Top Ten Reasons David Letterman Is A Jerk..."

Any long time devotee to late night television will quickly tell you that when Johnny Carson retired after 30 years of hosting the Tonight Show, this unique genre took a perceptible nosedive in entertainment value. Widely acclaimed as "The King of Nighttime Television," Carson left an immediate and largely unfilled void in non-offensive, yet highly creative amusement quotient to be filled across the major networks by the more enduring Carson-wannabes, Jay Leno and David Letterman.

As evidence of his success for 17 years as Johnny's hand-picked replacement, Leno did an admirable job in up-holding the tradition of topical comedy without being overtly offensive, with many of Leno's staple comedy routines becoming just as memorable as were his mentor's. Whether or not Leno's successor, Conan O'Brien (a Ronald McDonald lookalike, stand-in double) will prove just as popular and enduring as Jay remains to be determined. O'Brien's brand of comedy is an acquired taste, and after only a few short weeks as the newly crowned host of the Tonight Show, O'Brien's ratings for palatable consumption have fallen precipitously.

Having endured an initial drop in nightly viewership, Late Night With David Letterman, is again experiencing a rebound in returning viewership now that the blooms on Connan's rose are wilting. Unfortunately the increased television audience had arrived back just in time to partake in the latest in a long and despicable history of Letterman's attack style of comedy. Not being content to merely make disparaging asides about anything morally conservative, Letterman has turned in recent years to pointedly spearing anyone who would dare espouse a philosophy contrary to his own elitist and liberal views. Letterman's nightly segment Great Moments in Presidential Speeches was designed to not only make deliberate jabs at then President, George W. Bush's oft misguided foibles with the English language, but thinly veiled his personal dislike for the President and genuine disdain for anything or anyone associated with the Republican administration. One would be hard pressed to find a bigger cheerleader for regime change prior to the 'o8 election than was Letterman.

Apparently unwilling but more likely unable (he having not written a decent joke since he was a writer for The Tonight Show) to instruct his staff of writers to concoct more timely and topical jokes, Letterman continues to find tasteless fodder in a continuing barrage of crude barbs directed toward recognized conservative personalities, Alaskan Sarah Palin being of late the target most often squared up in his cross hairs. Included in a recent "Top Ten" list, Letterman's classless fair suggested that Governor Palin had shopped at Bloomingdales while on a recent trip to New York for the purpose of purchasing makeup "to up-date her slutty flight attendant look." Not funny...not even mildly so. Although the equally mindless audience dutifully laughed when so instructed to do so by the flashing "laugh" sign. Letterman's monologue included the myopic line, "One awkward moment for Sarah Palin at the Yankee game, during the seventh inning, her daughter was knocked up by Alex Rodriguez." Again, the vapid vacuum of Letterman's audience regaled in unthinking and uncaring laughter. Shame on them and shame on Letterman, although I believe that Letterman possess not one shred of remorse for anything he says or does as long as it suites his short-tempered and self-indulgent ego.

President Obama issued a stern warning to the media during the Presidential campaign that any attempts to malign members of his immediate family was strictly "off limits." Such an admonishment appears to apply only to our Democrat President's family...and all others who willingly march to the liberal drumbeat, including late night pundit comics like Letterman, are left unfettered to spew their vitriolic hatred toward anyone they please, and especially to those who have and will continue to call into serious question the current path that the current administration is pursuing of unrestrained social re-engineering to our system of government and economic stability.

Blind-eyed CBS and Mr. Letterman could care less whether or not I chose to tune into view another Late Night show, which I won't. That makes it official. I could care less also. My personally boycotting Letterman's show or any of his supporting sponsors would be of little consequence to either entities success of failure. Just know that I find David Letterman to be thoroughly repugnant and despicable in ever sense of the two words. So much so that I offer my own "Top Ten" list of why"Letterman Is A Jerk."

Reason Number 10: Has a closet full of designer sweatshirts that read, "I am a despicable human being and proud of it!"

Reason Number 9: After 17 years, still pissed that Leno got Tonight Show gig and he didn't.

Reason Number 8: After only four weeks, really pissed that Conan got Tonight Show gig and he didn't.

Reason Number 7: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences refuses to take his repeated phone call pleas to be permitted to again host the annual awards ceremony.

Reason Number 6: When Letterman calls his mother, she always answers the phone, "David who?! Then hangs up.

Reason Number 5: Finds it perfectly acceptable that it took him five years before he finally decided to marry the mother of his child.

Reason Number 4: His idea of socializing is to stand in front of a mirror for hours on end just admiring his reflection.

Reason Number 3: Only person in the universe who doesn't think his mimicking sidekick Paul Shaffer doesn't look like Warren T. Rat in the animated movie An American Tail.

Reason Number 2: Has a plaque on his desk that says. "If It Weren't For Me The Sun Would Have No Reason To Shine!"

And The Number One Reason David Letterman Is A Jerk: He's An Egomaniacal Ass!!