# Fuck David Letterman and all misogynistic leftists who support him on this **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 10, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-david-letterman-and-all-misogynistic-leftists-who-support-him-on-this/499287 "2009-06-10T01:51:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-david-letterman-and-all-misogynistic-leftists-who-support-him-on-this/499287/301 "2009-06-12T23:09:11Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Do you mean to ask why Obamas are afforded more respect, or whether or not they deserve it? > > Sarah Palin made herself a national joke, and Obama made himself President. Shall we start there? Joe Biden made himself vice-president and _he’s_ certainly a national joke. Anyway, I certainly consider Barack (“It’s like the Special Olympics or something”) a major joke. The man is a stuttering, jug-eared doofus who is a complete embarrassment every time he decides to go off-script and “wing it.” He’s an idiot who thought buzzing lower Manhattan with Air Force One would be a great idea for a photo op. The man says “wreck havoc” when he means “wreak havoc.” He’s a moron who managed to ACORN his way into the Oval Office. So I guess his wife and kids are fair game now? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-david-letterman-and-all-misogynistic-leftists-who-support-him-on-this/499287/302 "2009-06-12T23:13:51Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Attacks on family? The guy made an admittedly tasteless joke about the Church Lady’s less-than-abstinent daughter. The Church Lady is deliberately twisting it to make Letterman look like a kiddie diddler. She’s too hell-bent on creating a bigger political issue (at the expense of her daughter…_again_) to see that she’s cutting her own throat. > > HE’S A COMEDIAN. He makes his living this way, and flirts with the line less often than 90% of the people out there. Palin could have (and _should have_) let it go. Sigh. I thought it was clear that I was talking about some of the posts in this thread. I’m fine with the Letterman joke. And while you have your own private definition of whore, Dio, you’ll forgive me for adhering to the definition everybody else that speaks English uses. She may well be a hypocrite, but that doesn’t make her a whore and slut either. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-david-letterman-and-all-misogynistic-leftists-who-support-him-on-this/499287/303 "2009-06-12T23:15:09Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Even Letterman admits that there was confusion about the “joke.” He explained during his rambling non-apology that the joke was aimed at Bristol and not Willow. He seems to understand that many reasonable people honestly misinterpreted his nasty comments about Palin’s daughter. He admits it was in “bad taste.” > > So I guess I’m not alone in “misunderstanding” the “joke,” huh? > > For the record, I “get” that Letterman was honestly attempting to make a rude comment about Sarah Palin’s other daughter, Bristol. I get that. But the bottom line is this: \*\* Palin took her 14-year-old daughter to a Yankees game, and Letterman said that, during the game, A-Rod knocked the girl up\*\*. You really can’t get around this fact. Nice try, though. Thanks for playing. Actually, anyone with two brain cells to rub together connected the “knocked up” comment with Bristol. Palin herself is the one that made the public connection to her 14-year-old. Because she’s a shameless attention whore who loves to use her children to elbow her way to a microphone or camera. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-david-letterman-and-all-misogynistic-leftists-who-support-him-on-this/499287/304 "2009-06-12T23:15:39Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Joe Biden made himself vice-president and _he’s_ certainly a national joke. > > Anyway, I certainly consider Barack (“It’s like the Special Olympics or something”) a major joke. The man is a stuttering, jug-eared doofus who is a complete embarrassment every time he decides to go off-script and “wing it.” He’s an idiot who thought buzzing lower Manhattan with Air Force One would be a great idea for a photo op. The man says “wreck havoc” when he means “wreak havoc.” He’s a moron who managed to ACORN his way into the Oval Office. > > So I guess his wife and kids are fair game now? Thanks! My GOD, you’re a putz! ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-david-letterman-and-all-misogynistic-leftists-who-support-him-on-this/499287/305 "2009-06-12T23:16:22Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Actually, anyone with two brain cells to rub together connected the “knocked up” comment with Bristol. Palin herself is the one that made the public connection to her 14-year-old. Because she’s a shameless attention whore who loves to use her children to elbow her way to a microphone or camera. Anyone who knew that Willow was at the game certainly didn’t make that connection. Bristol wasn’t even in New York City. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-david-letterman-and-all-misogynistic-leftists-who-support-him-on-this/499287/306 "2009-06-12T23:16:38Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Sigh. I thought it was clear that I was talking about some of the posts in this thread. I’m fine with the Letterman joke. Thanks for the clarification. Sorry I missed the intent. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-david-letterman-and-all-misogynistic-leftists-who-support-him-on-this/499287/307 "2009-06-12T23:19:37Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > …So I guess his wife and kids are fair game now? Thanks! Welcome, I suppose, but my permission ain’t squat. Don’t worry about me, worry about Michelle. Sarah will shoot you, but Michelle will skin you. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-david-letterman-and-all-misogynistic-leftists-who-support-him-on-this/499287/308 "2009-06-12T23:19:45Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Anyone who knew that Willow was at the game certainly didn’t make that connection. Bristol wasn’t even in New York City. And anyone who knows Letterman knows he wouldn’t pick on a child in that manner. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-david-letterman-and-all-misogynistic-leftists-who-support-him-on-this/499287/309 "2009-06-12T23:20:39Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Joe Biden made himself vice-president and _he’s_ certainly a national joke. > > Anyway, I certainly consider Barack (“It’s like the Special Olympics or something”) a major joke. The man is a stuttering, jug-eared doofus who is a complete embarrassment every time he decides to go off-script and “wing it.” He’s an idiot who thought buzzing lower Manhattan with Air Force One would be a great idea for a photo op. The man says “wreck havoc” when he means “wreak havoc.” He’s a moron who managed to ACORN his way into the Oval Office. > > So I guess his wife and kids are fair game now? Thanks! I missed the _wreck havoc_. It might be fun watching for more Obamaisms, albeit tricky. The man probably takes his teleprompter to bed with him to bid good night to Michelle. