McCain: "Inappropriate to do comedy in light of the financial crisis." (re: Letterman)

[blondeatlast]

Statement read on MSNBC just now.

WHAT A BUNCH OF COWARDLY, LOWLIFE, INSULTING, SUNUVABITCHN' ASSHOLES.

We need to laugh now more than ever.

[Jennicut]

1. Hey, McLame that was very very lame.

What a loser with no humor.

[alsame]

2. This is complete BS - if that was the case, he could have been

honest with Letterman and not lied about immediately rushing back to DC. They are really pathetic.

[jpgray]

3. I welcome an ongoing exchange of barbs between Letterman and McCain

[Howardx]

34. letterman will eat him for lunch

daily, what a stupid move.

[Egnever]

53. Hah!

me too!

[Teaser]

4. "inappropriate to do comedy"?

Yes, all comedy ceased during the Great Depression. There were absolutely no two or three man comedy teams to come out of that era.

[madaboutharry]

21. I had the same thought.

Wasn't that the time of the great "Borshe Belt" comedians and the time of great comedy on radio?

McCain is just nutso.

[DearAbby]

119. Well they had no color during the Great Depression

all pictures you see of that time, are all in Black and White. :( Maybe they lost their sense of Ha ha, like Senator McLame.

[DangerousRhythm]

5. Yeah, I can see his point...

Seeing as his campaign is one big JOKE on the American people.

[KingFlorez]

6. McCain is becoming more and more of a dizzy jackass everyday

[Orsino]

29. It's inappropriate for a ditzy jackass to be running for president...

...in light of the financial crisis.

[FatDave]

71. *snort!*

:thumbsup:

[MadrasT]

7. Oh, John, just FUCK OFF already.

Sorry... I really needed to get that off my chest.

[ladjf]

8. McCain:"Inappropriate to do comedy in light of the financial crises

(re:Letterman) when it's about me."

[terrya]

Oh, Christ.

Give me a fucking break. This is so fucking childish on McCain's part. :eyes:

[justiceischeap]

9. When Obama was on Letterman I don't seem to recall too much comedy

Dave handled the interview pretty "professionally" as far as I'm concerned.

Plus, you can't lie to Dave, have Dave call you on that lie and then say, "comedy bad for the economy."

[deadparrot]

10. NO SMILING.

[TwilightGardener]

57. ...

:rofl:

[msallied]

100. Awwww! I love guinea pigs. :)

[babylonsister]

11. What a bunch of crap. They are now pulling it out of their hindquarters as

they go. What exactly is this asshat doing to move the financial crisis along? Not a bloody thing.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

12. This was inappropriate, too, McJackass:

[AspenRose]

74. THANK YOU!

[renate]

92. well played, Starbucks Anarchist!!! n/t

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[renate]

94. you know, upon reflection....

I thought at first that your post was a wonderful burn on McCain.

But it's actually 100% pertinent. He shouldn't be allowed to get away with his "no comedy during a financial crisis" BS under any circumstances, but when there are pictures of him literally eating cake during Katrina, his excuse goes from hilarious to the worst kind of insult to the victims of Katrina.

I retract my ROFLs.

[Barack_America]

13. So why didn't he just tell Letterman that?

Why the "I'm rushing to the airport as we speak" lie?

[FatDave]

76. Because at the point he was telling that lie...

...he hadn't yet been informed that he isn't even on the senate banking comittee.

[spooky3]

81. that's what I asked last night:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7172702&mesg_id=7172821

[krabigirl]

14. hahahaha! Also inappropriate to be having makeup done for another show when cancelling appearance

[DefenseLawyer]

15. But Bomb bomb bomb Iran... now that's comedy gold, Jerry. Gold! n/t

[BeyondGeography]

16. But dude, you ARE a comedian

What's next in the fun bag? Getting Cheney to convince DumbAss to call off the election?

[ShortnFiery]

17. No one DARE make fun of Herr Furher! Damn satirical "Intellectuals" mess with our PsyOps

efforts carefully orchestrated with our beloved Ministry of Truth, i.e., the M$M.

[ShortnFiery]

32. ...

[Enrique]

18. how about tragicomedy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbQwAFobQxQ

[KittyWampus]

19. I WAS A POW. We didn't HAVE late night comedy....

[tridim]

20. Dave does serious interviews all the time.

McCain is just making excuses for his massive FAIL.

[jrockford]

69. hahahaha nt

[Fleshdancer]

22. McCain's Leno appearance proves he doesn't do comedy anyway

"I was a POW" just isn't a funny punchline.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

23. I am praying that Letterman continues with this story. He should be pissed that

McCoward lied to him.

