depetro comments

[Daniel Billings]

> -----Original Message-----
> According to a tape of his Thursday show, DePetro was venting about the
> previous night's gubernatorial debate. "I could go now a lifetime without
> Grace Ross," he said. "She has nerve. This whole business of 'well since
> we're being ignored,' " he said, mocking Ross's effort to get equal time
> in the debate.
> 
> "No, you're irrelevant. Get off the stage!" he continued, directing his
> remarks to Ross. "I couldn't stand her at the end. At one point I was
> about
> to yell: "Will somebody tell that fat lesbian to shut up. . . .
> 
> "Shut up. Go home," DePetro said. "Burger King is looking for another
> third-shift person to work the grill. Enough."

What am I missing?  The guy is knocking a politician in a nasty way. If that
is a firing offense, there are only a few talk show hosts that would have a
job.  

John Stewart has made a career of making fun of politicians, including jokes
based on how they look physically.

-- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine