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Glenn Beck declares: "I don't care who the person is, we don't make fun of their families"

June 16, 2009 7:24 pm ET

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    • Author by harley (June 16, 2009 7:34 pm ET)
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      Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno."
      -- Sen. John McCain, speaking to a Republican dinner, June 1998.

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      • Author by NiceguyEddie (June 17, 2009 8:24 am ET)
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        "Did you know the Clinton's also had a dog? [displays picture of Chelasea Clinton]" ~Rush LImbaugh, on his late night TV Show.
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    • Author by snoopy (June 16, 2009 7:39 pm ET)
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      Gov. Palin announced over the weekend that her 17-year-old unmarried daughter is five months pregnant. And you thought John Edwards was in trouble before! Now he has really done it. -- The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, 9/2/08


      Still waiting for that outrage from the reich on that republican supporter...
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      • Author by fairliberal (June 16, 2009 9:07 pm ET)
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        Who is the rep supporter? http://www.alternet.org/media/19909
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        • Author by snoopy (June 16, 2009 9:11 pm ET)
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          so still not gonna denounce Leno, eh hypocrite?
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            • Author by snoopy (June 16, 2009 9:20 pm ET)
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              No he's not, fool. He gave more money to republicans.
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              • Author by fairliberal (June 16, 2009 9:25 pm ET)
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                Apparently you did not even look at the article. Perhaps you do not know how to copy the URL.

                Jay Leno says, “I’m not conservative. I’ve never voted that way in my life.” He “really worries” what a Dubya victory in November will do to the makeup of the Supreme Court. He believes “the wool was pulled over our eyes” with the Iraq war. He thinks the White House began using terrorism “as a crutch” after 9/11. He feels that during the campaign Kerry should “make Bush look as stupid as possible.” He believes “the media is in the pocket of the government, and they don’t do their job” so “you have people like Michael Moore who do it for them.” He has on his joke-writing staff a number of former professional speechwriters for Democratic candidates. “No Republicans.” When it comes to Bush, he doesn’t think his politics are much different from Letterman’s. “Does he show his dislike maybe a little more than I do? Probably

                Once again you invent your own facts.
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                • Author by snoopy (June 16, 2009 9:34 pm ET)
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                  Yup, I read it and saw a comic trying to gloss over the fact that he contributes regularly to republican candidates.

                  But again, after 24 hours of me posting his similar joke, you still don't have the guts to call him out on it. As usual, your faux rage is only reserved for those who are considered democratic or liberal. Add hypocrite next to bigot on your bio.
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                  • Author by fairliberal (June 17, 2009 12:59 pm ET)
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                    Prove it. Show some support that Leno supports reps. By his own admission he is a liberal and has always voted that way.
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                    • Author by snoopy (June 17, 2009 1:23 pm ET)
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                      Prove that you are a hypocrite? The simple fact that I posted a republican supporter and two right wingers insulting families and your rabid refusal to denounce them as well because of their political contributions is proof enough. That hatred running through your veins is clogging your brain, hypocrite.
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                      • Author by fairliberal (June 17, 2009 8:44 pm ET)
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                        You made a statement that you cannot back up. Prove what you say or shut up about it.

                        And you have the nerve to speak of hatred running through my veins, you who show your bigotry on a daily basis here at MMFA.

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              • Author by oscar the grouch (June 16, 2009 9:27 pm ET)
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                I looked on Leno as an "equal opportunity" comic, giving it (the needle) to both sides, depending on who was in the news (the hot topic of the moment, so to speak).
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                • Author by snoopy (June 16, 2009 9:35 pm ET)
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                  Exactly, Oscar.
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                • Author by Craig (June 16, 2009 9:42 pm ET)
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                  Like Letterman.
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                • Author by fairliberal (June 16, 2009 9:48 pm ET)
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                  I happen to agree also, he has infinitely more class than Letterman. But to classify Leno as a rep is ridiculous, by his own admission he is a liberal. But of course snoopy knows better.
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                  • Author by pete592 (June 16, 2009 9:51 pm ET)
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                    The classification was "republican supporter," not "republican.

                    If Leno gave money to republicans, what does that make him, if not a republican supporter?
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                    • Author by harley (June 17, 2009 7:53 am ET)
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                      If Leno gave money to republicans, what does that make him, if not a republican supporter?


                      According to the perverse "logic" of faillibrul, if you give more money to the GOPigs then the Dems, that obviously makes you a librul. It becomes more and more clear why faillibrul worships O'Racist....both have zero concept of reality.

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                    • Author by fairliberal (June 17, 2009 1:00 pm ET)
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                      Can anybody show that Leno is a rep supporter, as I pointed out he admits to being a liberal. I guess you know more than he does about his political tendencies.
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                  • Author by snoopy (June 16, 2009 9:53 pm ET)
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                    Still no denouncement of his statement, is that because he contributes most of his money to republicans?

                    DePass made the comment in a Facebook posting while discussing a recent story about a gorilla that escaped from a local zoo. “I’m sure it’s just one of Michelle’s ancestors - probably harmless,” DePass wrote.


