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Gary Bauer: Palin Won a Battle in the Culture Wars

By | 06.22.09 | 9:09 am

Conservative activist Gary Bauer pens an interesting column for Human Events that casts Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R-Alaska) feud with David Letterman (remember that? It was before the Iranian election) as a victory for conservatives in the culture wars.

Letterman has enjoyed a temporary ratings boost, but there’s deeper meaning

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Fear of a Palin Planet

By | 06.12.09 | 5:18 pm

Ed Morrissey, one of the smartest rightbloggers around, is nonetheless prone to writing things like this about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s made-for-US Weekly feud with David Letterman:

Letterman and his ilk can continue to make all of the coverage about Palin revolve around her daughters, forcing her to respond

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NOW Sides With Palin, Attacks Letterman

By | 06.12.09 | 3:01 pm

The National Organization for Women nominates David Letterman for a slot in its “Hall of Shame” for his joke about the governor of Alaska’s daughter getting “knocked up” at a Yankees game.

After two nights of “jokes” at the expense of Palin and her family, Letterman tried to explain

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A Penitent McCain Seeks Letterman’s Forgiveness

By | 10.16.08 | 7:20 pm

There was no way Sen. John McCain was going to miss this appointment.

Last month, he bailed out at the last minute on appearing on David Letterman’s late-night talk show, ostensibly to fly to Washington to save America from economic collapse.  But before heading to Capitol Hill, he paid a More…

A Plan for World (Comedy) Domination

By | 09.19.08 | 2:54 pm

He doesn’t know this yet, but I’m putting in a bid to purchase Bruce McCall.

I like and admire Bruce, but that has nothing to do with my plan. I happen to know that he’s up to his ears with a mortgage on his condo. Since that mortgage has More…