Sarah Palin on the Today Show…If We Must.
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Where to begin with the Sarah Palin interview on the Today Show with Matt Lauer…
After a brief discussion of the gas line, the topic changed.
Lauer: Can we talk about some of the other ways you’ve been in the news lately, and you know about this. There’s been this feud this week with Late Show
Palin: (interrupting) If we must…
Lauer: I know…. But there’s been a feud this week with David Letterman about some comment he made…
They go on to discuss the issue. Then at 3:37 in the interview, something interesting happened. Palin looks down at her Blackberry that she is holding in her hand.
Palin: Let me read to you something that I received in the middle of the night, and email I received from somebody who’s not a (dismissive hand wave) known feminist, not someone who is an activist, but this I think speaks to the issue.
A couple things struck me about these two bits of the interview. If we are led to believe by Palin that she really doesn’t want to talk about Letterman….that she’d much rather be talking about the gas line, and only talks about Letterman “if we must,” then why does she have a Blackberry in her lap all set up with an email on the screen ready to be read aloud talking about….Letterman?
The other thing I noticed was the “hand waving” that happened when she said the word “feminist.” Odd to wave away the word “feminist” and suggest that if the comment had come from a “feminist” or an “activist” it would somehow not have been credible, especially when the topic of your outrage is the treatment of women.
And in another lesson on how you can be right in principle (yes, the joke was extremely tasteless and inappropriate) and still totally blow it (yes, the Palins now look even worse than Letterman), here’s how she reacted when asked about the statement issued by spokeswoman Meg Stapleton:
Lauer: (reading) “The Palin’s have no intention of providing a ratings boost for David Letterman by appearing on his show. Plus, it would be wise to keep Willow away from David Letterman.” I’d like you to explain what that meant. Are you suggesting that David Letterman can’t be trusted around a 14-year old girl?
Palin: Hey, take it however you want to take it…
So if we want to take it that she thinks David Letterman is a pedophile, that’s OK? Lauer gets this.
Lauer: But is that not, in fact, in bad taste also governor if you’re…if you’re suggesting that a 62-year old man can’t be trusted…
Palin: It’s not in bad taste. It’s not in bad taste.
(pause)
Palin: Hey, maybe he couldn’t be trusted because Willow’s has had enough of this type of comments. Maybe Willow would want to…uh….uh…uh..react to him in a way that..uh…would catch him off guard. That’s one way to interpret such a comment.
So wouldn’t that actually mean that Willow couldn’t be trusted? (head starting to hurt)
The problem is… Here’s the problem, Matt. It’s the double standard that’s been applied here. One, let’s talk politically the double standard here. First, remember in the campaign, Barack Obama said “Family’s off limits. You don’t talk about my family….and….”the candidate who must be obeyed”….everybody adhered to that, and they did leave his family alone, and they haven’t done that on the other side of the ticket, and it has continued to this day. So that’s a political double standard.
Just for clarity, I looked up Obama’s quote during the campaign about families being off-limits so we can examine this double standard. Here it is:
I have heard some of the news on this and so let me be as clear as possible. I have said before and I will repeat again, I think people’s families are off limits, and people’s children are especially off limits. This shouldn’t be part of our politics, it has no relevance to governor Palin’s performance as a governor or her potential performance as a vice president. And so I would strongly urge people to back off these kinds of stories. You know my mother had me when she was 18. And how family deals with issues and teenage children that shouldn’t be the topic of our politics and I hope that anybody who is supporting me understands that is off limits.
Now that we’ve cleared that up, what if someone had asked David Letterman if in that joke he meant to insinuate that Willow Palin has promiscuous sex, and he had said, “Hey, take it however you want to take it.”
You know…since we’re talking about double standards.
[A version of this article is posted at The Huffington Post – Buzz it Up!]
I’ve read many times comments from people who do not think Willow was present at the ballgame, afterall.
While this may seem like a small point, imo, it is actually important because it would mean Palin LIED on t.v. when she said Willow was with her at the game.
Has anyone seen photos of Palin at the game? Do any of those photos include Willow. I remember seeing Willow in some photos/video from a rally that Sarah spoke at, but how about the game?
I’m inclined to believe she was there because Palin attended with Giuliani and his wife. And, if Willow was absent, and Rudy and wife are keeping quiet, that would make them Accessories To this Fraud.
Marinate on that for a few minutes.
Where is John McCain’s apology???????????????
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Tell him Chelsea Clinton should have an apology from him.
“Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.” John McCain, Palin’s running mate. Should McCain apologize to every young woman in America?
One thing I find funny about SP’s response is where she claims David Letterman took several days to apologize…making it seem like he needed 72 hours to come up with a retort. Remember back to the awful Katie Couric interview, when Palin could not name a book or newspaper she reads regulary or when she could not think of another Supreme Court decision…then lo and behold weeks or months later she comews up with the answers! Hypocrite much?
For those who want to follow what is happening in Iran right now – http://www.h3x.no/2009/06/14/iranians-on-twitter-during-the-june-clashes/
This is a list that is updated showing twitter sites of those who are presently in Iran and sending messages.
You need to click on each one as these are different twitter sites. Also, I don’t know that it updates automatically, so, you would need to reload.
Also, there is live blogging by somebody at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/13/iran-demonstrations-viole_n_215189.html
@ EyeOnYou Says:
June 14th, 2009 at 2:57 AM
You reminded me of ‘Tasergate’ – which never got off the ground in spite of the best efforts of Karl Rove and Meghan Stapleton.
Zack Says:
June 13th, 2009 at 1:19 PM
Republicans are always trying to play the victim. They are such hypocrites. The childeren of democrats have been the butt of many jokes. When Chelsea Clinton was a still a child, Rush Limbaugh called her the “family dog.” And John McCain’s stupid daughter purposely leaves out her father’s joke about Janet Reno and Chelsea Clinton: “Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because Janet Reno’s her father.” There’s an old video on YouTube showing one of John McCain’s temper tantrums when he went postal on this woman years ago, and was cussing at her, and he called her a “wh*re” or something, and he stormed out. And Barack Obama defended Palin during the campaign, but she and the republicans have no class, and refuse to aknowledge it.
I knew they were going to drag President Obama into this. This is not really about what David Letterman said, about Bristol Palin, whom is 18 years old. It’s about Barack Obama. Palin has been whining about the so-called “double-standard” for months. She’s a jealous, sore loser. The republicans are trying to distract people from the issues. They think they are going to sink Barack Obama by complaining about the media? I think it’s a race issue. I think they are implying that The Obamas are getting some kind of “media affirmative action.” (Then why are they so hard on Michael Steele?) They pulled the affirmative action thing against Barack Obama during the campaign (about his education, I think), and NOW they are going after Sonya Sotomayor for a comment she made about affirmative action years, ago. There’s a double-standard that Palin has never been taken to task for her nasty behavior during the campaign. According to republicans it is not O.K. to attack young girls (young caucasean girls) but it’s O.K. for Sarah Palin and the rest of the republican party to attack everyone else with their hate speech?
They can keep on dragging this on, if they want to. If they are not careful, it may appear that they are “tasteless” for esculating it, and now bringing yet more children into it, (the Obama girls) whom are still minors. It may appear that the Obama children are now under attack. The republicans could have simply said “if it were the child of a democrat,” but instead they actually singled-out the Obama children, which is quite telling. If the Obama children do come under attack, the Obamas will keep their cool, and they will handle the situation with dignity. Unlike the Palins. This is not Barack Obama’s fault. He had nothing to do with it. They are trying to tie this to Barack Obama, and it won’t work.
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All of this crap is only because half of the President is Black. And every day his African name is in their faces.
No other reason.
Then Republicans whining and criticizing the most are the biggest racists. It’s a mathematical certainty.
Terpsichore~
I happen to agree with everything you have said, but would also like to add the point that she deliberately attempts to justify her actions by using language that incites people to what I call “rage for a cause”. The “Rape” joke, “statutory rape”, connecting this to the low self esteem of young girls, etc.., is all done deliberately to sway people into accepting her version of things over the actual facts. She did the same thing in the campaign. I believe this comes from her very different religious beliefs/background.
Um, and I wonder just how much Matt Lauer liked being called ‘naive’ by a sitting governor? In fact, she also insulted me or anyone else who happenes to believe that DL was referring to Bristol when he made the joke and that that part of his apology was sincere.
And she not only intimated that Letterman a pedophile, she flat out called him a liar when he said he was referring to Bristol and not Willow.
Yep, I really wanna vote for that for a public official – someone who deals with conflict by denegrating and mischaracterizing the people and issues involved. Yep, really exhibiting those presidential diplomatic skills there.
Yeah, that’s what we need in the White House – someone who’ll make glaciers out of ice cubes. I dread to think how she’d handle really large, complicated problems like relations with Israelis and Palestinians, Afghans and Pakistanis, N. Koreans and Chinese.
I don’t think anyone’s buying the “I won’t boost your show’s ratings by being a guest on it” tack though. And even if she did take that stand, one has to wonder: is she going to manufacture excuses to avoid having to sit down and be interviewed by Brian Williams, George Stephanopolous, Bob Scheiffer, David Gregory, Conan O’Brian (Jay Leno? His program may not be the same kind of platform), Oprah, Barbara Walters … or a dozen other names I’m forgetting. The current sitting president went on ALL these shows, and John McCain has been on them for years including during his previously unsuccessful bids to become the Republican nominee for Pres. It’s a part of campaigning that cannot be ignored by a serious candidate for a high public office.
In a nutshell, if Sarah Palin can’t face David Letterman, or any of the people on this list, why on earth would anyone want her for President?
I’m fairly certain that Bristol was not at this hockey game since she was pregnant and being kept in seclusion. Willow and Piper, however, were both in attendence and paraded out onto the ice.
“Sarah Palin is going to drop the first puck at the Philadelphia Flyers’ hockey game. Then Palin will spend the rest of the game trying to keep the hockey players out of her daughter’s penalty box.” –Conan O’Brien
I love it:
“That’s one way to interpret such a comment.”
If one is born in 1994, one will be 15 in 2009. If she was born in January, Willow is 15 and 6 months. If she was born in July, she’s two weeks away from being 15; thus, still 14 and Sarah knows how old her kid is.
Cathy Baldwin-Johnson’s medical report says: “1989, 1990, 1994, and 2000…”
So, today, Track is 20, Bristol will be 19 in October, Willow is almost 15, Piper is 9 or will be in the next 6 months.
Also too, wasn’t there speculation that the email read on the blackberry – FROM GRETA????
G – I don’t have the story in front of me, but I believe the whole, “I discussed it with my family before accepting” was NOT true & debunked!
Something that has kind of bothered me about this clip (mostly in a marginal kind of way considering that the source of the quote had come from the Palins) begins at 3:05 in the clip. Matt reads a quote from her statement: “A joke like this a contributes to the atrociously high rate of sexual exploitation of minors by older men who use and abuse others” … and then Matt asks her, “but can you really connect the dots to criminal activity the way you did in that statement”?
While she claims to “connect the dots to a degrading statement made about young women and that does contribute to some acceptance of abuse of young women” and then segued off to the email that she’d received in the middle of the night.