                    No outrage there either by you? Or Beck making fun of Obama's family?

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                    • Author by fairliberal (June 17, 2009 3:14 pm ET)
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                      Who is DePass, someone you made up? And you make up an imaginary story also.

                      And you still have not shown any support for your contention that Leno is a rep supporter, nor has anyone else.
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                      • Author by fairliberal (June 17, 2009 3:30 pm ET)
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                        Well I found out who DePass is, stupid comment , no doubt.
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                        • Author by mikehuck1976 (June 17, 2009 5:57 pm ET)
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                          By stupid comment do you mean -

                          "Who is DePass, someone you made up? And you make up an imaginary story also."?

                          Or do you mean the comment made by Depass?
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                  • Author by harley (June 17, 2009 7:51 am ET)
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                    by his own admission he is a liberal.


                    Prove it.

                    When did he admit he was a "liberal"?

                    Provide proof.
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        • Author by dimes (June 17, 2009 1:04 am ET)
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          Well, apparently it's not the blond guy with the big giant head.

          "The Republican Party sucks. My personal belief is that the Republican Party itself is either dead or will soon be dead in the way it is understood."
          Glenn Beck
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    • Author by captfoster2 (June 16, 2009 7:40 pm ET)
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      I'm not sure exactly which words to use to look for proof that Glen Beck is a hypocrite in this issue (like most other issues), perhaps someone can find proof that Glen Beck has done exactly this?

      I somehow get the feeling that there is some video/audio proof that will show the hypocrite that is... Glen Beck!

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    • Author by snoopy (June 16, 2009 8:25 pm ET)
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      Oh, no! someone actually understands glenn beck!
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    • Author by SteveRiverson162410 (June 16, 2009 8:55 pm ET)
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      But when Limbaugh makes fun of a liberal, or minority it's ok because it's a joke.

      Letterman is what you would call a comedian, his job is to make jokes for his show. Do the Palins' and the right-wingers not understand this?
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      • Author by IRONY 101 (June 16, 2009 9:12 pm ET)
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        Do the Palins' and the right-wingers not understand this?

        No...the Palins don't understand this because they are ignorant, unsophisticated trailer trash. And, besides, the satelite dish in the trailer park has been broken for months.
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          • Author by snoopy (June 16, 2009 9:23 pm ET)
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            I can tell from your post that you're a fan of trailer park trash.
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          • Author by IRONY 101 (June 16, 2009 9:47 pm ET)
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            The Palins act like unsophisticated trailer trash who are starved for attention. I stand by my comments.
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            • Author by harley (June 16, 2009 10:02 pm ET)
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              "Act"? They are trailer trash. They are white trash scum.
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            • Author by robyn20094113 (June 16, 2009 10:03 pm ET)
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              Also she and her husband Jethro Clampett are too ignorant to even begin to know their mental limits. They are also bully's and control freaks. The people of Wasilla that are not afraid to speak up refer to them as tyrants you do not want to cross.
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          • Author by thejbomb65 (June 17, 2009 12:34 am ET)
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            while perhaps not eloquent as you would like fair. he brings up a good point. first off, it was a joke. and there have been far worse jokes made by other comedians.

            what sara palin did was disgusting. she turned the situation to bring the spotlight back on her.

            so let me ask you this. if the palins are off limits. why were all the cchildren brought out and used like props?
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            • Author by NdlovukaziThor (June 17, 2009 2:15 am ET)
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              And since the election, Bristol and Levi have been out in the public, talking openly about what happened. He even said that he was pretty sure that Sarah knew what was going on when he and Bristol were together... hence, joke about daughter of oblivious politician (who pushes for abstinence education) getting knocked up by scandalous athlete right in front of her.
              They're of legal age, they're out showing the world the contents of their port-a-potty lives - they're not off-limits.
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      • Author by snoopy (June 16, 2009 9:13 pm ET)
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        No they don't understand. They only understand using their pregnant daughter as a prop to claim they have family values only to pay off their daughter with a car to make her leave the daddy once the election is over. Trailer park family values...
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      • Author by fairliberal (June 16, 2009 9:17 pm ET)
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        So then you would agree that it is OK to make fun of Obama's daughters? Maybe the comedians should wait until they are 14. Or how about some drug jokes about Biden's daughter?

        I am sure that the families and the left in general would understand, don't you agree?
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        • Author by snoopy (June 16, 2009 9:20 pm ET)
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          Understand what? That republicans routinely make fun of democrats family and then get all uppity when someone does it back at them? Double standards indeed...
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          • Author by fairliberal (June 16, 2009 9:40 pm ET)
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            Point out a joke about the Obama girls . How would you classify the right's treatment of them .


