/
scroll to the bottom and click on 'feedback'.
Isaiah 5:20a Woe unto them who call evil good, and good evil. . . KJV
letterman comments
June 12, 2009 - 11:56 ET by arlietDo any of you really expect that jerk to really apologize? I think not.
No man makes disgusting
June 12, 2009 - 12:05 ET by ConservativeRexNo man makes disgusting jokes about another man's daughter. Ever. Letterman is a nothing. Todd Palin needs to whip his butt. I know, I know, we are in an 'enlightened age', but sometimes it really does come down to an ass whippin'. Letterman knows he deserves it, Palin ought to administer it, and then it would be done with. And to those of you who think a butt whippin' doesn't solve anything, you can bet Letterman would think twice before he makes another disgusting joke.
Very well said
June 12, 2009 - 12:11 ET by ckbennetttnYes, back before we were "civilized" if you made a comment like that you'd want to watch your back. I firmly believe that Todd needs to whip his a$$ not just for the comments about whichever daughter but about Sarah as well. If someone said my wife looked slutty, you can bet they would be eating through a straw.There is a lot of truth about the old saying, "that fella needs a good ass whippin'."
Obama: 'I screwed up'--We're going to be seeing this a lot.
WHAT HAPPENED TO LETTERMAN????
June 12, 2009 - 12:12 ET by totsotvaitnLetterman is not funny anymore. Years ago when he was on NBC he was very sharp and witty. Is he still so bitter because Leno was chosen over him to take over the Tonight Show (NBC) after Johnny Carson retired?
Since moving to CBS Letterman is nasty, mean, vindictive and cruel. He is now as low class as Bill Maher. Maybe its time for Letterman to leave CBS and go to a HBO or Showtime cable channel which airs this type of so called comedy crap.
Letterman is associated
June 12, 2009 - 12:20 ET by AlgerHissLetterman is associated with Indy race car & auto dealer owner Bobby Rahal.
Perhaps Mr. Rahal should be advised that as long as he is associated with Letterman, he can take his racing activity AND his new vehicle dealerships and cram them.
Click here for Rahal-Letterman Racing.
Click here for Rahal’s dealerships.
Rochester, Minnesota: A Fem_Leftist City!
Lecherman's Motive
June 12, 2009 - 12:22 ET by slickwillie2001Letterman still uses his half-hearted apology as an enticement for Palin to come on his pitiful tv show! There's a strategy here forming if your show is failing and you can't get guests, –insult someone, apologize, and invite them on your show to make it up to them! As if appearing on the Lecherman show is some kind of great benefit to the guest!
I believe this started when Palin visited New York and turned down a request from Lecherman to come on his pitiful tv show, probably to be insulted in person. Of course I have no proof of Lecherman's motives.
How would the MSM react if...
June 12, 2009 - 12:32 ET by urbuggenmeHow would the MSM react if the so called "JOKE" had been about either one of Obama's daughter's?
It was my understanding that the display of a hang-mans' nooses was racist now...
my spell check still thinks "Obama" is misspelled....anyone else had this problem?
Righteous indignation (as
June 12, 2009 - 13:20 ET by Chris NormanRighteous indignation (as well they should), boosted to rabid apoplexy in light of whom it would have been directed against. They sure wouldn't be diingenuous questions about the reaction to the "joke".
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
What about the "slut" reference?
June 12, 2009 - 13:19 ET by BayshoremanI hear little about Letterman saying that Gov. Palin must have “bought makeup at Bloomingdale’s to update her slutty flight attendant look.” What's the difference between that and when Imus was fired for his "nappy-headed hoes" remark? That alone should have gotten him fired or at the least suspended!!
That remark got buried in
June 12, 2009 - 13:24 ET by Chris NormanThat remark got buried in the rest of the mud slide. It was plenty offensive and obnoxious on it's own. You'd think at least flight attendants would be offended and say so.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Letterman: "Leave Todd home, if you get my drift"
June 12, 2009 - 15:14 ET by SickofLibsHere's another sleazy mini-swipe that got completely buried in his "apology", and that I have not seen addressed anywhere...
