Fire Letterman Rally

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by CamEdwards

How about the standard (as if this really needs debating) is if you're a kid who's not willingly putting yourself out there politically, you get left alone. That would include the Obama children, the Palin kids, even Rick Santorum's children, but would leave Caroline Kennedy, Meghan McCain, etc. open for scrutiny.

But Bristol did a full spread for People. Has given numerous interviews and profiles for magazines. She's also made the rounds on all the major talk shows. When does she become an innocent bystander to the situation to someone who is going out in public and trying to make a name for herself?

[CamEdwards]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

But Bristol did a full spread for People. Has given numerous interviews and profiles for magazines. She's also made the rounds on all the major talk shows. When does she become an innocent bystander to the situation to someone who is going out in public and trying to make a name for herself?

No, you're right. I'd say Bristol has put herself out there. The other kids haven't, I would say.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by kcchief19

Her fan base here appears to be extremely conservative and predominately male. Conservative women like here too, but men really dig her, and I don't think that's odd or weird at all.

Interesting.

I don't think I know (offline) a conservative male who particular like her but I also can't think offhand of a conservative female that I know who doesn't absolutely adore her (even when she has an obvious screwup). She's more teflon with the women I know than Reagan was even in his heyday.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by CamEdwards

I'd say Bristol has put herself out there.

I'd say that phrasing is one hell of a straight line

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

Originally Posted by CamEdwards

No, you're right. I'd say Bristol has put herself out there. The other kids haven't, I would say.

This was my point all along, which I torturedly failed to get out.

[RendeR]

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

A man who is in the spotlight as much as he is can affect society, both positively and negatively. We can't hold him accountable for society's ignorance, but we can certainly hold him accountable for furthering and fostering that ignorance.

So your solution to the ignorance of the masses is to tell a comedian he's not funny.

You carry on trooper!

[Greyroofoo]

Sometimes I get the feeling that people come here to debate Mizzou B-ball fan rather than argue about the issues of the day.

[RendeR]

Originally Posted by Greyroofoo

Sometimes I get the feeling that people come here to debate Mizzou B-ball fan rather than argue about the issues of the day.

Since he's really not capable of forming a valid argument everything tends to default to the former. *shrugs*

The real issue with this topic is that its NOT an issue of the day, its an issue of the tabloids. Its utter stupidity placed high in importance because the moronic masses that make up television viewership in this country put more stock in what a geriatric-has-been of a comedian cracks jokes about.

This has been and always will be a non issue, but a large portion of this country lives its life from the cushions of their couches and have nothing better to do with their time than get bent out of shape over this rather than something that actually matters.

[ISiddiqui]

Little late to the party (was in St. Louis when this all went down), but WOW, those people in the video are touched in the head.

[JeeberD]

Last night a guest who had finished his dinner and was about to leave pulled me aside and told me that the reason he chose OG for dinner was specifically to support us for pulling our advertising from Letterman.

*shrug*

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

But Bristol did a full spread for People. Has given numerous interviews and profiles for magazines. She's also made the rounds on all the major talk shows. When does she become an innocent bystander to the situation to someone who is going out in public and trying to make a name for herself?

Just wait till Bristol REALLY does a full spread and puts herself out there.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by RendeR

Since he's really not capable of forming a valid argument everything tends to default to the former. *shrugs*

The real issue with this topic is that its NOT an issue of the day, its an issue of the tabloids. Its utter stupidity placed high in importance because the moronic masses that make up television viewership in this country put more stock in what a geriatric-has-been of a comedian cracks jokes about.

This has been and always will be a non issue, but a large portion of this country lives its life from the cushions of their couches and have nothing better to do with their time than get bent out of shape over this rather than something that actually matters.

Yeah, and that's what's so damning. Sure, we're all getting a chuckle or having a heated debate about it. But at the end of the hour, it's just a message board and we're blue skying ideas and having issue debates at most about it. Some people are genuinely making their decisions based on stuff like this. Hell, JIMGA makes his living off of it.

Originally Posted by JeeberD

Last night a guest who had finished his dinner and was about to leave pulled me aside and told me that the reason he chose OG for dinner was specifically to support us for pulling our advertising from Letterman.

*shrug*

SI

[JeeberD]

And another guy stopped me today to tell me basically the same thing. I guess it's having some effect, though I wonder how much business we've lost from the other side?