I just read an AP story about the appearance by Michelle Bachmann on the Late Show with Jimmy Fallon. The headline read "Roots welcome Bachmann with pointed song." Roots is the band for the Late Show, and the "pointed song" was something called "Lyin' Ass Bitch". Now Michelle Bachmann is not my first, second, third or fourth choice for president among the GOP candidates, but she is an accomplished woman who has worked hard throughout her life. She is a serious candidate for president and she deserves to be treated with respect. When the Late Show decides to use an insulting song to bring her out to the stage, it deserves to be called out for that move. This was not a "pointed" song; it was a nasty and disrespectful one. The AP knows this and it should not be covering up the truth.
And while we are on the subject of late night talk shows and Republican candidates, we had a bizarre scene earlier this week when David Letterman grilled Herman Cain about the charges of sexual harrassment that have been made against him. Letterman treated Cain as if he were guilty without question. He was rude and cut Cain off at every possible moment. He even asked Cain if there wer 999 women who would be coming forward. The strange thing about the episode is Letterman's supposed outrage at Cain's alleged behavior. Letterman, after all, admitted a few years ago that he had engaged in sex with female employees of his production company. His excuse was that nothing in company policy said that it was wrong for management to have sex with employees. This is the guy who was up in arms about unsubstantiate claims made for the first time 14 years after the fact against Cain who denies them all.
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