David Letterman made Palin resign - CNN

[tj2001]

No 'bombshell' drove Palin resignation, lawyer says
Lawyer: David Letterman's jokes contributed to her decision to step down
From Drew Griffin and Kathleen Johnston
CNN Special Investigations Unit

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) -- No legal "bombshell" or personal scandal lies behind Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's resignation, but off-color jokes by talk-show host David Letterman contributed to her decision to step down, Palin's attorney said Monday.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/06/palin.resignation/

[spanone]

1. if it's true, dave should be proud

[704wipes]

55. it has to be because he is from Indianapolis

like:

Kurt Vonnegut,
Jane Pauley,
John Hiatt,
John Dillinger,
Booth Tarkington,
Charles Manson,
James Whitcomb Riley,
Jim Jones,
and ...Ted Stephens.... Maria Cantwell too, is she still in the Senate?

[waiting for hope]

2. You have got to be kidding ....

Well, good for Letterman, happy to see that he did his part as a loyal, patriotic American! :patriot:

[Faygo Kid]

3. Thank you, David. Anything to be rid of her.

Actually, I would hope she would get the 2012 GOP nomination.

Would be the death knell for that miserable group of misfits.

[ixion]

4. A comedian made fun of me, so I quit

yeah, right, whatever. :eyes:

[Proud Liberal Dem]

40. Never stopped Bill Clinton or Bush II (unfortunately)

If Palin can't handle a comedian, she REALLY has no business even thinking about running for POTUS now or ever.

[Arkana]

5. David Letterman toppled a state government.

Holy crap. Letterman is now God.

[dflprincess]

47. If only his efforts to overthrow Bush & Cheney had been successful.

n/t

[Dogmudgeon]

6. That's some thin skin!

I've been ridiculed worse than that in 5th grade.

If you can't take the heat, Sarah, then you probably shouldn't try to be so gosh-darn mavericky!

--d!

[Avalux]

7. Oh good lord! What a fucking crybaby. And she wanted to be VP????

:rofl:

I hope Letterman rips Palin apart tonight.

[elehhhhna]

69. Imagine her having to deal w/ Putin!!!! OMG LOL.

[Blue_In_AK]

8. Alaska thanks you, Dave.

:)

[abumbyanyothername]

9. I can be the most powerful person in the world, but . . .

I can't take Letterman cracking jokes about my kid.

Whatever. I'm so damn glad that she doesn't have the codes to our nuclear arsenal.

Cool head that she is and all.

[Life Long Dem]

49. Playing the victim won't save her.

She's covering her tracks... and Dave just happened to be in the wrong place bad timing maybe? But a good cover. Now she can still play the victim in a victim-less crime or not.

[lpbk2713]

10. If anything ...

... she probably came to realize that all that faux indignation bullshit
backfired on her and left her looking like the incredible ass she truly is.

[nytemare]

11. And this wench whined about Hillary dealing with the press?

Hillary is a pragmatic survivor, and has been through 20 times what Palin has, and is all the better for it.

[WillyT]

12. Thank You Dave !!!

:evilgrin:

:rofl:

[Sebastian Doyle]

13. I doubt very much there's any truth to that

but if it is true, CBS owes Dave Letterman a HUGH! raise!

[flvegan]

14. Letterman is new tonight. Looking forward to it.

[ColbertWatcher]

15. That only means one thing ...

... we need to create a day to celebrate his good works.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

16. Wow. What. The. Fuck. Just consider all the hateful crap that has been spewed re Obama and his wife

by the various freepers and by Palin herself, basically called a terrorist, that he should be KILLED, Michelle called an ape, gorilla etc. and I don't seem to recall our President rising to the bait publicly on any of this to give it oxygen.

Ditto for Hillary Clinton, who has endured almost two decades of endless abuse from the entire right, including high profile broadcast media like Rush Limbaugh, people talking disparagingly about her body, her daughter etc.

And Miss Thing folds over a stupid Letterman joke?

It is to laugh.

Plus, she never had to accept the VP nod anyway and could have left her whole trashy brood out of all of this.

[rpannier]

17. How is she going to deal with Chavez, Mendeleev, Sarkozy and Ahmadinejad

If she can't handle Dave

[Contrary1]

18. Here's a good line we can use against her run in 2012...

Per her lawyer, no less: "The governor needed a break after being "on duty now for two and a half years solid."

Yesiree, that Sarah P. sure is preznedential material, alrighty. You betcha.

