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NYTimes: LETTERMAN To Stick With CBS At Least Till 2012!!

Published at:  Jun 11, 2009 2:12:31 AM CDT


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No one knows how long Jay Leno will last at 10 p.m. over at NBC, but David Letterman – who just beat “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien” for the first time Tuesday night – will continue hosting CBS’ “The Late Show” at least until August 2012, according to New York Times late-night TV maven Bill Carter.

As expected, Letterman agreed to a reduced license fee for the extension, not a big deal for one of the richest men in television. Not only has Letterman reportedly been getting north of $30 million annually for “The Late Show,” he’s still reaping the syndication rewards of Worldwide Pants’ megahit “Everybody Loves Raymond.”

Find all of Carter’s story on the matter here.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 3:19:21 PM CDT

    lame

    by mrhyde

    support conan.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 3:32:25 PM CDT

    Been a Conan fan since 1994...

    by ronald raygun

    but watching him fake laugh at everything Eddie Murphy said last night (only some of it was actually funny) makes me think 11:30 will eventually force him to completely homogenize himself. Conan's jokes are definately better, but Dave is a more interesting personality, in my opinion. I'm betting a year from now David will get crankier and edgier and Conan will get more and more bland. I'll stick with Conan for the time being though.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 3:33:37 PM CDT

    His wife is a homely looking slut and his kid is a bastard.

    by cotton mcknight

    That's Dave's kind of humor isn't it? Looking forward to 3 more years of that.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 3:45:51 PM CDT

    Letterman is Great

    by willferret

    Letterman will outlive Leno, guaranteed, Quadruple bypass and all. Leno is not a fan of comedy, and was in it for the money from the beginning (to finance his car collection). Letterman's legacy has been defined by the thousands of comics who he has influenced (Stewart, O'brien, etc.) Letterman's show will outlast Leno's amateur 10 o'clock show on NBC, guaranteed. The real man has won. Jeff Zucker and JaY Leno will die a fiery death sucking each others penis. They deserve to die in hell. I will kill them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Jun 10, 2009 3:46:29 PM CDT

    I am Will Ferrel BTW

    by willferret

  • Jun 10, 2009 3:47:01 PM CDT

    Better than Ferguson!

    by lockesbrokenleg

    Ferguson just puts me to sleep. Anyone remember Kilborn? He was just like Conan.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 3:50:06 PM CDT

    He had better guest this week

    by erichaislar

    Howard Stern and Julie Roberts of course he is going to win. Lets see what happens 3 months from now when they are just doing the Norm.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 3:56:45 PM CDT

    Letterman's been phoning it in for a while

    by kief_ledger

    besides the occasional great interview, you can tell he really doesn't give a shit and puts forth no effort whatsoever.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 4:00:15 PM CDT

    WillFerret if you are Will Ferrel

    by thelordofhell

    Land Of The Lost was a piece of shit. I saw a free preview and I want my 2 hours back you fuck.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 4:23:28 PM CDT

    Letterman sucks.

    by spaceworlder

    I hope America is having a temporary lapse in taste.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 4:43:56 PM CDT

    old people...

    by maxwell's hammer

    ...don't know what to do now that their only choices are Letterman and Conan.

    As for myself, a swinging hipster, I'm torn now that I have to choose between Conan, Letterman, and Colbert!!

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  • Jun 10, 2009 4:45:45 PM CDT

    Watched ONE interview on new Conan: Anna Friel

    by chromedome

    as ALWAYS. that tool talked more about himself--every single thing she said was a chance for him to relate something from his own past, etc.Long Live Letterman.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 4:49:59 PM CDT

    Oh well...

    by spaceworlder

    Most of Letterman's audience aren't long for this world anyways.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 4:52:17 PM CDT

    He pissed off the Palins last night.

    by mjgtexas

    So he still counts for something.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 4:54:40 PM CDT

    Letterman & Ferguson

    by caseymccall

    Thé best way to end your weekday. Period.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 4:56:13 PM CDT

    Hmmm....

    by hideoussecretion

    I'd say get the old fuck off the air since he stopped being funny ages ago, but the new crop is even worse. Ferguson is alright. Conan is already taking cock. And Jimmy Fallon!?! I hope he is raped by bears. And Letterman's Palin jokes last couple nights were so sad. An old man trying to be edgy.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 4:58:02 PM CDT

    c'mon now, don't forget jimmy fallon

    by thebaxter

    he's the new king of comedy. he's so funny he makes himself laugh. every. single. joke.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 5:03:07 PM CDT

    Letterman

    by tenenbaum

    Dave increasingly more bored and disinterested with his show each night. Surprised he signed on for another 4 years.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 5:06:36 PM CDT

    ^^^^^^^^

    by creative1

    Who thought giving Jimmy Fallon a talk show was a good idea? That

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  • Jun 10, 2009 5:07:21 PM CDT

    ^^^^^^

    by creative1

    guy cracks himself up all the time.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 5:12:01 PM CDT

    Conan was a bad decision...

    by moosemalloy

    ... but was the only choice around I guess. As "chromedome" mentions above, Conan's "me, me, me" act was already old and tired when he was on his late spot. NBC should have just left things alone for at least three more years. Fallon is an insane and unprepared idiot. Will someone please give TOM GREEN a talk show on a major network (yes, I know about tomgreen.com).

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  • Jun 10, 2009 5:24:06 PM CDT

    Letterman til he's a Deaderman

    by zooch

    He'll never quit.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 5:38:36 PM CDT

    Conan then Ferguson is pretty good

    by adelai niska

    But Colbert with the USO has been classic

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  • Jun 10, 2009 5:51:02 PM CDT

    Conando

    by doctor cosmic

    I love Conan, but the last few nights have been painful. It seems he's really affected by that focus group he dead.

    I say fuck the old fogies who don't "get" Conan. The man is a Harvard-educated genius and one of the funniest men alive.

    As for The Tonight Show, I honestly stopped caring when Carson left. So I'd have been happy to have Conan keep going in his old timeslot forever.

    I want him to succeed, but not if he has to someone he isn't, pandering to the old morons and other 11:30 idiots who think he's untalented because they're too stupid to understand his humor.

    If he starts to lose himself, I hope he bails on The Tonight Show and starts a new 1230 show where he can be himself again.

    Oh, and by the way: FUCK YOU CONAN HATERS! GO MASTURBATE TO YOUR JAY LENO HEADLINE BOOKS, YOU FUCKS!

    Doc

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  • Jun 10, 2009 6:03:51 PM CDT

    Will he be making pedophile jokes till then?

    by jbs9200

    Will he be making pedophile jokes till then?
    Maybe the misogynist old fart will find his missing "funny" by making more jokes about having sex with a 14-year old girl
    You stay classy Dave.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 6:10:38 PM CDT

    That'll get him to retirement age

    by snootyboots

    if he's not there already.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 6:17:30 PM CDT

    Jon Stewart should replace Letterman

    by chezking

    He's the only guy who could replace Letterman on the Late Show. He would appeal to a more cerebral audience and still be able to maintain that much needed goofy hip comedy that will bring in the kids. He's actually the perfect replacement.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 6:17:48 PM CDT

    Palin's daughter is a slut jokes

    by jonsnow

    Letterman has long since left anything approaching commedy when he went on a weird and venal tirade over of all things a daughter of a potential President of the United States. It's a sad day when attacking a young girl passes for humor when in fact all it is is him just being a lapdog for Obama.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 6:23:29 PM CDT

    Jon Stewart should, but he won't...

    by digital8

    People will claim Jon Stewart is biased even though he makes fun of Republicans and Democrats. He makes fun of Republicans more, but that's because they give him more material to work with...

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  • Jun 10, 2009 6:28:26 PM CDT

    Conan PWNS Letterman

    by turd furgeson

    Game over, good night, thanks for playing!

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  • Jun 10, 2009 6:31:14 PM CDT

    Letterman, O'Brien and Colbert. You could do worse

    by creasybear

    for your choices. Now that Leno is finally gone, I actually have to use the remote control for a late night buffet.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 7:09:48 PM CDT

    Conan > Letterman > Leno

    by hb_dad

    I think that about sums it up!

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  • Jun 10, 2009 7:23:42 PM CDT

    Can't we all just get along?

    by cherryvalance

    I like all of them to varying degrees. I usually go by the guests but when it's a tie, I'll probably go with Dave and Craig.

    I was expecting Jimmy Fallon to either get fired or get better by now. I don't know if you guys saw it but the interview with Paul Simon was painful to watch. He had his back to Jimmy for most of it and Steve Martin basically did the interview. And Jimmy kept lurching over the desk to try to get in on the conversation. He just doesn't seem to get that stars come on to promote and talk about themselves. It's not a first date. If someone says they did something he has to say "me too" and starts telling his own anecdote. Someone's gonna punch him in the face or walk out. I just know it.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 7:50:23 PM CDT

    Joking about raping the Palin's 14 year old daughter

    by rainbowtrout1265

    Yeah, it's great "pissing off the Palins" by making jokes about raping their 14 year old daughter. Just hilarious...

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  • Jun 10, 2009 7:52:25 PM CDT

    Letterman is just a bitter old fuck at this point

    by big dumb ape

    Seriously, I have no problem with any American going into a voting booth and voting their own way -- hey, that's Democracy in action, right? And I have no problem on the various NEWS channels with the assorted talking heads doing their bit, from both sides of the aisle.But during the latter part of the Bush years -- and DEFINITELY during this last election -- Letterman just decided he would be the crankly of Leftist fuck he's become on TV, to the point that he thinks REPEATEDLY making fun of Palin's teenage daughter counts as humor. Yet funny thing about Dave -- when Biden's daughter was accused of coke use recently (and an ex friend was trying to peddle the tape of her doing her blow), you didn't see Dave making fun of her, now did you? This comes on top of the fact that he became unhinged when McCain cancelled that one appearance and Letterman felt the need to cry about it every night till McCain showed up and apologized -- which frankly probably cost McCain a few votes for sucking up to Letterman that way.I'm actually old enough to remember when Letterman was on NBC during the DAY and starting out. He was off-beat and somewhat funny, but frankly he also never recovered from the NBC snub of picking Leno as the TONIGHT SHOW host. Like a petulant child, he's been a total ass ever since -- and I've met people who've worked at the Letterman show and they say he's a total cock behind the scenes, too.I agree that Jon Stewart would be the likely and best person to take over, to transition the show and give CBS a better, more vibrant and hip show to go against Conan. I think the idea that Letterman beat Conan the other day was due to the guest line up...not to mention, Conan is obviously still getting his TONIGHT SHOW sea legs under him. But a year from now, I'm sure that once again we'll be talking about how Letterman STILL can't beat the TONIGHT SHOW, at which point I'm sure Dave will likewise still be doing tacky, tasteless jokes about Palin because that's literally just how stale and lame Letterman has since become. Frankly, Letterman needs to watch out -- the younger, hipper crowd that weren't "old farts" that didn't like Leno, so they wanted LATE NIGHT instead, are very likely to migrate over to Conan anyway just for him being younger and hipper and more fun. So, I expect Letterman's numbers to start showing an attrition over the course of the year anyway...

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  • Jun 10, 2009 7:55:00 PM CDT

    jbs

    by harold-sherbort

    That joke was aimed at Eliot Spitzer.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 7:58:43 PM CDT

    Joel McHale!!

    by harold-sherbort

    He should host Late Night.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 8:15:10 PM CDT

    LENO WILL SUCK as bad as he did @ 11:30

    by billymayeshere

  • Jun 10, 2009 8:43:58 PM CDT

    "No, she's Dave."

    by flim springfield

    Letterman's still on top of his game.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 8:54:20 PM CDT

    Big Dumb Ape

    by gotilk

    You and about 3 or 4 other people(perhaps?) here need to look up this funny little word called "hypocrisy". It's a great word, even though about 40 percent of American doesn't know about it or chooses to ignore it. But I'll save you some time and explain why the Palin jokes were funny. You see, sometimes big people tell the world, sometimes even through laws, that what they do OR want TO do is bad or even EVIL. Yeah, I know. But then they do similar or even the same stuff at home. But instead of feeling compassion or gaining some understanding about human nature or how hard just living a real life can be for "the little people" they just go on talking in public about things like morality. And when they get a chance, they take advantage of dumb people with good intentions, advancing their career by lying to voters to make them feel safe or comfortable instead of telling the truth and calling out "dumb as a sack of stones" ideas when they're presented to them. Sometimes with LAWS!! YAY! Now, when you have a brain, sometimes this is VERY, VERY funny. Especially if you choose to not put a bullet in your brain because it feels like the end of the world is just around the corner and the stupid people are taking over.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 9:00:49 PM CDT

    Big Dumb Ape

    by hideoussecretion

    Big agreement BDA, although I'm not sure Stewart is the best replacement. He's very funny, but I'm not sure his current audience is going to follow him to a new format. Of course, who else is there?

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  • Jun 10, 2009 9:08:50 PM CDT

    Gotilk & Big Dumb Ape

    by hideoussecretion

    Gotilk: Your nonsensical ramblings really make you sound dumb. What does Sarah Palin having morals have to do with a 60 year old man on national tv joking about raping her 14 year-old daughter? Explain that, or at least how they are karmically linked as you foolishly imply.

    Big Dumb Ape: Also, would Stewart want to leave the Daily Show? He gets to take the clown nose off to make ideological rants and then put the clown nose back on to escape any sort of criticism. An opening monologue on a national show isn't going to escape scrutiny as much.


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  • Jun 10, 2009 9:12:54 PM CDT

    I don't mind political jokes, in fact I love them.

    by cotton mcknight

    Both sides. But these aren't jokes. He is just on an angry rant. I really don't like it.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 9:27:15 PM CDT

    Next 4 years will be interesting

    by daggor

    I like Conan - I hope he focuses less on his own taped segments and more on weird shit like "Late Night" used to. I feel Jon Stewart will be Dave's replacement, but I don't know if Jon can carry a traditional-format talk show.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 10:19:11 PM CDT

    Nobody made fun of Palin's daughter!

    by mistergreen

    Get it right assholes.. And we all know Palin is a joke.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 10:42:00 PM CDT

    letterman is getting ripped by the right today

    by bacci40

    for speaking the truth about the hillbilly whore of the north..sarah palin dave is my hero

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  • Jun 10, 2009 10:53:04 PM CDT

    HideousSecretion

    by gotilk

    If you cannot make the connection, something is wrong with your brain.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 10:53:06 PM CDT

    Letterman Rapes 14 year olds - Fox News

    by mundungus

    "Joking about raping the Palin's 14 your old daughter" & "a weird and venal tirade"

    What Letterman said?
    "...It was an uncomfortable situation when during the seventh inning stretch Alex Rodriguez knocked up her daughter"

    I'm sorry, but didn't that bitch just run for vice president on the tit of "family values" while her unwed teenage daughter was knocked up?

    Fuck you if you can't take a joke. Fuking Liars.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 10:53:47 PM CDT

    I quit watching Letterman two years ago

    by sitchin

    After last night's incredibly tasteless remark, I hope more people quit watching. Go home, Dave. Get help.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 11:00:35 PM CDT

    Mundungus

    by sitchin

    Having values doesn't mean that I, or my family for that matter, live up to them every day. Values are what we strive for.

    But you knew that, you just wanted to take a cheap shot at Sarah Palin because all your buds think it's funny.

    If you think joking about knocking up a 14 yr old on national television is funny, then you are one sad individual.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 11:12:03 PM CDT

    Late Night talkshows are dead- except for Craig Ferguson

    by yackbacker

    The funniest guy working that format.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 11:26:22 PM CDT

    tasteless?

    by spice-orange

    im sorry but 90% of jokes that are actually FUNNY are tasteless.

    If you can't laugh at yourself, others and the world you live in, stop living. You've lost touch.

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  • Jun 10, 2009 11:35:33 PM CDT

    Conan and Ferguson = Perfect

    by j-dizzle

    The only reason to watch late night TV.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 12:07:56 AM CDT

    CBS ashamed of Dave's pedophile joke.

    by jbs9200

    Letterman’s bosses knew that the joke was wrong:

    The remark was aired live, but CBS removed it from the transcript it makes available to media, including the New York Times, which publishes Letterman’s opening monologue on its blog site.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 12:19:03 AM CDT

    jonsnow and jbs9200...

    by wungolioth

    I don't know what's worse, the lie about the 14 yr old, Bristol Palin was 17 yrs old and pregnant last year, or where you lie to yourself and think that Sarah Palin has ANY potential as a presidential candidate. You go ahead though, keep thinking that way and secure 2012 to the Democrats again.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 12:30:03 AM CDT

    Conan starting to suck...

    by sk229

    I love some of the monologues and his sketches, like Andy and Conan boating down the 'L.A.' river... meaning our enormous drainage ditches. But when he's interviewing, I've noticed that he seems very nervous and there's a stiffness in the air... even the lighting, it's like something about it being "The Tonight Show" means it has to be overly 'showbizzy', which I can't fucking stand. He's like a eunuch out there. Also, the guests seem to be giving him little respect. I've counted at least three times so far where they were downright dismissive of him, David Duchovny being one. And I honestly don't blame them, he's sitting funny (like three feet higher but leaning towards them near the corner of the desk, awkward looking, and he's completely sideways), and he laughs a lot in a nervous, "don't say that!" type manner. I also hate the constant jokes of, "I'd like to keep this job," anytime someone says something even REMOTELY sexual. Are the NBC execs REALLY that fucking insane to think you can neuter his humor and have the same audience as Jay? Would they really fire him because a GUEST made some dirty jokes or off-color remarks? Even then, it doesn't make any sense, because he does some pretty adult material in the monologue sometimes... I don't know, I just find the whole thing unbalanced so far.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 12:30:55 AM CDT

    NBC missed a golden opportunity

    by jubs

    Andy Richter should have gotten the Late Night gig, not Jimmy fucking Fallon. Would have been the perfect choice.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 1:54:09 AM CDT

    Letterman needs better younger writers.

    by mitortilla

    and Conan needs t bring back his old characters because I don't want to see any hollywood backlot shit!!! overdone.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 2:02:01 AM CDT

    Mundungus nailed it.

    by gotilk

    In case anyone else was having trouble putting it together. And sitchen, I think it's great that you strive for values. The thing is, values are what we VALUE. If your example doesn't live up to what you expect from others, leave the preaching of values to others. Or maybe reconsider the judgments you masquerade as "values". Because that's what I see more of today, judgments with very few values. Guess what?! Hate and pride are not values. Matter of fact, I'm pretty sure historically they're sins. Where's the humility? The charity? The grace? On one hand I DO think it's BS to expect politicians to be perfectly moral people with no history and no past mistakes. Mistakes are what build character, not break it down or destroy it. That seems to be forgotten come election time. But if you're going to buy into that whole thing and play that game, make sure your own house is in order before you start telling the rest of us how important "values" are. Leave it to the evangel... oh bad choice. Leave it to politicians who have not lived a real life like the rest of us. Because, you know, they really get it. They know what it's like for us. Right?

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  • Jun 11, 2009 2:09:53 AM CDT

    And joking about knocking up a 14yo is NOT

    by gotilk

    funny. Unless the parent of said 14 year old is the poster child for the family values/abstinence/anti-birth-control/anti-sex-education party. Then it's FUCKING HILARIOUS! You people are trying to pass off a fake controversy and anyone with half a brain sees through it as if it were an American drug policy. It's transparent, moronic and stinks of talking point. Which is kinda like what Ann Coulter's breath smells like in the morning, if you need a point of reference.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 2:35:21 AM CDT

    Conan already taking a beating in the ratings

    by snowpuff

    Jeff Zucker already spinning the results.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:10:42 AM CDT

    Letterman is a douche

    by hughjass

    Seriously, as if he wasn't funny enough before, joking about a 14-year-old getting "knocked up" by Alex Rodriguez is just icing on the cake. Conan will forever be funnier than this unfunny dick.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:21:59 AM CDT

    lol @ all the awful knee-jerk political people

    by fastcars

    get LIVES, for the love of God. even a cursory glance at this Letterman-Rap NonStory reveals that Dave was joking about Palin's EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER'S propensity for being knocked up. i know you wish the Old Guy and the Ex-Beauty Queen won the Election SIX MONTHS AGO, but they didn't. take out your insane Bitterness all you want on Web, but nobody agrees with you except those those already predisposed - by which i mean other people who have lead politics ruin their lives. Letterman is a comedy legend, and a great person, and that will never be taken away from him. So suck it.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:55:04 AM CDT

    FUCK Letterman

    by kobaal

    Seriously, can anyone name me another politician's family that has been attacked so viciously and pointlessly, *ever*?
    Hey, lets joke about Sasha and Malia! They're from the inner-city, right? Shit, they're probably pregnant already! Ha ha ah! ha!
    Jesus fucking Christ.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 4:41:38 AM CDT

    Being a Palin sympathizer is a step above being a nazi sympathiz

    by gilbertrsmith

    Hate on Letterman all you want, but don't get morally self righteous standing up for poor Sarah and Bristol Palin.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 6:04:22 AM CDT

    Dave's Just a bitter old troll

    by franklancer

    phoning it in every night.. don't care how long the bastard continues.. hes nothing to me, nothing of what he used to be..

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  • Jun 11, 2009 6:09:46 AM CDT

    JuanSanchez, GilbertRSmith

    by kobaal

    You are fucked in the head.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 6:25:51 AM CDT

    How has this guy been on the air for so long?

    by darthsynn

    He's about as funny as a wet mop. These late night talk shows need to be hosted by hot chicks who undress as they deliver the opening monolouge.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 6:43:25 AM CDT

    One other thing...

    by darthsynn

    What kind of name is Bristol? Doesn't she also have a kid named Trig? What are the Palins smoking up there?

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  • Jun 11, 2009 7:15:40 AM CDT

    IT WAS WILLOW WHO IS 14

    by anal inflictor

    That was with her, Fuckheads. And I love the 'tolerance' of the 'liberals' on the left.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 7:18:38 AM CDT

    So then, GilbertRSmith

    by anal inflictor

    supporting Obama must be a step above a member of the Red Army, or KGB, or a Sandinista, or a Castro thug, or one of the 'People's Army' running down protesters with tanks, or something like that.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 7:26:47 AM CDT

    Fuck Letterman

    by digitaldong

    He's a dirty old man.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 7:27:59 AM CDT

    The daughter at the Yankee game is 14.

    by cotton mcknight

    But that really isn't the point. The point is, these aren't even jokes anymore. They are the rantings of a very angry, bitter man. That's all well and good, but recognize it for what it is. He behaved much the same way when he left NBC- remember the "what are they gonna do, fire me?" line? He's just an angry guy and he's been that way for a long time.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 7:42:33 AM CDT

    Letterman?

    by jamest

    Is he still on the air? Seriously?

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  • Jun 11, 2009 7:59:02 AM CDT

    Too much righteous indignation.

    by mjgtexas

    I have my hunches that Letterman comes to the studio these days without as much reading the monologue beforehand. This is on par with Sarah Silverman's "I love chinks": an unfunny but ultimately benign bit amplified by marginal political hacks yearning for facetime on Fox News or MSNBC.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 8:08:51 AM CDT

    Colbert!

    by holy hell

    if I watch Conan instead it will be pity ratings. I like the guy quite a bit, but Colbert is our Mark Freaking Twain.

