David Letterman's comments about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and one of her daughters has prompted a hotel chain to pull its advertising on CBS' site -- and spawned a campaign to fire the 'Late Show' host. Embassy Suites, part of Hilton Hotels, pulled its ads on CBS' site because of complaints. The company was not an advertiser on Letterman's show.
"We received lots of e-mails from concerned guests and assessed that the statement was offensive enough ...that we elected to take the ads down," says an Embassy Suites rep.
Michael Patrick Leahy, one of the organizers of a "Fire David Letterman" campaign calls it "disgraceful for a 62-year-old man to sexually insult a 14-year-old girl." His campaign has urged advertisers, including Embassy Suites, to pull their ads. Leahy says 50 to 300 people would attend a protest planned outside Letterman's studio in New York City today. Earlier this year, Leahy helped organize the anti-tax "tea parties" in cities across the country.
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