[SuperJon]

I'm not sure most women would feel like they aren't being called a slut, if someone told them they dressed like one. Just my two cents.

I know a ton that wouldn't feel like they are being called a slut when they are told they dress like one. I've heard plenty of girls ask the question, "Does this look slutty" before going out somewhere. They know they're not one, but they don't want to dress like one either. The fact is, Sarah Palin looks like a slutty secretary, slutty teacher, slutty whatever half the time. It's just her look. There's something about her. I don't know what it is that makes her look like that, but that's what she looks like. Stereotypes are out there for a reason. Every stereotype has a stereotypical look. Some can be explained and some can't. Unfortunately, this one can't.

[Hold My Own]

And I know a lot of woman that will smack the crap out of you if you say they are dressed like a slut.



This reminds me a lot of this message board. Something was said that never would have been said to that persons face. This is not some sort of put down on my part only saying that sometimes its far easier to say something when that person is not around. I dont mean b/c they will fight you but b/c most people dont have the heart to say something like that to someones face.

[SuperJon]

Of course there are some that wouldn't like it. I don't think anyone would like it from someone they didn't know. If one of their close friends in their circle said, "Hey, uh, you look like a slut tonight" I think they may not like it but they'd at least check what they were wearing. Then again, some girls try to look like sluts anyways to make themselves feel better.

[RubberMallet]

This reminds me a lot of this message board. Something was said that never would have been said to that persons face. This is not some sort of put down on my part only saying that sometimes its far easier to say something when that person is not around. I dont mean b/c they will fight you but b/c most people dont have the heart to say something like that to someones face.

WAT

[belcherboy]

I think I should just give up. Oh well!

[belcherboy]

The fact is, Sarah Palin looks like a slutty secretary, slutty teacher, slutty whatever half the time. It's just her look. There's something about her. I don't know what it is that makes her look like that, but that's what she looks like. Stereotypes are out there for a reason. Every stereotype has a stereotypical look. Some can be explained and some can't. Unfortunately, this one can't.

We need some pictures! I want to see what you consider slutty!

[El Scorcho]

I want to see what you consider slutty!

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[01LUGrad]

Letterman appologized last night.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 ... se-joke-2/

[belcherboy]

I have A LOT more respect for him now! This was very well said!

“All right, here – I’ve been thinking about this situation with Governor Palin and her family now for about a week – it was a week ago tonight, and maybe you know about it, maybe you don’t know about it. But there was a joke that I told, and I thought I was telling it about the older daughter being at Yankee Stadium. And it was kind of a coarse joke. There’s no getting around it, but I never thought it was anybody other than the older daughter, and before the show, I checked to make sure in fact that she is of legal age, 18. Yeah. But the joke really, in and of itself, can’t be defended. The next day, people are outraged. They’re angry at me because they said, ‘How could you make a lousy joke like that about the 14-year-old girl who was at the ball game?’ And I had, honestly, no idea that the 14-year-old girl, I had no idea that anybody was at the ball game except the governor and I was told at the time she was there with Rudy Giuliani … and I really should have made the joke about Rudy …” (audience applauds) “But I didn’t, and now people are getting angry and they’re saying, ‘Well, how can you say something like that about a 14-year-old girl, and does that make you feel good to make those horrible jokes about a kid who’s completely innocent, minding her own business,’ and, turns out, she was at the ball game. I had no idea she was there. So she’s now at the ball game, and people think that I made the joke about her. And, but still, I’m wondering, ‘Well, what can I do to help people understand that I would never make a joke like this?’ I’ve never made jokes like this as long as we’ve been on the air, 30 long years, and you can’t really be doing jokes like that. And I understand, of course, why people are upset. I would be upset myself.

“And then I was watching the Jim Lehrer ‘Newshour’ – this commentator, the columnist Mark Shields, was talking about how I had made this indefensible joke about the 14-year-old girl, and I thought, ‘Oh, boy, now I’m beginning to understand what the problem is here. It’s the perception rather than the intent.’ It doesn’t make any difference what my intent was, it’s the perception. And, as they say about jokes, if you have to explain the joke, it’s not a very good joke. And I’m certainly – ” (audience applause) “– thank you. Well, my responsibility – I take full blame for that. 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.” (audience applauds) “Thank you. So 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. Thank you very much.” (audience applause).

