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Video: Crazy, wild, opinionated Letterman Protesters

These people definitely have a right to protest. The joke was in poor taste. Poor taste and bad jokes occur everyday in America, over the airwaves and in daily life. I personally believe that Letterman was not referring to the fourteen year old, but I thought it was bad form to make the 18-year-old the subject of the tasteless joke as well.

Although Sarah Palin created this situation by bringing her children into the limelight during Campaign 2008, I still would hope that the late night comedians could restrain themselves from making unseemly jokes about these young people period, with or without the request of their parents.

It is appropriate, from time to time, to take the high road and I know that comedians are capable of doing this. There is so much funny stuff to choose from. They don't need these kinds of jokes.

Dave apologized but that's not enough, and based upon what is being said by protesters in the video, this protest is clearly not simply about David Letterman.

The protesters are just as obnoxious and rude as the one they are accusing. Everyone to their own taste said the old lady as she kissed the cow.

I don't get the overkill, especially in light of the fact that there are 'events' that occur each and everyday on the tube that are worthy of protest by the most judgmental and sanctimonious among us.

And Letterman has a son named Harry, not a daughter, by the way.

It's crazy. Watch it.

Letterman protest draws more media than protesters

By David Edwards

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/06/...

New York Magazines Jonah Green filmed some of the protesters calling for David Letterman to be fired.

This video is from New York Magazine, broadcast June 17, 2009.

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Video: Letterman apologizes

'...and as they say about jokes,

if you have to explain the joke,

it's not a very good joke...'

From The Political Wire:

Below is a CBS transcript of Letterman's comments:

"All right, here - I've been thinking about this situation with Governor Palin and her family now for about a week - it was a week ago tonight, and maybe you know about it, maybe you don't know about it. But there was a joke that I told, and I thought I was telling it about the older daughter being at Yankee Stadium. And it was kind of a coarse joke. There's no getting around it, but I never thought it was anybody other than the older daughter, and before the show, I checked to make sure in fact that she is of legal age, 18. Yeah. But the joke really, in and of itself, can't be defended. The next day, people are outraged. They're angry at me because they said, 'How could you make a lousy joke like that about the 14-year-old girl who was at the ball game?' And I had, honestly, no idea that the 14-year-old girl, I had no idea that anybody was at the ball game except the Governor and I was told at the time she was there with Rudy Giuliani...And I really should have made the joke about Rudy..." (audience applauds) "But I didn't, and now people are getting angry and they're saying, 'Well, how can you say something like that about a 14-year-old girl, and does that make you feel good to make those horrible jokes about a kid who's completely innocent, minding her own business,' and, turns out, she was at the ball game. I had no idea she was there. So she's now at the ball game and people think that I made the joke about her. And, but still, I'm wondering, 'Well, what can I do to help people understand that I would never make a joke like this?' I've never made jokes like this as long as we've been on the air, 30 long years, and you can't really be doing jokes like that. And I understand, of course, why people are upset. I would be upset myself.

"And then I was watching the Jim Lehrer 'Newshour' - this commentator, the columnist Mark Shields, was talking about how I had made this indefensible joke about the 14-year-old girl, and I thought, 'Oh, boy, now I'm beginning to understand what the problem is here. It's the perception rather than the intent.' It doesn't make any difference what my intent was, it's the perception. And, as they say about jokes, if you have to explain the joke, it's not a very good joke. And I'm certainly - " (audience applause) "- thank you. Well, my responsibility - I take full blame for that. I told a bad joke. I told a joke that was beyond flawed, and my intent is completely meaningless compared to the perception. And since it was a joke I told, I feel that I need to do the right thing here and apologize for having told that joke. It's not your fault that it was misunderstood, it's my fault. That it was misunderstood." (audience applauds) "Thank you. So I would like to apologize, especially to the two daughters involved, Bristol and Willow, and also to the Governor and her family and everybody else who was outraged by the joke. I'm sorry about it and I'll try to do better in the future. Thank you very much." (audience applause) source: The Political Wire

Letterman Segment: Dick Cheney: How'd he do?

Cool | Not Cool

Kind of says it all doesn't it? Well, maybe not all, but certainly most.

Here is what 'making amends' really looks like

We all make mistakes. Bad mistakes from time to time. Some of us are fortunate enough to have the capacity to recognize a terrible mistake we have made and admit it with sincerity and conviction.

Still others are able to make amends. Real amends. Amends that actually mean something and make a difference.

I'm proud of David Letterman for advancing the human race in this way.

I'm proud that he is from Indiana, a fellow Hoosier.

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Bonus - More Bill Hicks Comedy

NBC Nightly News Anchor Brian Williams explains why the oath of office was valid the first time

Brian Williams always explains things in ways that I can understand. He's no Tom Brokaw, but that's entirely OK with me.

