Ziegler’s Folly II – UPDATED With Letterman’s Response to Palin Joke Kerfuffle
10 06 2009Ah, that’s our Ziggy.
Contessa Brewer at MSNBC had John Ziegler on today to discuss David Letterman’s tasteless jokes about Sarah Palin and her daughter. He, apparently had a different agenda. He seemed more interested in using the time to insult Brewer, rail on MSNBC, whine about the media, jab at Keith Olbermann, and demonstrate for us all “How to Burn Your Bridges and Never Be Invited Back to a Network Ever Again.” Brilliant PR work.
This is exactly what he was like during the screening of his documentary here in Anchorage…even to people who were trying to be complimentary to him.
Brewer did have a neat trick there at the end, though. Maybe next time I’m there when Palin is speaking I can just yell “Cut the mic!!”
It’s so crazy, it just might work….
UPDATE: Just in case you were wondering if Ziegler might be realizing this was a stupid move, I just got an email from him stating that Rush Limbaugh delcared him “the clear winner in my battle with MSNBC.” Let the delusion continue!
UPDATE II: Here is David Letterman’s response.
June 10th, 2009 at 11:30 PM
I love it, just posted this over at open thread…
Face!
June 10th, 2009 at 11:45 PM
OMG, the guy has diarrhea of the mouth, and acts like a junior high cutup who only wants to hear himself. No wonder Sarah likes him. Two peas in a pod.
June 10th, 2009 at 11:59 PM
Would that be “Sarah Palin UNPLUGGED”? I can’t think of a better fate for Fluffy, the Gov who never was (one)!
June 11th, 2009 at 12:07 AM
I honestly thought Palin was going to be pissed at Ziggy for the way his interview portrayed her as Blamey Whinehouse and was an insinuation that McCain lost because of her. Nope.
Hmm. I’m really starting feel sorry for her supporters and wonder if maybe they shouldn’t have their med dosages upped a bit. Is it possible that 2 in 10 Americans have bona fide personality disorders?
June 11th, 2009 at 12:17 AM
well if rush says hes a winer i mean winner then it must be so.
June 11th, 2009 at 12:34 AM
i love dave. hes my new hero.
June 11th, 2009 at 12:58 AM
Go Dave! Thanks for the Letterman, AKM. I spared myself Ziegler.
June 11th, 2009 at 12:58 AM
It appears to me that Dave is quite sincere in his apologies and his desire to have sp on the show…. we’ll have to see how Christian forgiveness works here, huh? Just a little misunderstanding.
June 11th, 2009 at 1:07 AM
Don’t mess with Letterman. He’ll expose all of your lies, (and, he’ll do it in a funny way).
June 11th, 2009 at 1:08 AM
Ouch!, You really wouldn’t want Letterman apologising to you. He has made her look even more ridiculous. The jokes about Spitzer and A Rod were tasteless, but now he has doubled up on the flight attendant look.
Scarah would have been better served sending a private letter to Dave complaining about the girl jokes and leaving it at that, too bad she likes to make big headlines and will never learn when to just STFU.
As for Ziegler, he is an idiotic egomaniac.
June 11th, 2009 at 1:08 AM
i think she forgot what he did to mccain when he canceled on him. or maybe she didnt and thats why she is making such a stink about this.
June 11th, 2009 at 1:11 AM
i will always remember her talking about hillary whining about the media. scarah plays the victim like a champ. she can dish it out but cant take it.
June 11th, 2009 at 1:28 AM
I heart Dave. Do not mess with him SP. He just got to repeat it all over again and followed it up with a guest who called her a moron. Perfect.
June 11th, 2009 at 1:30 AM
She’d NEVER go on his show. He’s make mincemeat or should I say “moosemeat” out of her. LOL!! Love ya Dave.
June 11th, 2009 at 1:33 AM
kat:
“moosemeat” that was great.
June 11th, 2009 at 1:39 AM
It is actually Todd and Sarah that went over the line. Obviously the joke was referring to Bristol who is an adult and has decided to go public (on magazine covers, interview with Gretta, and spokesperson for Candies). To pretend this was about Willow is using her for Sarah to get more media coverage.
Knocked-up means pregnant as Bristol was during campaign and not rape like Todd wants to pretend and play the victim card.
June 11th, 2009 at 1:51 AM
ive been on huff post reading their comments on this story and those people are brutal. i dont understand how the word rape came into play. and i didnt know john mccain made a joke about chelsea clintons looks..
June 11th, 2009 at 2:04 AM
I can just see her on Letterman – her answer to every question would be: “In what respect, Dave” ?
She will never do an interview anywhere, let alone Letterman, unless all the questions are pre-screened, and the answers are practiced before-hand (Hannity).
June 11th, 2009 at 2:12 AM
Rape came into play because on Sarah’s twitter page; Todd claims Letterman’s joke was referring to his 14 year old daughter getting raped.
June 11th, 2009 at 2:18 AM
Ziegler makes my skin crawl. What an absolute moron! That cocky smirk, like he’s really getting one over on MSNBC can’t even come CLOSE to resembling a “win”. Rush is an idiot, as well, for declaring it such. “Nice to be here on the official Barack Obama station” (or whatever he said the first time he opened that cesspool he calls his mouth). Every single time he opened his mouth was to slam MSNBC or its journalists. Talk about PATHETIC. What a loser! Like my mom always says… blowing out everyone else’s candle so his own shines brighter.
As for S&T’s little press releases… is that what the gov site is for? To have Meg declaring their outrage at a few JOKES? Isn’t Meg SarahPac and not Gov to begin with? Don’t they have better things to worry about than a few jokes on late night TV? Wouldn’t a press release on the efforts in Eagle be more appropriate for the gov site than whining about a few jokes? What a completely immature, whiney crybaby! She wouldn’t last 2 seconds in DC.
And don’t they think that PERHAPS if they weren’t trotting their kids out all over the place and making them visible and public, they wouldn’t be the target of jokes?
Don’t they think that PERHAPS Shutting TFU would serve them better than all this “I’m a victim and so are my kids” outrage? All that did was give Dave more fodder to be funny at their expense!
Rape? Really? They’re going to invoke “rape”? REALLY?!?! Another hot button/trigger word for her baseless base to throw around because it’s inflammatory and creates more of a “victim”. Poor, dear Sarah! Gee, I guess it’s not “rape” when Levi or Willow’s BF gets a little action, but the mere mention of A-Rod getting a little something throws them into “rape” mode? And, with Sarah and Bristol’s slutty behavior before marriage, it wouldn’t surprise me in the least that Willow is following suit.
Dave is AWESOME. He’s way more powerful than she is just because he has a daily platform on which to espouse anything he wishes to millions of folks. Sarah has to go out SEEKING a platform… like the events in NY.
And (I haven’t had a chance to comment on this yet…), speaking of platforms, WTF was that stupid pageant walk across the stage when entering the fundraiser? I have never seen anything so rididiculous in my life. Instead of entering with a little class and taking her seat, she and Dud strut across the stage waving? Are you KIDDING me? Was this the consolation prize for having to keep her incoherent, hateful mouth shut at the function? “OK… you don’t say a WORD all night, and we’ll let you walk across the stage when you get here”. Absolutely crazy!
Blecchh. Barf.
I can’t wait to shut down this computer and check out Jon Stewart and Colbert to see their take on the events. I’m sure they had a little something to say about the fundraiser…
June 11th, 2009 at 2:20 AM
BRAVO LETTERMAN!!! “Are my jokes in bad taste?” HAHAHAHA…. “There are thousands …” And exactly he did not use the word rape, if you are reading this Gov.
June 11th, 2009 at 2:36 AM
I’m sorry but I have to disagree on this one
I think the kids need to be left out
Bristol wasn’t in NY how could the jokes be about her?
And if the jokes where about someonelse’s kids everyone would be screaming foul.
That said I did like the top ten
June 11th, 2009 at 2:38 AM
John Ziegler id an idiot. I love the way Brewer cut him off. Maybe we should do that with Palin as well. Wouldn’t that be heaven.Every person has the right to say ugly things but he abuses the privilege.I’ve seen people like him before, but I had to pay admission. As for Sarah, if ignorance is bliss, she must be the happiest person alive. If she were to kill everybody who hates her, it wouldn’t be murder, it would be genocide! Go to go. Have a great day Mudpups and stay safe.
June 11th, 2009 at 2:40 AM
lexky said: “ive been on huff post reading their comments on this story and those people are brutal. i dont understand how the word rape came into play. and i didnt know john mccain made a joke about chelsea clintons looks..”
