I haven’t watched Leno, but a quick question for those that have…is he using Conan’s set?

That’s Leno for you. Even when he wins, he does it badly.

No, he is using a slightly reworked version of the 10 p.m. show set.

He’s using the same set from his primetime show (but he’s added a desk). Conan’s set has been torn down.

Conan’s set was dismantled a while ago so no he’s not using it. He’s got some high profile guests this week but we’ll see out things turn out in the long run…

This just proves who America really likes, to the total dismay of the libs and the Coco fans.

America loves Jay Leno and Sarah Palin. They are real people who connect with real people. The Tonight Show fits Leno like a glove…and it has for 18 yrs. Conan fans, deal with it. Sarah Palin has done nothing to warrant the vicious attacks that have been launched against her since she first entered the spotlight. And last night, she was terrfic.

Is Leno on at 11:30?? What happened to his evening show??

How can you NOT beat Letterman? The guy isn’t even a comedian and he has the personality to replace Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes. Letterman dropped anything funny from his show a LONGGGGG time ago.

Anybody who can actually tell a joke to open their show could beat Letterman. Which begs the question, did anybody in America under 30 even know what a CONAN was prior to this controversy? It was like looking to MSNBC in the ratings or losing an election to ‘undecided’.

Having Sara Palin on the show sounded like a staged political rally to further her Presidential aspirations. I am disappointed in Jay and will think twice about watching the show in the future.

You go Jay! I’m glad ur back & I’m glad your making minced meat out of that liberal hack Letterman!

Tuned in for Lambert – that’s all. Think lots of folks did.

I can’t wait until things settle and we can get a ‘clear’ idea of what the ratings will be – I mean c’mon, Palin could probably have drawn those numbers on her own, she’s apparently wildly popular with some people.

Leno and Palin were both very funny last night. I am not a Palin lover, but she did a good stand up routine. You might not like her, but she does have many talents.

Fear not! Jay will have a bunch of Democrats to balance out the one appearance of Sarah Palin.

Craig Ferguson beats em all….but im glad for Jay.

I’m with “coocoo” re: the long run. Check back on Leno’s ratings in April, after the return buzz wears off and the Olympic stars fade.

On the latter point, I’m no fan of Palin, but I thought Shaun White was great, and Leno’s joke in the monologue (featuring a video in which White was text-messaging during his Olympic half-pipe run) was pretty darn funny.

Um…. isn’t that a pretty significant drop considering he had such a big get?

Watch both Letterman and Leno. Could not stand Conan. Glad to see Leno back and time slot with Letterman. Palin is the Libs biggest nightmare and all watch her like a hawk and then lie about it. Same deal with Leno. All the Libs watch and then lie about it. Letterman is the watch of last resort. (During a boring evening).

Conan has some of his set at home and some of it is in storage.

Leno already dropped from night one….he’ll get a big bounce from the olympic heroes and being on the first week but his ratings alredy dipped. He is stale and boring and can’t even write his own jokes. He has to steal jokes from Mitt Romney. Lame.

Great Leno show. Did some of you not watch the Olympics? I tuned in to see Shaun White and was happy to see Adam Lambert too!! Not a Palin fan but she was kinda funny.

I like how people on here think Leno isnt a liberal lol.

Also its sad that discussing late night ratings turns political.

I expect it to be a different story 6 weeks from now.

Why are people mad at Leno? If Conan O’Brian was funny and put on a good show, he would still have a job.

Go JAY!!!!!!!!!!! Msmbc and Letterman will broadcast until their last sponsor leaves and only 2 viewers are left. It’s not about entertainment to them, it’s an agenda.

People can and will continue to be vicious re Palin. That’s the kind of country we have become thanks to the politicians. Letterman eats it up and propagates it; Leno remembers he is an entertainer. Who are you gonna watch?

Jay Leno is a very likable, funny and entertaining person. He comes up with new spins on his show that are fun to watch. Letterman is an extremely ugly (inside and out), sarcastic, bitter, old man with very little likability. Who would you rather watch?

Conan was liked by women and immature feminized men. Leno is actually entertaining. Please keep this in mind the next time you decide to change out the host. If someone wants unfunny feminized crap you can turn on mostly any other channel at that time and get it. Or, for that matter, you can get that crap anywhere and anytime on modern crap TV.

HAh hah hah Dave is a jerk liberal buffoon.

Having Sarah on last night was a stroke of genius for Leno- especially since Letterman has- and continues to- bash Palin and her family.

GO SARAH!

Loved the line when she said she’ll continue to write on her hand because it gets the Left- “all wee wee’d up!”

Just goes to show you there are millions of people in the US with poor taste.

leno has a much better natural personality than letterman, so, of course, he will win.

sarah palin has great charisma and people like to watch her for her personality. however, this does not a president make, which is very serious business. i urge people who “love” palin to not let her personality get in the way of her knowledge and leadership. anyone who leaves their office half-way though the term is not presidential material. she is out for the money and power. now, romney has all the credentials to lead this country. though not as charismatic as palin, he definitely beats her in any contest which judges ability in running a country. let us not judge a gig on leno or letterman in making decisions on who is best to run the country.

Palin rocks! Trashed Letterman again.

Sarah, It’s not about being liberal or conservative … it’s about being entertained and actually liking the person you’re watching. I don’t know about you, but I get enough hate from the socialists in the White House and on MSNBC … evil just spews from their beings. Leno is funny and entertaining and actually a very nice person.

Leno is in and there’ll always be people who don’t like him but he is, in my opinion, far better of a showperson than Letterman. Letterman has an underlying anger issue that he tries desperately to hide during each show.

I hated Palin and until I saw her recently I’m unfortunately gaining a small amount of respect for her. Still don’t like her but trying to understand why I don’t like her. She’s really not all that bad and seems sincere enough.

I thought that it was rather fitting, that Sarah Palin helped stick it up Letterman’s wazoo. He’s second-rate…right where he belongs.

@Jennifer H – I’ve grown to hate Team CoCo over the past few months but the truth is they have a valid claim against NBC. Jay was behind at first too and it’s at least possible Conan would have managed to rebound

(I personally don’t think he would have because he’s too similar to Letterman’s humor but in a fair world he would have gotten the chance to try)

But yeah, the Jay hate is just misplaced anger. I’d be willing to bet 99% of Team CoCo would have done exactly what Jay did given the chance (e.g. your boss takes away a job you love and then offers it back to you because he’s unhappy with your replacement). The only justification they have is “Jay’s rich so what does it matter”. Well guess what, loving what you do matters. If it didn’t Conan wouldn’t be negotiating with Fox right now (he’s got plenty of money now too!)

Exactly…Letterman is there for really really slow TV nights. Palin was amazing on Leno last night. She is a very serious force and libs know it and so they feign so much outrage and contempt for her. It’s funny because the heart of the country has never seen anything from her to deserve such bitter hate/envy…other than her beauty and positive attitude which the left does hate in most all people.

Romney was amazing on Letterman. Of course, Dave had to get in some swipes at Palin. It’s amazing that a guy who has habitually abused women (Letterman is an admitted woman abuser, FYI) is allowed to rant on this woman with ZERO fall out from main stream media. And with the ratings reflecting just how far off base the Lettermans and Olbermanns of the world are, I am surprised that they have stuck to their extreme bias agendas. But like Obama, they are willing to go down with the ship….I say “Good Riddance!”

I HAVE WATCH THE TONIGHT SHOW SINCE 2001
I AM NOW AND LIKE IT!
WISH IT WERE ON ANOTHER NETWORK

OH! Darn, if I knew she was going to be on, I would have watched! They need to advertise when she is going to be on. Not on NBC mind you, as few real Americans watch that pile of garbage network. Has anyone seen that freak traitor pig ratigan? Damn that puke is rude. What a waste of food that evil prick is. ANyway- back to leno- was he Rude to Sarah? Or was he polite? He has had some slimy crap commentary about Americans that helps the scum traitor pig democrats, and that is not acceptable. Democrats, are not acceptable. democrats- we can’t live with them, and we can’t live with them!

Who gives a damn the child-perv Letterman. Hey Dave – you a member of NAMBLA too?

The only way Leno will see any competition is if Craig takes Letterman’s spot.

SARA

YOU DING DONG! WHO DO YOU THINK IS IN THE WHITE HOUSE NOW? HE WAS VOTED IN BECAUSE OF HIS CHARISMA! (okay well maybe Acorn had something to do with it too)

Palin left her office to serve something bigger than the state of Alaska and she did it because she wanted to protect the state of Alaska from the media frenzy that follows the hatred for her.

Nice night with Leno and Palin. Only the weird ones watch Letterman.

As long as Jay beats everyone else at his timeslot, that is all that matters. Like someone else said their is loads of junk already on TV, people just want to chill and have a good apolitical time. Jay is easy on the ears and eyes. Light comedy without being abrasive. I have enough abrasiveness in life, at night I want to relax and chuckle. If all ya’ll Conan lovers had really watched him, he would still be on the air.

Sarah: sarah palin has great charisma and people like to watch her for her personality. however, this does not a president make, which is very serious business. i urge people who “love” palin to not let her personality get in the way of her knowledge and leadership.

I wish people had been thinking that when deciding to vote for Obama.

Leno is the “King of Late Night”,welcome back. Letterman is simply not funny, most of his “Jokes” are mean spirited attacks on some one and he is often the only one laughing. Leno will continue to kick Letterman’s butt.

Craig Furgeson has ‘em all whupped. And he does it with little cuing!

Someday, CBS will get smart and replace the smarmy, unfunny, elitist Letterman – he who jabs a others but wouldn’t even marry the mother of their child….. and Craig will rule the 11:30 PM EST hour!!!!

Who gives a s*#t, neither one of these guys is relevent anymore.

Let’s not forget that Leno’s ratings were extremely high when he started his prime time show as well….then he tanked. I imagine he’ll do the same so I don’t buy into the early hype. I’d actually watch the guy if he knew how to meander from the script and do a little ad-lib.

Sarah rocks and so does Jay. You know I believe Obama left a job hmmm to become President . I believe it was that personality that helped him get there and look what it got us. I would rather have an American President that loved this country than someone who wants to change it because we are such bad Americans

Leno is quite the ham, and Palin quite the Lady. Sorry Letterman is so preoccupied with his staff upstairs playing mr. sexy. What a poor excuse for an idiot. Who wants to watch Letterman anyway, his wife, who has to take seconds, thirds, fourths, or more?

“Having Sara Palin on the show sounded like a staged political rally to further her Presidential aspirations. I am disappointed in Jay and will think twice about watching the show in the future.”

You mean like when he had Obama on?

I have no problem with Jay but I hate Dave Letterman, he is ugly and nasty I can’t stand him, he is such an awful human being.

Would someone send this to Jeff Zucker

Way to go Jay!

so you get it good. Sarah stepped down for the good of Alaska.

It was okay for David Letterman to bash Jay Leno and Sarah Palin, make crude remarks about knocking up teenage girls and hitting on female employees, but it is not okay for Jay to have Sarah Palin on HIS show? Frankly, I am glad Jay did. Hope it worked Letterman’s left-wing nerves!

Jay still has a sense of humor. Dave has a sense of evil.

that’s OK for Dave, he’s a douchebag liberal, so he’ll get a federal bailout before it gets really bad

Leno chides the left, he chides the right. Let’s see what the ratings are if he has Nancy Pelosi on….hmmmm? I didn’t realise what a good stand up comedian Sarah is. I would be proud to vote for a REAL American like her. Femininists BEWARE!

Why are people so scared of Sarah palin?????? How can people actually have mean things to say about her???? I dont get some idiots!!! Stop being scared of women!!!

Wow. rccola really has a super closed mind, and a inexplicable political fear and bias. Must be one of those undedrdeveloped, infantile winers. Ha!

I have been troubled by the NBC debacle with Conan and Jay, but I can no longer tolerate Dave. I did tune in last night. I like Palin.
Thought she was entertaining.

Leno should have retired, but Letterman should be publicly stoned.

Letterman likes to go after kids. Maybe it is time someone turned this around on him. Oh His son is off limits. What a miserable piece of crap,Letterman not the kid.

Love Letterman – intelligent humor, insightful, skilled, interesting. Leno seems silly – but a scrappy guy as evidenced by his ability to bounce back. Kudos to both – appealing to very different audiences.

TO: rccola (the liberal winer)

Some people are just intollerant of anyone who doesn’t see things their way. Those immature people need to grow up

wow. nice revenge for both Palin & Leno.

Dave you still dont know what you have done do you?

douche alright.

prediction by end of 2010: Obama gets down to 35-38% popularity, Dems lose BOTH houses, and Dave and several other far left “talk show hosts” retire, quit, scandals or are fired.

royal flush baby. royal flush.

cheers

way to go Sara!! payback is sweet!!

I wonder how Leno would do if he had to follow a 10 p.m. show with a demo barely above a 1.

Flannigan – you need to read rccola’s comment again. He was QUOTING another poster. He’s obviously not a liberal – and not a whiner.

Drudge Fans: The one force on the Internet that can drive Team CoCo out of a comments thread.

First show: 5.4/14 vs. Letterman’s 3.0/8.
Second show: 4.6/12 vs. Letterman’s 3.1/8.

Give him a few more weeks and we’ll see.

Go Jay! Jay is the perfect guy for the Tonight Show: he’s authentic, funny, and hard working. Jay is likable, and he stands in sharp relief to Letterman, an embittered left-wing hack whose fixation on Sarah Palin and her family is pathetic. Jay is back where he belongs. NBC made the right choice between Jay and Letterman all those years ago. We love you Jay.

So after 1 night Leno is down 15% in the early numbers and that is with a draw like Palin. Not a good sign to me. It will be interesting to see what the 18-49 number is.

I am from Indiana and can’t stand David Letterman as he is one of the most liberal lame jokesters out there and on top of that he is shows a “bitter” attitude in regards to anyone who exhibits a conservative viewpoint. I actually don’t like Leno as he never, previously threw out any jokes against Obamma but was slamming any and all conservatives when the opportunity would come about. I now just go to sleep after the nightly news.

Sarah Palin was amazing,I stayed up late just to watch her and turned it off when Adam Lambert was on because he tried to snob her.She is a fearless fighter against all the bias media and America needs her kind of fighting spirit to survive.

Hollywood will always have its misguided anger issues even if it means being cruel and abusive toward children. The progressives loath Sarah Palin because she is an inspiration and beacon for the American way of life. She did great.

ND Sue

You are right. A was wrong. I only found out after reading the earlier posts.

SORRY! MY BAD! I’ll go crawl under a rock for a while!

Dave has become his own “stupid dog trick”

*blinks* Did some conservative message board rally its users to post on this website? The discussion for Leno has been unreadable the past two days because it’s full of political name-calling and has nothing to do with actual ratings.

So keeping it on topic, I’m more curious to see the demos. But I doubt there was anyone actually expecting Leno to do poorly his first couple of weeks.

Boycott Leno !!! Read a book instead of latenight TV. Palin is so stupid it is painfull to think people want her as prez…

About Palin, some Americans are completely delusional. No clue what so ever.
Palin will be President (or even Republican’s candidate for that matter) by the time hell freezes over.

I always preferred Letterman. For years. He’s been bitter now quite a while, and it appears aimed at me (a conservative). And then those nasty remarks about Ms. Palin and her daughter! Bad, Dumb, Nasty, and Shortsighted. That kicked the keg for me. And these freakin’ Liberals, so cranky! Sarah is (all politics aside) a beautiful woman. Liberal women, sadly… let’s face it- if Ugly had weight liberal women could sink all 11 Nimitz class carriers.

