" Now there's something dofferent, and would boost Dave's rating. "Looking for, and finding a decent republican"; That would keep us all in suspence. "

" u washington politicians have more things to do, so go create more pork barrell spending, so u maintain your lifestyle. All in the best interest of your country and state. HaHa "

" Although I think it was a joke in poor taste..The fact that Letterman didn't know the daughter at the game creates a problem.
Where were the classless jokes about Obama's mother and family? She got pregnant out of wed-lock? Had problems with her mother... and the father...well that could have added a ton of material for Dave?
I'm not saying that Dave mixes his politics with his comedy? but in a week where you had Good ol Rev. Wright saying "Dem JEWS aint gonna let me see him" Letterman had more than enough material to choose from rather than a ill-concieved unprepared joke about some young kids.....?
Doesnt dave have a son out of wedlock? Does this mean Letterman thinks tina fey looks like a slut?
Simple.. Letterman should have known the daughter at the game. I didnt vote for M/Palin because of they're views.. nothing personal and I think Obama himself would wince at the comments...but a joke is a joke and you have to learn to live with it...even if it's comming from an old man trying to better his ratings...Let's all move on "

" why don't Palin go away? enough is enough!! She try's to push her disgusting agenda at every given opportunity. Someone in Alaska needs to oppose her in the next election, and hopefully defeat her. At which time we all good focus on more inmport issue's. Go away Palin!! Hang in there Dave, continue doing your job, making the world a better place, through laughter. "

" To state that the comment was less inappropriate because it has meant to refer to Gov. Palin's 18 year old daughter, whom was, as Letterman so waspishly put it, was "knocked up", rather than her 14 year old, is just as unacceptable as Don Imus's remark regarding the woman on a college basketball team a while back. At least Imus was genuinely contrite, took the fall-out like a man and moved on from there. Letterman has just whined made non-apologies. HE should be gone.
I am not a republican, or a fan of this sitting Govs' politics, but then I don't see this as a political issue- it's a human issue.
To sexualize children,(and any of you that HAVE an 18 year old will agree, 18 IS still a child!) male or female, is to participate in a demoralizing, and dangerous mentality that has already victimized more young peole than I can bear to count. "

" bitter old man, on his way out, low class. "

" letterman's on his way out, everybody knows it.

what's the word for a child when the dad wont marry it's mother? "

" The worst thing I can see in all of this is that the Palins and these political dorks are using a 14 year old to further their own agendas. This girl is being thrown out into the public eye not for her benefit. If they would have shut up about this, then nobody would have made any deal about it, like everyone else we all thought he was talking about the older Palin daughter. They all should be ashamed of themselves. If the Palins would have been serious, it would have been handled privately in the first place, not in the political arena. Nice mother! "

" letterman's a bitter old man that is not funny any more---on his way out.

maybe he can explain to his son why the whole country laughed about his being a little bast___ all those years.

pure class, why wouldn't he talk about raping someone's daughter. "

" David Letterman’s joke about Palin’s daughter was in poor taste, but to suggest as Jane Swift, former Governor, that “Rush Limbaugh should get credit for standing up for a common standard of decency and I doubt there are many liberals who will recognize that, but the truth is, it's wrong, it was a bad joke,” is outrageous and clearly demonstrates that many in the Republican Party do not hold themselves to values of decency.

Rush Limbaugh has been a drug abuser who has called for the incarceration of ALL drug abusers until he was caught. He takes an island vacation with his buddies and a bottle of Viagra deliberately mislabeled and later jokes about how they came to be in his possession. So which behavior was actually worst, a joke or the use of women as vacation toys and the lock up of all drug abusers but radio personalities? Is this the leader of the “New” Republican Party and someone who young women should admire and look for in a relationship? "

" Poor IMUS...I miss you. You got robbed of everything, yet Letterman can tease a SITTING GOVERNOR and her kid. Where is the justice in this? I want equal equal punishment for equal NAPPY-HEADED JOKES! "

" Oh my Godness! Leave Letterman alone... He has said things much worse than this. Everyone knows he was talking about the 18 yr. old anyway. Shut up Palin, your just a sore loser. "

" Face it....Palin is a joke. She is an embarassment to women/mothers every where. She is straight out of the trailer park and with less class and brains. Sounds like Palins' 'axes of evil' friends are trying to flex their puny muscles to try and change 'freedom of speech'. Besides...IT WAS A JOKE. May be someone needs to sit the Palins' and their goon squad and explain what a joke is. I wouldn't be surprised if Palin wasn't making such a fuss just to stay in the media. BACK OFF FROM DAVE!

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE LOVE LETTERMAN! HE ROCKS. Palin, on the hand, does look and act like a 'sluty flight attendant', and her wannabe silly excuse of a husband...todd...stay in alaska and stay out of the media. FACE IT...AMERICA DID NOT VOTE FOR YOU FOR A REASON. And that is no joke.