I don’t know, but this sounds like her opinion to me. And I’m fine with people having opinions, even GINO (although I’d rather not hear her opinion either). I guess that I kind of expected her to back up her opinion with some cold hard facts. Especially when she is inferring that an edgy joke ‘contributes’ to crime.
Hope that she shuts her yap soon.
#189, June 13th, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Professor Geezer Says: “”With what happened at the Holocaust Museum this week, I suspect some in the MSM are afraid of Palin now, and don’t want to cross her on the air … the way you are fearful of a crazy nut with domestic terrorists in her fan base.”””
You have made a very important point.
No, offense to Biden. I didn’t mean to apply she could realistically compare herself qualitatively to him. either…my bad.
It’s a PSYCH game.
Well, IMO, Palin continues to reference Obama so that psychologically we’ll come to associate her her on the same level, even though she is not even close to having the qualifications, ability, intellect, or quality of game. (”…habitual line crosser…-Charlie Murphy)
The same as when she was running for VP she never compared herself to Joe Biden who was on her same lateral job level. It seemed to me McCain should have been the only one compared to Obama, since they were running for the same position. But no, habitual line crosser, really wanted the position as her actions showed.
See the definition here: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=habitual+line+stepper
201 et al:
“””…As for the comparison to Michelle and the girls, there is none. Michelle has been criticized for her bare arms, etc, but I have heard no one say she looked slutty. As for Sasha and Malia, now which one of THEM has been knocked up?”””
And why exactly, would someone please explain, should Sarah Palin’s life and children be compared at all to President Obama’s??????!!!!!????
Sarah Palin epitomizes white trash ignorance. And worse. She can’t hold a candle to Obama.
201 et al:
“””…As for the comparison to Michelle and the girls, there is none. Michelle has been criticized for her bare arms, etc, but I have heard no one say she looked slutty. As for Sasha and Malia, now which one of THEM has been knocked up?”””
And why exactly,
aha – thanks for bringing Meghan’s comment to our attention. I about half-ass liked her some of the time. After reading her “weigh-in” , Meghan McCain can kiss my ass , and it ain’t fat either. BTW – WTF does she have to say about the pig ass comments her father made about her own mother ??
Oh, yeah. And what’s worse, the republicans may have declared “hunting season” on the Obama girls, whom the Obamas have been very protective of. Sarah Palin dragged her kids everywhere, and she intentionally put them in the media spotlight, and made Bristol Palin’s pregnancy a campaign issue, which of course, leaves them open to public scrutiny. The righties attacking the children of a popular president? This could get interesting, maybe.
Republicans are always trying to play the victim. They are such hypocrites. The childeren of democrats have been the butt of many jokes. When Chelsea Clinton was a still a child, Rush Limbaugh called her the “family dog.” And John McCain’s stupid daughter purposely leaves out her father’s joke about Janet Reno and Chelsea Clinton: “Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because Janet Reno’s her father.” There’s an old video on YouTube showing one of John McCain’s temper tantrums when he went postal on this woman years ago, and was cussing at her, and he called her a “wh*re” or something, and he stormed out. And Barack Obama defended Palin during the campaign, but she and the republicans have no class, and refuse to aknowledge it.
I knew they were going to drag President Obama into this. This is not really about what David Letterman said, about Bristol Palin, whom is 18 years old. It’s about Barack Obama. Palin has been whining about the so-called “double-standard” for months. She’s a jealous, sore loser. The republicans are trying to distract people from the issues. They think they are going to sink Barack Obama by complaining about the media? I think it’s a race issue. I think they are implying that The Obamas are getting some kind of “media affirmative action.” (Then why are they so hard on Michael Steele?) They pulled the affirmative action thing against Barack Obama during the campaign (about his education, I think), and NOW they are going after Sonya Sotomayor for a comment she made about affirmative action years, ago. There’s a double-standard that Palin has never been taken to task for her nasty behavior during the campaign. According to republicans it is not O.K. to attack young girls (young caucasean girls) but it’s O.K. for Sarah Palin and the rest of the republican party to attack everyone else with their hate speech?
They can keep on dragging this on, if they want to. If they are not careful, it may appear that they are “tasteless” for esculating it, and now bringing yet more children into it, (the Obama girls) whom are still minors. It may appear that the Obama children are now under attack. The republicans could have simply said “if it were the child of a democrat,” but instead they actually singled-out the Obama children, which is quite telling. If the Obama children do come under attack, the Obamas will keep their cool, and they will handle the situation with dignity. Unlike the Palins. This is not Barack Obama’s fault. He had nothing to do with it. They are trying to tie this to Barack Obama, and it won’t work.
Okay, now I have read the article. Here is one sentence that stood out to me: “However, there seems to be such an aggressive double standard for Republican women as opposed to Democrat women.”
*Democrat* women. How about Republic women, Meghan? Talk about double standards. Her not-so-subtle sneer against Democratic women has not gone unnoticed by me. I have just completely revised my opinion of this horse apple who did not fall far from the tree.
201 aha Says:
June 13th, 2009 at 12:44 PM
“Meghan McCain has written her piece in the Daily Beast supporting Palin and claiming such remarks would never have happened to a Democrat or specifically she uses Obama’s family. In fact, she gets her digs in by typing Letterman’s remarks word for word and using Malia name and referring to Michelle as slutty looking, which I think is her way to get to say it without owning it if you get my drift.”
Now this surprises me. Meghan has seemed to be the sane one in the McCain family. And you are right; she has forgotten what her dad said, and also what Rush said, about Chelsea.
As for the comparison to Michelle and the girls, there is none. Michelle has been criticized for her bare arms, etc, but I have heard no one say she looked slutty. As for Sasha and Malia, now which one of THEM has been knocked up?
Meghan McCain has written her piece in the Daily Beast supporting Palin and claiming such remarks would never have happened to a Democrat or specifically she uses Obama’s family. In fact, she gets her digs in by typing Letterman’s remarks word for word and using Malia name and referring to Michelle as slutty looking, which I think is her way to get to say it without owning it if you get my drift.
Anyway, she conveniently forgets how her dad lampooned the Clinton’s daughter publicly and a few others. The point is I never thought I’d see a McCain get solidly behind a Palin after the last campaign.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-06-12/david-lettermans-double-standard/?cid=hp:blogunit1
@ 127 Visitor Says:
June 12th, 2009 at 7:54 PM
BIRTHS
Anchorage Daily News (AK)
July 7, 1994 – Todd & Sarah Palin, girl, Willow Bianca Faye, 7 lbs., 12 oz
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Official sources have her birthdate as 1/21/94. Which makes her 15-1/2, not 14 as her parents continue to state.
Linda said: “also, i haven’t read all the posts, so maybe someone already mentioned this. it looked to me like sp was trying to tone down her slutty flight attendant look a little on the today show. her hair was more restrained than i’ve seen in awhile and i think she had on less makeup?”
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Boy, that’s an understatement 🙂 . SP clearly has been impacted by all of the criticism leveled at her. Sure took her long enough.
maybe i’m old fashioned (my daughter is 24 now), but i just looked at the video that included willow in new york on immoral minority and i wouldn’t have let my daughter (at any age) wear those shorts at a public event like that one, even if we weren’t going to be front and center (on stage). i’m not a “blame the victim” person, but i do think there’s a time and place to dress like she was dressed (if you’re 15), and there’s a time and place not to dress like that. and wearing those ripped up short short denims in front of that crowd was poor judgment on willow’s part. but she’s only 15 so her mom/dad should have explained why she that was not appropriate attire, told her to change her clothes, and made sure she did it.
also, i haven’t read all the posts, so maybe someone already mentioned this. it looked to me like sp was trying to tone down her slutty flight attendant look a little on the today show. her hair was more restrained than i’ve seen in awhile and i think she had on less makeup?
Judy5cents said: “the children of politicians have always been fair game”
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I do remember all the dreadful jokes about Chelsea, etc., and they were abhorrent. I think then-candidate Obama had it right when he said that all of the candidates’ children should be off limits.
If my teen-aged daughter was pregnant, I would want to protect her privacy, not deliver her up to the media wolves, which is exactly what happened when SP said “I’d love to run for vice president.”
Remember the story that Sarah told during the campaign, about how she talked to her family about her candidacy? As she told the story, she presented the idea and they all said “Go for it, Mom!”
In her telling, there wasn’t an ounce of concern about how it would affect the family.
I don’t know if her telling is true – knowing her, it probably wasn’t – but it’s revealing that in her own mind, there was never any issue of concern for how her daughters would be exposed to the media. There was never any concern for her daughters’ feelings at all. It was all about her.
Wow. Palin is TRULY helping Dave in the late night rating contest against Conan. Now they’ve organized a protest? Who WON’T be watching Letterman on Monday night?
I just sent an e-mail to several CBS and their sponsors.
Asking that they stop the Rally to Fire David Letterman.
Hopefully together we can get this thing stopped in it’s track.
To CBS and ALL Sponsors
SAVE DAVID LETTERMAN
TO CBS and ALL THE SPONSORS FOR THE CBS DAVID LETTERMAN SHOW
STOP THE RALLY against DAVID LETTERMAN
IF you are on Twitter, send out tweets now asking people to write blogposts to STOP the NEW YORK RALLY to fire David Letterman
SAVE FREE SPEECH IN AMERICA
Letterman’s Comment has been distorted by SARAH PALIN. CONTACT CBS and ALL SPONSORS of the DAVID LETTERMAN SHOW——Tell them that you SUPPORT DAVID LETTERMAN
Palin has finally figured out that Obama cannot fire Letterman.
Some senator or congressman has now contacted the president of CBS and asked him to fire Letterman.
Right. Like that’s gonna happen.
Palin picked the wrong public figure to crucify to prove her power and promote her political agenda. Letterman can take her down with a wave of his finger. And he will. Just like John McCain. He’ll be nice. He’ll be polite. He’ll never mention the children again. He may not even mention her by name, only referring to the Governor of Alaska. But he won’t quite until she yells Uncle. And maybe not even then. Look what he did to John McCain who eventually came on his show and apologized to him.
Now some may say…what does she have to apologize for? Well, Letterman apologized for some bad jokes. She has subsequently turned up the volume on her outrage to accusing him of being a pedophile, sexual pervert, deviant, etc. And if she’s not careful, she’ll find herself in court defending herself against slander. And the legal bills will be a lot more than what she’s facing in Alaska. And Letterman can take her. He has a LOT more money and better lawyers.
Funny how none of this came up when Leno, Conan or SNL made equally tasteless jokes.
I also have to wonder if the reason she keeps bringing up “statutory rape” (Which is concentual with a minor) is that she’s planning on rewriting Bristol’s history with Levi and accusing him of statutory rape of Bristol. Ya think?
I think the Letterman thing is personal for sarah because of the way Dave mocked McCain and his whole “the economy is cratering” debacle. Evidenced by the following:
“Sarah Palin is going to drop the first puck at the Philadelphia Flyers’ hockey game. Then Palin will spend the rest of the game trying to keep the hockey players out of her daughter’s penalty box.” –Conan O’Brien
“It’s true, John McCain’s running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, has revealed that her 17-year-old daughter is pregnant. Palin said, ‘We should never have introduced her to John Edwards.’” –Conan O’Brien
“Governor Palin announced over the weekend that her 17-year-old unmarried daughter is five months pregnant. Oh, boy, you thought John Edwards was in trouble before, now he’s really done it!” –Jay Leno
And we’ve all seen how vicious she can be when she takes something personally.