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  • Conan was my favorite, and I think he's been doing pretty well at 11:30.

    Dave was an old sentimental favorite, but he seemed to lose it a while back. Well, for those of you who haven't tuned in laely, he's sort of changed his persona since getting married, and become more of a cranky old grump. Believe it or not, this actually serves to make him funny and edgy again. Seriously, I don't know how it works, but he's been hilaious and on a really hot streak

    This leaves Jimmy Kimmel unrecorded and unwatched by me, despite the fact that it seems to be a pretty funny show that sometimes has really good guests.

    The Stewart/Colbert block on Comedy Central is always worthwile. Thankfully they rerun them a few times over the following day, because there's just no way for me to watch it at 11:30 these days.

    There's no more dead weight on late night TV. Help us enjoy it, DVR manufacurers and cable companies!

    Also, as an aside, Jimmy Fallon has been unbelievably good at 12:30. I bitched and bitched and bitched when they hired him, and I'll happily eat crow here: He was born to host a talk show, he's got the best writers in late night, the best band in late night, and his show just has an energy to it that I'm not sure I've ever seen on a talk show. I'm now a Jimmy Fallon fan, something I really never thought I'd say.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 9:51:32 AM CDT

    Letterman is a funny guy, but

    by ides

    They've always phoned in the sketches on his CBS show, whereas Conan has had inspired sketches almost since the beginning. His old staring contests with Andy still kill me. Some guy standing behind Conan in a bathrobe brushing his teeth with toothpaste from a turkey's beak. . . that's when I became a lasting fan. And I don't think Letterman has ever had a skit as inspired as Tom Selleck smothering his own mustache. I'm glad Letterman's hanging around, though - he's sharp and a good interviewer. Better than Leno, who was just amiably bland.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 9:53:57 AM CDT

    I liked him when he wasn't picking on 14 year old girls

    by feralangel

    I mean, this whole Palin thing is embarrassing, and not to Palin. I always used to like crusty grumpy cranky Dave, but now, I think he needs to have his dentures adjusted. Surely ill-fitting mouthwear is the reason he's saying so many stupid things. I'd hate to think his BRAIN is coming up with them.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 10:04:36 AM CDT

    Kids are not fair game

    by melnick666

    Make whatever jokes you want about Palin, she's a public figure. Her kids, and the kids of every other politician, are not. The Palins didn't make Bristol a big story, the tabloids and the networks did. Palin isn't a hypocrite, she's a parent.

    As I said, make any joke you want about her, just try to make them funny for a change. Undisguised contempt and hate for a woman who dares not to be a liberal is not a joke.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 10:14:42 AM CDT

    I'll watch him again...

    by kessler

    only after he makes the same type of joke about Obama's kids or makes fun of Michelle in the same terms as "slutty". Till then, he can kiss my big fat Polish libertarian Arse.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 10:20:12 AM CDT

    Sarah Palin

    by holy hell

    is a hypocrite AND a parent - both seem to me as obvious as grass being green. But the joke was clearly over the line, and Dave is clearly past his prime.

    Kessler- you'll watch him only after he tells another cruel joke, as long as it balances him out politically? Equal-opportunity assery is a sign of integrity to you? Interesting...

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  • Jun 11, 2009 10:23:48 AM CDT

    You missed the point

    by kessler

    Letterman will clearly never make this type of joke about Obama's kids, so I will clearly not be watching him.

    No I don't hope he makes a joke about Obama's kids. The kids should not be "in game".

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  • Jun 11, 2009 10:32:29 AM CDT

    OK

    by holy hell

  • Jun 11, 2009 10:48:53 AM CDT

    Sasha and Malia

    by megabeth

    If some right wing guy made a rape joke about Obama's kids, he would have been tarred and feathered, lost his job, and probably arrested.

    But it's okay for some over the hill douchebag to do the same thing to Palin's kids because he is on the left. I understand Letterman offered Palin and her husband a guest spot on his show. If I were Palin's husband, I would accept and then knock Letterman's false teeth down his throat. Not that would be good television.

    And by the way may I remind the liberals they have won. You have the white house, congress and the house. You are in charge. Now let's see what YOU can do with the country. Let the hate go, let the bitterness go, it's okay now libs. You won!

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  • Jun 11, 2009 10:50:22 AM CDT

    Lets agree

    by redshirt

    Jokes about any politician, regardless of party are OK.
    Jokes about the kids of politicians are OFF LIMITS regardless of whatever personal problems they may have. The kids do not deserve it in any way and any "comedian" that mines for laughs at the expense of kids is a piece of shit.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 10:53:52 AM CDT

    Letterman would never say anything about Obama or his family!

    by hollywoodhellraiser

    That makes Letterman a chickenshit and big joke!

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  • Jun 11, 2009 10:56:10 AM CDT

    I have no problem with his Bristol jokes

    by throwmetheidol

    Conservative commentators say nastier things about many people on a daily basis.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 11:10:52 AM CDT

    Yay ?

    by finky089

    I have no problem with Letterman. but I also haven't seen anything interesting enough to get me watching his show again since the late-90's. But, i can say that about most current TV programming. Kudos to the guy for making it work for so long!

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  • Jun 11, 2009 11:10:58 AM CDT

    Anybody miss Steve Allen or Jack Parr?

    by growltiger

    How about a test pattern until the morning farm report?

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  • Jun 11, 2009 11:12:48 AM CDT

    Angry, Sensationalist Conservitives up in Arms!

    by the garbage man

    Stop the fucking presses! Call me crazy, but I think you give up your right to get all self-righteous about pregnancy jokes right around the time you willingly allow your underage daughter to share a room with her hillbilly boyfriend and - SHOCK - she gets knocked up.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 11:12:56 AM CDT

    Angry, Sensationalist Conservatives up in Arms!

    by the garbage man

    Stop the fucking presses! Call me crazy, but I think you give up your right to get all self-righteous about pregnancy jokes right around the time you willingly allow your underage daughter to share a room with her hillbilly boyfriend and - SHOCK - she gets knocked up.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 11:13:48 AM CDT

    Asskissing Liberals still smoking Obama pole!

    by hollywoodhellraiser

    Stop the presses!

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  • Jun 11, 2009 11:14:56 AM CDT

    Or Jack Paar even.

    by growltiger

    I kid you not.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 11:15:36 AM CDT

    ThrowMeTheIdol

    by tenenbaum

    The joke wasn't ab Bristol...it was ab Willow Palin (age 14).

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  • Jun 11, 2009 11:18:57 AM CDT

    Repubs losing their shit!

    by wash

    Haha so awesome. And over Palin of all people. Please keep it up!

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  • Jun 11, 2009 11:26:56 AM CDT

    As I recall

    by eyeofpolyphemus

    As I recall, SNL as blasted for having Phil Hartman play thirteen year oldChelsea Clinton in drag for a brief moment in 1993. both conservatives and liberals were outraged. big time comedians left Chelea alone. Now it is okay to jokeabout the statutory rape of a fourteen year old girl because her mother was a conservative Veep candidate? Have we fallen that far or is the left just a bunch of hypocrites?

    Oh, wait--it is both.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 11:27:05 AM CDT

    What about Alex Rodriguez and his feelings?

    by growltiger

    Where is the face-off between angry Yankee and Red Sox fans?

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  • Jun 11, 2009 11:29:06 AM CDT

    Yankee fans have good reason to be angry!

    by growltiger

    Look what the Red Sox have done. Is Letterman piling on, too?

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  • Jun 11, 2009 11:34:20 AM CDT

    Wait, was the joke really about Rodriguez?

    by growltiger

    Or was it about the disgraced former Democratic governor Spitzer?

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  • Jun 11, 2009 11:36:04 AM CDT

    I confess I missed the Letterman monologue

    by growltiger

    because I was watching Baseball Tonight and their cavalcade of stars.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 11:36:52 AM CDT

    This has nothing to do with Obama, genius.

    by the garbage man

    It has everything to do with irony, hypocrisy, and knuckle-draggers who don't understand the aforementioned terms.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 11:38:54 AM CDT

    By the way...

    by the garbage man

    Calling you "genius," HollywoodHellraiser, was sarcasm. Just in case you failed to pick up on that one, too.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 11:50:48 AM CDT

    Aaaahhh... classic Letterman

    by daggor

    I just saw the clip of Dave defending his Plain jokes. That's what I want to see. Dave angry and defensive, while still taking stabs at himself.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 11:53:37 AM CDT

    Where was going on in the stands?

    by growltiger

    I never knew the Spitzers and Palins hung out together. You would think the NY Post would have been all over it.

    Since I watching BBTN (or was it Sports Center?) and missed both Letterman and O'Brien, and so the so-called top 10 list, I just assumed the joke was about the daughter who had been pregnant out of wedlock. She was probably at home with her infant anyway and missed the game. Guess the Letterman writers blew it.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 11:58:17 AM CDT

    "Where" should be "What"

    by growltiger

    Sorry.
    This whole controversy proves how wrong it is to take the coverage off the playing field and into the stands. Not that the fans, or invited VIPs, are incapable of adding drama. But coverage should always be about the game.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 12:01:53 PM CDT

    Lettermans joke was aimed at BRISTOL. PERIOD.

    by warbeast24

    Say what you want about Dave, he's not going to make a rape joke about a 14yr old. It just ain't him.

    As to whether it was funny or not, you decide.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 12:03:57 PM CDT

    So was the joke about Rodriguez or Spitzer?

    by growltiger

    And what does the joke say about either of those fellows? If they have not taken offense, should they?

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  • Jun 11, 2009 12:07:03 PM CDT

    Dave's lost it

    by philvis

    I loved Letterman until shortly after he went to CBS. He just lost his flair he used to have. Political jokes are part of being in public office, but I've noticed the past couple years that Letterman doesn't just make political jokes. He really takes stabs and seems quite angry. Comedians like that aren't funny. Do I think its the end of the world that he made a joke that was in very bad taste...no. I do think it was messed up because like someone else said, you just don't say that stuff about a 14 year old, no matter how much you hate her mom. I'd love to see the liberal tolerance for someone taking pot shots at Obama's kids. That's where the hypocricy lies. Letterman should just quit his show and go on MSNBC...he would fit in well there.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 12:11:44 PM CDT

    Doug Stanhope is angry and funny, Philvis.

    by mjgtexas

    "Sarah Palin has two retarted kids--one has Down Syndrome and the other is fighting in Iraq."

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  • Jun 11, 2009 12:13:03 PM CDT

    Julia Roberts

    by in_rainbows

    I couldn't hear what she was promoting over her gargling Letterman's dick in her mouth. Does she even make movies anymore?

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  • Jun 11, 2009 12:16:22 PM CDT

    mjgtexas

    by philvis

    He probably is, but he isn't on at 11:30 late night show like Letterman. When you go from being a goofball comic to spitting fire, that's where there is the difference, especially since it is on network tv.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 12:35:42 PM CDT

    There's a difference between joking...

    by banzai rootskibango

    ...and being downright mean-spirited. The Palin attacks have been non-stop since she hit the scene and his remarks were tasteless and over the line.

    It's one thing to make fun of a political candidate, but that little 14 year-old girl doesn't deserve that treatment.

    You think Letterman would ever say something like that about Obama's kids? Or that the Obama wife looked like a "slut?" No way.

    It's tired already.

    I used to like Letterman more than Leno, but now I'm sticking with Conan because...he's actually funny.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 12:40:41 PM CDT

    You're right PHILVIS!

    by doctorwho?

    Back in the early 80's I LOVED Letterman. For many years now he just seems mean spirited and comes off with such venom in his political jokes. I can't stomach that kind of shit. He should have Perez Hilton on and just rip on people...what a hoot.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 12:42:49 PM CDT

    EyeofPolyphemus...you retard

    by bacci40

    palin's slut daughter is 18...and as she has chosen to make herself a public figure, she is fair game...as is the milf slut palin

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  • Jun 11, 2009 12:45:18 PM CDT

    to all the fucking retarded wingnuts in this thread

    by bacci40

    bristol palin has chosen to become a public figure with all her appearances to promote abstinence...something that she chose not to do, but believes others should therefore, making jokes about her is appropriate stupid bitch opened her legs for the illiterate son of a hillbilly heroin dealer so fuck off....letterman rules

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  • Jun 11, 2009 12:48:38 PM CDT

    the first lady

    by holy hell

    doesn't look like a slut, why would anyone make a joke about that? That's sort of like someone calling making fun of Mike Huckabee because he's a Mormon.

    And idiot conservatives have made fun of Michelle Obama - remember Fox News' (ha! "news") "Barack's Baby Mama" graphic? Or the "angry black woman" label she was pinned with during the campaign. Racial humor is hilarious, isn't it?!

    Dave was clearly wrong to involve a 14 year old girl in what passes as his "jokes" these days, but conservatives whining about dbl standards are just ridiculous. Of COURSE there's dbl standards! Everywhere! Liberals certainly don't have a monopoly on it AT ALL! And it's all stupid! Those conservatives beating Dave's ass about this certainly didn't raise a stink when Chelsea Clinton was called fat or when the "Barack the Magic Negro" came out. Come on, you freaking hypocrites.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 12:49:31 PM CDT

    bacci

    by holy hell

    Have you seen the routine?

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  • Jun 11, 2009 12:50:17 PM CDT

    because the daughter

    by holy hell

    dave invoked was the daughter at the game - 14 year old Willow.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 12:50:48 PM CDT

    Lots of idiots on this thread, big surprise

    by melnick666

    The only hypocrite in this story is Letterman himself, mocking an unwed mom - just like the mother of his own kid! Jerk.

    He didn't make a joke about Bristol as her own person, only as the daughter of Sarah Palin. He also wasn't smart enough to figure out which daughter was in town. That's the kind of rookie error the left seizes upon when a conservative does it.

    You libs should examine the comments you make about Palin and her daughters, with the constant and violent references to rape, whores, and sluts etc. They say a lot about you and your supposedly progressive politics.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 12:51:21 PM CDT

    I'm no Palin apologist

    by holy hell

    but that was a dumb move by dave - crossing the line.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 12:53:22 PM CDT

    oh no -

    by holy hell

    there's always more than one hypocrite. Let's not get cocky here, Melnick.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 12:55:08 PM CDT

    Sure bacci

    by doctorwho?

    Your logic is brilliant. Who do you think counsels people not to gamble or drink? Ex gamblers and drunks. Don't you think it's the people who fucked up who have the experience to say " Trust me, don't do what I did"?
    But hey, you don't like her politics so therefore she's a cunt and a whore right?
    Class act dude.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 1:00:04 PM CDT

    Doc Who-

    by holy hell

    you're reaching and you know it. Sarah Palin was releasing a diarreah of self-righteous abstinence only, Christio-conservative family values rhetoric, and her own daughter becam an unwed teenaged mother. THAT is what political humor is made of, and should be- breathtakingly obvious hypocricy and irony. It shouldn't get personal and sometimes does, but there's no avoiding the story or it's news-worthiness (which translates into "late-night-monologue-worthiness" in that format.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 1:17:45 PM CDT

    Julia Roberts

    by willferret

    Please go away!!!

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  • Jun 11, 2009 1:21:44 PM CDT

    There must be something about that 11:30 timeslot...

    by willferret

    That makes latenight hosts whore themselves by sucking up to talentless shits. First it was Eddie Murphy on Tuesday, then Dane Cook on Wednesday. Makes me feel bad about all the flak I gave Leno. Conan better wise up soon or he will deserve the same fate as Leno (going down as the worst latenight host in history)

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  • Jun 11, 2009 1:30:10 PM CDT

    Wrong Holy Hell

    by doctorwho?

    If Sarah Palin espouses a certain set of values or code...and her DAUGHTER goes off and does something contradictory to those values...How does her DAUGHTERS actions make Sarah Palin a hypocrite?
    And like most people you misuse the word hypocrite. A hypocrite is someone who PRETENDS to have certain standards, beliefs etc. yet acts opposite. A person who holds high standards, morals, ethics... and then falls short of those stated goals (which is EVERYBODY)is not a hypocrite. Just human.

    And lastly, the Palins were in town with their 14 year old daughter. Dav'es joke was about their their daughter visiting NY with them. Some homework should have been done. Todd Palin said “Any 'jokes' about raping my 14-year-old are despicable." If you're not down with that then you either don't have kids or simply have no class.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 1:40:41 PM CDT

    There are republicans on AICN?

    by terry1978

    Awwww, shit.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 2:01:54 PM CDT

    Late Show studio audience to clap until 2025

    by falafalguy

    Future Headline: Late Show audience stops clapping 13 years after Lettermen leaves air.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 2:09:29 PM CDT

    Holy Hell...

    by banzai rootskibango

    That song you mentioned was ridiculous...Barack is a negro...but there's nothing magic about him.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 2:10:10 PM CDT

    Is someone going to have to explain the joke?

    by the garbage man

    Evidently there are many of you who don't get it. For your benefit, the elements are as follows: 1) Sarah Palin is a proponent of, has campaigned on, and continues to espouse, abstinence-only education (among numerous other conservative moral issues) 2) Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol is a national spokesperson for abstinence 3) Sarah Palin allowed her underage daughter's boyfriend to spend the night in said daughter's bedroom 4) Bristol Palin became an unwed teenage mother 5) Alex Rodriguez is a notorious man-whore 6) Letterman suggested that, when the Palin family attended a Yankees game, one of their daughters had been impregnated by Alex Rodriguez That is the joke: the discrepancy between the Palin's beliefs and their actions, and the absurdity of a baseball player inseminating a fan in the middle of a game. And it SHOULD have gone without saying for the love of christ, but Letterman was referring to BRISTOL Palin in the joke, not Willow. It's perfectly valid to criticize him for not doing the research, but is that really crucifixion-worthy? And it should have doubly gone without saying that anyone who calls this a rape joke is a sensationalist, incendiary fool.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 2:16:05 PM CDT

    Where the hell did my post go? AICN in the Palin camp?

    by juansanchez

    What the fuck?

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  • Jun 11, 2009 2:24:38 PM CDT

    Great, so he'll be able to make Trig jokes by then

    by mgmax

    Sorry, Dave was funny once, but this whole episode was shameful.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 2:26:17 PM CDT

    Letterman's writers screwed up

    by dennismm

    I honestly believe they thought Bristol, not Willow, was with Palin. Even if they didn't, I'm of the opinion that Letterman, with a very young child, would never have knowingly done a joke about A-Rod having sex with Palin's 14-year-old. It's just not his style, never was, going back more than 25 years. "Slutty" Palin, yes. Statutory rape, no. I say this as someone who watched Letterman for two decades before I started going to bed early.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 2:27:19 PM CDT

    Hey Garbage Man

    by digitaldong

    If you have to explain a joke, then it isn't a good joke.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 2:27:44 PM CDT

    The Garbage Man

    by dennismm

    Thank you for your rational breaking-down of the humor. Also, good to see you!

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  • Jun 11, 2009 2:28:56 PM CDT

    DigitalDong

    by dennismm

    It only had to be explained for the slow types here who obviously don't understand it. Seems most of us did, but those who didn't need to be schooled.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 2:30:44 PM CDT

    Yeah fuckos - we get it,

    by quin the eskimo

    IT WAS STILL in bad taste.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 2:33:22 PM CDT

    So?

    by dennismm

    Humor often is based around bad taste of various degrees. I think the idea of Bristol Palin having a quickie with A-Rod is pretty fucking funny - mostly because A-Rod is such a slut himself.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 2:34:20 PM CDT

    Yeah...

    by the garbage man

    DigitalDong, I didn't say it was a good joke. It's not, and Dave's an idiot for not doing his research, but he doesn't deserve the flogging he's getting. Good to see you too, Dennis. *Hat tip.* And you're right about Bristol/Willow, here's what Dave said per Newsweek: "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. I mean, look at my record. It has never happened. I don't think it's funny. I would never think it was funny. I wouldn't put it in a joke....All right, so there, I hope I've cleared part of this up. 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."

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  • Jun 11, 2009 2:38:18 PM CDT

    Garbage Man

    by holy hell

    Yes. That was the territory mined for the joke. And it wasn't that funny. And it was bad research. And it wasn't a rape joke. And it is clearly being blown up by conservative hypocrites. I agree with your post completely.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 2:40:09 PM CDT

    Sweet Christmas...

    by mr.ftw

    As many people have pointed out Palin's daughter Bristol is 18 not 14 and there was no mention of rape in the joke. What is wrong with you people, if you want to be outraged by something why don't you start with the homelss population where you live, then go donate you old clothes, canned good or your time to help peole who need it. But no,eople want to get pissy about nothing. Here is a tip, if you don't like Letterman then don't watch, then you don't have to worry about what he says.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 2:40:18 PM CDT

    Sweet Christmas...

    by mr.ftw

    As many people have pointed out Palin's daughter Bristol is 18 not 14 and there was no mention of rape in the joke. What is wrong with you people, if you want to be outraged by something why don't you start with the homelss population where you live, then go donate you old clothes, canned good or your time to help peole who need it. But no,eople want to get pissy about nothing. Here is a tip, if you don't like Letterman then don't watch, then you don't have to worry about what he says.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 2:41:10 PM CDT

    Banzai...

    by holy hell

    ...yes...Barack Obama is the son of an African and possesses no supernatural abilities...I don't follow your point. Are you trying to make fun of the president for not having magical powers? Good one?

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  • Jun 11, 2009 2:45:32 PM CDT

    DennisM

    by quin the eskimo

    You're absolutely right, humor can be built around poor taste. BUT if I cracked a joke about Obama eating chicken fingers and eating watermelon, humorless left wing fucks would give me the dead eye. Just let the kid alone. And 18 is very much a kid. How about a joke about Bidens daughter doing blow?

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  • Jun 11, 2009 2:49:36 PM CDT

    DocWho

    by holy hell

    fine, stick with "irony" then as the reason the story becomes fodder for the topical humor profession. But if the problem is abortion and teen pregnancy, and "abstinence only" is clearly inadequate (as evidenced by the very biography of one of the principle's most forceful public defenders), then continuing to assert that it will solve the problem is absolutely faulty. Thus, a person who insists they intend to solve national and international problems, but demonstrates they lack the will or ability to reason effectively, should absolutely expect to be made fun of. Of course, they can't reason effectively so probably can't see the obvious coming. But whatever, I'm bored again. The point is - Watch Colbert!

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  • Jun 11, 2009 2:53:29 PM CDT

    Quin

    by dennismm

    Joking about a single mother having extramarital sex with a second man is hardly the same as portraying Obama as a stereotyped n-word. Bristol is presenting herself as an adult, so she can be treated like one by those who comment on such things. If she can't deal with being treated as an adult, she needs to get out of the public eye, I think. If the evidence comes up that Biden's daughter did the blow, I'd say she's fair game.

    As a reference for all of this, look back to the first few seasons of SNL. They often tripped over the good taste line, unfortunately. But when they walked it carefully, there was some of the best comedy of the '70s. It's all about being thoughtful.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 2:57:50 PM CDT

    And by "thoughtful" I mean

    by dennismm

    smart, not knee-jerk. Which, of course, is endlessly debatable.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 2:59:11 PM CDT

    Quin

    by holy hell

    why are people on the left who'd be offended by hypothetical racist jokes about Obama "humorless", but people offended by a stupid, poorly researched joke about the alleged stupidity/hypocrisy of a teen-mother abstinence promoter somehow righteous?

