In a fine example of liberal hypocrisy, the National Organization for Women placed "Late Show" host David Letterman in its Media Hall of Shame Thursday, and took the opportunity to bash conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh.
In its admonishment of Letterman's now infamous jokes about Sarah Palin and one of her daughters, NOW oddly felt the need to balance their indignation with a reference to an incident from Rush's television show back in the '90s.
Not surprisingly, NOW misrepresented what transpired back then.
But before we get there, here's NOW on Letterman (h/t Hot Air):
Comedians in search of a laugh should really know better than to snicker about men having sex with teenage girls (or young women) less than half their age.
The sexualization of girls and women in the media is reaching new lows these days -- it is exploitative and has a negative effect on how all women and girls are perceived and how they view themselves. Letterman also joked about what he called Palin's "slutty flight attendant look" -- yet another example of how the media love to focus on a woman politician's appearance, especially as it relates to her sexual appeal to men. Someone of Letterman's stature, who appears on what used to be known as "the Tiffany Network" (CBS), should be above wallowing in the juvenile, sexist mud that other comedians and broadcasters seem to prefer.
Sounds good, right? Unfortunately, the liberals at NOW felt the need to rehash something from the early '90s in order to bash Limbaugh and conservatives:
On that point, it's important to note that when Chelsea Clinton was 13 years old she was the target of numerous insults based on her appearance. Rush Limbaugh even referred to her as the "White House dog." NOW hopes that all the conservatives who are fired up about sexism in the media lately will join us in calling out sexism when it is directed at women who aren't professed conservatives.
Isn't that special? Couldn't just chastise a fellow liberal without bringing up a conservative?
But that's not the most disgraceful aspect, for Limbaugh never referred to Chelsea as the White House dog. Here's how the Lying Liar website explained what really happened back then:
On his TV show in 1992, a few days after the Presidential election, Rush Limbaugh was reviewing In/Out lists (a popular fad at the time):
In today’s New York Daily News right here… it’s the obligatory in-out list. Every time there’s a massive change somewhere, people are in, people are out. I’m now out. It says about me on here, Rush Limbaugh, loud-mouthed conservative and Bush favorite. He’s out.
Rush commented that most of the other things on the days’ list were not funny, but that “one of them in particular” was. Rush quoted from the David Hinckley article
“In: A cute kid in the White House. Out: Cute dog in the White House.”
Could– could we see the cute kid? Let’s take a look at– see who is the cute kid in the White House.
A picture of the “cute dog” (Millie) appeared on the screen instead of the “cute kid” (Chelsea).
Rush immediately said
No, no, no. That’s not the kid.
Then a picture of Chelsea Clinton came on the screen and Rush said
That’s– that’s the kid.
Rush apologized several times and told a story about how he had learned early in his career the importance of not making fun of someone’s appearance. He then apologized again and said
I’m– I hope you will forgive me. I’m fatigued. I’m tired…
Before breaking to a commercial, Rush asked the audience what he could do to make amends for the incident and, in an odd, spontaneous joke, proceeded to spank himself. [...]
Rush has always maintained the incident was an accident. On his show four days later, Rush offered an explanation to his audience. First, the show played, “Who’s sorry now” in the background and Limbaugh pointed to himself. Then he said:
Ladies and gentlemen, I’m sorry. Let me tell you very quickly what happened last Friday night. There was a new in list and new out list that was published in the newspaper. The writer said in, cute kid in the White House; out, cute dog in the White House. Could we show the cute dog in the White House who’s out, and they put up a picture of Chelsea Clinton back in the crew. And many of you people think that we did it on purpose to make a cheap comment on her appearance. And I’m terribly sorry. I don’t–look, that takes no talent whatsoever and I have a lot of talent. I don’t need to get laughs by commenting on people’s looks, especially a young child who’s done nothing wrong. I mean, she can’t control the way she looks. And we really–we do not–we do not do that on this kind of show. So put a picture up of her now and so we can square this.
They then showed the picture of Chelsea Clinton. She had a displeased look on her face, as if to show that she was not too happy with the mistake.
Rush continued:
All right. We’re sorry. We didn’t intend to hurt her feelings. We’ll be back with our final segment right after this. Don’t go away.
With this in mind, NOW should be applauded for admonishing Letterman, but place itself in its own Hall of Shame for bringing up and misrepresenting this episode.
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters. Follow him at Facebook and Twitter.
