Comments on: Sarah Palin Loves The Media

By: George Booker

George Booker — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:04:16 +0000

certainly, i can never empathize with a mother, however much i love my own, which is quite a bit.

the point being that public evisceration, however painful, loathsome and tacky, is actually a price to pay for making the decision to market one’s self as a public celebrity, which seems to be a bigger priority than motherhood and stuff for palin these days.

i also disagree that letterman’s minor gags were targeted at palin’s daughters. in any case, they were clearly jokes, which is enough defense for me.

By: lyndowns

lyndowns — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:01:06 +0000

Hey, I love Hillary…in a perfect world she would be president…but you must remember the furor over unkind remarks in the media about Chelsea…and that they stopped because of the uproar that they caused…
So Palin is not Hillary…she is still a mother and reacted as any mother would…and under the circumstances conveyed a message that many men, including Hillary’s husband refuse to hear…most women hate objectification, and they particularly hate it for their daughters…admitting that you feel the way you do about Palin’s stance because of her politics might be liberating…Villifying folks whose views are different than our own, including in the guise of humor has become a sick attribute of this country…and your reviewer was right, I believe…such jokes are not the least bit humorous…I’ve seen the movie you suggested…I suggest you study Bob Hope and see how he managed social commentary and humor through his USO tours…

By: George Booker

George Booker — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:59:15 +0000

it hurts to be talked about in a non-positive manner. that is what comes from being a public figure, and in doing that you offer yr family to the same gauntlet. you can’t seek that and try to claim exemptions.

falwell v flynt, check it (they made a very entertaining, classic movie to simplify it as well)

want to read some criticism of me?:

http://onhamptonroads.com/articles/general/cabaret-tedium.html

somehow, i did not think to take a platform to complain about it and attach a social cause to it. that’s why palin is smarter than me.

anyway, letterman’s jokes about palin herself were funny and accurate. his jokes about the kids were comically absurd and rather tame. the whiney grandstanding seemed more crass to me than letterman’s jokes.

and palin hasn’t had half the shit said about her that hillary has, and she hasn’t handled it with half the dignity.

By: lyndowns

lyndowns — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:38:44 +0000

I’m am not a fan of Sara Palin’s politics. I did think, however, that her point was well taken concerning Letterman’s jokes and young girls. Perhaps he did not know which daughter was with Palin at the ballgame, but I doubt that it would have made any difference if he had. The joke was foul…er…inappropriate. I also am certain that if circumstances were different and one of the Obama girls were to have made the same mistake as Palin’s daughter, there would not have been a joke at all. What if it had been your daughter who was the brunt of crude jokes? As a mother, I know I would certainly “be on my high horse” and so would my my daughter’s father. What about a little intellectual honesty?

By: George Booker

George Booker — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:08:48 +0000

yr right, joey buttafuoco may not actually be a classy guy. ya nailed me.

By: jalbertbowden

jalbertbowden — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:58:06 +0000

sarah palin loves the media? really? like, outside of the fox news world? that’s news to me. she gets trashed (some deserved, some not) 9 times out of 10, whenever she’s mentioned in the media.
“media-whoring” is that self-imposed? the beat downs she took daily during the election, from adamant non-followers, do you consider that media-whoring as well?
have you considered that maybe letterman and palin were in on it together? if that was the case, then she really does love the media, good or bad.
lastly, and i’m quoting you “buttafuoco had class”. meh. i really should only comment on this and nothing else. so class, by your definition, is cheating on your spouse? having sexual relations with a minor (that might actually play into the letterman joke)? soliciting a prostitute (while married)? being a regular on the howard stern show (because nothing spells class like howard stern)?
my mother always told me, if you talk about class, you have none.