David Letterman is a joke that’s just not funny anymore. And apparently not sincere in his apologies either:

FOX NEWS – David Letterman was in mea culpa mode in a sit-down chat with Oprah Winfrey on Sunday night. But while he apologized profusely for the pain he had caused his wife when an extramarital affair with a young staffer was revealed, he was less remorseful when asked about his awkward sex joke about Sarah Palin’s 14-year-old daughter, Willow. …

But Letterman said the only reason he apologized to Sarah Palin after he was roundly criticized for making a sex joke on “Late Night” about Willow, then 14, was so that he could continue to make jokes about the former Vice Presidential candidate.

“I felt like Sarah Palin was somebody I wanted to be able to continue to make fun of,” he said. “And I felt like if I don’t apologize … I will not be able to go forward [with that].”

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I went back and read my short writeup on his apology to Palin. Turns out I never thought he apologized in the firsts place:

David Letterman spent the better part of 10 minutes trying to clear up the mess he made regarding his Sarah Palin jokes. He primarily defended himself, insisting that he would never advocate child rape or promiscuity. He never actually apologized, but then who thought he would? It was more about damage control (while getting more laughs) than about the insensitivity he displayed when joking about Palin’s daughter getting knocked up by Alex Rodriguez.




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112 comments
cabensg
cabensg

I read he visits a shrink daily or weekly can't remember which. I guess this shows who side some Psychs are on.

Therese
Therese

David Letterman.....nothing but rich white trash.....enough said.

Charm4sure
Charm4sure

What an arrogant as&! He is so small a person that he can't see that he just admitted that the quality of his personal character is disingenuous. He is so arrogant he can''t see his ignorance and believes he is making Palin look bad! ! Clearly what keeps him going is getting approval from the liberal hate machine, .... which he will get. He is nothing imore than a trained seal waiting for his treat. How pathetic and destructive these libs are degrading their own character for the cause. Sick, sick,sick. No honor among libs.

Brian Mouland
Brian Mouland

Who cares about this has-been his show has been lame since the 1990s

PVG
PVG

Exactly!

poljunkie
poljunkie

I never could never see the value his audience finds in his insults towards Republicans. Which he seems to cherish so much.

As you know i'm not a fan of Obama or other liberals- but I wouldn’t say thorny things about their kids. Honestly, it’s the very rare occasion that I toss a slur towards any of them that’s personal. There’s enough criticism of political events to keep me busy without embarrassing the rest of their family.

PVG
PVG

Unlike Letterman, you are a class-act!

12grace
12grace

Letterman proves once again that he is a low class moron.

PhillyCon
PhillyCon

So does Letterman "make fun" of Democrat women like this? I highly doubt it.

He is right up there with Bill Maher.

poljunkie
poljunkie

David Letterman is a total jerk.

I was flipping the channels and saw he was acting remorseful about his indiscretions in a conversation with Oprah.

Key word: “acting”.

What total bullsh*t. I don’t buy his performance for a minute. The red eyes…Oh boo hoo.

Marital infidelity? Cheating with a lower level staffer that would be subservient?

Making fun of Gov Palin and her family because his audience is made up of mostly progressive tools.

Wow.---how en vogue of you David.

To expect common courtesy, a little civility or basic respect, is too much to ask I know. But David…karma is a b*tch. I think he has a little boy- it will be a pity if his kid gets bullied, or made fun of, wont it?

General Lee
General Lee

I'm not a violent person but there are two people in this world that I would like to see get cold-cocked and dropped like a bag of Jell-O; David Letterman and Bill Maher. I can't tell you the joy it would bring me if some over-roided body builder grabbed one or (preferably) both, by the neck and made them *hit themselves from shear terror, and you know they would. They hide behind their desk, body guards and security systems. If they had to walk down the street unprotected, neither of them would make it a block. They would get dealt the just they have earned.

white531
white531

Most despicable human being on the planet. I'm being generous, calling him a human being.

poljunkie
poljunkie

Yep, I dont understand the attraction people see in him. He's a mean spirited, nasty guy.

I dont see the interest in any of the late night shows but Johnny Carson- although also a liberal- at least had class.

