TOP 10:?? People ask the McCain Campaign

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Thu, 09-25-2008 - 1:53pm

Top Ten Questions People Are Asking the John McCain Campaign
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10 "I just contributed to your campaign -- how do I get a refund?"

9 "It's Sarah Palin -- does this mean I'm Pars'dent?"

8 "Can't you solve this by selling some of your homes?"

7 "Hi, this is Clay Aiken. Is McCain single?"

6 "Do you still think the fundamentals of our economy are strong, genius?"

5 "Are you doing all this just to get out of going on Letterman?"

4 "What would Matlock do?"

3 "Hillary here -- my schedule is free Friday night"

2 "Is this just an excuse to catch up on napping?"

1 "This is President Bush -- what's all this trouble with the economy?"



Dave Letterman on John McCain canceling his appearance on the show:

"This doesn't smell right," Letterman said. "This is not the way a tested hero behaves. Somebody's putting something in his Metamucil."

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Thu, 09-25-2008 - 1:55pm

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-ap-mccain-letterman-chi,0,70637.story

No. 1 reason not to cancel on Letterman: 'Late Show' host lambasts McCain, says 'This smells'

By Associated Press | Tribune staff reporter
8:33 AM CDT, September 25, 2008

NEW YORK (AP) _ "Late Show" host David Letterman treated John McCain's decision to cancel an appearance on his talk show more like a stupid human trick than the act of a statesman. The Republican presidential candidate said he was halting his campaign activities Wednesday, citing the need to deal with the nation's financial crisis, and called Letterman to drop out of the show's late-night lineup. On the air Wednesday night, Letterman assailed McCain's rationale and, with prickly humor, questioned whether the nominee — now trailing in some polls — was in trouble.

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Letterman's Top 10 Questions People Are Asking the John McCain Campaign" (CBS.com)
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"This doesn't smell right," Letterman said. "This is not the way a tested hero behaves. Somebody's putting something in his Metamucil."

McCain spokeswoman Nicole Wallace said Thursday that the campaign "felt this wasn't a night for comedy."

"We deeply regret offending Mr. Letterman, but our candidate's priority at this moment is to focus on this crisis," Wallace said on NBC's "Today" show.

Letterman called McCain "a true American hero" but told his viewers: "This is not the John McCain I know, by God. It makes me believe something is going haywire with the campaign."

Instead of suspending a campaign, Letterman said, a presidential candidate should go to Washington to deal with a crisis and let his running mate shoulder the burdens of politicking.

"That's what you do. You don't quit. ... Or is that really a good thing to do?" Letterman said, a reference to McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. "What's the problem? Where is she? Why isn't she doing that?" he asked.

Letterman later asked: "Are we suspending it because there's an economic crisis or because the poll numbers are sliding?"

Making matters worse for McCain, his replacement was MSNBC's "Countdown" host Keith Olbermann, a constant critic of the Arizona senator.

McCain told the CBS show that he was immediately flying back to Washington, Letterman told his audience. Then Letterman showed a TV feed of McCain being made-up for an appearance on news anchor Katie Couric's "CBS Evening News."

"Doesn't seem to be racing to the airport, does he?" Letterman said. "This just gets uglier and uglier."

As McCain spoke to Couric, Letterman shouted at the feed: "Hey, John, I've got a question. Do you need a ride to the airport?"

Letterman later said: "We're told now that the senator has concluded his interview with Katie Couric and he's now on Rachael Ray's show making veal piccata. ... What are you going to do?"