His comment, with a wink, that Sarah should "leave Todd home" when she comes to his show - implying he'd be available to schtoop her. Thus Palin herself is a real-life slut, not just dressed like one.
On more than one occasion in the past he has said he thinks she's hot, so any nitpicking/rationalizing/pretzelling on his comment here would be a total waste of everyone's time.
→ Open marriage
June 12, 2009 - 15:22 ET by Cool ArrowIt's just Letterman's way of saying his own wife deserves to be slimed along with any other woman he decides is worthy of his scorn.
National TV, and he wants the world to know his is a marriage built on another of his sick jokes.
I got that too.
The only reason Clarence Thomas is on the Court is because he is black - Joe Biden
Letterman's "slut" remark
June 12, 2009 - 15:31 ET by BayshoremanGood point Chris. Here's what I just wrote to the Association of Flight Attendants (http://www.afanet.org/afacwa/default.aspx):
Does the AFA-CWA have any plans (Press Release, letter to CBS, etc.) to make an issue of David Letterman’s disparaging “Top Ten” remark that Gov Palin must have “bought makeup at Bloomingdale’s to update her slutty flight attendant look.”? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MvaXBlGg0o I am quite frankly at a loss as to why the AFA-CWA would sit idly by and let such a chauvinistic, sexist, remark which is a blatant insult to ALL flight attendants; stand unchallenged.Yes Letterman honored the heroes of US Airways Flight 1549 but how do you think F/A Sheila Dail, F/A Doreen Welsh and F/A Donna Dent feel about being described by that same man as implying that all flight attendant’s have that “slutty” look? Maybe you should ask them.
→ That's crazy, Bozell!
June 12, 2009 - 14:53 ET by Cool Arrow“David Letterman needs to be a real man and apologize unequivocally, like a real man".
He's already forgotten how to be a comedian, and you're expecting him to do something like a real man?
His dying breath will be spent cursing women.
The only reason Clarence Thomas is on the Court is because he is black - Joe Biden
CA, Everytime I see the
June 12, 2009 - 15:11 ET by Chris NormanCA,
Everytime I see the clip they've been showing of Letterman with his unsettling cartoon-like face with the big fat stogie clinched between his gapped teeth going into the building surrounded by his entourage, I want to reach through the screen and shove the cigar down his miscogynistic throat - lit. Grrrrrrrrrr.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
hmmm...lit cigar
June 12, 2009 - 15:18 ET by SickofLibsHe's such a pussy I'd bet he's one of those guys who never actually lights it.
Yeah, 'cause if there's ever
June 12, 2009 - 15:25 ET by balboaYeah, 'cause if there's ever been a tell-tale sign of a pussy, it's not lighting a cigar...
That's just gross
June 12, 2009 - 21:19 ET by BlondeOn so many levels.
Your saviour Bill Clinton comes to mind, of course.
I hope he fails, too.
another example of progressives-
June 12, 2009 - 15:28 ET by JIMMY1660saying one thing(or in this case reading liking a puppet)and telling us that's not what i meant. you said it nit wit. and making an apology that was worse than the original material.
Turn off CBS and Turn off Dave's sponsors.
BHO- THE PROGRESSIVE PIRATE
WOW! I Need to Apologize....
June 12, 2009 - 15:36 ET by De_Oppresso_LiberWOW!
I need to "apologize" to Megyn Kelly..the 'things' I have thought about doing to Megyn Kelly, anytime-anywhere!!!
(she's way HOTTER than those Palin's girls..)
Or as I refere to the View....
June 12, 2009 - 15:35 ET by GecksThe verbal rapefest. NOBODY gets a word in edgewise to defend thier position on that show if you don't tow the party line.