Love and Kisses, Hoofie

If Leno were to ever be “Fair and Balanced” politically, he would create an opening for CBS at the Letterman show time. Leno is too much one way when the left has SO MUCH material to work with. I just do not watch him.

Here’s hoping after a few weeks Leno could settle on ~3.4.

Sara is not a leader. She is not very intelligent.

Unfortunately neither is a large hunk of America.

Blame the lack of a decent education system.

Let me spell it out. It is not that she is a woman. It is that she is retarded. Literally.

A few minutes after she is sworn in expect people to start abusing America. Not necessarily invading and conquering. Think of it more like stealing Corky’s lunch money.

And for those of you pissed about the retard comment? Get over it this damn world would be a whole lot better without all the PC BS.

Jay is un-original and should have left like he said he was in 2004. He screwed Conan over (much like he screwed Carson and Letterman over) b/c he can’t let go and has no life. According to comedians brave enough to speak out (ie. Rosy), he is breaking the cardinal rule of helping newcomers rise up. Palin was on b/c of the weird fascination Americans have with her. LIke a car crash, you can’ help but watch. Honestly, she is a dunder head.

Sarah was great. I stayed up just to watch her. She was funny.
I still don’t understand why Libs HATE her so much unless it is because she doesn’t believe in abortion and lives her convictions.

Flannigan – You’re forgiven. By me, anyway. Come out from under the rock, now.

I’m starting to think that just one person is commenting on and on about Sarah Palin and “go Jay!” at the beginning of this entry. You people need to get a life.

Leno needs to crash and burn.

What’s with all these people who like Sarah Palin? What are you? Retarded?

WTG, Jay! It was another great show!

Sarah Palin was awesome last night. The thing she and Leno opened the show with was hilarious. Jay couldn’t find his cue cards and Sarah showed he didn’t need them as she had notes on her hand. Like Reagan, Sarah Palin knows how to make fun of herself and that is what jay Leno loves. He may lean liberal, but he is fair and not like that weasel Letterman. Sarah and Jay both likely added to their already large number of fans.

I am so glad that Leno beat Letterman. Letterman has dogged Palin and she has been nothing but a Lady through it all. Letterman is not a gentleman he treats women like dirt and deserves to be #2 and I am glad Leno is back to keep him there.

Palin 2012! Letterman is nahsty.

What’s with all these people who hate Sarah Palin? What are you? Dark-mentaled, Pagan, liberal puppets?

These comments are weird for this site.

Funny how Letterman gets all the brunt of the criticism of the Palin joke when Leno told a joke just as bad. Leno is a snake

Jay is 100 times better than Letterman. Letterman is a sexist, partisan jerk. Leno treats people well, whether it be Obama, Palin, Cheyney, or Biden, he treats them all the same…He doesn’t come across as super-political, which is good as a politican. Letterman loses half of the country because he is so bitterly partisan.

I love seeing these morons who think they are qualified to say sarah Palin is “stupid/dumb/”etc……She became Mayor, then Governor of a US state, then VP candidate w/ NO family $ or hubby-coattails.

Hey hater-Liberals: I’d ask for an example of a single Dem female that has achieved so much with NO family money or Hillary-style coattails, but know you have nothing. Instead, I’d love to hear what qualifies YOU to call such an accomplished woman “stupi9d”.

I’m glad jay had Palin on his show. The masagonist dave letterman will hopefully fade into nothing and be booted for being the disgusting human being that he is. He degrades sarah palin as a “slut” and then mocks child rape regarding her 14 year old daughter. Dave is a left wing loon who has worn out his welcome on late nite tv.

Palin was authentic! Leno was great!

Can anyone please post Jimmy Fallon’s ratings? Or give me a link so I can find them? THANKS for the help!!!

Leno comes up with new spins? He steals jokes from Mitt Romney!!!! Unoriginal. Boring. Next.

Really? I can’t see why anyone would watch Palin, much less Leno. Neither is authentic.

Leno is still a jerk. And, not funny.

Sarah generates Ratings and Quotes and Quips wherever she goes! Love her or hate her…she has IT!

Her Facebook page set the HC debate back six months into a tailspin which is now on life support. Not bad for a “quitter” huh. You Palin haters need to get over yourself.

but..but…she wrote on her hand. LOL

have you ever noticed how Letterman laughs at his own (so called) jokes?

Palin was great… Funny how the Libs pre-judge her, especially the young kids who have never listened to her…

Watching my Twitter feed last night, many young viewers actually changed to a positive opinion after hearing Palin’s standup routine!

Better ratings at 10pm vs. Jay Leno Show again = better news ratings at 11 = better Tonight Show ratings. It’s not Jay at 11:35 that’s better than Conan, it’s anything scripted at 10pm that’s better than Jay.

The stand-up routine she did was great…with no teleprompter, no cue cards, and no notes on her palm. She’s great.

Glad to see it. Dave is a bitter old mysogynist who has not been funny in years. At least Jay doesn’t have to make nasty jokes about child rape to get a laugh. Dave is getting what he deserves. Why any women watch him knowing how he treats his female staff I just don’t know.

Gotta Love Sarah < she is smart , has a sense of humor ,beautiful human being Kudos for Leno for bringing her on people really do love sarah !!!!

Dirkdiggler.
You are 100% correct. All of the liberal women in the spotlight got to where they are because of powerful/wealthy men around them. Pelosi’s father was a congressman and she married a millionaire. Hillary rode bill’s sticky coat tails all the way to the NY senate seat. Huffington married a millionaire who paid for her website launch, and caroline kennedy goes without saying. Palin was married to a fisherman as she was climbing the political hill, but somehow she is the idiot of all of these women?? riiight.

Jay and Palin deserve each other. Two stupid, middle-aged, mediocre, bores. Palin’s kid might have down syndrome, but she’s the retarded one. Drudge “readers”: bring it on.

Oh ! I forgot one thing “kiss my butt Letterman !!!!

Actually, Craig Ferguson is funnier than both Letterman and Leno. If CBS would put him in Letterman’s spot they would dominate the time slot. Letterman was funny 20 years ago but now he is full of himself, condescending and mean. Leno is too vanilla. Connan was just creepy.

“Just my $.02 worth”
(for you who don’t see that since I said it, it is by definition my opinion and not yours. Therefore it is probable that you think differently)

In response to Achmed’s comment about Sarah Palin being “stupid”, may I ask, stupid as in Abe Lincoln? Stupid as in George Washington? Stupid as in Ronald Regan? America could use some of that kind of “stupid” since Barack HUSSEIN Obama’s “stupid” is destroying this country by taking over the banks, the automobile industry, the student loans, the housing industry, Freddy Mack and Fanny Mae and now wants total control over even our health care!!! Sounds like a Castro/Chavez kind of “stupid” to me!! What kind of stupid would you call, “We’ve got to spend more and more in order to get out of debt???” The Democrats said Ronald Reagan was also “stupid”; however, the eighties were some of American’s best economically booming years ever thanks to Him!! Sarah, we love you out here!!

Dave: “Hillary rode bill’s sticky coat tails…”

Ewww!

I love how the internet affects the tone of America. People are actually engaging with people of the opposite perspective. You may not realize it, but this can dramatically change how our government works (for the better). Look at the election of Scott Brown. It was because of immediate uproar about how business was done in Washington D.C.

Not saying all changes will be good for the Republican party…but I think they will be good for America.

As a teacher, I’ve observed that school is more like life on the Internet than on television. People are more harsh, but they actually have to deal with people from different perspectives.

Palin would show up on the Weasels show.

Glad to hear that people are actually supporting not only Palin but Leno who actually stole someone’s job away from them.

Birds of a feather….

Seriously guys, there’s no way to keep this on topic? If you want to talk about how much you hate liberals and think Sarah Palin is a beacon of hope for the American people, take it to a site that discusses news or politics.

I’ve been writing on the palm of my hand for a few decades. I call it the original Palm Pilot. Palin is great on multiple levels.

I am a conservative and love Sarah as a party star but would never want her to be president. She just would get creamed plus the other GOP candidates would have to take her out in a primary and she couldn’t handle it.
I think she would be great as an Oprah type on the talk show circuit. Leave running the country to someone who is capable.

rly?

You should take a few breaths, relax, and watch Letterman – if that floats your boat. Leave your hate on the couch and let the rest of us AMERICANS/Conservatives have a laugh! Leno was a hoot and Gov. Palin was a Doll and a class act. Above all else she showed humility and humor in the face of a Progressive leftist machine that is agreesively trying to destroy her.

Cheers,

JM

Sarah on Jay Leno makes me think he was worried about his ratings coming back to the Tonight Show.

Ummmm…what were the demos?

I watched Jay’s show because of Adam Lambert. I fast forwarded through the entire Palin portion of the show. Thank goodness for DVRs! I will say that Craig Ferguson is funnier than any other late night host though. If one of the earlier guys ever leaves again, I think he should get their spot.

I’m no Leno fan, but lettermen is an ignorant, classless, cowardly, scumbag with zero moral character! I don’t know why any self respecting individual would even speak to this clown… but then, I guess most of his guests would be mindless ‘celebrities’ anyway so intellect and integrity are in short supply all around.

Master Moron, no demo ratings available yet, will add to the post when we see it.

Sarah has got it, she is beautiful, witty and telegenic. The camera loves her. Those leftys who call her stupid, she is dumb like a fox.She is self made and represents the common man. She has self deprecating humor and can still smile after all the bashing the mean spirited media dished at her!

Hey, Bill or Steve – can you put a notice up on the top of a story when it gets linked from Drudge? The comments just get really repetitive and tiring.

Palin is not stupid. I am reading her book now and she impresses the “h” out of me. She did not get there on someone elses coattails or money. She is a patriot, loves Alaska and the USA and says it out loud. Good for her. Think Abe and Reagan.

Bob Smith, have you read Sarah Palin’s book “Going Rogue”? She is the most authentic and honest person I know, at least in the political arena. She deserves a seat, I’m guessing it won’t be in the White House, but around the table for sure. This great country needs people like her in office now.

SB, what notice would you suggest? “Beware The Comments, All Ye’ Who Enter Here!”

Steve = Robert’s 3rd new name in less than 2 weeks

I wonder what would have happened to Palin if she went on Leno’s show and made fun of handicapped people, like obama did when he mocked the Special Olympics? She would have been tarred, feathered, and villified from every corner of the globe. Meanwhile, obummer gets to continue on like nothing happened. The double standard in the media never fades.

sara made a good comment.

But it would seem that the left-wing moonbats take Sarah much more serioiusly than they let on. Otherwise, if she were as lightweight as they make her out to be there’d be no more reason to hate, loathe and despise her than, I dunno, Paula Abdul! But seriously, what’s to hate? Ya’ don’t have to want her for president. A whole lot more people love her than hate her. Should have seen the crowd for her book-signing at Mall of America. Getting there at 7 am was an all-day event. (Did I mention she’s smokin’ hot? ; ) )

Leno? Jay’s just a regular, nice guy and it comes through.
Letterman is not and that comes through too.

No wonder Leno Beat Letterman.. Palin is much funnier than Romney… rich stuck up guy…

Is she qualified to be President?? Not by my standards.. but she is certainly MORE qualified than the Boy from The Hood that is in the White House Now.

This is not good news for Leno – hyped Palin appearance and second day back on the job and his numbers are below his old average.

Leno rides Harleys… Letterman does not. Case closed

Sarah is so honest about who she is and what she is that it is hard for some people to identify with her, that’s why they feel so intimidated by her. To some, intelligence is having a high opinion of ones self and looking down on the general populace as being ignorant. To the supporters of Sarah Palin, Common sense rules over the phony BS that we are subjected to everyday. She isn’t afraid to look in the mirror and say “What you see is what you get” She is who she is, an independent thinker and steps out of the box of political correctness if she thinks it is the right thing to do for everybody, not just herself. Some people just fear what they do not understand. And they do not have the capacity to see what she stands for. As for slandering her and her family, I say “those among you who are without sin, cast the first stone”. Hah!! It seems there are a lot of perfect people in the world…

Sarah Palin is actually the most accomplished and probably most intelligent of the four candidates in last November’s Presidential Election. It amuses me that the people who are most critical of her on this blog and elsewhere don’t really know a thing about her, her family or her life.

And her detractor’s in these comments are so out of touch with reality. Very, very amusing little snarkies.

I love Sarah Palin, she is the most talented performer the republicans have ever had. Give her a script and she can run circles around anyone. I have said it many times before that liberals should all join the republican party so they can make her the next nominee in 2012. I mean she would lose to Obama in double digits but the show she would give the world would be the most entertaining thing ever.

I’m glad to see Leno doing well because he’s a good guy, and it was smart to have a ratings grabber like Palin on. Palin did have a good appearance. However, some of the Palin Fans are making silly claims. Palin played no role in fighting back the Socialized Medicine Bill. It was an uprising of the American Middle Class, aided by conservatives in Congress and independent voices in media, such as Glenn Beck. Palin, as usual, jumped on the bandwagon. I liked Sarah as a Governor, until she abandoned her state, but she’s still not qualified to be President (despite being more qualified tha Obama), and she has no chance of winning a GOP Primary against the Mitt Romney/Michelle Bachmann ticket. Sarah’s only option will be to run a 3rd Party and take away enough votes to give Obama a 2nd term. It’s likely she’ll do this since she’s working with Arkansas fo-republican public-relations-guru Ed Rollins, who was responsible for putting Ross Perot in to help Clinton get elected and inflating Mike Huckabee to the national stage to take votes away from Romney and aid McCain to the Primary Victory, to assure that Hillary or Obama had an “old white Senator” to run against (Americans hate electing Senators to the White House, and will choose a Governor over them 9 out of 10 times, which is why those 2 Dems needed a Senator as a challenger). If Sarah actually cared about leading Americans to a more prosperous free future, she would have finished her term as Governor, and gave up on trying to run for the White House in 2012.

SB – Wow?!?

I would be more than happy send you an email alert (will need email) next time it’s linked to Huffington.

Have you ever noticed how upset and down-right hateful Progressives/Liberals get when others have a diff perspective?

Bill – How about: TV by Dante. That should be warning enough..

All the best,

JM

LECHERMAN IS NO LONGER FUNNY. SIMPLE AS THAT.

Letterman is authentic….An authentic *** ****!

Palin is REAL people, so is Jay. Anyone who can’t see that is myopic to the max……or a liberal!

Awww… poor liberals, always complaining when they have to hear the opinions of those they don’t agree with, ie. MOST AMERICANS, and whining and crying about the hate and intolerance of others while engaging in the practice themselves. Wholly intolerant of view points that do not match their own and filled with hate for anything conservative/christian – and don’t you dare espouse American morals and values around a liberal…

I find the hatred for Palin by you folks to be hilarious. It’s so mindless, pointless and without merit… you just look pathetic!
The fact is, with her background, had she been a liberal you people would be fallling all over yourselves to prop her up for what she’s done in her life – but since she’s an evil conservative you constantly attack her because she’s better than you’ll ever be, has more character than you’ll ever have and has integrity you don’t even know how to pronounce!
Do I want her as president? No, nor did I want the empty suited charlatan who had even less experience than her and doesn’t appear to be any more intelligent than she is!

One last thing, the cracks on Drudge… OMG, you guys are pathetic! You do realize he just links to stories on other sites, most of them from your precious, dishonest and wholly biased MSM!
Perhaps it’s not drudge you hate but the fact that his readers tend to be more in line with mainstreet American values and morals and it reminds you of just how far out there you really are… just a thought, just a thought….

