What a week! What follows is by no means a complete account of all the reaction, of course, but there may be a highlight or two you missed:
Ken Kyle, president of the 1,200-member Denver chapter of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA United Airlines is, like the Palins, not amused by Lecherman's slutty humor: "It's objectionable when you put it in light of [flight attendants' heroic actions during] 9/11 and more recently, the professionalism of the US Airways attendants during the emergency landing on the Hudson River."
A man in Austin, TX filed a complaint with the FCC over Creepy Dave's smutty stuff.
Condemnation of Lecherman came from some surprising sources, including Meghan McCain, frequent Palin critic Bonnie Erbe, MSDNC's Nora O'Donnell, AOL's Melinda Henneberger, chronic PDS patients Tennesse Guerilla Women and feminist group NOW.
Vincent Bordini, however, wasn't impressed by NOW's condemnation of Creepy Dave, calling it "almost a year late in defending Sarah Palin, so no kudos for finally catching up to ’sexist right-wing dinosaurs.’"
On the other hand, many of the usual suspects on the left showed that they cared not one whit about the demeaning of young girls. It was much more important to these bottom feeders to use the opportunity for just another in their long series of slams against Sarah Palin. At nutroots site OpEdNews.com, Stephen Crockett tried to make a connection between Creepy Dave's trashing of Gov. Palin's daughter and -- get this -- domestic terrorism: "The Palin-type of extreme political rhetoric from the Republican Right has been feeding a growing domestic terrorist problem in America." Noel Sheppard caught Yahoo's Nikki Boyer attacking Gov. Palin and, to add insult to injury, Carrie Prejean. Professional Sarahphobe Kathleen Parker mused that maybe Gov. Palin invited "the sexual punchline." PMSNBC's Contessa Brewer, in full meltdown mode, became so angered by John Ziegler's defense of Sarah Palin that in exasperation she told the sound engineer to "Cut the mike" (Ziegler's, that is). Ariana Huffington and Donny Deutsch tag-teamed Sarah Palin on MSDNC, claiming that the governor was displaying "manufactured outrage" over Creepy Dave’s sick sex jokes. As you would expect, The Alaska Dispatch defended the sexist comic, as Amanda Coyne, siding with Democrat rag The New Republic, blamed Gov. Palin for not cutting poor old Lecherman some slack. Go figure.
You would think a conservative site like The Patriot Room would be offended by Lecherman's "slutty flight attendant" remark, either in sympathy with Gov. Palin or at least flight attendants. Think again, while I remove all links to that blog from mine. Scott Martin said no harm, no foul and said the outrage over the sexist remarks made by Creepy Dave was "self-righteous indignation." Way to not get it, Scott. Links removed!
Conservatives 4 Palin, of course, does get it and linked to audio from the Dennis Miller Show of Miller and Ann Coulter discussing the cuss that is Lecherman.
Even the semi-official Democrat Party newspaper said the gap-toothed late night talk show host "strayed into dangerous territory when he decided to poke fun at a public figure's child," In the Washington Post, staff writer Paul Gehri asked, "So why can't David Letterman bring himself to apologize?"
Two New York State Assemblymen called for Creepy Dave's sacking by CBS, and a website called Fire David Letterman was started, with a rally planned for Monday in New York.
At Big Hollywood, John Nolte scored "this round" for Sarah Palin.
AOL Politics Daily's Patricia Murphy had an even-handed treatment -- titled "Sarah Palin: Obama Girls Off Limits, Why Aren't Mine?" -- and left it up to her readers to decide.
The Provocateur took issue with a Politico article which implied that Lecherman is a target only for the political right.
The learned and eloquent Victor Davis Hansen slammed Creepy Dave and his apologists, saying that the latter end up "as foolish and creepy as Letterman himself."
Adam Brickley, the prototype for all Palin bloggers, wondered "Why Aren't We Angrier at Letterman Labeling Palin an Anti-Semite?"
At Townhall.com, Michelle Malkin published a "Dear Dave" letter.
In an article at The American Thinker, J. Robert Smith wrote that Lecherman proved that "it's always open season on Sarah Palin and her family."
Collette Moran at Clearly Nebulous made herself crystal clear: "You need to try again, Dave."
At Power Line, John Hinderaker summed Lecherman up in three words: "What a creep."
From Sea To Shining Sea's Russell Wilcox pointed out that this didn't all just start last week: "They have been going after her in every way possible, from a succession of obscene jokes to a never-ending series of ethics complaints filed against her in Alaska and then dismissed."
Even John McCain, who hasn't exactly seized every opportunity to defend his former running mate, seized on this one to speak up for Sarah Palin.
Kyle-Anne Shiver was more than just a bit miffed, characterizing Creepy Dave as "lower than a rodent in the trashiest gutter."
The president of Concerned Women for America, Wendy Wright told FOXNews.com, "There's a saying that out of the heart, the mouth speaks, and Letterman's statement reveals a pretty ugly reflection of who Letterman may be."
RNC Chairman Michael Steele seemed to suggest a boycott of Creepy Dave, saying, ""When Letterman starts making tasteless jokes about kids, it's time to turn the channel."
The New Agenda's Amy Siskind slammed idiotarian Donny Deutsch for blaming the victim and called for "a teachable moment on the sexualization of our teenage daughters."
Daily Mail blogger Don Surber said with Lecherman's sexual fantasies involving young girls and his non-apology, "A new low was hit in America."
HotAirPundit said Creepy Dave "should be forced to apologize just like David Shuster was for Chelsea Clinton."
Catching the New York Times "airbrushing" Lecherman's jokes from its website, Gateway Pundit commented, "Nice to see the state run media covering for one of their own."
On her GretaWire blog, Greta van Susteren wondered, "instead of this lame effort... to cover himself, why doesn't he just courageously say, 'I am sorry?'" Because he's an arrogant left-wing ass, Greta.
Rush Limbaugh pointed out the difference between Creepy Dave and the I-Man: "Imus fell over backwards apologizing... Letterman's comments about Sarah Palin and her daughter were planned. They were written in advance by writers."
The Great One, Mark Levin, opined, "This Letterman is a pathetic liberal joke."
RedState.com, where your humble scribe is a contributor, blasted the dark side and supported the light here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here.
- JP
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