Originally Posted by Greger
A Knight, she never really chose to make herself a public person. It was thrust on her. She's just a kid. A very unfortunate kid. Not a particularly smart kid. Certainly not very worldly.
Because the media glommed onto her story and granted her notoriety, she was asked to appear on television, she was asked questions and she answered as she was taught.
Just because she's old enough now to be legally taken advantage of does not, in my mind, maker her Fair Game to be publicly smeared because of her views and opinions.
This aside, Letterman's joke was aimed directly at a 14 year old because he didn't know which daughter attended a ballgame with her Mom.
At what point does someone become responsible for their actions?

At what point is a politiciian no longer allowed to use their children as human shields?

Let's give Sarah Palin benefit of the doubt, and say the age is whatever she believes a child can be tried as an adult for a felony in Alaska. That seems fair to me. Wanna bet on that age?

There is no way that Letterman thought he was criticising a 14 year old girl. Even after I found out that Bristol wasn't the daughter at the Yankee game, I still though he was referring to Bristol.

Palin was on the East Coast, while the Alaska legislature was still struggling to overturn her veto on the stimulus money from the Fed, politiking. Then she traveled to LA to be on a radio show, which is when she criticised Letterman first.

June 6, 2009: Palin was in upstate Auburn, NY for an event paid for by SarahPAC
June 7, 2009: Palin was at the Yankee game, and then rushed to Long Island to be the honored guest at the Independent Group Home Living Inc's $125/plate banquet. How much was ponied up out of that charity for Palin and her family's trip to NY?
June 8, 2009: Palin appears at DC GOP fundraiser that netted $14.5 million.
June 9, 2009: Palin was the first guest on John Ziegler's new radio show on KGIL in Los Angeles. Palin endorsed Ziegler's film "Media Malpractice".

Palin was on a coast to coast political side-show, in which she pandered her children. Now she feigns outrage?

Last edited by a knight; 06/16/09 06:46 PM.