Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin took a second swipe at David Letterman on Wednesday, calling the CBS "Late Show" host's jokes about one of her daughters "disgusting" and "sexually perverted."
In an e-mailed statement, the Republican governor said: "Laughter incited by sexually perverted comments made by a 62-year-old male celebrity aimed
at a 14-year-old girl is not only disgusting, but it reminds us some Hollywood/N.Y. entertainers have a long way to go in understanding what the rest of
America understands - that acceptance of inappropriate sexual comments about an underage girl, who could be anyone's daughter, contributes to the
atrociously high rate of sexual exploitation of minors by older men who use and abuse others."
I am not a pervert!
Her husband, Todd, added in the same statement that "any 'jokes' about raping my 14-year-old are despicable. Alaskans know it, and I believe the rest of the world knows it, too."
Riffing on Palin's trip to New York last weekend, Letterman joked Monday night that during the seventh inning of the Yankees game "her daughter was knocked up by Alex Rodriguez."
Letterman followed up on the line Tuesday night, joking that "the toughest part of her visit was keeping [former New York Gov.] Eliot Spitzer away from her daughter."
"I doubt he'd ever dare make such comments about anyone else's daughter," the governor added in her statement.
She responded to another Letterman line during a radio interview Tuesday, calling him "pathetic" for joking that she made a stop during her trip and "bought makeup at Bloomingdale's to update her 'slutty flight attendant look.'"
"What a commentary there," Palin said told conservative radio host John Ziegler. "That's pretty pathetic, good ole David Letterman."
CBS did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Yep, good ole David Letterman. He's the poster child for bitter has-beens.
