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Letterman Loses the 'Women' Vote By Exploiting Palin's Daughter
I DISLIKE SARAH PALIN AS MUCH AS ANY OTHER self-respecting young woman would, and should, but I actually can agree with her here. (For the first and probably last time.)
It is not cool, nor is it funny, to joke about statutory rape, Dave.
A simple solution would be for comedians and media figures to keep a line between fair game and prey in their commentary.
During the elections, it really bothered me when Palin would cry-the-blues about everyone "attacking" her family. Sorry lady, you're running for the second most important seat in our country. Obama is being accused of being a fucking terrorist; everything is fair game.
Now, however, at what feels like so long since the election, err'one should get off her family's nuts.
Frankly, her family doesn't matter. They have nothing to do with her politically. While there are certainly pertinent aspects of her family life that are contradictory to her political views (i.e. preg daughter while simultaneously defaming any sexual education that is not abstinence-only), in the grand scheme, nothing about her career hinges on her personal life. What would be more interesting -- as a Jezebel commenter noted --would be hearing how she feels about the recent murder of an abortion doctor, or perhaps North Korea, the environment, the economy, etc.
Why does anyone give a flying fuck about Sarah Palin's litter of children? They're kids, not public figures, and they don't deserve to be joked about. Everyone's missing the point: Sarah Palin is a politician. She's also a mother and wife, but who cares about that? I'm more concerned about this bimbo running my country than I am about her teenage daughter's baby photos.
It makes my skin crawl to finally agree with her on an issue, ut at least I can admit it. She's right; Dave would never make a joke about Obama's girls in that manner. It would be a fucking outrage, and rightfully so. Statutory rape isn't funny!
I can get on board with the Mama-Grizzly mentality Palin has here: Don't fuck with someone's kids! I'd be pissed too!
If Letterman does owe anyone an apology for something he said on his show during his airtime in front of his fans, it's not Sarah Palin, not -- as she claims in her grossly hyperbolic statement -- young women everywhere, but to the girl at whom the comments were directed. I love you Dave, but shit, man. Get some taste.
And the REALLY pressing issue here is this: when will Sarah Palin exit my life forever?
Sophia Ulmer, a creative writing major at Columbia College in Chicago, will write on weddings every Saturday through June. When she's not writing for CrabbyGolightly, she's stirring things up at her cooking blog, feckinfranchtoast.blogspot.com