Like many other people, I believed our news media and deemed Palin an idiot. Then I read her speech in Hong Kong to world renowned people, and changed my mind. Those who were there said that she referred only 5 or 6 times to notes (not written on her hand), and the rest of the time spoke without any aids or reminders. She used no teleprompter.

I also found that people who heard her speech said she was brilliant. Palin’s critics should check their facts about her.

One more thing: I read her entire interview with Charlie Gibson, who was then with ABC. In it, she allegedly said that she can see Russia from her bedroom, while the transcript of that interview shows that she said that one can see Russia from an island of Alaska.

Charlie Ginson did not challenge her on this, and I know why: Little Diomede is part of Alaska and, thus, part of the US, while Big Diomede, less than 3 miles away, is part of Russia. You can easily see one of these islands from the other. Try to take Big Diomede from Putin Russia and you will get his guns trained on you and shooting.

As a result, it is not Palin, but her detractors who are either dumb about geography or, through malicious lies and endless propaganda, deliberatley convinced the public that the opposite is true.

Saying this does not necessarily mean that I will vote for Palin. It only means that we should not put our trust in TV comedies and many other media productions. I urge all Americans to read the Gibson -Palin interview to check my words. Also, get a hold of Palin’s speech in Hong Kong.

After that, if you still say that she is stupid, you need to check yourself into an insane asylum.

Um… isn’t that a very large drop-off for Jay on night 2 with Sarah Palin as his guest? I have to think they expected bigger… Bad sign for the tonight show

Congratulations Leno! Letterman is slightly less funny than you! I get uncomfortable on the rare occasion I actually watch Letterman and Leno due to their gross lack of humor. It’s a good thing they have those light up signs that tell people when to laugh and applaud.

DJH and Mike Oliver…….I am totally impressed with both of your posts and overwhelmingly concur!

Bill, Did you shut down the dicourse?

Both Leno and Letterman have interesting guests. I think it just comes down to Leno being more likable and a class act, besides being funnier than the other guy.

Palin is the target of a vast left wing conspiracy that has chosen to characterize her as uninformed and ill-prepared to be a national leader.

Feminist groups should be defending her.The only avowed feminist with the intellectual underpinnings required to support a right leaning women is Camille Paglia. Hypocrites are a dime a dozen so ignore them Sarah.

Funny Ms. Pickles….I don’t have any of those signs in my Family Room, Nor can I see the ones on the show….and my wife and I laugh our booties off!

Sara Palin was great last night, she is likeable and very smart even though the left media try to destroy her. The audiance seemed to enjoy her on the Tonight Show.

Wait till Conan comes back

Leno just sucks

NM – Im EST and you are LcST….your time stamp.

Well, despite my former claims to actively change channels if I saw Leno’s face, I watched Parenthood last night and then went about doing other stuff so Leno came on and I didn’t feel obligated to switch the channel. And then I heard a pageanty voice and looked up to see loser-queen and I got up walked two steps and shut it down to summon last week’s Kitchen Nightmares from my TiVo queue. Well played, NBC.

Conan who???? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

I like turtles.

Letterman is a grumpy, ornery, hateful old fart. I pray he takes a stroke, soils himself, and dies.

hey Jennifer,

What do you mean this is not on topic? This IS THE TOPIC! Jay beating the misogynist (correct spelling) Letterman who reminds me of Ebenezer Scrooge, a real curmudgeon, is exactly the core issue of a man who seeks to entertain AND USES POLITICS v a man who seeks to influence politics AND MISUSES MOROSE HUMOR—THAT IS THE QUINTESSENTIAL COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TWO SHOWS.

Jay is funny without being MEAN; Letterman is MEAN without being funny.

We are tired of the Lame stream media misrepresenting, slandering, denigrating and affronting every single wholesome, virtuous, talented, beautiful person (both internally and externally) person like Sarah Palin who appears to contest the dark, murky nature of todays television.

We are smarter than the kids; the youth know relatively little as a recent study conducted by the intercollegiate studies institute of 14,000 students schowed that they only scored 54.2% on their knowledge of civics—-something most adults over 40 had to be tested on in high school to graduate. Today’s kids would fail.

But Jennifer if you don’t want us to post hear, perhaps I can dumb down the language and just say: stick it where the sun don’t shine. We will post wherever, whenever, and whatever we want—-even if Al Gore did NOT invent the internet as he claims; but then global warming is a fraud too—-the only ones who believe it are frauds trying to make money off of the dumb.

Sarah and Jay won; and we’re glad.

Lurker,

U actually had to get up to change the channle??? Sheesh-man do you live in a cave as well?

JM

Palin was really funny! I don’t understand how can people can hate her as they do. She is real.

I watched (to my embarrassment) Leno’s debut out of pure curiosity. I didn’t even come close to laughing, but I made up for it with heavy amounts of eye-rolling. If a large number of people are entertained by this lazy “comedian” then I’ve lost all faith in humanity.

only watched jay because of Palin, I just dont watch those kinds of shows unless something or someone really cool is going to be on and Palin was the ticket!

Just…… think of all the negative news we don’t know and covered up by Letterman , but what I know about him puts him below Wale poop, on two things we do know, the way he treated his Female hired help, and the Jokes about the young Daughter of Sara Palin, those alone in any decent Society would warrant a Horse Whipping ending with Tar and Feathering, ridden out of town in one of his Stretch Limousines, with a very noticeable larger space between his two front teeth borrowed from some rodent most likely a Rat . Other than those words of support for the creep I’ll stop here.

Letterman is a loser who ceased being funny about 15 years ago. He’s now nothing more than an angry liberal moron hypocrite. It’s no surprise he’s losing.

The average American is too lazy or doesn’t have time to follow politics and where the country is headed, but usually has time to watch Jay Leno or SNL. Clinton won the hearts and minds of the average American when he played the saxophone, and Sarah Palin just undid two years worth of media slander with her comedy routine last night. She was perfect!

Such lovely, intelligent people on this site. Reminds me of Huffington Post.

Palin delivered her “monologue” better than any of remaining Late Night Hosts. Late Night TV simply sucks.

JM: No–the wife left the remote on the sofa when she went to bed, I was sitting at the table.

Charlie,

Shhhhhhhh, they (your audience) may figure out you are two beers short of a Billy-beer six pack. Stick to the one-liners on your show…2-half-duds.

Kind regards,

JM

Maybe because Jay doesn’t make sexual jokes about 14 year old girls! You Progresssssives are just to cute for words – especially the “feminist’s” who find it beneath them to defend a conservative women…

farfel…you Da Man…or Woman!!!

Charlie, liberals don’t HAVE a sense of humor and Can’t Handle the Truth!

Sarah sparkled last night. Not a fan for president, but she is just as qualified as Obama and we have all seen what neophytes can do over the last year. Leno is far superior to Letterman and always will be. He may be a bit liberal, but it isn’t an agenda for him, like Letterman or Stewart. He is more in the vein of Carson and Hope who are equal opportunity skewers of politicians.

Mike Baldwin I suggest the grape kool-aide. It has that tangy taste of hopefulness for about 15 minutes. You don’t need to worry about the remainng time

It’s gratifying to see the overwhelming majority of folks on here are sensible Conservatives instead of the Looney Left!
I’d say that was representative of the USA in general! No Acorn here…no media spin and lies…just people talking.

What a Great Country we live in, with Freedoms far greater than any other country on earth!

Yeah, I figured it was something like that, but you set me up with a loob sooooo i could not help myself (the devile made me do it). No harm ment…

Truly all the best,

JM

Like many other people, I believed our news media and deemed Palin an idiot. Then I read her speech in Hong Kong to world renowned people, and changed my mind. Those who were there said that she referred only 5 or 6 times to notes (not written on her hand), and the rest of the time spoke without any aids or reminders. She used no teleprompter.

I also found that people who heard her speech said she was brilliant. Palin’s critics should check their facts about her.

One more thing: I read her entire interview with Charlie Gibson, who was then with ABC. In it, she allegedly said that she can see Russia from her bedroom, while the transcript of that interview shows that she said that one can see Russia from an island of Alaska.

Charlie Gibson did not challenge her on this, and I know why: Little Diomede is part of Alaska and, thus, part of the US, while Big Diomede, less than 3 miles away, is part of Russia. You can easily see one of these islands from the other. Try to take Big Diomede from Putin, and you will get his guns trained on you and shooting.

As a result, it is not Palin, but her detractors who are either dumb about geography or, through malicious, and endless propaganda, convinced the public that the opposite is true.

Saying this does not mean that I will or will not support Palin to be the next US President. It only means that we should not put our trust in TV comedies and many other media productions. I urge all Americans to read the Gibson -Palin interview to check my words.

Also, get a hold of Palin’s speech in Hong Kong.

After that, if you still say that she is stupid, you will need to check yourself into an insane asylum.

Conon the CLOWN will never be back on the Tonight Show. He is a LOOSER BIG TIME. A few BRICKS short of a load.

WHO CARES?

Letterman is just not the same anymore after his open heart surgery. After that, he just became this BITTER, OPPRESSIVE Uber-Liberal. I don’t remember him in his earlier years being like that….I PHYSICALLY can NOT stand the dude…

Letterman is too bitter and political. He should run for office and put his money where his mouth is because he stopped being funny quite awhile ago. Maybe he could get a job in the Obama admin counting the number of newly unemployed each week or maybe as the Chief Apologist for America.

Leno didn’t win with Palin – he won the
night with Adam Lambert !!

It shows what class act they are, both get attacked by the left wing loons daily should have herd what the asshole stern said, now going to watch jay more than ever now, just have to have balls and thick skin to put up with that bullshit. Jay makes fun of both sides, not one sided hummer. Sure great to have Jay back were he belongs late night, just wish it wasn’t NBC.

I’m glad to see Leno doing well because he’s a good guy, and it was smart to have a ratings grabber like Palin on. Palin did have a good appearance. However, some of the Palin Fans are making silly claims. Palin played no role in fighting back the Socialized Medicine Bill. It was an uprising of the American Middle Class, aided by conservatives in Congress and independent voices in media, such as Glenn Beck. Palin, as usual, jumped on the bandwagon. I liked Sarah as a Governor, until she abandoned her state, but she’s still not qualified to be President (despite her being more qualified than Obama), and she has no chance of winning a GOP Primary against the Mitt Romney/Michelle Bachmann ticket. Sarah’s only option will be to run as a 3rd Party Candidate and take away enough votes to give Obama a 2nd term. It’s likely she’ll do this since she’s working with Arkansas fo-republican public-relations-guru Ed Rollins, who was responsible for putting Ross Perot in to help Clinton get elected and inflating Mike Huckabee to the national stage to take votes away from Romney and aid McCain to the Primary Victory, to assure that Hillary or Obama had an “old white Senator” to run against (Americans detest electing Senators to the White House, and will choose a Governor over them 9 out of 10 times, which is why those 2 Dems needed a Senator as a challenger). If Sarah actually cared about leading Americans to a more prosperous libertine future, she would have finished her term as Governor, and gave up on trying to run for the White House in 2012

To Pickles, You are correct that Leno has flashing APPLAUSE lights in his studio. They flash only during the transitions into and out of commercial. They do NOT flash during the opening of the show nor do they flash during Leno’s monologue. The ONLY TIME they flash APPLAUSE is going into and out of commercials.

Leno’s audiences really do love them, otherwise they wouldn’t go through the gymnastics of getting the free tickets and standing in line for hours to get into the show.

JM: I just figured you were thinking “Why didn’t that whippersnapper use his clapper!”

Letterman is a mean-mouthed liberal s.o.b. and I’ve stopped watching him completely.

After Dubya gave us Iraq and Afghanistan, Sarah Palin has the bright idea that doing the same to Iran wil be good for Obama’s polling. After giving us the gift of George W. Bush, why shouldn’t the Republicans follow up with Mrs. Palin who thinks that war with Russia over Georgia is a plausible idea. Africa should be safe from attack tho – no wealth, no oil and Sarah thinks its a country not a continent. It’s always good to play the comedian when you are splatting innocents with bombs an ocean away. Bush was good at that, too.

Lurker,

LMAO!!! Sorry Pup, but I’m the one with the Clapper. In fact, if you referred to anyone having the “clap um er”, in the day, they would have taken a step back and looked at you funny…

JM

Miss me yet?

A Palin 2012 ticket will ensure an Obama part 2.

The fact that Palen IS REAL is EXACTLY what the progressives* hate about her.

progressive* hate list…

Old people
Gun owners
Conservatives
Religious people
Independent women
Big business owners
Small business owners
Those who are pro-life
Those who are pro-choice, if they choose life
Those who don’t like ACORN
Those who oppose gay marriage
Those who respect the Constitution
Those who THINK for themselves
People who actually EARN a living

*progressive: I am elite and smart, you are stupid, therefore I will be your master

If NBC will tell Leno to change the name of the show to the Tonight Show with Beaker…then I will watch him…b/c Leno sounds like Beaker from Sesame Street…..

Johnny.

I miss the episode with Charo where she had the Cat sitting on her lap…She ask you “would u like to pet my pussy?” and you replied “sure, but move the cat first!” Priceless…

JM

[...] For the second night in a row, Jay Leno’s Tonight Show has dominated! [...]

…and the picture you put up (top) Leno now looks like Beaker from Sesame Street …hahahaha

Wow; it’s obvious just by reading the comments that Drudge linked to this post. It’s so hypocritical that partisan zombies are complaining about Letterman being political.

How many of you actually saw Letterman last night? He was more than fair with Mitt Romney, even when Romney was prevaricating on health care.

I applaud Mike Oliver in his 10:01 post. Thank you for sharing the journey you took, at first being steered in the wrong direction by the MSM concerning Sarah Palin then discovering for yourself that you (and so many others) have been deviously misled. To think we tolerate Nancy Pelosi and denigrate Sarah Palin… the country should be collectively ashamed of ourselves for not setting the record straight. Having Leno back at 11:35 just felt like home again. Maybe this was the only way that NBC could get right of Conan… now we need to get rid of Fallon….just not funny.

Oh please, little liberal whiners, everyone knows Letterman is an old, sore, angry, sexually perverted liberal who even makes jokes about raping underage girls (not that it would be too much nicer if they were overage). Liberals are nothing less than disgusting. Watch them turn into conservatives really quickly though the second their daughter gets raped, wife gets mugged or a few rapper-types invade their homes with no guns in the house.

sarah for dictator

I know that people like you are afraid of facts, but Sarah Palin never said that Africa was a country.

Spreading lies about people you dont agree is common with mental midgets. Mmmmmm Mmmmmm Mmmmmmm.

I thought Palin did a pretty good job on Leno, and her stand-up routine, while predictable, was decent. However, she’s got a lot to learn about delivery and comic timing. I applaud her for trying it out, though.

Why Jay Leno Smokes David Letterman

Leno is kick-arse!

Crazy,

I am sure it was a laugh a min, but I was watching Leno…u missed a good one!

JM

Isn’t it funny that the liberals are regurgitating the same tired lies of the past with Sarah Palin. Sarah for Dictator is guilty of using standard Saul Alinsky tactics mixed in with a healthy dose of Joseph Goebbels styled propaganda.

Liberals love to hate on Sarah. Peaceniks, hippies, and general liberal losers are filled with hatred despite trying to pass themselves off as pacifists.

I’m not a pacifist. I won’t hesitate to beat some liberal a$$ if one of those chumps would like to step up to the plate.