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:00:27 PM CDT

    Holy Hell...

    by banzai rootskibango

    ...no, I'm making fun of him because he's un tremendo cacho de mierda. Come pinga.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:01:45 PM CDT

    And I will laugh my ass off when

    by holy hell

    Biden let's it drop in a town hall meeting on jobs that his daughter's done blow. We know it's coming...

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:03:20 PM CDT

    I speak English, French, and a little Mandarin,

    by holy hell

    but not Spanish? Italian? Help me out...my computer's too slow to run over to babelfish.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:05:49 PM CDT

    I'm thinking it's something like

    by holy hell

    "a big lump of shit" Close? Not sure about "pinga" - but unless it means "just kidding, I wrote a stupid post without thinking and wish I could take it back" (which, let's face it, we've all done) then you are proving yourself an idiot.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:07:12 PM CDT

    For the moment, anyway.

    by holy hell

    You could turn a corner any day now and become a stand up guy. I've got faith in the redemptive power of the Lord!

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:10:41 PM CDT

    DennisM You really need evidence to crack a joke?

    by quin the eskimo

    I don't think so. Did we learn nothing from Bill Clinton/Lewinski? There's a great joke in there, just insert Bill Clinton. I am far from righteous. Holy Hell, There both in poor taste, rape is not a better premise then racism. And the Palin girl is not presenting herself as a fully formed adult, and those who treat her like one are pretty intellectualy dishonest.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:15:52 PM CDT

    Hey, I can be a late night talk show host!

    by the bicycle sharer

    Buttafucco! Hee, hee, Buttafucco! Err, Buttafucco! Hey, Paul, Buttafucco! Buttafucco! Hey, er, Paul, you ever notice how Buttafucco sounds like "bloody psycho?" Huh? No? Buttafucco - bloody psycho! And speaking of bloody psycho, my stalker is getting out of jail soon and plans on paying a visit to my elderly mother. Ha ha! Yes. Bloody psycho! Gonna visit my elderly mother! Ha ha! Bloody psycho!Stay classy, Dave!

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:18:00 PM CDT

    Quin

    by holy hell

    Right or wrong, she's bringing the noise about a very controversial topic into the public sphere, right on the heels of her mother's extremely parsed and extremely divisive campaign for president. She IS 18, and her skin will be thickened with or without her consent. This isn't 14 year old Willow making some nonsensical remark in an interview at the Kids Choice Awards - this is a young mother engaged in a media blitz about a serious and controversial subject.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:19:13 PM CDT

    and "rape"

    by holy hell

    was clearly NOT the premise of the joke!

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:20:32 PM CDT

    Hey, Garbage Man, let me explain a joke

    by the bicycle sharer

    1) David Letterman has been stalked by a psycho.2) David Letterman has an elderly mother.3) Sometimes psychos kill elderly mothers!4) Psycho kills Dave's elderly mother.Ha ha! That is the joke: the idea that the psycho stalking Dave kills his mother.Wee hee, Paul - Buttafucco!Ha ha! You gap-toothed, self-important sack of shit! Your mother's dead! Ha ha!

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:22:07 PM CDT

    Easy, bicycle.

    by holy hell

    I thought your other post was funny. Now you're knee-deep in rage issues...

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:23:27 PM CDT

    I love how the candidate that you disagree with...

    by the bicycle sharer

    Is "divisive." The one that you support, however, is a "uniter!" Woo hoo! R. Kelly pissed on Sasha and Malia while you were in NYC! Hee hee! Late night comedy rules! Think Michelle and Barack picked up any swimsuits for their kids while they were in New York? You know, so they can participate in "water sports?"

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:24:57 PM CDT

    fuck letterman

    by theexterminator

  • Jun 11, 2009 3:24:59 PM CDT

    Rage schmage, Holy Hell

    by the bicycle sharer

    I'm just trying out to take Letterman's place in 2013. Hee hee, Buttafucco! Butt-raping psycho! Gonna visit David Letterman's wife and child! Hee hee! Ho ho! Buttafucco!

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:25:07 PM CDT

    I called the campaign

    by holy hell

    'divisive', you twit. You're now waist-deep, can we go for nipple-line?

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:25:41 PM CDT

    Oh, but thanks, Holy Hell

    by the bicycle sharer

    I take it that I might have your vote to replace that gap-toothed fucktard?

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:27:35 PM CDT

    I have no dog in the fight, Bike.

    by holy hell

    I'm in Camp Colbert. But go for it, follow your dreams!

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:28:14 PM CDT

    My bad, Holy Hell

    by the bicycle sharer

    Let me rephrase:I love how the candidate's CAMPAIGN that you disagree with is "divisive." The candidate's CAMPAIGN that you support, however, is a "uniting!"That better?Also, wouldn't mind some clarification about how the candidate and his or her campaign are differentiated, since one originates the other.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:28:58 PM CDT

    Bacci40

    by eyeofpolyphemus

    Ah, I know when someone uses the word "retard," there is some high octane idiocy on its way. You did not disapoint.

    Willow was at the Yankees game, not Bristol. Willow is fourteen. this has been pointed out to Letterman. he has had no sense of embarrassment about the implication he was referring to willow instead of Bristol.

    regardless, neither Bristol now Willow are fair game just because their mother is a public figure. That was the rationale everyone honored about Chelsea Clinton and she was the president's daughter--a much hihher profile status than daughter of a losing Veep candidate.

    Todd Palin ought to beat the living snot out of Letterman with alex Rodriguez standing in line waiting for his turn to take a couple whacks himself.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:29:14 PM CDT

    Gotta say, I'm probably with you, though, Holy Hell

    by the bicycle sharer

    Go Colbert! He is the funniest fucker on tv at the moment. I howl daily.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:29:17 PM CDT

    Holy Hell

    by quin the eskimo

    She didn't run for President, she ran for VP. If she does run, I will not vote for her. The only republicans I would vote for right now are Newt or Ron Paul I never said rape was the premise for the joke, it obviously isn't. Joking about the kids of politicians has always been a no-no in late night tv. Making those kind of cracks involving kids lowers the tone of valid discourse. (Insert intercourse jokes here) I'm a huge fan of late night comedy, Letterman is the king, Conan is the jester. But he went for the cheap laugh.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:30:15 PM CDT

    Also, he shoulf have said Bristol

    by quin the eskimo

    specifically

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:30:34 PM CDT

    OK, OK

    by holy hell

    I should've said campaign "season" - the point was that because of the nature of the campaignS and the media coverage, Bristol Palin could reasonably expect some rapid interest in her biography if she decided to exploit her new found fame into a media presence.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:32:36 PM CDT

    Quin

    by dennismm

    I think a little more than a casual comment that the Biden daughter did coke would be appropriate. The Monica talk didn't get rabid until she started telling detailed stories and offered up the dress, if I recall correctly. But my memory is bad, so I may be wrong.

    I don't find it intellectually dishonest to say that Bristol, an 18-year-old mother, is presenting herself as a young adult. I tried to be an adult at 18, even if I was still a bit of a kid. My mother certainly presented herself as a young adult when she married my dad at 18 and when she had her first child at 19. Does Bristol come off as fully formed? No, but she *does* present as an adult trying to act as a mentor to younger girls. Given, however, that we treat people as kids well into their twenties - with men acting like high school boys, living on video games and beer - and call adult women "girls" in their 30s, and that this seems ridiculous to me, probably means I'm skewed out of the mainstream.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:33:26 PM CDT

    Quin

    by holy hell

    I misspoke - should've said 'vp'. Although the argument could certainly be made that she WAS running for president as it was widelt assumed that McCain was a one-termer and that she was being groomed as the future of the party.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:34:13 PM CDT

    Eye of P

    by dennismm

    Everyone honored Chelsea Clinton's privacy? What about Limbaugh's infamous "White House dog" comment? Gimme a break.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:36:16 PM CDT

    Quin

    by holy hell

    "lowers the tone of valid discourse"? We're talking about Letterman, here. His business is lowering the discourse! He is not a terribly smart man. Now Colbert - there's the Mark Twain of our times.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:36:42 PM CDT

    Limbaugh got draggged through the coals dude

    by quin the eskimo

    and rightly so.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:37:45 PM CDT

    Quin

    by dennismm

    You are correct. But the original post should not have made the statement it did. And Letterman is being raked, too, though in a different way.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:38:53 PM CDT

    Quin

    by holy hell

    and you DID kind of suggest that rape was the premise of the joke when you said "[They're] both in poor taste, rape is not a better premise [than] racism." But I'm over it.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:39:34 PM CDT

    and good luck with Newt...

    by holy hell

  • Jun 11, 2009 3:40:12 PM CDT

    Colberts delivery grates me a bit

    by quin the eskimo

    I just like the straight up comedy, like Conan does. Letterman is one of those guys who's in the public light who can create conversation. I think he would deny it, but it's true.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:41:15 PM CDT

    However you feel about politics

    by castlemonster

    Letterman's gag has undoubtedly had the effect of fomenting sympathy for Palin from many people who might otherwise have dismissed her and hurt his own ratings. I don't know how anyone can argue that this was a particularly bright move.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:42:26 PM CDT

    Okay ...

    by dennismm

    it's been fun, people. Not really, but that's the polite thing to say. Thanks for the reasonably civil arguments!

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:43:16 PM CDT

    Conan is silly; I dig him.

    by holy hell

    But history will remember Colbert. He is a true original.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:54:36 PM CDT

    Holy Hell At least he articulate, fuck Mitt

    by quin the eskimo

    Newt ''never win though. I will vote Obama before those other opportunists.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 3:56:01 PM CDT

    High School....

    by cellar door

    She responded...did you see? It's fucking high school people. Whether you agree with Dave or Sarah..this is what we get with out modern politicians...the need (perceived or not) to step into the idiot ring with fucking comedians. Comedians!!!Recent history shows that Palin isn't the only one to face these types of 'attacks' but yet she's happy to play the 'I have the last word!' game just like a child. McCain himself insults Chelsea Clinton when she was quite young (14 I think) so let's not pretend it's the big mean liberal juggernaut (hah!) that's mercilessly attacking Palin. (McCain later apologized) Plus Letterman, while a jackass, apparently did a large bit saying he was NOT referring to the 14 year old but since adulthood has gone the way of the fucking dodo in this country's voluntarily idiotic populace, nobody believes it and now people think he's a pedophille? The Palin's even implied it in their juvenile response...."Keep Willow away from Dave" as if he's actually going to what? Grope her? Are you kidding with this mickey mouse bullshit?Holy shit man...what's happened to this country lately? What's next? Wrestling matches? Celebrity boxing? How trite is this bullshit gonna get?! From Dave we expect it, he's a 'was funny 15 years ago' comedian and nothing more..Palin's the fucking governor of Alaska fer Cookiemonster's sake!Do you guys realize that 'Idiocracy' wasn't just a comedy but a veritable prophecy? It's coming true before our very eyes! Mike Judge is a god damned GENIUS.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 4:00:13 PM CDT

    DennisMM

    by eyeofpolyphemus

    Limbaugh's comment aired even before SNL's Phil Hartman impression. If you would care to name a post-SNL incident with Limbaugh, i am all ears.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 4:07:07 PM CDT

    Calm down people!

    by willferret

    I'm sure that joke was directed at Bristol and not the 14-year old. I mean, how many people are even aware that Palin has a 14-year old? But everyone who hasn't been living under a rock knows about Bristol and her underage sex antics.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 4:23:46 PM CDT

    Conan's incessent goofiness is offputting

    by alwaysthere

    The quick and steep drop in ratings isn't surprising at all.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 4:23:58 PM CDT

    Missing the point by a mile

    by melnick666

    It doesn't matter if he meant to ridicule the older daughter, he shouldn't have done it at all. It's also a sign of real laziness that they didn't bother to research the joke properly and find out which kid was in town, they knew she has 5.

    The 'rape' part comes if you think he did mean the 14-year old, she's under the age of consent.

    Look up the definition of 'hypocrite' - it does not mean what you think it means.

    The end result will be a continued erosion of Dave's audience and a possible appearance by Palin on Conan, probably during sweeps.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 4:26:30 PM CDT

    Hey, Bicycle Sharer, that is hilarious!

    by the garbage man

    No, not your joke, that was as dumb and misguided as Letterman’s. What’s hilarious is that you think making a joke in poor taste based on Letterman’s life following Dave’s poor-taste joke based on the Palins somehow puts me in my place. Congratulations, you proved my point: 1) Dave’s joke was based on the factual backgrounds of the people involved and invoked irony 2) Your joke was based on the factual background of Dave, and 3) You, and the knee-jerk reactionaries like you, are a complete idiot. Not terribly surprising, I know, but there you have it. Keep up the great work, champ! (Although bear in mind that your joke did NOT involve irony and is therefore not a joke in the same sense. Next time, try for something like “Dave’s psycho stalker spent all of his/her adult life campaigning against killing elderly grandmothers, until… whoopsie!”). All the best, fuckstick.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 4:58:54 PM CDT

    this whole conversation is stupid...

    by maxwell's hammer

    Forget the politics, I think its kind of insulting that the Palin's would throw it out there with such vehemence that it is a given the joke was about raping their underage daughter.

    It is obviously not, and they know that, and anyone defending the Palins on those grounds is either being willfully ignorant as a rhetorical defense, or you're stupid.

    If you want to say Dave was over the line for making a sexual joke about a politician's daughter, have at it, but characterizing him as some kind of lecherous pervert making light of rape is highly dishonest.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 6:10:24 PM CDT

    WAKE UP LIBERALS!

    by georgieboy

    You've been Obamboozled by this clown. He will take your money blow it quicker than your children! If you love America, you MUST be anti-Obama.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 6:11:35 PM CDT

    I love America

    by lordmadhammer

    because it produces people like GeorgieBoy who make me lol

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  • Jun 11, 2009 6:12:51 PM CDT

    The real Dave Letterman

    by smokingrobot

    He's a nasty stupid prick.

    I'd be embarrassed to be caught watching his show.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 6:23:28 PM CDT

    Hilarious

    by imagin78

    A minor joke being turned into World War III...good job, America.

    The best part is that Letterman has been making jokes about Sarah and Bristol for a year. However, NOW it has become an insane issue.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 6:54:49 PM CDT

    Letterman was actually much nastier in the 1980s

    by hercules

    He would tear idiots new orifices as they sat next to him. He mellowed out a lot on his journey to 11:30.

    Palin is auditioning for a slot on Fox News by pulling a Bill O'Reilly: expressing outrage at something that never happened.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 6:56:17 PM CDT

    I knew Conan wouldn't work at 11:30...

    by bigtuna

    His humour is too weird and out-there. Leno appealed to middle-America more.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 7:04:06 PM CDT

    according to variety conan beat dave

    by quin the eskimo

    at least as of todays online version

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  • Jun 11, 2009 7:14:04 PM CDT

    fine...willow is a slut too

    by bacci40

    lets see, track was a meth freak...bristol fucked half of the hockey team....willow is probably giving blow jobs behind wasillah high and no, i will not make an apology for being crude about this hillbilly family if palin wasnt the governor of the country's largest nanny state, she and her family would be on jerry springer on a weekly basis

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  • Jun 11, 2009 7:24:42 PM CDT

    At least Palin is 100 percent American

    by jonsnow

    Obama is most likely not qualified and therefore not the current President of the United States. You see there is a piece of paper that most people have that allows a citizen to become President, get a driver's license or become Governor in Hawaii. It is called a long form American birth certificate signed by the doctor who performed the birth and with the name of the hospital where this doctor works. He has spend millions of dollars to hide these documents and his college entrance forms from numerous lawsuits. There is a petition of 400,000 citizens and growing asking the government for a redress of grievances because of the potential high crimes of Obama via his blantant disregard of basic Constitution law. Billboards are now being made to highlight this gross insult to the American voters. CBS, the company behind David Letterman is the biggest sign company in the united States and is refusing to display these signs. I guess joking of the raping of a 14 year old is considered free speach for CBS but questioning the birth place of Obama is off limits.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 7:38:49 PM CDT

    jonsnow...daddy palin is a fucking seccesionist

    by bacci40

    former member of the alaskan independence party the entire fucking family should be shot for being traitors to their country why the fuck do wingnuts even come to an entertainment site?? hollywood is evil...why dont you all go away

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  • Jun 11, 2009 7:40:02 PM CDT

    jonsnow

    by holy hell

    really? there are still people trying to stir up those coals? good lord... and for the (hopefully) last time, dave's stupid joke was not about the rape of a 14 year old girl. it was a worn out joke about the palins (who but bitter republicans and extreme leftles even care about palin anymore?) that suffered from lazy research. only the willfully incendiary would insist upon it being a rape joke, the kind of person that even freaking cares if Obama has a long form birth certificate somewhere. Good lord...

    Is the long form cert even required by a specific law? Genuine curiosity drives this question. Your enthusiasm toward the issue perhaps led you to a particular law you are alleging Obama to have broken. He has produced the short form cert, indicating TOB, doctor's name, with a raised seal, etc.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 7:40:34 PM CDT

    herc is right

    by bacci40

    palin cant take the heat...she should get the fuck out of the fire...and start appearing in milf pornos with 100 black men running a train on her ass

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  • Jun 11, 2009 7:43:26 PM CDT

    bacci

    by quin the eskimo

    I guess there not as good americans as you and should be riduculed, you arrogont biased fuck.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 7:53:54 PM CDT

    Fuck Julia Roberts

    by canuck815

    Taking a stab at Conan through Letterman, what a bitch. Said something about how he's "funnier than any other late night comedian with a show at 11:30".

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  • Jun 11, 2009 8:06:40 PM CDT

    BigTuna

    by prossor

    That's why the ratings numbers are dropping like flies each night.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 8:35:37 PM CDT

    Trust me, it happened

    by castlemonster

    Wow, this is weird...

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  • Jun 11, 2009 8:51:32 PM CDT

    The difference between voting Democrat or Republican

    by castlemonster

    is the difference between being fucked fast or being fucked solw as far as I'm concerned. I wasn't about to vote for McCain or Obama. As far as I'm concerned politics is just a puppet-show for idiots. The two parties are just a ploy to keep the citizenry balkanized. But while Palin is a hypocrite, she hasn't done anything to me personally for me to hate her and want to see her publically flogged or anything. And I assume she has a right to be offended by insults and implications against her and her daughters. What's with all the purple rage against this hot-looking fundie chick? Maybe something to consult a psychiatric professional for? Hey, it's your life. Forget I mentioned it.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 9:24:23 PM CDT

    Ok, enough.. here it is.

    by gotilk

    http://tinyurl.com/mjjtmj

    There's the joke. No mention of rape, no picture of the daughter on HIS show. ANYONE who thinks this should be blown out of proportion the way it has been is without any question a part of the dumbest 10 percent of the planet. YOU have GOT to be kidding me with this crap. Is this the best you can do? I know what this is. Someone you listen to or watch was fired up with righteous indignation over the joke and you just BOUGHT INTO IT, hook line and sinker. Without examining it yourself, critically. Think for yourselves for once, you insufferable idiots. Even if it means that on the other side of straining your brain to come up with an original thought the resultant glossolalia sounds similar to a deaf auctioneer, at least it was YOUR nonsense. Do a LITTLE better than copy/pasting Fox news sound bites into your brain. That's not conservatism, that's not libertarianism, it's just flat out DUMB. People don't believe this crap anymore and they're slowly learning how the games are played. Your shtick is stale and transparent. The strategic right is out to get Letterman now and you just let them stick their hand up your ass and speak for them. How does it feel to be a puppet on repeat?

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  • Jun 11, 2009 9:29:36 PM CDT

    Everybody slow down

    by i_banged_harley_quinn

    Yeah, Conan got beat Tuesday night, but he came back and won in the ratings last night.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 9:51:52 PM CDT

    Quin the Eskimo....FUCK YOU

    by bacci40

    AND THE WINGNUT PARENTS THAT SPAWNED YOU...i had to live throught 8 years of wingnut bullshit while i watched this country be run into the ground and thats right...there isnt a fucking wingnut in this country who is as good an american as me...SO YOU ALL CAN FUCKING LEAVE...YOUR STENCH IS KILLING ME...FOR YOU ARE THE VIRUS, AND I AND DAVID LETTERMAN ARE THE MOTHERFUCKING CURE I AM SICK OF YOU ASSHATS

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  • Jun 11, 2009 9:52:51 PM CDT

    oh, it was howard stern on tuesday night

    by bacci40

    howard brings in ratings

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  • Jun 11, 2009 10:35:53 PM CDT

    You libs are whacked on this one

    by melnick666

    Look at all the comments about raping Palin, all the violence and seething hate. Take a step back and get a grip.

    Dave and his writers are soooo much smarter than Palin, they didn't bother to check which kid was in town. Fail.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 10:46:32 PM CDT

    gotilk, let me spell it out for you

    by melnick666

    Letterman joked about the daughter at the game getting knocked up. You can't knock up a 14-year old without it being rape.

    If you accept his word that they meant the 18-year old then it's not rape, just a lame, creepy 'joke' on an inappropriate target. I really doubt A-Rod appreciated being slimed by association.

    As for outrage, who's using the all-caps motif on this thread? Who is using violent, anti-woman imagery and language? As usual, it's the tolerant left.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 10:50:29 PM CDT

    bacci-

    by quin the eskimo

    You know why I don't give two shits what you think, because your irrelevant. You're the man on the corner, smelling of urine, telling everyone how right you are and how they are wrong. You're zealotry removes you from the conversation. You're an ideology driven partisan. You're the voter taken for granted, because you would vote for a pedophile before a moderate Republican. You're a joke to measured articulate conversation. I'm just chuckling at this point because, your irrelevant and don't even know it.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 10:59:14 PM CDT

    bacci-

    by quin the eskimo

    How does it feel to be both a joke and a punchline?

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  • Jun 11, 2009 11:10:01 PM CDT

    No, Garbage Ass

    by the bicycle sharer

    I don't think "making a joke in poor taste based on Letterman’s life following Dave’s poor-taste joke based on the Palins somehow puts me in my place." You do that quite well all on your own. Congratulations, pole smoker, and all the best to your mom - she sucks a mean donkey dick at that show in TJ.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 11:21:34 PM CDT

    Melnick666

    by gotilk

    No, wrong again. Letterman joked about the daughter getting knocked up at the game. That does not exist in a vacuum. The reason the joke was funny is because she already had an underage, pregnant daughter. No pregnant daughter, no reference, no joke. Making the leap from that reference to rape or statutory rape is NONSENSE. And you know it is, that's what makes all this hand-wringing so offensive.
    And all that other behavior you're trying to attribute to me? Look elsewhere.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 11:24:34 PM CDT

    OK, you people need to mae up your minds

    by wickedjacob

    Is Letterman not worth watching because he's gotten old and safe or because he's too raw and tasteless? It seems like there is a certain group that hates him but the reason WHY they hate him keeps shifting.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 11:28:27 PM CDT

    bacci40

    by thanos0145

    The "blame Bush" thing is already old. In not even 6 months in office, Obama has spent more money than Bush's eight years.(Or any other President.) Obama's economic policies are the same as W's but on steroids.( Cutting taxes and cutting spending is the way to go.) Even the Chicoms laugh at his policies and want to see the artithmatic. Lets buy GM and have someone who doesn't know how to make cars run it and make small box cars no one wants to buy. Lets have CAP and TRADE so we can put companies out of business and put even more people on the unemployment line.