David Letterman made a joke on his show about Sarah Palin’s daughter getting knocked up by Alex Rodriguez during her recent outing to a baseball game.
Palin said it was an insult, not just to her daughter, but to horny girls everywhere.
Letterman later apologized, to A-Rod. “I’m sorry Alex. I should never told a joke that was such an egregious insult to your taste in women.”
Thank you for filling me in on what SP said. I happened to be watching the Today Show when Matt Lauer introduced her and I just couldn’t bring myself to listen to anything past “Hello, Matt” and I quickly changed channels. You are a brave soul and I salute you.
It seems to me that Sarah Palin doesn’t realize that the children of politicians have always been fair game, especially when they’re teen agers or young adults. Remember all the horrible jokes Rush Limbaugh made about Chelsea Clinton, who was all of twelve years old at the time? And the firestorm of criticism the Bush twins brought down on themselves when they went out drinking on fake IDs? And don’t forget he questions about Ron Reagan’s sexual orientation.
For me, the fact Sarah Palin didn’t hesitate to accept the VP spot when it was offered, shows a huge lack of concern for her children. If my teen-aged daughter was pregnant, I would want to protect her privacy, not deliver her up to the media wolves, which is exactly what happened when SP said “I’d love to run for vice president.” As long as she continues to seek the limelight, her children are targets for late night comedians.
With what happened at the Holocaust Museum this week, I suspect some in the MSM are afraid of Palin now, and don’t want to cross her on the air–the way you are fearful of a crazy nut with domestic terrorists in her fan base. I am not a Lauer apologist, but that is the sense I have.
clydedog Says:
June 13th, 2009 at 6:49 AM
Mat Lauer had the perfect chance when she said “well if we have to”. He should have said fine we can talk about the stimulus lies and rural Alaskans instead. Unfortunately they all (especially Cnn) go for the tabloid angle.
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I’m with you, clydedog; this whole thing is nothing more than tabloid fodder, but Matt chose to give SP what she *hungers* for: media attention.
If she wants her family to be off-limits she should have left them at home during the campaign. You can’t have it both ways. BUT you can show everyone what an attention monger you are by blowing everything out of proportion only to draw attention to yourself:
http://girldujour.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/word-du-jour-knocked-up/
It’s obvious that Palin has something to hide….otherwise, why would she so viciously attack Letterman for a joke? The best thing she could have done was to ignore it, but then that’s not Sarah’s m o. She is the one that has exposed her children to the media; she should have made them stay in Alaska and take lessons in how to dress and how to avoid pregnancy.
I’ve been re-playing all the recent hullabaloo in my head. I have experience (in several ways) with sexually exploited and abused children and women. There is something very sad and sick in the P family. I believe this Letterman issue has allowed subconscious truths to come peeking out as often happens. And I keep seeing Joan Crawford in Mommy Dearest superimposed over SPs face. I think some very sad info will eventually come out about this family. I am so sorry for the children. It takes a great deal of will to make one’s way out of such a background. I wish the children (and Bristol) all the support possible. I see a SP meltdown coming in the future.
redwoodmuse
I stumbled upon some more news about the Palin/Lettermen fued yesterday. This article explores Palin’s political actions/lack of action in regard to under-funding public safety. House Finance Co-Chair Mike Hawker, R-Alaska has a few things to say about Palin. Maybe this has already been posted…sorry if this is a repeat but I found this article very insightful and just had to share.
I can’t believe Palin can even suggest that Lettermen appologize to ALL women when it seems she should be appologizing to all the women and families of Alaska for her lack of public safety funding to help victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence, especially in rural AK!
http://www.ktva.com/ci_12581858
…”On NBC’s Today Show Palin said, “I would like to see him (Letterman) apologize to young women across the country for contributing to that thread that runs through our culture that makes it sound like it’s OK, accepted and funny to talk about statutory rape. It’s not cool. It’s not funny.”
One powerful state lawmaker, however, says Palin is doing a bad job funding sexual exploitation solutions.
House Finance Co-Chair Mike Hawker, R-Alaska, is highlighting the fact Alaska has the nation’s highest domestic violence and sexual assault rates, and says the governor is under-funding public safety.
Hawker’s accusations sound very similar to those made during Troopergate. He says Palin’s bad family-Public Safety Department relationship is playing out with the governor poorly funding that department, including efforts to fight sexual assault…..”
To BuffaloGal
Thanks for the info ——http://www.firedavidletterman.com
I can’t believe the b**ch has gone this far.
Where in the H… does the rape thing come from.
She has crossed the line this time, and we need to do something about it.
This crap has got to stop.
Fox News should be taken OFF the AIR
No doubt they are helping her to get this crap off the ground.
Is there anyone out there than can put up a web site in SUPPORT of DAVE LETTERMAN. After all, they all claim Freedom of speech when they spread the vemium—–
“Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies.” Lord Chesterfield
This is so sarah.
Mat Lauer had the perfect chance when she said “well if we have to”. He should have said fine we can talk about the stimulus lies and rural Alaskans instead. Unfortunately they all (especially Cnn) go for the tabloid angle.
154 pearl89
Some of us have seen decades of secrets where young children were destroyed by old men in churches, no one could speak of it because it is a taboo subject. The result are that children continue to be abused. Those children should not be beneath anyone.
There are facts about the area where the Palins are from. Comedy is a way some taboo subjects are broached and perhaps discussions can lead to release. Keeping secrets is not the answer. Getting to the truth is not all pleasant.
For whatever reason the Palins brought up the subject of rape, statutory rape and perversion. It is legit and necessary to question their over the top behavior. Alaska has the most shameful statistics, which means their children are hurting and need attention. The Palins and their Dr. Cathy need to address this in a direct manner. There needs to be budget and legislative changes for these children. It seems a small insignificant thing about Willow’s age, but it is necessary to clear up. If for no other reason but to correct the historical documents.
This SE Alaska Mudpup can hear the Palin bus backfiring from my porch. It’s bad enough that Alaskans have put up with this kind of tacky behavior for 3 years now, I’m just beaming that Mr. and Mrs. Gino exposed themselves to the entire country this time. Tick tock So many bridges to burn and so little time left. One thing about the Ginos that the rest of the country can learn from this, their tossed salade responses dig them deeper everytime.
I had to take a break yesterday from the Palin/Letterman insanity so I may have missed this being posted. It’s definitely worth a reposting tho.
Over on Sea of pee and doing my best to fight sea sickness and came across a Rally to Fire David Letterman that’s planned for Monday.
http://www.firedavidletterman.com
Lists of phone numbers, sponsors, etc. It’s INSANE! I’m going to spend some time today writing to the emails they have listed. ( I swear I feel like they are an entirely different type of human! )
these folks are so crepy it makes my skin crawl…Just for some historical purposes..
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“In response to the rumor that Trig was actually Bristol’s baby, Sarah’s father, Chuck Heath, says, “How can you prove that? Goddammit! I was there when he popped out!””
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“Todd cranes his neck up and back, looks over his Trigless shoulder at Willow.
“I’m going to town,” he says.
“Um, why?”
“Some meetings,” he says.
“You’re taking Trig,” Bristol says to Willow.
“What? No!”
Bristol smirks. “Willow friggin’ never watches him,” she says.
“You’re watching the baby,” Todd says to Willow, his tone a statement of fact. Willow sucks her teeth, takes a dish towel, and tries to snap it at her dad’s back. “
who me? “I agree. The jokes were in bad taste and lets not add to it.”
You have to bring in comparisons to prove how Palin, exploited her daughter and attempted to distract media from her plagiarism & Exxon contract.
Pearl89 #156 said:
“Go after her for her comments about Obama, her overreaction to a very bad joke (send an email in support of Letterman), her implication that DL is a pedophile, her jumping in the bed with Exxon,trying to resurrect the Bridge to Nowhere project, her lies and feigned outrage, and double standards, her poor perform as govenor. There are so many things.”
I agree. The jokes were in bad taste and lets not add to it. Go after Palin on issues.
Palin’s doctors letter SUMMARY of health, Willow born 1994…OMIGod! Palin, is SO removed from her kids lives she doesn’t even know how old they are!!!!
http://media.adn.com/smedia/2008/11/03/19/110308SHP.source.prod_affiliate.7.pdf
WIKI has willows b’date as 1995! LMAO! everything else says Jan 1994. So she is REALLY 15…Which BTW, is the AGE OF CONSENT IN AK!!!!!!
“Wonder how long Miss Palin gets to remain 14 years old?”…the Palins do seem to have a date/age problem with some of their young’uns…
where were the parents of Bristol when she was potentially being statuatorily raped for real? Did she start banging Levi when she was 17?
Doubful as that is when she got actually knocked up. If she is Trigs mom than it is pretty safe to assume that she was having illegal sex. Even if she is just Tripps mom she started banging around at 15 or 16, even referred to herself as a slut online. Nice self esteem there Ms. Bristol Palin. Must be SOMEONE ELSES FAULT IN NY OR LA…
Letterman used words. Levi used his “hockey stick “and on an apparently willing underage girl, and impregnated her. Maybe the Palins should keep Willow away from hockey players in Wasilla…
# 32 z Says: June 12th, 2009 at 4:22 PM
New York State Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, a Republican, is calling on the CEO of CBS to fire David Letterman for crude comments he made about Sarah Palin and her daughter.
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Given the dysfunctional shenanigans currently going on in the NYS legislature, I’d think Kolb would be too busy to get into the Letterman/Palin kerfluffle.
I have also emailed NOW and expressed my disappointment with their support of Palin. We now have two house assemblyman (Gary Finch and Gary Kolb) in central NY asking for Letterman’s resignation..ugh! Never even heard of these two reps before, guess they are trying to attach themselves to Palin’s coattails. Obviously not too bright if they think that’s going to help them politically. I’m trying to locate their emails to also write to them.
http://www.wsyr.com scroll down to the story.
I really do hope Letterman decides to sue SP for defamation of character.
A commenter at TPM referred to this as “a pie fight between two comedians”.
I couldn’t agree more.
Azmomma-former Alaskan Says:
June 12th, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Wonder how long Miss Palin gets to remain 14 years old? Her birth date is listed as January 21,1994. Just wonder if she got a Birthday party for her (14th). Lets see that would be the day after our President took the oath of office.
My math and calculator say that miss Willow would be 15 on that day. But maybe she sounds more pitiful if you keep calling her 14. At least she isn’t on babysitting duty and got her own trip to New York ( sort of)
I feel so sorry for those kids.
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Yes, I just looked up Wiki (I don’t know how reliable that is) and that makes her nearly 15 and a half years old. I was amazed when they started talking about their 14 year old as I had believed her to be older. I really wish the Palins would keep track of how many kids they have and how old they are!!!
Alaskans, get ready for a BIG ‘per diem’ bill when she gets back home. She’ll say she was conducting state business on her Blackberry the WHOLE time she was gone !