I must say, I've always wanted to visit Alaska. But after seeing who they elected as their gov.....forget it.

DAVE ROCKS! "

" While I am a longtime fan of Letterman, his comments about her daughter were in poor taste. Sarah Palin provides so much comedic material herself; there is really no need to go after her kids. "

" All this is going to make me and many others watch more Letterman. "

" You left wingers defending a cruel idiot like Letterman, where were you in defending IMUS when he was being persecuted by Sharpton? Letterman should be charged with a hate crime!!! "

" Oh,...big deal...he clearly was referencing her 18 year old daughter,WHO,BTW,Was knocked up out of wedlock...it aint no big deal...Get over it.
Comedians say what they want and are protected .Most comedians say worse than that.Especially black commedians ,what they can get away with saying about white people.
This is America,Freedom of speech...
LETTERMAN rocks..he IS funny.
Find something to worry about people...like the state of the ecomony,global warming,Terrorism,Nuclear war(which BTW is closer that we think)..The war in Iraq and afghanstan...lets spend the time trying to address that..Letterman /Palin incident is small potatoes.... "

" the reason this whole thread of jokes started and so far has culminated in letterman's joke about 14 yr old willow is because girls like bristol got knocked up while underage!! why the hell do you think jokes like this start? palin of all people as governor should've taught her daughter better morals about getting pregnant before she's an adult. the same thing could very easily happen to willow any time, so lay off letterman. yes, with great power comes great respsonsibility, so letterman should be more careful about such jokes. he obviously knows this, and has already admitted that it was poor taste and shouldnt have said it. at the very most, he owes the palin family an apology, but not 'every underage girl in america' as palin says he does. this is from one person to another. big deal, everyone makes mistakes. he's already owned up to it. "

" It wasn't much of a joke and it sure wasn't funny. The so called apology fell flat too. Mr. Smug Letterman should take a hike. "

" Came across Kolb on Fox "News"-of course he'd be on Fox "News"-Home of the Right Wing where reporting is all about slander and innuendos and nothing about the real news. Why bother to watch them when you know what they are spewing. Perfect choice Kolb! "

" Get a grip! Dave made a joke-that is what he does; no different than Palin going around the country in her shrilling voice screaming Barack Obama is a terroist. That statement holds about as much truth as Palin having a brain. By her making such innuendos hatred is spread; lending fuel to those living on the edge. The Shame is on you Palin! "

" Be quiet, Brian Kolb.

The fact that he actually took the time to write this asinine letter while the legislature is in shambles is ridiculous. Maybe he isn’t aware of it, since the legislature is a total utter disgrace and cannot stop their whining for two seconds to realize what is happening in the real world, but if these guys in both the Assembly and Senate don’t get their act together, lots of people are going to be in trouble. With the end of this year’s session approaching, there are numerous laws and statutes that are set to expire, ones with significant ramifications for NYS. Stop acting like spoiled children and get your stuff together.

And anyone with half a brain could realize Letterman was making fun of Bristol Palin. More than half the people that have heard this joke probably weren’t aware that Palin was at a yankee game with her 14 year old daughter. When he told the joke, i’m pretty sure everyone probably thought of Bristol Palin right away. And yes, Bristol is fair game now. She is an adult who has chosen to be in the public spotlight by going on the cover of People, sitting down for interviews with Matt Lauer and others in the media.

Letterman was going after a steroid-using, post-season choke artist and the 18 year old daughter of a crazy, spotlight loving right wing blowhard who thinks global warming is a sham and who has no business even running State government. Sounds like she should run for NYS Senate or Assembly.

Letterman is an institution in show business and I’m sure Les Moonves got a good chuckle when he got that letter from Mr. Kolb. The antics of Kolb’s colleagues leaves him with no clout and no soapbox to stand upon. How can he call himself a “responsible parent” when he sits in a chamber with a bunch of spoiled children and instead of acting in a manner befitting his office, he does nothing. The Senate may be getting a lot of ink these days for being filled with backstabbing, dirty politicians, but this letter proves that instead of taking the high ground and focusing on matters of importance, the Assembly has chosen to be no different.

