Famecrawler
‘Fire Letterman’ Protest At Ed Sullivan Theater Today
Last week, David Letterman accidentally picked a fight with the Palins. His jokes about their 14 year-old daughter Willow (who Dave mistook for 18 year-old Bristol) have become a rally point for angry parent crusader types.
Now, it appears that even Sarah Palin can’t call off the dogs. Even though she reportedly accepted Letterman’s apology, organizers are holding a protest today at 4:30 to ask CBS to fire Letterman!
The all-important rally, which will hopefully cleanse the soul of the American media (heavy sarcasm intended), meets at the Ed Sullivan theater this afternoon. Be there and be square.
Sometimes a politician gets a golden opportunity to pretend to stand up for women/children/all the underdogs of the world, and they turn a seemingly insignificant incident into a crusade.
As usual, campaigns about nothing and for nothing generally get hijacked by bottom feeding politicos and become an outlet for general frustrations… eventually reduced to a mob mentality.
I think that’s a pretty fair description of what has happened with the David Letterman vs. Palin thing.
No doubt, Letterman’s joke was crude … and he admitted that it was a mistake. But casting David Letterman as a child predator or a sponsor of underage rape is just a little out of proportion. In fact, it’s just plain ridiculous.
Right? Should Letterman’s 27-year career in late night TV really get taken down over this? Is this all a covert attempt to boost Conan’s ratings?
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Marcia commented on Jun 16 09 at 2:17 pmI couldn’t agree more. Letterman has apologized and it’s been accepted so let the controversy die. That said though, maybe Gov. Palin should be thanking Letterman…were it not for this controversy would so much ink and oxygen have been spent on her. Can’t wait for 2012! (Sigh!)
Kelsey commented on Jun 16 09 at 7:20 pmMove on–this is really getting old. IMO this is a very dysfunctional family that creates drama about everything.
johnn commented on Jun 16 09 at 9:08 pmHad that been one of my daughters he trashed like that he would have an even fatter nose than he does now. But he has a daughter of his own whom he has left open to conjecture. And some wise punk will someday call her a bastard child and her mother a whore…then watch his outrage!
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