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NOW
June 12, 2009 - 09:29 ET by allanfThe nasties at NOW comprise a wholly owned subsidiary of the Democratic Party
Cliche
June 12, 2009 - 09:30 ET by BlondeThe NOW statment is just so cliche....a day late, and a dollar short.
Furthermore, they'll do anything to bash a conservative....obviously, this was an error, I believe Rush's apology was heartfelt, but even had the incident been done on purpose (and I don't believe it was)....the difference between Letterman's super-sick joke and Limbaugh's "error" is night and day.
As I said, totally cliche.
I hope he fails, too.
17 Years
June 12, 2009 - 09:52 ET by allanfSo NOW has to go back 17 years to bash Limbaugh. He couldn't have done much wrong then.
Moral Equivalence
June 12, 2009 - 09:34 ET by MAS1916The spinmeisters at NOW figured out that they'd gain a lot of publicity by coming out and condemning Letterman. They used that opportunity to take another hack at Rush.
NOW has been accused for so long of being silent while strong conservative women have been abused by sexist attacks that they felt they had to save some credibility and come out against Letterman. Unfortunately, they dug the hole deeper by incluing a prehistoric Limbaugh TV piece in the analysis.
I must have dyslexia. I say
June 12, 2009 - 10:35 ET by ThisnThatI must have dyslexia. I say your term "spinmeisters" and immediately viewed it as "spinsters" and thought -- "now, that's appropriate". But went back and looked again, and came away disappointed -- you really only said spinmeisters. Oh well,,,,
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Liberals constantly demand that we accept a glaring falsehood as truth; Obama's elimination of the word "terror" will make terrorist acts less terrifying
NOW
June 12, 2009 - 11:40 ET by merlin61NOW has been very silent on Miss California's
mistreatment by the media, and are still silent
since she has been de-throned. NOW IS
IRRELEVANT!!!
They always include a
June 12, 2009 - 12:05 ET by kgThey always include a Republican from somewhere to include in the story about Democrat that oversteps his bounds. It is hilarious.
"DumbAssity of Dope"
the NAGs
June 12, 2009 - 09:42 ET by AgentAmerican...proved to be irrelevant with their silence during Clinton's impeachment proceedings.
2010: A GOP Hill
Something dave L never did...
June 12, 2009 - 09:42 ET by upcountrywaterRush continued:
All right. We’re sorry. We didn’t intend to hurt her feelings.
Bitter clingers those lefties... how about 1992 potatoe
Reagan VS Carter and 0bama
Equivalency
June 12, 2009 - 09:54 ET by okiehawk44Liberals in this country continue to use equivalency to provide a defense and use it as a tactic when on the offensive. If you question a liberal on why they hate America they will almost reflexively cite the fact that some Americans owned slaves or that immigrants from Europe stole lands from the natives already here.
This proves just how much Liberals and Liberal groups...
June 12, 2009 - 09:59 ET by jawebster1fear and hate Rush Limbaugh. I'm enough of a fan to remember the TV show and to equate what Rush did to what Letterman did is like comparing statutory rape to a pat on the shoulder. There is no comparison. Amazing isn't it how deep NOW has to dig into their archives to come up with their tit for tat. Rush has been on the air for over twenty years and this is all they got? The answer is YES! Jim Webster
When will we EVER get to
June 12, 2009 - 10:02 ET by allahallahoxenfreeWhen will we EVER get to the point here????
http://tinyurl.com/m2pg6r
CONGRESSIONAL TERM LIMITS!!!
FAIRTAX.ORG
→ Sad about Letterman
June 12, 2009 - 10:12 ET by Cool ArrowI was sad last night that Dave's Thursday night show was a rerun.
I just knew Ol' Dave would step up to the plate with a joke about the upcoming sex-change of Chastity Bono.
Him being an equal opportunity offender, and all. And not being averse to taking cheapshots at celebrity kids and all.
I'm kidding of course. Letterman is not shameful about his cowardice, and he certainly isn't ashamed of being a shameful lapdog.
I wish CBS didn't hate women so much, else they might put a talented woman in the Anchor Chair and a genuine comic in the Late Night spot.
The only reason Clarence Thomas is on the Court is because he is black - Joe Biden
Last night was a rerun? It
June 12, 2009 - 10:31 ET by balboaLast night was a rerun? It sounded new to me.
→ Yes, bal
June 12, 2009 - 10:40 ET by Cool ArrowIn another thread I prefaced the comment with "Here in my neck of the woods", indicating it might be different elsewhere.