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-david-letterman-and-all-misogynistic-leftists-who-support-him-on-this/499287/310 "2009-06-12T23:25:35Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > And he’s likely smart enough to not get involved. I guess that puts him one up on Sarah Palin, then, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-david-letterman-and-all-misogynistic-leftists-who-support-him-on-this/499287/311 "2009-06-12T23:36:22Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I guess that puts him one up on Sarah Palin, then, doesn’t it? To be fair, all Palin did was take her daughter to a baseball game. Letterman started this, but she has every right to respond to his lame and disgusting “jokes.” And based on Letterman’s comments the other night, I’d say even he agrees with me. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-david-letterman-and-all-misogynistic-leftists-who-support-him-on-this/499287/312 "2009-06-12T23:42:20Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > The man says “wreck havoc” when he means “wreak havoc.” “Wreck” is a perfectly common and acceptable pronunciation for the word “wreak.” Good thing you had all that other A-list material, \*e.g., \*“jug-eared doofus.” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-david-letterman-and-all-misogynistic-leftists-who-support-him-on-this/499287/313 "2009-06-12T23:52:18Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > To be fair, all Palin did was take her daughter to a baseball game. Letterman started this, but she has every right to respond to his lame and disgusting “jokes.” And based on Letterman’s comments the other night, I’d say even he agrees with me. Yep. Still dumb. Don’t ever change, **Stephe**. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-david-letterman-and-all-misogynistic-leftists-who-support-him-on-this/499287/314 "2009-06-12T23:57:35Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > “Wreck” is a perfectly common and acceptable pronunciation for the word “wreak.”… I thought it was about misspelling “havick”. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-david-letterman-and-all-misogynistic-leftists-who-support-him-on-this/499287/315 "2009-06-13T00:08:40Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > And anyone who knows Letterman knows he wouldn’t pick on a child in that manner. Yep. He abstained from O. J. Simpson jokes for months. [A cite.](http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/1995/07/27/Resources/Column.Tragic.Humor-2178298.shtml) **David Letterman put it best last summer when interviewing Howard Stern who appeared on Letterman’s show sporting a t-shirt with Simpson’s mug shot. Stern, throughout his interview, cracked O.J. jokes, coaxing Letterman to play along, but Letterman’s response was: “I just don’t find double-homicides funny like I used to.” Letterman had to pick between a cheap laugh and holding his moral ground, and he chose the high road. Shouldn’t victims be treated with dignity?** ## Deep down the guy is pretty much a Midwestern prude. His reaction to the flap about the 14yo Palin, struck me as absolutely right. A little shock that anyone would interpret the joke that way, a little regret that it could be interpreted that way, and a little bit of blowing it off as manufactured outrage. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-david-letterman-and-all-misogynistic-leftists-who-support-him-on-this/499287/316 "2009-06-13T00:27:18Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > “Wreck” is a perfectly common and acceptable pronunciation for the word “wreak.” Good thing you had all that other A-list material, \*e.g., \*“jug-eared doofus.” Not according to [dictionary.com](http://dictionary.com), which provides the correct pronunciation as [reek]. [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/wreak](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/wreak) But keep trying, please. I suppose you have an explanation as to why Obama used to pronounce ‘Massachusetts’ as “Mass-a-TOO-setts.” And I’m sure you have no problem with this grammatically incorrect statement from a few weeks ago: …“a sacrifice you **may not have chose** to make, but a sacrifice you were nevertheless called to make so that your children and all of our children can grow up in an America that still makes things.” Ouch. Link: [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/01/AR2009060103257.html?nav=rss\_business/industries](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/01/AR2009060103257.html?nav=rss_business/industries) ---
**Author:** ![hawksgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-david-letterman-and-all-misogynistic-leftists-who-support-him-on-this/499287/317 "2009-06-13T00:32:00Z")
Oh my god, are you really going to nit-pick every single mispronunciation the man makes for the next four years? Anyone who does that much public speaking will make the occasional error. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-david-letterman-and-all-misogynistic-leftists-who-support-him-on-this/499287/318 "2009-06-13T00:37:07Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > “Wreck” is a perfectly common and acceptable pronunciation for the word “wreak.” In what language? [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/wreak](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/wreak) “Wreck” is a different word. > [@](#): > > Usage Note: Wreak is sometimes confused with wreck, perhaps because the wreaking of damage may leave a wreck: The storm wreaked (not wrecked ) havoc along the coast. I don’t think it was a mispronounciation; I think he was using the wrong word. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-david-letterman-and-all-misogynistic-leftists-who-support-him-on-this/499287/319 "2009-06-13T00:38:47Z")
I wonder how much longer Palin will continue hold her tongue on this issue. ---
**Author:** ![ManiacMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@ManiacMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ManiacMan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-david-letterman-and-all-misogynistic-leftists-who-support-him-on-this/499287/320 "2009-06-13T00:38:56Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Welcome, I suppose, but my permission ain’t squat. Don’t worry about me, worry about Michelle. Sarah will shoot you, but Michelle will skin you. Michelle could just sit on him…her is ass is a real WMD. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-david-letterman-and-all-misogynistic-leftists-who-support-him-on-this/499287.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-david-letterman-and-all-misogynistic-leftists-who-support-him-on-this/499287.md?page=17)