[RubberMallet]

I have A LOT more respect for him now! This was very well said!

“All right, here – I’ve been thinking about this situation with Governor Palin and her family now for about a week – it was a week ago tonight, and maybe you know about it, maybe you don’t know about it. But there was a joke that I told, and I thought I was telling it about the older daughter being at Yankee Stadium. And it was kind of a coarse joke. There’s no getting around it, but I never thought it was anybody other than the older daughter, and before the show, I checked to make sure in fact that she is of legal age, 18. Yeah. But the joke really, in and of itself, can’t be defended. The next day, people are outraged. They’re angry at me because they said, ‘How could you make a lousy joke like that about the 14-year-old girl who was at the ball game?’ And I had, honestly, no idea that the 14-year-old girl, I had no idea that anybody was at the ball game except the governor and I was told at the time she was there with Rudy Giuliani … and I really should have made the joke about Rudy …” (audience applauds) “But I didn’t, and now people are getting angry and they’re saying, ‘Well, how can you say something like that about a 14-year-old girl, and does that make you feel good to make those horrible jokes about a kid who’s completely innocent, minding her own business,’ and, turns out, she was at the ball game. I had no idea she was there. So she’s now at the ball game, and people think that I made the joke about her. And, but still, I’m wondering, ‘Well, what can I do to help people understand that I would never make a joke like this?’ I’ve never made jokes like this as long as we’ve been on the air, 30 long years, and you can’t really be doing jokes like that. And I understand, of course, why people are upset. I would be upset myself.

“And then I was watching the Jim Lehrer ‘Newshour’ – this commentator, the columnist Mark Shields, was talking about how I had made this indefensible joke about the 14-year-old girl, and I thought, ‘Oh, boy, now I’m beginning to understand what the problem is here. It’s the perception rather than the intent.’ It doesn’t make any difference what my intent was, it’s the perception. And, as they say about jokes, if you have to explain the joke, it’s not a very good joke. And I’m certainly – ” (audience applause) “– thank you. Well, my responsibility – I take full blame for that. 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.” (audience applauds) “Thank you. So 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. Thank you very much.” (audience applause).

you are hilarious belcher boy

[belcherboy]

you are hilarious belcher boy

I honestly thought it was cool of him. Although I think this probably had a little to do with it:

http://www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/407238 ... source=rss

Letterman's Palin Joke Costs CBS an Advertiser

David Letterman's comments about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and one of her daughters has prompted a hotel chain to pull its advertising on CBS' website — and spawned a campaign to fire the Late Show host that includes a planned protest outside his studio.

Embassy Suites, part of the Hilton Hotels Corp., pulled advertising on CBS' site because of complaints, company spokeswoman Kendra Walker told TVGuide.com. The company was not an advertiser on Letterman's show.

"We received lots of e-mails from concerned guests and we assessed that the statement that he made was offensive enough to our guests and prospective guests that we elected to take the ads down," Walker said. She declined to release the cost of the ads.

Palin also accepted the apology, so hopefully this thing will be over:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,526525,00.html

Originally Posted by Sarah Palin
"Of course it's accepted on behalf of young women, like my daughters, who hope men who 'joke' about public displays of sexual exploitation of girls will soon evolve."

"Letterman certainly has the right to 'joke' about whatever he wants to, and thankfully we have the right to express our reaction. This is all thanks to our U.S. Military women and men putting their lives on the line for us to secure America's Right to Free Speech - in this case, may that right be used to promote equality and respect."

[PAmedic]

Letterman's Palin Joke Costs CBS an Advertiser

David Letterman's comments about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and one of her daughters has prompted a hotel chain to pull its advertising on CBS' website — and spawned a campaign to fire the Late Show host that includes a planned protest outside his studio.

Embassy Suites, part of the Hilton Hotels Corp., pulled advertising on CBS' site because of complaints, company spokeswoman Kendra Walker told TVGuide.com. The company was not an advertiser on Letterman's show.

"We received lots of e-mails from concerned guests and we assessed that the statement that he made was offensive enough to our guests and prospective guests that we elected to take the ads down," Walker said. She declined to release the cost of the ads.

now THAT is ironic. No, you wouldn't want anyone related to Paris Hilton connected to a guy who jokes about young women being "sluts"