I think Letterman is brilliant, but I stopped watching him after Obama was elected and divided the country. Letterman is now the progressive enemy of America along with the other liberals. Sad, but the Obamasiah is tearing this nation apart.

Letterman is such an old has been- it’s scary.

He should get off TV and take his boring act to Reno.

William,

We are a country of Laws not men… I love Sarah as well as the next straight guy, but you play into their hands with your “comments”. Be bigger, better more clever – steer away from being common and crass…we Conservatives are better than that.

JM

The truth is the MSM and liberals in general are afraid of Sarah Palin. They have no valid arguments against her and so resort to personal attacks.

They also fear the American people in general, especially patriotic Americans with guns – just as King George did.

Carson set the standard, and no one has met it. As a child I rolled on the floor laughing when I was lucky enough to stay up and watch it. Even when a joke tanked, Carson would pull laughs in the way he responded.

I think leno is a good guy, and Letterman is a complete loser. The problem is that neither of them is very funny.

Letterman blows.

How come all the posts are so similar? Did your masters Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck tell you what to write or are you all so simple minded?

Seeing Palin in this type of venue was very interesting. The mainstream media has acted like brainwashed lemmings in trying to crucify her with their obvious propaganda maqchine. She is very likable and comes over as very honest not pretrentious as most politicians most assuredly do. Her presence would upstage Lettermen everytime. Nice move, Jay.

Adam, people; ADAM.

Johnny,

you got my vote! U were da man…

JM

Leno once said that he leans liberal (democrat) but he is always nice to his guests no matter what. These late night shows should be about entertainment outside of the regular news cycle and political gibberish of the day. Letterman on teh other hand always lets you know he is a liberal and his interviews are the kind you would expect from Larry King or Nightline. We don’t need his political leanings every single night! That is not entertaining to more than half the country! Both sides can watch Leno because he is no different with Palin than he was with Obama. That is why Letterman’s ratings suck against Leno…he offends the “opposition” whereas Leno treats them both the same and libs and the GOP can both be entertained without being offended!

Sandler?

Letterman really should bring back “Great Moments in Presidential Speeches”. Obumbler provides way, way, waaaaay more material to work with than W ever did.

Crazy Janey – I didn’t watch letterman last night because he is too liberal for my taste – but I like the guy overall. But why do you liberals bash drudge when all he does is provide links, much the same way as dailykos or huffinton – but not nearly as vindictive or partisan as those sites? Those sites are where the real hatred is spewed. I guess that’s ok because you agree with their views?

I also noticed that all of these comments sound alike, and I know that only 25% of Americans have a favorable view of SP. Either a few people are writing multiple comments or I agree with Crazy Janey, above.

Letterman interviewed Mitt Romney Tuesday night and asked Mitt “What do you think of Sarah Palin?” When Romney complimented her, the Lettermanoids booed. This man is obsessed with Sarah Palin.

Come on Crazy Girly!

U can do better than that…think, think…WhoaMan, I got it…they are all aliens from Hulu spaming the site. Yummy.

JM

The issue is Leno is likeable……Letterman is not. Politics aside but Letterman plays dirty. He made several harsh swipes toward Romney AFTER he had left. Plain too chicken like all Liberals to say it to Romney’s face. We as a country are paying a hard price for electing a man who was camera savvy but lacked real experience. My greatest hope is the entire Democrat/Socialist Party is now exposed for their forked tongue ways and will crawl back under the rocks they emerged. VOTE IN NOVEMBER.

I said yesterday I do flip back-and-forth between Dave and Jay and usually end up watching more Leno because Dave’s myopic Republican-bashing which typically occurs in his monologue, top ten, special segments, lol. Now, as I’m a Mitt Romney supporter, I watched Dave last night and flipped to Jay and Palin during Late Show commercials.

I like how they were on at the same time because it showed how insubstantial Sarah Palin contrasted to Mitt Romney. She had next to nothing to say, apart from her typical chuckin’ and jivin’ downhomestyle. Creaking on about gettin in there and messin up the liberal government system and then gettin in there and messin up the liberal mainstream media. She really is of questionable intelligence. Jay was his typical nice self.

Meanwhile on Letterman, an interesting interview was going on, but only if you actually take interest in improvement and knowledge and accomplishment to go alongside ambition. Dave was more than fair. He wasn’t closeminded or partisan. I think he likes and/or respects Mitt Romney and recognizes his abilities. Which brings us to his disdain for Palin and Bush… Letterman is basically an intellectual elitist. While being intelligent isn’t bad and being elite isn’t bad, together it’s snobbery. Dave views Palin and Bush as idiots, and so he torches them. I’m sure he’d be respectful interviewing either one, but the nature of his jokes about them versus the ones I’ve seen him make about Romney differ greatly. With Palin it is always on how stupid or awkward she is, with Romney, Dave’s sum of jokes were in those segments during 2008 that were titled What In The World Is Mitt Romney Talking About?, which was typically showing clips of Mitt describing something wonkish or of economic nature, apart from blase rhetoric found in talking points.

In other words, Dave hates idiots.

JM: So, you reveal that you did not actually watch the show?

ADAM LAMBERT. YOU KNOW, THE MUSICAL GUEST. AS IN, A REGULAR FEATURE.

Thanks for playing, though.

I’d say the posts here pretty accurately reflect the feelings of the country in general. The libtards just can’t come to grips with that.

Funny how conservatives claim liberals criticize palin because they are afraid of her…if you apply that statement to its obvious corollary, conservatives criticism of the President, it would seem you all are awfully scared of #44. Also…it’s hilarious how you puppets have like three examples of Obama sounding stupid (even though everything he has said for the past three years has been scrutinized by neo-cons) that you recycle on an endless loop; seems you forgot your last president provided similar fodder on a daily basis…Go back to redstate.com or drudge post-haste, this site is for far more pressing matters, like the ‘biggest looser’s’ ratings. Babosos.

Crazy Janey is a fascist. Only her “hate” mongers are ok (oberman, Thom Hartmann, randi rhodes, cones). Free speech and dissent for the left only.

Letterman is as interesting as last years newspapers. Letterman is just a generic democrat. He jokes about rape of minors, so the liberals like him and decent people find him repulsive.

Ed-Ward,

“you know” pray tell us all how “you know”… is that kind of like ‘you know what they say and they say alot.’

No really how do you KNOW?…I want to know what you know and how you know it, please i want to be in the know and the known so that i will be one of the they who are in the known and know.

Thanks for the knowing,

Jm

So, do you Palin worshippers agree with her assessment that a President could boost their poll numbers by declaring war on Iran? Don’t you see her “tell” there. If she became President, and once again trickle down economics fails to balance the budget, she would immediately declare war on Iran. Will you so-called “fiscal conservatives” hold her accountable to actually FUND the war with some taxes, or will you blindly follow the call of war?

Sarah was magnificent on Leno…And Leno was smart to have her…Letterman has already burned that bridge, and I’m sure he’s regretting it now…Read: Kudos…Jay Leno….at….
http://con-men4palin.blogspot.com/

#44 scares me to death.

#5 scars me.

Crazy Janey
You ignorant socialist tool. Put down the bong and try to have a thought of your own. You are not entitled to any thing except, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, these are your inalienable rights, given to you by……wait for it….God. You have no right to my or any one else’s money no right to free food, free education, free health care, no free any thing. Thats right America is evil and you are going to have to……wait for it……. work for all the afore mentioned freebies. But take heart if you are put off by that please feel free to pack up and head to Cuba. According to Michael Moore they have the best health care in the world. So set up your little Trol trap on a nice sandy socialist setting, and don’t let the door smack your fat lazy a$$.

Bill Jenkins says:

“Sarah for Dictator is guilty of using standard Saul Alinsky tactics mixed in with a healthy dose of Joseph Goebbels styled propaganda. [...]

“I’m not a pacifist. I won’t hesitate to beat some liberal a$$ if one of those chumps would like to step up to the plate.”

Nice Godwin, Internet Tough Guy.

Hey, did nobody realize the draw was Adam Lambert?

Turn it down db – pun intened.

Yes I did watch…adam adam adam. I know its a bioshock, but i did, i did see that putty tat.

JM

Letterman — sex pervert who jokes about raping girls and who’s busy cornering young female interns at work for sex while his wife is at home. What a dirtbag. Who can stand to watch that scum without needing to shower afterward?

Palin scored a win last night (as she usally does against whomever she is competing against) and the liberal elites took a roundhouse kick to the face.

It’s still a quandary why the liberals put up with a female staff molesting Letterman.

Leno should be the prototype for anyone on the left, as he: a) hasn’t sexually molested his staff; and b) is tolerant of other views.

With many in the modern left it’s: Do as I say, not as I do… All focused around hate, hate, hate those you disagree with and allow atrocities for anyone who agrees with you.

Will everyone stop talking about Sarah Palin? I don’t give a crap about that whiny hypocrite. The important news here is that Leno was down 20% in the demos from the premiere. Not only that, but his ratings are lower than Conan’s final episodes in the demos. Hopefully, Leno’s ratings will continue to go down.

Bill,

Im gonna book mark your site. I am having too much fun. Thanks for the laughs. BTW – next time fugde the numbers the other way and then come back with a correction about an hour later. I would love to see the sparks, fur and feathers fly!!!!

Cheers,

JM

Holy crap, it’s like this message board has gone retarded. Sarah Palin was good at standup? Are you serious? She just spewed a couple jabs at the president, all predictable and not clever (though those watching Leno basically expect that, so I guess that was her aim.) I’ll gladly take any criticism about Letterman – “He’s not funny,” etc. but then you switch on your Conservative drone-speak with the “He’s a libtard,” “sexual pervert,” etc. and you sound almost like a parody of all conservatives. Go back to the Drudge Report where you can all high-five each other for supporting a mediocre talent like Leno.

Letterman is weird… just plain and simple. Conan did that string thing with his pants? WTH? Leno is classic… the new show seems to be just right. Of course he’s going to whip Letterman’s butt because only a small part of America likes that weird stuff Letterman does. It’s not rocket science.

Palin was great last night, I really do like her and don’t like her haters. Letterman needs to take the political agenda elsewhere….

Master Moron says:

“Will everyone stop talking about Sarah Palin?”

After her appearance in the Eminem video? I doubt it. The polar bear was awesome.

Globalwarmer- you are my new hero. Liberal socialists are a cancer on our capitalist democracy and somehow their marxist idol obama landed the presidency- it still amazes me. However, the thought of real change in 2012 keeps me truckin along. Palin 2012

I just love how the libs screech and wail whenever Sarah gets mentioned! You can tell that they’re terrified of losing the House, Senate and Presidency next time out- which will definitely happen.

Letterman is just a local boring New York New York late night TV show. Also please remember that half the country sees both Letterman and Leno at 10:35 not 11:35. We do not all live in New York New York as much as TV people seem to think.

Crazy Janey says:

“How come all the posts are so similar? Did your masters Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck tell you what to write or are you all so simple minded?”

Pretty childish post, Janie. Is that the best you can do? Try growning up.

Sarah should give it up, she can’t compete with the comedian in the Whitehouse.

roger says:

“Also please remember that half the country sees both Letterman and Leno at 10:35 not 11:35. We do not all live in New York New York as much as TV people seem to think.”

This was an astoundingly dumb observation when you made it yesterday, and it hasn’t improved with age.

Howard Beale,

I want you to really truly think about that last part ” Do as I say, not as I do… All focused around hate, hate, hate those you disagree with and allow atrocities for anyone who agrees with you.”

Just look at the bile you so called “conservatives” are hurling around at those that YOU disagree with. As for the “allowing atrocities” part, here is a list of some of the dictators that were actively supported by Republican Presidents over the decades: Marcos, Pinochet, Noriega, Hussein, Samoza, Suharto, Botha, the House of Saud, etc. etc. etc. Let’s remember that we also sold weapons to both sides of the Iran-Iraq War (and channeled the Iranian weapon sales to support an insurgency in Nicaragua that slaughtered thousands of civilians). America talks a big game about freedom and liberty, but we’ve actively supported some of the worst monsters in modern history because we thought we’d get short term strategic gain from it.

In other words, physician, heal thyself.

Oh dear…Glenn Beck’s crazies are out in force today….

I watched both and Romney was a lot more interesting to watch. Dave did a good job of asking questions and visibly bit his tongue, showing maturity. Leno was Leno.
That being said, Conan will take the lead when he comes back to late night on FOX. His show was fresh, new,and fun to watch. The other two shows were stale.

Whenever I think of Letterman I think of him crashing his little scooter into the set’s Chirstmas tree over and over again. It was like him enjoying an attack on anything related to religion. Does this guy have kids?

Sarah Palin?? Liberals, be afraid….be very afraid. She’s smart, classy, transparent, and respected. She’s “us!”

Let’s not forget that Shaun White was also a guest last night. Perhaps he was the reason for the large numbers, not Palin.

A: Who loves Sarah Palin?

Q: Crazy white people

Well, I just finally had an epiphany! For years I have been wondering why exactly God would inflict us with democrats, what on earth can they be good for….then it hit me! Fertilizer!

Hi Jesus,

So, does this mean you do not watch Leno? Oh and will I go to Hell for maturbating? I am still bit fuzzy on that one so any help you can give will be bring more coinage in the offering plate. Wink-wink, nod-nod.

Amen,

PS i have impure thoughts about Pam Anderson – sorry.

JM

With an adult (Leno) on at 11:30, NBC is wiping the floor with Letterman. NBC definitely made the right choice in keeping Leno.

[...] Television by the Numbers [...]

Leno beating Letterman is no suprise especially with Sarah Palin !

Letterman attacks children and Leno is a gentleman.

Letterman is busy humping his staff while is wife is pregnant just like John Edwards.

Palin is facinating and foxy.

Letterman is pathetic particularly with that moronic toupe patch stuck to the front of his head.

Mention Sarah Palin and the liberal socialists have a stroke! I love it.

I simply cannot stand the wat Letterman starts his show. Running around the stage jumping up against walls and acting like a simple idiot. To say it has no class is an overstatement. Before Leno came back I would mute my TV until his craving for himself would stop. Then his show was, at best, was OK! Same goes for Conan! I am glad he bite the bullet now Letterman should be next

Dear PJ: Since when does a Christmas Tree represent religion? It’s not like he was crashing into a nativity scene.

David Letterman is a pervert. He made fun of sex with minors, that hit home for me; I was 14, he was 46. I haven’t recovered from that traumatic experience, he destroyed my life; I can’t hold on to a relationship. If I reported him to authority, no one would believe me; he was a very powerful man know a lot of people in politics, he was a fundraiser for his party (Democrat). My only consolation he finally died two years ago. Men like David Letterman, I hate them.

BILL!

I love Jesus’s post, not to mention this is my first confirmed communcation with him via the web. I have some real questions for him…Please let him post.

JM

I don’t care who Letterman has sex with….same goes for Tiger Woods. I watch to be entertained and Jay Leno is just NOT funny.

lenny…take your political agenda elsewhere. Liberals are not the ppl the conservatives here say they are, and vice versa. I am liberal because I am as interested in the opportunities of others as I am in my own. Many ppl are conservative because they prefer limited government and local control. None of that is crazy or should be ridiculed. If you cannot argue with measured reason or without resorting to hyperbole you just make yourself look foolish.

A 1.6 for his new relaunching of his show seems low IMO. I’m curious as to how quickly viewership will deteriorate.

Sarah take it to them. Remember libs cannot tolerate divesity. If a person doesn’t think like a lib they are stupid. Only libs are intelligent, like Obama who can’t pronounce ‘corps’. We now have spell check, Obama needs pronounce check. Have you seen his Harvard grades? haha never happen.

