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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:04 AM Original message |
About Letterman: I don't care who you are, it takes guts to say what David Letterman said tonight |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. ? n/t |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. David Letterman announced on his show tonight that he was blackmailed |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. OK. Thanks. Someone finally posted a video. That had to be very uncomfortable for him... |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. some part of me agrees. he got it out his way but it takes more |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
57. To be fair, he wasn't actually married until recently. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. he was in a committed relationship. cheating is low class and |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Years ago I think his first marriage ended for similar reasons. I still like Dave |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. A mano a mano? |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. somebody was arrested today trying to blackmail Letterman |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
37. Here's the link to save you the google... |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
2. he did it well. |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. yep, he did the right thing (after getting caught with his dick in the wrong hole *ok shoot me*) |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
23. screw you ... he's a comic, not the pope. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Self-righteous much? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
31. As long as they were consenting adults |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. A pertinent question is whether there was favoritism involved |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Without further information there is no way to know if he was married when these affairs happened |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. I'm sure we'll be reading about it in the supermarket queue over the next months |
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GMA (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
51. Some of these adults were his employees, right? |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
55. Yeah, he hasn't made a career cracking jokes about consenting |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
5. If only we had Democrats with that kind of fortitude in the face of such frightening challenges. |
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GMA (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
52. No-- |
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mrdmk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. The guy was not married. Are you saying no pre-marital sex and no sex with co-workers |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
6. I agree but it did make me think that his endless harassment of Clinton now rings a bit hollow. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Except every comedian has a double-standard. |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
56. I agree and i also love Letterman and will continue to be a fan but |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. he does comedy , but he has always been kind to Bill and Hillary on his show |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. Not in the monologues! nt |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:53 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. he isn't kind to anyone in monologues including himself, as i said, he does comedy |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
54. Not really. I didn't see last week but he has always had an edge. |
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appleannie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
66. And has always treated them with respect and reverence. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Why? |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. happened a long time ago.. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. That is the impression I got from his statement and the articles |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
48. Actually, we don't know that.Letterman did not say or imply either way. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
8. Thanks for the unrecommend there buddy, whomever you are |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
44. Douchebags abound everywhere. I just offset his un-rec! |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
14. I agree |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
15. Grace under pressure. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
16. He did the adult thing and took responsibility..... |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I agree. He'll have to live with his infidelities. But he did the right thing - owned up to it.. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Oh, no they aren't. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
45. I forgot my sarcasm smiley about the dogs.... |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:55 AM Response to Original message |
19. Sarah Palin jibe |
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brettdale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
20. I thought he was all class |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
65. He is. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:20 AM Response to Original message |
21. And he told the story in the inimitable Letterman style to boot. |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
25. DU can be so disappointing: The only reason we jump on the Repugnants is because of their hypocrisy |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:16 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. The only reason you and I jump on the Repugs is hypocrisy |
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Stand and Fight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:51 AM Response to Original message |
29. Post like this are so bloody annoying. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
33. Definitely not mother teresa |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
34. I feel for his wife and his son |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
35. His wife already knew about the women |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
36. The only thing I care about in all of this is I want to know what |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
39. Bull. He confessed only to defuse the blackmail. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. He wasn't married at the time. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #39 |
62. Are you his spouse? |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
40. Meh. So what. He told the truth after all. No prize deserved for that. |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
41. Very few of us have had to confess to having sex prior to marriage. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
42. Dave handled it right. |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
46. The fact that the "stinger" was a longtime CBS news producer makes me just as sick. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. CBS seems to have strange criteria for news producers. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
50. Compare it to Ensign's run home to mom & dad for hush $$ |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
58. I Predict That Letterman Will Never Again Have Howard Stern On His Show |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
63. Letterman isn't a politician, he's a celebrity. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
64. Letterman was single he can sleep with any adult he wants to. |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
67. Dave holds no office, never claims to be an example |
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