Wow. It’s just like the election, except instead of about an issue, she’s made it about herself.
I don’t know why you would be surprised about this – it’s the same reaction she got at her rallies. She raised tempters, stoked people’s basest emotions and then let them run loose to cause whatever havoc they could cause, with no concern about what she started.
These are the kind of actions that cause shootings at clinics and museums.
New York Magazine videographer Jonah Green was one of those press members, and he captured a disturbing video of several of those protesters in hate-filled rants against the CBS “Late Show” host.
Among the more alarming lines of attack — particularly given that the rally was held because Letterman supposedly made a joke about Sarah Palin’s teenage daughter Willow — was that Letterman’s son Harry was born out of wedlock (he recently wed Regina Lasko after dating for over a decade).
“Should we talk about his son?” one protester asked Green. “I believe his son was born out of wedlock. I believe there’s a term for that.”
“Is someone making jokes about his child?” asked another. “Especially, you know, when he had a daughter out of wedlock himself” (he didn’t; 5-year-old Harry is his only child).
“How dare he?” asked yet a third, the most offensive of all. “When he has a bastard son, and a slut for a wife” (Letterman’s wife Lasko has kept a notoriously low profile).
It should be noted that Sarah Palin’s teenage daughter Bristol gave birth to baby Tripp (out-of-wedlock) in December and broke up with the baby’s father, Levi Johnston, in March.
Other conservative talking points thrown around at the rally included, “Close the borders!” and “I only watch Fox News,” as well as the general sentiment that Jay Leno is a better host than Letterman.
Once Palin accept the apology on behalf of every woman in the universe, did she then tell her supporters to leave Dave alone? Nope. Content with her fifteen minutes, she scurried back to her hole until the next time she can pop out of it, shriek with outrage, and get back in the news.
Again – I can’t help but contrast this with what’s going on with Iran – where a politician with a legitimate beef is getting his followers to protest quietly, and with dignity – and it’s changing the world.
While in America, Palin has people calling Letterman’s kid a “bastard.”
Maybe she’ll say something. Maybe she’ll have the same outrage about this kind of intentional bile that she had when it was clearly a joke that misfired, but convenient for her to be “hurt.”
Doubtful.
