I think Letterman is going to make fun of McCain tonight.

[undeterred]

McCain cancelled his appearance on Letterman too...and Letterman was pissed. What a dumb thing to do. Its an hour when the candidate can be pretty relaxed and say whatever he wants. Obama did great. Why snub Letterman?

[lizziegrace]

1. Olberman said McCain was in another studio at NBC

interviewing with Katie Couric when he was supposed to be on Letterman. Strange...

[undeterred]

2. Letterman didn't hold back.

There was no good reason for McCain to cancel the debate, Letterman, whatever. He made himself look lame.

[trueblue2007]

5. the best LETTERMAN BLASTING MC CAIN post on DU

Here's the video link if it's not already posted:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjkCrfylq-E

Someone also posted it in the Videos forums under the title "Letterman Rips Mccain"




http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7172412#7173596


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http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/letterman...

(snip)
David Letterman was so unhappy that Mr. McCain canceled his scheduled appearance on his show Wednesday night that he spent much of the first segment assailing the senator’s decision and suggesting “something doesn’t smell right” about the Senator’s plan to go to Washington to work on the financial crisis.

Mr. Letterman told his audience that Senator McCain had called him directly on short notice Wednesday, to tell him he had to cancel his appearance. After expressing his admiration for Mr. McCain and his sacrifice as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, Mr. Letterman said, “When you all up at the last minute and cancel, that’s not the John McCain I know.” He repeated that “something smells right now” and he suggested “somebody must have put something in his Metamucil.”

Mr. Letterman said Mr. McCain had said the economy was “about to crater” which necessitated that he get to Washington right away. Mr. Letterman then suggested that McCain should not be suspending his campaign at all and that he could have “sent in the second-string quarterback,” his vice presidential running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, to fill in for him. “You don’t quit,” Mr. Letterman said.

(snip)
Even after Mr. Letterman brought out Keith Olbermann, the MSNBC host and vituperative Republican critic as the substitute guest for Mr. McCain, he continued to assail Mr. McCain for the decision to cancel the appearance. His critique reached a high point when he learned that at the very moment Mr. McCain was supposed to be on the couch next to him being interviewed, the senator was at the CBS News center three blocks away in Manhattan, getting ready to be interviewed by the CBS News anchor, Katie Couric.

Mr. Letterman ordered his director to put on a live feed from that location, which showed Mr. McCain getting made up to go on with Ms. Couric. “He doesn’t seem to be racing to the airport,” Mr. Letterman observed.

[BarenakedLady]

6. Excellent

:thumbsup:

[Connonym]

3. Video goodness over at Crooks & Liars

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/09/24/letterman-brutalizes-john-mccain-for-cancellations/

Stinky indeed.

[jeff30997]

4. Wow! Dave slammed him really hard !

I'm ROFL like crazy (and KO was too)! Thanks for the link Connonym. :rofl:

[yellowdogintexas]

7. I am so sorry I missed this. I watched Jon and Stephen and

came over here to check email and such ..and the show had already aired.

The clips are fantastic.

Keith, Rachel, Jon and Stephen are going to have a major field day with this. I am on the road tonight but should get where I am going in time to at least see 2nd play of Keith; depends on how much fun I am having with my sister's kids at dinner along the way. I am taking them to dinner, they are both in college and from there it is about an hour and 15 minutes to my motel.

Man,that was some of the best stuff Dave has ever done, and on fairly short notice.

And don't think for even one second that Dave won't be back with a few choice comments tonight and possibly the rest of the campaign either. You don't Cross the Dave. I can't wait to see what he has to say after actually sleeping on it.