Why Letterman gets away with Palin daughter "joke"

The reason for the double standard is that if someone says something offensive and there is public outrage that causes management and sponsors to take action to preserve their pocketbooks. Conservatives mostly just say yea it is offensive but we believe in the 1st amendment. We dont want to censor anyone even if their speech is vile. The other side goes into waa waa waa mode and name calling such as racist, homophobe, etc so they get some action. Conservatives have just as much spending power as anyone else (until Obama changes that but for now) if enough people wrote a politely worded yet forceful letter/email to the sponsors of some of these people they would make the decision to take action. Most conservatives are too busy raising their families, running businesses, paying bills, etc to get involved in many issues. If we want things to change for the better we need to make a point of getting involved and making our voices heard. With the civility we have but not backing down. Remember, All it takes for evil to prevail is for good men and women to do nothing. Dont be offensive but take a stand, fight the fight with civility and demand decency. We need to take our country back even with just demanding fair play and human decency.