    Obama has already made himself and the U.S. the laughingstock of the world. His "Apology" tour did wonders for the U.S.'s image.

    As for the war on terror(correction:Man-made distasters),lets close Gitmo and send some of "Man-Made disaster makers" to Bermuda? I thought Obama was going to end the Iraq War.(He can pull the troops out now.) He's sending more troops to Afghanistan, but if they capture any "man-made distaster makers", they must read them their Miranda rights? Obama administration:9/10 mentality.

    Both parties have ruined this country. But, the Dems and the Obama administration are doing it very quickly with no "checks and balances" to stop him.

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  • Jun 11, 2009 11:50:27 PM CDT

    Why are people afraid of Gov. Palin?

    by thanos0145

    The Dems control the White House, and both chambers of Congress. The Libs control the MSM and Hollywood, and they're still bitter and angry.

    They say Gov. Palin is dumb and a lightweight, so why do they keep attacking her and her family.

    Why doesn't Letterman joke about Michelle Obama and her daughters the same way he did about the Palins?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:17:33 AM CDT

    Letterman guilty of not knowing which daughter was at game

    by flip63hole

    period. If you didn't understand the joke, stay away from comedy.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:37:44 AM CDT

    BURN THE WITCH!

    by castlemonster

    In the name of geek rage! Accept this sacrifice oh mighty Letterman!

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:49:33 AM CDT

    Thanos0145

    by gotilk

    It's a big, dirty game. She knew the rules and McCain failed to vet her properly before he chose her. That's been shown. But afraid, I think, is a bit of a stretch. If by afraid you mean like The Rock is afraid of Vern Troyer, then yeah. But I'm explaining this ONE last time and then I'm going to leave it to the people that will just scream IDIOT at the top of their lungs at you.

    "Why doesn't Letterman joke about Michelle Obama and her daughters the same way he did about the Palins?"

    Because their parents are not parading themselves around as poster children for purity ring creepfests / abstinence programs / anti-birth-control / anti-sex-education. In other words, the Obamas appear to practice what they preach. Find humor in that. .. come on! And the last time I checked, many people who seem to share your thinking processes hold parents responsible for their children AND see the resultant adults as a reflection of their success or failure. Lat night talk show hosts make jokes about candidates that REMAIN in the news, even if they lose. It goes all the way back to the days of Carson and Billy "billy beer" Carter. Family has never been off-limits and Letterman has made the obvious VERY clear since in regard to his joke. But it's ok, losers in denial often seek scapegoats. Just strap all the party's problems on Letterman's back, send it into the desert and everything will work out just fine. If enough people IMAGINE something is true at the same time, it BECOMES true. Right?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:52:20 AM CDT

    WHORES ARE FAIR GAME FOR JOKES

    by mr spork

    and Thanos0145 is a fucking idiot.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 1:12:22 AM CDT

    Berzerk much?

    by castlemonster

    Some of you guys are really consumed by this, aren't you?"It's a big dirty game!" LOL! You got that right, although I wouldn't admit to playing it, personally, much less relishing in it.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 1:38:38 AM CDT

    @jonsnow fact check

    by growltiger

    http://tinyurl.com/6n9zka

    Nice picture of the President's birth certificate.

    Wow, it is 11:38pm... back to Sports Center.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 3:08:46 AM CDT

    Letterman vs Palin

    by jesson

    It's hilerious to watch the flaming of Letterman by the sorry souls of those, who is taking the joke just as serious as Palins candidature (which was funnier than Letterman will ever by)....

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  • Jun 12, 2009 3:11:14 AM CDT

    Palin, what a sad sack of shit

    by lockesbrokenleg

    Her shitty family folded up her sorry ass before she even got a chance.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 5:07:05 AM CDT

    Love both these guys...

    by robfrombackeast

    Conan is a fucking vast improvement on Leno, and is a very very funny guy. But Letterman is a legend and still bringing the funny if you ask me. Also, that Palin shit was HILARIOUS

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  • Jun 12, 2009 5:10:11 AM CDT

    Castlemonster

    by gotilk

    Consumed? This just took me about 4 seconds. I know how to use tags in bookmarks. I'm present. When this is all typed out, I will have wasted a minute. I have that. The "game" I was talking about was politics and as far as this being a game, you just jumped in. But if you mean you'd never be in politics, I'd have to say I agree. Most of the people who would do well in politics have actually led real lives with pasts. And we can't have that , can we? The problem is , the rules are set by the previous players. One calls the other dirty, plays rough and the next thing you know you're playing a game where the other guy is setting the rules. If the idea is to win, you have to stay in the game. I can wish it would all change until I die and it just never will. Not without forcing change and that would be too restrictive. Facts and truth as well as lies just seem to want to be free and someone out there will let them do what they will. It might change a little, but even someone like me who considers himself an idealist realizes the core of it will always be a very tough, dirty game. Competition will do that when the stakes are high and the expectations are unrealistic.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 5:10:11 AM CDT

    Thanos0145

    by robfrombackeast

    Because she's fucking mental, and would've been a gnats nut hair from that big red button with "end the world" written on it. It's not about left or right, she's a crazy bitch who would've fucked up the world even more than Bush had she gotten in.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 6:39:39 AM CDT

    Here's a Joke

    by roboteer

    Vagina Lasko is a slut.... Shame Margaret Mary Ray didn't molest Harry and take Dave with her. Buh bump bah

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  • Jun 12, 2009 7:00:18 AM CDT

    PALIN SUPPORTS AFRICAN WITCH HUNTS

    by bringingsexyback

    She made me laugh when she called Obama a Socialist, right after going to Washington to lobby him for hundreds of millions in earmarks. Has anyone tested her for Downs?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 7:45:20 AM CDT

    The joke was about her 14 yr old. The dirty old man said

    by coughlins laws

    "Did you see Sarah Palin at the baseball game with her daughter?" Sarah Palin was there with her daughter, Willow, the 14 yr old. Letterman and his writers should have known this. He said she was a whore and the next night called her a prostitute. He also, for no reason I can think of, said Palin looked "sluttY". How is any of this funny and would you laugh if he said this about Michelle Obama or called the Obama girls whores and prostitute. And it doesn't really matter what you think of Palin's politics, this was a sleazy thing to do and he should be ashamed of himself. I also don't by the fact he was talking about Bristol (she wasn't there!!!) And even if they WERE talking about Bristol, is it somehow better to call an 18 yr old a whore and hooker than it is to call a 14 yr old these things?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 7:54:22 AM CDT

    And guys, this shouldn't have anything to do with her politics

    by coughlins laws

    I understand better than most that this site is 90% ultra-liberals. I don't see how any of you think it's a good idea to accept from people this kind of bullshit. He would NEVER have gotten away with suggesting the Obama daughters were sluts or hookers. There is a HUGE double standard and frankly I'm shocked that so many people here are actually defending what he said. Aren't you ashamed of yourselves? Don't you have any 14 yr old sisters or daughters in your families?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 7:59:33 AM CDT

    SexyBack, do you know what socialism is? Do you know

    by coughlins laws

    what earmarks are? Do you know what Downs is? Do you think it's OK to joke about Downs Syndrome when someone just gave birth to a child with it? Are you OK being sick and evil?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:14:28 AM CDT

    COUGHLINS

    by bringingsexyback

    Do YOU know what socialism is?

    Why do you THINK I mentioned Downs and Palin?

    Am I okay with being sick and evil? Not really. I don't think it's okay to murder doctors and shoot up museums. What about you? Do you think it's okay?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:16:27 AM CDT

    COUGHLINS - DO YOU THINK IT'S OKAY TO CHARGE VICTIMS FOR RAPE KI

    by bringingsexyback

    Or is it Socialist to provide law enforcement services to Americans?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:18:13 AM CDT

    "Garbage Ass"?

    by the garbage man

    Are you as attractive as you are clever? You must get all the ladies/fellas/barn animals. You've once again proven you can sling an insult but not refute anything I said or make a single cogent point. Try again, chief.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:19:29 AM CDT

    LETTERMAN ISSUED A MEA CULPA

    by bringingsexyback

    Where're the apologies from Rush and Hannity for their daily onslaughts? Huh? Or does Coughlins' outrage only apply to the Left?


    If Palin wants to manufacture a feud, then the gloves come off. Bring it!

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:22:26 AM CDT

    THE WASHINGTON TIMES PUT A PIC OF OBAMA'S KIDS

    by bringingsexyback

    in an article about Chicago gang shootings. Where was Coughlins' outrage? Where was the apology? LOL you fucking hypocrite.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:25:57 AM CDT

    sexyback, name for me one person that was ever charged

    by coughlins laws

    for a rape kit. As far as Letterman's so-called mea-culpa, please link me to where he said he was sorry for this. All he did was ramble on about poor taste or some bullshit and then say he still stands by calling Palin "slutty".

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:28:44 AM CDT

    What Republican ever said it was OK to shoot doctors

    by coughlins laws

    or shoot up Holocaust Museums? Maybe that guy who shot up the Holocaust museum was listening to Rev. Wright's anti-semitic sermons for 20 years. As far as the Washingon Times, I don't recall them accusing the Obama kids of shooting anyone...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:29:56 AM CDT

    RAPE VICTIMS' NAMES ARE WITHHELD, YOU IMBECILE

    by bringingsexyback

    What about the rest of my questions? You going to address them or what?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:32:11 AM CDT

    sexyback, I love how you constantly change the subject

    by coughlins laws

    whenever you know you're wrong about something. So, because you disagree with Palin on policy, it's OK to call her "slutty" and call her children whores and hookers? Plus, I really don't get where you're coming from on these two shootings. Every single pro-life group and major Republican in the country condemned what that nut who shot the abortionist did. As far as the Holocaust museum, most of the anti-semitism that goes on in this country comes from the Left...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:33:16 AM CDT

    For the last fucking time...

    by the garbage man

    90% of the complaining here stems from people who: A) Don't understand the fundamentals of humor and are having an emotional gut reaction, B) Are allergic to logic, or C) Have not seen or heard the joke in question and are reacting purely based on the sensationalist bullshit their favorite talking head ideologue told them to think. THE JOKE IS THAT ALEX RODRIGUEZ IS PROMISCUOUS AND BRISTOL PALIN IS AN UNWED TEENAGE MOTHER WHOSE ACTIONS (and her mother's tacit approval of those actions) HAVE RUN COUNTER TO HER FAMILY'S BELIEFS = IRONY + ABSURDITY = JOKE. Period. End of sentence. Anyone who makes the claim "he would never say that about Obama's family OMGWTF Fuck's sake you people are amateur.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:34:15 AM CDT

    Name one instance when anyone was ever charged for

    by coughlins laws

    a rape kit. Clearly it must have happened hundreds of times and you must have dozens of examples. Are you saying you made a charge with ZERO PROOF again? Shocking, that's so out of character for you to accuse people of horrible things without having ANYTHING to back this up...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:36:29 AM CDT

    Unwittingly discovered some TB code there...

    by the garbage man

    The continuation of the last post is, anyone making claims that no one would joke about Obama like this is a fucking idiot. Yeah, no shit, no one would make that joke about Obama's family because THERE IS NO BASIS. If the Obama family were conservative, abstinence-only Christians who also just happened to have a bastard child or two in the family, then there would be a joke there. But they aren't and there isn't and David Letterman is a COMEDIAN who tells JOKES.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:41:13 AM CDT

    How could the joke be about Bristol Palin? Willow Palin

    by coughlins laws

    was at the baseball game with he mother. Letterman clearly said "Did you see Sarah Palin at the baseball game with her daughter?" She was there with her 14 yr old. Why would anyone assume that he wasn't talking about the daughter that was actually there. As far as saying, "Well, it wasn't really a rape joke. It was about hypocrisy and blah, blah, blah..." That just doesn't make sense. Are you telling me it's impossible to say Sarah Palin is a hypocrite without calling her children sluts and hookers? That's like saying, "Why did Obama's crackwhore daughters cross the road? Because there crackpipe was on the other side." Is THAT joke OK? Of course not. I'm ashamed for even having typed it. Letterman whould be ashamed for having said it. And even if he really was talking about the 18 yr old and NOT the 14 yr old, how is that any better? It's still sleazy...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:46:58 AM CDT

    So, Garbage Men, you're saying it's OK to call children whores

    by coughlins laws

    because Sarah Palin beleives something and her daughter made a mistake? OK. That's fine. Now that families have been opened up to criticism, I guess it's now OK to make jokes about how Obama thinks it's OK to take money from people like me who earn and give it to people who don't work, but he's a multi-millionaire and refuses to any money to his own brother starving to death on $12 a year. There seems to be all sorts of ripe irony there that could be mined by Late Night comics. Or how about the other brother he has that's been charged with pedophilia. I'm sure there's all sorts of jokes there that could be drawn up by Letterman's staff. Why is it that the only politician's family in the entire country that can be made fun of is the Palin's, but every other politicians family is off limits?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:51:13 AM CDT

    Hey sexyback, how's the googling going? Find any

    by coughlins laws

    examples of victims being charged for rape kits or just the hospitals?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:55:47 AM CDT

    I posted this about 16 hours ago, but what the hell, reading is

    by the garbage man

    "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. I mean, look at my record. It has never happened. I don't think it's funny. I would never think it was funny. I wouldn't put it in a joke....All right, so there, I hope I've cleared part of this up. 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." - David Letterman, via Newsweek. Coughlins Laws, It does make sense that it's not a rape joke and it's about irony and hypocrisy because those are the facts. It's absolutely possible to get the same point across without calling Palin's children hookers and sluts (although I'm taking your word on it that this was the verbage used, nothing I read or heard Letterman say was that profane or offensive in diction) and even calling Palin herself "slutty" is out of line, but my point has always been that this is an overreaction based on a few people stirring up controversy and far more people buying the controversy whole-cloth. No, you're not going to make a joke about "Obama's crackwhore daughters" because it has never been a national news story that his daughters smoke crack and have sex for money thus it's not a joke, it's just an unfounded insult. You could make a joke about Obama himself regarding crack and that would be valid but it would also be in poor taste, just like Letterman's Palin joke. It would not, however, be justification to ream you in the press.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:59:29 AM CDT

    As far as your buddy who shot up the Holocaust museum

    by coughlins laws

    He hated Jews, he tried to "arrest" a Republican Federal Reserve Chairman, he hated "neo-conservatives", he was a 9/11 Truther who believed Bush knocked down the WTC, and denies the Holocaust. Sounds more like a liberal than a Republican to me...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:01:18 AM CDT

    SWo, your defense is that he was just stupid and didn't

    by coughlins laws

    know which daughter was at the game? It's OK to call an 18 yr old a slut and a hooker? It's OK to call Palin "slutty" for no reason whatsoever? Really? You really believe this?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:06:03 AM CDT

    Letterman deserves everything he's getting. He called

    by coughlins laws

    a 14 yr old a slut and the next night a hooker. He was clearly talking about Sarah Palin at the baseball game with her daughter. She was there with a 14 yr old child. So, either he's lying and never saw the pictures of who was there, or his writers did, and they are all culpable for not knowing for sure. However, I don't see how they couldn't have known by the next night, when he called her a hooker, which daughter it was. Even if they meant the 18 yr old, who wasn't there making their point moot, how is calling an 18 yr old a slut and a hooker any better? How is calling Sarah Palin "slutty" OK? Where is the humor in that? How's that based in reality?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:09:12 AM CDT

    Well, Garbage Man, it's never been in the news that

    by coughlins laws

    Palin's daughters were sluts who have sex with men twice their age. It's also never been in the news that the Palin daughters charge men $1000 an hour for sex. It HAS been in the news that Bristol Palin got pregnant from her boyfriend of 2 years and regrets it. So, your whole, "it's based on what happened in the news", is clearly busllshit and you know it...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:14:51 AM CDT

    no subject

    by the garbage man

    I stand by what I said because I've stated facts. Reread my post. I said Dave was out of line and I specifically mentioned the "slutty" remark. You keep repeating incendiary exaggerations based on your emotional reaction and trying to put words in my mouth. I think we're done here.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:20:18 AM CDT

    You're kidding me, right?

    by mr. nice gaius

    Cuntlins Laws is actually going to run with the highly confused Limbaugh line that von Brunn is a "leftist"?!Good lord. Guys like you need to seriously go back to school and re-study your geo-political theorems. And then you need to start reading up on what and who that nutbag was influenced by. You'll be amazed at how many right-wing "conservatives" will show up in your research.Anything to defend the party though, right? Rush? Coughlins?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:22:24 AM CDT

    How is it an overreaction? The Palin's heard on National

    by coughlins laws

    Television a 62 year old man who has relentlessly attacked them almost every night for almost a year, even 6 months after the election, say that he saw them at a baseball game and proceeded to make jokes about a 35 yr old man "knocking up" their 14 yr old and then the next night heard him joke about a 45 yr old man soliciting their 14 yr old for sex. Why would they assume that he was talking about the daughter who WASN'T EVEN THERE? Why would they assume he's NOT talking about the daughter that was there with them? Plus, Letterman NEVER APOLOGIZED!!! He just said he regrets saying it and then tries to say he meant the daughter that wasn't there, even though he clearly said THREE TIMES the daughter that was there, two nights in a row. He never apologized to the Palin's, then he said he still thinks she's "slutty". What's that based on? Because she's attractive for a politician it's OK to call her "slutty" for no reason whatsoever, even though she's been married to the same man for over two decades?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:22:34 AM CDT

    Letterman's real mistake...

    by mr. nice gaius

    ...was helping to put Palin back in the MSM center. The sooner that woman goes back to Alaska and disappears, the better.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:25:04 AM CDT

    When did I ever say anything about Rush Limbaugh?

    by coughlins laws

    I don't even listen to him. I have no idea what his take on that guy is. I can't have a radio playing during my workday. Sorry, come up with another theory. The point is, he's an anti-semite, holocaust denier. Sounds an awful lot like the guy that Obama listened to screaming at him for 20 years...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:26:53 AM CDT

    What are you kidding, Mr. NiceGaius, he talks about

    by coughlins laws

    her all the time. He hasn't stopped and here we are, 9 months after the election and he can't leave her and her family alone...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:28:04 AM CDT

    Hey GarbageMan, I don't think you know the difference

    by coughlins laws

    between opinion and facts. I can link you to dictionary.com if you'd like...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:29:22 AM CDT

    Coughlins Laws -- THERE YOU ARE MY PISS LADLE!!

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    Give daddy kisses.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:29:49 AM CDT

    You didn't.

    by mr. nice gaius

    But you just reiterated Limbaugh's "von Brunn is actually a Leftist" talking point that he issued yesterday. Apparently, when Rush's party is down and out, he will politicize nutbags like von Brunn because he has nothing else to offer. Kind of like you.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:31:33 AM CDT

    I don't necessarily find Palin to be slutty.....

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    ....she is just an ignorant cunt and a disgrace to all women. That is all.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:34:57 AM CDT

    Coughlins Laws -- there is no response to your stupidity.

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    The fact that you come in here to passionately defend an opportunistic piece of shit like Sarah Palin is hilarious and disturbing. Outside of Rush, Huckabee, and a few other douche bags, I think you may be the only person defending her at this very moment. You should be proud of your little exclusive club. Its gettin' a whole lot more exclusive every day now. Have you seen the numbers?!! Gooooood lord. The Republican party is gonna swing the weight of the Peace and Freedom Party in about 20 years. Yippeeee!

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:35:20 AM CDT

    "he talks about her all the time"

    by mr. nice gaius

    Because that's what comedians do - they mock those who deserve to be ridiculed.I do not condone personal attacks or below-the-belt style jokes on (her) children. However, Dave can lob zingers at Sarah and Todd all he wants for all I care. And I hope he continues to do so.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:38:08 AM CDT

    Coughlins

    by mr. nice gaius

    Quote: "he hated "neo-conservatives", he was a 9/11 Truther who believed Bush knocked down the WTC, and denies the Holocaust. Sounds more like a liberal than a Republican to me..."Actually, it sounds a lot like some Ron Paul supporters...who were actually "true conservatives".

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:40:24 AM CDT

    Late night comedy is based on current events....

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    ....and since that cunt decides to ignore her home state for shameless self promotion, she is constantly in the fucking news. She brought it on herself, and now she plays the victim and right wing hacks that jerk off to her before church ever Sunday, are shocked at the audacity!

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:42:27 AM CDT

    All right, see you later guys. I guess the serious

    by coughlins laws

    discussion is over now. I'm gonna take off because I'm sick of having this 15 yr old tell me he's gonna piss on me and wish death on me, like he's done dozens of times. I leave you with this. The point of all of this, Letterman is a Dirty Old Man who said he was talking about Sarah Palin and her daughter at the Yankees game. She was there with her 14 yr old daughter. He called Sarah Palin "slutty" and suggested she was anit-semitic in his Top Ten List. In his monlogue, he suggested that a 35 yr old knocked up her 14 yr old duaghter (which would be rape) and then the next night, where he HAD to have known by then it was the 14 yr old, suggested she was a hooker trying to be scored on by a 45 yr old. Then, instead of apologizing, he just said he regretted saying the jokes and claimed he was talking about the daughter that WASN'T EVEN THERE!!! Why take the jokes back? Or, was he just saying those jokes would've been fine if he was taling about the 18 yr old having sex with a 35 yr old in the middle of Yankees stadium and a 45 yr old paying $1000 an hour for sex with her. He also made it a point to repeat that he thinks she's "slutty" for no reason whatsoever. Why would she possibly come on his show after he said all this about her family? Even though most of you disagree with her on EVERYTHING completely, can't you at least be decent people and condemn someone when they step way over the line into sleaziness? None of you would stand for this if a Republican said this about a Democrat's family, don't be hypocrites and excuse it when liberals mercilessly go after a Republican's family for no reason whatsoever. Why do you guys think the sexual assault of a 14 yr old is funny?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:43:49 AM CDT

    Jesus Coughlins.

    by lost jarv

    Christ on a fucking bike, you're really making too much of this. Anyway, what's a casualty? Moron.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:45:05 AM CDT

    Palin as slutty stewardess

    by blanket-man

    Letterman joked that that was the "look" she's been going for. And if you're going to hand out buttons at the Republican National Convention that read "COLDEST STATE - HOTTEST GOV!" then, yeah, you've put her looks out there on the table, for the other side to ridicule as they see fit. I pray to that invisible superman in the sky every night that Palin is the GOP's nominee in 2012; that Obama/Palin race will make Reagan/Mondale look like Affirmed/Alydar!

