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Absolutely. The Clinton's did that with Chealsea. No one saw her until she became an adult.

Sarah, brings the whole family on stage - even the baby daddy of her un-wed daughter, then conventiently dumped him once he served his purpose.

As I stated above, Bristol Palin is now making the TV circuit rounds promoting abstience. She placed herself into the public eye - now she's fair game.

2wins, you're missing the point, or I'm not making it well -- this is not the adult Palins. This affects a 14-year-old girl.

Letterman can make all the jokes he wants about Sarah and Todd Palin. They have more-or-less asked for whatever they get. But leave the girl alone. None of this is her fault.

She is the injured party - no one else.

I understand the point you are making... although I am not sure she really understands what she is doing or how it might all play out. I suspect that she may have been explicitly or implicitly manipulated by her parents into that situation.

If Bristol goes off and committs a crime... fine, let her pay the price. But I personally am willing to cut her some slack... despite my revulsion for her parents role in putting her in that situation.

I truly belive that the "joke writers" of The David Letterman Show "thought" that Bristol with with Sarah and not 14 year old Willow.

Think about it, why would David Letterman hurt his career and reputation by saying that about a 14 year old child?

He wouldn't. That's suicide.

Quite possibly true that she doesn't "understand what she's doing" or gotten herself into.

The fact remains, once you get into "the spotlight" - the gloves come off and you become fairgame to the paparazzi and the tabloids and late-night commedians.

Someone should have explained this to Bristol, surely her mother wouldn't - she's looking for a 2012 Presidential run. She needs to keep her name "out there" so people don't "forget" her.

It's like sick game with the Palins, isn't it? They deliberately "misunderstand"/mischaracterize what someone says, then try to play the "victim" card - over and over and over and over. I think it is pretty obvious that there was a mistake, Lettterman apologized, and what should have been a 24-hour kerfuffle has metasticized into a weeklong brouhaha. Typical Republican approach... I think it is on page 3 of the playbook.

Letterman's slur was simply another reminder of the coarsening of societal discourse and conduct, Doug. I cannot find any reason for his comment to be rationalized or defended, and I can understand why a mother would get her "panties in a twist" over a comment like that bein directed at her daughter on a nationally-watched television program. In fact, I could understand her getting her "panties in a twist" even if it had been said in a private setting by Letterman or anyone else.


Oh, it most certainly is Letterman's fault. He is the one who elected to do the slur, Doug.;-)
Yours,
Issodhos

Actually, Rick, Sarah Palin and her family were made fair game for an avalanche of smears almost from the day she was named as Senator McCain's running mate. It does no good now to pretend that the Democrat's smear machine was not pro-active on this issue.

And, are you suggesting that President Obama did not parlay his wife and daughters into political campaign capital? If so, when do you propose they become "fair game"?
Yours,
Issodhos

President Obama rolled out his family during the campaign three times. During his acceptance speech, during this victory speech and during a People Magazine interview.

Mr. and Mrs. Obama have since not put the girls up for publicity. It was after the People Magazine interview that Bill and Hillary cautioned Michelle and Barack about exposing their daughters to the media. Because you can't roll you kids out for the press, then ask the press to leave the alone.

...besides, Sarah needs to keep her name out there as she's running for President in 2012.

Since that advice, the Obama's daughters have been out of the public eye.

Given that Sarah Palin is a "Family Value" Republican, she can't help but force her family on us on a daily basis.

Rick, please show me where any media personality has been punished, let alone engaged in a suicidal act, by smearing the Palin family or in engaging in slurs directed against them.
Yours,
Issodhos