I think they are both loving this. Letterman is loving the attention and potential ratings that is coming with this and she loves the chance the push the culture war. The republican party is in shambles and she is working hard to be one of the new leaders of it. Part of the party thinks they need to go back to pushing to satisfy the base and fire up the culture war with full on attacks on the social issues that the hard right wingers love to harp on. If you have seen some of her quotes she is saying things like, "liberal Hollywood doesn't understand how the rest of America thinks." and yesterday I saw a former republican congresswoman on CNN talking about how poor Bristol is just 18 years old and she doesn't understand how the world is so she should be left alone. Apparently some 18 year olds are mature enough to fight and die for our country, but others are too fragile to take some criticism when they get knocked up at 17. So Palin is using this just as much as Letterman. It is keeping her in the news and giving her platform to help invigorate the base she hopes will support her down the road.
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