But last night, there he was, pothole jokes, no cars on Broadway, etc. Same monologue.
The only reason Clarence Thomas is on the Court is because he is black - Joe Biden
It's so easy to apologize on behalf of someone else
June 12, 2009 - 10:19 ET by mom_roxsee how easily Keith Olbermann apologized for someone else's comment? without dredging up other instances? (note that Chelsea Clinton was 27 years old at the time.)
~~save your tea, dump congress~~
Shuster would be gone permanently if...
June 12, 2009 - 10:35 ET by jawebster1he were a Conservative. Jim Webster
This is simple
June 12, 2009 - 10:21 ET by SvenThis is simple really:
They put in an attack on Limbaugh, to help pacify and dull the outrage of the radical Left in their criticizm of Letterman.
They shouldn't even be given the honor of their official title, instead they should be here after called by Rush's pet name for them: The N.A.G.s (National Association of Gals).
Rush is OFF the hook for that.
June 12, 2009 - 10:21 ET by TailgunnerBy liberal standards, Rush offered an abject, sincere, unconditional, groveling apology.
Compare Rush's mea culpa with the whining, rationalizing, in your face 'apologies' of liberals whose every carefully parsed word had to be dragged out of them.
The problem, you see, is never their words or actions, but your reaction to them.
On behalf of Keith Olbermann, Media Mattress, MoveOn.org and NOW, I accept Rush's apology as genuine.
Now let's hear NOW's outrage against the left's despicable treatment of Carrie Prejean who was not only subjected to the garden variety humiliation of a beauty pageant, but the extra humiliation, character assassination and destruction of her career for her honest and courageous answer to a loaded-with-political-correctness question posed by a human jackal.
NOW's pathetic attempt to become relevant again fails.
And I thought Jesse Jackson was pitiful.
NOLO PUGNARE ME OCCIDERE
What Obama giveth with one hand he taketh away with both hands.
I guess NOW got tired of hearing...
June 12, 2009 - 10:24 ET by jawebster1they never come to the aid of Conservative women. Sorry NOW, when you come to the aid of Sarah Palin by taking the opportunity to bash Rush, it doesn't count. Jim Webster
The media continue to
June 12, 2009 - 10:25 ET by Marc SheppardThe media continue to perpetuate the lie that Letterman’s knocked-up by A-Rod joke was meant to target Palin’s 18-year-old daughter Bristol. And of course they fail to mention that it was in fact the governor’s 14-year-old daughter Willow who accompanied her to the Yankees game, making the target of the joke undeniable.
That the NAGs cat-danced around the minor status of the joke’s brunt by admonishing only gags “about men having sex with teenage girls (or young women) less than half their age” is beyond hypocritical --- it’s antithetical to their supposed mission statement – particularly on the issue of violence against women.
The group’s significance continues to shrink alongside its credibility.
There is absolutely no proof whatsoever that the actions of mankind can impact global temperatures even a single degree Celsius in either direction. Fight the hype.
Yeah, the lame "half their
June 12, 2009 - 10:49 ET by SickofLibsYeah, the lame "half their age" qualifier is pure bullsh*t, too.
An 18 old guy having sex with a 14 yr old girl is also statutory rape.
BTW – what likely happened
June 12, 2009 - 10:52 ET by Marc SheppardBTW – what likely happened here was ignorance on the part of his writers. They likely DIDN’T KNOW that it was Willow, not Bristol, at the game. But the joke obviously implied the one at the game, so he was ripping the younger whether intentionally or not. Had he ADMITTED to that mistake in the first place, I suspect this would have faded as a “misunderstanding.”
There is absolutely no proof whatsoever that the actions of mankind can impact global temperatures even a single degree Celsius in either direction. Fight the hype.
Doesn't Rush and other
June 12, 2009 - 10:31 ET by 24enakDoesn't Rush and other conservative talk about the 'stretched' face of Nancy Pelosi, and plastic surgery. Isn't that making fun of someone else appearance. Or how Rush mocked Micheal J. Fox's shaking, claiming that he was exaggerating the effect of his disease. Isn't that making fun of someone else appearance.
I am not surprised that NOW brought up Rush, with all the femi-nazi stuff Rush has said in the past.
Well thanks to libs, that's allowed
June 12, 2009 - 10:38 ET by Lord ErondThey've lowered the bar once again for everyone. Make fun of whoever you want apparently.