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:45:40 AM CDT

    He's never wished death on you.

    by lost jarv

    You lying shithead. He has said he's going to piss on you repeatedly though.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:46:38 AM CDT

    Wrong, Mr.Gaius, go look at the message boards

    by coughlins laws

    at The Huffington Post and the dailykos where you see people railing on about "neo-conservatives" all the time. As far as Ron Paul, he is NOT a conservative. Most of his support came from racists and Neo-Nazi trash. He was a joke and the vast, vast majority of Republicans did not and do not now take him seriously...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:48:50 AM CDT

    Yes he did, Lost Jar, go back and read his posts

    by coughlins laws

    against me during the campaign. He said he wished Sarah Palin dead and anyone who believed what she did. He repeated similar shit like that for months afterwards. Look it up. You're a big boy. I don't have to hold your hand, do I?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:48:50 AM CDT

    Coughlins Laws -- I never wished death on....

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    ...you. You fucking coward. But I did say a Sarah Palin should run through the Denali naked, and a sniper in a helicopter needs to take her the fuck out. Wolf style-- beeeyatch.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:51:16 AM CDT

    Coughlins Laws = COWARD

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    As usual you piece of shit, you're a fucking lying coward. I was specifically speaking of people who believed that a victim of incest that is impregnated by her own Father and should still carry the child to term need to be fucking shot. Anyone who believes that whacko shit does not belong integrated in society with the rest of us. And I still believe that.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:53:45 AM CDT

    Stop lying, dannyboy, you know you did. All anyone

    by coughlins laws

    has to do is look through your posts during the campaign. You said you wished Sarah Palin dead and anyone who agrees with her.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:54:17 AM CDT

    Coughlins, remember when you said:

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    "I'm better educated than you and I make more money than you. By all respects I am a better person." Awwwww the good old days. I don't even have to exaggerate when I call you a spineless cunt. You basically beg for the title on your knees.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:54:46 AM CDT

    Coughlins Laws -- okay whatever.

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    I thought you were leaving, fucker. GO.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:55:23 AM CDT

    Coughlins Laws

    by mr. nice gaius

    After 8 years, it's good to see that railing against "neo-conservatives" is finally an equal opportunity exercise. It's too bad the so-called "true conservatives" were no where to be found when their party was bringing this country to an all new low.But you're clearly a confused person who doesn't know much about Paul (his supporters) or his standing in the REPUBLICAN party.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 9:57:01 AM CDT

    I'm a coward? Again, like I said before, I'd like to meet

    by coughlins laws

    you. Let's meet in a public place where you can't hide in anonymity and say these things to my face. Then we'll see who the coward is. I think the definition of a COWARD on the internet is someone as rude and abusive as you, who says they want to piss on people and wishes death on them dozens of times and then lies about it, knowing that they're safe from having to actually back up what they say in person.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:00:20 AM CDT

    Almost every conservative I know was complaining

    by coughlins laws

    about Bush's spending and alot of conervatives were against the war. To try and say that Bush got a free pass from conservatives is disingenous. Bush is NOT a conservative. He ruined the Republican Party. As far as Ron Paul, most of his money came from racist groups. He's not a serious conservative by any means. He's a kook.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:03:24 AM CDT

    Coughlins Laws -- the fact that I want to piss on you...

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    ....is not abusive at all. You should take it as a compliment. I've pissed on people I care about before. And I do care about you. You are a constant reminder of how my kid would have turned out had I continued to use meth.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:05:03 AM CDT

    Wow. You guys ...

    by dennismm

    really need to have a few drinks (even one!) and drop the anger down. It's a movie/etc. site, not some political page. Since you know neither one of you will ever admit defeat or even weakness, give it up! Act like adults, not children or TV yawpers.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:08:38 AM CDT

    Again, I feel sorry for any women in your life. I've noticed

    by coughlins laws

    you've at least stopped saying "c@nt" in every other sentence. Has that helped you lose your viriginity like I said it would? You see, girls don't like it when immature boys like you use that word. If you haven't gotten laid yet, just continue to no use the C-word. You might also want to drop the whole, "I'm gonna piss all over you!!!" shtick. I promise that if you stop being vulgar all the time, it'll eventually happen for you!!! Good look!!!

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:12:35 AM CDT

    *sigh*

    by dennismm

    Insult is the lowest form of argument, short of walking into a public place and shooting someone.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:14:47 AM CDT

    Coughlins Laws -- I don't piss on women.

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    I only piss on men. I treat females with respect. And I don't say CUNT as often, because you ran and hid after the election just as we all predicted you would. You disgust me you repulsive turd. Now you're not even funny anymore. You're just filler.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:15:50 AM CDT

    *shakes head and walks away*

    by dennismm

    You can't reason with some people. What do I mean, people? Sentients. No, that's not the word, either. Beings. There we go.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:17:19 AM CDT

    Coughlins..

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    I want to know if you still feel the same way about gays. If you recall, you were laughing in our faces after Prop 8. What was that line you kept popping in and dropping? "Maybe if they wanted to be treated the same, they would do it the natural way." Has your opinion changed since you began the cock worship?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:20:32 AM CDT

    I have no idea what you're talking about. I haven't said

    by coughlins laws

    one thing about Prop 8. I don't live in California and frankly don't really know much about it. As far as running away, that's not true. I've posted regularly on various talkbacks. I only talk about politics when Harry puts something up about politics, which he hasn't much since the election. But enough about that, have you lost your viriginity or not? I'm dying to know...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:21:45 AM CDT

    Coughlins Laws

    by bacci40

    i hope you are gone cuz if i want to read fox news talking points, i will tune in fox news...not go to aicn and bristol palin is a slut...and sarah palin is a slut....and willow is a slut in training...and they should remove the youngest daughter from the palin home before she learns the slutty ways of mommy

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:22:22 AM CDT

    AS A JEW MYSELF, I AM REPULSED BY COUGHLINS LAWS

    by bringingsexyback

    Please don't drag my people into your ramblings disguised as arguments. Clearly Von Brunn is a fringe right-winger who wants to purge his Party of all Jewish influence.

    Also clear is that Coughlins (along with his since-banned buddy AnimalBraneRoddyPiper) is not capable of determining party affiliation since they both think Bush is a Liberal too.

    Face it, sweetheart. You own Bush and you own Von Brunn. You also own the guy who killed the doctor. Your side is fast disintegrating, and you had better start getting your house in order.

    8 years of Bush and not one right-winger has ever had to fear for his/her life. 6 months into the Obama Presidency, and you guys are terrorizing the country.

    Fuck you all.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:26:07 AM CDT

    Hey Coughlin's...

    by docpazuzu

    ...remember this talkback?

    http://secure.aintitcool.com/node/40464

    You know, it's the one where you said that the world's news services would soon be swarming with the story about how Obama had given Gordon Brown "useless" DVDs. It's also the talkback where you accused me of being a "liar" and repeatedly demanded "an apology" from me when I explained how wrong you were. Is it all coming back to you now? No? Well how about the fact that I came back to the talkback, completely crushed you and PROVED that I was right and wondered if maybe it was YOU who should apologize for being wrong -- remember that?

    Of course you do.

    Still, I hope you take the time to peruse it for the hilarity value. It's exhibit A in terms of demonstrating what a truly worthless piece of shit you are.

    Love, Doc.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:28:05 AM CDT

    Uhhh you're a fucking liar.

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    Everyone that participated in the election TB'S remembers your anti-gay jabs. Of course you were more suggestive and light about it, you would never post with balls or confidence. You just hinted at it being a good thing to prevent equal rights. And the quote posted above is pretty much exactly what you said. You said several times, on many occasions its "Its not exactly normal/natural" You would alternate between words. Of course you will never stand by your own words. You say shit and deny it later, which is the ultimate act of cowardice.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:31:19 AM CDT

    One thing I will say....

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    Bristol Palin is fine as fuck. I don't really give a shit about her political views. I would absolutely let her suck my balls as she strokes my cock.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:32:51 AM CDT

    Listen, the only place you hear anti-semitism these

    by coughlins laws

    days is on the Left. Barack Obama sat and listened to an anti-semitic, anti-American preacher for 20 years and the guy married him and baptized his kids. Why isn't HE responsible for what that nut did? The guy hate "neo-conservatives" and you're trying to say he killed because of conservatives? Doesn't make much sense. So I guess then that the killing of the Army recruiter by that crazed Muslim is the fault of MSNBC and Keith Olbermann, right? With his daily diatribes against American policy and the military. Keith Olbermann and The Huffington Post's hate speech caused that wacked out Muslim to kill the Army Recruiter...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:34:35 AM CDT

    I can't believe what a Hate Site this is turning into.

    by coughlins laws

    You call an entire family sluts, even though the mother is has been married to same guy for 20 years, the 18 yr old was only with one guy her whole life, and you're also calling the 14 yr old child a slut. Stay classy, liberals!!!!

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:37:48 AM CDT

    Why are all you guys so filled with hate? Why

    by coughlins laws

    are you still so angry? Liberals run every level of government and you guys are still filled with rage and bitterness and hate. You find it OK to personally destroy people and wish death on people simply because you disagree with them politically. How do some of you sleep at night? How do you walk around all day filled with such rage. I feel like some of you will have heart attacks if you don't calm down. Sarah Palin's side lost. She's not Vice President and will never be President. Why do you find it necessary to viciously attack her and her family?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:38:10 AM CDT

    Uhhhh. Sarah fucked Todd's best friend....

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    ....and it ended their snow mobile business. Remember that? Yeah-- she is a SLUT, just like you are a DUMB FUCK.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:41:03 AM CDT

    YES, PALIN HAD AN AFFAIR WITH TODD'S BUSINESS PARTNER

    by bringingsexyback

    But really, she's no slut.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:42:04 AM CDT

    No thats just the Conservative Wife Swap....

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    .....I hear a lot of them are into that.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:44:12 AM CDT

    WHY IS SARAH PALIN SO OBSESSED WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA?

    by bringingsexyback

    Week after week she whores herself (in a manner of speaking) to the media with some far-reaching accusation of socialism. Why can't she be bothered to stay in Alaska and, I don't know, govern the state? Alaskans are bitterly tired of her self-promotion at their and the country's expense. Enough is enough.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:45:44 AM CDT

    WHY DID SARAH PALIN ALLOW HER UNDER-AGED DAUGHTER TO HAVE SEX

    by bringingsexyback

    in her own home? I respect Levi for telling the truth, even as the Palin clan bashed him and his family in the media.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:45:55 AM CDT

    Yeah, he DID give Gordon Brown DVDs that he couldn't

    by coughlins laws

    watch. I'm not getting your point. I'm not saying that's Obama's fault. But somebody didn't realize that you have to have properly coded DVDs to match the DVD Player. I even said that it wasn't that big of an issue. I don't even understand why you're bringing it up and what it has to do with anyting that was talked about here today? From what I can gather, I was trying to find out why some people were defending David Letterman joking about Sarah Palin's 14 yr old daughter being raped by a 35 yr old and then the next night claimed that a 45 yr old tried to solicit sex from her. What do Letterman's statutory rape jokes have to do with Obama giving Gordon Brown DVDs that wouldn't play on his DVD player?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:48:44 AM CDT

    The 14 yr old didn't have sex in her home with a 35 yr old

    by coughlins laws

    I don't get your poing. Hey sexyback, have you found the example of a rape vicitm paying for a rape kit yet? Surely it must be easy for you since it happened all the time...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:50:49 AM CDT

    So, sexyback, you're saying that because her 17 yr old

    by coughlins laws

    daughter had sex with her 17 yr old boyfriend behind the parents backs, that makes it OK to say her 14 yr old was raped by a 35 yr old and was solicited as a hooker by a 45 yr old? Interesting....

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:52:20 AM CDT

    Did you ask why Obama was obsessed with Bush

    by coughlins laws

    for 2 and a half years instead of actually being a Senator? That's what politicians do, they attack their opponents on political issues...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:52:23 AM CDT

    Coughlins Laws -- DVD's

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    You don't understand why he brought it up? Really? Are you that fucking stupid. He brought it up to illustrate the insignificant shit you make a big deal about, running around screaming with your arms in the air. You are like all Republicans right now-- desperate. Making fucking fools of themselves and clawing at anything that might afford them a few more years of media coverage. I am eagerly awaiting your accusations that "Paganism has taken over the country." YES....that is how fucking stupid you are.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:53:18 AM CDT

    SO, COUGHLINS, YOU'RE SAYING THAT BECAUSE LETTERMAN MADE A JOKE

    by bringingsexyback

    about Sarah Palin it's okay to kill doctors and museum guards, threaten the President's life and terrorize the nation? Interesting ...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:53:45 AM CDT

    dannyboy, did you lose your virginity or not? I might be

    by coughlins laws

    able to introduce you to some girls if you promise not to use the C-Word or talk about pissing on them...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:54:32 AM CDT

    When did I kill a doctor and a museum guard? When

    by coughlins laws

    did I threaten the President's life?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:55:11 AM CDT

    I love when she brings up Socialism.

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    It is awesome entertainment to watch that fucking whore implode.....sorta like Bristol's cunt when Levi cream-pied the shit out of her.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:55:54 AM CDT

    I don't know of one single Republican or conservative

    by coughlins laws

    that is for killing doctors or museum guards or for threatening the President. Do you?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:57:07 AM CDT

    WHEN DID I SAY IT WAS OKAY TO JOKE ABOUT A 14 YEAR OLD?

    by bringingsexyback

  • Jun 12, 2009 10:57:12 AM CDT

    dannyboy, are you a virgin or not?

    by coughlins laws

    Who is imploding, I'm not understanding...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:57:46 AM CDT

    Coughlins Laws -- you're a joke dude.

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    But you're highly entertaining, as always.
    And thank you for your interest in my personal sex life. I do appreciate that. I know the thought of my erect penis excites you. You're one of those mixed up Conservatives aroused by the cock of another man and hating himself because of it. Thats why you sneak in those little jabs like "Its not exactly natural." Wink wink.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:57:54 AM CDT

    When you defended David Letterman making jokes

    by coughlins laws

    about her...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:58:56 AM CDT

    Explain to me when exactly I've ever said anything

    by coughlins laws

    about Prop 8 or about anything to do with gay issues.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:59:07 AM CDT

    WHEN DID I DEFEND LETTERMAN?

    by bringingsexyback

  • Jun 12, 2009 10:59:56 AM CDT

    Please link to where I typed "It's not exactly natural"

    by coughlins laws

    This should be fun.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:00:16 AM CDT

    WHY IS COUGHLINS SO OBSESSED WITH DGDB'S SEX LIFE?

    by bringingsexyback

    You're looking for love in the wrong place, Cough.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:01:31 AM CDT

    It is funny that liberals and Democrats are so angry...

    by hollywoodhellraiser

    in spite of controlling the House and even having a liberal President.Shouldn't you liberals and democrats be happy and not so full of spite and hate?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:01:56 AM CDT

    Coughlins Laws -- to quote your dumb ass....

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    What, you want me to hold your hand little boy? Do it yourself.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:02:00 AM CDT

    You said some nonsense about his non-apology

    by coughlins laws

    MEA-CULPA. How is that NOT defending Letterman for his jokes about statutory rape?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:03:21 AM CDT

    HollywoodHellraiser

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    I never claimed things are going well. I think they are making a lot of fucking mistakes. I'm not really happy with the choices thus far. And though I am Liberal, I have never been one to adore Obama or brag about how amazing of a job he is doing. My hatred is directed soley at Coughlins Laws who is still ignorant enough to defend Sarah Palin.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:03:24 AM CDT

    dannyboy, I've never said anything about Prop 8

    by coughlins laws

    Why do you choose to lie constantly? You know I've never talked about it. You see, this is why you can't find a woman to talk to you...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:04:04 AM CDT

    ARE YOU SAYING I DEFENDED LETTERMAN ...

    by bringingsexyback

    ... by pointing to his apology?

    Do you have a touch of Downs or something? Do you actually expect anyone to make sense of what you say?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:05:15 AM CDT

    Oh dear Lord...

    by mr. nice gaius

    Quote: "...the only place you hear anti-semitism these days is on the Left."Not only is this a blatantly false statement, it shows just how woefully ignorant you are of the issue(s).Seriously, you need to start reading up on current events and about the people involved. Von Brunn and the Dr. Tiller murders are a good place to start. So is reading about the recent DHS report on the rise of right-wing extremist groups.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:05:16 AM CDT

    Why do you hate Sarah Palin so much? Why do you

    by coughlins laws

    hate her children so much? Do they look like one of the many girls that have turned you down for your chance at losing your viriginity?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:06:12 AM CDT

    Coughlins Laws -- I agree with you.

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    I don't think you directly posted the words "Prop 8" or referred to it specifically. You just went into the Prop 8 TB and started spouting random suggestive anti-gay statements. You didn't come out and say GOOD-- I'M GLAD PROP 8 PASSED!! It wasn't that direct. As I said before, you have no balls. You would never be up front like that. You hid in the shadows and whisper, like the little infection you are.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:07:12 AM CDT

    Coughlins Laws -- I don't hate Bristol.

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    As I said before I would fuck the shit out of her asshole....literally. And if she would swallow my seed, I would totally raise that child as my own.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:08:51 AM CDT

    So, you're saying that Rev. Wright isn't an anti-semite?

    by coughlins laws

    Look through the message boards of the dailykos and The Huffington Post if you really want to see hate. Or just read the last few dozen posts on this very talkback if you want to see hate directed at Republicans...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:09:27 AM CDT

    I CAN VERIFY DGDB'S POST

    by bringingsexyback

    He has never shown any hatred for Bristol. Neither have I.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:10:21 AM CDT

    I THINK JEREMIAH WRIGHT IS REPELLENT

    by bringingsexyback

    He's equally as racist as the likes of Alan Dershowitz. Fringe loons one and all.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:10:36 AM CDT

    sexyback, stop calling it an apology, he DIDN'T

    by coughlins laws

    apologize for anything. He simply said he was now calling the 18 yr old a slut and a hooker, then he still said he thinks that Sarah Palin is "slutty". How exactly is any of that an apology?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:12:06 AM CDT

    I never said anything about Prop 8 and never said

    by coughlins laws

    anything anti-gay. You're thinking of someone else. Plus, did you lose your viriginity or not?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:12:45 AM CDT

    I didn't even get on Bristol for getting knocked up....

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    ....I wouldn't slam a 17 year old kid that accidentally gets pregnant. What I did slam was Sarah's epically ignorant insistence to continue supporting Abstinence Only programs after her own daughter has proven it doesn't fucking work. Sarah couldn't make the ideology work in her own fucking home, but she's confident it will work with others?!! Uhhhh yeah. Grow a brain bitch.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:13:49 AM CDT

    Coughlins Laws -- okay I'll play along.

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    No I haven't lost my virginity. I'm 32, fat, ugly, and I've never been with a real woman. There....hahahha. So funny. DGDB is a virgin! And you're still a fucking idiot. Now what?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:15:43 AM CDT

    Well, there you go. There's anti-semitism on the

    by coughlins laws

    Far-Right AND the Far-Left. How can you blame Republicans for every time some loon decides to go on a killing spree. I don't see you blaming that crazed Muslim for shooting the Army Recruiter. You could say he was worked up by anti-military, anti-American foreign policy by guys like Keith Olbermann and his ilk. Wanna know why? Some people are just crazy...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:16:16 AM CDT

    Coughlins Laws

    by mr. nice gaius

    Rev. Wright is a clusterfuck unto himself. But he also hasn't killed a doctor in a church or a security guard in a museum the a couple of right-wing nuts have.I don't read the message boards of places like The Huffington Post or Dailykos. But I imagine that their tone is not matched by the actions of certain individuals who post on right-wing messageboards. Have you familiarized yourself with that particular brand of hate being espoused by people in your chosen party?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:17:26 AM CDT

    "like" -- not "the"

    by mr. nice gaius

  • Jun 12, 2009 11:18:45 AM CDT

    So, dannyboy, when Obama's daughters get "knocked up"

    by coughlins laws

    proving that "condoms-only" education doesn't work, will you be equally critical of Obama? Almost every single high school in America teaches about condoms, yet thousands of teens get pregnant every year, so wouldn't you say that "condoms-only" education doesn't work? If not, why not?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:21:27 AM CDT

    Thanks for putting words in my mouth scumbag.

    by dannyglovers_dickblood


    I have never once said a "Condoms Only" system would work. I want a sex education program that teaches every form of prevention imaginable. And yes....that includes Abstinence. Why limit the information you are providing in any way? Putting restrictions on knowledge is the Republican's game. I say teach everything. Keep posting....you're doing great.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:23:11 AM CDT

    So, 2 people out of 60 million Republicans have killed

    by coughlins laws

    people and you're going to use that as a way to paint EVERY Republican as a possible killer? What about your guy that was a Muslim, anti-American? Didn't he learn that from the Left? Didn't he see Keith Olbermann's anti-American foreign policy diatribes every night for the last 6 to 8 years? Is the Left responsible for the death of that Army Recruiter?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:24:45 AM CDT

    So, dannyboy, if not one single pregnancy program works

    by coughlins laws

    then why do you have a special hatred for Sarah Palin. I'm not following. If teens want to have sex, it's almost impossible to stop them, right?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:26:04 AM CDT

    Teach everything? Really? Even that Intelligent Design

    by coughlins laws

    Garbage? Are you for teaching that, too?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:27:10 AM CDT

    Pregnancy programs do work you dumb fuck.....

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    .....look at the numbers. They are effective. I attack Palin because she wants Abstinence ONLY programs. ONLY. You know what that means? Jesus Christ. Shut the fuck up now. Keep talking about Olbermann. When you bring up the sexed topic you sound like even more of a fucking moron than usual.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:28:12 AM CDT

    Yup teach Intelligent Design....

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    ...side by side with Evolution. There should be no limit on the information provided to a kid. Let them make their own decisions.Now fuck off. I'm done.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:29:22 AM CDT

    Coughlin...

    by docpazuzu

    ...It's important because it shows how HUGE a stink YOU tend to make about insignificant things -- that is, until you get proven wrong at which point you point out how unimportant they suddenly are.

    You swore that it was a "fact", or rather "FACT", that Brown had tried watching the discs and that they had not worked. You quoted British newspapers, but when it was pointed out to you that the "story" was a bit of humorous fabulation on their part, you refused to admit you were wrong or apologize.

    This is the point: you demand apologies from people you perceive have "lied", but refuse to apologize yourself when it turns out YOU were wrong. You also issue challenges and when they are met, you ignore the answers.

    You are colossally ignorant and hideously arrogant and thus impossible to debate because you simply cannot accept facts when they go against your notions.