If it were really an emergency, then fine. But the fact that it wasn't an emergency and McCoward simply didn't want to do Letterman, then Letterman ought to be really pissed off!!

[FatDave]

83. A could see a nightly "Where's John McCain?" segment.

Complete with a theme song by Paul. Then they just show clips of him not saving the economy that day.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

103. "Where's McCoward Coundown?" to the tune of "The Final Countdown"!

[JimGinPA]

24. That's Why He Suspended His Campaign - It's A Joke!

:rofl:

[Raschel]

42. Stop the campaign - it's a joke!!!

Perfect!!

[Raschel]

46. Better stop those slapstick Palin interviews too!

Now that's caamedy!!

[Egnever]

60. Wow best come back ever!

[yardwork]

113. good one!

[medicswife]

25. Oh Lord. Where's my tissue box? I better just go and

cry, cry, cry in the corner for poor, poor POW McChicken. He's turned into an even bigger joke than I thought was possible.

boohoo, Johnny, boohoo.

[City Lights]

26. Who knew McChicken did more than comedy?

:shrug:

[Neecy]

27. lol...major mistake

Dave is *really* going to be pissed off at this. Look for another rant tonight.

[Lucky 13]

28. Go to hell you old, decrepit, pathetic little fucker.

[pdxmom]

He can't even be honest in a private conversation with Letterman. Had

McCain been honest with Letterman, I would guess that Letterman would have been quite a bit more lenient on him. McCain deserved Letterman's lambasting and it's obvious that he thinks it's hurting him, because he chose to respond to it.

[bridgit]

30. Nonsense, Bush has been giggling like a little villain the whole time, McCain wants it both ways

[yellowcanine]

Oh John, we had comedians right through the Depression, WWII, etc.

Comedy is always appropriate. And there is nothing funnier than a politician getting on his high horse when he is sinking in the polls.

[AspenRose]

31. Once again McCain shows how clueless he is

Senator McCain, David was serious.

[napi21]

33. Oh man! This guy doesn't know ANYTHING! In times of crises

is when people need laughter & humor the MOST! Hasn't he ever heard the line "Things are so bad, if I couldn't laugh, I'd be crying!"?

I call BS AGAIN!

[WeDidIt]

35. Then why the fuck didn't he tell Dave that?

Oh, yeah, that's right. He got caught in his LIE and is now trying to backpeddle.

[faithfulcitizen]

73. precisely.

[woo me with science]

36. My children were laughing at the breakfast table this morning,

but I smacked them down and made them eat bran.

That will not happen again.

[Overseas]

37. But he was A-OK joking about "Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran"

Heh heh heh included !

[BurtWorm]

38. If McCain wants to stop the comedy, he should stop making himself into such a nice, fat target.

:patriot:

Country first!

[SurfingAtWork]

39. Nice. He finally found something to replace the POW card.

[LiberalAndProud]

40. "STOP LAUGHING AT ME!" - (John McCain )

Visions of my 4-yer-old granddaugeter, in tears ...


"I don't like it when you laugh at me."

[torbird]

41. Letterman wasn't joking, John. You're Screwed.

[dolo amber]

43. Yes, but you see, you're not funny...at all

Well, ok, maybe in the "point and laugh at the crazy old deranged guy" kinda way, but that's only funny for a minute and then it's just pathetic and sad.

[NYCGirl]

44. Is he aware that the film business kept going during the Great Depression?

And radio? And IT WAS IMPORTANT.

[TwilightGardener]

54. Laurel and Hardy. The Three Stooges. SHAME ON THEM!!!

[NYCGirl]

62. Not to mention Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers! And the Gold Diggers of 1933!

Which even contained a GREAT musical number about the WWI veterans who were suffering during the Depression, "Remember My Forgotten Man."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37-ocetYDdU

[TwilightGardener]

82. Good stuff--I love those 30's stylized visuals. Interesting social commentary, too.

I didn't realize WWI vets were considered "forgotten" back then.

[NYCGirl]

118. Warner Brothers back then was known for its social commentary movies —

but most of those were dramas, not musicals.

;-)

One of the most famous was "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang", which did much to help reform the judicial and prison system of the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_a_Fugitive_from_a_Chain_Gang

[treestar]

133. He was only a baby back then!

He was already alive, though!

[leftynyc]

45. That's why he LIED? AGAIN???

Why did he tell Letterman he was racing back to DC?

[Zech Marquis The 2nd]

47. no grandpa..

You could have used that appearance in a constructive way, not a comdey routine (since you dont have any humor to begin with), but rather some actual straight talk...but nooooo, you chose to totally blow Letterman off, and now you have a complete disaster on your hands :nuke:

[TwilightGardener]

48. Jesus, we haven't even had the Wall Street boys jumping out of their windows--

they're just waiting for their handouts--nobody's dying. What a fucking Drama Queen!