So here’s a suggestion to everyone in the Senate, Assembly, and the Governor’s Office - Grow up and focus on the real issues out there that matter to the people of New York. We’re getting tired of being the laughingstock of America. " "

" I've watched Dave for many years...I think he's a little on the edge, but always ferrets out the real truth and humor of a situation. I don't think he suggested "rape of an underage child"...this reparte between him and Sarah Palin has been going on for months...Sarah needs to back off and go home to Alaska and try to get her family back together again.... "

" I have never watch one of Letterman~s

Show,I started once and I do not think

he has a funny side to his side, I am

glad I never did and do not going to do

either. But he must get FIRED, just for

picking on a 14 year old girl. PABLO

MACIQUES "

" Letterman has always been a boring, no-talent, hack! He has it in w/CBS-that is the only reason he is still on.
Rude, self-centered, just a most disgusting arrogant man. "

" Letterman has always ben the bottom of the barrel of late night shows. Now he shows he is just a dirty old man who presents his true self. "

" Stick a fork in David Letterman!!!!!! He's DONE! He owes the Palin family an apology, especially Daddy Palin. "

" NEWS FLASH: Just heard that Finch voted AGAINST recent proposed "equal pay for equal work" legislation. So -- when did he become the champion of women's rights? Only after he kissed Sarah Palin's behind, and even then, only because once again he isn't focused on the work for which we pay him, but would rather distract us with total non-issues. "

" Some people can take a ribbing better than others, but obviously Sarah can't, or is determined to do or say or take offense to, anything that might keep her in the news. She's a lightweight, out of her league, and should stay at home, with her kids. Dave was referring to the older Palin kid anyway. I've been watching him for years and he doesn't do what Palin is accusing him of. If he did he'd have been booted out a long time ago. Anyway, Dave has been admonished in better fashion, by better people than Palin. I'm afraid that McCain has given this woman a false sense of grandeur. Please, Sarah, just go away! "

" HEY, PEOPLE! Forget Letterman. He's only playing late night's cut throat rating game. Let's start with the politicians! "

" Thank you Finch and Kolb for addessing this issue with CBS. It is time for Letterman to go. "

" I can't believe that Finch and Kolb would interfere in the entertainment business by asking for the dismissal of David Letterman. Maybe concerned citizens should ask for Finch and Kolb's resignation. I hope that Mr. Letterman "attacks" those two boobs! "

" Don Imus' comment a couple of years ago pales in comparison, if Imus had to go, so should Letterman!! "

" Rodriguez has more class than to comment at all on a stupid bad joke. Letterman clearly meant the 18 year old daughter, but his people failed to tell him that the only daughter at the game was the 14-year-old. He already apologized and made it very clear he never meant it about the 14-year-old. All those late-night comedians make their livings making bad jokes in poor taste.

Too bad our government officials have too much time on their hands, thanks to all the stupid Republican shenanigans in Albany -- they are all getting paid, but none of them are doing any work, and so they waste time and taxpayer money fretting over bad jokes by late night comedians. "

" John McCain's joke was terrible, I would hope that he got grief for it and apologized too. I'm sure there are others by politicians out there. Obama said during the campaign that the families were off limits. I guess people thought he said HIS family is off limits. "

" The thing I don,t understant is the silence of Alex Rodriguez concerning the remarks of Letterman about him "Knocking-up" a 14 year old girl. "

" The thing about Letterman ,s remarks that I still can,t figure out is why hasn,t Rodriguez made a statement about Letterman refering that he "knock-up" the Gov. daughter. "

" John McCain made this odious joke about Chelsea Clinton back in '98.

Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno." "

" Don't those 2 knuckleheads have better things to work on? Reminds me of the Terry Shiavo fiasco of government intervention and intrusive control. Repub's have felt the backlash ever since Shiavo and will again. Boot these 2 knuckleheads. "

" rmg, Letterman issued a statement, that was NOT an apology. "

" On his TV show in 1994, Rush Limbaugh called young Chelsea Clinton "the White House dog". What's the difference? Where were the conservatives' expressions of outrage then? "

" DAVE DID APOLOGIZE!!! If Palin watched her family better instead of becoming a publicity freak this would never have happened. The dumb kid was 16 when she got pregnant. Nice "Family Values" Palin! Go back over your Bridge To Nowhere and stay there! "

" You can say that Dave said that about Palin's older daughter, but you cannot dispute the FACT that a 14 year old daughter was with them at the game. HE SAID IT ABOUT A 14 YEAR OLD GIRL. PERVERT! "

" Apologize Dave, a knocked up 14 year old and slutty airline attendants. He make a bad choice, admit it. "

" hey finch and kolb. shut up and get some work done. stop caring what some late show host is doing and GET SOME WORK DONE. we are paying you to GET WORK DONE, so do something. "

" More unknown politicians trying to get their names in the paper. Ever heard of Freedom of speech? He was making a joke. That's what he does if you take anything Dave says serious you are a moron. If Palin's 17 year old didn't have unprotected sex and have a baby this never would have happened. Sarah Palin keep an eye on your family not Letterman... "

" Letterman made the joke about Palin's 18 year old daughter, not her 14 year old. The 18 year old was the one that was "knocked up" (as Letterman called it), unless... Palin is claiming that her 14 year old was "knocked up" as well. "

" Hypocrites. Like they've never said anything ugly like that before. Please "

" Thank you for taking this matter to CBS, Assemblyman Finch. Letterman was pretty slimy in attacking Governor Palin's young daughter. "