David Letterman Gives Sarah Palin The Top 10 Treatment

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by Steve Krakauer | 9:55 am, November 17th, 2009

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Sarah Palin will be interviewed by Oprah Winfrey, Barbara Walters, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and more this week, but one place she won’t be showing up is on David Letterman‘s Late Show couch.

But that didn’t mean the late night host (who has…some history with the former governor) would stay silent about “Going Rogue.”

Letterman devoted a Top 10 list to the “surprises” in Palin’s new book (via Political Carnival).

The list itself was mild by Letterman’s standards – the biggest shots were reserved at Todd Palin (#1 was “even Sarah doesn’t know what Todd does”) and Levi Johnston (#2: “Includes Levi Johnston centerfold”). In fact, the list was aimed at other pop culture references more than Palin herself – with jokes about Twilight and Jon Gosselin.

But anytime there’s a situation where Letterman jokes about Palin, it will conjure up reflections about that now-infamous joke in June about her daughter and Alex Rodriguez – and subsequent apology. Still, it should be noted that it didn’t stop Letterman from joking about the candidate, drawing the ire of Fox & Friends for his jabs at Palin when she quit as governor in July.

And when Letterman became the story himself in September, he threw some jokes her way as well. But they’ve become a bit less harsh – and at the very least, diverted the focus away from her kids, which is what got him in trouble the first time. Jokes about her one-time-almost-son-in-law? Fair game…

Here’s the Top 10 list last night:

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MikeLI631

David Letterman, this comic of a bygone era, is perfect, when he exploits other people, who have genuine Fame, Intelligence, and Talent. He is a one joke comic.

Someday, his audience will wake up, rise up against him, and like the Frankenstein monster, they created, will realize, he should be relagated to the trash heep, of 20th Century TV Talk Show Hosts…just below, Tempest Bledsoe.

Hopefully, this will happen soon.
ImNotBlue

This I the how many-th time Letterman has focused on Palin in his Top 10? For the past few months, it seems like at least once a week he’s got another Palin list. The guy is started to sound a little too obsessed for his own good.
marigrace

ImNotBlue…

Letterman onsessed….nah, he just would like to treat Palin, like he did his “staff”.
marigrace

Sorry misspelled, “obsessed”.
MikeLI631

Well, let’s hope he keeps it up, ImNotBlue, because then, EVERYONE will get tired of him and “it”, and he will have to find another subject to “beat his drum” about !

He sound like he has “bully” issues, there.

But that will come out in the Trial, hey ?
Zakk

Dave Letterman hates women. There you go, I said it!
stewbaby1986

People still watch his show? Just let O’Reilly on there again and he will put him in his place again or like last time be so freaking rude to him that he has no choice but insult and be condescending. Womanizer and scum bag. What is wrong with this country that they will allow scum like him in their living rooms?
Nallindsay

David Lettermans constant attacks on Sarah Palin to me is an indication of how much of a risk the democratic party feels she is, Letterman is the chief spokesman for the party and apparently feels she is the the only real risk that the Republicans could use to defeat the current president. She obviously, has them very scared of her power and polictical infflulencee with the American People, They are leveling all big guns at her in the media to prevent her from becoming a candident. I do not watch him anymore because of his constant attack theme.
ingenieux

Wow, it is now clear how little time you spend outside of your basements… You think Letterman’s scum for making fun of palin (because it’s way too easy and everyone else does) but Glenn Beck references Roman Polanski and the poor girl he raped and that’s okay? THAT’s what you welcome in to your living rooms? How Christian of you, condoning rape of a young girl for your entertainment.

And yeah, Nallindsay, Letterman is totally the “chief spokesman for the party”. Actually, Palin is a HUGE risk for the Republicans. We are so scared of her awesome approval ratings and bat-sh!t crazyness that all I can say is RUN SARAH RUN.

you people are so retarded it hurts.
Sunnyr

Letterman is a low-life scumbag who cheats on his wife. He’s some kind of role model for his son and yet he keeps pounding on a mother of 5 who is an outstanding role model, along with her great husband, for all their children. Letterman is a disgusting, pathetic excuse for a human being. And he knows it.
ImNotBlue

ingenieux says:
November 17, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Wow, it is now clear how little time you spend outside of your basements… You think Letterman’s scum for making fun of palin (because it’s way too easy and everyone else does) but Glenn Beck references Roman Polanski and the poor girl he raped and that’s okay? THAT’s what you welcome in to your living rooms? How Christian of you, condoning rape of a young girl for your entertainment.

And where were you over the Glenn Beck website controversy? Ah yes, “rape” in the context of mocking Beck is fine… “rape” in talking about an actual case, where a lot of people on the left-side of the aisle are rushing to the rapist’s defense, is wrong. Wait, what?

you people are so retarded it hurts.

So you think you can invoke mental disorder for your amusement and to attack folks who disagree with you? You get all huffy above, but then say something like this?! Wow. “Hypocritical fool” doesn’t begin to describe it.