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		<title>By: The Absolute Truth</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/letterman_palin_jokes_cross_the_line/comment-page-1/#comment-1067298</link>
		<dc:creator>The Absolute Truth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Everyone who &quot;THINKS&quot; that the joke that was obviously aimed at the ADULT Palin Child was really about the 14-year-old are nothing but sick perverts. 

Keep twisting facts to suit your own perverted needs, you&#039;re the reason why this country is heading down the wrong direction with your Faux-Convervatism. 

The TRUTH Hurts.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everyone who "THINKS" that the joke that was obviously aimed at the ADULT Palin Child was really about the 14-year-old are nothing but sick perverts. </p>
<p>Keep twisting facts to suit your own perverted needs, you're the reason why this country is heading down the wrong direction with your Faux-Convervatism. </p>
<p>The TRUTH Hurts.</p>
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		<title>By: Palin Ignored Worse Jokes Than Letterman&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/letterman_palin_jokes_cross_the_line/comment-page-1/#comment-1065743</link>
		<dc:creator>Palin Ignored Worse Jokes Than Letterman&#8217;s</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] interesting question, indeed.    A week ago, I wrote a post titled Letterman Palin Jokes Cross the Line, both excoriating Letterman for his remarks but defending him from the ridiculous charge that he [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] interesting question, indeed.    A week ago, I wrote a post titled Letterman Palin Jokes Cross the Line, both excoriating Letterman for his remarks but defending him from the ridiculous charge that he [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Wayne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>AIP
What did Rush say after he show the picture? Did he not talk about how they used Chelsea to protect Bill and Hillary from embarrassing press questions?

Either way the pun was tasteless. It is nice to see you condemn both. I wasn’t a blogger back when Rush made that comment but did condemn it at the time and not just because the MSM used it to distract from his message of them using her for protection. 

Palin like almost every other politician has used their families as props and yes her youngest child does give her credentials as prolife.  We may actually agree on this next. Just because a family members is used as a campaign prop don’t make them fair game. However there is a point when they get involved that they lose that protection. Cheney daughter or Obama wife talking policy details opens them up to an extent but to attack them personally is still lame.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AIP<br />
What did Rush say after he show the picture? Did he not talk about how they used Chelsea to protect Bill and Hillary from embarrassing press questions?</p>
<p>Either way the pun was tasteless. It is nice to see you condemn both. I wasn&rsquo;t a blogger back when Rush made that comment but did condemn it at the time and not just because the MSM used it to distract from his message of them using her for protection. </p>
<p>Palin like almost every other politician has used their families as props and yes her youngest child does give her credentials as prolife.  We may actually agree on this next. Just because a family members is used as a campaign prop don&rsquo;t make them fair game. However there is a point when they get involved that they lose that protection. Cheney daughter or Obama wife talking policy details opens them up to an extent but to attack them personally is still lame.</p>
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		<title>By: An Interested Party</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/letterman_palin_jokes_cross_the_line/comment-page-1/#comment-1061185</link>
		<dc:creator>An Interested Party</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Rush said during the Lewinsky scandal that the Clintons was using Chelsea like she was the Whitehouse dog to protect\deflect them from reporters asking questions about the scandal...&lt;/blockquote&gt;

No, actually he made a tasteless joke about the Clinton&#039;s having a WH cat and then asked if anyone had seen the WH dog and then showed a picture of their daughter...nice try, though...by the way, according to your logic, one could say that Palin used her youngest child as a prop to showcase her prolife credentials...