Was a Victim, you do understand that he was making a Bristol Palin joke and didn’t adequately check out just who was at Yankee Stadium that day. Frankly, since Bristol was the butt of all kinds of jokes from all the late night guys, this wasn’t a unique event. It was Sarah who willfully distorted the non-incident to mean Dave was talking about raping a 14 year old. Like the good little sheep you Palinites are, you bought the lie hook, line, and sinker, and continue to breathlessly repeat it nearly one calendar year later.

Pete-willie, if conservatives are so interested in limited government and the right of the individual to be left alone, then why in the hell are conservatives so obsessed with using governmental powers to deny civil rights to gay people?

“Will everyone stop talking about Obama?” Stop complaining about hearing about Sarah Palin, we have to listen to Obama!!

Bill,

My bad, I though you were playing God, and what really happened is I was playing stupid…see “older Comments” button. Sheesh, when all else fails read the manual.

JM

Letterman lost his edge a long time ago. He is nothing more than a snarling angry old man.

@Bill Jenkins March 3, 2010 at 10:43 am.

I’m not afraid of Sarah Palin. I’m afraid that she’ll leave office in the middle of it if she gets elected to the PotUS much like she did when she left Alaska in the middle of her term as governor.

The only reason why you have all these “supporters” for Leno is because he had Palin on his show… if this was 2 weeks ago, you guys would have lumped Leno in with Liberal Hollywood.

I find all the Late Night Comedians to be somewhat lacking, not just Letterman and Leno.

“I’m not a pacifist. I won’t hesitate to beat some liberal a$$ if one of those chumps would like to step up to the plate.”

Ah yes… everyone can be a tough guy on the internet. That’s cute.

LENO rules!!!!!! CONAN is nothing but a big cry baby. He should hide in disgrace for taking all those millions for doing a BAD job against Letterman. Sounds like a Wallstreet BONUS!! And Letterman just wanted Conan to stick around cause he is the only one he can beat.
Again, LENO RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jill, wanna go up the hill?

I watch Letterman when Mr. O is on. He is just as ‘snarly’ as Dave. Is “snarly” a word? Well it is now!

JM

JM, indeed, conspiracy is often alleged, but never the case on our site.

Usually, our posts display every comment on a single page. With heavy traffic and lots of comments on these Leno posts, we turned on pagination to limit the load on our server. As you noted, just click the “Older posts” link below.

We’ll turn that back off once the server load diminishes.

A thread about Leno vs. Letterman becomes conservatives vs. liberals? Funny.

And I want to know when the convervatives in power when Jr. Bush was in power embraced less government. Was that when they banned the use of stem cells in research, including those attainable through miscarriages, when they supported and passed the Patriot act? NO I guess it was when they gave Wall Street free reign to screw the American people.

Kewl Mr. Bill,

Sorry, but I was v excited about my comments to JC. The devile made me do it! So, I am praying Jesus gets back to me on my second question.

Winking emoticon,

JM

I get a kick out of posters who whine about Matt Drudge having linked a particular article on his website. (insert baby crying noises here) LOL

Maybe leftist websites could link articles as well? Of course there simply aren’t any popular leftist websites because no one wants to hear it! In fact, the most popular leftist website is the DNC. Even the DCCC sends out e-mails constantly begging for money with outrageous outright lies as their motivator to sucker in the gullible. Hopefully they’ll bleed the gullible dry to the point that they wake up. OK, it’s not likely they’ll wake up, but when they’re broke they’ll at least have to finally face some reality of just what the DNC and their dog and pony show DCCC liars truly are.

And the best part for the fun, …….. I’m on the DCCC mailing list and get to watch their whining and lying first hand. Front row seat to watch them cry when Sarah Palin takes them to the fence post on every topic and issue. Just goes to show you that politics can be entertaining.

I’m now informed that I’m a “Lizard brain” thanks to the Huffy Puffy. Quite proud of that actually.

Oh! Did I mention I listen to Rush Limbaugh too? (tweak)

Ditto Heads, Lizard Brains, Tea Party movement, UNITE !!!

Enjoy the 2010 election. Be sure to turn the volume down though so as not to hurt your ears with all the leftist whining and crying while the screen door slaps them on the behind on the way out. D

Looks like Leno is trending downward. His ratings are not sustainable. Let see what he pulls in next week.

Sarah did really well. The libs can throw nasty sexist jokes all they want, they’re just exposing how crude and ignorant they are.

The biggest problem Sarah has is that she is too tense. Not surprising due to the ridiculous “criticism” she gets from the “news” media. She has the substance, she has the common sense conservatism and passion, she just needs to loosen up.

People like Leno. They like Headlines. They like when Jay talks to dumb people at Universal Studios, and on Melrose. Jay does a very staid, traditional show, that draws viewers. I don’t like it. I prefer Redeye. But I give Leno credit for producing a show that lots of people like. More people like his style than Letterman’s or Conan’s. He stands to be the big winner if his show consistently out-rates Letterman. If he saves the late night daypart for NBC, he’ll have the biggest “told ya so” in TV history.

BRING BACK CO CO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All the left wing loons are running scared there attacking anyone who disagrees with them and branding them a raciest.

A.Who hates Sara Palin
Q.Who are crazy Lazy liberals

RUKidding? I can’t stand Leno but he does have appeal and I expected he was going to do fine on his return to late night. His show is steady, doesn’t change much or take chances and there’s probably a lot of people who apprecaite that especially in this day and age.

@roger:

Okay… I’m a socialist, I voted for obama. (Full disclosure). However, your comment is the most stupid thing I have read today. First of all…. capitalist democracy is a lie and a half. Free Market is dead, and has been since company’s are to big to fail. With that said…. have you read Karl Marx? Obama is not even close to being socialist (closer to a centerist between Dem/Reb). Nothing Obama is doing is even close to being socialist…. even the public option health care.

This may come as a surprise to you but… we have had public opition for quite some time. Low-income people can get Medicade for health insurance often with no-copay. So any debate you’d like to bring up on that topic I can refute.

Also, making an allusion to Marx was a bad choice, Marx would bitch slap obama for some of the bailouts while letting free market bullshit contiune to be subverted by large trusts/corprate companies. I suggest you read some Marx to understand just how stupid you are.

Now…back to tv chatting….

JC,

An astute observation and I concur that she needs to loosen up a bit. Now are you going to answer my questions?

JM

JC,

Actually, if Palin has a real problem, is that she has the thinnest skin of any major politician I’ve ever seen. Did you ever see Reagan whine about mean things that comics said about him? I’ll be honest, Palin seems to spend more time REACTING to opponents than anything else. If a late night comic gets her and her minions this irrationally angry, just how well is this act going to play on the international stage?

Wow, if people are this board are actually referring to Sarah Palin as “smart” when he campaign managers came out and said that she wasn’t aware who was in NAFTA or that Africa is a continent, then I’ve got concerns about my fellow brethren.

Ever notice how most of the conservatives that post on here come off like comment posters on YouTube? Shouting about Obama like he’s Dane Cook and saying things like “Tea Partiez RULE!!SD@!!!”. This ridiculous fringe element of society is not even based on logic or factual argument, it’s based on, “I’m angry that I’m a pathetic failure”.

For Pete’s sake,

U gotta b jokin me Man!!! I would like to see yours or for that matter any other nobody have their lives skewered by the media as she has and still come out the other side smiling. Hell, I would have to be on turbo OTC drugs to get through that crapola. Sarah is still shinning nonetheless.

JM

JC,

There’s nothing “common sense” about conservative economic policies that have consistently failed to balance a single budget in the three decades they have been tried.

Clinton raised taxes back to 1982 levels, cut some defense spending (and didn’t start two unfunded wars), and voila…a balanced budget and a projected surplus. Granted, in ONE YEAR the surplus was gone thanks to a 2 trillion dollar tax cut, and then an additional two trillion dollars borrowed because the previous WH occupant was too spineless to make the US people chip in for the wars he insisted needed to be fought.

Remember this whole unfunded war thing the next time a conservative bleats about needing to invade Iran, Venezuela, and Argentina (Drudge is weirdly branding them an enemy as well).

JM,

Ronald Reagan was BBQ’d by the media, and he never blew his stack about it in public. Not once.

Wow. . . I like how a site for television ratings turned into an amateur political debate. . . and over Sarah Palin! I’ll tell you one thing I think every time I hear her name; she couldn’t get her daughter to believe in abstinence till marriage, so how am I suppose to believe she can change this country for good?

Having said all of that, I don’t remember what Leno was bringing in his first tour of the show on average, but it seems to be up a bit from Conan’s averages. But it is the first week back, and even his primetime show did great in its first week. The real telling will be when next week rolls in, if interest maintains.

Palin is a rockstar and will bring ratings to wherever she is. Leno is a hack and a bit thief. Capitalism is true equality. Socialism is misery.

Erik the Red,

I’m angry that you are angry about being a pathetic failure. I believe you are pulling it off like a champ! Keep posting for its guys like you that make my failure of a life seem peachy,

Cheers,

JM

The matchup last night was suppose to have given a glimps into what candidate is more popular and could potentially win the 2012 nomination in a Romney vs Palin matchup. Well since Palin won easily, notice the media isn’t saying anything about this. If Romney and Letterman would have come out on top, this would have been front page news.

Viewers know what they want: Leno. David is an angry man who lacks common sense. I hope his program will be on his bedside.

Jon,

I think that Jay’s ratings are going to need to be tracked versus his own ratings from 2008-09. It doesn’t seem that he’s gained his own audience back. It all might be a moot point, because NBC really doesn’t have a whole lot of time to think about who to groom for Jay’s seat in less than a decade. Will enough time have passed for people to get over their discomfort about Jay’s rather unprofessional actions? Unless Jay drops dead on stage, will any successor really feel secure that Jay won’t change his mind again? Or will NBC chicken out and let Jay go into his mid 70′s, running the risk of losing younger demographics/loyalty to whoever CBS gets to replace Letterman?

Personally, I’m waiting for two bellweather moments. One, in September Conan will be able to speak freely about all of this. Two, eventually a guest on Leno’s program is going to get a zinger in, and it will interesting to see how Jay reacts.

” she couldn’t get her daughter to believe in abstinence till marriage, so how am I suppose to believe she can change this country for good?”

That is one of the dumbest statements I’ve read (and that’s saying a lot). You cannot force someone else to believe (or practice) as you do. Even parents have their limits.

@ Pete

Are you referring to the same policies of the previous white house that Obama voted for and supported as a Senator? Yeah get your facts straight chief.

There is no problem with conservative economic policies and they are the answer to what made Americda great and will return her to greatness. The problem is that people comfuse conservative with Republican and can’t even differentiate a real Republican from a RINO (Replublican in Name only). Far too many Rino’s have been elected to office and basically act like Democrats. McCain was one of those. His consistent message in the 2008 campaign was how much he had screwed over his one party and would continue to do so if elected.
Sara is a rock star. That is what scares the left so much about her and why they go after her all the time. She properly wears it as a badge of honor.
Ann Coulter said it best a few weeks back…paraphrasing here….There are a lot of bad Republicans…but no good Democrats.

I wish Jay well and think he will do fine. He is much more a comic, host, gentleman, and American compared to that other fool Letter…something.
Jim
L.A. (Lower Alabama!!)

[quote] A: Who loves Sarah Palin?

Q: Crazy white people [/quote]

Who loves Obama, black ghetto trash, queers, butch lesbians, commies, every left wingnut, welfare queens, baby killers, American haters, terrorists, criminals, prison inmates, and all malcontents. Oh, and you.

I’m not surprised Palin brought in the numbers. Disturbed, maybe, but not surprised. I’m more interested in seeing the numbers in a month or so when the dust settles and they’re back to “regular” guests.

So I am supposed to believe since Palin helped Jay’s ratings she’s the next viable presidential candidate? Glenn Beck gets great ratings let’s put him on the ticket.

I’d prefer Romney and I actually enjoyed the interview with letterman last night. Dave didn’t needle him either but Romney is also a smart, fiscally conservative, moderate on social issue like most members of the republican and democratic parties are barring the radical leftists and rightists in both parties.

The ‘Clinton surplus myth’.

He took the money from the social security ‘lockbox’ in order to do so. He also had, because of the tech boom, some of the greatest revenue reciepts from taxes the government has ever had.

He also revoked the Glass-Steegal act, which gave us the present day GLOBAL financial crisis.

The list of slick willy’s incompetent crooked corrupt administration are too numerous to count.

Worst president we’ve ever had. Jimmy Carter looks brilliant compared to zipper bill. The thing is Clinton wasn’t incompetent as much as he was incredibly corrupt. He was and is, a psychopath.

fantum….You are Soooooooo Correct!!!!!!

Johnny…we will always miss you…you were the best there ever was!

The CBO said it was a surplus, therefore it was a surplus. The CBO said that the Bush tax cuts would wipe out the surplus, and lo and behold they did.

Liberals, or progressives as you now call yourself. Get a clue. You back the party of political corruption and slavery, i.e., Democrats and unquestionally follow Barry while he tears the foundation of this country down. Maybe if you spent more time researching the facts rather than drinking the cool aid the Demoncats are giving you, we might actually see what a mess we are in. The vast majority of americans are getting sick of Hope and Change and Sarah Palin’s increasing popularity is an example of that.

“Clinton raised taxes back to 1982 levels, cut some defense spending (and didn’t start two unfunded wars), and voila…a balanced budget and a projected surplus.”
Clinton raised taxes in the first 100 days and taxes went up astronomically. The way he saved himself is that he cut capital gains taxes. It did not come from supply side.

In reply to Pete’s misinformation about republicans balancing the budget. Bill Clinton did not balance the budget as you claim. It was Bush Sr tax increase as he left office and Gingrich and the “Republicans that balanced the budget in 1996 not Clinton. Yes Clinton was President but that was the extent of his contribution. Clinton didn’t have any aspiration to balancing the budgets until Republicans took over congress in 96 and with Gingrich as Speaker forced Clinton to agree to balance the budget for which Clinton and democrats now take credit for and republicans hardly are recognized as the true architects of Clinton’s success. Actually it was Bush Sr tax increases and consumer spending and the shrinking military budget that created the balance budget during Clinton’s term the most and of course we found out later that dismantling the military made as less ready to take on the terrorists after 9-11 and thus the reason Bush W had to increase military spending to get the military ready to defend the nation and thus spend most of the surplus that he inherited. So get your head out of the liberal sack and get your fact right.

Palin is probably one of the most effective conservative speakers we’ve had since Ronald Reagan. That is why the NY/HOllywood media are so afraid of her and condemn her whenever they can. She blows the lid of liberal viewpoints and has all the qualites to be president. This is driving democrats and the media nuts!

In regard to JC’s remarks on Clinton having balanced budget. A question for him, “who spends the money?”. Clue, the president doesn’t, it’s the House of Reps does.

So when the GOP took charge of congress, they limited his big spending.

That’s why when Reagan got elected and got a tax cut through congress, he ran a deficit because the Dems ran congress and spent every penny the tax cuts raised. He doubled the money coming into the Treasury.

travis says:

“Who loves Obama, black ghetto trash, queers, butch lesbians, commies, every left wingnut, welfare queens, baby killers, American haters, terrorists, criminals, prison inmates, and all malcontents.”

TAXOLIB HOMOCRAT NIGOTARDS!

(Fortunately, there *is* a cure for gays, but Michelle Obama and her big pHARMa keepers don’t want you to know about it: http://preview.tinyurl.com/yzy86l7 )

Vince, no one on the left is scared of Sarah Palin. She is the dream candidate in 2012 for the Democratic party.

