This week a feud has developed between David Letterman and Sarah Palin because of jokes he made on his show about her and her family's visit to NY. One of the jokes disparaged her by indicating that she's trying to look like a slutty airline attendant, but the real transgression was when he said that the Yankees 3rd baseman, Alex Rodriguez, got her daughter knocked up during the 7th inning of a game. Not very funny. He didn't say which daughter but Piper was the one that went to the game with Sarah and she's only 14 years old, so the Palin family and their supporters were indignant and have attempted to rake Letterman over the coals for his perverted sense of humor.
So I'm a little torn here because I really like David Letterman's sense of humor. I think he's the king of sarcastic hilarity. He can make me laugh with just a facial expression. Hell, I boycotted Jay Leno for his entire tenure on the Tonight Show exclusively because he was given the throne vacated by Johnny Carson when I felt Letterman was more deserving. Leno was never in the same universe with Letterman when it comes to being funny.
And I don't like Sarah Palin. For all the accolades she collects as an accomplished governor in Alaska, all I saw from her on the campaign trail last year was a rabid little attack dog foaming at the mouth with derision for Barrack Obama, and it seemed to me that if I looked at her for more than two consecutive seconds, I could actually watch her head expanding with all the national popularity.
No excuses, though. Letterman should say he's sorry.