The bottom line is that it is tasteless and shameful to attack a politician&#039;s child to get at said politician, whether it is Limbaugh or Letterman that is doing it...of course, neither of them have much taste or shame, so such behavior is to be expected...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Rush said during the Lewinsky scandal that the Clintons was using Chelsea like she was the Whitehouse dog to protect\deflect them from reporters asking questions about the scandal...</p></blockquote>
<p>No, actually he made a tasteless joke about the Clinton's having a WH cat and then asked if anyone had seen the WH dog and then showed a picture of their daughter...nice try, though...by the way, according to your logic, one could say that Palin used her youngest child as a prop to showcase her prolife credentials...</p>
<p>The bottom line is that it is tasteless and shameful to attack a politician's child to get at said politician, whether it is Limbaugh or Letterman that is doing it...of course, neither of them have much taste or shame, so such behavior is to be expected...</p>
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		<title>By: From The Home Office In The Interwebs&#8230; &#171; Around The Sphere</title>
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		<dc:creator>From The Home Office In The Interwebs&#8230; &#171; Around The Sphere</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] James Joyner: Way over the line. Even if the butt of the jokes was Alex Rodriguez. Kids are off limits. Period. Whether it’s Amy Carter, Chelsea Clinton, or the Obama girls, the extent of the commentary permissible is how cute, sweet, adorable, precious, and clever they are. ( If they aren’t cute, you’re not allowed to say so. If you think they’re hot now that they’re grown up, I suppose that’s fine.) [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] James Joyner: Way over the line. Even if the butt of the jokes was Alex Rodriguez. Kids are off limits. Period. Whether it&rsquo;s Amy Carter, Chelsea Clinton, or the Obama girls, the extent of the commentary permissible is how cute, sweet, adorable, precious, and clever they are. ( If they aren&rsquo;t cute, you&rsquo;re not allowed to say so. If you think they&rsquo;re hot now that they&rsquo;re grown up, I suppose that&rsquo;s fine.) [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Wayne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bristol is not an innocent little girl but Chelsea is? Right. (Sarcasm off)]

Rush said during the Lewinsky scandal that the Clintons was using Chelsea like she was the Whitehouse dog to protect\deflect them from reporters asking questions about the scandal and you barely seen Chelsea until the scandal broke. After all it would be low to ask them questions with Chelsea there. Remember how much grief the MSM gave Rush for that?

So those like Furhead claim Rush is an asshole for pointing that out but Letterman comments about Palin’s daughter is fine.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bristol is not an innocent little girl but Chelsea is? Right. (Sarcasm off)]</p>
<p>Rush said during the Lewinsky scandal that the Clintons was using Chelsea like she was the Whitehouse dog to protect\deflect them from reporters asking questions about the scandal and you barely seen Chelsea until the scandal broke. After all it would be low to ask them questions with Chelsea there. Remember how much grief the MSM gave Rush for that?</p>
<p>So those like Furhead claim Rush is an asshole for pointing that out but Letterman comments about Palin&rsquo;s daughter is fine.</p>
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		<title>By: Furhead</title>
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		<dc:creator>Furhead</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;I assume that all the people who are outraged by this were also disgusted when Rush Limbaugh refereed to Chelsea Clinton as a dog, right? Was he an asshole too...&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Is Rush Limbaugh an asshole?  I don&#039;t know, is the sun hot?

&lt;blockquote&gt;Letterman slimed an innocent little girl just to hurt her mother.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Bristol is not an innocent little girl, but I do agree that Letterman attacked her to hurt her mother.  It would be true to say that people jumped over all over the anecdote of Bristol&#039;s pregnancy to show how poorly that abstinence-only programs work.  But it&#039;s just an anecdote; of course, every study that comes out demonstrates the exact same thing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I assume that all the people who are outraged by this were also disgusted when Rush Limbaugh refereed to Chelsea Clinton as a dog, right? Was he an asshole too...</p></blockquote>
<p>Is Rush Limbaugh an asshole?  I don't know, is the sun hot?</p>
<blockquote><p>Letterman slimed an innocent little girl just to hurt her mother.</p></blockquote>
<p>Bristol is not an innocent little girl, but I do agree that Letterman attacked her to hurt her mother.  It would be true to say that people jumped over all over the anecdote of Bristol's pregnancy to show how poorly that abstinence-only programs work.  But it's just an anecdote; of course, every study that comes out demonstrates the exact same thing.</p>
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		<title>By: Tailgunner</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tailgunner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bullshit.

Letterman slimed an &lt;strong&gt;innocent little girl&lt;/strong&gt; just to hurt her &lt;strong&gt;mother&lt;/strong&gt;.

This is thoroughly despicable.

Letterman is a disgusting ******* who deserves to be yanked off the air.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bullshit.</p>
<p>Letterman slimed an <strong>innocent little girl</strong> just to hurt her <strong>mother</strong>.</p>
<p>This is thoroughly despicable.</p>
<p>Letterman is a disgusting ******* who deserves to be yanked off the air.</p>
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		<title>By: An Interested Party</title>
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		<dc:creator>An Interested Party</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;I[f] he made the joke regarding obama&#039;s daughter, would it have been as funny?&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Funny that you should present that hypothetical, because there was another president&#039;s 13-year old daughter who was insulted by another comedian...I assume that all the people who are outraged by this were also disgusted when Rush Limbaugh refereed to Chelsea Clinton as a dog, right?  Was he an asshole too...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I[f] he made the joke regarding obama's daughter, would it have been as funny?</p></blockquote>
<p>Funny that you should present that hypothetical, because there was another president's 13-year old daughter who was insulted by another comedian...I assume that all the people who are outraged by this were also disgusted when Rush Limbaugh refereed to Chelsea Clinton as a dog, right?  Was he an asshole too...</p>
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		<title>By: Franklin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Franklin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just as an update, Sarah did complain and David said the joke was about Bristol, not Willow.  I&#039;m not excusing, I&#039;m just relaying the news here.

