The point is if you find one comedian offensive for saying your underage daughter is knocked up by an adult celebrity, shouldn't you be outraged when another comic said the same thing back in September? I would think so. So why the selective outrage?

Age of concent in Alaska is 16 so it wouldn't be statutory rape.

So where was Palin's outrage screaming statutory rape about Leno back in September?

“I assume you refer to McCains joke? It was wrong and tasteless but not broadcast on national network TV. In fact it was so tasteless that the press didn't want to even print it, I feel, because the hurt of the joke would be worse than bump for the Clintons. (Remember this was when McCain was the liberals darling) I also don't see how that joke is cruder than a ball player knocking up Palins 14 yo. Is it not possible to condemn both? It's like with children “He started it!” All I have to say is grow up.”

And since this is about minor children I couldn't care less what Letterman has said about any politian Clinton or otherwise. If it's wrong it doesn't matter who started it. Grow up.

Then why not say that from the start instead of using the story to bash Palin and the 18 yo “promiscuous and hypocritical pregnant teenage abstinence advocate” (why not call Bristol a whore while you are at it). You then indicated that the right did it to Chelsea Clinton, that even though it was only the 14 yo daughter there, that Letterman must of been referring to the previously knocked up 18 yo because ? (otherwise it wouldn't of been funny?). None of which indicates a nonissue. You don't need to explain, justify, or excuse a nonissue.

It wasn't the first time Imus made comments like he did. In the Imus case, it wasn't a joke as much as a statement made only to shock, with no humor behind it.

First, I never said that Palin shouldn't have expressed her feelings on the matter. I said that she went beyond that to using the affair to score political points.

Second, you don't know my mother, so you really shouldn't talk about her. For all you know, I'm the very image of moderation compared to her.

Third, please list one single instance of me “twisting the truth.” If you can't do so; then please admit that you have no idea what you are talking about like a normal adult.

Fourth, Sarah Palin couldn't find the high road with a map, a compass, and the entire Alaska National Guard helping her.

Fifth, it isn't about her defending her daughter – it's about going beyond simple defense to hit every GOP culture war talking point she could fit into a single statement.

Sixth, no one – not me, not anyone else – ever claimed that Sarah Palin ever mentioned Chelsea Clinton. I clearly mentioned an incident on SNL (Saturday Night Live, in case you don't understand) where Chelsea Clinton was compared unfavorably to Al Gore's daughters – at a time when all of the women in question were underage.

Seventh, it is a direct comparison to a very similar situation. A character on SNL said that he'd rather be caught between the Gore's daughters than to be caught with Chelsea Clinton. But neither the Clintons nor the Gores issued a statement saying that the writers of SNL or the characters who made the statement should be kept away from children. In fact, nothing was said publicly of it at all. Direct comparisons of similar situations are fair game.

Eighth, Sarah Palin chose to be interviewed by Matt Lauer. She is enough of a celebrity that she can pick and chose who gets to sit down and chat with her. The problem was not the host. The problem was that she was asked, point blank, what her statement meant and she was too cowardly to say what she meant.

Ninth, what you do with your daughter is immaterial to the discussion. You are free to set rules with her as you like. As long as you aren't issuing statements that give the impression your daughter is in danger of being raped by someone, then it just doesn't pertain to the issue.

Finally, comedians are always pushing the envelope. No, it doesn't make it right. I find a great deal of comedy to be in poor taste – so I don't go to comedy clubs and I don't buy their paraphenalia, either. The last I checked, the Constitution still guarantees the rights of free speech – for both Letterman and Palin. That right comes with a balancing responsibility for what one says. I haven't seen anyone try to relieve Letterman of the responsiblity of being a turd. Yet everyone on the right seems bent on excusing Palin for using her daughter for political oppotunism.

Please make sure you read – and comprehend – what I've said before you misstate my positions in a rote reply that you've made up for someone else's talking points.

Second point. Even IF Bristol was in New York, how does that make that 'joke' OK? Only by being completely partisan is the answer of course.

Do I need to repeat my Obama daughter's 'joke' again to get the point across about how far out of bounds this was?

Where's the context when the girl you think the jokes about isn't there?