    You're also a cunt.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:29:45 AM CDT

    Is that a serious statement?!

    by mr. nice gaius

    Or are you just throwing up a bunch of hypothetical flak in the interest of deflection? Show me where this "Muslim anti-American" was influenced by the Left. Or better yet (since you seem to have a hard-on for him), show me how Olbermann was directly responsible. Is there a paper trail for this like there is in the Tiller murder or the Holocaust Museum shooting?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:33:58 AM CDT

    COUGHLINS: WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE WIN IN IRAN?

    by bringingsexyback

    Ahmadinejad or Moussavi? I'm for Moussavi.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:34:54 AM CDT

    No, it wasn't a "humorous" story. It was straight

    by coughlins laws

    reporting. Did you even read the story. The guy was NOT making jokes. He was reporting what happened. Why don't you actually read what it said. I'm NOT wrong on that. Not to mention, I DO admit when I'm wrong. I was wrong about that crazy girl who claimed that an Obama supporter carved a "B" on her cheek and apologized, even though I said it looked fishy from the start. I also admitted I was wrong about the word casualty, which I always thought just meant death and see it used that way in the media all the time. However, I was NOT wrong about that story. I'll find it and link it to you if you want...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:36:05 AM CDT

    Where did he hear anti-American and anti-military

    by coughlins laws

    propaganda for the last 8 years if NOT from the Left?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:38:35 AM CDT

    DID GORDON BROWN PUT THAT DVD PLAYER ON HIS EXPENSE ACCOUNT?

    by bringingsexyback

    I've a feeling he did!

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:40:20 AM CDT

    Its funny how conservatives want Free Speech

    by d.vader

    And want to be able to tell politically incorrect jokes, but its certainly not okay when someone makes a joke at their expense.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:40:45 AM CDT

    I BELIEVE OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH HAS INSPIRED IRANIANS

    by bringingsexyback

    to push for reform and friendlier ties with the US. Even if Mahmoud wins, he'll have to moderate his stances. It's all good.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:41:15 AM CDT

    And no one said rape...

    by d.vader

    It was only the Palins who used the word "rape", which certainly says a lot about twisting someone's words to advance your own agenda.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:42:25 AM CDT

    Coughdrop

    by lost jarv

    I'm british and I watch region 1 DVD's all the time. Stop being a moron.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:42:44 AM CDT

    Is that your answer, Coughlins?!

    by mr. nice gaius

    A dismissal?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:43:06 AM CDT

    Coughlin

    by docpazuzu

    So now you're denying what's in fucking print? Dude, I POSTED links to the stories in that talkback myself. You accused me of making shit up and I proved that I was right. Furthermore, your worldwide news "explosion" about that story never happened. You were completely pwned (by me and others) and the proof is right there in the talkback for everyone to see.

    You're fucking demented.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:43:10 AM CDT

    THE PALINS REMORSELESSLY EXPLOIT THEIR CHILDREN

    by bringingsexyback

    for political gain.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:43:21 AM CDT

    NO, the problem with debating people here is that

    by coughlins laws

    too many people present their opinons as facts. I'm not arrogant (even though I think I'm better than all of you). However, whenever I'm on here, 5 or 6 people argue with me at once. I feel most of the time I get the better of the exchange but by the time I post, there are always 2 or 3 more posts from different people, challenging me on different things. Everyone on here thinks they're right. But I have to defend myself from all directions at once, with half the people being serious and half of them just baiting me and calling me names, simple because they disagree with me politically. Like you just did. You called me a "cunt', simply because you disagree with me on certain issues. Why be this vulgar? Why can't you show me the respect I show you?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:44:59 AM CDT

    COUGHLINS: AHMADINEJAD OR MOUSSAVI?

    by bringingsexyback

  • Jun 12, 2009 11:44:59 AM CDT

    COUGHLINS: AHMADINEJAD OR MOUSSAVI?

    by bringingsexyback

  • Jun 12, 2009 11:46:55 AM CDT

    MAYBE GORDON BROWN GOT ONE OF THOSE COBY DVD PLAYERS

    by bringingsexyback

    They don't work for Region 1 because they don't work at all.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:47:13 AM CDT

    It'

    by coughlins laws

  • Jun 12, 2009 11:47:46 AM CDT

    "I think I'm better than all of you"

    by docpazuzu

    Is that the respect you're referring to?

    Cunt.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:47:49 AM CDT

    Coughdrop

    by lost jarv

    Further more, I read the Telegraph regularly (it's a right wing paper- bet that's a shock for you), and I can say that they quite frequently do whimsical little stories like that in the editorial. Stop being a cunt.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:49:25 AM CDT

    NEOCONS BACK MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD

    by bringingsexyback

    American neoconservatives have often used the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to bolster their case for aggressive action against Iran. So the assumption might be that they would be rooting for Iranians to take care of the problem themselves by electing reformer Mir Hossein Mousavi in today's vote.

    Instead, they're rooting for the anti-American bogeyman to stay in power.

    Middle East Forum Director Daniel Pipes said in a speech at the Heritage Foundation that he would vote for Ahmadinejad if he could.

    American Enterprise Institute's Michael Rubin told National Review's Kathryn Jean Lopez it might be better for Ahmadinejad to win, because a loss might give Obama the impression that diplomacy was working.



    Other neocons, worried a shift in power will signal a fresh start relations with Iran, are already deflating a Mousavi win. The same pundits who constantly point out Ahmadinejad's Holocaust denial, anti-Semitism, and nuclear ambitions as reasons to confront Iran now argue that the president doesn't matter. Martin Peretz wrote at the New Republic, "We've known for a long time that elected leaders do not carry the weight of those who have been anointed." Ilan Berman seconded at the American Spectator, "Whoever ends up becoming president will have little real power -- and even less influence over Iran's geostrategic direction."

    In fact, Mousavi does disagree with Ahmadinejad on a key policy point. Unlike the current president, he would back nuclear talks with Iran and United Nations Security Council members.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:49:44 AM CDT

    It's rape because there can never be consensual sex

    by coughlins laws

    between a 14 yr old child and a 35 yr old. As far as that story, it WASN'T a humor piece. It was straight reporting. And I never said it was Obama's fault. I don't even know the point of your post. It was his people and for whatever reason, the DVDs didn't work. I didn't blame Obama. I just pointed out it was a stupid gift and he couldn't watch them, which was true. PERIOD.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:49:45 AM CDT

    HAHAHAHAHAHA!

    by lost jarv

    "I'm not arrogant (even though I think I'm better than all of you)." That's oxymoronic. Minus the oxy.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:50:11 AM CDT

    Re:DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD

    by hollywoodhellraiser

    I wasn't flaming you specifically, I was talking about liberals and democrats, in general.And I for one appreciate that you aren't one of those "follow the leader" type liberals.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:50:23 AM CDT

    I'm glad you got my joke, Lost Jarvis.

    by coughlins laws

  • Jun 12, 2009 11:52:40 AM CDT

    So, Letterman can make jokes about statutory rape

    by coughlins laws

    and calling someone "slutty" for no reason, but I can't make a stupid joke about arrogance? Wow, double-standard or what?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:53:22 AM CDT

    and I called you a cunt

    by lost jarv

    simply because you are.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:53:49 AM CDT

    THE MORMONS MARRY CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 12

    by bringingsexyback

    And they're overwhelmingly Republican. What's your point?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:55:24 AM CDT

    NO ONE IS STOPPING YOU FROM MAKING STUPID JOKES

    by bringingsexyback

    Just don't be upset when they're called out for being, well, stupid.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:56:13 AM CDT

    Its not rape, Coughlins...

    by d.vader

    When its an 18 yr old, whom Letterman was referring to, whom everyone that isn't a moron immediately thought of when the joke was told.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:57:02 AM CDT

    Letterman said, "

    by coughlins laws

  • Jun 12, 2009 11:57:13 AM CDT

    I THOUGH LETTERMAN WAS TALKING ABOUT BRISTOL

    by bringingsexyback

    I don't even know who Willow is, let alone how old she is.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:57:58 AM CDT

    MOUSSAVI IS THE OBAMA OF PERSIA

    by bringingsexyback

  • Jun 12, 2009 11:58:29 AM CDT

    Letterman said, "Did you see Sarah Palin at the baseball

    by coughlins laws

    game with her daughter?" She was there with her 14 yr old. Only afterwards did he "correct" himself and claim he was only calling the 18 yr old a slut and a hooker...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:00:18 PM CDT

    If anyone DID see Sarah Palin at the baseball game

    by coughlins laws

    you would've seen her with a 14 yr old child, NOT the 18 yr old with a newborn. Sorry his stupid writers didn't know the difference or just said they meant the 18 yr old after they were called on it...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:00:34 PM CDT

    Yeah Coughlins, exactly

    by d.vader

    He meant the 18 year old. So did EVERYONE else. Until it was mentioned that the 14 yr old was at the game. But even then, no one has ever heard anything about her. Only one Palin daughter has been knocked up, and thus everyone thought of her.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:01:29 PM CDT

    And no one called her a slut or a hooker

    by d.vader

    Did he mention there was some sort of exchange of money? No. You're doing the exact same thing I mentioned up above- adding your own words that no one has used before in this conversation to fit your agenda.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:01:50 PM CDT

    Stop acting confused.

    by gotilk

    You all know why we're pissed. It's because Palin and her mentally challenged supporters are trying to silence a critic with lies and half-truths. Then they take those lies and turn "knocked up" into "slut" and "rape". Then when Letterman makes it clear he meant her older daughter, you still stick to your assumptions, ignore facts and remain on the attack. Good for Letterman for explaining himself instead of just saying it was in bad taste. This world needs more people who are willing to raise a middle finger to people who claim to be offended when the truth is, it's just hit too close to home.

    Oh, and DGDB, your site is made of professionalism. Bravo.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:02:12 PM CDT

    And as someone pointed out, he DID apologize

    by d.vader

    Something none of your conservative heroes have ever done.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:03:26 PM CDT

    WHAT WAS SARAH PALIN DOING AT A BASEBALL GAME?

    by bringingsexyback

    Alaska's in turmoil and she's taking her family to a baseball game at taxpayers' expense? Is this how Alaskan earmarks are spent?

    Outrageous.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:04:51 PM CDT

    PALIN LOOKS LIKE A PITBULL WITH LIPSTICK

    by bringingsexyback

    Every one of those her own words.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:05:11 PM CDT

    MAKE THAT A RETARDED PITBULL

    by bringingsexyback

  • Jun 12, 2009 12:05:52 PM CDT

    Why would anyone assume he meant the 18 yr old

    by coughlins laws

    if they saw her at the game with the 14 yr old child? Why should Sarah Palin think he was talking about the daughter that wasn't with her when he said that A-Rod raped her daughter during the game? Why would she assume it was the daughter that wasn't there? Why, if that's your story now, do you think it's OK to call an 18 yr old daughter of a politician a slut and a hooker?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:06:54 PM CDT

    IF I WERE PUTIN I WOULD INVADE ALASKA

    by bringingsexyback

    while Palin is watching baseball.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:07:40 PM CDT

    NOBODY NOTICED PALIN AND HER DAUGHTER AT THE BASEBALL GAME

    by bringingsexyback

    They were there to watch ... baseball.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:08:18 PM CDT

    Coughlins Law, you really are an idiot

    by d.vader

    No one needs to point out to you that a Palin daughter has already been knocked up. Therefore, when you hear the joke "Palin's daughter got knocked up," you immediately assume the joke refers to the previously knocked up Palin. Only the people who knew the younger Palin was the ONLY one at the game would realize the error. And again, stop using the word rape for God's sake. And again, tell me WHO CALLED BRISTOL A SLUT OR A HOOKER? Oh thats right YOU'RE the only one to do so.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:08:35 PM CDT

    I DON'T THINK WILLOW IS TODD'S DAUGHTER

    by bringingsexyback

    She looks just like his former business partner.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:09:34 PM CDT

    I WOULD NOT HAVE ISSUED A MEA CULPA IF I WERE LETTERMAN

    by bringingsexyback

    But he's a better man than I.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:10:09 PM CDT

    So Coughlins, I challenge you to prove you're not an idiot

    by d.vader

    SHOW ME exactly where Letterman called the Palin daughter a slut and a hooker. Please, prove to me youre not the boneheaded moron you've been acting like.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:11:17 PM CDT

    She never said she "looked" like a pitbull, idiot.

    by coughlins laws

    Plus, he NEVER said he was sorry. He said he PROBABLY regrets telling the jokes. Said he was only calling the 18 yr old a slut and a hooker and said he stood by calling Palin "slutty". How is any of that an apology?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:12:06 PM CDT

    COUGHLINS LIKES TO BELIEVE THE WORST IN PEOPLE

    by bringingsexyback

    We tend to believe in the best in our fellow human beings.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:14:07 PM CDT

    PALIN *IS* SLUTTY

    by bringingsexyback

    According to McCain's campaign officials, when they went to her hotel room she showed up at the door with only a towel on, with Todd sitting in the room.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:15:35 PM CDT

    I do have to say, Letterman should be ashamed of his jokes

    by d.vader

    But only because its giving Palin all this attention. She should have disappeared long ago.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:16:40 PM CDT

    WHAT DO GOD AND OBAMA HAVE IN COMMON?

    by thanos0145

    They both don't have birth certificates?

    Wait, you can't joke about Obama because then you'd be called a RACIST.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:17:28 PM CDT

    THE INFAMOUS TOWEL INCIDENT

    by bringingsexyback

    "From Newsweek's Special Election Project comes the real Sarah Palin. She met staff members in a towel:

    At the GOP convention in St. Paul, Palin was completely unfazed by the boys' club fraternity she had just joined. One night, Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter went to her hotel room to brief her. After a minute, Palin sailed into the room wearing nothing but a towel, with another on her wet hair. She told them to chat with her laconic husband, Todd. "I'll be just a minute," she said."

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:17:53 PM CDT

    He said she got knocked up by A-Rod during the

    by coughlins laws

    baseball game. Isn't that saying she's a slut? If it was the daughter who was there, it's statutory rape. If it was the daughter who WASN'T there (doesn't make much sense to talk about the daughter who wasn't even at the game), wouldn't she have to be a slut for getting impregnated at a baseball game when she has a newborn at home? The next night, he said she had to keep Spitzer away from their daughter. If they were talking about the daughter that was ACTUALLY THERE, it makes Spitzer a sexual predator that has sex with 14 yr olds. If they were talking about the daughter who WASN'T there, it would imply that she's a hooker since that is what Spitzer's famous for doing, fucking hookers. He also called Sarah Palin "slutty" for no reason, someone who's been married to the same man for over 20 years. Do you understand now?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:18:25 PM CDT

    Thanos0145 -- naaaaawwww.....

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    If you joked about Obama's birth certificate I would just call you generic, unoriginal, and 6 months behind the times.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:20:43 PM CDT

    WHAT DO GOD AND OBAMA HAVE IN COMMON?

    by bringingsexyback

    They both answer to Bale.

    Praise be.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:20:59 PM CDT

    Coughlins Laws

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    Wait so you admit the SLUT term came from your assumptions? You're just assuming thats what he meant because Bristol has a child already? So any female that has a second child from a different father than the first, is automatically a SLUT? Really? Wow. That is very degrading and rude of you to feel that way.And if we're making assumptions...isn't it safe to call Sarah a slut for having an affair with her husband's best friend? I feel that is far worse than having two children from two different fathers.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:20:59 PM CDT

    No, Coughlins, no its not

    by d.vader

    But what you did, based on your own rules, was call Bristol a slut bc she DID get knocked up before. Apparently to you, getting knocked up means slut.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:22:13 PM CDT

    AROD is into Cougars.(and fugly women).

    by thanos0145

    That muscular stripper, Madonna, and Kate Hudson.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:22:32 PM CDT

    Coughlins thinks every impregnated woman is a SLUT.

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    There are those Conservative Values we always hear about. Why doesn't your party respect women?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:22:51 PM CDT

    Yeah, that story turned out to be made up. Sorry,

    by coughlins laws

    you've been fooled. Even if that story was true, which it wasn't, how would that make it OK to call her daughters sluts and hookers?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:24:49 PM CDT

    Coughlins...pregnancy is a beautiful thing.

    by dannyglovers_dickblood


    Don't you guys consider life to be a precious gift? You should feel more positive about it. Women are not disgusting when they are pregnant. They are beautiful and glowing. I really wish you would change your stance. Its disturbing you feel that every pregnant women is a SLUT of some kind. Personally, I would never say such a thing. Pregnant women make me smile.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:25:43 PM CDT

    WE NEED PREGNANT WOMEN

    by bringingsexyback

    Otherwise we'd be extinct.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:27:00 PM CDT

    Coughlins -- so you hate Muslims, Gays, and Pregnant Women?

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    I'm not even kidding. You are severely fucked up. Remember....fear breeds hate.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:27:21 PM CDT

    Coughlins- IGNORING THE OBVIOUS

    by d.vader

    That HE called Bristol a slut. NO ONE ELSE DID. But keep ignoring that fact, you fucking moron. Yeah I went ahead and insulted you. Because you're acting like one, and if it walks like a duck... well you know the saying.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:28:41 PM CDT

    COUGHLINS THINKS KNOCKED UP GIRLS ARE SLUTS!!

    by d.vader

    AND HOOKERS!

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:29:08 PM CDT

    Letterman called her a slut and I'm the bad guy.

    by coughlins laws

    I love you guys. It's been fun. I didn't say all pregnant girls are sluts. You guys did. Letterman said she had sex with a guy she doesn't know in the middle fo Yankees Stadium. HE joked about statutory rape, got called on it, then said he just meant to call her a slut. Alright guys, bye, bye. I thought you all could have serious discussions. For two hours it's been explained to me that the joke was funny because Bristol Palin (who wasn't even there and wasn't the original target of the joke) is a slut, but now, somehow, I'M the one calling her a slut. How do you guys sleep at night?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:30:17 PM CDT

    MEN AND WOMEN *SHOULD* HAVE SEX ON THE BASEBALL FIELD

    by bringingsexyback

    It might make the sport worth watching.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:34:26 PM CDT

    What’s the difference between Ross Perot and Barack Obama?

    by thanos0145

    Ross Perot is crackpot with big ears; Barack Obama is a pothead with big ears.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:35:40 PM CDT

    Why does Obama want higher taxes?

    by thanos0145

    Cause he won’t be the one paying them.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:36:37 PM CDT

    Ok...but what about your hatred of homosexuals?

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    Thats also just a misunderstanding? So you like them and accept them now? Oh good for you.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:36:49 PM CDT

    What's the problem with Barack Obama jokes?

    by thanos0145

    His followers don't think they're funny and other people don't think they're jokes.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:38:08 PM CDT

    Why wouldn't Obama be paying the taxes?

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    He's never had tax problems. Thats Tim Geithner....you should have used the joke on that douche bag.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 12:41:47 PM CDT

    It's very common lately for the right to

    by gotilk

    appropriate liberal keywords and even sometimes invoking the names of groups. You know, like anti-gay-marriage activists talking about LOSING THEIR RIGHTS. Aww, too bad. You're going to lose your right to vote on other's rights. Boo fucking hoo. They're not losing rights just because someone else is gaining them. It's the old "precious" thing. Everything is so PRECIOUS. Virginity, sexuality, marriage. They don't take any of it seriously enough to respect it. They just "hold it dear" like a mother that smother's it's child, or the way a stalker worships the object of their "affection". Most of what they call respect and love is nothing more than objectification. They're just angry they can't sell their daughters to the guy with the most cows. One of the ads even called their group a sort of "rainbow coalition". See, the problem is, they're just aping liberals. It's like the neighbor down the street who HEARS you playing the drums and complains that it's "disturbing" him. He has to step out on his lawn and listen in order to even tell you're drumming at all. I had a neighbor once who did nothing but sit in his kitchen all night and snort crank.I'd get up in the middle of the night and get a drink. He would call the manager at 3am and complain that I was disturbing him by "slamming cupboards". The manager caught him through his OPEN window sitting there snorting crank off his table. He didn't like us. It had nothing to do with actually being disturbed. He was just out of his mind and was pissed off that I had complained TO HIM that he blasted his TV all night. Claiming false offense is an OLD trick used to silence critics. And don't think they're not cribbing from the old UK playbook with this incessant PEEEEEDOPHILE bullshit. That this conversation has gone on so long is a bit of testament that partly it's working. And that's sad. But don't any of you sharp people here think for a second that these people do NOT actually realize the joke wasn't that offensive. They know it, they're just "staying the course" and "sticking to their guns". Predictably. Hopefully, some of you on the fence will read some of the comments here and start to use a bit of reason and logic. But to those asking for Letterman's head on this? Those people, probably a high percentage of them, are UN-fixable. They're forever stuck in an endless loop of
    "Wow, this ____ sure pisses me off. How dare those ____ do that" Spurred on by the fact that radio and TV hosts reinforce their ignorance in loud, convincing voices. There are hosts in radio and TV that have made MILLIONS off doing NOTHING but making YOU feel comfortable basically...just never looking into anything. They'll do the thinking for you. We all have busy lives. I haven't had a day off in months, no weekends, barely sleeping on some days. Somehow I manage to care enough to stay informed and keep a "prepared" mind. (OPEN minds are for suckers) Stop being intellectually lazy and claiming everyone who actually uses 10% of their brains is an "elitist". And to those who are surprised how long we've been discussing this? Just stop reading or stop posting. But to mention it is kind of like someone who screams "I AM NOT YELLING! YOU'RE YELLING!"

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  • Jun 12, 2009 1:05:03 PM CDT

    Sarah Palin's Pathetic attempts for tv coverage

    by samuel fulmer

    First American Choppers now this. I have a feeling she'll show up on I'm a Celebrity get me out of here to replace Stephan Baldwin when he gets kicked off.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 1:09:46 PM CDT

    gotilk

    by thanos0145

    So Palin's kids are fair game but Obama's kids aren't? With Bristol you have a point, she's 18 and made herself a public figure by becoming a spokesperson for abstinence. During the campaign, she was a minor and should've been off limits. Willow, Piper, and Trig are minors and should be off limits.(As all kids of political figures should be.) Being on the Campaign trail doesn't make them fair game. Letterman is still a bitter and unfunny old man. He's got a thing for Gov. Palin because his wife is fugly.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 1:21:56 PM CDT

    So everyone that slams Palin...

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    ...finds her more attractive than their wife, and thats why they're doing it? Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 1:26:49 PM CDT

    Gotilk, Rush Limbaugh just joked that Michelle Obama is a cheap

    by darth_inedible

    Ok not really, but just imagine the reaction. Libs aren't exactly known for their ability to ignore Rush's quips. In fact you guys pay people to sit in a room listening to him while autistically cataloging his every potential "offense" into a searchable database. "How dare those ____ do that" as you say... Point being that you're side is just as full of "unfixable" douchebags who are just as "reinforced" by your hermetically sealed media.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 1:27:04 PM CDT

    The Palin Clan Jumped the Great White

    by samuel fulmer

    When they started making appearances on the Today Show to Promote (????) abstinence by showing Bristol with her newborn.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 1:27:32 PM CDT

    A Cheap Slut

    by darth_inedible

    couldn't fit that in sorry

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  • Jun 12, 2009 1:29:46 PM CDT

    Make fun of whoever you want

    by samuel fulmer

    Obama compared himself to Special Olympians.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 1:29:56 PM CDT

    Here's the deal -- everyone is fair game.....