"Let him who would move the world, first move himself." -Socrates
"We sit together, the mountain and I, until only the mountain remains." -Li Po
24enak
June 12, 2009 - 10:41 ET by SvenDoesn't Rush and other conservative talk about the 'stretched' face of Nancy Pelosi, and plastic surgery. Isn't that making fun of someone else appearance. Or how Rush mocked Micheal J. Fox's shaking, claiming that he was exaggerating the effect of his disease. Isn't that making fun of someone else appearance.
I am not surprised that NOW brought up Rush, with all the femi-nazi stuff Rush has said in the past.
24enak,
The simple fact is, the NAGS are a bunch of radical Left-Wing hypocrits. Can you tell us why they never helped defend: Kathleen Willy (sp), Paula Jones, Carey Prejean, Sarah Palin, Michele Malkin etc.?
You asked the wrong
June 12, 2009 - 10:45 ET by ThisnThatYou asked the wrong question, of course. The correct question is "Isn't NOW supposed to stand up for women's rights, everywhere?"
Go to the NOW website and try to find where NOW has stood up for Miss California. I checked every link for every month, and found ---- TOTAL SILENCE. The same silence NOW gives to every conservative woman when confronted by liberal mysogny. Why don't you address this, instead, or are you simply a NOW and liberal apologist like I suspect you are?
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Liberals constantly demand that we accept a glaring falsehood as truth; Obama's elimination of the word "terror" will make terrorist acts less terrifying
Oh, my, my.....
June 12, 2009 - 10:47 ET by BlondeYet another rehash of the liberal talking points....Nanny Pelosi, Michael J. Fox, and Femi-Nazis all in one post (but Dude, you forgot Neo-Con)!!!
We need a better class of troll, here. ©
I hope he fails, too.
Rush's humor is based on very perceptive truth, therefore ...
June 12, 2009 - 10:59 ET by jawebster1Waxman is "Nostrilitus", Begala is the "Forehead" and Reid is "Dingy" Harry, etc.. I've heard Liberals call Rush far worse. I think the term "Femi-Nazi" accurately describes those who support abortion, a ghastly procedure which has led to more deaths than even Hitler ever imagined. Liberals need to be confronted with the truth and that is what Rush does every day on his show. Jim Webster
Whatever Rush said or didn't say...
June 12, 2009 - 11:02 ET by Tailgunner...and however it's twisted by those who have either never listened to him...or have, but only to lie about him...he doesn't use the target's kids to hurt them.
If Rush does talk about the kids, it's because of their own words or actions, e.g. Meghan McCain.
NOLO PUGNARE ME OCCIDERE
What Obama giveth with one hand he taketh away with both hands.
"Leave Pelosi alone!!!"
June 12, 2009 - 11:06 ET by SickofLibsNow making fun of 69 yr old Pelosi's monster-movie-mask is somehow analogous here?
Newsflash: conservatives are not the only ones that find Pelosi's puss, let's say, disturbing. They just don't necessarily say it on radio or TV.
Of course you're not surprised that NOW brought up Rush. It's Tactic Number 1 in the Lib Playbook - whatever you say or do, make sure to include an attack, no matter how irrelevant.
"Waaa waaa! But they did it, too!"
→ SOL
June 12, 2009 - 11:08 ET by Cool ArrowIt's documented that children in the Netherlands would rather watch polar bears drown than look at Nancy Pelosi ever again.
The only reason Clarence Thomas is on the Court is because he is black - Joe Biden
LOL!
June 12, 2009 - 11:34 ET by SickofLibs24snake is going to need a link to prove that, tho...
The difference is that
June 12, 2009 - 14:46 ET by AmaliaThe difference is that Nancy looks horrible due to her own actions - getting plastic surgery. If she had left her face alone and aged gracefully, nobody'd be mocking her looks. It's not something she can't help, like Chelsea's looks at the time he made that joke (which he profusely apologized for). Those are the consequences for caving into one's own vanity.
I am not going to totally defend his mockery of Michael J Fox's shaking only to say that it has been said that he purposefully decided not to take his meds for that hearing or whatever, so that the effects of his disease were more visible, and thus gain more sympathy for his cause. I don't know what Rush said about that, but if all he did was point that out, then I would hardly consider that mocking.
Rush actually apologized
June 12, 2009 - 10:35 ET by notinstlLetterman doesn't have the spine or the class to do so.
