Brenda in Japan

Hailing from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Brenda McKinney is an American living and working in the Kansai region of Japan. This is an account of her life and adventures among the fine people of Nihon.

Friday, June 12, 2009

Palin vs. Letterman

So David Letterman apparently made a few jokes about Palin on last night's late show.  I just saw clips, but this is the statement Palin released:

"Concerning Letterman's comments about my young daughter (and I doubt he'd ever dare make such comments about anyone else's daughter): Laughter incited by sexually-perverted comments made by a 62-year-old male celebrity aimed at a 14-year-old girl is not only disgusting, but it reminds us some Hollywood/NY entertainers have a long way to go in understanding what the rest of America understands – that 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."

Longest sentence ever!

Ok, I can understand the invasion of privacy issue with children and completely agree that it's invasive.  I also think the joke was inappropriate.  But at the same time, this woman is a public figure (by her own doing) and she has more than put her family on the front line.  

Anyways, random but does make you think... curious if Letterman will apologize or how this one will pan out.

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