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    .....except for inciting actual violence or encouraging assassination, thats a bit too far for mainstream media or television personalities. But outside of that, anyone can say pretty much anything about anyone. So Sarah should shut her fucking whore mouth and quit crying. And for the record yes I would fuck the spit out of her.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 1:38:18 PM CDT

    How can Palin "silence" Letterman

    by castlemonster

    when she isn't even allowed to be offended by his insults?And you really believe it makes any difference who wins in Iran? They're all puppets of the Mullahs. The Mullahs are the rulers, the "President" of Iran is just their puppet.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 1:40:56 PM CDT

    IT HAS BEGUN!! BATTLE ROYALE 2000!!!

    by cellar door

    Finally!!!! We're back in top form and I'm loving every word and line! Holy shit! There's some classics here too..no question the "how the kids would have turned out had I not quit meth" is hilarious dude.So..not even an election year and we're on people! Yeehaw!I say we take Coughlin up on his challenge since he's one who seems to be ready to meet face to face. Obiviously, if there's going to be any actuall ass kicking, it cannot be done in a way that winds somebody up in the pokey so I'm thinking an amatuer boxing match with all the trimmings.Since the implication is that Coughlin would be ready for these discussions outside of the anonymity of the internet I think he's perfect for the "Right Wing" and now the question is who to fight for the "Left Wing"?The logical choice would be DG-DB and perhaps he's the best choice but I haven't read that he'd take the challenge as either being legit or worthy of response...soWhat say you Danny? Are you up to the BATTLE ROYALE 2000 challenge?Enough of this verbal tennis match mickey mouse bullshit fellas! Let's act like real men and beat the freakin shit out of each other for having different opinions!I mean retort after retort...it get's a little difficult to keep up and my reading comprehension is barely above that of a gnat so give us a leg up folks!And we're not talking EFNY style boxing, we're talking padded, gloved, legit style where sheer pugilistic skill is what keeps the strongest man upright.Remember the fun when a couple AICN'er s got into the ring with Doctor Uwe Boll and the hilarity and hijinks? Well imagine the fun when these political diehards finally face off, face to face, in the rings of political ass kickery infamously known as BATTLE ROYALE 2000!!!!!Kumite? Did you say Kumite? Kumite Schmumite...BATTLE ROYALE 2000!!!!!

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  • Jun 12, 2009 1:45:01 PM CDT

    Oh yeah...

    by cellar door

    I'll be happy to do the ring side commentary...only thing is I live underwater in a hidden secret base "somewhere" in the South Pacific so keep in mind my frequent flyer miles are not what they used to be. If you guys are looking to do this locally, let's keep it realistic.Personally, I think a perfect setting would be an active volcano in Hawaii. How perfect is that? Just like a scene right out of Mortal Combat! (the video game, not the movie)

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  • Jun 12, 2009 1:48:58 PM CDT

    If the active Volcano location falls through

    by samuel fulmer

    You could always do it on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier, or maybe on top of Mt. Rushmore.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 2:01:28 PM CDT

    Darth_Inedible

    by gotilk

    Hey, I will not cop to that personally. But I think what you say is somewhat true. I'd like to see some examples of it though, genuinely. "Barack the Magic Negro" is not exactly thinly veiled anything. Or subtle, or very interpretable. Put it in a context that makes sense AND considers the source and I'll give you this one. It's impossible for me to sit here and type that liberals are incapable of taking things out of context toward an agenda. It just wouldn't be true. But it doesn't change the fact that the Palindrones are doing the same thing but with the added bonus that they can't even justify the ENDS, let alone the means.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 2:03:41 PM CDT

    Good call Sam!

    by cellar door

    A little "NxNW" never hurt anyone eh? If we use the aircraft carrier, we'll need some serious jets with missiles and shit. I wonder if we can have a couple jet engines running during the match...maybe flip the exhaust so flames belch out at particular moments (we could us that with the bell sound to indicate round start/stops, etc).Also...that Devil's Tower in Wyoming...it's flat on top right? How apropro right? Cinema geeks...the CEot3K history making location...I can see it now...lights, smoke...plumes of fire blasting into the night sky hundreds of meters/yards high. Roving spot lights and diverging helicopters, loudspeakers with a variety of Rock and HipHop and maybe some crossover polka/ska here and there. Get some celebrity sponsors like ZZTop and Paris Hilton...Hmmm...I can see it...This could be HUGE! And even if the rest of the country says, "Ok, who the fuck are these fucking guys on tv beating each other up?"...who's gonna complain with ZZTop, loud music and fireworks, get a bunch of grills with ribs for the right and tofurkey dogs for the left...This could be a god damn BONANZA people!Make it so!

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  • Jun 12, 2009 2:04:27 PM CDT

    Palin is using this as a way to gain politica

    by i_banged_harley_quinn

    momentum. Plain and simple. She knows full well Letterman wasn't talking about the 14 year old. She's starting a war for exposure that's it. Fuck that stupid christian idiot. I can't take anyone seriously who thinks dinosaurs didn't exist. It's called a fossil you dumb bitch.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 2:08:05 PM CDT

    Thanos0145

    by gotilk

    I did sort of promise I wouldn't explain it to you again civilly. But just one last time. It's not "fair game" we're talking about. IF Obama spent time spouting off about abstinence, creepy-ass borderline incestuous purity rings and not using birth control, then yes. To a certain extent, his kids, if sexually active in a public way, would be fair game. Does that explain it? It wouldn't make sense to make a joke about the daughter of a president or candidate in the limelight getting "knocked up" if she had never BEEN knocked up. This "fair game" thing makes no sense. Why make a joke that doesn't make any logical sense??

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  • Jun 12, 2009 2:14:36 PM CDT

    Sarah Palin, Mitt Romeny, Newt Gingrich

    by samuel fulmer

    Or Kirk Cameron for Elephant party in '12?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 2:15:54 PM CDT

    letterman was much funnier in the 90's

    by ironic_name

  • Jun 12, 2009 2:17:03 PM CDT

    CASTLEMONSTER

    by bringingsexyback

    Please chime in only after you know what you're talking about. Why waste precious bandwidth on ignorance?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 2:20:42 PM CDT

    i_banged_harley_quinn

    by ironic_name

    sarah palin is about as Christian as she is smart.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 2:21:01 PM CDT

    One more fight location

    by samuel fulmer

    A busy street market in China with old guys choking chickens and bicyclists going by ringing their little bicycle bells in the background. Coughlin jumps in for a high kick, but then is countered by Danny's Dragon punch to the groin. Suddenly a masked female challenger jumps in to the fray wearing a green ninja costume. Danny throws a sonic boom at her face and the masks burns away revealing Sarah Palin. She then turns her back on the battle when she realizes that she has to make a talkshow appearance with Bristol on Jerry Springer.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 2:22:16 PM CDT

    I REMEMBER THE RIGHT VICIOUSLY MOCKING CHELSEA CLINTON

    by bringingsexyback

    when she was just an innocent young girl.

    Where was the outrage from our rightwing friends then? Hmm?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 2:23:29 PM CDT

    how is palin not celebrity guest at an alaskan country fair?

    by ironic_name

    Good wins, bad loses. deal with it republicans.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 2:23:33 PM CDT

    THE WASILLA HILLBILLIES

    by bringingsexyback

    That's how the local Alaskan media refers to the Palins.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 2:26:20 PM CDT

    RE: IRONIC_NAME

    by i_banged_harley_quinn

    You're probably right. If the Christians were smart, they wouldn't want that idiot fucking up their shit. I mean can anyone take that nut seriously. God help us when middle america and pyscho's like Palin finally take over the world.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 2:35:50 PM CDT

    SARAH PALIN : CHRISTIANITY

    by bringingsexyback

    as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed : Islam

    or Alan Dershowitz : Judaism

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  • Because EVERY single one of them no matter what side of the poltical divide they are on are thieving, lying scumbags of the highests order.That being said thier children should be off limits.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 2:49:12 PM CDT

    "Mocked" that should read

    by xiphos_2

    Stupid line cut off.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 2:54:04 PM CDT

    This talkback

    by holy hell

    is HILARIOUS. I just spent the last 30 mins reading the battle - funny as hell. Lunatics!

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  • Jun 12, 2009 2:56:13 PM CDT

    letterman is not funny but correct

    by prossor

    fair game politibitches.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 2:59:27 PM CDT

    TODD AND SARAH PLUS 3 PLUS 1 WITH DOWNS

    by bringingsexyback

  • Jun 12, 2009 3:03:48 PM CDT

    The Palin Rape Kit Thing:

    by holy hell

    When she was mayor of Wasilla, the police had a policy to bill the insurance companies of rape victims for the cost of the rape kit. Depending on the victim's policies, this would likely result in some cost (deductibles, copays) being passed on directly to the victim. It's unclear what would happen in the event a victim was uninsured. It was put ito effect to save some room in the budget, but is clearly stupid. It is a medical procedure, certainly, but is also a way for law enforcement to gather evidence to solve crimes for the public good. As such it should be in the same category as finger printing and other forensic strategies, that are covered by law enforcement budgets. Palin has never gone on record as for or against the policy, nor is there much evidence that she could successfully reason her way to a thoughtful conclusion if she ever tried.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 3:08:18 PM CDT

    BSB-

    by holy hell

    I love you, man. But enough with the Down's Syndrome shit. It's kind of offensive.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 3:10:57 PM CDT

    Oh-

    by holy hell

    And Garbage Man won the talkback, if anyone's keeping score. AICN should do like a tb point system or something, with a champion every month.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 3:14:44 PM CDT

    HOLY HELL

    by bringingsexyback

    I am genuine sorry. I will cease those references immediately.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 3:17:54 PM CDT

    CHELSEA CLINTON? I'd let her break a fingernail off

    by stuntcock mike

    in my ass.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 3:28:14 PM CDT

    STUNTCOCK

    by bringingsexyback

    Well said. She's quite an attractive young woman now.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 3:37:53 PM CDT

    harley_quin,..she believes in dinosaurs!`

    by cellar door

    She believe man rode them like horses around 6500 years ago. Seriously..with saddles and everything! Plus, she had an official real-deal Witch Hunter anoint her and beg his heathen gods that she be sent to the presidency so all witches could be rooted from their villainous covens and eradicated from the earth. After all...fucking witchcraft caused the economic collapse and forced Obama to spend more money than Bush and all Presidents anywhere a president has ever been. Wasn't for the economy though...Obama has a hard time not smoking 4 or 5 thousand packs of cigarettes a day and those things are fucking expensive! So thanks Obama for bankrupting the country by buying all those cogarettes!In all seriousness...how did reasonable and intelligent old school conservatives allow unthinking extremists, without any real political or governing acumen beyond the mediocre, to take over the party? Those men and women were not fools but I fear the opportunity they originally saw for some loyal backers was grounded in numbers (rumor has it it started with Nixon) but not in the possibility that a significant number of them are completely fucking unhinged from reality.We need more political options, not less.You far lefters might disagree, but with a 1 dimensional political environment (left-right) and no solid AND reasonable opposition, that the risk of unopposed basically 'tyranical' government can replace a democratic republic in a few generations. Fascism and Communism usually don't happen over night...and we're probably headed to one or the other unless we recognize we need not only 2 viable parties at the god damn MINIMUM(!) but it would be nice if we actually had more than fucking 2 parties...who were actually different from one another!The greatest irony is...the right blames the left and the left blames the right. Guess what happens? Not a god damned thing.Hence....BATTLE ROYALE!!!!!!Vote for BATTLE ROYALE and we'll actually get shit done...or at least keep you entertained! And we won't pretend it's good governance either! Want national health care? FIGHT FOR IT! Want a private mercenary army ala Blackwater? FIGHT FOR IT! Want Bush/Cheney et al investigated for war crimes? FIGHT FOR IT! Voting is for pussies! Vote with your right cross and uppercuts! Vote with your FIST! (wrapped in a BATTLE ROYALE approved boxing glove, of course...no lawsuits please).

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  • Jun 12, 2009 3:38:40 PM CDT

    Chelsea? Hhhmmmm.....

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    I'd her let blow me in the dark. But I dunno....something about her just doesn't smell right.She's no Ashley Biden, I'll tell ya that much. But then again you fuck her and you get the horns from Joe. Imagine those eyes all bugged out and dark red face screaming..."YOU FUCKED MY ONLY LIVING DAUGHTER!!!!!!!!!"

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  • Jun 12, 2009 3:43:56 PM CDT

    Yes Joe. Yes I did.

    by stuntcock mike

    And well, I must add.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 3:48:23 PM CDT

    This is the look of disgust he gives you....

    by dannyglovers_dickblood


    .....after he spends the next 8 minutes slapping the shit out of you while Ashley watches, frozen in terror. http://tinyurl.com/lcfr9u

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  • Jun 12, 2009 3:56:25 PM CDT

    Letterman, O'Brien and Leno

    by fuck_you_george_lucas

    I like all three as they each have something to offer. Letterman's interviewing, Leno's opening monologue and O'Brien silly side bits.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 3:59:13 PM CDT

    Leno's monologue? are you serious?

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    The guy's cue card reading skills are atrocious. Its as if its the absolute first time he's read the joke. His voice and lisp cause him to deserve a meat tenderizer to the fucking forehead.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 4:03:31 PM CDT

    Yes I'm serious

    by fuck_you_george_lucas

    You honestly think O'Brien and Letterman's opening monologues are better? Please. I don't give a fuck about Leno's card reading skills as long as the jokes are funny.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 4:07:29 PM CDT

    I don't really like opening monologues at all....

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    ....I find them to be the worst part of the show. I enjoy Letterman mostest because of his chemistry with guests. He is a grouchy old man. And grouchy old men are funny as fuck.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 4:14:26 PM CDT

    I enjoy Letterman's grouchiness as well....

    by fuck_you_george_lucas

    He's like the Eastwood and Carlin of late night television. Taking shots instead of kissing ass.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 4:22:19 PM CDT

    Just accept the fact...

    by sk229

    that this country is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 4:37:01 PM CDT

    The King of late night....

    by bastard_chief

    was Johnny Carson. Period. End of debate. None of these fuckers are worthy of licking the man's nutsack.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 4:46:58 PM CDT

    My Biggest Palin Problem...

    by mjgtexas

    was when she started that "small town" superiority schtick. Yes, this from a woman whose own town has the highest DWI and Meth rate in the entire nation.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 4:54:11 PM CDT

    Coughlin you held your own

    by bobbofatz

    against these hard hitting bitches. Seriously you guys gang up on people that disagree with you like a pack of wolves. If you truly represent the best of the left, we are all in a world of hurt. Yeah like end of the world shit. As for the old gapped tooth one, he lost his brilliance years ago. It was bad taste but it is his game. What Imus said was no worse, and look what happened.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 5:03:49 PM CDT

    bobbofatz

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    Uhhhh yeah. He holds his own by lying, denying things he actually said, and ignoring questions. Wow.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 5:04:24 PM CDT

    mjgtexas -- what town is that?

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    It sounds like a place where I can procure some cunt.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 5:16:36 PM CDT

    Wasilla, Mr. Glover....

    by mjgtexas

    Yes, I'm sure you can procure Levi Johnston's sloppy seconds. And the chick from Ice Road Truckers.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 5:24:45 PM CDT

    The left beat the shit out of

    by bobbofatz

    Bush and the war on terror every day loudly and often. How do you guys like your man getting nailed by the right. It is no fun and counterproductive is it not? Some could say some of the left reps and media were even treasonous for saying we lost the war, we lost the war, USA is a terrorist country, there was no wmds. Bush lied people died. No wonder we nearly lost it in Iraq. And go ahead and say we wrongly invaded Iraq. Almost every fuck in congress was for the invasion including much of the world. But Obama was against it and thats why he is pulling out of Iraq and Afgan now and not sending anymore troops in, right? Wasnt that what made him a much better option thn Bush or any Rep candidate to begin with? And for the record Palin is a sweet person. She is a regular mom and wife. Why the hate guys? What good does it do you to hate so much? What is so wrong with loving this country, protecting the rights of the unborn, loving Israel, keeping states rights strong, low taxes and not wanting to equate gay marriage with straight marriage for religious reasons? After all who cares and who needs to know how you like it in the sack? Some people view marriage as a holy union. How about calling any two adults who live with and love each other a secular union.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 5:30:20 PM CDT

    bobbo

    by holy hell

    Anyone who thinks that any of the tb-ers at a film geek site represent the pinnacle of political thoughtfulness, left, right, or center, is awfully sheltered.

    And it's probably not in anyone's interest to re-litigate the Bush years here, so let's go ahead and put that to bed - whattaya say?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 5:33:07 PM CDT

    Leno's monologues

    by holy hell

    were AWFUL. Nobody's are good, but his are the worst. The only moderately amusing thing about his tenure as Tonight Show host was the "headlines" segment, when all he was called upon to do was read typos other people sent him. He's a genial, safe, profoundly unfunny host.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 5:34:57 PM CDT

    Palin should just go into porn

    by lockesbrokenleg

    Be nude on that bear rug in her office, so soemthing.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 5:35:03 PM CDT

    DGDB!

    by bobbofatz

    Your fucking hillarious dude but your taste in movies and politics are really really sad. Except Empire. It was good. BTW Coughlin Seems fairly honest from what Ive gathered.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 5:35:49 PM CDT

    Haven't seen Jimmy Fallon yet, but

    by holy hell

    Leno<Colbert

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  • Jun 12, 2009 5:38:03 PM CDT

    Marriage was a business deal

    by dennismm

    for thousands of years and remains one today for many Americans. It's not particularly holy in its current incarnation. Given this, why not admit that people of the same sex can be as loving and as interested in a merger of finances as those of the opposite sex? Especially given that there were blessing ceremonies for gay couples for hundreds of years, in the Catholic church (the first organized Christian church). Besides, no one is telling any particular cleric he or she must perform gay marriages. Hell, no cleric is required to perform any marriage, if I recall correctly.

    And those who opposed the Iraqi invasion were right - Bush lied. He kept changing his story as the facts contradicted his earlier statements until the story finally matched the facts - it was always about throwing out Saddam. Why he needed to throw out Saddam - well, that led to more lies.

    I don't know if Palin is a sweet person or not. It doesn't matter. Being a "regular wife and mother" doesn't qualify her to be governor of Alaska, though. She's obviously not terribly bright or informed and was a very poor choice to run with McCain. I would only hope she fades into the obscurity from which she emerged.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 5:41:27 PM CDT

    Holy Hell, it is not just here.

    by bobbofatz

    The sound some of you make is the echo from the NY Times, Huff post, and msnbc. Bush was far from perfect, but the stance against terror was dead on. People who saw off heads dont bargain.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 5:54:03 PM CDT

    Dennis it is Holy

    by bobbofatz

    for millions of Americans. Please dont dismiss it so easily. The bible may be a fairy tale to you, but respect that it is sacred to alot of people. 99.9% of those people are taught to love everyone and tolerate and live in peace with people they disagree with. If Bush lied so did many in congress, the CIA and several other countries. If there were lies told he would be only one of many who told them. And if many were lying, you could call it a conspiracy. So if you believe in conspiracies, well....

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  • Jun 12, 2009 5:58:33 PM CDT

    Here Comes the Relitigation...

    by holy hell

    Huff Post & MSNBC, yes. NYTimes? NOOOO WAAAAY! The editorials are traditionally liberal, but the reporting is absolutely sterling. "The liberal mouthpiece NYTimes" is a stupid myth that needs to die.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 6:00:54 PM CDT

    Holy Hell

    by gotilk

    Seconded. But unnecessary. The NYT as a paper with a liberal bias is as mythological as a Coulter vagina that wasn't surgically created.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 6:02:09 PM CDT

    bobbofatz

    by gotilk

    You know that's all well and good, but this "respect religion automatically" thing is a little strange.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 6:09:24 PM CDT

    FUCK_YOU_GEORGE_LUCAS

    by malik23

    "He's like the Eastwood and Carlin of late night television. Taking shots instead of kissing ass." Yeah, making fun of little girls . . . what a badass! Maybe he can bring back stupid pet tricks and kick the shit out of people's dogs next.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 6:10:15 PM CDT

    Holy Hell

    by fuck_you_george_lucas

    GTFO of here with that shit. Leno owns Letterman and O'Brien in monologue. Hell even O'Brien admits half the time that his monologue is weak. Most of the time the audience just laughs out of pity.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 6:15:15 PM CDT

    Malik23

    by fuck_you_george_lucas

    The whole point is Letterman doesn't give a fuck and that's refreshing.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 6:26:43 PM CDT

    certificate of live birth

    by jonsnow

    There is a big difference between a certificate of live birth and an actual birth certificate with a doctor's signature, at least one witness's signature and the name of hospital. A doctored and photoshoped COLB is a dime a dozen these days. Any good forensic expert will tell you Obama's certificate of live birth is a horrid forgery.

    "The (Daily) KOS image security border pattern does not match any known specimen from any known year. It does not match the pre-2006 nor does it match the post-2006 certificate patterns. The placement of the text in all of the pre-2006 and post-2006 certificates are almost identical pixel location matches while the image?s text placement does not match any known specimen from any known year. The shape and kerning of the fonts used in the 2006 through 2008 certificates are identical while the shape and kerning of the fonts used in the image does not match any known specimen. The KOS image shows clear signs of tampering such as the mismatch in RGB and error levels, visible indications of the previous location of the erased security border, easily detectable patterns of repeating flaws around the new security border, EXIF data that says the image was last saved with Photoshop CS3 for Macintosh, and finally a technician from Hawaii who confirms it just looks wrong."


    "There are two obvious scenarios used to create the image that can be ascertained from evidence. Either a real COLB was scanned into Photoshop and digitally edited or a real COLB was first scanned to obtain the graphic layout then blanked by soaking the document in solvent to remove the toner. After rescanning the blank page to a separate image the graphics from the previously obtained scan could then be easily applied to the blank scan after some editing and rebuilding. It would also explain why date stamp bleeds through the paper and the various bits of toner located around the image as well as the remnants of the previous location of a security border."

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  • Jun 12, 2009 6:50:00 PM CDT

    Palin should have stayed out of it

    by castlemonster

    rather than jump in the mud with Letterman. But it's kind of hard when you immediately get an army of press asking for your reaction to an attack on on your own daughter. The Republican leadership thinks Palin is radioactive, anyway, so the best she can hope for is her own show on Fox. Just as well to me since I don't like fundies in control. But it seems like a shame that she'll have to pay a phalanx of bodyguards to protect her at all time from ravening mentally-unstable Ozombies for the rest of her life for daring to express indignation at a depraved public slander on her family.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 6:54:14 PM CDT

    SARAH PALIN AND KATE GOSSELIN: TWO OF A KIND

    by bringingsexyback

    What a horrible mother Kate is, denying a dehydrated Mady water ...