The Sacrificial Lamb
June 12, 2009 - 10:36 ET by rightwinger65This pathetic letterjerk, was a sacrifice. They(now) through him to the lions simply to give liberalism a reach around. letterjerk is a noboby, hasbin, irrelavent. He sucks. No longer funny. So the now gals figured, hey, lets throw him under the bus, and at the same time we can go after Rush. Of course, it wasn't only Rush they went after, I think Beck was in the group, and some others.(Conservative,Republicans OF COURSE!!) So have no fear folks,now is still in the bussiness of LIBERALISM, NOT! Womens rights!. They're so F***ING pathetic. A group full of UGLYA$$ women, who some pathetic, desperate hornbag would hit up. FU now...good try though. You will manage to fool many. But not us (REAL) conservatives. PALIN/JINDAL 2012!!!!!!
Rush hit a "Grandslam" when he said...
June 12, 2009 - 11:17 ET by jawebster1"The Feminist movement was created to allow ugly women access to the mainstream of society". How true! NOW will never forgive him for that one. ROMNEY/PALIN 2012! (Unless something better comes along) Jindal is good, but let's face it, he's not photogenic and Obama proves you need to be that in order to win in this television age. Jim Webster
Rush said this on his show about the joke
June 12, 2009 - 10:44 ET by nwahsRUSH: Did you hear about David Letterman and Sarah Palin? She went to the Yankee game the other night. During the seventh inning, A-Rod knocked up her daughter. That's what Letterman said on TV. "She went to the Yankee game the other night. During the seventh inning stretch, A-Rod knocked up her daughter." Could you believe David Letterman would insult A-Rod that way? This stuff is just going beyond the pale. I mean, A-Rod is playing a game. He doesn't have time to knock up anybody's daughter. That's for after the game. If you're going to talk about A-Rod knocking up somebody's daughter, say it happened after the game, not in the seventh inning stretch. There's no truth to that.
Got a little spin for that? I said the joke was obnoxious from the get go. Why didn't Rush affect it was crude?
An insult to A-rod? Completely ignore the insult to the daughter?
The person who provided this conveniently left out the crudest part of Rush's comment where Rush uses the joke to play on A-rod's ability to perform because of steroid use.
Lights will guide you home
nwahs,
June 12, 2009 - 10:45 ET by AgnosticDon't listen to Rush so I really don't know the tone but can guess.
My point is that it is telling how people react to sarcasm and jokes from people from the opposite political spectrum. To me the sarcasm is dripping from the Rush quote but to you it appears equivalent to originating the joke about the Palins. While you can easily explain away Letterman's joke the best I can do is say that it was mean spirited way to attack the mother for whom he displays complete detestation.
A person may be won over with logic and reason but the masses must be bought with spectacle and platitudes. - 2008 Elections
David Letterman's joke was mean spirited
June 12, 2009 - 10:58 ET by nwahsI've said that from the get go. Over a year ago, I wrote a post and asked why NewsBusters didn't highlight the malicious jokes Letterman was doing about Bush in the "Presidential Speech" segment. I was informed the people didn't stay up that late :)
I've never like Letterman. I'm not defending his Palin attacks months after the election. I think he's transparent. He's trying to regain relevance.
But the joke wasn't about child rape. Nobody laughs or jokes about child rape. Not even liberals.
But the culture of this board is seek and destroy. So you have the absurd situation where Fitzfong, one of the most conservative posters on this board, is being called a liberal because he refuses to go along the the idiotic notion that it was a child rape joke.
Now obviously, Rush's take on the joke was meant to dig at A-rod. As I said, the person who provided the quote from Rush 24/7 left out the punch line. If anyone in there right mind thought it was a child rape joke, would they treat it in such a lighthearted manner?
Lights will guide you home
Nobody laughs or jokes
June 12, 2009 - 11:37 ET by ThisnThatNobody laughs or jokes about child rape. Not even liberals.
Is "rape" ok, but just not "child rape"? Check out the video (1/4 down) of Sandra Bernhard, "commedian", talking about gang-raping Sarah Palin -- you can now eat your own words.
Liberals also laugh and joke about killing people, or celebrate the deaths of people they don't like. Summary: (a) Liberals are a very nasty bunch, and (b) They like to hide this fact in the open, and then lie about it. Just like you.
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Liberals constantly demand that we accept a glaring falsehood as truth; Obama's elimination of the word "terror" will make terrorist acts less terrifying
n-waaaahhh the fraud
June 12, 2009 - 12:20 ET by Sergeant ROCKHa! Ha! Ha! Exactly! Liberals are by their very nature liars and frauds.