Merv Griffin was a showman and had class as well.

MsContrary
MsContrary

He is a complete and utter waste of anyone's time....

FreeManWalking
FreeManWalking

Right with you SCOOP!

I have to ask, does anyone think an apology from DL to a conservative, would be any more believable than a democrat representative professing they are conservative?

I know in Sara's position she is expected to say and gracefully accept the apology of a misogynistic AHole who enjoys making fun of handicap children.

but for once I would like for her to refuse to accept his appoligy, and do it in the biggest media format available to her, letting the world know what a sniveling little creature he is, and CBS is for retaining him on their network.

Biggbear52
Biggbear52

The Boy litter mouth had proven to me over 30 years ago that he would remain a boy in cranial mass. His style is borderline disgusting and always insulting to someone. That works for Howard Stern, whom I dislike as well, but is does not work for a guy that back in the sixties, was kind of funny. Comedy is supposed to be free of insults and vulgar garbage. He is losing ratings fast the doan's loses pills so he had to come up with something to be trendy. To his hosting demise this will end up being his due and that is precisely what anyone that whores themselves out to the highest payer, regardless of venue or position, results in.

poljunkie
poljunkie

The thing about Howard Stern is that most of his banter seemed to be an act UNTIL he divorced his wife. Thats when he went from joking around- to meaning his shtick.

I thought a lot of what he used to say about his parents- and being raised in an over protective Jewish family was pretty funny…

But he lost a lot of his funny when he went from day dreaming and fantasy to full on super model crazy.

tinlizzieowner
tinlizzieowner

"It was more about damage control (while getting more laughs) than about the insensitivity he displayed when joking about Palin’s daughter getting knocked up by Alex Rodriguez."

Never heard any jokes out of him about Obama's daughters, have you.

John
John

great suggestion!!!

Hey, you! Yes, you bag of caca on two curved legs - you, Letterman! Make a joke about prezzy's daughters having sex with - whoever/whatever!

I'll bet you tax-free 1,ooo dollars you cannot do it!!! YOU STINKY COWARD!!!!

YOU UGLY IMBECILE!!!!

tinlizzieowner
tinlizzieowner

Hey, Letterman, take the easy way. Make a joke about Hillary and Bill's daughter, you situational hypocrite.

;-) ;-)

Brian
Brian

If you had to wake up next to his wife you would be bitter to. He is so jealous of Todd it is embarrasing.

Philo Beddoe
Philo Beddoe

The people that listen to Letterman are the same that listen to Maher when he denigrates Christians and are the same one's that laughed and applauded when Jamie Foxx talked about his new movie and said "he gets to kill white people, how great is that".

Letterman, Maher appeal to a culture that really cannot differentiate civility from crass behavior in society. This younger generation is the outcome of the "be yourself" attitude of the '60's and '70's. Take what is your because it is yours to take.

Steven Valdez
Steven Valdez

Letterman has always been and will always be irrelevant to me. Sarah Palin on the other hand will always be inspirational to me.

hedyanne
hedyanne

After him making a statement like that who in their right mind would watch a sick mind like his. No matter what you think of Sarah Palin he and a lot of the so called media should be ashamed of themselves for talkng about any woman the way that he does. He is a sick bastard and Obama honers him what a sick society we live in....

syvyn11
syvyn11

So the apology is worthless. Much like Letterman's tired act.

bongobear
bongobear

None of these late night shows have been worth a damn since Johnny Carson retired. Letterman's a bigger jerk than Leno...but not by much.

Edit: I've never watched either Leno or Letterman so I don't really know if their shows are any good but I don't think I'd like either one of them.

Randi Starr
Randi Starr

There's a good reason he sees a shrink every week.......................

tinlizzieowner
tinlizzieowner

If Palin was a Democrat, the Woman's Liberalizationists would be all over him like syrup on pancakes.

