Jun 14 2009
I thought we were rid of Palin
If you’ve watched TV at all this week you’ve probably heard of the big controversy over David Letterman’s comments about Sarah Palin’s daughter. The line in question: "There was one awkward moment during the seventh inning stretch. Her (Palin’s) daughter was knocked up by Alex Rodriguez."
The problem was, Palin was at the Yankee’s game with her 14 year old daughter.
Palin immediately went on the offensive, calling on Letterman to apologize to women across the country, pointing to Letterman as a contributor to sexual offenses in the United States, and even implying that her 14 year old daughter is not safe around Letterman.
Letterman to his credit, issued an apology on his show (below). He also clarified that he was talking about Palin’s older daughter Bristol, not the 14 year old Willow.
Still, Palin has milked this controversy for all it’s worth, participating in several interviews where she bashed Letterman. Although Dave apologized and is trying to make this issue go away…to, you know, protect Palin’s children…Palin continues to push the issue. To me it’s clear that this whole controversy is just another way for her to stretch her 15 minutes of fame…and no surprise, she’s doing it again by exploiting her kids.
But lets get a few things clear here first:
1. Letterman has already said he was talking about Bristol, not Willow. Sure, Palin was at the game with Willow, but guess what, no one looks that closely. It makes perfect sense to me that Letterman assumed that Palin was with Bristol, the daughter Palin has been dragging across the country ever since she was announced as the GOP VP candidate. Letterman clarified his point, and that should be that. Further arguments by Palin suggesting that Letterman was talking about Willow are just an attempt to stretch this whole thing out longer.
2. Palin pushed Bristol into the media to begin with, so she shouldn’t be surprised that she’s taking hits. It’s sickening to me how Palin uses her family for PR points. She marched Bristol on stage for teen pregnancy campaigns, and she milked her retarded kid for all it was worth. But the truth is that Bristol conveniently broke up her with fiancée after the campaign, making her just another irresponsible teenage whore. That’s what the joke was about, and that’s what Bristol deserves – she gotta take the bad with the good, that’s how the media works. If you can’t handle it THEN KEEP YOUR FUCKING KIDS OFF STAGE.
3. This whole episode highlights how Palin is not qualified at all to be the VP, much less the President. Palin threw fuel into the fire, even after Letterman apologized, then rudely snubbed his offer to appear on the Late Show – even suggesting that Letterman is himself a danger to kids. That is not what a political figure should do in times of controversy. Imagine if Palin threw a bitch fest like this in the time of a foreign relations crisis?
4. The better line would be, “There was one awkward moment during the seventh inning stretch when A-Rod fucked Trig Pallin. We all know A-Rod loves to fuck retards.”
Quite frankly this whole situation really irks me bad. I get why Letterman apologized, but I don’t think he needs to. He made a funny joke about Palin’s adult daughter getting irresponsibly fucked because Bristol was irresponsibly fucking someone in high school and didn’t have the brains to use any protection. End of story.



