Remember When Dave Was Funny?

Wow, with everything that is going on in politics, it has taken me until June 12th to post some thoughts. To be honest, my brother-in-law frequently asks me when I plan on posting something. I have to admit, I could type pretty much all day long about the insane turn to the left that "We the Sheeple" have voted for and ushered into a once fine representative Republic. The problem is, there is SO MUCH crap that, on a daily basis, I find myself unable to decide what to pick as a subject. Let's face it, we have a blogger's supermarket to choose from nowadays. Besides, I have to work a real job. Hell, somebody has to pay for all of this crap, right?
Anyway, what brought me out of my blogging funk? Well, none other than David Letterman. Remember him? Perhaps you don't because he is, essentially, a washed-up old loon at this point and his show is only good if he can book an inflammatory guest of some sort. Then, it still isn't a guarantee, unless he gets Bill O'Reilly or Howard Stern. Anyway, there is this brouhaha over the remarks he made about Sarah Palin and her 14 year old daughter. They were pretty much tasteless in my book. I mean, first, why is Sarah Palin the butt of his jokes? She was in NYC, but she was there for a charity event. Don't you think he'd have the sense to leave well enough alone? If she were there solely for a political event, sure. But even were that the case, his rhetoric was a bit sad. Second, he takes a shot about her kid. Come on Dave, really? Third, since it was the 14 year old who was there with Sarah, he back peddles and says he thought it was the 18 year old, who happened to have had a child out of wedlock. Does that make it OK? I mean, the real issue isn't Dave's obvious leftist political agenda. That has been on display forever, it seems. And it just so happens that just about the time he started being so comfortable running in the liberal circle (and, might I add, about when he started wearing Armani suits and lost his Indiana sensibility) is when he stopped being funny. Really, The Late Show (on CBS and Late Night on NBC) where hilarious for so long. Who didn't laugh and who could get enough of Dave? But, Dave went political and The Late Show went the way of M*A*S*H, a great sitcom for a few seasons. Just think if Dave wouldn't have turned into a pukey ideologue and if he'd have just been funny. Maybe he could have went out like Seinfeld instead. Sadly, Dave is a New York elitist a-hole now. So sad.
Anyway, in a sarcastic bit that he wanted to pass off as an apology (he couldn't even man-up and really apologize, at least to the kid), Dave invited Sarah and Todd Palin to New York to be on the show. (Hey, how about taking them to dinner and apologizing and moving on? Don't try to get a blockbuster episode out of it. Oh wait, that is the only time your show is any good anymore. But, I digress.) I say that the Palin's should accept. Then, Todd Palin should walk out on the set and kick Dave's ass for his entire audience to see. Now that would be entertaining TV! My guess is that Sarah could probably do it. Dave strikes me as a softie. Nonetheless, Dave, you might want to reconsider the invite and stop with the lame jokes. You might just get an ass whippin' from a Palin or two. You're old, un-hip, liberal, boring, and sadly, not that funny anymore. Might be time to move on.