I don't know how I feel about this. His jokes were not funny, his apology was less than half-assed. I don't believe him when he says the jokes were about the older daughter. How would that work since she wasn't the one in New York. But I think as a conservative, I need to take action on much bigger things than an old comedian. On the other hand it would be great for Republicans to unite and show some passion about something.

there is only one sentence out of this which pops in my mind: RESPECT YOURSELF AND YOU RESPECT ALL OTHERS - no matter what color, nation, religion

I wish we could have honest and open discussions and mutual tolerance.
However, that has repeatedly proven to be impossible.
IMO the dialog during the last year has become increasingly partisan and increasingly venomous (from the left).

Recent case in point: the widespread blaming of Bill O'Reilly and pro-lifers for the murder of Dr. Tiller. So many of liberals and commentators flatly lie about facts, and that side of the aisle does not self-edit...they just believe what is said.

Another example: The Holocaust Museum shooter being labeled a "right-wing extremist" even though most of this viewpoints are actually leftist. And viewers / readers accept this false assertion as fact, without challenging it.

I fear that if conservatives continue to be temperate and tolerant, they will be silenced and their message skewed by the heavily left-leaning media.
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I never seen the show where he made that joke but I just can not believe that he would make a rape joke, that is uncalled for.

Saying he meant it for the older girl wasn't a very decent excuse either. he shouldn't have said it peiod... and the fact that he tried to gloss it over was just worse.

I don't think this situation has the public sympathy necessary to knock down David Letterman. Letterman's untoward comment should never be tolerated. The Palins introduced some new "lows" in public that a lot of people don't respect or agree with. A lot of people view the Palins as "hillbillies" and just won't ride this hay wagon to defend them.

GKitty, hillbillies or not. Rape is not something that should be joked about. Maybe because of my age, I think the excuse that some 18 year old girl, who happens to be related to a public figure can become an object of ridicule is horrible. Those two young ladies live in a community that got to watch that obnoxious put down. They have teen age friends, who might not be as sophisticated as Dave Letterman, where is the concern for these ladies feelings, or the reaction of those around these girls. People can be unthinking and cruel, teenagers most of all. It is amazing that hypocritical stand Letterman took, when any discussion f his illegitimate child was "way out of bounds".

think it is time for letterman to retire from TV and work for the DNC since that's what he is doing anyway. He's a real creepy man.

I agree that what he said was wrong, unfortunately this matter is just going to go away because of WHO the Palins are. What should come of this is a diligence that keeps this male behaviour in check. You can't pick and choose victims of tasteless humor, when tasteless, raunchy, humor is what late night shows are all about. Turn off your TV, you have to loose viewers to hurt networks.

If the FCC can impose fines for public indecency (Janet Jackson), why wouldn't this incident deserve such scrutiny?

Right on "GKitty". ;heart:

I happen to think "hillbillies" are okay people. Nothing wrong with being from the hills or less sophisticated. Maybe the hillbillies think folks from the city are just as strange.

Hillbillies, go back to the time of Cromwell and William of Orange, they were Scotch/Irish supporters of the king over James II, many were landless Scotts, that were given land grants in the North of Ireland, and then immigrated to what is now U.S.A

Pam, that outfits tells me more than I need to know about U.

actually this outfit is what I wear in a town called mayberry. It is exclusive.

Put some uggs with that...smells like youth!!

I think the worst thing is liberal women are making excuses for this. No what the age of the female in the bad joke it is about raping a female. If it had been about sasha or malia or chelsea do you think there would not be mobs in front of the theater on 6th avenue? he would have been dragged from the theater and pummeled bloody. No matter who it was directed about it is still a horrid thing to joke about.
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I thought we had evolved past excusing crimes--actual or proposed--against any particular group. And past labeling and discounting whole categories of people.
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Here's the original remark:

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Even MSNBC gives Palin some credit for her response.
This clip includes an excerpt of her interview with Matt Lauer on the Today Show.

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Thank you for posting those clips Laine.

Definitely unacceptable.