PhillyCon
PhillyCon

Exactly. Just said the same thing down thread.

tinlizzieowner
tinlizzieowner

We both know it's a fact. They are only interested in the 'liberation' of liberal women, that's why I call them 'Women's Liberalizationists'. ;-)

Constance
Constance

Letterman was a liberal freak when he was younger and starting out on TV. He's still a liberal freak. I never thought he was funny - not naturally funny. Oh, a few moments here and there, but not genuinely funny. And as for Oprah? Please. It was after she jumped on the Hope and Change bandwagon that her ratings dropped and her world changed. Her racist pandering to Obama sunk her in the eyes of many in her audience. I guess she forgot that the majority of her audience were white women. Statistically, that was once the case. I'm glad she is a fallen "hero". Letterman never was much except a liberal white guy who can't keep it in his pants.

Rich Wojcik
Rich Wojcik

anybody can READ other people's jokes!

DebbyX
DebbyX

So well said!

I used to be one of those white women.

Well, I'm still a white woman, but........

oh, never mind.

BikerHoop
BikerHoop

David Letterman is a putz. The only person who ever thought he was funny was himself. In the few times I've listened to him I never so much as chuckled.

Smith Smith
Smith Smith

He never apologized, what he did was feel regrate that it was the 14 year old daughter and not the 17 year that he was making sexual comments about.

No need to say sorry and apologies for anything if you really never feel sorry for what you did. He truely meant to say what he said at a 17 year old. 14 or 17, not sure any rash person can see a difference in what he said, pretty sure she still a minor.

aposematic
aposematic

Never wasted my time watching Letterman...have little tolerance for those that do.

tinlizzieowner
tinlizzieowner

Hey Letterman, you short on jokes? How about these?

What's the difference between a liberal and a bunk bed?

A bunk bed can actually support 2 people. ;-)

You know how to starve a liberal?

Hide his EBT card under his work boots. ;-)

You know why liberals won't let their kids play in sand boxes?

Cats keep trying to bury them. ;-)

PatrickHenrysBody
PatrickHenrysBody

The closest thing that came to an intelligent, impartial audience that David Letterman ever had was when he told his jokes to an empty theater during Hurricane Sandy.

poljunkie
poljunkie

Ha! The bunk bed one is pretty awesome.

tinlizzieowner
tinlizzieowner

They started out as 'race' jokes but I'm not into that kind of krap.

stage9
stage9

I think the only reason Letterman is still on TV is because he gets a lot of the "sleep ratings". That's when the older population falls asleep with their tv's on during his show and the network assumes that those viewers are actual viewers.

notebene
notebene

So Dave, since you're such a class act...why are Obama's daughters off your chart? Hmmmm? Could it be that you are a pedophile hypocrite? The joke is that Odumbo is a failure and you still voted him in for another four years of failure. Letterman is a despicable, sorry excuse for a human being!

Spartan4Palin
Spartan4Palin

By the way Oprah, did you find anything in that conversation disturbing or hypocritical in any way? What was your response to that?

***crickets***

Spartan4Palin
Spartan4Palin

Well I see his lack of humility towards the 'fairer' sex has come out again? You think this really bothers Governor Palin? Not in the least. Does it bother me? Only that I believe chivalry is dead in so many ways regarding our party. I don't see many calling on this ass-clown to take it back. I don't believe I'm shocked by anything this douchebag says. Am I bothered by the so-called women's groups that dont leap to her side? Nope. But the Governor once said that when a women is under attack and those that fight for women's issues don't come to her defense, there's a special kind of Hell waiting for them.

As for this woman, I have, will and always stand with the Governor. It is maniacal to watch the so-called 'tolerant' left spew their hatred for this woman, even after 4 years. I have no faith in those that preach to me to be more understanding and then unload this bile. I continue to marvel at the grace the Governor shows when confronted by those who do nothing but use and abuse her, her family and her name, all for the almighty dollar and rating point. Her courage to take the barbs and attacks is phenomenal. I've never seen anyone take so much and stand her ground in spite of it all as much as she has.

Thank you Governor Palin for being such an inspirational figure to me and to so many others.

GiantM
GiantM

Once again...another Hippocratic Liberal.

Jim Opsahl
Jim Opsahl

Well, Dave... when I need a laugh, I don't watch your show. I look at your ratings.

20Chitowndemrevenuestream12
20Chitowndemrevenuestream12

i think Mr . Carson and the Tonight show knew exactly what they were doing when they bypassed this constipated old coot for the Tonight show