The hoopla over David Letterman's attack on Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, and her family, continues. Palin supporters are charging the Late Show host with making indecent and sexist remarks about Palin's 14 year old daughter. I believe this was the offending quip:

"An awkward moment for Sarah Palin at the Yankee game, during the seventh inning, her daughter was knocked up by Alex Rodriguez.”

Letterman claims the joke was directed at Palin's 18 year old daughter, as opposed to the underage member of the conservative clan. Granted, that doesn't make the joke smell any better -- Letterman himself has admitted the comment was "in poor taste" -- but does he deserved to be fired over this incident? Apparently there enough outraged folks who believe he does. Several "Fire David Letterman" rallies are scheduled this week in New York, and a web site, www.firedavidletterman.com, has been created to get the word out.

Fire a comedian over a "sick joke"? Well, I guess we've been down this road many times before. Many comic greats have had to deal with the backlash from an irate public whenever they crossed the line and veered into territory of bad taste. That's comedy, folks. Sometimes the envelope gets pushed a little too far. It depends on the personal sensibilities of each individual to define when that has occurred. However, even though I personally feel Letterman crossed the line by picking on Palin's daughter, the notion of trying to have him removed from the airwaves strikes me as utterly absurd. If I'm offended by an entertainer's remarks, there are really only two solutions: 1. Shake it off. 2. Stop watching them.

What strikes me as most amusing about this whole campaign to oust Letterman from the airwaves is that it will most likely have the reverse effect. Well of course, his ratings have already risen through all this nonsense. He'll come out on top, believe me.

Even more amusing is the utter hypocrisy of the people involved in this. I'll go out on a limb, here, and assume that the greater percentage of the people offended are of a conservative bent (my firm grasp of the obvious is intact). So, now they are no better than the liberals who got themselves all bent out of shape over the whole Don Imus affair, which I found ridiculous, as well.

I'm proud to say that despite leaning to the left, politically, I've always been consistent when it comes to issues like this. I'll just sit back and watch all the hypocrites spin their wheels in the mud. It's not without a certain entertainment value, that's for sure.