Wonkette
Ooh, we might have to watch David Letterman tonight for the first time in 20 years: “David Letterman tells audience that McCain called him today to tell him he had to rush back to DC to deal with the economy. Then in the middle of the taping Dave got word that McCain was, in fact just down the street being interviewed by Katie Couric. Dave even cut over to the live video of the interview, and said, ‘Hey Senator, can I give you a ride home?’” Heh. Just kidding, we won’t watch Letterman. [Drudge]
Man, you don’t want to get on Letterman’s bad side. Oprah did, and look what happened to her. I guess now John McCain’s going to be a closet lesbian.
Does Letterman really look like that? Like he’s been living with grizzlies for the last eight months?
Damn, why is McCain booked on Letterman every fuccing night anyway? Did SAG go on strike adn no one told us?
Walnuts & Bible Spice are a running joke on Leno & Letterman every night. I don’t think Hopey ever gets a mention. But yeah, pissing off the journalists (NYT) & then the comedians probably not the best move Walnuts could make right about now.
Dude, this is so going to backfire on McCain. It doesn’t matter what he gets done in DC, whether he’s being genuine about this or not, it’s such a transparent move. There is a little over a month till the election, they need to debate.
Great decision McCain. Solid gold.
Barry should send you a nice fruit basket. It’s the least he could do after all you’ve done for him today.
What’s with the picture of Kenny Rogers?
win
tunamelt: That was after the teevee strike. But he should grow it back to scare youngsters.
McCain’s next interview is with Beavus and Butthead!
Letterman gets overlooked as some sort of weird, senile grump hosting a show for sedated middle-aged Kentucky housewives, but honestly, when he gets head-to-head with a good guest he’s pretty sharp. He’s tangled successfully with O’Reilly and, uh, whats-his-face, Bush, a couple times.
slavojzizek: Kenny Rogers Roasters. Damn, I miss that chicken.
Can’t wait until the debates when Barry’s standing alone at a podium in Mississippi and they cut to WALNUTS! eating salisbury steak at a diner down the street.
Can’t wait to see what Stewart & Colbert have to say about this.
It feels good to be on the team that is going to fucking win the fuck out of this shit without trying very hard.
“What are you going to do if you’re elected and things get tough? Suspend being president? We’ve got a guy like that now!”
If McCain wants to go back to Washington and be a Senator, let him.
Uhh, I guess I should have spelled beavis correctly!
I wish Kenny Rogers here got to roast that chicken.
This whole thing is making George Will look clairvoyant.
Pro tip for politicians: Don’t mess with comedians. That’s the reason why no one has ever gotten the best of Stewart of Colbert in interviews - they’re trained comics, they’re wittier than you, and even if you nail them on something they can come back in a split-second with a killer joke that makes it look like they won.
NoWireHangers: Really, though. What is going to happen at 9 pm on Friday when DC COMPLETELY shuts down and turns into a ghost town. Will McCooter’s campaign schedule more photo-ops of him rolling around Capitol Hill on a golf cart with Lindsey Graham or knocking apple sauce and shit over at the Harris Teeter…??
mattbolt: It is awesome when Dave gets angry. It completely ups his funny factor.
Yowza. Dave was on fire.
Earlier in the show, Dave kept saying, “You don’t suspend your campaign. This doesn’t smell right. This isn’t the way a tested hero behaves.” And he joked: “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, Sara Palin. Where is she?”
“What are you going to do if you’re elected and things get tough? Suspend being president? We’ve got a guy like that now!”
And that was before he knew Grampy chose Couric over Letterman.
Whoa Wonkette - if I’m asked not to make misogynistic remarks, I’d like you to not hate on Dave.
Not to mention that he probably did this whole suspension today and not tomorrow and cancelled his appearance because Letterman is probably one of the 3 toughest interviews McCain will have.
Grampy needs to be home at his condo in Alexandria Friday night. The cable guy is coming over to hook up the new Caribou Barbie porn channel.
Cogito Ergo Bibo: Heyoo
I’ll only watch if Dave brings back Chinese food take-out races.
Damn, why is McCain booked on Letterman every fuccing night anyway?
Because Obama is a attention-grabbing celebrity, duh.
Wow, did Dave find a Santa Clause business card in his pocket?
Scooter: You know, if he actually had cancelled because the cable guy was coming by, I’d actually respect that. I fucking hate my cable provider and their random “we may show up within this inconvenient set of hours, but more likely we’ll say we came by and that you weren’t there.” Not that I’m bitter or anything.
I can’t believe that Dave Letterman was mean to John McCain!
Texan Bulldoggette: Oh, c’mon. Wonkette practically writes their lines for them. It’s why I stopped watching. It’s all already been said here.
problemwithcaring: I picture McNuggets standing in a darkened congress with a megaphone shouting about clouds when barry debate a cut out in mississippe
McCain is really losing it now. I mean, on the Lost It scale he’s at -15.2. This is one guy who shouldn’t be in charge of wiping his ass much less the good old USA.
Let me get this straight, it is all right to go on Letterman during a war where American soldiers are being killed. But let a few Wall St. guys loose their Porsches, and suddenly McCain can’t make it? Makes sense to me.
mattbolt: Letterman, Leno and Stewart can do very good interviews with political figures. A lot depends on the guest and what is going on.
NoWireHangers: I call WIN and I haven’t even been drinking yet.
Texan Bulldoggette: Hopey was on Letterman I think 2 weeks ago, and had 4 segments to himself. He had the opening monologue and LeBron James came on at the very end, but I believe the whole rest of the show was Barry. I don’t think he even took time to do the Top Ten. I can’t remember the last time a guest on Letterman got that kind of treatment.
grobby22: I just assumed you were talking about the elite French version of the show.
Moderator, lefty, and righty talking heads on the News Hour totally snapping on McCain’s continued boneheadedness. Hahaha.
problemwithcaring: we’re thinking about it but not yet. a steady diet of mccain on prime time should guarantee we buckle to the man.
http://www.demandthedebate2008.com
We the People…demand that Senators Obama and McCain both show up in Mississippi on Friday night and debate for the American people. In this time of crisis, we need to hear from our leaders, not let them hide in Washington. Now more than ever, we need an open dialogue with our leaders.
McCain totally palins in his interview with Katie.
Is this thing working?
trophy(forparticipation)wife: I let out a Chris Matthews “Ha!” when I read your comment. I am so ashamed.
Letterman’s been featuring the asshattedness of Bush’s speaking style in
his Great Moments in Presidential Speeches segments.
His “interviews” with O’Reilly are also required viewing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqJiCDElWmo&feature=related
Here’s a few clips:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjkCrfylq-E
Letterman’s pissed! Catch the crowd GROAN with pain when they play the live clip of McCain on Couric when he’s supposed to be on a ‘plane back to WORSHington”
McCain Palin. She’s pro-life. He’s near death. (c) Worldwide Pants
Haha. He’s on Rachael Ray making veal piccata.
Ha ha, awesome: http://tinyurl.com/452kes