As for Bush&#039;s daughters and the Jello Shooters ... this is the first I&#039;m hearing of it so I kind of doubt it was plastered over the news for six months.  Get a grip, man.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just as an update, Sarah did complain and David said the joke was about Bristol, not Willow.  I'm not excusing, I'm just relaying the news here.</p>
<p>As for Bush's daughters and the Jello Shooters ... this is the first I'm hearing of it so I kind of doubt it was plastered over the news for six months.  Get a grip, man.</p>
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		<title>By: just me</title>
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		<dc:creator>just me</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Again, the joke was about Rodriguez, not the girl. But, seriously, one bad joke and he&#039;s an asshole forever? And 30 years of doing this doesn&#039;t give him any cred? That seems harsh.&lt;/em&gt;

I am the mom of a 14 year old girl, and if somebody made a joke about somebody knocking her up to poke fun at the person who did the knocking up, it would still offend me.  

I he made the joke regarding obama&#039;s daughter, would it have been as funny?  Would people be laughing?  Would the &quot;he was making fun of the player not the girl&quot; defenses work?  I doubt it and they shouldn&#039;t.

As for Letterman I think he is already an asshole, and pretty much always has been so this is par for the course.  I think a lot of his humor skirts the line but this one clearly crossed it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Again, the joke was about Rodriguez, not the girl. But, seriously, one bad joke and he's an asshole forever? And 30 years of doing this doesn't give him any cred? That seems harsh.</em></p>
<p>I am the mom of a 14 year old girl, and if somebody made a joke about somebody knocking her up to poke fun at the person who did the knocking up, it would still offend me.  </p>
<p>I he made the joke regarding obama's daughter, would it have been as funny?  Would people be laughing?  Would the "he was making fun of the player not the girl" defenses work?  I doubt it and they shouldn't.</p>
<p>As for Letterman I think he is already an asshole, and pretty much always has been so this is par for the course.  I think a lot of his humor skirts the line but this one clearly crossed it.</p>
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		<title>By: JGoodson</title>
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		<dc:creator>JGoodson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Your suggestion to accept Letterman as still funny is disgusting.  Is eating just a little bit of poop not as disgusting as eating the whole pile?  America is descending quickly into the abyss.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your suggestion to accept Letterman as still funny is disgusting.  Is eating just a little bit of poop not as disgusting as eating the whole pile?  America is descending quickly into the abyss.</p>
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		<title>By: lulu</title>
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		<dc:creator>lulu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Letterman sleeps every night with a transgendered-looking female. Hey, wonder if this will lead to Conan compiling his own Top Ten list.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Letterman sleeps every night with a transgendered-looking female. Hey, wonder if this will lead to Conan compiling his own Top Ten list.</p>
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		<title>By: John E. Bredehoft</title>
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		<dc:creator>John E. Bredehoft</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I thought that Susan Ford was hot BEFORE she was grown up. In my defense, I should note that I am younger than Susan, so my love for her was perfectly legal at the time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I thought that Susan Ford was hot BEFORE she was grown up. In my defense, I should note that I am younger than Susan, so my love for her was perfectly legal at the time.</p>
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		<title>By: Nightly Ramble: The Sporting Goods Edition &#124; BitsBlog</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nightly Ramble: The Sporting Goods Edition &#124; BitsBlog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Of a 14 year old, no less? And of course it&#8217;s OK if they&#8217;re conservative.  Joyner adds his two cents. Think the attack on Palin isn&#8217;t full-tilt-bozo? They&#8217;re even after Palin&#8217;s [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Of a 14 year old, no less? And of course it&#8217;s OK if they&#8217;re conservative.  Joyner adds his two cents. Think the attack on Palin isn&#8217;t full-tilt-bozo? They&#8217;re even after Palin&#8217;s [...]</p>
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