SICKENING - AT 6:31 P.M. ET:  Andrew Malcolm at Top of the Ticket reports on a David Letterman political "joke" that has to win some award in the bad taste category:

Noting that Alaska's Republican Gov. Sarah Palin and her daughter attended a New York Yankees game over the weekend with famous Yankee fan Rudy Giuliani, Letterman said:

"One awkward moment for Sarah Palin at the Yankee game, during the seventh inning, her daughter was knocked up by Alex Rodriguez."

When I worked in TV the networks had something called Standards and Practices.  Maybe they still do, but you'd never know it.  Anyone telling a joke like that would have been hustled out the door in three seconds.  And the joke, if on tape, would have never made it to air.  Standards today have been adjusted downward.

Fortunately, Sarah Palin is every bit the pit bull she claims.  She struck back:

In a statement to Fox News, Palin called the comments "inappropriate" and "sexually perverted" and ones Letterman would not "dare make" about anyone else's daughter.

The governor added:

"Acceptance of inappropriate sexual comments about an underage girl, who could be anyone's daughter, contributes to the atrociously high rate of sexual exploitation of minors by older men who use and abuse others."

COMMENT:  Good for Sarah.  The "feminist" movement has yet to be heard from.  Don't hold your breath.  But where is the outrage at CBS, once the "family network"?

June 10, 2009