All American Blogger » Why Isn’t Letterman Getting Imused?

Posted by Duane Lester on Jun 12th, 2009 • Clicks

When Don Imus called the Rutgers girls basketball team a bunch of nappy headed hos, it cost him his job.

Imus was initially suspended for two weeks, despite offering a straightforward apology to the girls team.

It didn’t matter. He was vilified. NBC called his comments “deplorable and he had to go on an apology tour, talking with every race pimp in the game. Jesse Jackson protested in front of NBC Studios

He was finally fired. He worked for CBS radio.

Guess who else works for CBS? David Letterman, who made jokes about Sarah Palin’s 14 year old daughter getting impregnated during the 7th inning of a Yankee game by A-Rod:

Letterman has come out and said “Oh, I wasn’t talking about the 14 year old, but the 18 year old.” Because, you know, joking about an 18 year old getting pregnant is funny, right? I mean, she’s legal, right?

One problem…Bristol wasn’t with the Governor, Willow was. Willow is 14. That’s called statutory rape. That’s not funny.

The National Organization of Women has come out against the comment now, but for the most part, liberals are defending Letterman’s comments as an joke.

So what’s the difference? Well, for starters, Imus was talking about grown women, not teenagers. And Imus’s comments were aimed at at least three protected classes: minorities, women and tattooed folks (ok, that last on is a bit of a stretch, but have you seen Janeane Garafalo lately.)

Letterman is joking about the daughter of a conservative politician being raped, so it’s treated differently.

He can try to justify it all he wants. Explain away, Dave. But you should get the same treatment as Imus.

And here’s the thing, I didn’t think Imus should have been treated the way he was. But what the difference is here is that we are talking about a 14 year old girl.

That’s a big difference.

What do you think? Is it much ado about nothing?