While I Was Sleeping: "New Year's Eve: Mountain Time countdown"

I couldn't make it from my perch in the Central Time Zone, to ring in the new year with the Mountains and the Pacifics.

It was a dirty job and somebody was doing it.

Here's another gem from fellow Hoosier, 'Brother' Dave Letterman, that was posted to ring the Rockies into the glorious new year that is now 2009.

I am trying to relearn American optimism, hope and a bit of positive thinking. January 1st is a day for freshness and refreshing. Yay!

From SusanG at Daily Kos

From the new New West, turning bluer by the year ... welcome 2009!

... a year in which we'll say goodbye to Dubya. An evaluation of his performance:

-- Plutonium Page

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I'm so glad that guy is from my home state of Indiana.

Political Funnies from the Late Night Comedians

I had to snag this from Daily Kos. Special thanks to Bill from Portland, Maine.

"A new study says that unhappy people watch more TV. I just want to say, Helllllooo, Republicans!"
---Jay Leno
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"It was so cold today, I was shaking like Sarah Palin taking a geography test."
---David Letterman
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"Yesterday in Georgia, John McCain was campaigning for a Republican congressman who is facing a runoff election. You can tell McCain is a little bitter about his defeat because instead of saying 'My friends,' he now says, 'My ungrateful bastards.'"
---Conan O'Brien
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"Barack Obama met with Hillary Clinton on Friday to see if she would be interested in a role in his administration. 'Of course,' said Hillary. 'I'll take president.'"
---Seth Meyers
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"I'm just going to go out on a limb here and say things are not going well for the Republicans. Two years ago they controlled both the White House and the Congress. Soon they'll be controlling both the Coke machine and the fry station."
---Stephen Colbert

And our favorite, from The Daily Show:

Fox News announcer: Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have been indicted. The South Texas indictment says there's a---quote---"money trail" of Cheney's prison-related businesses.

Jon Stewart: Dick Cheney has prison-related business. Is there any unpleasant aspect of our society that Dick Cheney isn’t making money off of? Kos

Indiana, Ball State University, David Letterman, Big Yellow School Bus, GOTV, SNL, John McCain, Barack Obama

Barack Obama was an hour away from me last night in Northwest Indiana. I couldn't go because I had to get my beauty bus driving sleep because I have to drive an 11 ton bus this morning. I'm doing a three and one-half hour tour (one way) to Ball State University (think David Letterman) today for a vocal competition.

I will be looking for Obama-Biden yard signs along the way as I pass through some of the reddest of the red parts of the great State of Indiana on My Big Yellow School Bus.

The Peon blog will fall mostly silent today, unless of course I find an Internet cafe` at Ball State University.

I'll probably get back in late tonight, hopefully in time to see John McCain do his thing on SNL, but more importantly, Barack Obama supporter, Ben Affleck host the Saturday night funny show.

Have a great day and GOTV a little bit in your spare time.

Oh yeah. I took the day off Tuesday from bus driving. I will be sitting at a polling place all day Tuesday to monitor the lines and make sure the voters are moving along and have the information they need to vote.

I never in my entire life did anything like this before. Not blogging, not wearing a campaign button, not going door-to-door for anything, not calling strangers on the telephone to find out who they will vote for, not working a polling place. I also know I'm not the only one.

This truly has been a historic election cycle.

Have an awesome day and do a little bit if you have some time to GOTV!

Also, I wanted to mention too that you should have a stupendous day and GOTV if you have a bit of spare time on your hands.

Peace and Love,

PD

"We are four days away from changing the United States of America," Obama told voters Friday night in Indiana, one of about a half-dozen Republican states that remains up for grabs late this election season.

...Obama planned final get-out-the-vote rallies in Nevada, Colorado and Missouri for Saturday. He was scheduled to campaign in Ohio all day Sunday, including a Cleveland rally with singer Bruce

Springsteen, then hit Virginia and Florida on election eve...."We want to win everywhere," Obama said of his decision to air the commercials in his opponent's state

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John McCain takes his medicine from David Letterman

John McCain enters the stage
with Paul Shaffer and the Band
to the tune of a song by The Who
entitled
"Can't Explain"

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The Who - Can't Explain

The Late Show with David Letterman on having John McCain and Sarah Palin on the show after he cancelled for the 'financial crisis'

John McCain wants to be on Dave's show again
and bring Sarah Palin with?

I don't know if he can be trusted.

David Letterman is from Indiana you know. I'm from Indiana too! --Golly I love his Sarah Palin comedy!

Good job Dave. Thanks for the serious chuckles. PD

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Part I

"Let me ask you a question here
--have you ever actually put lipstick on a pig?"
David Letterman

Part II

The Jed Report