LAWRENCE, Kansas – Here are portions of the June 12 episode of “Smokey and the Bear,” when I weighed in on the David Letterman-Sarah Palin fiasco:

This whole thing about David Letterman and Sarah Palin. Basically, my opinion is this.

David Letterman made a few jokes the other night about Sarah Palin and Sarah Palin’s daughter. He was intending the jokes to be about the 18-year-old who had a baby that, by the way, Sarah Palin’s husband on an interview on the Today show referred to–with his daughter and baby in hand. He’s sitting next to his 18-year-old daughter, who’s holding her baby, and he refers to the baby as “a mistake.” Right there. I’m like, Jesus, what an awful grandfather! My grandparents have had their moments over the years, but I don’t think they ever called me a mistake–at least, not that I knew of. Same with my parents. But either way, it’s just like. What a jackass!

So, Letterman makes some jokes the other night. Turned out it was the 14-year-old daughter who was actually with them on this trip to New York, not the 18 year old. So, the Palins turned it into this whole thing that David Letterman was promoting sexual abuse of underage girls or something. And it was just like–are you f—–g kidding me?! It was just ridiculous.

Letterman spent about 10 minutes the other night going back through, reading the statements from both Todd Palin and Governor Sarah Palin in response to what he had, to the jokes that he had made and then proceeded to retell the jokes just to make sure that everyone knew, “Okay, this is what they said, and this is what I actually said. So, if you think that this is warranted, that’s your problem. But this is the whole story.”

I’m a huge David Letterman fan. I always have been, always will be. I’ve been a die-hard Late Show fan since very soon after he took over. He took over in ’94. I’ve been a Late Show fan since I was in fifth grade in 1995.

Just morons, these Palins. They’re just absolute morons. They’re so irrelevant. No one gives a s–t, they lost. Who gives a f–k? And so now they’re just desperate for something, I guess. But it’s just so stupid.

David Letterman is the best thing that late night television has going for it. He’s a father and a husband now. So, some of the accusations that were flying around were just preposterous. But again, it’s Sarah Palin. The same person who gave her Thanksgiving interview while the turkey was being slaughtered in the background. I mean, she’s just a moron. They’re all morons. They just need to know when to leave well enough alone and keep their f—-n’ mouths shut. Because you go up against David Letterman and you are going to lose. Unless he is very obviously in the wrong, you will lose. And that is exactly what is happening here.

She might have the biggest state as far as actual land, but Dave’s got New York. So, really, she’s got nothing going for her at this point. She just needs to shut up and just move on.

Long live Dave. Again, the best thing late night television has going for it right now.

To listen to the entire episode, visit the SWP Radio website.

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