Palin’s ratings are the highest and therefore America likes her and therefore she should be president. I like this line of thinking. Since the cast of “Jersey Shore” gave MTV its highest ratings ever, I think we should start considering one of them for president…Snooki 2012!

BTW: It is really sad how far this website has fallen, so fast.

It is a cesspool of hate.

Uh Snarko,

News flash, Sarah is a Conservative! Therefore, I do not think she would accept the Demo nomination for Pres. I could be wrong, but I never am.

JM

David Letterman is lame and certainly not funny. I been to a taping of Late Night and Letterman is boring!

So many contradictions, so little time.

So, you ran Bush Sr. out of town because he raised taxes, but now want to claim with a straight face that it was HIS tax increases that balanced the budget and not Clinton’s policies? I realize that the conservative talking point is anything that goes wrong during a GOP Administration is the Democrat’s fault, and conversely anything that goes right during a Democratic Administration is in fact a Republican accomplishment.

Funny that you admit that cutting back defense spending contributed to balancing the budget, but now you rue that (as if not building $100 billion nuclear subs somehow emboldened Al-Queda). So, if under no circumstances should taxes ever be raised and defense not only not cut, but exponentially increased, just how do you plan on balancing the budget? Again, this formula utterly failed under the last three Republican Presidents.

Finally, no one will answer this, but why is it conservatives are unwilling to raise taxes in order to fund the wars they insist we fight. Do you think it was ultimately a wise move to fund a couple trilion dollar war in Iraq with a credit card?

“Uh Snarko,

News flash, Sarah is a Conservative! Therefore, I do not think she would accept the Demo nomination for Pres. I could be wrong, but I never am.

JM”

this is a joke right? Snarko meant Palin running for the Republican party would be a dream for the Democratic party. Not a dream for the Democratic nomination.

Does this clear things up for you?

Um, JM…I was clearly talking about her being the Republican candidate – which would be the Democratic dream scenario for 2012.

Larry,

Actually Reagan eliminated whatever savings he made with domestic cuts by increasing defense spending well above the revenue levels taxes were bringing in. He had a Republican Senate for the first two years of his Presidency, a Senate that signed off on HIS budgets. Deficits exploded.

Letterman is a bully…Id like to see a cage match Leno VS Dave..the only way the gapped tooth punk would win is if Jay got tired of trying to catch him…Dave can be funny, but with the meanness baggage, he is unwatchable.

Snarko,

“fallen so fast” from where and to where has is this website falling to?

JM

Jay lost 15% of his audience from the night before, where as Dave kept the same number he had from the night before. To me, that is a loss for Jay. In a few weeks Jay will have lost all of the bounce from people just turning in to see what a train wreck looks like.

>TAXOLIB HOMOCRAT NIGOTARDS!

This about sums it up.

Hey Jon, Obama can’t even quit smoking. How am I supposed to believe he can change this country.

Huh? You really dont mean that do ya Snarky baby?!?

Why are you people arguing with the special needs conservatives. No matter what you say to them they will come back at you with some crazy comment that somehow in their minds makes them right and superior to you. Plus you are just as bad if not worse for actually trying to argue with them. If you went up to a mentally handicap person and started to argue politics with them you’d be the one that looks bad.

Just leave them say all their crazy comments and move on.

I agree Bob and will be moving on…

It is just too bad that what once was a entertaining site that focused on ratings has now become a right wing platform for hate mongering, racism and bullying.

I guess I’ll stick to Media week.

You Bob – I lean,

I do not think you are a special needs person and therefore will bebate with you on any subject. Please keep in mind that I am a Conservative so don’t bring your A-game…you know take it easy on me cause Im SLOOOW.

LOL!

JM

Ha ha, my little Drudgies! Flock to this site and begin political debates! You are doing well, my little sheep!

Wow, this is intense. Clearly I missed something. Since I didn’t watch it can someone summarize what Gov. Palin told us about how we should go about ending the wars, fixing the economy, repairing our infrastructure, restoring our economic competitiveness, bringing down health care costs, fixing education and improving the situation of the middle class?

After reading some of the nastier comments posted here about Sarah Palin by our liberal chums, I actually found myself laughing out loud. She REALLY gets under their skin, and it’s obvious she’s getting a big hoot out of their rage. Sarah, keep it up – these guys are sooooo easy to rile and such fun to watch!

Snarky, pls don’t leave. Pls pls pls stay, you know we love you and your rants.

george you say palin teaching her daughter abstance is a foolish comment. There’s lots of things apparently you don’t know about backwoods barbie. For instance she eloped in 1988 and 7 months later she had her first baby. George do you think Sara believed in abstance as she says she does? There are lots more about her and her family if you did some background checking you would see that PALIN IS A PHONY.

As you can see, I disdain human beings — particularly our liberal chums — who don’t share my point of view. Boy, do I hate liberals! They are so dumb. But I have to go, because that copy of National Review won’t read itself!

comcass: Everyone eventually has hardships and makes “mistakes” some earlier than others. Why fuss over her personal life?

Lurker,

I can summurize for you:

1. Cut Gov’t spending by half. (non-defense)
2. Flat tax – personal and corporate.
3. Break the teachers union – voucher system – attach the money to the kid.
4. Excommunicate Andy Stern to Anartica.

I hope this helps.

BTW – did you find the remote?

JM

I second that! Snarky, at least spew some foul epithets before leaving – gimme some laffs.

Lurker:

She actually did not say point 4. That one is mine.

Ha-Ha

Hey, you guys. Back in the 90′s during the Clinton adm., when the Repubs gained control of Congress, they came up with the Contract with America. You can Google this. This was a plan to balance the budget and accomplish other goals good for America. One of the things put forward was the reform of Welfare. The Welfare system along with other so called Entitlements had just about bankrupted the country back then. Clinton actually vetoed the Welfare Reform Bill twice before Dick Morris convinced him to go ahead and allow it to pass. You can Google Dick Morris, Clinton, and Welfare Reform. As it turns out, ironically, taxes were lowered during the Clinton years. All of this resulted in the great surplus. Look it up. Of course, the dems take credit for this, but it was Newt Gingrich and the Repubs that did it.
The Dot Com Bubble didn’t hurt either.
Yes, I know this has little to do with Leno, but it might give you guys something real to investigate instead of just insulting each other.

Every boom in the history of civilization has been caused by the over expansion of money and credit; mostly credit. It has inevitably been followed by a bust; generally of equal and opposite size to the boom. Presidents have less control of money and credit in our world than do central bankers. While Congress (lead by the President – such as war) can take advantage of easy credit and borrow beyond anyone’s wildest dreams, it is the central bank (Federal Reserve) that provides the mechanism to do so.

It is difficult to watch Pols of either party continue to be oblivious to this fact and have so little real understanding of economics. The Republicans, to some degree, talk as if they understand, but in actual practice they spend like Democrats (only on different things). At some point we will have spent our way into bankruptcy. Maybe we have already. Real freedom with sound money is the only solution, but freedom requires responsibility, something I see little of today. Freedom is eroded slowly by the ever increasing size of the state in handling people’s needs. We have to be ready to do our own work and meet our own wants and not let someone else do it for us. It is difficult but, not nearly as difficult as losing our liberty will be.

Bruce,

Well said, well said.

JM

Bill,

Will you be posting and commenting on the ratings between Leno and Letterman tomorrow as well?

JM

Hello Lurker?!?

I can summurize for you:

1. Cut Gov’t spending by half. (non-defense)
2. Flat tax – personal and corporate.
3. Break the teachers union – voucher system – attach the money to the kid.
4. Excommunicate Andy Stern to Anartica.

I hope this helps.

BTW – did you find the remote?

JM

Oh, great, a Misean.

JM, as long as the traffic makes it worth it, we will make a special post on Leno/Letterman ratings, but we almost always include them in our regular overnight ratings posts on Tuesday-Friday.

Boris,

And, what happens when Atlas shruggs?

Hank Reardon

Bill,

I will be back this is way too much fun. Can I get paid as well for posting? I mean, only if it is funny, informative and otherwise totally wacky.

JM

Bill,

This is too much fun I will be back tomorrow.

JM

Ron Paul 2012!

JM: I saw your post. I’m trying to decide if you watched Leno last night or not.

Lurker,

Thus, I did not hear much of what she had to say. I was in prayer about her blouse.

But, did not watch r u coming out of the closet and about to admit you watched?!? Hmmm…Lurker were you lurking and watching Leno last night?

@JM: Nation of shopkeepers, nation of thieves.

The hydraulic notion of “wealth” fails to acknowledge its debt to the physical principles governing energy: it can’t really be created.

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Go Leno. Beat the dirty old man who is not very funny.

To all those discussing whether or not Clinton was responsible for our short-lived budget surplus please remember that Congress, not the President, is responsible for spending bills and that this surplus came at a time when Republicans had control of Congress.

I only watched Leno for SHAUN WHITE & ADAM LAMBERT! If not for them I would have watched anything else. Also will watch tonight for APOLO ANTON OHNO. Will not watch after!

I get a kick out of posters who whine about Matt Drudge having linked a particular article on his website. (insert baby crying noises here) LOL

Maybe leftist websites could link articles as well? Of course there simply aren’t any popular leftist websites because no one wants to hear it! In fact, the most popular leftist website is the DNC. Even the DCCC sends out e-mails constantly begging for money with outrageous outright lies as their motivator to sucker in the gullible. Hopefully they’ll bleed the gullible dry to the point that they wake up. OK, it’s not likely they’ll wake up, but when they’re broke they’ll at least have to finally face some reality of just what the DNC and their dog and pony show DCCC liars truly are.”

No popular leftist site? Have you heard of the Huffington Post, my son? I understand you’re clearly just doing this to gloat about how righteous and brilliant you are, but at least get your facts straight.

Also, JM, masturbating is a sin. If your right hand causes you pain, cut it off. I wrote it, now do it. And at least find better women to have impure thoughts about. Pamela Anderson is a poor, poor choice.

JM: If I had watched it I would know if you saw it or not and wouldn’t have to ponder the matter. What I’m weighing is whether Gov. Palin is now actually able to finally recite talking points correctly from memory convincingly enough that I shouldn’t bother researching the matter when generic Forbesian grunts are proffered as her words. All I saw of the show was that she didn’t have those talking points on her right hand and the screen flickered to the Now Playing list. It’s a quandary.

I for one couldn’t wait for Jay Leno to return to the Tonight Show. Nothing against Conan, because he seems like a very nice person, but I just wasn’t entertained by his sense of humor. David Letterman on the other hand is so mean spirited and seems to be getting worse. Hope Jay continues to do well.

you libs stay the course the bomo bus is heading for the 14 trillion
cliff and good ridance to all of you last five elections :

libs 0 conservs 5 even k baily was not conservative to elected?

soccialism just does not work in the usa we have been free tooooo long!!

believe me davie letterman is riding the bus can’t wait till the stop at the bottom

Please don’t attack me I just would like is the 4.6 Nielsen ratings? What are the DVR ratings, why don’t they count those?

Jesus Christ says:

“No popular leftist site? Have you heard of the Huffington Post, my son?”

Let’s leave those wretched antivaccine, pro-homeopathy, distance-healing, colon-scouring screws out of it.

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Clinton also raised the tax rate of the wealthiest Americans before Republicans took control of Congress. This played a huge role in cutting the deficit. Once Bush got in office, he cut taxes for the rich.

The tax legislation put in place by Bush cost the country $2.5 trillion from 2001 – 2010. 52.5% of those tax cuts got to the wealthiest 5% of tax payers.

Boris tell us how you really feel?

Eh no side is better than the other. They both suck donkey balls, dems and republicans.

Gotta hand it to Leno, he is the power force of late night and his dominate numbers cannot be dismissed.

Conan will go down as the new Coke experiment of this decade and Letterman as the mean old creep who yells at you to get off his lawn.

Huffington Post are liberal posers.

Hey, if we’re talking politics and taxes, then libs should consider this when they castigate successful people in hoping they pay EVEN MORE still—try getting your next job from a poor man. You’ll love what he’s paying.

Sarah Palin is adorable and Jay knows it. She was a huge draw. The Flying Tomato is great and Adam was OK although I prefer my men to sound like men. Every last one of them.

Leno beat Letterman before he quit and came back – without Palin. Leno beat Letterman on Monday – without Palin. Leno beat Letterman on Tuesday — with Palin. Must be all about Palin. LOL. Come on. Leno has been beating Letterman fairly consistently with or without Palin. Letterman is a mean, bitter old man and an adulterer…. most people rejected him long ago.

Palin is a natural entertainer, not a president. She should get her own talk show host and do what she does best — entertain. She is not presidential material, however. Romney is clearly more qualified and competent to lead the country. Palin has a vital role to play and so does Romney. The GOP is big enough for both of them. They both provide a valuable service for conservatives.

I know most people are watching Leno for the Olympic champions and maybe just to see if he’s doing anything different on his return. For Palin fans to allege that his numbers (which were actually bigger on the first night without her) are all due to her is TRULY DELUSIONAL.

Letterman was funny many years ago. He has become a bitter old man pushing his far left ideals under the disguise of a late night entertainment program.

I am so glad to see Sarah Palin out showing people she is not the monster the media has made her to be. They have tried to destroy her and have done a pretty good job of it as they do with other people that seem to be a threat to them. Shame on all of them. Go Sarah,

So, was there a rationale behind switching from “Helena” to “Karin” over the space of five minutes?

I am so happy for Jay… it proves he is the king of late night talk show.
HA HA! To nasty Letterman… he stinks…Letterman is a boring old pervert…

Boris: Thank you so much for calling me a Misean. I only wish I had von Mises intellect. He had to be one of, if not the most important economist of the 20th century. He wrote 25 books, hundreds of articles on human action, free markets and political economy.

Charles – “52.5% of those tax cuts got to the wealthiest 5% of tax payers.

Since the top 5% pay approx. 50% of the taxes, then that’s about right. You can only give so much tax break to someone who pays little tax! Now the top 1% pay more total taxes the the bottom 95%.

Drudge must have posted this today. All the Cliffhangers are coming out to argue how bad things are?

Palin did well last night, she is easy to look at, and her jokes were done well. Jay like always was pleasant and entertaining. Kinda glad to see Jay is able to get a good crowd.

Clinton was responsiable for the surplus which was already on its way before the 1994 Rebublican takeover. “Tax and Spend” is always better for the budget than “Spend and Borrow” because some of the spending is paid for. Republicans always spend and cut taxes and borrow to cover the loss and then seem surprised that the debt always grows under their control? Selective blindness can always stop one from seeing the truth?

Letterman probably wishes that he didn’t score with all his female intern staff. I’m sure he’d want to hit on Sarah if he wasn’t so radioactive, which would be of some consolation for getting his obnoxious clock cleaned by the gigantic-chinned semi-funny Leno.

Letterman is a vulgar despicable walking talking pile of shit. His attacks and smears against Palin and her family are disgusting. He attacked women staffers with his sexual advances. He used his celebrity manager/ownership position to force women working for his show to submit to his sexual advances and perversions. CBS should fire him and cancel his show.

