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Originally Posted by Twodogs
Letterman is a no class cocksucker (IMHO).
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And you are certainly entitled to that opinion but consider that Letterman's joke is a stereotype that plays upon the sexuality of Sarah Palin's looks and the behavior of her children. He was parodying the Palin clan. Did he take it too far?, yes. However, he could not say these things about her or her family with any degree of credibility if there didn't already exist an atmosphere in the media that reinforces some truthfulness about the Palin clan's behavior--relative to the jokes that were made. That's why people laughed. If he had said the same things about Michelle Obama, the Obama daughters or Hillary & Chelsea; people wouldn't laugh at it. Because there isn't any behavior in their lives to be parodied, that would make the joke funny.
06-12-2009, 07:20 AM
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