Comments on: Palin Overplaying Her Hand in Kerfuffle with Letterman

By: One of These Four Will Be the GOP Pick in 2012 | Goose Radio

One of These Four Will Be the GOP Pick in 2012 | Goose Radio — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:18:03 +0000

[...] her straight talking demeanor that has gone a long way to galvanizing her base of support, we noted last week that her response to David Letterman’s crude joke was a reminder that she is very [...]

By: goose

goose — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:14:20 +0000

Hahahaha… Levity!

By: Kristina

Kristina — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:54:34 +0000

I think the Virgin Mary has Bristol Palin beat as the most famous unmarried mother in history.

Just sayin’.

By: goose

goose — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:22:51 +0000

And again, there is no excuse made here for the nature of what Letterman said. But I believe it’s really important to examine the folks who are vying to lead our movement. And there is no better time for an examination than when a person is dealing with the difficult and challenging moments in their lives.

Being really wronged as the Palin family was doesn’t give excuse to dish out wrong. And as important as empathy is Marshall, I think you’ll find another prominent political figure using that as his basis for decisions quite often.

By: Marshall

Marshall — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:35:06 +0000

Letterman was out of place to make the joke. Though it may seem like Palin is overreacting, and probably rightfully so, if you could put yourself in her place, it would make no difference at all which daughter it was. Even though I don’t have a daughter, I think if I did and someone made a comment like that about her I’d be a lot less reserved than Governor Palin.

By: goose

goose — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:04:15 +0000

Bob’s Sis – And I sure hope I didn’t fail to express that I do think Letterman was wrong in what he said – particularly when family is brought into the jesting. Whereas public figures place themselves in the limelight, and in so doing have to know they are opening themselves up to this – the children of those figures really and truly ought to be off limits. And not just in the case of our esteemed, venerable, and munificent President Barack H. Obama – may his name be blessed.

I prefer your take on the Lauer interview! The way Palin phrased it to Lauer still really seems to me that she was trying to infer, without coming out and saying it, that he somehow couldn’t be trusted with young girls. In any case, thanks for the read and comment… and also the Art Linkletter reference which was fabulous.

Carl – Thanks for drawing my attention to her acceptance of the apology! The way she delivered that just kinda sums up the whole exchange to me. Governor Palin starts out totally as the one who has been wronged along with her daughters. But Palin ends up taking it too far, drawing parallels that don’t quite work, and taking the chance to be the defender of flight attendants, the female population, people with morals, and the military.

By: Carl O'Brien

Carl O'Brien — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:45:38 +0000

I agree, Goose. It does seem a bit like she’s trying to keep herself in the headlines while earning her some brownie points with those who dislike the Left, as represented by Letterman.
I do, however, understand Palin bristling at the jokes. I think Letterman went too far with the Top 10 joke about her updating her wardrobe, let alone about any one of her daughters getting knocked up.
But, Palin seems to have blown this way out of proportion. Her acceptance of Letterman’s was even pretentious. She said she’s accepting his apology “on behalf of all young women, like my daughters, who hope men who `joke’ about public displays of sexual exploitation of girls will soon evolve.” Wow… Calm down, Lady!
Letterman’s playing it right, taking the apologetic, contrite stance instead of coming back at her.
Good post, Goose.

By: Bob's Sister

Bob's Sister — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:23:17 +0000

As a mom of daughters, I have to tell you, Goose, that Letterman’s comment about the daughter being knocked up by a baseball player during the game was above and beyond acceptence. Since Willow was the only daughter with her at the game, I can’t assume that the writers were refering to the older daughter.And even if they were, that comment was totally not acceptable.
Lauer’s interview opened up the comment about not letting her daughter be next to Letterman. I heard that to mean that Willow would open up her own can of whip arse on the man. Lauer led Palin with his own comment. She followed too easily into the idea that Letterman was a petophile. I don’t see Letterman as a dangerous man, just thoughtless and rude. His job is to tell a funny story and interview. Children are off limits unless your Art Linkletter. The Obama campaign asked that. Palin is just following up on the POTUS request. She was far to kind. p