'Family Guy' and Sarah Palin's history of taking jokes wrong

Surprise! Sarah Palin hates 'Family Guy'

Can you hear me now? Sarah Palin image from Flickr.

Sarah Palin really wants your attention -- I mean, she really, really wants it. She proved that last year Letterman made a joke about promiscuity that was very obviously referring to her 18-year-old daughter, Bristol. I mean, the girl got knocked up, for crying out loud -- of course Letterman's sex joke was about her.

But Palin turned it into a whole huge, sensationalized media frenzy by accusing Letterman of making a sexually related joke about her 14-year-old. She painted Letterman as a dirty old sex offender, and boy did that get people going! In the case of "Family Guy," Sarah Palin is doing the same thing: taking a joke out of context and getting tons of attention for it. Does she get instant money every time she starts a drama fest or what?

The 'Family Guy' Sarah Palin joke

On Sunday, "Family Guy" featured a character with Down syndrome. During one scene, the character, a teenage girl, says her mother is the former governor of Alaska. Sarah Palin has a toddler, Trig, with Down syndrome, and she took offense and lashed out on her Facebook page as well as Fox News.

Here's the thing: The "Family Guy" episode didn't make fun of people with Down syndrome. Chris has a crush on her, and he asks her on a date after Stewie urges him to. The character, Ellen, is even voiced by an actress who has Down syndrome, not someone imitating the voice of a person with Down syndrome. ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "'Family Guy' and Sarah Palin's history of taking jokes wrong"