David Letterman

Best Joke Of The Week

by: Paul Rosenberg

Sat Nov 21, 2009 at 08:00

David Letterman:

Sarah Palin says that she felt ambushed when Katie Couric asked her what newspaper she read. This coming from a woman who shoots wolves from a helicopter!

That's not a joke, it's an x-ray of the conservative soul:

Implicit double-standard view of the world? Check!
Implicit sense of entitlement? Check!
Casual violence? Check!
Casual violence towards those helpless to fight back? Check!
Bottomless sense of victimhood? Check!
Utter cluelessness? Check!
Utter cluelessness about one's utter cluelessnes? Check!

And you thought conservatives didn't have souls!

No. That's vampires. And as any fan of Buffy, The Vampire Slayer knows, vampires are capable of seeking redemption.

Remember all the above. It's the key to understanding the conservative talk show rape obsession recently documented by Media Matters:

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Wow

by: tremayne

Wed Sep 24, 2008 at 22:18

As you've probably read, David Letterman really skewers John McCain on his campaign suspension, late cancellation of his scheduled appearance on the Late Show and Sarah Palin. It's more devastating than I expected though:

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