This vine by @dopeitstom pretty much sums up this day in politics. https://t.co/TVS4VQJYLf

— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) January 20, 2016

“Concerning Letterman’s comments about my young daughter (and I doubt he’d ever dare make such comments about anyone else’s daughter): ‘Laughter incited by sexually-perverted comments made by a 62-year-old male celebrity aimed at a 14-year-old girl is not only disgusting, but it reminds us some Hollywood/N.Y. entertainers have a long way to go in understanding what the rest of America understands — that acceptance of inappropriate sexual comments about an underage girl, who could be anyone’s daughter, contributes to the atrociously high rate of sexual exploitation of minors by older men who use and abuse others.’ “

Personally, I think Letterman made a stupid thoughtless joke and didn’t really think through what he was saying. Having said that: To make a joke about a celebrity’s child is at best inappropriate and uncalled for, to make a sexual joke about a minor is completely inexcusable. Back-pedaling and saying he meant the older child (that wasn’t in New York) doesn’t fix it.

Perez Hilton gives us his own take of Sarah Palin with make-up.

Blogs and social-networking sites have spoken: Tina Fey should run for president.

The comedic actress and writer’s uncanny impersonations of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin have netted her a Social Media Index (SMI) score of 8,290, says “social advertising” firm Vitrue. That’s nearly twice the score Palin nets herself (4,330) and far higher than those of John McCain (3,090) and Barack Obama (4,700). (Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden is miles behind with a score of 601).

The data points to one conclusion, says Vitrue founder and chief executive Reggie Bradford: Fey is a more talked-about brand than any of the actual candidates. The index doesn’t measure whether the mentions are positive or negative, but Bradford believes brands should aim for a high score, regardless of sentiment. “Our adage is that if a brand is being talked about in social environments, that’s a good thing,” he says.