Bristol Palin Should Be The One Speaking Out About Letterman's Tasteless Joke!

I think I know why Sarah Palin is getting hammered by her critics for defending her daughters.They claim that she just wants to draw attention to herself & that's the reason that she's been so vocal about the outrage she feels towards David Letterman.

People are protesting because David Letterman told a horrifically insensitive & tasteless "joke" about Bristol Palin.Or so he says.Sarah Palin has been out there defending both of her children.And I applaud her for that.

But,where the hell is Bristol Palin in this discussion?If she was old enough to get pregnant & have her baby,then Bristol Palin is mature enough to defend both herself & her 14 yr. old sister!

Unlike her mom,I don't think anyone would be able to criticize Bristol Palin for standing up to David Letterman.No one could accuse her of milking this story for publicity & political gain.That would be tasteless in itself!

Since Bristol Palin has been exposed to the media already,what would be the harm in letting her speak for herself? She was the intended target of Letterman's joke,after all.Not her mother,Sarah Palin.

Who could deny Bristol Palin's right to be outraged?

Here's more on the feud between Sarah Palin & David Letterman from The NY Times:

"David Letterman directly apologized to Gov. Sarah Palin and her daughters on his program Monday night, saying he took responsibility for a joke that had offended Ms. Palin, her family and her supporters.

Mr. Letterman opened the desk portion of his show with the apology, in which he said he wanted to say he was sorry to “the two daughters involved, Bristol and Willow, and also to the governor and her family and everybody else who was outraged by the joke.” Two weeks ago on his “Late Show” program on CBS, he had joked about Governor Palin’s attending a Yankee game with her daughter.

The joke, in which Mr. Letterman seemingly confused Willow, who is 14 and attended a Yankee game with Governor Palin that week, with Bristol, who is 18 and an unwed mother, had to do with the Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez impregnating Ms. Palin’s daughter.

Last week Mr. Letterman somewhat defiantly said that there was a misperception going on and that he would never make a sexually charged joke about a 14-year old. But he never expressly explained that he had inadvertently confused the two Palin daughters.

Monday he acknowledged that as the host of the program it was his responsibility to get the joke right. “I told a joke that was beyond flawed, and my intent is completely meaningless compared to the perception.”

He also insisted he was confused about the daughters. “I was told at the time she was there with Rudy Giuliani,” Mr. Letterman said. “I should have made the joke about Rudy.”

The issue has been seized upon by supporters of Ms. Palin, who have called for everything from a boycott of Mr. Letterman’s advertisers to his outright firing. They have planned a rally for Tuesday at Mr. Letterman’s theater on Broadway in Manhattan."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.