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
→ Watch it nwahs
June 12, 2009 - 10:52 ET by Cool ArrowFitzfong of the spelling police is going to kick your butt for "conceniently".
He gave me a spelling ticket just last night.
That's how petty this defense of Letterman has become.
BTW, are you claiming A-Rod's steroid use is off-limits to public commentary? Are you claiming steroid use does not cause gonad shrinkage? Are you claiming steroid use does not lead to sexual dysfunction? (gosh I hope I spelled that right)
The only reason Clarence Thomas is on the Court is because he is black - Joe Biden
What is conceniently?
June 12, 2009 - 10:59 ET by nwahs:)
Lights will guide you home
→ Good catch
June 12, 2009 - 11:04 ET by Cool ArrowI was just flashing the lights. Glad you caught it.
I hate it when they start handing out tickets.
The only reason Clarence Thomas is on the Court is because he is black - Joe Biden
Yea, I don't do that
June 12, 2009 - 11:14 ET by nwahsThanks
I don't care how many times you reread something, errors are going to slip by, escpecially as you move up to those 2.0 and 2.5 reading glasses!
Lights will guide you home
→ nwahs
June 12, 2009 - 11:24 ET by Cool ArrowLucky dog.
I'm putting off my next visit. I'm afraid it's time to drop the progressives and go with lined trifocals.
The only reason Clarence Thomas is on the Court is because he is black - Joe Biden
Rush is smart. He exposes the truth like no one else...
June 12, 2009 - 11:31 ET by jawebster1and that is why he is the best. Letterman insulted Palin's daughter and everybody talks about that because it is the obvious. But what about A-Rod? He is a person too. What about his feelings on being described as a statutory rapist and/or sex thug? Letterman directly insulted two people and Rush was the only one perceptive enough to notice. Jim Webster
Statutory rapist? Isn't
June 12, 2009 - 11:32 ET by JasonCStatutory rapist? Isn't Bristol 18 by now?
Yes, 18 is the age where
June 12, 2009 - 13:30 ET by Chris NormanYes, 18 is the age where it's perfectly fine to be trashed on national television by a grotesque parody of a man.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
I think NOW only put out
June 12, 2009 - 10:41 ET by Scuba DudeI think NOW only put out the statement because of the uproar that Lettermans "jokes" caused. Where were they after the show Tuesday or the next day? How many posters here yesterday were wondering why NOW had not come out with a statement?
Because the jokes were aimed at Gov Palin and her family I think NOW was keeping it's distance. They never ONCE said anything to support her during the election because she did not think like they did.
As far as I am concerned what NOW has done concerning Letterman means nothing. They are only backpedaling and trying to save face much like Letterman was doing with his so called "apology". He didn't mean a word he said and neither do they.
The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER
Our Albuquerque local yokel
June 12, 2009 - 10:42 ET by Chris NormanOur Albuquerque local yokel afternoon talk show host Jim Villanucci and his dullard sidekick, "Billy", dismissed Letterman's perverted miscogynistic bile as "just a joke" and declared that he thought Palin's outrage was feigned. It's no surprise. This guy treats all his callers with dismissive contempt and claims he's a former "comedy writer", although I have never heard him attempt to say anything remotely funny. If naional media has turned really really ugly, local media had pretty much set the stage.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
stretch pelosi
June 12, 2009 - 10:42 ET by rightwinger65First of all, stretch pelosi id used bt Mark Levin. And the MJ Fox shaking, Rush was eluding to the fact that he was probably not taking his FULL meds so that his effects of the disease would be on FULL DISPLAY in front of congress. So before you throw accusations around, GET THE FACTS!!!!
RW65, Facts? Liberals
June 12, 2009 - 10:49 ET by Scuba DudeRW65,
Facts? Liberals have no use for facts if it does not further their cause. They avoid facts like vampires will avoid sunlight.
The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER
Oh so that excuses Rush
June 12, 2009 - 11:09 ET by 24enakOh so that excuses Rush from mocking him. Letterman was 'eluding' to the fact that gov. palin daughter was knocked up by Levi, and took 'comedic license' to say gov. palin daughter was knocked up by A-Rod while attending the Yankee game. I will be the first to say that both are over the line, and not that funny.
I don't hear Pelosi, this website, NOW, defending Pelosi for Mark Levin's appearance base 'jokes'. Or any other of Mark 'the great one' Levin appearance based nicknames.