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            • Author by snoopy (June 16, 2009 9:43 pm ET)
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              Horrid at best, like when that right wing rag posted a picture of the obama girls as part of an article talking about a school incident in chicago.
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            • Author by Victor Colorado (June 16, 2009 9:49 pm ET)
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              This thread is about Glenn "I can make fun of Obama's aunt but you can't make fun of the Palin family" Beck. Try to keep up.
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            • Author by IRONY 101 (June 16, 2009 9:50 pm ET)
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              I would point out that neither of the Obama girls has been knocked up. Nor do their mother dress them like little trollops... Oh, excuse me, maybe that's just the way beauty queens dress...
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            • Author by thejbomb65 (June 17, 2009 11:35 pm ET)
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              i am still awaiting your denoucment of mccain, limbaugh and leno for their jokes.
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        • Author by jbrantow (June 16, 2009 11:31 pm ET)
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          Fairliberal.......
          When Obama's daughters get knocked up under the roof of their abstinence spewing mother's house.....and then preach abstinence to the world.......yeah.

          You don't change...you're a moron
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        • Author by thejbomb65 (June 17, 2009 12:57 am ET)
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          what about when Rush Limbaugh pulled his white house dog/chelsea clinton joke when she was 13..........and he is still on the air and as far as i know has never apologized. though he tried to blame that whole incident on someone else.

          mccain makes a crack about clinton and reno in the same breath and i dont seem him making an act of contrition to bill and hillary

          and where is the apology to the edwards family for leno's joke?

          or what about ann coulter's little "faggot" joke about edwards? is that acceptable?

          if your going to knock letterman and defend sarah palin.....thats fine. but you better damn well admit that whatever he did that the four examples ive cited above are a hell of alot worse and there should be apologies from limbaugh, coulter, mccain.
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          • Author by Brabantio (June 17, 2009 8:48 am ET)
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            Funny how their cries of "free speech" get lost when conservatives find a reason to be outraged at what someone says, isn't it?
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            • Author by mjh (June 18, 2009 1:04 am ET)
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              [i]"Funny how their cries of "free speech" get lost when conservatives find a reason to be outraged at what someone says, isn't it?"[/i


              Now, now, Brab . . . you know perfectly well that "free speech" to a wingnut neoKKKon means only the freedom to make racist, race-baiting, and derogatory statements to anyone liberal . . . but not the freedom for anyone else to criticize the [republican] president, his war, or any neoKKKon . . .
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        • Author by worrierking (June 17, 2009 8:07 am ET)
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          When Obama's daughters go on a TV tour pushing a political agenda and advice for others that they themselves do not adhere to, yes, you can start making fun of them.

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    • Author by wookie (June 16, 2009 9:33 pm ET)
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      Boy are the right enjoying milking this one. MMFA points out Beck's hypocrisy well. Palin of course did a by the numbers propaganda assault. "Hollywood entertainers don't understand what 'real Americans' do about repecting women". She even suggested he wanted to rape the girl himself. Says the woman who refused to pay for rape kits as mayor. She also didn't mind her campaign manager G Gordon Liddy's sexist comments about Sotomayor. Palin's most recent response even included an irrelevant reference to the troops. Give it up, Sarah. 2012 is a long way off and we're not that stupid.
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      • Author by Victor Colorado (June 16, 2009 9:43 pm ET)
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        Yes, the troops! As Sarah points out, Glenn Beck is allowed to mock and ridicule Obama's disabled aunt on his TV show thanks to the US military!
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        • Author by budrykzp9226 (June 16, 2009 9:54 pm ET)
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          If my right to mock Sarah Palin is ever threatened, I'll become a one-man army. Some things just aren't anyone's to take from us.
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          • Author by fairliberal (June 17, 2009 3:11 pm ET)
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            Wow, that sounds like a threat from an unhinged lefty.
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            • Author by Craig (June 17, 2009 8:01 pm ET)
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              Yes, those people who are threatening to take away the right to mock Sarah Palin must be shaking in their imaginary boots.
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        • Author by fairliberal (June 17, 2009 3:11 pm ET)
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          You mean the illegal alien?
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          • Author by Victor Colorado (June 17, 2009 4:03 pm ET)
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            "I don't care who the person is, we don't make fun of their families"
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    • Author by harley (June 16, 2009 9:59 pm ET)
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      faillibrul is a having quite the hissy fit today. Did O'Racist have a guest teabagging terrorist take his place today?

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      • Author by budrykzp9226 (June 16, 2009 10:05 pm ET)
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        He's competing with John Ziegler to be Mistress Sarah's Naughty Slave for a week.
        Oh wait, he probably IS John Ziegler. Or Levi.
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (June 17, 2009 7:53 am ET)
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      Glenn, I feel sorry for your family...
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    • Author by nerzog (June 17, 2009 8:56 am ET)
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      The only thing that worries me about this episode is that it may garner some sympathy for Simple Sarah. The woman is a Deranged Evangelical Troglodyte, and quite stupid as well. God help us if she ever gets within spitting distance of the White House.
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      • Author by dimes (June 17, 2009 10:45 am ET)
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        Letterman's goal: Conan who?
        Palin's goal: Yoohoo, I'm still here!

        They're both probably thanking the Becks and O'Reilly's of the world for helping them achieve those goals.
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