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Home Front: Culture Wars
David Letterman Confession: I Had Sex With Staffers, Got Targeted by Extortionist
2009-10-02
Posted by:tipper

#25  Woman at Center of Letterman Scandal Often Appeared in Show Skits
Posted by: tipper   2009-10-02 18:15  

#24  I love the sweet smell of Schadenfreude...
Posted by: Broadhead6   2009-10-02 16:27  

#23  Missing from this story is the fact that the perp is apparently a CBS news producer.
Posted by: SteveS   2009-10-02 16:09  

#22  That's thinking with you dipstick
Posted by: Cheaderhead   2009-10-02 15:30  

#21  Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. I'm glad to see he is finally getting the recognition he deserves.
Posted by: Richard of Oregon   2009-10-02 15:20  

#20  The quickest way to destroy workplace effectiveness is to demonstrate favouritism, borgboy, and trading advancement for sexual favours is particularly bad because only some of the employees have the opportunity to do so -- whether attractive young females, attractive young males, or whatever. It does not matter whether the parties involved are willing, it's exceedingly bad management practice. Perhaps this is why Mr. Letterman has been considerably less funny in recent years.
Posted by: trailing wife    2009-10-02 14:12  

#19  I doubt Dave would change anything (regading his treatment of Palin) as he was most likely having theres affairs at that time. It is not as if he was being blackmailed for something someone else did.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2009-10-02 13:27  

#18  With all due respect, never look for virtue or integrity in a professional comedian. As for Moore - he is a fool and a clown who is looking more and more like Hermann Goring as he ages...
Posted by: borgboy   2009-10-02 12:50  

#17  Borgboy, it's his lack of virtue and integrity, not the aspiring, immoral staffer that is the issue, He is simply another slimy hypocrit like Michael Moore...
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2009-10-02 12:42  

#16  Of course none of my fellow Rantburgers would even consider that the tehn recent college grad female saw David as a way to get ahead??? Or shall we say "give head to get ahead? Am I the only Rantonian who refuses to immediately demonize the man?
Posted by: borgboy   2009-10-02 12:31  

#15  Sexual harassment only applies if it is an unwanted advance. And given that, Dave's the boss, so if he wants to do her on his desk and she agrees, he can, and nobody can fire him for it 'cause he's da man.

And a very hypocritical man, at that. The smile and humor seemed forced when he was the butt of his own joke. I wonder if he's going to ever go there in the same way again, and if he got a do-over, how he'd treat the Palins.

Too bad his type has to be exposed before they "learn" anything. I wonder if the tone of his humor will change after this watershed event.
Posted by: gorb   2009-10-02 12:20  

#14  Noooooo. Shocked I tell you. Shocked.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2009-10-02 12:03  

#13  So all these years those Worldwide Pants were actually down around his ankles. Smarmy, hypocritical a**hole...
Posted by: Dar   2009-10-02 11:14  

#12  Mike K - heh heh
Posted by: Frank G   2009-10-02 10:33  

#11  He's a sleaze, and sleeping with staffers is a crime. Still, I'm glad he got the blackmailer arrested.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2009-10-02 10:21  

#10  ...And from the Home Office (aka http://jimtreacher.com/archives/002126.html ) here's the top ten reasons to accept that job offer from David Letterman: (WARNING: PG-13)

10. Get to find out "Worldwide Pants" refers to his breathing
9. Whenever he has trouble performing, he can always count on Paul
8. Stupid Prostate Tricks
7. Pillow talk includes fond remembrances of working with Calvert DeForest
6. "Can Jay do this? Huh? Can Jay do this?"
5. Share in wistful late-life transition from "My girlfriend doesn't understand me" to "My wife doesn't understand me"
4. Will It Rise?
3. Tries to be nice about it when he passes you off to Biff Henderson
2. "Whoops, looks like Cheney isn't the only one who shoots people in the face"

And the number one reason to accept that job offer from David Letterman:

1. After the sex, he lets you keep the Palin wig!!


Mike

Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2009-10-02 09:48  

#9  Waiting for Letterman to be prosecuted for Workplace Sexual Harassment.... chirp chirp
how about fired?
chirp chirp...
Posted by: 3dc   2009-10-02 09:42  

#8  Frank - it is still called that!
Posted by: 3dc   2009-10-02 09:40  

#7  Proved what I always thought about him. He is a slimeball.
Posted by: DarthVader   2009-10-02 09:31  

#6  At least they were all of legal age.
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2009-10-02 08:59  

#5  That used to be called Workplace Sexual Harrassment

Now referred to as the William Jefferson Clinton Syndrome.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2009-10-02 08:48  

#4  the worst part is he's "disclosing it but not naming names, to protect his family and theirs"...kinda like he respected Willow Palin and Sarah Palin. Screwing the help, huh, Dave? You gapped-tooth asshole. That used to be called Workplace Sexual Harrassment
Posted by: Frank G   2009-10-02 08:34  

#3  Just remember, folks, the conventional wisdom is Sarah Palin is stupid, and these people are all _smart_.

In a way, it's sad, I remember when Dave was a comedian in show business and tried to be funny, and had Warren Zevon on his show.

Now he's just another shill for the tranzi-stocracy; I dislike the feeling of satisfaction I have that he's taken his own scalp.

But he chose it, not me. Guess some of his heart meds cause dementia.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2009-10-02 08:20  

#2  At last, Letterman and O'Reilly have found something in common. How very ..... strange.
Posted by: Besoeker in Duitsland   2009-10-02 07:15  

#1  Mess with Miz Sarah, and karma comes to bite you in the ass....
Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie   2009-10-02 07:11  

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