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apple, ipod, touch (1)Palin v.s. Letterman - This time it's personal!
17/06/09 06:46 Filed in: Society
I really try not to follow entertainment news. I only watch TV shows when they come out on DVD in part to avoid the insanity. Until recently I thought a Kardashian was a type of cashew nut. I used to watch Letterman and Conan almost every night but I found that TV was just taking up too much of my time. However being someone who works with the internet on a daily basis it’s difficult not to get constant updates on the Sarah Palin / David Letterman saga that seems to get more absurd every day. I watched video of “the joke” and although it was an unusually low blow for Dave, I’ve seen pretty much every other late night host go as low or sometimes even lower. All the press surrounding “the joke” seems to be turning sheep into bloodhounds, pretending to run far afield to sniff out the truth of Dave’s intent and coming back with finely crafted republican false-logic in their ever gaping maws!
For the record just in case you didn’t notice, David Letterman is a comedian and a television talk show host. He is not a head of state or a political opponent. There are far more important issues to deal with right now but of course good ol’ Sarah who is still smarting from a crushing defeat has got her fangs out and there’s no telling who will wind up with teeth marks in their ass. This is a clear illustration of why Palin should not have been Vice President of the United states. America really dodged a bullet here. All americans should count themselves lucky. This woman has blown a joke out of all proportion for no other reason than to stay in the public eye. It’s a shameful display.Her camp invented the idea that Letterman was talking about her 14 year old daughter rather than the 18 year old daughter even though anyone with half a brain would know better! Is it any shocker that a bunch of people that voted for George W Bush not once but TWICE would take up the torch of stupidity once again to run this fools errand against Letterman?
I see blog posts and article comments from people saying they will never watch Letterman again. These people either never watched the show in the first place or are simply so easily swayed that something will sway them back in a month’s time. I wouldn’t be surprised if ratings are up due to this fake scandal. To give you an idea of how much of a joke most americans feel Palin is, I bet it would be quite a tight race if Letterman ran for office against Palin. I’d vote for Dave in a heartbeat given that Palin was the only other option! Before you ask, no it’s not because she’s a woman! If Letterman ran against Ellen DeGeneres that would be quite a battle let me tell you. Absurd you say? Either one would be a better choice than Palin by orders of magnitude and I haven’t even thought about what they might be running for!
So here’s what happened in a nutshell. Dave told a groaner of a joke at the expense of Palin and family which is certainly nothing new. Palin and company took it as an opportunity to stir up some muck and go out with a bang. This might also have been an attack on CBS in general due to Palin’s deer in the headlights routine during her interview with Katie Couric, which some say had much to do with why the recent election was lost. They are probably sitting around saying “we may have lost the election but man did we carve that Letterman a new one”! If that’s really something to hang your hat on Sarah, you don’t deserve to be in charge of Girl Scouts much less Vice President of the United States!
I know it’s good for a politician to be a media whore, but then when the camera is actually on you it’s a good idea to have something coherent to say. The reason why Sarah lost McCain the election is because she kept repeating what needed to be done, “shore up the economy and make America strong again”. It’s great to say that, over and over again as if it were your name, rank and serial number, but you’ve actually got to have some sort of idea how to achieve that. At the very least you have to look like you know how to achieve it!
One thing in defense of Sarah Palin. Anyone in politics that was offered a chance to be Vice President would jump at that chance. I’m sure she never expected to be asked, but it’s an offer you don’t refuse in politics. The reason for this is that the mechanism of political office often propels ones ego outside the boundaries of reality. Despite all good intentions and a real willingness to do some good, had she the aptitude to stop and assess her own limitations she would have declined the offer.
For the record just in case you didn’t notice, David Letterman is a comedian and a television talk show host. He is not a head of state or a political opponent. There are far more important issues to deal with right now but of course good ol’ Sarah who is still smarting from a crushing defeat has got her fangs out and there’s no telling who will wind up with teeth marks in their ass. This is a clear illustration of why Palin should not have been Vice President of the United states. America really dodged a bullet here. All americans should count themselves lucky. This woman has blown a joke out of all proportion for no other reason than to stay in the public eye. It’s a shameful display.Her camp invented the idea that Letterman was talking about her 14 year old daughter rather than the 18 year old daughter even though anyone with half a brain would know better! Is it any shocker that a bunch of people that voted for George W Bush not once but TWICE would take up the torch of stupidity once again to run this fools errand against Letterman?
I see blog posts and article comments from people saying they will never watch Letterman again. These people either never watched the show in the first place or are simply so easily swayed that something will sway them back in a month’s time. I wouldn’t be surprised if ratings are up due to this fake scandal. To give you an idea of how much of a joke most americans feel Palin is, I bet it would be quite a tight race if Letterman ran for office against Palin. I’d vote for Dave in a heartbeat given that Palin was the only other option! Before you ask, no it’s not because she’s a woman! If Letterman ran against Ellen DeGeneres that would be quite a battle let me tell you. Absurd you say? Either one would be a better choice than Palin by orders of magnitude and I haven’t even thought about what they might be running for!
So here’s what happened in a nutshell. Dave told a groaner of a joke at the expense of Palin and family which is certainly nothing new. Palin and company took it as an opportunity to stir up some muck and go out with a bang. This might also have been an attack on CBS in general due to Palin’s deer in the headlights routine during her interview with Katie Couric, which some say had much to do with why the recent election was lost. They are probably sitting around saying “we may have lost the election but man did we carve that Letterman a new one”! If that’s really something to hang your hat on Sarah, you don’t deserve to be in charge of Girl Scouts much less Vice President of the United States!
I know it’s good for a politician to be a media whore, but then when the camera is actually on you it’s a good idea to have something coherent to say. The reason why Sarah lost McCain the election is because she kept repeating what needed to be done, “shore up the economy and make America strong again”. It’s great to say that, over and over again as if it were your name, rank and serial number, but you’ve actually got to have some sort of idea how to achieve that. At the very least you have to look like you know how to achieve it!
One thing in defense of Sarah Palin. Anyone in politics that was offered a chance to be Vice President would jump at that chance. I’m sure she never expected to be asked, but it’s an offer you don’t refuse in politics. The reason for this is that the mechanism of political office often propels ones ego outside the boundaries of reality. Despite all good intentions and a real willingness to do some good, had she the aptitude to stop and assess her own limitations she would have declined the offer.