Letterman's stupid

I love David Letterman. I've preferred his style of comedy and the outline of his show for many years as opposed to people such as Conan O'Brien or Jay Leno. I didn't happen to catch the show the other night that has been in the news recently with regard to what Letterman said about Sarah Palin's daughter. Letterman usually opens the show with a few jokes pertaining to current events or prominent public figures. In Gov. Palin's recent trip to New York City, he mentioned that Palin, “Bought makeup from Bloomingdale's to update her 'slutty flight attendant' look." That joke, I can handle because that's a grown adult who can handle criticism after being the Governor of Alaska and running for Vice President while being a female. On the Palin's trip, Sarah and husband Todd brought 14 year-old daughter Willow to a Yankees game accompanied by former NYC Mayor Rudy Gulliani. The joke that Letterman made in reference to that event drew much debate and controversy over the last couple days. "One awkward moment for Sarah Palin at the Yankee game," Letterman said, "during the seventh inning, her daughter was knocked up by Alex Rodriguez." Letterman claims that the joke was intended for the Palin's 18 year-old daughter Bristol who had a child out of wedlock and was subject to questions of character by Palin's raising as a mother. I find the excuse terrible. With all of the sex offenders in this country it's hard to belive that the joke wouldn't strike a cord with the public. If it was intended for Bristol, it shouldn't have even been a joke anyway since she wasn't even with the Palin's at the game. The writers should have probably investigated that further instead of making themselves look as though they are making sexual jokes about 14 year-old. Do I believe that David Letterman meant what he said? Absolutely not. However, society is a place where it's not ok to make jokes about underage girls having sex with adults, especially with the joke coming from a man over 60 years old. I'm with the Palin's on this one. I will continue to watch Letterman maybe in the future, but he's left me uneasy with his poor judgement and stupidity.