Sarah is just milking this issue for all it’s worth. She is showing lack of breeding or poor taste by continuously talking and making the publicity rounds. People who have even a tinge of class in their system would say that the joke is inappropriate, hope for an apology and leave it at that. To stretch this issue as far as she is doing makes her, and the state she represents, look stupid. I am so embarassed by her actions.
Right now, my sympathy lies with Letterman because he is being used by Palin for her personal agenda of staying in the public eye. The issue has nothing to do with her outrage over the joke but more of getting the most mileage and publicity out of the situation.
Palin, just shut up and stop showing off your lack of class! You are more embarassing than any inappropriate joke Letterman can ever tell!
I’m kinda amused at the see2pee people; they’re like…
*crickets*
…now that questions about Willow’s actual presence at that Yankee game Sunday are surfacing…
…now that questions about Willow’s true age are surfacing…
…now that questions about Willow’s manner of dress as an on-stage part of her mother’s entourage are being asked…
…now that folks are remembering what Craig Ferguson, Conan O’Brien, Bill Maher (who I understand annihilated Palin tonight in his monologue), Jay Leno also joked about — after Sarah Palin subjected Bristol Palin to the RNC “pageant walk” last fall “about 5 months pregnant”…
Now they’re all doing handsprings about Palin’s “major victory” now concerning the Exxon/AGIA merge — which is really “domestic abuse” of ordinary Alaskans who are still suffering from Exxon’s spill years ago and the paltry settlement from G.W.Bush’s Supreme Court that Palin herself criticized.
ooops! sorry i was thinking of the wolf blitzer one she has the same hair/blah blah
she has those pointy eyebrows in this one too.. and the wax forehead
Not to be snarky but she seems to be awfully squinty in the video.. perhaps the early sun in her eyes? And those pointy eyebrows raise quite a bit.. but oddly her forehead is frozen solid
GINO is enjoying this to the fullest. She is under the impression that if she fabricate and lie about Letterman that she will get sympathy and appear the martyr.
She underestimates people. Yes, there will be sheep without brains or those who do not know of her trecherous antics who will jump in to defend her, until someone enlightens them about her tactics to use her children in every way she can to further her political career. Other thinking people already know that she is milking this for all it is worth and are not buying her fake outrage.
As many Mudpups have stated, this is not the first comedian to comment on the strange antics of Palin’s dysfuntional family, but it was definitely a chance for GINO to capture the spotlight in the guise of protecting her daughter(s) from Letterman when she is the real culprit that her children should be protected from.
SNL made a joke about Todd and incest. No one said a word and she went on to appear on the show
Say, I just noticed this (pretty outrageous, BTW) joke from Polly’s link:
“Sarah Palin is going to drop the first puck at the Philadelphia Flyers’ hockey game. Then Palin will spend the rest of the game trying to keep the hockey players out of her daughter’s penalty box.” –Conan O’Brien
You realize, of course, that Bristol wasn’t at that game either! That means that Conan was joking about the gang-rape of Willow Palin…or, (gasp!) Piper !!!!!
http://ballhype.com/video/sarah_palin_drops_first_puck_gets_booed_at_flyers_game/
Where’s the outrage, Sarah???!!!!!
Gryphen has a YouTube on Immortal Minority showing Willow in her frayed Daisy Dukes and sunglasses. Real easy to mistake her for Bristol. Especially when she spends time holding a baby.
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree when it comes to appropriate clothing for public appearances.
I’d call it the slutty high school cheerleader look.
I watched Letterman tonight. He’s ignoring her. He said his peace. Now he’s going to let her expose herself for the raving lunatic she is. If she continues it’s will just be protesting so much, going off the deep end, she’ll be a joke.
At which time he’ll nail her and only her. He isn’t going to forget Sarah Palin. He isn’t going to provide her with free publicity. But he will be glad to expose her butt for the joke it is.
I expect if she continues it won’t be David leading the charge. It will be Craig Ferguson, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, …….
154 pearl89 Says:
June 12th, 2009 at 10:05 PM
“… It is so frustrating to read all the proPalin comments without going off the deep end, but we must maintain our dignity and our integrity.”
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Thanks, and well put. I think the best way to maintain dignity in any situation is to think, “What would Sarah do?” then do the exact opposite!
my head is going to explode.
Sarah Palin is going to stick up for young women against statutory rape and pedophiles, however, she will not allow them to choose to have a safe legal medical procedure when said pedophiles or rapists impregnate same innocent 14 year old young girls. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
And Sarah will allow Exxon to make billions of more dollars on Alaskan resources when they haven’t paid alaskan fishermen/native america for the serious on-going ecological damage down in 1989 to Prince William Sound. Exxon tied it up in court for more than fifteen years and had the Bush Supreme Court lower the amount to 500 million. Now she is getting in bed with Alaska’s chief eco-RAPIST.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am an Alaskan. I vote. Sarah did not get my vote the first time and she sure as hell will not be getting my vote should she decide to run for anything ever again. SHE IS A HYPROCRITE.
NO EXXON NATURAL GAS PIPELINE.
I do not nor ever will support SP as a viabile candidate for anything. I just don’t know to phrase what I want to say correctly…wish I had AKM’s affinity with the English language. Just reading through some of these comments made me feel that I had landed in an alternate universe. There is way more than enough to go after Palin for than the age of her daughter, how her daughter was dressed, suggesting that Todd was trying to confess that one of his daughter’s had been raped at 14,…. This type of speculation is beneath us and makes us look bad. Usually the discussions on here are thoughtful and well reasoned, but I think there are too many emotions involved with this story and our disdain for Palin has jumped into the driver’s seat. Especially in light of the fact, she is all we’ve heard about for a week.
It is maddening that she seems to always come out on the winning end of things. It is so frustrating to read all the proPalin comments without going off the deep end, but we must maintain our dignity and our integrity.
Go after her for her comments about Obama, her overreaction to a very bad joke (send an email in support of Letterman), her implication that DL is a pedophile, her jumping in the bed with Exxon,trying to resurrect the Bridge to Nowhere project, her lies and feigned outrage, and double standards, her poor perform as govenor. There are so many things.
It doesn’t matter which daughter the joke was about; it was in bad taste.
Somewhere I read Willow’s birthday is July 7. How hard is it to have straight info on birthdates with these Wasillabiilies? She’s such a crummy public servant that she does away with public birth announcements ALONG WITH the building codes?
Lots of popular late-night comedians have made tasteless Bristol Palin jokes. According to Palin’s logic, they’re all sexually perverted pedophiles. Give me a break.
Wonder how long Miss Palin gets to remain 14 years old? Her birth date is listed as January 21,1994. Just wonder if she got a Birthday party for her (14th). Lets see that would be the day after our President took the oath of office.
My math and calculator say that miss Willow would be 15 on that day. But maybe she sounds more pitiful if you keep calling her 14. At least she isn’t on babysitting duty and got her own trip to New York ( sort of)
I feel so sorry for those kids.
I’m planning on emailing people (msnbc etc..) and pointing out the SNL issue and sharing the obviously forgotten hypocrisy of the Palin family by finding it acceptable to ignore incest jokes about the family when it might help her political career to do so, and her now declared war on Letterman about some jokes that she hadn’t even heard about until someone mentioned it. The media needs to stop accepting her at her word and pointing out the facts to everyone.
Posters on Huffpo have dug up some more jokes previously told about the Palin daughter being knocked up. There are several jokes from Leno and Conan and these came out before Bristol did the glamorous People cover, The last one is from the hockey game appearance, I believe the littlest daughter was present there, yet, no outrage from the Palins:
“In an interview with Fox News, Gov. Sarah Palin’s daughter, 18-year-old Bristol Palin — remember Bristol Palin, who had the baby? Well, she talked in the interview. She said, ‘A year ago, I never would have thought I would become a mom or that my mom was going to be chosen to be a vice presidential candidate.’ Oddly enough, both things happened because some guy failed to take the proper precautions.” –Jay Leno
“It’s true, John McCain’s running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, has revealed that her 17-year-old daughter is pregnant. Palin said, ‘We should never have introduced her to John Edwards.'” –Conan O’Brien
“Experts say — this is interesting — that since Sarah Palin became the vice presidential nominee, there’s been an actual spike in the sales of her style of eyeglasses. Gone way up. Yeah. Yeah, with Palin’s glasses, you’ll be able to see everything, except what the hell your teenage daughter’s up to.” –Conan O’Brien
“Saturday night, Sarah Palin is going to drop the first puck at the Philadelphia Flyers’ hockey game. Then Palin will spend the rest of the game trying to keep the hockey players out of her daughter’s penalty box.” –Conan O’Brien
I wonder if Palin’s legal counsel is telling her to apologize to Letterman yet. Otherwise, has she really has blown this thing up to a point where he could win a defamation, slander or libel case? (Any legal types care to weigh in?)
#28, June 12th, 2009 at 4:00 PM, aha Says: “”If anyone knows definitively about Babygate, now is the time to make it known so that this sympathy fit being bought by so many in the lower 48 will know the extent of her true duplicity.””
http://www.palindeception.com has extensively detailed evidence and data supporting the thesis that SP did not birth TriG Palin. There is a timeline of photographs of SP compared with professional photos of a woman in the last several weekly stages of pregnancy.
Look carefully and share with the MSM.
She absolutely relishes playing the victim, doesn’t she?
And if she has to bend twist or ignore the truth to make the story as lurid as possible, that’s certainly no obstacle for for this very strange woman.
ok this is seemingly OT, but it will come around to a relevant point I promise:
SP’s tweet after the Holocaust Museum shooting ends with a perky shout-out, “God Bless our Jewish community.” That kinda stunned me for a second, as I have never thought of any of the Holocaust museums or memorials as partisan, rather as inclusive reminders of the great evil of which we humans of every persuasion are capable. Of our need as a society to be ever on guard against the “star-belly Sneetches” mentality that has produced genocide throughout history.
Relevant point? Oh, even though it sounds “nice,” really the archness and distancing (those poor poor Jews!) of her tweet is rooted in the same divisive mentality that we see in full flower in her approach to Emmoniak, her own legislature, McCain staffers, Wooten, bloggers, Levi, and now David Letterman. Once you start treating everyone outside your Wasilla-High-buddies circle as enemies, it’s amazing how many people you have to hate.
Is that true? Is Willow really 15? Is that confirmed? Because if so, that’s quite a lie to not only say on public record, but to use as a defense and source of outrage. It sounds like something someone i know personally would do…
Seriously, though. He constant insinuation that Dave is talking about her younger daughter and not Bristol is ridiculous, but this…
PS, not to say Maher isn’t crude and inappropriate. Just that they should mock and mock and mock and mock.
I think every comedian from Conan to Ferguson to Fallon et al should follow Maher’s lead and mock this stunt mercilessly. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving couple.
@ Brettapplebaum: ROFL! The comedians are side-stepping Palin’s complaints.
Fox news is really coming down hard on Letterman.
Problem is that they are twisting all the facts. Of course that is nothing new.
Dick Morris was just on, giving his take on all the hoop-la. Guess he wants to forget WHY he was FIRED when Clinton was running for President. Wonder where the B…. is that he was with at a motel /hotel during that campaign.
I am stilll not convinced that that baby belongs to Sarah & the whatever his name is. Could be Letterman is correct about the young one. The Palins are hiding something. Does anyone remember how that young one held that baby during the convention?”
Women that are PG do not give speeches, fly for hours, and give birth to a child, and go to work in a matter of 3 days. Anyone who believes that fairy tale should write a book.
Just for laughs, since for some reason I find this whole thing very UNfunny, so this helps:
http://wonkette.com/409150/is-sarah-palin-going-bald#more-409150
GA Peach a/k/a Lance the Boil aka Crust Scramble Says:
June 12th, 2009 at 7:28 PM
I’d so love to be a fly on the McCain wall when they sit down to dinner.
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Hahahah! Me too! I can’t wait for the “tell all” books.
BTW…the Penguins just won! Woo Hoo! I root for the Avalanche normally, so I went with the Penquins for the Cup. Woooo Hooo!
Bill Maher just said Chas hopes the sex-change is successful enough to knock up one of Sarah Palin’s legal-age children. Does that mean Track?
So how will the SPalins react to this one?
I’m so confused.
[Chas is Chastity Bono – who is undergoing change from a woman to a man.]
To: Vistor
Thanks for your reply and Willow’s birthdate, July 7, 1994.
This is so confusing! On the Gov.’s website, she shows Willow born in 1995 with no month or day.
May I ask how you got this info from the ADN? I went into their archives and couldn’t find anything. I know it’s not relevant to the DL story, but for some reason, it bothers me.
Thanks again!
Thanks to Polly’s link, it looks like Conan is a “sexual abuse apologist” too:
“It’s true, John McCain’s running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, has revealed that her 17-year-old daughter is pregnant. Palin said, ‘We should never have introduced her to John Edwards.'” –Conan O’Brien
Perhaps Palin did not complain about the other guys making sexual jokes about her daughter because she didn’t understand them at those points in time. Now she has someone to explain these things to her. A someone who also helps her utter moments of fake outrage. It’s not Palin doing these things; she’s just not that bright. Someone is pulling her strings but that someone is not Letterman. Her outrage is contrived and uttered only for political convenience.
Bristol Palin biggest joke::::: her mother
@ Zuzu: That’s exactly what I want to know! Where was Palin’s outrage when Conan O’Brien joked about Bristol and the hockey team?
“”Sarah Palin is going to drop the first puck at the Philadelphia Flyers’ hockey game. Then Palin will spend the rest of the game trying to keep the hockey players out of her daughter’s penalty box.” –Conan O’Brien ”
Thanks, Polly, for the link to the list of Bristol Palin jokes! 🙂
So where was Palin’s outrage when Jay Leno joked about the sexual abuse of her (then) 17 year old daughter by an older man?
“Gov. Palin announced over the weekend that her 17-year-old unmarried daughter is five months pregnant. And you thought John Edwards was in trouble before! Now he has really done it.” — “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno,” 9/2/08
125 Jim Says:
June 12th, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Polly, most of the ones I have known don’t get most any other brand of humor, either. Another reason I don’t generally hang out with righties. Can’t call them conservative; too radical for that…
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You are right Jim, the link is actually a conservative site (with the jokes) – I was busy reading the jokes, so didn’t reply sooner. It’s the real righties that don’t get that brand of humour, which is no different than the fancy schmancy roasts.
I agree that it is not necessarily a trivial matter that Willow’s age (14 or 15) is in question.
Seems to be a Palin pattern to obsfucate (sp?) facts. Particularly facts pertaining to birth dates!
That would make her 14, not 15, although her birthday is soon approaching.
Visitor. That would make her just 15. My daughter was born in 95. She’s turning 14 this fall.
BIRTHS
Anchorage Daily News (AK)
July 7, 1994 – Todd & Sarah Palin, girl, Willow Bianca Faye, 7 lbs., 12 oz.
Polly, most of the ones I have known don’t get most any other brand of humor, either. Another reason I don’t generally hang out with righties. Can’t call them conservative; too radical for that…
Someone made up a list of late night comedy jokes regarding Bristol… (GINO and First Dude are sooo obviously hogging the media limelight, but conservatives who don’t watch this kind of humour, just don’t get it, and are wanting Letterman’s blood.)
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/sarahpalin/a/bristol-palin-jokes.htm
check her income tax that was posted during election to see the age of Willow.
Sarah Palin has never been concerned about women’s issues.
Sarah Palin accused Hillary Clinton of being a whiner when she complained about sexism.
London Bridges Says: Maybe Todd is attempting to make a true declarative statement? His daughter was raped at age 14?
People do have a propensity to confess. I think the Palins are a strange and symbiotic group. Dr. Baldwin-Johnson must clarify the historial document that she wrote. I believe she gave a different birth code for Willow. Why would Sarah Palin not be on top of correct historical documentation? That reflects on her image. She is showing that she is hiding something. This whole Texas deal is very questionable. Not entirely, she is loving the distraction from her energy trip and the WWW confederation sideshow of Palin v Letterman. Not much attention on what she is up to. Faux outrage and uber scorched earth to destroy the “evil” David Letterman and save the damsel. She sees Todd as a hero because he stood up for one of their offsprings against “rape” joke guy on the TV. Dave will like his son growing up and reading about his Dad’s career. She has deeply injured the Letterman family. She is drunk on power and now we can see her incinerate. She may be only smoldering now, but just wait.
I beg to differ, sauerkraut.
1. Why would a family repeatedly state their child’s age incorrectly?? Perhaps to lie to garner sympathy, to make her appear younger than she really is? Whether or not you think it’s irrelevant, it’s just plain stupid.
2. Worth looking into: is sex “legal” at 15 in some states?
I completely understand Letterman’s joke was not about Willow. Palin has made this into an issue by bringing up Willow.
I agree, I didn’t find the joke insulting. Let’s just hope the Palins expressed “outrage” at Levi for actually knocking up Bristol.
I’d so love to be a fly on the McCain wall when they sit down to dinner.
It doesn’t matter if Willow is 14 or 15… Letterman’s joke was not about Willow. Let’s not justify her claims by nitpicking Willow’s age. But let’s hammer her for her moronic self-aggrandizing response to a perfectly good, if borderline, joke. Frankly, when I first heard it, I thought it was about the knocked-up Bristol. That being the case, Willow’s actual age is irrelevant.
Willow is 15, not 14 as reported. She was born Jan ’94.
Is there a reason the Palins are repeatedly claiming Willow to be 14, not 15???
Strange, very strange. I just don’t see how a family could incorrectly state their child’s birthday on numerous occasions, once perhaps, but not repeatedly.
Anybody that watches Bill Maher, he covered the Palin/Letterman blow up. Started off the show right up front with it. Can’t remember the specific lines… but you can find the clips. He also covered the Carrie Prejean firing.
And also went into the Faux outrage from the Right about Obamas shoes on the desk in the photo talking on the phone…. cut to a shot of Bush doing the same thing. Good Job Bill.
Onto the show. Chris Mathews is a guest tonight.
From what I saw, no one suggested that anyone had already been “abused.” What I understood SP’s beef to be was that it was suggestive, and about her underage daughter. When I saw it, I understood at the time, that it was Bristol (still very poor taste), and even then, no one was suggesting abuse of any kind. Well, except SP, who had/has her own (hog-the-limelight) reasons.
Nan
p.s.
I *like* Ruth Buzzi!
51 Maria Says:
June 12th, 2009 at 4:56 PM
What really got me was how much relish she took in badmouthing Letterman.
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Her apple didn’t fall far from her parents’ tree, did it? Badmouthing is the one skill which she has perfected. It’s something pathological about her and is a high indicator of how poor a choice she is for higher office.
bucfan Says:
June 12th, 2009 at 5:56 PM
BTW, what happened to her hair. It is pulled back tighter than spandex shorts on Rush Limbaugh. And Black. And minimal makeup. Trying to act gubinatorial? “””””
Channeling Ruth Buzzy?
Oregon bird
thanks. Good point(s)
Nan
Palin put her 14/15 year old in the spot light as a child who has been molested and raped. We all know who the preggo/knocked up jokes were aimed at. Watch the jokes fly. Jokes Palin created herslef regardin her family & underage kid. What a skankbag. Someone call children & youth!
Sarah Palin is an idjit, married to a fool who use their children to promote their stoopidity.
Like I would tell anyone else (husband, kids, friend) BOO EFFIN HOO. Who said life was fair?
Cowgirl (boy) UP!
(what an Alaskan Pansy)
While the Palins had no problem with attaching the loaded word “rape” to their 15-year old daughter — maybe we shouldn’t. Everyone acknowledges that it wasn’t used until her parents used it, everyone has *seen* that it wasn’t so much as implied, before her parents used it.
I’ve no problem with continuing to whack GINO over the head with her hypocritical accusation of a national figure of paedophilia — but he’s not only an adult, he’s really, really capable of protecting himself. His self-worth isn’t likely to be damaged.
I’m willing to bet Willow has a computer. And if I were here, I’d check out this site.
About Obama’s words: If I remember right, it was in response to a reporter asking a campaigning Obama something about Bristol & the pregnancy. Obama said he wasn’t going there, and that kids – all the kids – were off limits as far as he was concerned.
At least that’s the way I remember seeing it at the time.
Nan
Barf, puke, gag. Need I say more?
rant N rave::: …giving thinking people headaches…
yes she does…LOL
After watching both the Lauer and Blitzer interviews, I’m convinced this woman is delusional and ready to crack. She is an effing mess! I do feel sorry for her young children. I hope someone is giving Trigg the attention he needs because it is evident she does not seem to be involved at all.
bucfan Says:
June 12th, 2009 at 6:41 PM
Oh, and her remark “the candidate who must be obeyed”?
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Just like Jz said “Thanks for having me on Obama’s offical network” or whatever snide thing he said. This people are so disrespectful of PRESIDENT OBAMA!
Yet she gets her panties in a wad if someone says something about her, slutty beotch!
found this on “we’re not that stupid”
http://werenotthatstupid.blogspot.com/2009/06/squeeze-over-sqeezebox-palins-made-room.html
Oh for those with “sensitive eyes”…better skip it…
She is looking for good bumper stickers, one she found…
“BABYLON CALLED.
THEY WANT THEIR WHORE BACK. ”
HeH! ’bout says it all.
Oh, and her remark “the candidate who must be obeyed”? Who is coaching her, JK Rowling? that statement sounds so middle school (sorry to any middle schoolers that I have offended). Then Senator Obama was coming to the defense of her kids. What could the press have reported on his kids, that they don’t do their chores, eat too much sugared cereal? Somehow, now President Obama coming to Sarah’s kids is a sign to her of how the press does what he wants. Hello, neighbor, can you say delusional? I knew you could. And does anyone really believe that the first she heard about DL’s comments were on Zieglers show? You don’t really think that Meg didn’t have her already read into it, and that she didn’t know exactly what questions were coming?
do do do do ,me thinks she is getting ready to blow…Such class..(not)
CCH – I just read a few posts on HuffPo this evening about the discrepancy in Willow’s age. According to her birthdate, she is almost 15-1/2 years old. So either the Palin’s didn’t remember HOW OLD their own daughter is, or they think that 14 sounds “better” than “on the way to 16” when spinning their twisted rape fantasy. Truly disturbing.
What’s in central Texas?
Is she fund raising there? Is she taking a crash course in foreign policy? Is that where Rick Perry is?
Letterman will ignore her. that will be the best way to get her.
Later, he will drop things here and there, drip, drip, drip.
nswfm CA
I don’t believe Willow was at the game, and I’ve never heard Palin say that she was. Wednesday when she was trying to poopoo Dave’s “excuse” that he was joking about Bristol, she said everyone knows “it was Willow at the photo op with Giuliani.” In her typical dishonest fashion, she has just let it go on that she left people believing she was referring to the game, when in fact I don’t believe she was. If she had been, there would have been no reason to explicitly state “… at the photo op …” Her being a lingual nightmare has its advantages – people learn not to listen too closely.
It’s quite obvious that Sarah enjoys being in the spotlight and talking BS.
She has nothing of substance to contribute except being critical of comedians,
President Obama and everyone else who doesn’t think like her. I guess it was
ok for her to suggest the Obama was palling around with terrorist during the
campaign. I didn’t hear her comment to the audience when they shouted out
“kill him” or “terrorist”. SARAH PALIN IS AN ASSHOLE!
I was watching that KO piece, and he shows the interview with Matt Lauer. Once they got to the “Take it how you want to..” comment, I realized that SP’s smirk (sort of a dare-you nah-nah-nah smirk) reminded me of a different interview.
Remember the interview with Ziegler and Contessa whatsit? (can’t think of her last name, sorry) The one where she gave up on trying to get him to do the agreed upon interview? Remember how the entire time, he had that goofy grin, a sort of I-dare-you, nah nah nah smirk on his face?
THAT is what SP reminded me of in that interview with Matt Lauer. The way she sat, the smirky face, the whole thing was eerily similar to JZ. Very … unsettling.
Nan
@ London Bridges #85: Maybe Todd is trying to reveal his daughter was raped. Or maybe they’re trying to reveal their son raped someone’s daughter. They never mention Track anymore…
KO summarized GINO perfectly this evening:
“sanctimonious
holier-than-thou
exploitative
undignified
pedantic
childish
self inflating
insipid
backwards
embarrassing
over reactive
overreaching …
yammering”
#89 BigSlick:
LMAO!!!!! She is too busy rearranging the “deck chairs” to be worrying about that string quartet!
Is there a Top Ten Sarah Palin Contradictions list yet?
10. Pro-life-hunter
9. Turkey pardoner
8. Reformer against use of public office for personal gain
7. Rejecter of federal stimulus funds, acceptor of federal earmarks
6. Do-it-all-mayor…with an administrator
5. Mournful public servant in heels and a mini skirt
4. Non-committed attendee to scheduled events
3. Exxon’s biggest enemy-partner
2. Honest
1. Ethical
If anybody here has “fantasy raped” Willow, it is indeed the GINO and Todd, not DL.
JRC and Crystal Wolf, I hope you can find something else to bond over.
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seattlefan Says:
June 12th, 2009 at 5:12 PM
The latest tweet from the twit! WTF?
# We’re gearing up for a beautiful summer in AK, full of boating, swimming & fishing – plan ahead & bring lifejackets for BOTH adults & kids.33 minutes ago from web
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So, is it “bring lifejackets” says GINO? All she needs is a string quartet and she’s ready for the iceberg!
JRC Says:
June 12th, 2009 at 5:57 PM
@crystalwolf
Why go there? Why? Tacky doesn’t equal sexual. Makeup doesn’t equal sexual. It just doesn’t. Does she look professional and polished? No. She doesn’t. She looks like someone trying to look that way but without the know-how to do so. For some people, flash=glamour not trash.
But no matter what ANYONE wears, they are never.freaking.asking.for.it.unless.you.hear.them.say.yes.
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Who said “she was asking for it”? Just like who said “insinuated that her 14 was gang raped” SHE & Dud SAID that NOT letterman.
And I did not say she was asking for anything…except of course publicity, sympathy always playing the victim and trying to drum up money!
Yes she is tacky, that is putting mildly.
With her winkin’ and blinkin’ she is a sorry excuse for a supposed Professional woman/business woman.
She is desperately trying to draw attention to herself and her “family” and neglects her duties as a gov. Where is her announcement of Federal fund for flood victims? She is playing this up so people will feel sorry for her and not remember how she plagiarized a speech last week. How she just finalized the pipeline to nowhere and screwed Alaskans.
Yeah “screw political correctness” and screw her…the sooner she fades away the better, people are damn sick of her!
for the life of me, I can not see why people like her. They must be very superficial.
anastasia p “It’s hard to believe someone that ignorant is so overconfident and feels so entitled”
There it is the fact of the day!
Maybe Todd is attempting to make a true declarative statement? His daughter was raped at age 14?
Just for fun I’m posting some definitions here with Ms. Palin in mind. I got these from my widget dictionary/thesaurus on my Mac.
Hypocrisy:
The practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one’s own behavior does not conform; pretense
Synonym: (There were many but I chose these) false virtue, posturing, empty talk, duplicity, piousness
Antonym: Sincerity
Well, I think that pretty much sums up what Palin is. They should put her picture next to the word in the dictionary.
Palin is proving she is a delusional lunatic. The most politically out of touch politician in history.
@crystalwolf
Why go there? Why? Tacky doesn’t equal sexual. Makeup doesn’t equal sexual. It just doesn’t. Does she look professional and polished? No. She doesn’t. She looks like someone trying to look that way but without the know-how to do so. For some people, flash=glamour not trash.
But no matter what ANYONE wears, they are never.freaking.asking.for.it.unless.you.hear.them.say.yes.
BTW, what happened to her hair. It is pulled back tighter than spandex shorts on Rush Limbaugh. And Black. And minimal makeup. Trying to act gubinatorial? And can she look anymore glib? Whooo Hooo, Go Mike Hawker, go Hawker, it’s your birthday, it’s your birthday. Watching channel 11 and Hawker is jumping on her for her lack of action in fighting sexual assaults in Alaska. Gotta give it to him for standing up to her. And he is going after her regarding the relationship between her family and the state troopers. I am glad to see a member of her own party leading the charge. She can’t really say it is partisan. And one of her stooges is defending her. What else is new?
Okay, I just have to say that her strategy of pretending she IS an actual metaphor for; Real Americans, Alaskans, Women, Young Women, Hockey Moms, Working Moms, Disabled Children, Flight Attendent etc…so when people critic HER (not whatever stereotype she’s pretending to represent at the time) she can stand up and tell all of US that we’re being attacked…is getting really old.
The whole country should not have to share in the anger she feels towards her critics.
looked at ADN and saw this comment:
mine32368 wrote on 06/12/2009 10:05:32 AM:
Oh Good GOD! LET IT GO PALIN!!!! No one knew you were there at the game with Willow, or any child for that matter, it was a joke, then after the fact you said you were there with Willow… By the way, You pay back the money you owe the State for Kids free travel yet?
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I hope Andree Mcleod and the others are watching to make sure she does, along with all the other ethical lapses…..
And why has NO ONE come forward with an actual clear photo of Willow at the game if she really was there? How about Rudy G coming to her defense and showing actual proof instead of pics of Rudy’s wife?
Just like she ran for mayor on an ANTI-CHOICE platform, she now sees this as one of those red-meat “culture war” issues that she can take, run with and milk for all it’s worth.
Pathetic.
Sarah Palin makes my ears bleed…and she is now caught in another lie, as her daughter Willow is 15 and a half, AND was not at the Yankee game
Hey people, that was satire on the slutty flight attendants from the Horowitz thing.
watch dave tonight so his numbers will stay up. Like her base watches Letterman anyway.
Isabella Says:
June 12th, 2009 at 5:21 PM
Good God, this is Palin’s base.
The protest march, organized by the National Association of Slutty Flight Attendants, attracted as many as twenty thousand slutty marchers, according to NYPD estimates.
“Say it loud, we’re slutty and proud!” chanted the protesters, who lined the sidewalks in front of Mr. Letterman’s studio to show their support for the Alaska governor.
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Well at least they admitted they were slutty!
I have to agree. The MSM noted that Willow turned up at an official event wearing cut-off short shorts and a halter top.
The only appropriate response from Letterman at this point is to note that, as Governor Palin is taking so much interest in his work, he’d like to demonstrate his interest in hers. Then deliver a Top Ten of Things Any Governor Should Find More Important Than A Bad Joke.
10. Large Pits Full Of Black Stuff Surrounded by.. oh, maybe water — or hey, lava?
9. Finding Housing For Released Federal Felons
8. Wearing Just The Right Shoes For Pictures Taken In Texas… I like red, myself, but Joe Scarsborough goes for ankle boots with cute little cows on them
7. Figuring Out If You’re Making A Senate Appointments List, Or Checking It Twice
6. Choosing Whose Statement You’re Mis-stating Today — really, you don’t want to just declare that everyone agrees with you, no matter what they *said*. A wise woman — possibly Sotomayor, could be — once said, “Pace yourself, honey!”
I’m leaving the Top 5 to someone else!
Could you guys in Alaska PLEASE take this woman back? And maybe place her on an ice floe and send her out to sea? This woman has done NOTHING but exploit her kids to enhance her public image (or whatever it is she thinks she is doing; it’s gotten so confused I’m not really sure) so for her to say they are “off limits” is just laughable. Who cares about ANY of these Palin kids, and who would EVER talk about them if they stayed home in Alaska, stayed in school and didn’t make constant public appearances, trotted out to show what a wonderful happy Mommy Sarah is. The only thing dazzling about her is her sheer gall. It’s hard to believe someone that ignorant is so overconfident and feels so entitled.
JRC Says:
June 12th, 2009 at 5:20 PM
I find the sexualization of a young woman and Gov. Palin to be really awful. I don’t support it.
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I think GINO sexualizes herself by dressing inappropriately at State functions smears on her makeup like a trollop, red “ho” shoes, she parades her pregnant daughter on the stage for all to see during the campaign, Bristol is now the poster child for unwed teen motherhood then parades her for a campaign of “abstinence” with a company that promotes its products with a ads like this:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/raim0007/gwss3307_fall2007/markisadumbass.jpg
She went on to a parade with daughter Willow dressed unappropriately or “sexualized” in short, short “daisy dukes” and too tight shirt.
WTF are you talking about???
I was over at ADN going back and forth with the Palinbots about Willow’s age.
Sarah said this morning on the Today Show, my “14 year old” daughter. This age (14) has been kicked around all week. In checking, I remembered an old People Mag. from last Sept. that said she was 14. Then, WiKiAnswera.com, shows her as being born on Jan. 21, 1994. In Dr. CBJ’s letter to the RNC,
she stated SP had one birth in 1994 which I would assume would be Willow.
The Palinbots were trying to say she was 13 during the campaign last Fall.
They had a link to a press release from the Gov.’s office that was made after Trig was born (4-18-2008), that showed Willow’s age as 13.
If she was born on Jan. 21, 1994, she’s 15…right? The Wiki site shows her being born in 1995 with no month or day.
