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2009-10-02 Home Front: Culture Wars

David Letterman Confession: I Had Sex With Staffers, Got Targeted by Extortionist

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Posted by tipper 2009-10-02 06:51|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 Mess with Miz Sarah, and karma comes to bite you in the ass....

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2009-10-02 07:11|| 2009-10-02 07:11|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-10-02 07:15|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-10-02 08:20|| Front Page Top

#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">Frank G 2009-10-02 08:34|| 2009-10-02 08:34|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-10-02 08:48|| Front Page Top

#6 At least they were all of legal age.

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2009-10-02 08:59|| 2009-10-02 08:59|| Front Page Top

#7 Proved what I always thought about him. He is a slimeball.

Posted by DarthVader 2009-10-02 09:31|| 2009-10-02 09:31|| Front Page Top

#8 Frank - it is still called that!

Posted by 3dc 2009-10-02 09:40|| 2009-10-02 09:40|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-10-02 09:42|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-10-02 09:48|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-10-02 10:21|| Front Page Top

#12 Mike K - heh heh

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-10-02 10:33|| 2009-10-02 10:33|| Front Page Top

#13 So all these years those Worldwide Pants were actually down around his ankles. Smarmy, hypocritical a**hole...

Posted by Dar">Dar 2009-10-02 11:14|| 2009-10-02 11:14|| Front Page Top

#14 Noooooo. Shocked I tell you. Shocked.

Posted by swksvolFF 2009-10-02 12:03|| 2009-10-02 12:03|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-10-02 12:20|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-10-02 12:31|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-10-02 12:42|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-10-02 12:50|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-10-02 13:27|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-10-02 14:12|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-10-02 15:20|| Front Page Top

#22 That's thinking with you dipstick

Posted by Cheaderhead 2009-10-02 15:30|| 2009-10-02 15:30|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-10-02 16:09|| Front Page Top

#24 I love the sweet smell of Schadenfreude...

Posted by Broadhead6 2009-10-02 16:27|| 2009-10-02 16:27|| Front Page Top

#25 Woman at Center of Letterman Scandal Often Appeared in Show Skits

Posted by tipper 2009-10-02 18:15|| 2009-10-02 18:15|| Front Page Top

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