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It appears that The Olive Garden is not happy with how Letterman acted regarding his jokes about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s daughter. According to Politico, the “When you’re here, you’re family” restaurant chain, appears to have pulled its advertising that was scheduled to air this year during “The Late Show”. 

“We apologize that Mr. Letterman’s mistake, which was not consistent with our standards and values, left you with a bad impression of Olive Garden,” Sherri Bruen, the company’s guest relations manager, writes in an email to a Letterman critic.

Despite Palin’s accepting the talk show host’s apology for his inappropriate comments,  John Ziegler, host of The John Ziegler Show on KFI AM 640 in Los Angeles, California, has been spearheading a campaign to get Letterman fired. A small protest was held Tuesday outside of the “Late Show” studios which Letterman made light of and joked about the following night on his show.

Ziegler has compiled a list of the The Late Show’s advertisers on his web site, FireDavidLetterman.com.

The following are the top ten advertisers that have been targeted to pull advertising from CBS and Letterman

1. Southwest Airlines has STOPPED advertising
2. Embassy Suites has STOPPED advertsing
3. Hellman’s has STOPPED advertising
4. Olive Garden NO LONGER advertising but MAY RESUME
5. Johnson & Johnson STILL advertising
6. Kellogg’s STILL advertising
7. Verizon STILL advertising
8. Sears STILL advertising
9. All-State STILL advertising
10. Macy’s STILL advertising

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June 10, 2009 – David Letterman makes a weak attempt to defend his jokes about Sarah Palin and her daughter.

In a statement to FOXNews.com, Palin accused Letterman of making “sexually perverted” and “inappropriate” comments that she doubted he would “ever dare make” about anyone else’s daughter.

“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,” she said.

Palin’s husband, Todd, echoed her sentiments, telling FOXNews.com, “Any ‘jokes’ about raping my 14-year-old are despicable. Alaskans know it, and I believe the rest of the world knows it, too.”

Watch Letterman Defending Palin Jokes Video

Only after these statements were issued did Letterman issue a defensive response to the jokes, obviously to defend his own reputation. His response was not even a direct apology to the Palins, but instead a forum to repeat the cruel and insensitive jokes again elliciting laughter.

“We were, as we often do, making jokes about people in the news and we made some jokes about Sarah Palin and her daughter [Bristol]… and now they’re upset with me…” Letterman says on his Late Night Show. “These are not jokes made about her 14-year-old daughter. I would never, never make jokes about raping or having sex of any description with a 14-year-old girl…. Am I guilty of poor taste? Yes. Did I suggest that it was okay for her 14-year-old daughter to be having promiscuous sex? No.” Saying he hopes he’s “cleared part of this up,” Letterman extended an invitation to Palin to come on the show as a guest.

Sarah Palin isn’t taking David Letterman’s ratings bait.

“The Palins have no intention of providing a rating’s boost for David Letterman by appearing on his show,” the Alaska governor’s rep said in a statement to FOXNews.com. “Plus, it would be wise to keep Willow away from David Letterman.”

Some bloggers are asking that people contact the sponsors of CBS’s  The Letterman Show to pull their advertising.