Anyone know the truth here?
Thanks!
Isabella,
Andy Borowitz *only* writes spoof pieces. Funny as anything, but total spoof.
Nan 🙂
seattlefan Says:
June 12th, 2009 at 5:19 PM
Isabella…still no announcement of flood relief…
I know. I’ve been checking. I guess she hasn’t heard yet. Lol! Now that she’s going boating, I guess she is done trashing DL. What a total loser she is!!!!
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‘course not! Its money from the “FED”s doncha know!
Hmm. I heard her interview with Ziegler and I don’t recall her defending flight attendants. I think her first reaction was to call him pathetic. Doesn’t she realize that the interview was recorded? Geez, you would think that she would try and rewrite history on something important. And I wish Lauer would have turned her pedophile comments against her, in terms of if she is so concerned about young women (saying Letterman should apologize to all of them) what has she down in her capacity as governor to help bring down the rate of sexual assault in Alaska, the highest per capita in the country. I just would have liked to see her skate out of that one. By her bringing up rape, violence against women, perversion, etc, I think she has opened herself up to scrutiny over her inactions regarding the domestic violence and sexual assault rates in Alaska.
Good God, this is Palin’s base.
The protest march, organized by the National Association of Slutty Flight Attendants, attracted as many as twenty thousand slutty marchers, according to NYPD estimates.
“Say it loud, we’re slutty and proud!” chanted the protesters, who lined the sidewalks in front of Mr. Letterman’s studio to show their support for the Alaska governor.
Kendra Kalounis, the executive director of the slutty flight attendants’ group, said she had canceled a tanning appointment to attend the march and added that slutty flight attendants were a political force to be reckoned with.
“Do you know the difference between a regular flight attendant and a slutty one?” she said. “Lipstick.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/slutty-flight-attendants_b_214943.html
I find the sexualization of a young woman and Gov. Palin to be really awful. I don’t support it. I’ve said that on this blog in the past–before Letterman’s moronic and misogynistic comments.
But let’s be clear about something: just this past week (I think) Palin said, quite clearly, “screw political correctness.” Well then. Palin is no feminist. Her anti-choice agenda and sharp elbows make that abundantly clear. Although I think she was referring to issues of race and not gender when she put her raw and bigoted views out there for the world to chew on, she only revealed her ignorance and self-centeredness by using feminist theory to bludgeon Letterman. I continue to be appauled by her arrogance. She fails to see how women who abhor misogyny have worked so hard to protect her right to be a total and complete intellectual asshole regardless of her gender. Personally, I will defend her ability to be a shallow minded jerk in politics regardless of her reproductive abilities. So, if she wants to play that way, I urge EVERYONE to start leveling the playing field for her. Cut the jokes about her appearance, her toes, her hair, her clothes. Everything. Don’t give her any reason to call upon feminists to defend her. Because I will. Please, I beg you, only go after her mental and intellectual abilities. If you do that, you will sink her. I promise.
Isabella…still no announcement of flood relief…
I know. I’ve been checking. I guess she hasn’t heard yet. Lol! Now that she’s going boating, I guess she is done trashing DL. What a total loser she is!!!!
how did Obamma get dragged into this? The only dbl. standard is that jokes about women being “slutty” or “knocked up” are o.k. & jokes about Rush Limbaugh made by women like Wanda Sykes are not. Palin is trying to spin this into a ‘them vs us thing’ because she thinks it will give her political points with her base. I think Letterman was extremely inappropriate but I do not see how it has anything to do with politics. The Gov. is once again using a ‘crisis’ to avoid accountability on questions related to her running again, the recent deal with Exxon, stimulus monies, & anything else related to her job as Gov. I wish Letterman had not said what he did for many reasons, but primarily because it has given Palin yet another week of free media to spew her ridiculous self-centered banter.
Sourdough Mullet #52
that’s hilarious! I can so picture the bottle of valium in her fist. She will be a very poor loser…I can’t wait. This has been a long year and it’s not over yet.
seattlefan “The latest tweet from the twit! WTF?”
Still no announcement of flood relief.
The latest tweet from the twit! WTF?
# We’re gearing up for a beautiful summer in AK, full of boating, swimming & fishing – plan ahead & bring lifejackets for BOTH adults & kids.33 minutes ago from web
btw, I’m still so sick of palin…almost everyone (both sides of aisle) on cable news agrees that she’s not in the running for POTUS, but has anybody told her that? She scares me with her full-steam-ahead, run-into-that-iceberg mindset…I’m still not yet able to relax.
@Marnie #25
lmao on that one! younger siblings learn from the older ones…by example…oh well
if the candies shoes fit
Found this picture of Sarah on the web. It pretty much sums it up, except that she’ll soon be one of those sad-face clowns (with a bottle of Valium in her fist.)
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/funnypictures/ig/Republican-Clowns/Sarah-Palin–Republican-Clown.htm
Kinda OT –
My brother-in-law spliced together a 5-minute closed loop recording of Palin’s voice and is playing it outside his store in Tokyo to drive away loitering teens.
He says it works better than Barry Manilow songs.
Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone would just ignore her and she’d go away…but she won’t, and with book tours ahead and pretending to be something she is not…I am still suspicious about hiding her pregnancy from her family for so long, it appears that she was contemplating abortion for some time, and then did her darndest to do so in coming back to Alaska.., how many marriages broke up due to her HOT factor which she plays up in the most unappropriate places… this gal should be home with her kids, and not traipsing around the country giving thinking people headaches. Methinks the woman protests too much…she was lost to me at the moment of her VP speech playing ‘mean girl’ to the good work that Obama had done in the inner city, her bipartisan persona mask was stripped from her then… AURGH….she is apparently in the pockets of BIG oil as well, and what exactly was her relationship to someone at Transcanada…??? and on and on…
For what it’s worth, here’s my take. Sarah and Toddy dressed up daughter like a hoochiemamma Jr., and went ‘fishing’ for someone to say something. This was all planned to use daughter as they are doing. I don’t think Dave Letterman owes my 14 yr old daughter an apology. She’s not allowed to date, she dresses modestly, and she’s not a Palin.
I took the liberty of sending the Palin’s a list of places on the net, where they can purchase decent clothes for their children, as this must be a huge problem in AK. I also added that if she does not want her children to be targets, she should not paint the bullseye on their fronts and backs.
Marnie Says:
June 12th, 2009 at 4:43 PM
14 Mattie Says:
June 12th, 2009 at 3:39 PM
You are the only one that picked up that Obama was defending her family.
That was my take too. Obama was asking the media to leave Palin’s kids alone. What he said referred to all political children, but the ones getting hit were Palins.
So where’s her thank you or apology?
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It was this morning with her
“he who should be obeyed”
I guess she channeling JZ now! What a Azz, I’m sick of read about this I hope the iceberg hits so we can move on!
Marnie, Mattie and AKM re Obama’s remark about family being offlimits – IMO if we were dealing with a “normal” human being she would have kissed PO’s feet, thanking him for speaking out on her behalf. But we are not dealing with a normal human being here and she is not fit to be anywhere near President Obama’s feet. Would you honestly expect this delusional creature to understand and give thanks and apologise? I don’t think so.
What really got me was how much relish she took in badmouthing Letterman. She was really enjoying the opportunity to be nasty about her superiority in this matter. Not a nice woman at all, no graciousness, no manners.
WOLF interview.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2009/06/12/tsr.intv.sarah.palin.entire.cnn?iref=videosearch
Reposting from open thread:
Oooops… this isn’t going well for Tabloid Tweetie. There are all sorts of new voices springing up on the Internet and media all over who are just horrified at this debacle. Mothers are discussing everywhere how SP is so awful as a parent to bring her children into this negative spotlight.
No matter what the groups are doing (NOW), individuals are feeling indignant and very worried that she could be such a poor mother for dragging this out – and for Willow becoming a very recognizable name with nasty associations. I’ve been going from blog to blog, newsgroups, and media comments and if she thought this was a strike in her favor, she’s very wrong. We may not here these voices very often, but they are always there, within people who read, listen and VOTE. Take heart!
Once more, Palin has successfully diverted the public debate away from more important issues like the alarming rise in rabid right-wing extremism (the murders of Dr. Tiller and Mr. Johns), her recent plagiaristic “book report” speech, and her ineffectiveness and bumbling as a governor.
Dave’s jokes were tasteless but not worthy of a Holy Crusade against the Infidel Media by Palin. She reminds me of a rabid dog on a chain, snarling and lunging at everything…..but just ends up yanking her own neck over and over.
She’s an unstable and untutored absurdity…..and a glutton for punishment.
14 Mattie Says:
June 12th, 2009 at 3:39 PM
You are the only one that picked up that Obama was defending her family.
That was my take too. Obama was asking the media to leave Palin’s kids alone. What he said referred to all political children, but the ones getting hit were Palins.
So where’s her thank you or apology?
some satire on the subject:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/slutty-flight-attendants_b_214943.html
She seems more upset about the double-standard rather than the content of DL’s words. And, notice she always brings the debate back to the days of the campaign. The “campaign” is over, done, in the past. Her children since the campaign have been brought to attention many times by herself through press releases and statements.
Why can’t she learn to keep the kids at home next time. Here’s an idea; take them on a private family vacation, like regular folk, away from publicity.
I think we can officially label Palin a Political Hypochondriac.
I don’t like jokes about crimes committed against women; however, I didn’t get that from Letterman’s joke.
Hopefully the Palins were as “outraged” at Levi when he “knocked-up” their underage daughter.
#35/Marnie
LOL! Great point! She needs to get a dictionary and look up some of these terms she is throwing around.
This human defies belief . . . . . and she’s dangerous.
Hey Lynnrockets–have you seen this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DIc8jdra0o&eurl=http://www.dailykos.com/%20story/2008/10/6/224619/989/159/622263
Sorry, I’m not sure how to embed a link : (
UK Lady Says:
June 12th, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Big Slick – LOVE the Beavis & Butthead!!
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Glad you appreciated it. My 11-year-old has just gone through a “Beavis phase” so for me it was very timely.
# 32 z Says: June 12th, 2009 at 4:22 PM
New York State Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, a Republican, is calling on the CEO of CBS to fire David Letterman for crude comments he made about Sarah Palin and her daughter.
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Yeah, right after they fire the hatemongers on Fox.
Anyone see the Wolf Blitzer interview with her this afternoon? That will probably be a whole new thread. She is crazy! I think she is truly on drugs. You can see it in her eyes and in her actions. She seemed to be gleeful and so pleased with herself. Eeecch!
She needs to
I just picked up this part of her interview from Washington Montyly
“On the “Today” show from Texas on Friday morning, where the governor is promoting a gas pipeline for her state, she characterized Mr. Letterman’s remarks as a reference to “statutory rape” and called it a sad commentary about today’s culture that this sort of discussion would be considered comedy. ”
Interesting that Palin herself refers to the fictional sex act between Letterman and her 14 year old as statutory rape. That would infer that the act was consensual on the part of both parties. It’s the ages of the two parties that would make it “statutory.”
If the 14 year old did not consent and the act was forced on her, it would be plain old rape.
So Sarah just inferred that her 14 year old is an easy lay.