I don’t remember John McCain making a joke about Chelsea, but it wouldn’t surprise me considering what he said about his own wife and daughter. As for Rush, yes, he said some very unkind things about Chelsea’s looks when she was just a young girl. It was just the kind of thing you would expect from him.
June 11th, 2009 at 2:58 AM
Letterman’s a smarmy piece of work. This was a total non-apology “Can’t you rubes take a New York joke?” exploitation piece by him. I had to Wiki A-rod and Spitzer to find out who they were, and after doing that, I can see what upset Tod and I say good on Tod for calling him on his crap. For anyone who had to make the diassociation and stop to do research and ask what actually was said, this wasn’t funny.
“Who me? A celebrity? I’m not a celebrity.” Wink wink.
Barf.
June 11th, 2009 at 3:12 AM
Memphis, NY Says:
June 11th, 2009 at 2:36 AM
I’m sorry but I have to disagree on this one
I think the kids need to be left out
Bristol wasn’t in NY how could the jokes be about her?
And if the jokes where about someonelse’s kids everyone would be screaming foul.
That said I did like the top ten
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Not to defend the jokes made about the “kid”, but I don’t think that Letterman and his writers delved far enough into the information to find out that it was Willow instead of Bristol who was with Palin this trip. We really haven’t heard much by way of Willow, Bristol has been on the news A LOT what with the Levi situation, the Candies situation, and to be honest, the “knocked up” joke really does sound like it was directed toward the Bristol side of things rather than the Willow side of things. I’ve watched Letterman for more than 20 years and I have NEVER heard him make jokes like that about kids. Does he do tasteless and raunchy jokes at times? You bet he does.
Now having said all that I really wished he had left the “daughter” jokes elsewhere simply because I don’t agree with them, and because you just knew that Palin would react this way. She has been using those kids to focus attention on herself from day one, and she surely isn’t going to stop now.
The slutty flight attendant was right on the money and I disagree with those who feel that female politicians should not be made fun of in this manner because it brings up sexism. HORSE HOCKEY!!!! Comedy writers go after male politicians all the time and it would be sexist to demand that women shouldn’t be treated the same way.
Ziegler and Rush are two of Sarah’s biggest cheerleaders and if those are the kind of people she wishes to associate herself with, and have her name linked to, then she will find out sooner or later how badly that will end up costing her (I’m not complaining). At this point she gets what she deserves. She wanted to play the game, well now she is stuck with it, and like it or not she will get the blow-back she deserves!
June 11th, 2009 at 3:15 AM
Lol. Letterman’s jokes were tasteless, but he did get to bring it all up, again, too funny. Made me laugh everytime he pronounced Todd’s name.
–snarky
June 11th, 2009 at 3:37 AM
Toad should have expressed his concerns when his UNDERAGE daughter Bristol was hanging with and banging Mr. Sex on Skates….WHERE WERE YOU THEN TOAD???
June 11th, 2009 at 3:42 AM
Loved Dave’s Top 10, and the A-Rod joke was pretty funny. I did get a little uncomfortable when I heard the Elliot Spitzer joke though because of his liking of call girls. I think I would be a tad upset if someone, even jokingly, compared my kid to a hooker. SP and Toad’s reactions though were entirely over the top and, I’m sorry – rape!?!?! Is that a guilty conscience talking?
June 11th, 2009 at 3:46 AM
I have to admit that when I first heard the “top ten,” my immediate reaction was “‘knocked up’? but Bristol wasn’t there…” The second reaction – I was just uncomfortable with it. I mean, if he’s making fun of Sarah, then make it Sarah.
I also admit to giggling w/a bit of snark over the rest of the list.
June 11th, 2009 at 3:50 AM
Every time I see Ziegler on tv I think of this………
http://www.doodyville.com/images/doody_bob.gif
June 11th, 2009 at 3:58 AM
Wheeewie. Sarah Palin can cause more stir over nothing than any public face I ever saw.
That Zeigler, like Limbaugh and O’Reilly and gang, one again act in such a way as to assure the public that the whole clan if off their flipping rockers.
