David Letterman

[Bright_Star]

I don't understand how the media is all besides themselves bitching about how David Letterman had sex with some of his female staffers. With the economy the way it is, the Afganistan situation, the Iran missile situation & other more important things, this is what they choose to focus on?
Am I missing something here?

[strawbabies]

Frankly, I'm surprised anyone would boink that guy in the first place.

[HYHYBT]

Envy
(silly character limit)

[tropicsgoddess]

Frankly, I'm surprised anyone would boink that guy in the first place.

Me too, but I think it's pretty much the fame and money factors, otherwise that guy wouldn't have been able to bang all those women in the first place.

[Becks]

Some women like goofy men.

Or maybe Goofy.

*needs a pic of Goofy*

[drunkenwildmage]

Some women like goofy men.

Or maybe Goofy.

*needs a pic of Goofy*

Reminds me of an old joke..


Mickey Mouse is sitting in Divorce Court with Minnie, anxiously awaiting the judge’s decision. The judge has everybody rise and then he addresses Mickey himself.

Judge: Mickey, I looked through all the papers you filed, we went through all the motions and I cannot grant you a divorce on the grounds that you stated.

Mickey was irate. He said: “Judge, how could you not grant me a divorce on those grounds, I have an airtight case for it.”

With this the judge interrupted. “Mickey, I know your argument, and frankly, we went and had psychiatrists examine your wife, and Minnie is not crazy. So since she is not crazy, we cannot grant you a divorce simply because you think she has a mental illness.”

Mickey was perplexed.

“Your honor, I never said she was crazy. I said she was f@#king Goofy.”




Ok..back on topic

[draggar]

It can be summed up on one word:

RATINGS.

[Kiwi]

Paris Hilton going and getting out of jail was headline news for days.

I lost all respect for network news that week. I only watch BBC and read routers and even then with a grain of salt.

[AdminAssistant]

Well, after the grand jury indictment there would have been a media firestorm, whether Letterman made any public statement or not. He did a relatively smart thing, I think, by making a public statement on his show stating his case before the pundits could do it for him.

Is it more newsworthy than say....everything else going on? Not really. But it's hardly the first example of something like this, so...meh.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Frankly, I'm surprised anyone would boink that guy in the first place.

David Letterman does have a young son, so that means at some point not long ago some woman let him insert his happy sausage in her passion persimmon.

I don't understand how the media is all besides themselves bitching about how David Letterman had sex with some of his female staffers. With the economy the way it is, the Afganistan situation, the Iran missile situation & other more important things, this is what they choose to focus on?
Am I missing something here?

People care more about trivial shit like David Letterman's workplace sex life than they do about all that other stuff, even though they shouldn't.

[thegiraffe]

It's all about sensationalism, people.

That said, I do think he handled it the best he could...telling pretty much the whole story but leaving out who and how many...the media is having a field day as it is, he knows that there's no sense in adding fuel to the fire.

[Misanthropical]

I wonder why I'm suppose to care about Letterman having consensual sex. I'm not his wife, so it's none of my business.

It's the same way I felt about a certain POTUS. It's none of my business, since I'm not his wife.

I really don't care to hear about other people's sex life every time I'm trying to watch the news. I want to hear real news, not stupid sh*t that has nothing to do with world news.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Reminds me of an old joke..

I love that joke

telling pretty much the whole story but leaving out who and how many...

Is it really his place to name names, though? They aren't public figures like he is, and don't need to be dragged through the mud with him. If they want their 15 minutes they can make their own statements to the media.

[TheSHAD0W]

*yawn*

If it's good enough for Clinton, it's good enough for Letterman.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Meh, I didn't really care about Clinton and Monica, either.