Dear David Letterman by Michelle Malkin sums up well the response Dirty Dave should get for his highly unfunny, misogynistic and leering "jokes" - as well as his non-apology offered on his show.
Malkin asks if this is how the underdeveloped, puerile Dave, who took a quarter of a century to marry, would have his son behave.
This is an issue that cuts across ideological and partisan divides - with even the National Organization of Women making a statement about this, even as some try to make excuses (Keith Olbermann, Margaret Carlson, Matt Lauer, etc.) or say the matter should be ignored.
The dirty little secret is that, as evidenced in the 2008 elections, misogyny is permissible - with remarks against various racial, gay groups being verboten. Is it any wonder that the world's oldest democracy has fewer women in its legislative body than Iraq and Pakistan and has never had a female president, despite the fact that women compose the majority in the country.
This is a winning outreach issue for the Republicans - respect for women, girls and families that illustrates how far out of the mainstream people such as Letterman are, cosseted by their laughing and applauding lackey audiences. It will be women that need to stand up on this issue and speak out, supported by loving husbands and sons - even against weak, more conservative sisters who think that Palin should ignore or pipe down on this issue to appear more "substantive". There is no more substantive issue than families, respect and mature relations between the sexes - and the message needs to be sent loud and clear. This is not a case of speech policing - one can say whatever one wants - but so can everyone else.
Letterman, the right's public enemy? from Politico
Keith Olbermann's diatribe against Governor Palin and her interview with Matt Lauer. This is the same Keith Olbermann who was totally behind the firing of Don Imus for his remarks about the Rutgers' girls basketball team - a mere apology didn't do then - and who rails against Palin's children's appearances during the campaign - while President Obama's children also were amply on display with President Obama even doing an appearance from Missouri where he was staying with a family and talking to his children - where was Olbermann's outrage then? Olbermann started out criticizing Letterman's remarks, but sadly had to fall in line to support NBC teammate Lauer - and even defending the misogynistic remarks of a competing network show host while condemning Palin for sticking up for her children and women.
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