Palin’s accomplishments.
Wassilla City Council, two terms
Wassilla Mayor, two terms
Elected Chair of Alaska’s Conference of Mayors
Appointed Chair of Alaska Conservation Committee, regulates Alaska’s oil and gas industries.
Fought corrupt republicans and democrats who were accepting favors from oil companies.
Elected Governor by a landslide.
Took on BP, ConocoPhilips, and ExxonMobil and forced them to drill and use their land leases or loose them.
Palin invited the oil companies to place open bids to build a natural gas pipeline, a bid by TransCanada, North America’s largest pipeline builder was approved by the legislature.
Palin raised taxes on oil companies after former governor Murkowski’s previous tax regime produced falling revenues in 2007, despite high oil prices.
Alaska’s oil tax revenues, from the oil companies, in 2008 was $10 billion, twice those of the previous year.
Palin approved gas tax relief for Alaskans, and paid every resident $1,200 to ease their fuel costs ( Motor Fuel Tax Suspension).
Palin reduced earmarks by 85%, “Our eight requests have broad public support and have been vetted through a transparent public process, and most of the projects are nationally significant,” Palin said.
Palin created the Alaska Health Strategies Planning Council to find innovative solutions to effectively provide access to and help to reduce the costs of healthcare.
Palin negotiated sensitive agreements on fishing rights and trade deals with other countries.
Palin tripled funding for special needs children education.

It will be interesting to see what TVBYTHENUMBERS advertisers feel about the racism, homophobia, and general hate mongering that they are paying to support.

I’ll get back to y’all on that one.

Even larger publishers such as Tribal fusion base their acceptance policy on moderated content being their clients expect clean sites that uphold certain standards.

This is clearly an unmoderated, free for all and I am sure someone will be getting an email soon…

Letterman is an idiot…no thinking person watches his stupid leftist propaganda “show”.

Thank GOD for free speech and all the rest of our GOD given rights in this great country. Let no socialist group (ie progressives) take these rights away from us. It will be time for revolution if they try.

Jay is a gentleman. He has always slammed Palin in the past, but remains a gentleman. This poor woman was savaged from the moment she was announced by John McCain. I’m glad she’s starting to be treated like a lady. She’s a great American…

Guess what, GlobalWarmer”: “You have no right to my or any one else’s money no right to free food, free education, free health care, no free any thing.”

We have as many rights as the govt allows, and free public education happens to be one. Or do you hate the laws of the land?

I tuned in to see Sarah and thought she was very funny,
really enjoyed the show. I am glad Jay is back.

“We have as many rights as the govt allows”

What? I think you mean ‘The government has as many rights as the Constitution allows’, not the other way around. It is very clear that the Constitution was written to create a framework for government, establish what the role of each branch was, then clearly limit its power.

According to the Founding Fathers, rights are not given by the government but by a “Creator” and that governments should not attempt to restrict those rights. Somehow, free stuff that the government gives out is called a right. In fact, if the government gives it out, it ain’t a right. Think about it.

I think Sarah did fine. Of course MSNBC trash her, again. That is
why I don’t watch that joke of a show.

“We have as many rights as the govt allows, and free public education happens to be one. Or do you hate the laws of the land?”

Who gets FREE Education? I pay school taxes out the kazoo. Will they refund my taxes so my kids can have a free education?

Looks like Jay is back to kicking butt again.

Jay has always been a class act while Letterman comes across and mean and vindictave and very partisan. Sarah Palin was very funny and also was a good sport making fun of herself and the notes on the hand. The only late night show I will watch is the tonight show with Leno.

I think Shaun White and Adam Lambert were a big factor in the ratings too. Loved Palin’s comment about being a part of Fox News (saying that on NBC). Great stuff….

Letterman has been terrible for years.

What a shame Hilary Clinton, who was crucified 10 times worse than Palin by the media, didn’t get the same level of love by the Palin lovers here.

Always liked Leno; he is not as abrasive as Letterman. Although Letterman is definitely a smart guy, Leno is way more the every-man.

With respect to our rights and the government, I’ve witnessed the slow erosion of our basic rights. There are now often being defined as ‘privileges’, which can then be legislated and regulated.

Social progress cannot exist without government. Or rather, that is what governemnt believes. For example, a restaurant sets up a non-smoking section. Suddenly towns and communities are flooded with ordinances to define such. Businesses establish parking places for the handicapped. Government jumps in and decides only it has the right to define what is handicapped, and issues stickers for said parking places. Even though parking is more often than not on private property. A company allows a more liberal time off policy to allow workers to address issues with family medical needs. The feds jump on this one and immediately pass laws for all companies to follow. Folks, this is a _really_ BAD TREND. And it needs to be stopped.

God gives us rights NOT the Govenment. READ the constitution. Really, read it. We the people (it used to be this way) told the govenment what it could do, not the other way around. That is how it should be. Please read, educate yourselves or things will never get better.

“We have as many rights as the govt allows”

This may be the most uninformed, unintelligent thing I’ve read on a message board this year (and that is truly saying something). I love it when people who have never actually read our founding documents pipe up on political matters. By all means, continue making yourself sound like the uneducated, government-beholden serf you are.

Also, Leno blows.

How in the hell did an article about Jay Leno become an obnoxious political discussion?

Jay you rock!
Sarah, you rock even more!

The constitution was only originally designed to apply to white land owning men, now if that’s what you want fine say so but if you think people were more free back then you are very wrong. The freedoms of today are massively better for all people then anything that was done back then.

What the government “gives” as a so-called right, the government can take away if you don’t obey and bow down. Hence, the constitution. When you’re a kid, you get allowance. That isn’t a right either.

Sarah is great and that is why she is attacked but at the same time ratings go up werever she is. She speaks for most of the country.
Leno is ok but Letterman is not funny and is a nasty old man that does not even change a diaper on his child.

“How in the hell did an article about Jay Leno become an obnoxious political discussion?”

Jay Leno vs. Letterman = trivial story of minimal interest; I’ll take a spirited political discussion anytime. Heaven forbid anyone should discuss anything substantive or off topic to the main article, even if responding to the comments of others. And as soon as the mention of Sarah Palin was made in the title of the article, there were sure to be political junkies as well as idiots making their appearances on the comment boards. I’m not sure why you’re surprised.

Jo Schome,

Matt Drudge linked to this post.

DB- Actually the government doesn’t give us rights. Our rights are given by God and cannot be taken away. The constitution only recognizes that rights are ours by virtue of our humanity. There is no such thing as a right to education. We have the right to be left alone – the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. If you want education it’s earned, or a privilege or an entitlement. Nothing more. It isn’t a right. People today are ignorant when they state that we have rights given us by the government. It demonstrates utter ignorance of the American constitution and philosophy of life. People don’t die to preserve the right to be educated. They die in behalf of the rights to life, to liberty (freedom from governmental intrusion) and the pursuit of happiness (the freedom to follow our dreams). This is what makes our country unique.

Lets clear up the RIGHTS issue. The present government has not read the Constitution nor have the courts. Lets get them to read it daily.

Sarah draws huge crowds everywhere she is. She will be President. Obama is already a has been, a fizzled out ember.

Kent says:

“God gives us rights NOT the Govenment. READ the constitution. Really, read it.”

Funny, I missed the part where the Constitution mentions “God.” I didn’t find “senile delinquent living in the sky,” either.

Bob- “The constitution was only originally designed to apply to white land owning men, now if that’s what you want fine say so but if you think people were more free back then you are very wrong. The freedoms of today are massively better for all people then anything that was done back then.”

You seriously need to pick up a non-high school level history book. I bet you think that the founding fathers loved slavery, too, and that the “New Deal” was a rousing success. We have less freedom today, ranging from the Patriot Act to school curricula, to attempts to bring the Internet under Federal authority. Many people live in communities where they have to get the color of their house or their decision to remove a tree or build a fence “approved.”

Yeah, we’re more free now. Sure. You still have the right to be wrong, which you obviously are.

First I think Jay Leno is a better late night host.

Second I like Sarah Palin common sense approach. I think we have reached a point where we need to get back to basics. LIKE THE FOUNDING FATHERS CREATED. Yes people of America.. you were given a gift and we are not letting it be squandered.

Check this out if you are not bored with lame political history. Lame political history just might save your ass!

Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” John Adams

“Political interest [can] never be separated in the long run from moral right”

“Can the liberties of a nation be sure when we remove their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people, that these liberties are a gift from God? Thomas Jefferson

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.”
Patrick Henry

All of the studies that I’ve seen have shown that Jay and Conan trashed Palin more than Dave did… its strange how some peoples anti-Dave agenda seems to cloud that fact. Of course they hated him before any Palin comment or joke, so I guess I can’t expect anything different.

Bruce says:

“Boris: Thank you so much for calling me a Misean. I only wish I had von Mises intellect. He had to be one of, if not the most important economist of the 20th century. He wrote 25 books, hundreds of articles on human action, free markets and political economy.”

So did L. Ron Hubbard.

Yeah, But L. Ron knew that if he failed at writing (which he did) he could always just start a cult (which he also did.)

Funny how that worked out, huh?

It does not matter to me who Jay has on that show, I will NEVER watch it again! Not as long as Jay Leno is on it. Jay showed his true colors in this whole thing and I for one will not watch it.

Jay just go retire already.

What? Letterman is still on TV? WTF? I guess the 9 MSNBC viewers flip around some.

Cosmo (1st comment) said it all, enough said.

I think it’s high time the late night talk/entertainment show hosts like Leno and Letterman quit doing political ‘humor’ … PERIOD! They are cutting back their ratings by alienating 50% of potential viewers by ridiculing the belief systems and the personalities of each political party. Imagine the increase in the ratings if these shows emphasized making it on humor based on other things besides politics and political partisanship. Sinbad does very well without it. These hosts could, too. The truth of the matter is, NONE of them even come close to Johnny Carson’s humor, and even Conan’s last breaths were the rating grabbers during the late night wars, when he was primarily ridiculing NBC management. Craig Fergusan is head and shoulders above his ‘boss’ Letterman and his one man show is GREAT! LOL … he riducules EUROPE … especially the french, scots, and english. Americans love that.

Leno is the Yoko of late night televison and a moral waste dump. He should have retired gracefully when he agreed to do so years ago. Johnny never would have pulled such an unethical stunt on another host—but Johnny had standards.

I’ve always heard that she was just so “frieghtning” dangerous, crazy, stupid, etc. She was really funny, smart, non-threatning, I was stunned, I woulda thought she was satan, but she was an Angel…who was tellin me that crap?…..Hmmm

“Johnny never would have pulled such an unethical stunt on another host” And what news source have you been reading King? If this is a gag, there must be a punchline, otherwise it’s just another Letterman joke falling flat.

Kevin says:

“I’ve always heard that she was just so ‘frieghtning’ dangerous, crazy, stupid, etc. She was really funny, smart, non-threatning [...]”

She’s an end-times Dominionist. (“Especially in times of potential trouble in the future here, we’re not afraid to say, you know, we don’t have all the answers as fallible men and women, so it would be wise of us to start seeking some divine intervention again in this country.”)

If you don’t find someone advocating theocracy “frieghtning” or dangerous, I suggest you spend some time in Saudi Arabia.

Carbon Dioxide is NOT produced by cars. Carbon Dioxide is produced by biologicals (ie humans) breathing. Cars produce Carbon Monoxide which does NOT contribute to a “green house” effect. This is all B*LL SH*T…it’s already been proven it’s all lies but the ignorant masses still want to send billions of their dollars to Al Gore’s enterprises. This is so stupid it’s funny.

Don’t Tread on Me!

I’m sure Jay’s ratings are up BUT I still want to see what his average viewing age is. I’ll bet he raised the demo that Conan lowered and it’s back up to the geriatic age again. I guess Grandma and Grandpa are staying up late to watch that “nice” (cough) Mr. Leno.
Wait til the Baby Boomers expire, who’ll be left of Leno’s audience?
Down with The Chin!

Wow I was pleasantly surprised by Sarah Palin. I thought she was a dunce, but she proved to be every bit as entertaining as Letterman or Leno. I like her wit.

CNN and MSNBC just reported…how stupid was Sarah Palin last night…she actually believes that if you have a baby that’s got down syndrome, you should keep it, nurture it and love it…is that a joke or what? What a stupid women…Go Obama!

“We have as many rights as the govt allows, and free public education happens to be one. Or do you hate the laws of the land?”

Absolutely absurd.

rights are granted by God, not government. Government gets its authority from the people. People do not get their rights and liberties from government.

Nothing that must be provided by someone else can be a “right”. By definition, that requires taking rights from the people who are being forced to provide…

JustJoe: “CNN and MSNBC just reported…how stupid was Sarah Palin last night…she actually believes that if you have a baby that’s got down syndrome, you should keep it, nurture it and love it…is that a joke or what? What a stupid women…Go Obama!”

CNN and MSNBC are part of the government-controlled media. Since our current government thinks that it is in charge of who should or should not have the right to live, what else would CNN and MSNBC say?

Sarah Palin was great as usual and she will be the next President of these United States of America…so all you libs, Radicals, Commies, Perverts, etc., and all you America haters needs to get use to that fact…better still, why don’t all of you just pack up and leave the country…this would be a much better place without you…LOL

I’m no Palin fan, but I don’t recall her advocating a Theocracy- must’ve missed that while I was busy listening to Obama advocating for single-payer health care, unions controlling business, and a few other wonderful Progressive ideas, not to mention being against, then suddenly for reconciliation.

While I find the “end-times” folks more than a little creepy, last I checked we were still a nation where one was free to practice or not practice the religion of their choice without being persecuted. Palin is a Dominionist, Romney is a Mormon, Kennedy was Catholic, Reagan was a non-churchgoing Protestant, Clinton and both Bushes were church regulars. Obama is a seemingly non-practicing Protestant, as well. So what? Last I checked we are no nearer to being a theocracy than ever, and since we do have a little document that mentions not establishing a State religion, what are you so afraid of? If we ever elect an Atheist/Agnostic President, do you think they will suddenly outlaw all religion? No. Then why is Sara Plain so scary, aside from her lack of foreign policy experience (which our current Pres had none of, either?)

I was being satirical Cowboy…the progressives (aka liberals, aka socialists) would love to stifle all of our freedoms…they claim they do it for the common good but we all know they are after ultimate power. The obama following ignorant masses (sheep) are willing to give up their God given rights, but I am not!

Thank GOD for free speech and all the rest of our GOD given rights in this great country. Let no socialist group (ie progressives) take these rights away from us. It will be time for revolution if they try.

“What a shame Hilary Clinton, who was crucified 10 times worse than Palin by the media, didn’t get the same level of love by the Palin lovers here.”

Of course, we had the benefit of Hillary being part of the federal government under her husband’s administration (or was it the other way around?), so we are quite well aware of her socialist agenda and huge failures.

JustJoe says:

“Carbon Dioxide is NOT produced by cars.”

Do you have rocks in your head? Carbon monoxide is produced by incomplete combustion. Carbon dioxide is effectively the target product.

“While I find the “end-times” folks more than a little creepy, last I checked we were still a nation where one was free to practice or not practice the religion of their choice without being persecuted.”

What is more “end-times”… the referenced religious beliefs… or “progressive” fascism taking down the country ???

Hillary (aka HillDog) didn’t get the same love as Sarah Palin because she is a socialist (progressive) and most thinking Americans are not. I, as a libertarian, would never accept Hilldog’s socialist vission as an acceptable future for this, my, great country. Why would I defend a socialist?

Don’t Tread on Me!

If you ever want to see why “The Greater Good” is insanity, simply watch Shaun of the Dead.

Or look at all the “wonderful deeds” committed by those who were all about the Greater Good- you know, guys like Castro, Chavez, Pol Pot, Stalin, Mao, and all those other Progressive humanitarians.

Boris, you’re an idiot.