[Virginia Dare]

120. Exactly, at this point it's a crisis for billionaires, and nobody else..

many of us in the "real world" face crises on a daily basis. Nobody cancels comedy for us...x(

[CowboyHeyHey]

49. BOMB, BOMB, BOMB, BOMB, BOMB IRAN

This is no time for jokes -- my lobbyist campaign staff are out MONEY!

[treestar]

101. McLame found it OK to joke about THAT!

What a lame dumbass he is!

[jeffrey_X]

50. SHUT IT DOWN! Shut it all down!

LOFL

[L0oniX]

51. "Oh Magoo ...you've done it again".

[jefferson_dem]

52. "Inappropriate to do comedy"? WTF. Watch this.

---> http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=4040

[ContinentalOp]

55. Hahaha, I get it now. THAT'S why they had to suspend the campaign!

McCain and Palin have been killing this last month as they have worked their "the idiot and the asshole" routine to peaks of hilarity. Now they realize we're in a situation and it's time to put their comedy act on hold for a few days while the grown ups fix this mess.

[calico1]

56. Okay...

Nobody smile. Don't laugh. Don't be happy.

There is a financial crisis. It is our patriotic duty to be miserable.

:eyes:

[muriel_volestrangler]

58. McCain declares "War on Comedy"

"The Axis of Fun - Stewart, Colbert and Letterman - is undermining my pathetic campaign our glorious country by trying to get innocent Republican voters to look at reality rather than keep their heads in the sand, or up my ass. They've even infiltrated the Democrats with an agent - one Al Franken. Hell, I'll add the Dems to the Axis list too. I've got to do something to give me a paddle for this creek I'm in".

[JuniperLea]

59. what an idiot

what an ass... he is king of inappropriate comedy! bomb bomb iran... cracks about chelsea clinton... bad sex jokes in mixed company... calling his wife a c*** for shits and grins

[NatBurner]

61. Yes, John, PLEASE keep fucking with Letterman

and bring plenty of lunches, cuz Dave will be eating them nightly.

[AspenRose]

93. If McCain's not careful, other comedians may join Letterman and pile on

Letterman et. al. have more credibility than McChicken will ever have

[akbacchus_BC]

134. Craig Ferguson did pile on a little bit about Letterman being pissed. n/t

[crazylikafox]

63. I can hardly wait to watch Letterman tonite.

I hope his ratings go thru the roof

[Raschel]

105. I hope his ratings go thru the roof

That's the great thing about this. It's one big vicious circle. Dave will keep responding and stirring the pot, because it's such a ratings grabber, and McCain will keep responding because he's such a thin-skinned elitist with a rage problem, causing Dave to respond again..............................

[Warren DeMontague]

64. I think, in light of the financial crisis, it is inappropriate to make statements about

what statements are inappropriate to make in light of the financial crisis.

I also think it's highly inappropriate to put sweaters on dogs.



That's not in light of the financial crisis, that's all the time.

[TwilightGardener]

87. OK, I LOLed. Cute and ridiculous at the same time!

[ecstatic]

65. Is that why he was giggling like a schoolgirl when Couric asked the tough

questions? :shrug:

[FSogol]

66. Is it appropriate to eat b-day cake with the Pres. while a US city drowns?

:shrug:

[Phx_Dem]

67. Look who's talking! His entire campaign is a comedy skit.

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[FatDave]

68. How long before it's inappropriate to hold elections?

I mean, how can we worry about who the next president will be in light of the financial crisis?

[Merlot]

70. "Inappropriate to use Financial Crisis as excuse to postpone debate."

"Inappropriate to tell us when we can laugh."

"Inappropriate to politicize Financial Crisis."

Hell, the whole campaign is ""Inappropriate."

[The empressof all]

72. Cancel TV.....Alert the Moderators....Call the Police

No humor allowed....

Well maybe they'll let Survivor stay on tonight...Never know when those skills could be useful in a CRISIS!

[yourguide]

99. you forgot: CALL CONGRESS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!!ELEVELEN11111!1!1!

[MO_Dem]

75. McCain thinks we SHOULD panic!

The SKY is FALLING!!! His HAIR IS ON FIRE!!! Meanwhile, back in the WH, Boosh is saying we 'mush' pass this bailout, er, um, rescue to PREVENT panic! Poor McCain, always behind the curve.

[bullwinkle428]

77. Ancient Chinese proverb - When one finds himself in a hole,

it is wise to stop digging!

[1corona4u]

78. So, I guess we should declare a moratorium on all comedy shows...

until this thing is resolved? NOT.