Destiny rarely calls on you when it is convenient!
and
June 12, 2009 - 17:34 ET by jacktheripperhere I thought Letterboy loved his mother...that old pervert really has some mommy issues still after all these years, she must be REAL proud of her offspring
Brent- remember the Imus incident?
June 12, 2009 - 21:23 ET by nwahsA couple of years ago, Don Imus made an obnoxious remark about a woman's basketball team. There is no doubt the remark was obnoxious, but it wasn't racist. Yea people on the left tried to exploit it as racist, but it was nothing more than an obnoxious remark made in hip hop talk. I defended Imus not for the the obnoxious remark, but because of the unfair characterization of it. So did you.
Fast forward two years and you have adopted Al Sharpton's tactics. You know damn well Letterman was referring to the public pregnancy of Bristol, and not Willow. Just as the left knew what Imus was doing. And just like the left, you are using intellectual dishonesty. Are you proud?
This is what I wrote about the Imus incident :
http://newsbusters.o...
GlaxoSmithKline
April 11, 2007 - 22:50 ET by nwahs
CBS evening news reported that MSNBC dropped Imus's simulcast after heat from cooperates sponsors including GMAC and GlaxoSmithKline. These cooperations should not emerge unscathed. Imus used a hip hop colloquialism and these cooperation have shown an utter disregard for artistic freedom. It should cost them money. I believe a petition to boycott these cooperations via one of the online petition servers is in order.
http://newsbusters.o...
List the corporate sponsors
April 13, 2007 - 00:14 ET by nwahs
List the corporate sponsors that pulled their support for Imus's show. The have interjected themselves in the decency debate, and the had better be consistent.
http://newsbusters.o...
Exactly right. Imus was rem
April 13, 2007 - 00:06 ET by nwahs
Exactly right. Imus was removed because of the ideologies of corporate sponsors that cannot perceive a double standard in the entertainment industry. The ONLY thing left undone is listing those cooperate sponsors. I want to avoid their products, and I think anyone who finds this double standard repugnant should want to avoid their products.
So far, this is the list of sponsors I have. I will avoid these product for supporting this double standard in the entertainment industry.Staples
, General Motors, Sprint Nextel, GlaxoSmithKline, Procter &
Gamble, PetMed Express, American Express and Bigelow Tea.
http://newsbusters.o...
What Jason Whitlock did is
April 14, 2007 - 19:38 ET by nwahs
What Jason Whitlock did is extremely brave. I have yet to see a brave blog on Newsbusters in this incident. I have yet to see a blog call all the corporate sponsors. The names of the corporate sponsors responsible for Imus's firing are avoided. Why??? They should be called on the carpet. You want to sit around and complain about hypocrisy in media and when the chance comes to call 10 or so corporations for funding this hypocrisy, you don't do it. So in reality what is News Busters- a little game? Staples, Proctor & Gamble, GMC, GlaxoSmithKline - all have funded this hypocrisy and not one blog mentions them by name. There is a credibility issue here. You are exercising the exact same bias you rail against.
This is what you wrote:
http://newsbusters.o...
Rationalizations of why the remarks weren't so unusual.
Both remarks were obnoxious. Imus' wasn't racist and Letterman's weren't predatory. Yet your peripheral vision seem to rely on party. Why?
My position remains exactly the same. You, however, have adopted the tactics of Al Sharpton in the last 2 years. Shame on you and your double standard. You should be ashamed of yourself.
Lights will guide you home
Brent- remember the Imus incident?
June 12, 2009 - 21:52 ET by Bayshoreman"You know damn well Letterman was referring to the public pregnancy of Bristol, and not Willow".
Oh really nwahs? Tell us, do you have a New Age/Vulcan "Harmonic Mind Melding" that gives you deity-like convergent understanding of which Palin daughter Letterman meant to vilify and despairingly insult? His vile comment was not "off the cuff"...it was all scripted with the public knowledge that Rudy inivited her and her daughter WILLOW to the Yankees game that night!!!