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/12/jon-kate-plus-8-mom-denie_n_214862.html

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  • Jun 12, 2009 6:56:01 PM CDT

    PALIN DOESN'T NEED BODYGUARDS, JUST A GOOD PR FIRM

    by bringingsexyback

    Liberals, on the other hand, do need real bodyguards. The fringe right is literally up in arms. Psychos.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 6:59:46 PM CDT

    DOES ANYONE FIND IT CREEPY THAT JONSNOW AND JAMES VON BRUNN

    by bringingsexyback

    share the same beliefs vis-a-vis the President? Sends shivers down my spine to share the same talkback with someone like that.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 7:23:04 PM CDT

    jonsnow yeah yeah

    by gotilk

    And the 9-11 planes were flown by lizard people.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 7:31:48 PM CDT

    Does anyone

    by holy hell

    even care if Obama was born in Hawaii or not? Honestly? He's an American citizen elected by other American citizens because most of them thought he'd do a good job leading the executive branch into the shitstorm engulfing us. He's not a secret fucking redcoat waiting in the shadows to install King George as the rightful monarch. And I wouldn't care about it if I hadn't voted for him, either. What a bunch of chaotically prioritized, inane, bored motherfuckers who spend the minutes of their lives pressing the issue. Respect for the constitution, my ass. Dishonest fucks.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 7:34:19 PM CDT

    should've been "through the shitstorm"

    by holy hell

    get over it

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  • Jun 12, 2009 7:36:24 PM CDT

    So you're saying that Liberals are all talk

    by castlemonster

    and enjoy goading armed people. Doesn't say much for them, frankly. But I wouldn't consider a frothing hater to be a Liberal, anyway. Real Liberals don't have any interest in heaping abuse on a woman, however misguided and backwards that woman is.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 7:37:46 PM CDT

    Should their "children" really be off limits?

    by gotilk

    If they parade them around like accessories? And then hold them up as examples? I don't think so. I think once you bring your kids to places like the Today show, you're opening yourself and them up to scrutiny. Then consider the comfort we feel talking about celebrity teens. I guess what's good for the Lohan and Spears is not good for the gander. If everyone decided to be consistent in their outrage, I'd agree that they are all off limits. But if Letterman had actually been referencing the younger daughter, on purpose, then yes. It would be tasteless. He did not. No-one actually thought "hey, he's talking about the 14 year old" until talk radio and Fux news had a big light bulb go on above their lying, cheating little heads.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 7:39:34 PM CDT

    Castlemonster

    by gotilk

    Jokes and criticism of public figures that PROVIDE the contents of the jokes all on their own is NOT ABUSE, no matter how anyone tries to spin it.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 7:48:12 PM CDT

    Dave

    by holy hell

    you wore out the funny w/r/t Palin. It has now accumulated into a giant snowball of mean. Your writers are getting lazy (with their research; they've been lazy with their writing since 1988), too. Tell eveyone interested in smart funny to watch Colbert, give Paul a big wet kiss, and spend however many years you have left honeymooning all over the world collect your 'Raymond' syndication cash. You're worse than Brett Favre - you were a mighty God of latenight sticking around until you lose all relevance and anything but pity-respect from the new guard. Go on, git.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 7:48:42 PM CDT

    Woah

    by buffywrestling

    Cocklins, gotilk, D,Vader, BSB, Danny, Jarv, Doc...it's like an presidential election broke out in a Letterman talkback!

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  • Jun 12, 2009 7:57:11 PM CDT

    Ranking the current late night

    by holy hell

    from dumbest to smartest - leno, kimmel, dave, the scottish dude, conan & stewart (tied), colbert. I haven't seen jimmy fallon, but on the dumb level he's got to be near the bottom.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:00:47 PM CDT

    from meanest to most genial:

    by holy hell

    kimmel, dave, stewart, colbert, scottish dude, conan, leno, fallon (probably)

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:02:33 PM CDT

    boringest:

    by holy hell

    Carson Daly. Then Leno.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:03:40 PM CDT

    Are we throwing in Stewart and Colbert?

    by fuck_you_george_lucas

    Then obviously they win.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:07:44 PM CDT

    kimmel

    by prossor

    i dont know what this shithead is doing hosting late night, every element of his show is execrable.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:08:39 PM CDT

    Colbert

    by holy hell

    is our Mark Twain. Conan is all three stooges. Stewart is our, well, we haven't actually seen his exasperated, slightly whiney, intellectual sense of humor before. Any one?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:11:08 PM CDT

    Kimmel

    by holy hell

    sucks. I've been watching his pregame bs before the nba finals and it is crazy unfunny. unnecessary censorship can be funny, though.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:13:00 PM CDT

    Stewart

    by holy hell

    might be Chaplin, but calling him "our Chaplin" feels off...

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:14:29 PM CDT

    Is Kimmel really that dumb?

    by gotilk

    I've never really watched his show. Just the Lost clips, which were pretty funny. That bad, huh?

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:17:10 PM CDT

    yes

    by holy hell

    he's dumb in disguise. His brand of irreverence is rooted to a profound, totally unintelligent cynicism. He SUCKS.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:28:21 PM CDT

    I love conan!

    by i_banged_harley_quinn

    But Dave does the best interviews on any late night show. Remember when he was pressuring Paris Hilton to talk about her jail stint. It was hysterical!

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:36:22 PM CDT

    Also!

    by i_banged_harley_quinn

    I know Dave tapes his Friday shows way in advance so hopefully Monday he comes back firing at this bitch. If she only knew all of the jokes Dave and all the other talk show hosts said about her daughter during the campaign, I think she'd feel a little stupid that she's just now saying something when they all have made fun of her daughter for the last year and a half!

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  • Jun 12, 2009 8:43:55 PM CDT

    Letterman not giving a fuck

    by malik23

    . . . yeah, he's so brazenly irreverent, that the next day he "apologized," except that he didn't even have the balls to give a real apology like a man. How can he not "give a fuck" and yet regret it the next night? Sounds like he gives a fuck. In fact, I think he cares quite a bit. I think his jokes come from a deep-seated hatred for Republicans, and not a comic irreverence. If he truly didn't give a fuck, he'd be making jokes about Obama's daughters getting raped. That would definitely be ballsy. It would also be sick, disgusting, and I would criticize him just as harshly. I wouldn't be praising him and comparing him to Eastwood. That's retarded. Eastwood didn't pick on little girls.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:30:25 PM CDT

    Palin is really in love with Letterman

    by lockesbrokenleg

    She's got it bad for the Big Dave.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 10:46:52 PM CDT

    Dave...whimper!...Palin...moan!...daughter...

    by burnhollywood

    This shit is only getting funnier the more she and her right-wing groupies try to act "apal-l-l-l-l-led!!!"

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:42:57 PM CDT

    Aspergers

    by gotilk

    Some now believe there MAY be a connection to neanderthal dna. Just an observation, not trying to insult anyone. As a matter of fact, some also believe it's where we got our "large brains". (explain reality TV to me again?) Although it's not true with all people who deal with aspergers, many find themselves unable to comprehend humor, jokes and situations that make others laugh. But many also find great humor when others fall, hurt themselves or fail in some way while not being able to comprehend why even the most basic of common jokes are funny. Like I said, not always true. Many people who have aspergers can construct complex word humor. Or they can have a normal sense of humor while their condition presents in other ways. I've found myself often wondering if it's over-diagnosed. Then I run into phenomena that make me wonder if it's more of an epidemic.

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  • Jun 12, 2009 11:46:47 PM CDT

    Buffwrestling

    by d.vader

    You mean we're the presidential candidates? Or that this reminds you of election season from a few months ago? Because I'm running on a platform of "Coughlins Law is an idiot. Vote for the other guy".

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  • Jun 13, 2009 3:26:16 AM CDT

    Holy Hell

    by prossor

    Kimmer should have stuck to getting toasted on the man show. He looks like he'd be more comfortable wearing a diaper in some skit than being in a suit and tie. Also his "rapport" with his crew is fucking wretched. Some fat fucking burrito guard who only smiles, this ancient looking guy who actualy, i shit you not, wears a police uniform and it's kind of laughable to see him occasionally say something to his band leader who in return just nods or something. WOW, makes Leno's Kevin Eubanks look like Richard Pryor.

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  • Jun 13, 2009 3:28:20 AM CDT

    no subject

    by prossor

    kimmel i meant. damn late posting.

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  • Jun 13, 2009 6:06:21 AM CDT

    Holy hell and gothik among others

    by bobbofatz

    Please dont fall for what has been drum beated into your heads and souls. Repubs and Sarah are not bad people. Dont let the ultra left tell you different.

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  • Jun 13, 2009 6:11:05 AM CDT

    You think.....

    by bobbofatz

    She hates, you think christians hate? The ones you grew to despise only claim to be christians. Religion or bible or not, dont you want to love and except people for who they are?

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  • Jun 13, 2009 6:19:00 AM CDT

    Christians have a bad name..

    by bobbofatz

    on this site. Why? Because they think different then you? Why do some of you hate so much? We are not all zealots.

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  • Jun 13, 2009 6:46:16 AM CDT

    I don't hate ALL Republicans,

    by holy hell

    just dumb Republicans. I hate the dumb Democrats, too, and they are legion. Oh, and I'm a church-going Christian, too. We are all a bit more complex than the points we reveal on a film geek website under silly aliases. But I hate dumb Christians, too.

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  • Jun 13, 2009 6:48:29 AM CDT

    OK, "hate"

    by holy hell

    is a bit strong. How about "am distressed by".

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  • Jun 13, 2009 7:14:21 AM CDT

    Holy Hell who cares

    by bobbofatz

    about birthcts. Bottom line, does he love the US? US above all as long as we can push it.

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  • Jun 13, 2009 7:22:17 AM CDT

    I fell for the same thing Hell

    by bobbofatz

    Hearing a negative thing about someone or something... we can jump on board to bash. Without knowing who we were bashing.

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  • Jun 13, 2009 7:28:05 AM CDT

    Dumb people

    by bobbofatz

    should not have so many votes. But who is dumb? The ones you believed to be so ignorant? What the news said was said? Open your mind. O...pen your mind..... Open your mindddd....

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  • Jun 13, 2009 7:37:36 AM CDT

    Dumb People

    by holy hell

    are those who demonstrate an inability or unwillingness to reason cogently, or to spend the minutes of their lives engaged in inane activities. We are all dumb from time to time (wasting a Sat morning in a tb, for ex: )), but some are passionately committed to dumbness on a grand scale. The could turn a corner, though, and reprioritize, we'll see. Now I'm leaving.

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  • Jun 13, 2009 7:43:48 AM CDT

    Conan FTW

    by michael_bay_rox

  • Jun 13, 2009 8:03:04 AM CDT

    "CHILDREN ARE ON LIMITS"

    by bringingsexyback

    ... declares the Oily Mitt.

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  • Jun 13, 2009 8:08:43 AM CDT

    IT WOULD BE WISE TO KEEP WILLOW AWAY FROM SARAH AND TODD

    by bringingsexyback

    Then she might have a shot at normalcy.

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  • Jun 13, 2009 9:51:04 AM CDT

    Wow. Coughlin's Laws is out of the straight-jacket

    by irritable

    ... for 5 minutes, "forgets" to take his Lithium, and before you know it, he's back at the keyboard, typing gibberish.
    Truly, CL, you are the most obtuse tool ever to post on these TB's.
    The irony of your whining post is hilarious:
    ******"The problem with debating people here is that too many people present their opinons as facts."******
    In fact, you are the undisputed Heavyweight Champion of presenting ridiculous opinions as "Facts"!
    e.g. Letterman really meant to insult the 14 year old daughter, not the "knocked up" one - therefore he actually called a 14 year old girl a slut.

    And as for: *****"I'm not arrogant (even though I think I'm better than all of you). Why can't you show me the respect I show you?"*****
    Jesus wept!
    You narcissistic pin-head.
    Did you have some sort of "Ironysuction" procedure?

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  • What a manipulative nightmare this woman is. She does the rounds on the breakfast shows and says she wants to talk about oil and shit, and when the hosts bring up Letterman, she fakes disdain and whips out her fucking blackberry with e-mails about it! Fucking politicians man...
    Yeah Letterman fucked up, but she's more than happy to pretty much call him a paedophile and hide behind conservative moral outrage, and still find a way to have a dig at Obama. If you read the quote from him, he's fucking defending this nightmare woman. What the fuck! PLEASE LET HER RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2012!!!! She's fucking awful.

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  • Jun 13, 2009 9:55:39 AM CDT

    Remember shrill reverends wife on the simpsons?

    by stooopider

    "Oh wont someone PLEASE think about the CHILDREN!"
    It's Palin!

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  • Jun 13, 2009 9:57:02 AM CDT

    "Eastwood didn't pick on little girls."

    by stooopider

    Did some cunt just type that?

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  • Poor bastards. The dumb and the uneducated did it again. Awesome.

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  • Jun 13, 2009 9:59:15 AM CDT

    Wouldnt it be awesome if Willow got pregnant next year?

    by stooopider

    By a baseball player.

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  • Jun 13, 2009 10:33:58 AM CDT

    That's "Ahmadinejad", stooopider.

    by irritable

    It's easier to spell his name if you remember it rhymes with "Obnoxious, Lying Shitheel".

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  • Jun 13, 2009 12:13:07 PM CDT

    We all know America fixed the Ahmadinejad election.

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    It is in our best interest to keep them a villain. And it is in their best interest to keep swinging their big balls in the Middle East. Ahmadinejad has some back door deals with Washington. Nothing will happen on either side really. He'll just keep talking.You know this to be true.

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  • Jun 13, 2009 2:01:04 PM CDT

    Who Fucking Cares!! Letterman looks like a creepy old pedophile

    by picardsucks

    Do any of us even watch late night hackey interview shows anyway? Kimmel seems like a great guy and is funny so he get's my vote in this topic that most of us don't truely give a shit about anyway contest as the great comedic hope of late night television.

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  • Jun 13, 2009 2:42:35 PM CDT

    Kimmel Sucks

    by holy hell

    and Picard Rules!

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  • Jun 13, 2009 3:38:59 PM CDT

    AHMADINEJAD WILL HAVE TO TONE DOWN HIS ANTI-U.S. RHETORIC

    by bringingsexyback

    Clearly the election was Roved. And the populace is trending towards moderation. Iran is at least moving in the right direction. I applaud the brave and honorable Persians for their dedication to democracy, freedom and justice.

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  • Jun 13, 2009 6:01:31 PM CDT

    DID ACORN HELP AHMADINEJAD WITH HIS VICTORY?

    by thanos0145

    Oh good, now Obama can go over to Iran and Bow down to him too. As a token of "The One"s goodwill, he'll look the other way while Iran wipes Israel off the planet.(YES THEY CAN!!!!)

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  • Jun 13, 2009 8:39:59 PM CDT

    Obama is so disappointing.....

    by thanos0145

    even Bill Maher is mad at him.Now that's disappointing.

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  • Jun 13, 2009 8:56:56 PM CDT

    When Bill Maher speaks, Obama MUST LISTEN!!!

    by thanos0145

    http://tinyurl.com/nnnj3n

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  • Jun 13, 2009 9:07:10 PM CDT

    THANOS

    by bringingsexyback

    Your posts are fucking gay.

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  • Jun 13, 2009 9:17:25 PM CDT

    Funniest/Disturbing Letter To The Editor I Have Seen

    by mjgtexas

    Courtesy of The Houston Chronicle

    Truly worried

    As I read the Chronicle, I see articles on David Letterman making jokes about Sarah Palin’s 14-year-old daughter when they were at a charity event. This lack of tolerance surprises me as it is coming from the left, which now has complete control of the government. Usually, this type of comment comes from the powerless and those in power show more tolerance. I could understand the righteous indignation expressed during the Bush administration when someone used the term “nappy-headed.” I seem to recall that the offender was fired. Why wasn’t the same done to Letterman? At this time, I see a concerted effort to marginalize the less-liberal segments of our country. These are not American values. It was efforts like this that ultimately led to the Civil War. When the Southerners believed that the government no longer represented them, they believed they had to secede. Sales of guns and ammunition are up sharply. Why? I am truly worried.

    — Pate Wetuski, Kingwood
    ****************************

    I live 10 miles from this idiot.



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  • Jun 13, 2009 9:20:12 PM CDT

    I don't get the love for Conan?????

    by romanocc

    I have tried to watch Conan for years, since it seems like he has this huge following, although the ratings speak differently. I just don't think he is funny AT ALL! His bits are great, as you can see his backround in comedy is in writing, but he just comes off as a buffoon, and I just can't take his monologue or his interviews. My perfect Late Show was have Conan as the head writer, Leno do the monologue and Dave interview the guests.

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  • Jun 13, 2009 9:27:24 PM CDT

    Children jokes just aren't funny

    by romanocc

    I agree that politicans parade their kids out for political gain. Yes, ALL of them do it, even the Obamas. Now I am no Palin defender, as I think she is an idiot who didn't know the issues, but I just don't find jokes about politicans kids all that funny. In fact, it is sorta creepy, as I just would never make fun of somebodies kids to their face. It is sad to see people lining up pro and con on this Palins Daughter joke as liberals defend Letterman, and Conservatives defend Palin. Does partisanship cloud the judgement on EVERY issue anymore? I can't even talk politics with any of my friends anymore as their partisan views ruin any objectivity.

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  • Jun 13, 2009 11:40:25 PM CDT

    DGDB

    by prossor

    Yeah i don't think anything will happen, they want the balance of tension to remain nice and warm. Very cunning. Heck they even sent a Daily Show correspondent over there.

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  • Jun 13, 2009 11:41:24 PM CDT

    with

    by prossor

    western civilization's oldest enemy

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  • Jun 14, 2009 1:02:55 AM CDT

    bobbofatz

    by gotilk

    (please read this without a sarcastic voice, genuinely) I admire your attempts to make peace. Boy, if I ever came across as someone who generalized people instead of going after ideas or individuals with what I would characterize as really really horrible ideas, I'm genuinely sorry. I have christian friends/family. I get along with them well. I think it's also very important for people to understand the difference between criticism and disrespect. I have also known many Christians who will not accept criticism as anything but disrespect. I think the BIG issue here for me is that everyone has a set of subjects that they feel are off-limits when it comes to humor. Especially if they feel THEY are the subject of said humor. But we can't go around asking for the heads of comedians on a platter when it comes to something SO mis-interpretable. In other words, if it doesn't pass the test when it comes to humor that makes sense on any level AND offends a large number of people in a huge way, then maybe it makes sense to ask for more than an apology. (nappy headed ___ comes to mind.. wasn't really funny, didn't make sense and was hateful for no discernible reason.. ) But if it's THIS controversial and the discussion is THIS passionate, obviously an apology, even a weak one, should be enough. In MY opinion, Palin set up the pins of that joke WAY in advance by setting a moral standard WE should meet while not being responsible for seeing to it that she and her family met it. Letterman just knocked the pins down. But I get it. It's good to strive to be a decent, fair and generous human being. I especially admire those who can bring different types of people together. But I am fundamentally disgusted by people who set a moral standard (sometimes through laws or SUPPORT of laws) that they don't even intend on living up to, regardless of what religion or system of beliefs they practice. I encounter this usually coupled with more concern about what people THINK of them vs. what really goes on in their lives. People that would be angry not about what people are actually doing, but instead because they encounter less opposition than they did when THEY tried to do the same thing. You know, like "when I tried to do that, my dad beat the crap out of me.. so I'm going to make things hard for you because *I* can't get away with it. Ted Haggard would be a great example. But even more disgusting than all of that are people who use false claims, lies and outrageous interpretations, disingenuously to SILENCE opposition or criticism. That's cowardly, weak, insults those who would support them and *I* think just makes the world a whole lot dumber.

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  • Jun 14, 2009 10:15:27 AM CDT

    mjgtexas

    by gotilk

    Holy cow, that was a disturbing read. What's Austin going to do if Texas secedes? Build a moat and a wall or get gassed, I'd imagine. I'm constantly reminded that the culture war never ended. Beliefs die much harder than ideas.

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  • Jun 14, 2009 2:50:31 PM CDT

    Maybe they can ship Austin over to Seattle or something

    by stooopider

    I'm going to party there next weekend and i'd love to live there in a few years, but the cowboys that want Texas to secede from the union scare the piss out of me. We'd have to barricade ourselves around the city border to keep out the lynch mobs led by Chuck fuckin' Norris

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  • Jun 14, 2009 4:21:53 PM CDT

    Why the "elite" hate Palin

    by jonsnow

    There are two main reasons. Her stance on abortion and her rural accent.

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  • Jun 14, 2009 5:40:57 PM CDT

    What "elite"? US voters?

    by irritable

    The "elites" that right-wing blowhards love to vilify about are imaginary groups set up as convenient hate objects.
    Palin wasn't elected because she continually made foolish, incoherent statements when she went off-script.
    Ordinary people all over the country saw that and decided she was not suitable for national leadership.

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  • Jun 14, 2009 8:08:16 PM CDT

    The elite, the intellectual elite.. hollyweird,

    by gotilk

    ... all just dumb people's terms for people who have thoughts more complex than "me too". It's a sad time for a culture and a country when being smart is a bad thing. Those "elites" and "activist judges" (oh, you know, like the sane ones) ... are going to be the ones you thank in a few years for saving your beloved country. And I've heard people say they only use terms like that to "get to the liberals" and they're not really serious. Well, if your main objective is to piss off those you oppose, NICE AGENDA! What's your next move? Teasing animals at the zoo? In the meantime, while you are "pissing off dem librals", you're spreading vile idiocy and the worship of simple-mindedness. The rewarding of regressive, one dimensional reasoning. But, as those trailer park sages always say. "It is what it is." Well, sometimes it AINT. And if you put half the effort into examining your heroes' effort-free logic some time, you'd see that you're being duped, disrespected and cheated for AD DOLLARS and extended contracts.

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  • Jun 14, 2009 11:15:45 PM CDT

    How many former Harvard Lampoon writers on Letterman's staff . .

    by man in suit

    . . . did it take to write that joke, I wonder? Was it a brainstormin' gangbang or did one of them just bring it to the table and they all laughed in agreement? That's what we need: a Late Show Writer's Room reality show. That would be funny.

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  • Jun 15, 2009 3:41:30 AM CDT

    jonsnow

    by lost jarv

    please tell me you aren't serious. Now, all argument aside, can we agree that Coughlin's Laws is a complete fucking cretin.

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  • Jun 15, 2009 1:34:14 PM CDT

    "Nothing good has ever come from Texas."

    by big jim

    I disagree. Sarah Shahi comes from Texas.

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  • Jun 15, 2009 1:45:50 PM CDT

    Sarah Sashi Married A Putz From Reba

    by mjgtexas

    Instead of me. Not cool.

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  • Jun 15, 2009 5:44:56 PM CDT

    elites

    by jonsnow

    There are both Republican and Democrat elites. An example of n Republican elite would be Peggy Noonan. I guess from my reading of her diatribes that she wrote about Sarah that she loves Obama and voted for him even though she calls herself a Republican.

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  • Jun 15, 2009 7:05:10 PM CDT

    Agreed, Noonan's A Twat

    by mjgtexas

    I recall she was concerned Obama didn't care to know about Sutter's Hill, even though that was pure projection on her part.

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  • Jun 15, 2009 7:06:56 PM CDT

    Sutters Mill, I mean.

    by mjgtexas

  • Jun 15, 2009 10:44:20 PM CDT

    I honestly tried to make peace.

    by gotilk

    But then I failed. Sorry. The intention was real. Does that count?
    http://tinyurl.com/m8fge7

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  • Jun 15, 2009 10:49:02 PM CDT

    Subtitles_Off

    by gotilk

    Yeah, well, maybe just Florida would be fine. Hollyweird (California) should secede. That'll teach 'em. Watch the rest of the country fall apart after that one. And hey, guess what? It's not the cheese after all , is it? Not sure if it'd still be the tenth largest economy in the world, but even with current issues, it probably comes close. Then they can kiss our "elite" asses.

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