Loved Lettermans reply, and that he read their comments from their site, makes them sound like loony tunes. I don’t think any ‘rational’ person would have heard his ‘knocked up’ joke and placed it on anyone but her formerlly ‘knocked up’ daughter.
I can never figure out why she doesn’t respond with a simple, “Well, he’s a comic, maybe a tasteless one, but a comic, that’s what he does.” Smile, wave, chin in the air. The more fuss she makes (and she ALWAYS makes one) the more she gets picked on.
I thought moms were supposed to teach their kids to laugh at themselves first, then no one can laugh at you. She missed THAT class TOO?
June 11th, 2009 at 4:00 AM
I loved that Letterman mention they had NOT heard from Elliot Sitzer.
Remember all those jokes trashing McCain? Tore him to shreds. What’d McCain do? Cry foul -oh, no, he came on, laughed at himself, made nice.
She’s a flipping twit.
June 11th, 2009 at 4:03 AM
“Stop It! Stop talking about me right now!” LOL. She can’t stand any sort of criticism – she really should put on her big girl panties (yes I do mean the granny drawers and not a g-string) and IGNORE what she doesn’t like. The more she protests, the more fun we all get out of her reactions. Seriously though I thought it was Bristol on the trip.
June 11th, 2009 at 4:05 AM
As for the Bristol jokes, I’d agree and say ‘off limits’ except Bristol herslef has opted to put herself in the spotlight as the savior of virginity and abstinance. Fair game. Levi, too. You can’t be in the public eye then cry when people see you.
June 11th, 2009 at 4:06 AM
Memphis NY – I’m with you on the Letterman remarks about Willow. I screamed “foul” when Rush made fun of Chelsea Clinton’s looks, and I’ll take up for Willow in the same way.
Like you, I did like the top 10. The best one was where SP keyed Tina Fey’s car! The funny thing is, that’s exactly something she would do!
June 11th, 2009 at 4:14 AM
I think some are not familiar with David Letterman. He’s been on the air for decades, and, he’s made a lot of jokes that border on the scandalous. The audience usually groans when he does them and this is a running joke on the show. But, if you compare him to some of the more contemporary comedians, he is not that “edgy” with his jokes. The Palins are off-mark on this attack, especially in promoting the lie that Letterman told rape jokes. Furthermore, I think the Palins have just opened up their family for more jokes from comedians that don’t have Letterman’s tact.
June 11th, 2009 at 4:15 AM
Hahaha – I went to google to re-find the gawker link that I had put up in response to IrishGirl about Letterman. It was the quote where l Letterman say’s “The road to the Whitehouse goes through me ” Well – now google will link you to………drum roll………….mudflats !!! IrishGirl @ 84. I respond and link @ 89.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1W1GGLL_en&q=david+letterman+video+%22the+road+to+the+whitehouse+runs+Through+Me%22&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
June 11th, 2009 at 4:15 AM
JZ just want to slap that idiotic village idiot smile off his face! I loved how Contessa said she was the victim of insults and “I’m still here”! Leave it to GINO and her dumbass minion’s to make a federal case out a joke.
Bristol has put herself out there as the “face of abstinence” and whether its her idea or GINO’s (she is 18 after all) she fair game.
What about this assHat repubs attacking Sonya S. and calling her racist, and all the attacks on her??? No one says a thing about that.
Loved how Contessa said “CUT THE MIC” !!!!
This azz will not last a week in LA. I heard after GINO was on someone came on and he barely let them say 2 words before he cut them off, he just wants to talk, he’s a blowhard like Eddie Smurke and the rest of the hate mongers. I don’t think that will go over in LA.
And his idiotic, “I’m on Barrack Obama’s official network…”pitiful. I sure hope he never wants a serious career, lol, with him sticking up for Gino, insulting Contessa, Micheal Moore, Katy Couric, Keith Obeirman he can pretty much kiss it bye.
I am sick of these hate filled repubs. I hope the Dems, homeland security get on it and stop them in their tracks. they are getting more and more out of hand every day. Killings, hate rhetoric, stalling gov process. Its time for us to stand up and say NO!
June 11th, 2009 at 4:17 AM
36 tigerwine Says:
June 11th, 2009 at 4:06 AM
Like you, I did like the top 10. The best one was where SP keyed Tina Fey’s car! The funny thing is, that’s exactly something she would do!
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Rumor has it that she is a tire slicer………..
