If you insist on fluffing up War Room, at least try to find something funnier than Dave Letterman to link to, for the sake of the alleged son of the god in which I don't believe.

Should have asked Sarah----"Who is that guy back there with the metal funnel?"

"Oh, that's Joe the Turkey Decapitator"....then call him up to give some harangue about socialism.

Joe the Plucker??

So there's that going for you.

To put an Editor to a holiday decision.....Can you guys imagine Palin upside down in the funnel, arms and legs flapping.

... is not very funny at the best of times, and anyway the turkey thing was not much of a gaffe. She is no longer running for vice-president with controlled public relations appearances. This item was just routine local news.

Don't get me wrong, I think Palin is even less qualified than I am to be POTUS, but this kind of stuff is just mean-spirited.

The first thing I thought of when I saw that video was that Alaska is one of the states that does not have capital punishment, although there are legislators in Juneau who have tried to introduce it. And I wondered if they did introduce capital punishment to Alaska after a gap of some 50 years, would it take the form of putting the guy headfirst down a sheet-metal chute?

Haven't heard from you in a while it seems

happy holidays

Personally, I found this very funny.

But more importantly Sarah Palin is not going away unless we make her go away. The right wing noise machine is trying to make her out as a messiah. Witness the absurd "Thank you Sarah Palin" commercial.

We need to keep pointing out that she is GWB without the education. Neo-con-ism is like a cancer and you can't stop until it is totally contained or it will consume and kill our country.

If you put the Right Wing Noise Machine and the Ronco Turkey De-neckulator in the same room, could 3 out of 5 Americans tell them apart?

gobble gobble

I don't know which is potentially more terrifying:

1) That she knew, but just didn't care

or

2) That this person who would have probably become the 45th president is/was totally unaware of what was happening around her... but, oh, yeah, "totally unaware of what's happening" -- that's been the definition of the Republican party the last 8 years (and to a lesser degree, since Nixon was VP)

I don't know which is potentially more terrifying:

1) That she knew, but just didn't care

or

2) That this person who would have probably become the 45th president is/was totally unaware of what was happening around her... but, "oh, yeah, totally unaware of what's happening" that's been the definition of the Republican party the last 8 years (and to a lesser degree, since Nixon was VP)

I see this and I keep hearing Joe The Turkey Slaughterer singing one of the most underappreciated Christmas classics:

I'm the Man that Slits the Turkey's Throats at Christmas

Robin Laing Words & Music John Rudkin

Intro

In the distance church bells chime,

Soon it will be Christmas time,

On the fire there burns a Yule tide log,

Carollers are singing too,

Noses red and fingers blue,

Sounds of children coughing in the fog,

But there's one man who'll be working,

When you're tucked up in your bed,

For he has got, a seasonal job,

His clothes are always red,

Chorus

I'm the man that slits the turkey's throats at Christmas.

I'm the man that pulls their innards inside out,

I gather up the giblets and wrap them in cellophane,

Then just because it's Christmas I shove 'em back in again,

I secure their little ankles with elastic

Then I mop up all the slime with bits of rag,

I'm sure that it would please them,

To know before I freeze 'em,

I pop 'em into a little plastic bag,

When autumn leaves have fallen and winter winds do blow,

I visit all my poultry, shouting, "Five more weeks to go",

I send each one a Christmas card - it always is a funny yin,

Portraying thyme and parsley too, rosemary, sage and onion,

But I'm a kindly master, compassionate and dutiful,

And it ruffles up their feathers

When I tell them that they're "Bootiful", ..... Chorus,

Some people say I'm cruel, some say I'm insane,

But methods I've adopted are really quit humane,

I kill them, draw them, pluck them - it's the best way I have found,

Unless I feel vindictive when I swop the system round,

With my hand stuck up a turkey it's not a pretty sight,

But they die with smiles upon their beaks,

To tell me it's all right, ..... Chorus

One day this little turkey cock with teardrops in his eyes,

Whispered to me "Please sir, I don't want to die"

I said "Come here my chickadee - you don't look very chuffed,

Don't you know it's Christmas time so turkeys can get stuffed,

But you have really touched me and though we still must part,

There's going to be a place for you,

Right here next to my heart, ..... Chorus

Yeah, I guess he's no Rip Taylor.

Please. The guy is consistently a riot. I question the rabble's supposed sense of humor.

Assuming you're not being sarcastic, THANK YOU!

Letterman isn't for everyone, and God knows he can run a joke into the ground, but I'd like to know what the "haters" (god, I can't stand it when a stupid word or phrase becomes the best way to describe something) think is funny. Leno? Conan? Family Guy? Friends?

Sometimes I'm really happy to be over 50 and not concerned with being post-modern, post-ironic, or whatever the trendy culture is.

Oh, and just so I don't miss the chance to be even more obnoxious: HEY ALEX! How come with all the great Top 10 lists over the past year or two, you pick this one to highlight? Was it because you had posted two whole articles without mentioning your girl Sarah?

That was hilarious - Letterman definitely has his moments and is infinitely funnier than that jackass Leno. It is very clear to me that the previous posters are right wingers trying to defend Palin without seeming too obvious about it.

It's true, though, that Letterman isn't funnier than Palin herself, because the funniest on the list was quoting her rambling Katie Couric interview. And you can't top Palin's funniest line in the actual video when she said "Oh you know, they're probably gonna criticize us for this", while waving her hand at the guy jamming a live turkey into a wood chipper at her "Turkey Pardon" event. Hilarious!!

I'm mean she's gonna put all comedians out of business - how can they compete with lines like that. It's unfair, really.