Letterman Responds To Palin Over Jokes Tonight (VIDEO)

David Letterman responded to Sarah Palin on his show Wednesday night after the Alaska governor slammed the "Late Show" host for a series of jokes he made about her and her family Monday. Palin accused Letterman of making "disgusting" and "sexually perverted" jokes about one of her daughters, including one about her daughter being impregnated by Alex Rodriguez at a Yankees game. She had also criticized Letterman for a joke about her looking like a "slutty flight attendant," which she deemed "pretty pathetic."

In a segment that lasted over 7 minutes, Letterman read the statements issued by Sarah and Todd Palin expressing their outrage about parts of his Top 10 list and then went through the offending jokes one-by-one to both apologize for and defend their content. "I'm telling you, I recognize that these are ugly. These are actually ugly. These are borderline... but again, in an act of desperation to get cheap laughs, which is what I've been doing for the last 30 years," Letterman said.

Despite maintaining his usual tone of playful sarcasm as he discussed his flap with Palin, Letterman did respond seriously to the charge that he had made a rape joke about a 14-year-old girl: "These are not jokes made about her 14-year-old daughter. I would never, never make jokes about raping or having sex of any description with a 14-year-old girl," he said. Letterman insisted the jokes were intended to be about Bristol, who is 18-years-old. "Am I guilty of poor taste? Yes. Did I suggest that it was OK for her 14-year-old daughter to be having promiscuous sex? No."

He concluded by inviting Palin to come be a guest on his show.

Video here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/11/letterman-responds-to-pal_n_214128.html

Boy the Palin's must real fuckin stupid now.

and put's Caribou Barbie and the First Dood's hysterical over-the-top drama acting up for mocking

When is the Right Wing going to be offended by Ted Nugent having sex with a fifteen-year-old?

... in politics.

Apparently this whole thing got started because Letterman asked her to appear on the show and she declined, instead, attending an autism awareness/support event.

Now, that's WONDERFUL that she took time out to help kids with autism .... but how many people saw that?

And how many people watch Letterman?

A smart politician NEVER passes up a chance for free advertising.

the fact that Letterman will make this a bit and carry this controversy on for a long time so as to continually put her name out there and keep her in the minds and hearts of the American people. As I recall - she made some wild ass comments while on the campaign trail herself. She can dish it out but can't take it. Bottom line though - I think her outrage to Letterman is 'faux' outrage with the purpose of hoping Letterman will draw this out for a long time to continue to get laughs from it - and allow her to continue to extend her 15 minutes of fame well beyond its reasonable time limit.

and there you have it.

If she plans to run for president she needs to expect that she will be a top target of late night comedians (and her family too). She will be a top target because she is such an inviting one. Perhaps instead of spending time responding to jokes by Letterman she should try and educate herself as she certainly doesn't have the intelligence to be president. They may not care in Alaska that she is a nitwit, but in the country I think it will be a big issue just as it was when she ran for VP.