[dysfunctional press]

23. "The governor needed a break after being "on duty now for two and a half years solid."

what did she intend to do halfway thru her stint as v.p...? she ran for the job, after all. :shrug:

and what would have happened had she GOT the job, and then mcnuts had a fatal infarction or something one year in? :shrug:

her chances of winning another political office outside the reddest of red states is slim and none. and slim just left town.

[lpbk2713]

28. Solid? LOL

New York is thousands of miles away from Alaska. WTF was she doing
at a Yankees ball game and WTF does it have to do with Alaska?

[Wickerman]

19. Letterman 2, Rethuglican Idjits, 0

First, David takes care of McCain and now, Sarah. Gotta love him.

[Lex]

20. Don't F with Dave.

He destroyed McCain when McCain lied to him about rushing to DC from NYC.

[UTUSN]

21. K&R big #5!1 for, O.K., then, I'll luerve Dave even MORE!1 n/t

[DebbieCDC]

22. Dave, you are the man

Many thanks :patriot:

[bird hunter]

24. $11,000,000 - that is what they are saying Palin can make in the next two years speaking.

Plus she is going to raise tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars for the GOP over the next two years. David Letterman cost us BIG TIME.

[appal_jack]

25. wtf?

Like Sarah Barraquitter wouldn't have pursued her own career and the politics of division and hate if only David Letterman had refrained from that one joke...

:crazy:

Sarah Bailin' will surely cause all kinds of trouble in the years ahead, but all of it will be the fault of Caribou Barbie. Dave is a comedian, and he generally does his job well...

-app

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[Just Saying]

34. How does that idiot going on a speaking tour cost "us" exactly?

Let the GOP waste their money supporting that waste of space.

Letterman is funny as hell and very smart. Sarah is neither, but she's cute and apparently that was the only qualification the GOP was looking for. Her nomination says a lot about the GOP's attitude towards women...and none of it is good.

[tularetom]

43. Who are the "they" that are saying this?

And who the fuck are "us"? David Letterman didn't cost me anything.

And the people who give money to the repubs because of her weren't gonna give that money to the Dems anyway.

Turn off Fox and think for yourself.

[EFerrari]

51. LOL! You're not paying her are you?

[islandmkl]

52. dude, the only US you seemingly are joined with here on DU would be...

as citizens of the WHOLE WIDE WORLD...your 'US' seems a little too-inclusive, too-soon....

[CitizenPatriot]

59. um, you do ralize she didn't really quit

because of Dave, right?

I mean...she doesn't like to work. she's quit all of her jobs.

Don't sweat it.

I don't give a hoot what she makes or what she does. The Republicans are well aware of what an albatross Sarah Palin is to their brand. She has 23% and she will never expand that number. Moderates hate her.

[greenbriar]

65. bwahahaha

you are funny

[monmouth]

68. Don't be ridiculous. She will only raise the hair on the back of the neck.

She's done, over and Dave will be nominated for "Profiles in Courage." Brava Dave, you are the man.

[usregimechange]

26. Wow, what would happen if Iran called her a bad name? Give up the east coast?

[BlooInBloo]

27. And the whining continues.

[Bryn]

29. The Wolves are singing their praises to David Letterman

[MajorChode]

31. Palin made a career out of playing the victim and it finally backfired on her

Even her "base" wasn't too moved by her victimization appeal. You can only play that card so many times before even your most ardent supporters get tired of that shit. She was never more than a one trick pony, and every time anyone called bullshit on her she pissed and moaned that people were just picking on her. When her one trick played out, she sure as hell couldn't rely on anything else.

[depakid]

32. Still playing the victim

How pathetic.

[mucifer]

33. The more she whines against Letterman, the higher his ratings go!

[LostInAnomie]

35. I doesn't get more pathetic than Palin.

How can anyone think she's ready for the national stage?

[Laelth]

42. Once again, Bill Kristol was wrong.

You could make a fortune betting against him. Perhaps the GOP will learn to disregard his advice from here on out.

:dem:

-Laelth

[MNBrewer]

36. Dave: Please start making Michelle Bachmann jokes!

[Just Saying]

45. +1

[Bryn]

37. On Sarah's resignation David just said...

"Something I said?" LOL

[Kali]

54. hahahaha

:applause:

[Motown_Johnny]

38. i'm calling Bull Shit !! Mostly because I don't trust anything Palin or her mouthpiece says, but

also because this looks like one last cheap shot from a small person who knows she needed to distort his joke to make her younger daughter the victim.



She is selling out before her price drops any lower. She always wanted to be on TV and tried to get there by being a sports announcer. It seems she was not good enough to land that job so she went into politics. Now she can go back to her firs love and be the female Glenn Beck.


