FYI Sal, this what a feminist looks like: http://tinyurl.com/ksscdd http://riverdaughter.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/this-is-what-a-feminist-looks-like/
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunsh...@...> wrote: > > On Jun 12, 2009, at 1:08 PM, Alex Stanley wrote: > > >> He was talking about Bristol, genius, > >> which he explained and would have > >> been obvious to anyone with an > >> ounce of common sense. > > > > The joke was about Palin's daughter getting knocked up at a Yankees > > game during their recent trip to NY. Thing is, it was 14 year old > > Willow who attended that game, not Bristol. So it's not at all > > unreasonable to assume that the joke was about Willow getting > > knocked up. As much as I dislike Palin's politics, I perfectly > > understand her rejecting Letterman's "apology" as bullshit. > > Alex, your theory is absurd, and nobody else > feels this way except a few loonies. Take a look > at the picture of Bristol and Willow in the website > following, and see if they don't look alike. > > http://blog.buzzflash.com/analysis/813 > > And from that same article: > > > Margaret Carlson of Bloomberg News put it best when talking to Keith > > Olbermann last night on "Countdown." > > > > "David Letterman did not drag the 14-year-old daughter into this. > > The Palins dragged the 14-year-old daughter into it. And it was > > absolutely egregious. And they obviously hunger for this kind of > > melodrama." > > > > Just about anybody -- literally -- understood that when Letterman > > made the jokes about Alex Rodriguez and Eliot Spitzer, he was > > talking about Bristol, not Willow. If by some chance you believe > > Willow was the target, the jokes don't make sense, and Rodriguez and > > Spitzer would have excellent libel suits ready and willing to file > > against the late-night comedian. > > The Palins are shameless about using their > kids as political props, and this is just one > more fine example. > > Sal >
