QUICK TAKES - June 13, 2009
Gov. Sarah Palin says David Letterman owes an apology to young women across the country for his joke about her daughter.
The Alaska governor appeared on NBC’s “Today” show Friday, continuing a feud with the CBS “Late Show” funnyman over his joke earlier this week that Palin’s daughter got “knocked up” by New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez during their recent trip to New York.
“I would like to see him apologize to young women across the country for contributing to kind of that thread that is throughout our culture that makes it sound like it is OK to talk about young girls in that way, where it’s kind of OK, accepted and funny to talk about statutory rape,” Palin said. “It’s not cool. It’s not funny.”
The National Organization for Women agreed, placing Letterman in its “media hall of shame.”
“I think what David Letterman said is terrible, is inappropriate and nobody should be making jokes about the sexual activities of teenagers, whether they are the daughters of politicians or not,” said Kim Gandy, NOW president.
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