Letterman had no more to do with it than anyone else did.

[Lisa0825]

39. Good thing her finger isn't on the button then!

What if Putin made fun of her on TV???? :wow:

[704wipes]

57. or worse what if Putin crossed the Bering Strait in a canoe?

and then got out and thumbed his nose at her??

[jberryhill]

41. In other news, Pit Bulls seeking to become Poodles

A spokesdog said, "After the lipstick comment, we just didn't feel tough anymore."

[ebdarcy]

44. We should send him some roses. nt

[ohheckyeah]

46. Letterman is my new personal hero. n/t

[daleo]

48. A talk show host made her resign?

And to think that she could have been president. What would she have done if Putin called her a name?

[XemaSab]

67. Not to mention Chavez

That dude has a real mouth on him.

What did he call W? The bastard son of a reeking jackass? :shrug:

[daleo]

78. Yeah, he's got a way with words. n/t

[G_j]

50. I don't believe it

that's just too ridiculous.
Seems to me, she enjoyed the whole thing, and milked it for all it was worth.

[Dappleganger]

53. Utter bullshit.

Don't believe it for a minute--smoke and mirrors of the highest order.

[Quantess]

56. interesting...

I wonder if it's true or just an excuse.

[slay]

58. Dave, I owe ya dinner my friend

Seriously - it's on me. :rofl:

[Skittles]

60. OH GAWD

and this gal was touted to be VICE PRESIDENT? :rofl:

[AgadorSparticus]

61. wow. that's so off the charts, it hurts. but, i gotta say, i do enjoy

her being on the national stage! she is most entertaining in a surreal kind of way.

please, dear god, do not take that bat shit crazy wench of a woman away from us.....

[TexasObserver]

62. So she'll stand up to the terrrrists, but not to David Letterman?!

I guess it's because she can't see his house from Wasilla.

[Marr]

63. If this is true, Palin is even more of a lunatic than I thought.

I've never heard of such a thing. This would be the act of a deranged person.

[wroberts189]

64. Typical republican tactic ..blame others. nt

[Lorien]

66. Wow. I knew bully repugs were thin skinned, but that's absurd

she has no place in public office-or any office-if that's the case.

[Generic Other]

70. Way to go Letterman! Laughed her out of office!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
snicker
snort
phew
er...
LMAO
roll on the floor copter laughing!
must stop laughing hysterically
peeing my pants laughing
LOL

[Gman2]

71. This is a plot. She will now don her Fox Microphone, to even things up!

She will sell the house at a break even, to attempt to cloak herself in a whitewaterish , We lost money on that deal thingie. She knows that she was out of her depth, and is going to do the hate speech to rile the base thing full time, while not outBecking the Fox crew sith insane schizophrenic point ot point conciousness streams. Like her last duzzy. She is fantastic at getting all her points in non-sequitor style, rapidfire. It will function as Orwells hatehour did. And for the same reasons. She will become unable to answer critics directly. Then her rant is not dissected in a way that makes her look silly. She can spew Rushian drivel. And it will be a stump speech that she modifies for each hater candidate. And so the epically failed Teabaggerparties will live on as Palin campaign hate crowd incitement. It is her strength. Can anyone deny that? She is not stupid. She is FUCKING EVIL, but not stupid. There is no job fit for her now but rude pundit. She is a pariah.

[lebkuchen]

72. typical RW crybaby horseshit

when will it ever end?

[NeedleCast]

73. Go Dave!

He should make a Top 10 list for reasons Palin resigned.

[uppityperson]

74. wtf does she think would happen if she got into higher office?

She'd pass laws so no one could criticize the Dear Leader?

[RainDog]

75. Palin wins the Iquitarod!

but honestly, it's about the money she can make.

Sarah is all about sarah.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

76. Bwahaha...good one. (n/t)

[livetohike]

77. So she thinks criticism and being the butt of jokes is going to stop

if she pursues any other public office, or chases a high profile job? She doesn't have the temperament to be in a public position.

[Blue_In_AK]

79. That's a pretty good article.

She is really working this resignation to gain the sympathy and support of her base, playing the victim to the mean and sexually inappropriate old comedian who dared to insult her daughter and the honor of all young girls everywhere, and the lying, vicious, jealous bloggers. The media accommodates her need for attention, and because they're incurious, they don't tell the whole story about WHY there have been so many ethics complaints. It would seem that since the personnel board deciding the ethics matters is comprised of at-will executive appointees, there might conceivably be some pressure to rule in the governor's favor. Especially given that the governor is prone to firing people.