Letterman on McCain: sad, funny and true

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Letterman on McCain: sad, funny and true
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Wed, 09-24-2008 - 10:12pm

"After receiving a call from the McCain campaign canceling an appearance on tonight's Late Night with David Letterman, it was discovered that McCain stopped down the street to be interviewed by CBS' Katie Couric rather than rushing back to Washington to work on the proposed Wall Street bailout, as Letterman had been told.

"Hey Senator," Letterman mocked in front of live video of the interview, "can I give you a ride home?"

Letterman had earlier expressed suspicion at McCain's move to suspend his campaign. "This doesn't smell right," he said. "This isn't the way a tested hero behaves."

"I think someone's putting something in his Metamucil...He can't run the campaign because the economy is cratering? Fine, put in your second-string quarterback, Sarah Palin. Where is she?"

"What are you going to do if you're elected and things get tough?" Letterman added. "Suspend being president? We've got a guy like that now!""

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/McCain_mocked_by_Letterman_after_Late_0924.html

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Registered: 01-27-2008
Thu, 09-25-2008 - 9:10pm

>>So?

 

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Registered: 11-27-2007
Thu, 09-25-2008 - 9:10pm

uh, no.

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Registered: 03-25-2007
Thu, 09-25-2008 - 9:11pm

The point is that Letterman has always been friendly to McCain and has had him on his show a number of times.

Sopal

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Registered: 11-27-2007
Thu, 09-25-2008 - 9:21pm

They don't call me "Ms excitement" for nothing. I not a mind reader. Because you used the term "campaign" in the beginning of the sentence and didn't clarify who the word "nobody" referred to, it would be the natural conclusion that you are still talking about the campaign. Otherwise, if it's two different thoughts, then it is to different sentences.


Okay then,

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Registered: 02-19-2008
Thu, 09-25-2008 - 9:55pm
Perhaps BO is afraid his teleprompter would malfunction.
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Registered: 09-25-2008
Thu, 09-25-2008 - 11:08pm
What does McCain really think? Should we take him seriously?


Short answer?

NO -- (video link, transcript below):

ANCHOR: As for the massive Wall Street bailout McCain insists it have...

MCCAIN: Oversight that is effective and transparent. We need people like Warren Buffet and Mike Bloomberg and Mitt Romney to have an oversight of this. We can’t put that responsibility in the hands of one person.

ANCHOR: The crunch question. Would you vote for it as it’s presently constructed?

MCCAIN: I have not had a chance to see it in writing so I have to examine that.


Go ahead, read that last sentence again: McCain has not read the Paulson plan yet. Step back and think about that for a moment. This plan is no Patriot Act. It's three pages long. It's been out for days. If this were a crisis which bore suspending all campaigning on the part of BOTH candidates, wouldn't you think Mr. Straight-Talk would have at least bothered to glance at the damn thing by now?

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Registered: 09-25-2008
Thu, 09-25-2008 - 11:11pm

Untrue.

McCain proposed town hall-style meetings - of his own design - and Obama declined. He has never suggested or even hinted that the traditional format of Presidential debates would be something he'd try to avoid.


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Registered: 09-25-2008
Thu, 09-25-2008 - 11:15pm
Sorry, doesn't cut it. The traditional format of Presidential debates is something Obama has always expressed an interest in. Saying yes to a McCain-designed series of meetings or debates or whatever is neither an indication of Obama's unwillingness to debate McCain, nor is it particularly hard to understand, either: saying yes allows McCain to appear as if he is setting the tone for the terms of the race itself; makes him seem like he's in control and directing things (not the actual meetings, just McCain having set them up). The format that's been good enough for the last century's worth of Presidents will do just fine, thank you.

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Registered: 09-25-2008
Thu, 09-25-2008 - 11:17pm

So? Why does that mean he should get them? Or that Obama is "chicken" if he agrees to the traditional three-debate of previous Presidential elections?

Careful how you answer, in light of McCain being the one "cutting and running" right now (especially in light of the fact that a deal seems to have been reached even before McCain got his high, white horse to Washington).


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Registered: 09-25-2008
Thu, 09-25-2008 - 11:22pm
Well....I heard McAncient wanted to have Lawrence Welk warm up for him, but nixed the idea when it ran into problems, specifically:

  1. The bubble machine is in for repairs, and - more importantly -

  2. Welk has apparently been dead since 1992


Apparently, the mix-up occurred because the pony-express still hasn't delivered the letter from Lawrence's fan club containing the sad news yet.

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