JPtheTVguy says:

“Palin is a Dominionist, Romney is a Mormon, Kennedy was Catholic, Reagan was a non-churchgoing Protestant, Clinton and both Bushes were church regulars. Obama is a seemingly non-practicing Protestant, as well. So what?”

Only one of these faiths advances an active eschatology, that’s what.

“How in the hell did an article about Jay Leno become an obnoxious political discussion?”

Maybe by Leno getting a huge ratings bump by inviting politics onto his show…

So you’re afraid she’ll be the American Achmadinejad, Boris?

Guess our Constitution and the will of the people aren’t enough to stop her… oh, wait, they don’t seem to be stopping Obama, so maybe you ARE right… or left. Or just scared in general.

Boris : “Palin is a Dominionist”

Actually, Palin is a Constitutionalist.

The level of unintelligence, twisting of words and ignorance here shocks me.

I don’t agree with Sarah Palin about almost anything, but I respect her admirers.

The Letterman and Conan haters obviously never actually watch their shows.

Anyone who says that Conan is a crybaby did not watch his emotional final speech, do not understand how much the 11:30 slot and The Tonight Show franchise means to him.

Anyone who says Letterman is a pervert did not watch his explanation about his jokes, and simply heard about the news in some website that put spin on it.

I don’t find Jay funny at all. His first show was a disaster. Jokes about Bush, Cheney and Alan Greenspan, “Bootyism,” “World’s Tightest Pants,” and whatever the hell Jamie Foxx was doing. So much unfunny. Not to mention that he didn’t mention Conan at all (he never mentioned Johnny Carson on his very first show either).

Yes, Jay has high ratings, but then again, so does Jersey Shore.

JustJoe says:

“Boris, you’re an idiot.”

Wow, that’s deep.

Its really simple folks…Leno=hilarity, Letterman=LAME (political ideology not necessary)

I love sarah palin, I love jay leno but I hate nbc,cnn. the only show I watch on nbc is “the tonight show” with jay.

“The Letterman and Conan haters obviously never actually watch their shows.”

Make that …

“The Letterman and Conan haters obviously never actually watch their shows ANY MORE”, and you will be closer to fact.

So Boris, I guess you’re afraid of any non-secular Jews, Hindus, Muslims and Christians, as they all subscribe to various forms and interpretations (both active and passive) of eschatology?

You must be one frightened little dude.

Personally I’d worry more about the Mahdi folk like Achmedinejackass who want to make parts of the planet blaze like fire than Palin or any other end-timer looking to a higher power for guidance from time to time.

I’m still laughing at that idiot Boris…at his statement that carbon dioxide is produced from carbon monoxide…omg, you can’t pay for this much stupidity! LOL

The only reason why Leno is getting high ratings….OLYMPIANS.

JPtheTVguy says:

“So you’re afraid she’ll be the American Achmadinejad, Boris?”

Nah. I’m tempted to say American Rasputin, but that gets the causality wrong. More like Jim Jones, perhaps.

LMAO at Boris….you are priceless!

JustJoe says:

“I’m still laughing at that idiot Boris…at his statement that carbon dioxide is produced from carbon monoxide…omg, you can’t pay for this much stupidity! LOL”

Try actually reading, mongoloid.

Well, I’m not drinking Palin’s Kool-Aid, that’s for sure!

Again, my concerns tend to wander more towards the people that talk about apostates and killing infidels, and of course those who are “looking out for my welfare” for “The Greater Good.”

Seriously, everyone should see Shun of the Dead. Funny as hell and a lesson in giving up too many rights/the greater good run amok.

Boris, quick save the polar bears stuck on the ice bergs…LOL

Hey, I just heard polar bears can swim up to 60 miles…omg, imagine that…does this mean they don’t need us (self-righteous humans) to save them? Dang..what do I do now? What cause can I focus my attention on now? Maybe my progressive friends could help with some suggestions?

Whoops, that’s SHAUN of the Dead.

I don’t think I’m a fan of either Leno or Letterman at this point, but Craig Ferguson is pretty darn funny when I’ve seen him.

“Well, I’m not drinking Palin’s Kool-Aid, that’s for sure!”

At least Palin’s latest physical didn’t result in a doctor recommendation to “moderate alcohol consumption”, like Obama’s did…

Obviously Obama needs to switch to the Kool-aid…

“The only reason why Leno is getting high ratings….OLYMPIANS.”

And that would include Sarah…

JPtheTVguy says:

“So Boris, I guess you’re afraid of any non-secular Jews, Hindus, Muslims and Christians, as they all subscribe to various forms and interpretations (both active and passive) of eschatology?”

You know perfectly well that there’s a difference between the existence of religious eschatological concepts and the desire to hasten their instantiation.

Cowboy, for clarification, that was a Jonestown joke, not a Palin jab, but you are correct that the Pres needs to cut down on the booze and butts.

I find it amusing at how many times Bush was labeled an alcoholic or “dry drunk” by the media and pundits, but we currently have a President who needs to cut back on the hooch on Doctor’s orders, but nary a mention, in fact, excuses from many, for his drinking and continued smoking. Hey, it’s a free country, but the hypocrisy and double-standards are amazing, aren’t they?

“Cowboy, for clarification, that was a Jonestown joke…”

JPtheTVguy, for clarification, that was quite obvious…

It’s discussions like these that make me hate cable news and political blogs.

None of them are fair or balanced.

MSNBC = Liberal Douchebags
Fox News = Conservative Assholes
CNN = Imcompotent Clowns

I remember watching Mike Huckabee and Jon Stewart having a calm, engaging conversation and debate about abortion rights, free of any bickering. Why can’t all discussions be like that?

Everyone’s been brainwashed by the likes of Sean Hannity and Keith Olbermann.

Also, I’m With CoCo.

JPtheTVguy says:

“Cowboy, for clarification, that was a Jonestown joke”

Well, there’s nothing like Jonestown as a source of yuks.

http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/LG/He_s_Able/12.Mass_Suicide_FCC.mp3

(The evidence suggests more Flavor Aid than Kool-Aid, BTW.)

Meh- I’m done for the night, so hope everybody can sleep well with all those religious nutbags running around out there. (sarc.)

Sorry Cowboy- I just wanted to be sure you weren’t jumping on me for something I didn’t mean, so apologies.

Boris- don’t let the zealots and demons in your head keep you awake at night: there are better things to worry about than the U.S. becoming a theocracy. Small things like the economy, Iran, China, and the postal service cutting Saturday delivery! Chilling, I know!

“Fox News = Conservative Assholes”

That must be why there are so many liberal Dems on their analyst staff…

“Sorry Cowboy- I just wanted to be sure you weren’t jumping on me for something I didn’t mean, so apologies.”

I wasn’t, and no apology is necessary.

Have a good night…

JPtheTVguy says:

“Boris- don’t let the zealots and demons in your head keep you awake at night: there are better things to worry about than the U.S. becoming a theocracy.”

That doesn’t mean that putative theocrats aren’t worth worrying about. Sweet dreams:

http://www.archive.org/download/ptc1978-11-18.flac16/ptc1978-11-18.flac16_64kb.m3u

I just love Meg Ryan!

I got a funny story…last year I had to fly out of Oakland airport back to Los Angeles…as I entered the southwest terminal area, I noticed several lines forming in a kiosk area…I asked one of the intellectuals for what they were waiting in line and he informed me that they were waiting to buy carbon credits…LMAO!!! I wish I was as smart as Al Gore to have idiots wait in line to pay me money for no real reason…Al Gore is a Genius and he is my hero! LMAO!!!

Save the *anything* where *anything* is the subject of the week for saving. Thank GOD for the bleeding heart liberals LOL

Don’t Tread on Me!

JustJoe says:

“Don’t Tread on Me!”

Ah, the bogus colonial “Navy Jack.” Remove the Fake Snake!

Spoken like a true communist comrade Boris! LOL idiot!

hey Boris, where’s the line to buy toilet paper?

Remember the Liberty, foreign lackey.

Palin is dumb as a post, but she is glib and attractive.

Hey numbskulls. It was “continue” to moderate alcohol use, meaning he’s moderating right now. I know continue is 8 letters long, but c’mon.

These two on TV are much more likable than Letterman and the folks on Nightline. Interesting people make interesting TV and Letterman and others are just not!

If Palin is so dumb how was she elected Governor of Alaska, Mayor of Wasilla twice and make head of Alaskas Energy Committee? You all are dumb!

Leno, Letterman, and Conan are not funny.

Palin lifts the spirit with her smile.Leno goes for good clean fun.Our President represents himself,he and Nancy are Bullies, Harry is a wannna be in training.I’ll trust my health to goodness and comic relief I”m sick of being depressed.

I rather find Ms Sarah a refreshing woman. But she is still “small town” (the best kind) who hasn’t quite yet learned how to handle her sudden popularity. Reality shows? Oh Lord, please. Not another cheesy reality show (blech) – even one for her daughter? What have we become? Consequently Sarah may wear out her welcome and burn herself out. Then perhaps, reborn in that fire, like a Phoenix she will rise again even better than she is now… or her fifteen minutes will be up and she will disappear like an Alaskan white-out. Even if that happens, she will have given so, so many conservative-haters so, so much stomach acid – and isn’t that a delightful thing to see?

Boris,

I was enjoying this thread, reading through the posts from oldest to first as I am wont to do. I was enjoying your posts in particular. Then you wrote, “Try actually reading, mongoloid.” I, as well as many others, lost all appetite for your evident whit and questionable wisdom at that point. Correlating intellectual disagreement with the tragedy of trisomy G diminishes you as a person. After that point, very few thoughtful people will take you seriously. The only people who will take you seriously, are those of small of character themselves who confuse information with wisdom.

Maybe this should be called ” Palin’s Revenge”.

Sarah “Mack the Knife” Palin is awesome. With a smile on her face, not a hint of malice in her demeanor and without breaking a sweat she just gutted David Letterman. And as the song said, “without a trace of red”.

Leno is more entertaining than Letterman and will do fine on his own, but he needed to get his audience back. Sarah did that for him. Grouchy old Dave is probably feeling a little less smug now.

Sarah Palin is an idiot. At least we know which side of the family her baby Trig inherited his down syndrome from.

Dave Letterman has always reminded me of a Bart Simpson character with his thin upper lip and overhanging upper jaw. Very Cartoonist in appearance. Enough compliments. Dave is just a sarcastic bitter guy from the left who can laugh out loud! Over the years his true colors have bled through. Leno is much more “bipartisan”. An equal opportunity insulter. Not so with Davie Boy.

Now, she’s out shopping herself and her family to the networks in the form of a reality TV show. This woman has shown that she is completely shameless when it comes to exploiting her own children for her financial gain. What a pathetic human being. It’s time you idiots woke up and realized that she always has been and always will be, “All about Sarah and Sarah’s money”.

Letterman stopped being funny when he lost out on the Tonight Show back in 199-whatever. He’s got the talent and the wit but chooses to just be a bitter old liberal. He should just join M(ess)NBC and get it over with.

It looks like the network looking for ratings, not necessarily a candidate stumping for votes!

CONTINUE YOUR DISCUSSIONS, MY LITTLE PUPPETS! As your chief of staff, I would appreciate it, my friends, if you would insert the word “libs” into every post you make!

“Palin and reality show guru Mark Burnett have been making the rounds in Hollywood this week to pitch a TV docudrama about Alaska.”

According to this idiot northern guy, jon and kate plus eight is a docudrama. The is exploiting kids!!

Hush your mouth, Gary! We have no time to talk about this right now. We are busy attack LIBS.

My loving sheep, I await future posts about LIBS. Please mention these LIBS in your posts as often as you can.

Power to Sarah Palin for knowing how to exploit Media opportunities and take home real money for whatever purpose, it’s hers! Algore, Hillary, Bill… they exploit the Networks for cash too!, Power to them too!

Hey Vladimir Putin ,

Just to let you know Palin has more brains than you’ll ever have.
Just remeber this saying, “It takes one to know one” when you call someone a name.

She’s popular because she’s YOU! She’s normal, flawed, and not exceptional. Get over yourselves you fools.

Q. “Is the Senator a “Man of the People”?”

A. “Oh no! The Senator is exceptional. He’s brilliant, savvy, and as ammased a fortune through precient business acumen. The people of this state deserve no less.”

Give me a good person with an once of common sense over a retarded academic who claims to be a genius!

Palin was funny. I watched clips on other shows. Can’t take Leno. However, I do believe Dave’s numbers are low because of his constant bashing of Republicans. Some is ok, but no jokes about Obama? Come on, with the awful job he’s doing, he’s a gold mine.

He should just go to MSNBC as a “journalist/show host” and he can rant and rave like Olbermann and the like, he would be a perfect fit since they only pick up failed “talent” anyway.

You’re correct, Jerry J! Olbermann is just another one of those LIBS. As my Web site indicates, I REALLY HATE LIBS. Boy, do I HATE THEM!

Hey Matt. Corrine reminded us of the sage wisdom that, ‘“It takes one to know one” when you call someone a name.’ Matt, you’re a LIBS.

Lurker, you’re just one of those libs. As my GOP colleagues are aware, libs are generally stupid, bleeding-heart socialists who were born in Kenya. Why don’t you go take your socialized medicine somewhere else?

PALIN/BUNNING 2012

Oh, retreating from the capslock now, are we?

Northern Guy, you follow the Sarah updates pretty closely. C’mon admit it you are a true “closet” supporter of the Sarah Express, you got nothing else to do up North this time of year right? But yet we are the “idots” …. sounds to me like you fit right into the catagory of “pathetic human beings”. How do you know she is shopping a reality show for her family? For such hatred, you sure know all about the gal! Beth you luv Hillary’s blue pantsuit huh, keeps you warm up north when your crying about Sarah …bwahahhhha

Excuse me, lurker, I don’t need to take any advice from a known LIB. You LIBS from the Democrat party really make me angry.

PALIN/BUNNING 2012

Matt, you’re one sexy closet LIBS.

Boris is a communist idiot…the rest of you smug intellactuals, get a life! LOL Nobody cares what you have to say!

ROFL…JustJoe, good one, my sexy dog! You tell those socialists what the real deal is! Stupid libs…boy, do they get me riled up!

PALIN/BUNNING 2012

Letterman doesn’t remind me so much of a Simpson character as… well.. Frankenstein’s monster. Seriously, check out the forehead and deep set eyes. And that bolt sticking out of his neck doesn’t help But don’t stay on that channel too long… it might be catching.

See, now the kind of “humor” Dave finds amusing… dump on people about things they can’t do anything about. Doesn’t usually cost him anything (except he got his ugly @ss burned when he did it to Palin who lots of people like, and who had never done him any wrong. Dave, man, you are just plain bitter, nasty and wrong.

WOW… I love the comments left by the “Liberal Lemmings”. They really like being in space, you know that place between their ears. Sara is great, Leno is OK. Letterman? he is a mental retard and ugly as hell.

I think the ratings have a lot more to do with it being Jay’s first night, and first week back, than it does with Palin or Jay’s abilities. I watched it myself, and I definitely prefer Letterman- particularly after watching Leno kiss Palin’s ass..

JustJoe says:

“Boris is a communist idiot…the rest of you smug intellactuals [sic], get a life!”

I suspect you wouldn’t recognize a communist if one came in and rinsed out his socks in the tub while you were taking a bath.

Leno is the BEST since Johnny Carson. Conan is a red headed whining little bitch. He needs to go on a tour since no one would come back after 1 night!

Leno is the BEST since Johnny Carson. Conan is a red headed whining little bitch. He needs to go on a tour since no one would come back after 1 night!