Letterman's Glass House

For years, Letterman has used his show to hurtfully denigrate many a person through his comedy. Over the last decade, his attacks have been increasingly focused on those who are on the political right. His attacks against Sarah Palin and her daughter were of particular note.

Now, we find out that the rock throwing Letterman was living in his own glass house.

With his apparent sexual escapade with at least one staffer, we know Letterman to be the hypocrite who violated one of the primary unwritten rules of good business practice: Never dip your pen in the company ink well.

What is even more disturbing are Letterman's own words used to describe his wrongdoing. He said that he did "terrible, terrible things" and things that were "creepy". This, to me, says that his actions were well beyond a simple -- and maybe, normal -- romp in the hay with a subordinate.

I think Letterman may find himself in a world of hurt if what he says he did is actually true. If, in an open court, it actually does turnout that he did "terrible" and "creepy" things, his career could be toast. And, I, for one, won't miss him.

And What About A-Rod?

Amid all the flap over Letterman's comments about Sarah Palin and her two daughters, something seems to be missing. Where's the outrage that A-Rod was slammed, too, by Letterman? In effect, Letterman's dumb joke also implied that A-Rod had sex with an underage Palin daughter.

In this case, Letterman is the loser --- all the way around. It appears the only way that Letterman can get higher ratings than the competing Tonight Show --- either with or without Leno --- is to create controversy. I guess we now have the late-night equivalent of another liberal dumb-ass: Rosie O'Donnell. Actually, I think, based on this particular controversy, Rosie might have the upper hand in both class and humor over Letterman. Over the years, Letterman's Top Ten was the only thing that has been remotely funny about his show. His ratings have been dismal against Leno. Now, he can't even do that without class or humor. Now, the Top Ten can be simply seen as the vehicle to promote his own political agenda. Like most liberals without the brains to compete intelligently against political figures that they disagree with, Letterman has jumped into the cesspool of base humor by using typical adolescent jokes and slanderous comments to try and defeat those that weaken their own political viewpoint.

In reality, that Letterman Top Ten against Palin was used out of the fear that she is gaining political strength. He's decided to use degrading humor as his means of a liberal counter attack. The power of using humor to weaken political figures is obvious when you look at the fact that not one TV comedian is willing to denigrate Obama with a joke. That's because, to do so, might weaken him in the eyes of America. Something that they could hardly refrain themselves from while Bush was in office.