What part of my comments weren't factual? What accusations did I throw around, GET SOME GLASSES!!!
24snake and Pelosi sittin' in a tree...
June 12, 2009 - 11:43 ET by SickofLibsNow why the hell would anyone here defend Pelosi?
Tip: Don't be logged in at both Kos and NB at the same time - you can get confused easily.
But please, feel free to provide ONE link where Levin made a sexual joke about a teenager.
She doesn't deserve any
June 12, 2009 - 15:08 ET by AmaliaShe doesn't deserve any defense from me or anyone else here - she chose to get that plastic surgery because she's friggin vain. Guess what? Excessive vanity has consequences! Deal with it!
→ Amalia
June 12, 2009 - 15:13 ET by Cool ArrowAnd though regrettable, Priscilla Presley's botched attempt at retaining her youth came to a similar result as that of Nancy.
The only reason Clarence Thomas is on the Court is because he is black - Joe Biden
Liberals don't care about the truth so whatever is...
June 12, 2009 - 11:43 ET by jawebster1said about the Michael J. Fox incident will fall on deaf liberal ears. Rush is not stupid. He would never mock Fox and his disability but the left in their hatred of him will accuse him of doing so. The left appeals to those people who voted for Obama but can't tell you the name of the Vice President and that is how they get away with this stuff. Jim Webster
jaw, Last night on CNN,
June 12, 2009 - 11:58 ET by Chris Normanjaw,
Last night on CNN, they had yet another crocodile teared segment on some poll that said most people didn't know who was leading the GOP right now (funny, they didn't ask this when the Democrats were rudderless after '04). I commented that many people can't even name one member of Congress, so even if there was one main GOP leader, the majority wouldn't be able to name him or her.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
NOW's a joke. Little more
June 12, 2009 - 11:09 ET by RR GOPNOW's a joke. Little more than a front for the Leftist agenda like the ACLU, SPLC, NAACP and other such groups.
They dropped the ball big time when Sarah Palin was being skewered by the MSM during the campaign because of her being a woman and with a few exceptions NOW didn't say $hit.
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!?).
LOLbermann is everything
June 12, 2009 - 11:10 ET by wiwfLOLbermann is everything wrong with tv commentary shows.
The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy
LOLbermann is everything
June 12, 2009 - 12:04 ET by Lord ElicaniLOLbermann is everything wrong with tv commentary shows.
LOLbermann? I like that.
"So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause."
Padmé Amidala, Revenge of the Sith
The Left's enduring hypocrisy
June 12, 2009 - 11:23 ET by cecil91Any conservative entertainment host would have been dropped from the network soon after he/she had made a similar comment about Obama's daughter. SO where is the national mainstream media outrage and cry for Letterman's head? Actions speak louder than words, and the limp leftist media response is all that needs to be said about their blatant bias and hypocrisy.
cecil91,
June 12, 2009 - 11:29 ET by AgnosticSaying something about Obama's daughters would deserve being thrown off air - same as Palin's or any other person. What about if someone were to say on air that the Sports Media wanted to promote the success of a black quaterback so much that they were over rating the accomplishments of Donavan McNabb. Rush was thrown off air for that one and it was an opinion about the racist actions of the sport media. Far less controversial in my opinion than attacking the children of politicians.
It is a better example because it really happened and it doesn't give the impression that it would be acceptable if both sides did it. Though I know that wasn't what you were implying.
A person may be won over with logic and reason but the masses must be bought with spectacle and platitudes. - 2008 Elections
jessieH Where was
June 12, 2009 - 11:32 ET by jessieHjessieH Where was NOW during the election? Palin went through hell & they said nothing! If they can't defend all women, then go sit down.
I know all our demands for
June 12, 2009 - 12:04 ET by Chris NormanI know all our demands for the mdia to condemn Letterman for his grotesque "joke" are rhetorical since we know that the media is no longer even a biased "umpire", but is now a full-blown attack machine for the Democrats. We may as well be demanding that Paul Shaffer condemn his boss Letterman on-air during the show.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Forgiveness for libs, anger for conservatives
June 12, 2009 - 13:17 ET by Blogger Guy00001Whenever a liberal says something hateful, it's immediately minimized and called a "joke" a "slip-up" a "gaffe."
Whenever a conservative says something that the left can twist into something hateful, the conservative is never given the benefit of the doubt, but is slimed mercilessly.
Just TOO UnFunny......