Regardless, his insulting remark it is totally unacceptable at whatever age a female (or a male), non-political child of a politician of either party should to be subjected to.
I doesn't take all that
June 12, 2009 - 22:02 ET by nwahsAll it takes is a little common sense, and apparently, too much honesty.
Lights will guide you home
'common sense' and 'honesty'....
June 13, 2009 - 06:39 ET by BayshoremanAnd Letterman clearly demonstrated these attributes in this instance because...?
"Tell us, do you have a New
June 12, 2009 - 22:06 ET by pahuber"Tell us, do you have a New Age/Vulcan "Harmonic Mind Melding" that
gives you deity-like convergent understanding of which Palin daughter
Letterman meant to vilify and despairingly insult? "
Apparently, backwards shawn has that device, but will not share it with us...
He prefers insults and calling names anyway.
Show us your evidence, backwards shawn... other than 'of course' and 'common sense' and 'honesty'....
I saw this this
June 12, 2009 - 21:35 ET by bigtimerI saw this this morning...was tickled I happened to catch it...job well done here by Brent and Kelly....but there is no way in heck Letterman is going to really apologize..if he wanted to do so from his heart...it would have already been done.
Nope, this is going to help his ratings at this point forward the longer this is made a huge issue...just how I see it of course.
It is deplorabe...all of it.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Very little worth watching on TV
June 12, 2009 - 22:25 ET by jefflebowskiLet's face it, with the exception of Bass Masters, there's very little worth watching on television.
Angry White Dude
www.angrywhitedude.c...
→ Yeah, Jeff
June 12, 2009 - 22:28 ET by Cool ArrowI've got the station tuned to "Fast Money" and I don't know what the heck they're talking about.
The only reason Clarence Thomas is on the Court is because he is black - Joe Biden
And thats why there is YouTube
June 12, 2009 - 22:51 ET by nwahsYouTube is a wonderful invention :)
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Unless Letterman's apology
June 12, 2009 - 22:53 ET by eaglescout1998Unless Letterman's apology is sincere and comes from the heart, he should not bother. It would be a sign of weakness on Letterman's part to offer a faux apology that serves only to appease those of us on the right.
Doesn't Bozell Remind You Of A Klingon Making Demands?
June 12, 2009 - 23:37 ET by The7SticksOn a tv screen like that, it sort of reminds me of one of those Klingons or Romulans that appear on the Starship Enterprise's viewscreen making demands from Capt. Kirk or else he'll destroy his ship. Did any of you catch that?
I don't know. What's the worst that could happen if Letterman doesn't apologize? Does he embolden the child predators? I'm not even sure if we have a child predator epidemic in this country anymore. Sounded like made-up chicken fecal matter to garner ratings to me.
I suppose that liberals aren't the only ones who don't have a sense of humor based on all this nonsense. I'm more worried about the outcome of the Iranian elections right now.
thank you
June 13, 2009 - 01:11 ET by vote24I can't remember, What is it that happens when you push someone's back to the wall, and then keep pushing, and pushing? How daft must MSM be to not imagine the results.
Letterman is a deranged slob
June 14, 2009 - 11:30 ET by Reaganite Republican- and his stale schtick's about as funny as a train wreck. I say give Todd Palin five minutes alone with this creep- maybe then he'd get the hard education in moral clarity that he so severely lacks.
If Sarah Palin is SO silly and irrelevant, why the obsession? Clearly the Left noted her appeal, and are out to eliminate the threat- it’s not like it’s not obvious.
And she’s been highly successful in life while ignoring the left-wing feminist model… this helps to explain the extra dose of venom in the attacks.
Go get em, Sarah- and don’t mind the press, nobody will be listening to them anymore after the pending Obamamania implosion-
http://reaganiterepublicanresistance.blogspot.com