David Letterman Sarah Palin

Does the Sarah Palin controversy help or hurt David Letterman in his battle with Conan O'Brien?
David Letterman spent the first part of last night's "Late Show" apologizing once again to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her family for an inappropriate joke he made last Monday. As Letterman explained last night, "I told a bad joke. I told a joke that was beyond flawed, and my intent is completely meaningless compared to the perception. And since it was a joke I told, I feel that I need to do the right thing here and apologize for having told that joke. It's not your fault that it was misunderstood, it's my fault. That it was misunderstood."
While a protest remains planned for today's taping of the "Late Show," Palin has accepted Letterman's explanation. And though the "Late Show" lost one website advertiser – Embassy Suites – because of the ongoing debate, viewers have remained loyal to the longtime late-night talk-show host.

The controversy had swelled as Palin and her supporters rejected Letterman's first attempt at an explanation last Wednesday. Last Monday, he had referenced the governor's older daughter, Bristol, in an off-color remark, not realizing that it was her younger daughter, Willow, who had accompanied her to New York City. As he said last night, "I would like to apologize, especially to the two daughters involved, Bristol and Willow, and also to the governor and her family and everybody else who was outraged by the joke. I'm sorry about it, and I'll try to do better in the future."...



David Letterman Apologizes to Sarah Palin for A-Rod Joke
Letterman should have never told the "joke"
But now that he has apologized, the story is over. The diehards will probably do just that--die hard--if they persist in trying to "make something" out of an event that is over. The world will be moving on, sorta like we finally went past "lipstick on a pig".
Letterman + Michael Richards + A Rod
Willow Palin be should compensated. What about poor A Rod ? He was falsely accused by Letterman. He is a minority. Rodriguez was born in the Washington Heights section of New York City to a Dominican family. When he was four, Rodriguez and his parents moved to their native Dominican Republic, then to Miami, Florida / Michael Richards ( Cosmo Kramer )hecklers tell their story

The men don’t just want an apology, they want compensation. Check it out on NBC.Dave Letterman came to the rescue for Kramer's remarks in a "Comedy Club in 2006"...



David Letterman not expected to respond to Sarah Palin on tonight's show
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin continues to blast away at David Letterman for jokes he made earlier this week about her teenage daughter, but the talk show host won't be firing back during tonight's new installment of The Late Show. Why? Because he already filmed the show before this controversy even erupted. A CBS spokesperson tells EW that Letterman pre-tapes his Friday shows on Mondays, and this week is no exception. Letterman will be shooting all new shows next week, so perhaps he'll have something to say on Monday. Gov. Palin—outraged over a crack about her daughter being impregnated by New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez—continued venting today during appearances on NBC's The Today Show and The Situation Room on CNN. When NBC's Matt Lauer asked the former Republican vice presidential hopeful if she'd accept an apology from Letterman, Palin responded by saying she'd rather have him apologize to young people for promoting the idea that it's "okay or funny talk about statutory rape." (Earlier this week, Letterman conceded his humor was in bad taste, but adamantly disagreed with Palin's assessment that he was making light of rape or adolescent sexual activity, insisting the joke was not about 14-year-old daughter Willow, as Palin has claimed, but 18-year-old Bristol.)
CBS has no official response to Palin, but a source inside the network forwarded EW this ABCnews.com article from last fall, cataloging various jokes many other late-night hosts made at the expense of Palin's daughter during the course of presidential campaign. (The implication: Letterman's joshing is nothing new—and Palin's anti-Letterman press blitz feels oddly behind-the times.) For her part, Palin is getting new support from a fellow Republican: New York State Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb today demanded that CBS fire Letterman for his comments, reports Fox News....


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