Sarah, you are so stupid you make my skin hurt.
Gov. Sarah Palin – Would you please sign off for me to confer with Dr. Cathy Baldwin Johnson ? I think there are some serious issues you need help with.
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Yet no doubt NYS Brian Klb has not mentioned the crude hate mongering speech coming from Bill O’Rielly and his ilk that has actually gotten people killed.
New York State Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, a Republican, is calling on the CEO of CBS to fire David Letterman for crude comments he made about Sarah Palin and her daughter.
She is proving she was a “really” small town mayor with all those silly hillbilly feuds and grudges.
This woman is really beginning to make my soul hurt.I honestly just want to never again see her face or hear her voice. I wish her and her family a long and healthy, happy life. I just want them all to meld back into the millions of American families that I know nothing about.
Silver lining
The old school GOP elite must be suffering even more than all of us.
Open letter to Sarah Palin – Don’t forget the Peter Principle
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/6/12/741856/-Open-Letter-to-Sarah-Palin:-Remember-the-Peter-Principle!-
Big Slick – LOVE the Beavis & Butthead!!
That’s right AKM…if we must…lol,
I’m glad she did the ”totally setup” Today Show (Lauer sort of redeemed himself at the end). At least, the whole nation can see her duplicitous, stammering, yammering.
First of all, she IS NOT a candidate for anything. She should stop talking about it.
Second, she pimped her family to us incessantly. Obama did not.
Third, Obama is not to blame for people dishing her family, Obama did not.
Fourth, she didn’t say a word and still hasn’t when SNL did a whole skit about
daughters and incest with their father.
Fifth, by Sarah’s standards Bristol was statutorily raped, impregnated (twice?), and Sarah supported this whole scenario and STILL does.
Sixth, she better be filing statutory rape charges against Willow’s boyfriend who she is most likely sleeping with if she follows in her Mom’s and Sister’s footsteps.
If anyone knows definitvely about Babygate, now is the time to make it known so that this sympathy fit being bought by so many in the lower 48 will know the extent of her true duplicity.
RE: 19 BigSlick Says:
June 12th, 2009 at 3:48 PM
The link provided is Beavis & Butthead, and not necessarily to everyone’s taste. Please provide necessary warnings to links provided — Mudflats isn’t one of the sites that older children should need to be barred from!
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mae lewis Says:
June 12th, 2009 at 3:41 PM
If Sarah Palin is the new face of Women’s Rights, I hope that she understands that would include women’s reproductive rights, and women’s right to control their own reproductive choices. It is also time for her to denounce those in her party who have made sexist remarks, including McCain, O’Reilly, Limbaugh, et al. While she is at it, denounce beauty pageants, the Candies exploitation of sexy preteens, using Bristol for political gain. And while we are at it, why single out women for special rights? Aren’t all people asking for the same rights, as shown in Anchorage’s recent hearings about equal rights in housing and jobs for ALL people, regardless of sexual orientation. Finally, Sarah can stand up for racial, sexual and all other forms of equality! What a spokesperson!
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Her head would explode.
Mattie Says:
June 12th, 2009 at 3:39 PM
You are the only one that picked up that Obama was defending her family.
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When Obama said families are off limits, he explained very carefully that it wasn’t just the Obama family, it was ALL families involved.
McCain soon mimicked this in his own call for families to be left out.
And then Sarah paraded her kids across every stage she could.
I don’t know how Lauer didn’t bust out laughing at her responses. Her word salad gets worse by the day. Her dialog could be used as a teaching device for psycologists. “O.K. students, see how many Freudian slips are made per response. What is her body language actually saying? And for extra credit points, name at least two delusions Sarah Palin is operating under.”
Seattlefan Said: Palin doesn’t even get it that the comment Obama made about families being off limits was in response to all the gossip that was being circulated at the time about HER family and that he didn’t want anyone in his campaign participating in that whole mess. Her comment to Lauer was the after he made that comment the press left HIS family alone.
Nice job Seattlefan, this is absolutely correct. Obama said this to help protect the Palin kids, and she continually throws this comment around every few weeks like Obama is masterminding all the bad PR that she is responsible for. Palin has issues…. and she’s evil.
SlappyOC “Great Daily Dish summary of this whole feud.”
FABULOUS read, thanks for sharing.
Palin lies … claims Obama told left leaning MSM to “back off” his family and they did.
Truth…. Obama said “back off” Palin’s children.
MONROE, Michigan (CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama said firmly that families are off-limits in the campaign for president, reacting to news that GOP running mate Sarah Palin’s 17-year-old daughter is pregnant.
“Let me be as clear as possible,” Obama said. “I think people’s families are off-limits, and people’s children are especially off-limits. This shouldn’t be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Gov. Palin’s performance as governor or her potential performance as a vice president.”
I am re-posting this from the Open Thread as it is timely….
Did Sarah just make a threat against Letterman? Or did Willow? Or was Sarah encouraging Willow to assault Letterman?
On the today show she said:
“Hey, take it however you want to take it,” she said. “It is a comment that came from the heart that Willow, no doubt, would want to stay away from David Letterman after he made such a comment. And you can interpret that however you want to interpret it.”
“Well is that not perhaps in bad taste also, governor?” Lauer asked.
“No, it’s not in bad taste,” she said. “Hey, maybe he couldn’t be trusted because Willow’s had enough of this type of comments and maybe Willow would want to react to him in a way that maybe would catch him off guard. That’s one way to interpret such a comment.”
Here’s how I would respond if I were Dave:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPKP86P8Fwc&feature=related
Hehe hehehehehe hehe
CrabbyPatty “But, seriously, I think this “situation” shows that the Palins have truly lost it. What sort of parents use their children as PR ammunition”
You are voicing the turning of the tide. A real mother shudders at the thought of rape. You raise your children to protect themselves, you watch over them, your life is dedicated to not putting them in harms way and shielding them from unhealthy influences.
Palin, she conjured the episode of rape. She fueled the flames of imagination of her child being taken advantage of.
Palin’s are INSANE.
We are exposed daily to true life horrific sick bastards raping children and here Palin, is creating a fiction, a long reach from a 5 second comment into a scenario of sexual assault. She is truly f’ed up, in the head.
I’m suspecting that down the road, Willow will fall victim to her mother’s craziness. Whether she has a couple of kids or not. And don’t forget who’s waiting in the wings – Piper! It doesn’t matter to SP who she harms with her generic dumbness.
She uses her kids as toys and fools. This is not mom material. This is an abusive woman pandering her kids to try and create publicity for herself.
Stay tuned and watch to see what she does next. Aside from the drugged baby question – which has never been answered.
All of this amounts to child abuse. You don’t have to hit a child to hurt or damage them. Look at Bristol and now Willow. Is there a prayer that she won’t turn to Piper next as some victimhood is needed?
Aside from being outright psychotic, she has exposed her children to the nasty side of the world, the one she inhabits.
If Sarah Palin is the new face of Women’s Rights, I hope that she understands that would include women’s reproductive rights, and women’s right to control their own reproductive choices. It is also time for her to denounce those in her party who have made sexist remarks, including McCain, O’Reilly, Limbaugh, et al. While she is at it, denounce beauty pageants, the Candies exploitation of sexy preteens, using Bristol for political gain. And while we are at it, why single out women for special rights? Aren’t all people asking for the same rights, as shown in Anchorage’s recent hearings about equal rights in housing and jobs for ALL people, regardless of sexual orientation. Finally, Sarah can stand up for racial, sexual and all other forms of equality! What a spokesperson!
Oops, posted the link I followed from Facebook!
Here is the regular link: http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-06-12/palin-cant-outsmart-letterman/full/
You are the only one that picked up that Obama was defending her family.
On another thread someone mentioned a SNL skit about the Palin family and incest. It didn’t stop her from doing the show when it would help her cmapaign.
Here are the photos of Trig going to SNL. He has that out cold look but Sarah looks “hot.”
Live From New York! It’s Saturday Night Palin! Photos!
http://tiny.cc/8FzFw
http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/archive/2008/10/19/live-from-new-york-it-s-saturday-night-palin-photos.aspx
“She looks scrumptious in a miniskirt and leather boots, carrying her son Trig. Sarah, 44 ‘
Great Daily Dish summary of this whole feud.
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=93648236365&h=mBnju&u=VU63Z&ref=nf
The Tabloid Tweeter just goes on, and on, and on – right into oblivion.
From AKM above:
Palin: Hey, maybe he couldn’t be trusted because Willow’s has had enough of this type of comments. Maybe Willow would want to…uh….uh…uh..react to him in a way that..uh…would catch him off guard. That’s one way to interpret such a comment.
So wouldn’t that actually mean that Willow couldn’t be trusted?
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What is she saying, that Willow would kick Dave in the groin?
And Lori, I do feel sorry for Willow having those two nutz as parents. It’s too bad Child Protective Services haven’t paid a visit to this crazy household, where kids lose their underwear, per Great Grandpa Heath.
That is the point, she is the one who put willow in the spotlight, I’m sure dave didn’t know there was a willow.
Ah, blah, sorry folks but FFFFFFFFF_____________her. She won the first hand, moderates said, well yeah, kina see the point, liberals said, well, maybe a bit too far, then couldn’t shut the H——-ll up. She had to turn it into a child rape, Letterman is a molester thing, Just like Palin, overboard in every area. I say GO DAVE! Hope he rips her a new one every week. Hope SNL takes it to the limit. Olbermann did a kick a job, while Limbaugh blames the liberals for the right wing Holocaust wacknut. Keep it up GOP. Hope you disappear FOREVER!
Palin doesn’t even get it that the comment Obama made about families being off limits was in response to all the gossip that was being circulated at the time about HER family and that he didn’t want anyone in his campaign participating in that whole mess. Her comment to Lauer was the after he made that comment the press left HIS family alone.
Am I remembering this correctly? If so, why don’t these guys correct her and call her out?
Where is child protective services in AK? Do they report to Palin?
You know, most of the time I read news about Palin with an air of disbelief and “what on earth is she going to do next” – sort of like that crazy aunt who shows up at family reunions wearing her bra on the outside of her clothes and thinks Jesus is speaking to her through her muffin tins.
But, seriously, I think this “situation” shows that the Palins have truly lost it. What sort of parents use their children as PR ammunition? In order to deflect a poor Letterman joke about Palin’s stewardess apparrell, she and Todd make this into something about STATUTORY RAPE, thus forever entwining Willow / rape together in the national psyche (much like Bristol and “WTF Abstinence????” are there now). I just shudder to think of what Piper is going to be linked to — you know, the next time Palin wants a bit more media attention.
Hmmm. Interesting Greta, did not NOT only get the first interview, no sound bite either?
I think that it is curious that Greta admitted she was a feminist when she was talking about this subject. The email was probably from her, where else would palin meet a feminist? Did greta stand up for the awful way foxnews talked about hilary? I don’t think so. Palin is a media whore. If she were president what would she do press the red button if someone said something about her or one of her kids?
She loves it! her body language, speaks more honestly then her words.
You think Palin, told Today, not to be asked about, Letterman? She pulled her snarky face when Matt, introduced the topic.
And the hits just keep on comin’ How do Alaskans keep their sanity?