'Dr. Phil' Chastises Letterman's Deriding of Palin's Bad Parenting

[szh]

Another interesting read ... the link has the audio clip linked in:

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/b...nting

Quote »Guest “Dr. Phil” on Wednesday night chastised David Letterman's misunderstanding of teenage sexual behavior and parental influence after Letterman sarcastically complained that if a President McCain “drops dead...don't you want your President to have had the presence of mind to have chatted to her teenaged kids for five minutes about birth control?” (Letterman delivered the same belittling joke the night before too.)

Referring to Letterman's almost five-year-old son, daytime TV host Phil McGraw, aka “Dr. Phil,” informed Letterman:

Let me tell you something, new dad. If you are under the misapprehension that when Harry is 17 that you are going to have even a remote influence on what he decides in the back seat of a Chevy on a Saturday night -- I don't think old Dave's going to be popping in his mind at that point. It's not a 15-minute conversation. It's a dialogue that you need to have starting when he's about eight or nine.

Undeterred from his contempt for Sarah Palin, Letterman asked: “Then why didn't they have the dialogue?” McGraw suggested: “Maybe they did. But when children get that age, at 17 -- see, here's the thing. The body's grown but the brain is not.” Letterman soon sneered: “They don't sell Trojans in Alaska? Come on,” prompting McGraw to point out: “Wasn't Barack's mother like 18 when he was born?” Indeed she was.[/quote]Z

[96Qowner]

Every smear goes back on Barry. Palin is big trouble.

[AZhitman]

Politics aside, gotta give the props to the Doc here.

Letterman needs to stick to telling jokes, he's no debater.

[Soravia]

Well since she's not black, no one is pulling the race card or sexist card here. Let's try that on a pregnant black teen basketball player.

The issue with condom use is 100% on the guy. Even if the girl says she prefers skin.

Why are the people not talking about the boyfriend's dad?

[rn79870]

I've alread stated that a pregnant 17 year old girl is not an appropriate subject for discussion here. I'm not closing this, but I'm asking that comments like the one above this post be limited to your dinner table and not posted here.

[ishkabibble]

Politics aside, gotta give the props to the Doc here.

Letterman needs to stick to telling jokes

Nobody cares what celebrities think... unless they agree with you.

[AZhitman]

Nobody cares what celebrities think... unless they agree with you.

I see what you did there...

I certainly wouldn't trust his take on the candidates (after all, he's an entertainer), I just meant that I applaud his counterpoint to Letterman's talk.

[Soravia]

I've alread stated that a pregnant 17 year old girl is not an appropriate subject for discussion here. I'm not closing this, but I'm asking that comments like the one above this post be limited to your dinner table and not posted here.

I thought I was on topic, especially the BF's dad part.

[Marenta]

I know that we're not supposed to bring religion into this; but let he who has not sinned cast the first stone.

I don't think any person should slander another unless they're perfectly clean themselves. And, we all know celebrities are the benchmark of what is right and proper in the world. I think Letterman deserves a for that one.
Modified by Marenta at 12:26 PM 9/5/2008

[AZhitman]

Bob's right... the whole thing is silly.

This is about the candidates. Not their spouses, not their kids, not their kids' boyfriends, not their kids' boyfriends' parents, or the guy that lives next door to the candidates' kids' boyfriend's parents.

But I see what you were getting at.

[Imakulate]

I think everyone has a valid point on this. It really is a personal matter anyway.

I think the reason it is an issue politically though is because of her stances on abortion and abstinence teaching. I think if you are going to preach against abortion than you should help people from ever getting in the position to have to make that choice in the first place and I think this is done by having an open dialog about safe sex.

Teaching abstinence just seems counter productive to curtailing teen pregnancy, just look at my states numbers, and must people are advocates of it here.

[Soravia]

I support abstinence, just need it packed along with 10 year jail and mandatory sex-offender registration for ALL parties involved.

If I'm supposed to go to jail and list as sex-offender if I were to bang a 17 years old and not get her pregnant, those little bastards and sluts banging away irresponsibily should be punished the same way too.

Now, people are like 'It is a punishment for the girl to have to give birth to a baby and raise it.'They KNEW where babies come from, and I'm not referring to delivery by Storks.