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Sarah Palin IS a joke.

Any comments about her just reinforces what a complete idiot she is.

Michael was surprisingly enough right about that.

MaCuff,

Your response is a joke more like it.

I disagree. The political party doesn't matter. I don't think Dave should have apologized at all. He fell right into Palin's trap by apologizing. If he'd ignored it the story would have gone away and Palin wouldn't constantly be in the news whining and getting attention for herself. Moreover, when Bill Clinton was elected, Rush Limbaugh enjoyed showing pictures of pre-teen, brace-wearing Chelsea Clinton to the refrain of "Who Let the Dogs Out." No one was calling on him to apologize.

Was the Joke in poor taste? Sure. Should Dave had apologized? No. If you live your life in the public eye you have to accept the consequences. Sarah Palin didn't have a problem dragging her daughter and her baby-daddy into the limelight during the campaign. She has no room to complain.

Janice, It would be more helpful if you could be more supportive if Women who have achieved as much as Sarah Palin. I do not agree with your "blame the Parent", cause. This is nonscense. It is always possible to have a career and be a Mother at the same time. You talk with a man's views.

Did anyone on this fraggin blog score above a 800 on their SATs?!??!? It's not analogous, plain and simple. Conan made a joke on Tuesday about the president visiting Green Bay. The problem, IT HADN'T HAPPENED YET!! Late Night hosts from Carson to Fallon use hyperbole and half truths when describing current events to elicit laughs in their monolouges. It happens ALL OF THE TIME. Palin didn't go to the game with either child, and basic implication would suggest Dave was making fun of the kid WHO HAS ALREADY BEEN KNOCKED UP ONCE!!!! Jesus Christ you fraktards, put down the keyboards and stop reproducing. We don't need morons like you even if you keep yourselves in the rust belt.

@Maria T C G.

The difference between the Palins and the democrats you list is that the Palins trotted her kids out at every opportunity. Yes, every politician merchandises their family but Palin brought it to an entirely new level.

Oh, and my favorite picture of the 2008 election? The one with her youngest daughter with her $1500 Louis Vuitton bag on the tarmac.

http://img266.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=28051_slide_460_11037_large_122_246lo.jpg

@MacGuffin

Remember the "Daddy, where are you?" quote from one of the O's children when he was in St. Lous? She was public then. Just the other day Sasha had a BD party, on the set of the new Harry Potter movie. THat was public. Obama makes his children public by writing an open letter to them (http://www.parade.com/export/sites/default/news/2009/01/barack-obama-letter-to-my-daughters.html). Obama uses his children in the campaign making them public (from the pinnacle of Lib web sites - http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/10/20/185932/96).

And you can find many more instances where he uses his children as political pawns. Should they be open to attacks? No, they shouldn't. And the Great Obama seems to agree when he made this quote:

"I think people's families are off-limits, and people's children are especially off-limits. This shouldn't be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Gov. Palin's performance as governor or her potential performance as a vice president."

Or how about this quote, when talking about being born to a teenage (18) mother:
"How a family deals with issues and teenage children, that shouldn't be the topic of our politics, and I hope that anybody who is supporting me understands that's off-limits."

(quotes from http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/01/obama.palin/index.html)

But, apparently, to some people of a political persuasion, think it is OK to attack the children of another political persuasion when it fits into their little world.

Actually, let me add a few more public appearances for the Obama girls:

Obama gives Access Hollywood interview with his children:
http://coverawards.com/2008/07/09/story_barack_obama_family_interview_access_hollywood_83912/

Michelle and children give interview and on the cover of People magazine (after saying that he would not put them in the public again):
http://coverawards.com/2008/07/23/news_people_magazine_features_the_obamas_at_home_93812/

Numerous interviews in Us magazine, where Barack talks about the music that the kids like (they don't like Britney, they are too "sensible" for that kind of stuff, they like Hannah Montana) where Michelle shops (Target), movies (Sex and The City), etc.

Michelle give an interview with Oprah (http://www.oprah.com/article/omagazine/20090223-orig-michelle-obama-oprah) talking about what Michelle prays about (wasn't Palin attacked over and over again about her religious beliefs), the children's activity schedule, how well they adjusted, etc. Making sure everybody knew that Michelle's mother was moving in with them.

And I can go on, and on, and on. All where they are put out in the public. Can they be used in jokes?

A GOOD MOTHER DOES NOT PUT HER CHILDREN IN THE POSITION PALIN HAS PUT HERS IN IT'S THAT SIMPLE !!! PALIN IS A DRAMMA MOMMA AND THE KIDS ARE HER PROPS THAT SERVE AS NEEDED.

You seem like a very angry person. I'm concerned that you are doing yourself physical harm by allowing yourself to feel and feed such rage. That kind of stress isn't good for anyone.

Also, I thought Letterman's joke was funny. It was also pretty amusing when news came about about Bristol being pregnant while her mother was out there pushing abstinence-only "Christian" values.

"Legitimate mistake?! So saying that a 14 year old was “knocked up” is merely a “ legitimate mistake”!"

Except that the joke was clearly about her older daughter, who has gotten knocked up in the past. Any 18 year old that is in the public spotlight is fair game. Any "mistake" is their lack of clarifying which daughter it was for those that need things completely spelled out for them.