Newsflash! Palin Believes in Evolution

So, Sarah Palin has accepted David Letterman’s apology, “on behalf of all young women, like my daughters, who hope men who ‘joke’ about public displays of sexual exploitation of girls will soon evolve.” This is her latest handsmacking of the apparently Cro-Magnon comic, Letterman.

Really? She wants Letterman to evolve? She believes in evolution? She is eroding her base, methinks!

It’s all politics. Palin coulda come out against jokes against her fam on any number of occasions over the last year. Conan O’Brien, Craig Ferguson, Jon Stewart, Jay Leno, and SNL have all targeted the Palin clan. SNL, btw,  made incest jokes about the fam, and within the month Palin was appearing on the show. Suited her just fine.

There just seems to be a direct relationship between the level of Palin’s righteous indignation and how badly she needs airtime at the moment. I think some of the other jokes are much worse (look them up on the net), but then, I don’t think research is Palin’s strongsuit! Just sayin’.

Now, hear me on the joke. First of all, it wasn’t, as the First Dude called it, a “rape” joke. (See my last post to view video of the joke.)

I’m not saying it wasn't tasteless, or that it was a great joke, or that it wasn't sexist.

But, if you'd had to sit through what I have over 20 years in comedy – and things which were said directly about me and my virtue from the stage by male comics (and I wasn't behaving in a Bristol-like manner, I was always a good Christian girl) – you might be a little slower to jump on Letterman.

I chose my profession, and it chose me. It's a male dominated-one where lots of guys resent you being in their way. When you start out, you work in bars as the headliner, places you never would have darkened the door of, for the most part. Some parts of it suck. If I expected an apology from every male comic or bartender who said filthy things to me or about me from the stage after I got up there and did my nice clean act – well, they'd be lined up out the door to this day, and I wouldn't be getting anything done.

BTW, over the years, many, many male comics came to my defense and usually shut up the jerkweeds before I had to say anything. Lots of big brothers out there. And for that, I'm thankful.

I guess I just want the Palins to deal with it like grownups. And to not backhand Letterman while simultaneously insulting him and endorsing the military(!), all under the guise of accepting his apology.

Good news is, the Republican Party now appears to give a flip about sexism. Probably the major reason I left the party was their lack of care for women’s issues.

But, Palin is their bright, shining star, and a mouthy one at that. She can accept an apology and insult the guy at the same time.

Geez, I got me some whiplash.

So, to the Palins, I say, grow up. You know. Evolve.