June 12, 2009 - 13:48 ET by CWellsNoel:
This is great as it is the first time I've seen the entire transcript for the supposed Chelsea joke. It is obvious to anyone who 'actually listens' to Rush that the media's version of the incident was completely wrong.
Perhaps an Update to this story that ties in the hillarious lie, er attempt, by the Media Morons Who think They Matter on this very subject would be appropo. The other day they were trying to defend Letterman by using this as an example of "See, Rush did it too..." as a way to obsolve Letterman. Of course they allude to the above Rush show, but of course do NOT, as is their norm, actually put the above transcript anywhere in their comment. Which of course would have devastated it as an example.
Newsbuster's investigative ability puts MMWtTM to great shame.
Thanks,
CJW
Rush has personally apologized to Hillary
June 12, 2009 - 18:14 ET by nkviking75I don't know how to document this. I can only hope someone else here heard this and can confirm it. A couple of years back, Rush told the story of how he happened to run into Hillary Clinton somewhere. He said he had promised himself that he would personally apologize for the Chelsea incident if he ever got the chance, and he did.
As I recall, Rush always said during the Clinton presidency that Chelsea was off limits because she didn't choose to be in her situation, and because she was a child. I'm not aware of any genuine examples of Rush violating that principle.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
Rush Limbaugh tells Liberal Fox News anchor Shepard Smith
June 13, 2009 - 05:10 ET by Rush Fanregarding Smith's whining and moaning and complaining about the scary and hateful e-mails he receives:
RUSH: "nobody needs to tell me about hateful e-mails, for crying out loud. I get the most vile, sick e-mails attacking me as a "Jew lover" that you can imagine..... Yeah, I get people, "You Jew lover, you Jew lover!" because I am faithful to Israel and a number of other things.
So, Shep, you got nothing on anybody out there. The vile hate that was 24/7 in most of the American media for the eight years of Bush -- and particularly from 2003 on after the Iraq war -- nobody, nobody at this point in time has ever done, in our society, anything comparable to the kind of hate that we got from mainstream sources. Hollywood, books, news media, hate. Spat out hate was part of the daily reporting agenda for way too many years of the Bush presidency."
Joe Kovacs, WorldNetDaily: During his interview with Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Smith said:
"There are these crazies out there who want to pretend [Obama's] not a citizen of the United States, who want to pretend that his religion is something they see as in some way troublesome to them and all of us. And there is a group perpetuating this thought, and there is a culture to which you can attach yourself very easily through the Internet. ... We know it's absolutely – there is no truth whatsoever – zero – to any of those ideas, yet they live within the computer and they fester in people's minds as well."
Smith made numerous references to a Department of Homeland Security report warning of potential violence from "right-wing extremists.
In a piece titled Shepard Smith has got to go Pamela Geller wrote:
"Immediately after the murder in the Holocaust Museum, Smith pointed his finger at conservatives for mistreating Obama – while making no mention of how Obama has treated the Constitution, capitalism and our allies. He yelled at conservatives for calling Obama a Muslim (he was born a Muslim – don't shoot the messenger, Shep) and for questioning the origins of his birth (vault copy, anyone?).....Smith was acting as if conservatives were responsible for the 89-year-old Nazi von Brunn. Why does Shep get upset about conservatives, when a Nazi committed this crime in the Holocaust Museum?"
Miss Geller further went on to write: "Fox could do so much better than this pompous elitist.....But Shepard Smith must go. It is time to get rid of the deadwood. I don't know where he gets off talking down to conservatives, but it's not his job to defend Obama and to try to tie African-American racism into this Jew-hating incident. Funny thing, though, he didn't discuss Jew hatred at all. Nope. An 89-year-old Nazi goes into the Holocaust Museum and shoots up the place, and Shepard Smith is on Fox whining about the lack of Obama-love, claiming that racism is driving that lack of love.
Keep Shepard Smith on FOX.
June 13, 2009 - 18:45 ET by TailgunnerHe can't be any worse than Geraldo.
If Smith is expressing his honest opinion then why take him off?
He's the perfect example of FOX's 'fair and balanced' motto.
(Now if he's spouting off like Olbermann and Mathews that's another story.)
NOLO PUGNARE ME OCCIDERE
What Obama giveth with one hand he taketh away with both hands.
NOW
June 13, 2009 - 17:20 ET by Ozark_SunshineNOW is nothing but butch lesbians that men wouldn't touch so they only come out against conservative men. Their women have such a small chance of getting pregnant, yet come out for women and doctors to abort their ugly babies.