I do hope you mean redneck in the best possible way - as rednecks really are as opposed to the way that the liberal media portrays them. ;-)
MWR wrote: > Palin left them shaking in their shoes, both sides! She is a power > house and both sides know it. Otherwise, she wouldn't be the center > of most topics these days! > > I can't believe they live in Alaska and not in some southern state! > They sure act redneck enough to live here! ;o) > > > > On Jun 12, 11:57 am, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Agree totally with you, Bruce. And I think Sarah is exactly right. >> Besides if she got on Letterman's show she might take umbrage at >> something else that idiot would say and punch him out - she probably >> could do the job with ease. God help him if Todd is on his show and >> takes umbrage. The results would not be pretty - deserved but not pretty.... >> >> read more >> >> >> >> >> bruce majors wrote: >> >>> Letterman obviously lied, since the daughter who was at the ball game >>> where Letterman said he hoped Alex Rodriguez would knock up the girl >>> WAS the 14 year old >>> >>> And this is no an "assault" on Letterman, it is Palin defending her child. >>> >>> When will you "liberals" become competent to discuss ideas, like >>> defending Obama's collapsing economic policies, rather than smearing >>> women and telling rape and racist jokes? >>> >>> 2009/6/12 Tommy News <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> >>> *Palin Takes on Letterman, Again* >>> By Kate Phillips >>> <http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/author/kate-phillips/> >>> >>> Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska continued her assault on CBS's David >>> Letterman on Friday morning in an interview on NBC's "Today" show, >>> calling the late-night host's efforts to apologize for remarks >>> about her daughter "a weak excuse" and saying they were "a >>> degrading comment on all young women." >>> >>> Visit msnbc.com <http://msnbc.com> for Breaking News >>> <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/>, World News >>> <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032507>, and News about the Economy >>> <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072> >>> >>> The governor has been traveling in the "lower 48″ this week. After >>> she attended a Yankees game with her daughter Willow, 14, last >>> weekend, Mr. Letterman said on his show Monday night: "One awkward >>> moment for Sarah Palin at the Yankee game during the seventh >>> inning. Her daughter was knocked up by Alex Rodriguez." >>> >>> Mr. Letterman also said the hardest part about the Palins' trip to >>> New York was "keeping Eliot Spitzer away from her daughter." >>> >>> By Wednesday, after the comments had caused a ruckus, Mr. >>> Letterman apologized on his show >>> >>> <http://lateshow.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/video_player/index/php/988...>, >>> saying he wasn't talking about her 14-year-old but about her older >>> daughter, Bristol, whose pregnancy out of wedlock caused a stir >>> last year when it was disclosed at the time the governor was >>> becoming the Republicans' vice-presidential nominee. >>> >>> "And we made some jokes about Sarah Palin and her daughter the >>> 18-year-old girl," Mr. Letterman began, getting prompted that he >>> was talking about Bristol, and then said he was only making jokes. >>> He read Ms. Palin's criticisms, in which she called his remarks >>> sexually perverted. He called his jokes "ugly." >>> >>> "These are not jokes made about her 14-year-old daughter. I would >>> never, never make jokes about raping or having sex of any >>> description with a 14-year-old girl," he said on the show. "I >>> mean, look at my record. It has never happened. I don't think it's >>> funny. I would never think it was funny. I wouldn't put it in a >>> joke. Here's where you draw the line. Yes maybe these are >>> questionable because the girl who actually excuse me who was >>> knocked up is 18 years old. " >>> >>> Later, he said he probably regretted telling the jokes, like >>> thousands of others he'd told: "We do stuff all the time and our >>> objective here is to get a laugh, and thank God we don't have to >>> go to The Hague and the World Court to defend them. It's a joke >>> and that's all it's supposed to be. Am I guilty of poor taste? >>> Yes. Did I suggest that it was O.K. for her 14-year-old daughter >>> to be having promiscuous sex? No." >>> >>> On the "Today" show from Texas on Friday morning, where the >>> governor is promoting a gas pipeline for her state, she >>> characterized Mr. Letterman's remarks as a reference to "statutory >>> rape" and called it a sad commentary about today's culture that >>> this sort of discussion would be considered comedy. Mr. Lauer >>> prodded her to explain whether she really believed that Mr. >>> Letterman posed a danger to young women, citing an earlier >>> statement that read: "The Palins have no intention of providing a >>> ratings boost for David Letterman by appearing on his show. Plus, >>> it would be wise to keep Willow away from David Letterman." >>> >>> Asked about that, Ms. Palin said her insinuation wasn't in bad >>> taste, offering: "Take it however you want to take it." And she >>> then said: "Maybe he couldn't be trusted because Willow has had >>> enough of these kinds of antics, and maybe she would want to react >>> in a way that would take him off guard." >>> >>> She also drew a line between the treatment of President Obama's >>> daughters and her own, asserting that there was a double standard >>> at play. And then she took a swipe at Mr. Obama. >>> >>> "During the campaign, Obama said family is off limits," Ms. Palin >>> said. "The 'candidate who must be obeyed' adhered to that. But >>> they haven't done that on the other side of the ticket. So that's >>> a political double standard." >>> >>> She again said she would decline the invitation by Mr. Letterman >>> to appear on his show. 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