June 11th, 2009 at 4:22 AM
JZ is not familiar with Brewers stint on the Howard Stern show, and he did insult her looks or weight publicly. i think she is gorgeous! not sure what Stern didnt like about her but I guess she doesnt have implants of some sort!
June 11th, 2009 at 4:23 AM
I really don’t think he way referring to Willow, and again Bristol is not only 18 but has chosen to be part of the public Palin image. Seen those magazine covers? Public events? Levi on TV? If they want to be private, stay out of the limelight.
Raunchy or not, them making a huge fuss does create more laughs and jokes. We’re talking about it here, Letterman is continuing to talk about it, you can be sure Bill Maher will talk about it, etc. She just doesn’t know when to shake her head and say ‘whatever..’
June 11th, 2009 at 4:23 AM
There’s no reason to think that any of the Letterman writers paid any real attention to the Palin visit. They already know what she’s all about.
June 11th, 2009 at 4:26 AM
Whare was Toads outrage when his daughter did get knocked up when she was UNDERAGE??? Nice job of parenting and teaching PREGNANCY CONTROL.
Blame the gotcha media? the morons or “pal-ons” thrust their pregnant underage daughter into the spotlight, on People mag, on GVS, and now they COMPLAIN? STFU and do some PARENTING!!!!!
June 11th, 2009 at 4:29 AM
Even if Letterman had made a crude joke about Willow, Palin would be better letting others fight the fight and act as tough she’s too busy doing ‘real work’ to even bother responding to some ‘nobody’ comic.
Can you imagine Obama putting something like that on the White House website? Someone else would comment on it, say it’s off limits, or whatever.
She makes herself out to be a bit fat crybaby loudmouth and then wonders why the jokes keep coming… 1000 more are on their way.
June 11th, 2009 at 4:36 AM
HP Posts I really enjoyed:
making women pay for their own rape kits is ok. a joke about Bristol on a late night tv show – OUTRAGE! ???
Who the heck is Willow Palin and why has her mom thrust her into the spotlight. I don’t think anybody was thinking of anybody but Bristol when Dave made his jokes. Another example of exploiting your kids for publicity.
Letterman should be apologizing for putting Palin back in the news cycles for another week. (see Gallup poll asking who speaks for the Republican Party — Palin was not mentioned!!!) She was in the process of dropping off the Lower 48 radar screen — FAST — Dave has given here an excuse to grab more headlines.
Go Dave….Palin & Todd could make horrific comments and enrage our country towards hatred of others, but laughter is not on their agenda!! She put her daughter out there for all the world to see and she knew she was pregnant and the consequence this would bring, so if you can’t take the heat stay out of the kitchen!
June 11th, 2009 at 4:43 AM
Daily Kos have a post up, “Is Palin the most humorless politician ever?”
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/6/11/741095/-Is-Palin-the-most-humorless-politician-ever
June 11th, 2009 at 4:48 AM
Paula Says:
June 11th, 2009 at 3:58 AM
“Wheeewie. Sarah Palin can cause more stir over nothing than any public face I ever saw.
I can never figure out why she doesn’t respond with a simple, ‘Well, he’s a comic, maybe a tasteless one, but a comic, that’s what he does.’ Smile, wave, chin in the air. The more fuss she makes (and she ALWAYS makes one) the more she gets picked on.”
And THAT is why she fails. Even a real barracuda doesn’t snap at everything! A word of advice, Sarah: you need to have a lot more brain ammo if you want to take on Letterman. Sorry, but you don’t have the mental firepower to blow out a dandelion. You certainly don’t have the brains to know what McCain learned the hard way about Dave.
Zeigler doesn’t know how to shut up even when it’s for his own good.
http://en.sevenload.com/videos/Mq9kYJs-Ziegler-Arrest
Wish there was footage starting 5 minutes before, where he apparently shouted at the closed doors or anyone entering the building.
Zeigler is such a joke he’d make even Nate Silver chuckle.
Limpbaugh must have had a slip of the tongue. Zeigler wasn’t the winner of the argument, he was the whiner.
June 11th, 2009 at 4:49 AM
#40 austintx – really?? A tire slicer?? I can see it!
June 11th, 2009 at 4:51 AM
Let’s not start rumors now, I beleive the tire slicer was her eldest son, the other dropout.