[Indenturedebtor]

79. So this must be why he suspended his campaign

Too many people see him as a joke. I agree. he's entirely innapropriate and the American people shouldn't have to see or hear from him in this time of crisis.

[amborin]

80. inappropriate to have $5000 makeup sessions when ordinary Americans are losing homes

[HeraldSquare212]

84. then please stop making us laugh, John!

[Demi_Babe]

85. OMG

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

86. inappropriate to celebrate B-day with Bush when Katrina hits, too!

[marlakay]

88. i guess he didn't talk to his parents then much

about what life was like during the depression, i read once that movies were the one thing people would save and go out to, they needed relief from the stress. and alot of the movies were comedies to relax folks.

mccain is so out of touch with regular people it is not funny. i read the other day his dad gave him a brand new corvette when he graduated from that naval class almost last. this is how he was raised.

[KansDem]

89. You mean like President "Nope...no weapons here" Bush?

Funny thing, Senator, I don't recall you saying this was "inappropriate." Did you say that Bush's performance was "inappropriate" and I just didn't hear or read about it? Hmmm?

[ErinBerin84]

90. he obviously didn't say that to Letterman...

he made it sound like the jet was WAITING for him....plus, Nicole Wallace made a dumb ass joke about Obama debating Styrofoam on Morning Joe. Plus, whenever the campaign has put out stupid paris hilton type ads, their response to the backlash has been "hey man, get a sense of humor!"

[Bad Thoughts]

91. Even Mr 9/11 Thought We Must Laugh in a Crisis

Remember Giuliani on SNL:

Lorne Michaels: On behalf of everyone here, I just want to thank you all for being here tonight, especially you, sir.

Mayor Rudolph Guiliani: Thank you, Lorne. Thank you very much. Having our city's institutions up and running sends a message that New York City is open for business. "Saturday Night Live" is one of our great New York City institutions, and that's why it's important for you to do your show tonight.

Lorne Michaels: Can we be funny?

Mayor Rudolph Guiliani: Why start now? "Live, from New York! It's Saturday Night!"

[Sodan]

95. What a morAn

[rxdem84]

96. Oh. My. God. What is going on? How could ANYONE vote for

this man? He is a pathetic joke. Last Monday everthing was fine and now today the world is about to explode. Someone get this man his meds, NOW!!

[Cha]

97. Then why did mccain lie? Now it's about the

coverup.

[quantass]

98. Exactly, WHY LIE to Letterman and say had to head back to Washington (nt)

[Zynx]

102. Did everyone's mother just die? Jesus Christ.

[Hansel]

104. Dave Letterman is quite capable of conducting serious interviews

appropriate for the subject and guest. And John McCain knows this. He wasn't going on the show to do comedy. He was going on the show to be interviewed.

He was afraid of the questions that Letterman might asks and his campaign even more afraid of how he would answer them. Letterman was not going to pull any punches.

[Cha]

110. Yeah, how the mighty have fallen..that's what happens

when you've lived a lie for so long and only helped the super corporations. And, all of sudden you want to be just like Barack Obama.

[ProSense]

106. Didn't he just appear with Whoopie? MIA

McCain Is an Ass

[blondeatlast]

107. k nt

[rucky]

108. "Inappropriate to do comedy": Is that his excuse for suspending the campaign?

[KathieG]

109. But it's ok during war right?...STFU Peepaw!

:grr:

[LynneSin]

111. I don't think that was comedy that Dave Letterman was doing last night....

Letterman has a history of holding grudges so how do you think Dave felt when he got the poof but McCain not only had time to do CBS evening news BUT the guy even hung out in NYC for the rest of the night.

Letterman is pissed and that is not a shit list you want to be on.

[TexasObserver]

112. EVERYTHING McCain does is contrived and insincere.

This guy doesn't stand for anything.

[Supersedeas]

114. but the laughable fool has the time to 'respond' to comedy!!!???!!!

[BrotherBuzz]

115. Will Rogers might disagree, but then he just read the papers

[nam78_two]

116. Hey asshole-the rest of us don't have 13 homes and millions from Anheuser-Busch to fall back on

Comedy helps us.
The past 8 years would have been so much worse without the likes of Colbert and Stewart. This guy is just such a TOOL..

[Vinca]

117. Well, golly, John. You could have gone on Letterman to reassure

the American people that you and only you could handle the problem and you were there to save the day. :rofl: Nope, doesn't work. That's comedy.

[workinclasszero]

121. Now that the rich thieves on Wall Street are in trouble

its a crisis. The last eight years have been hell for the working class but McBush didn't give two shits about that!

[iiibbb]

122. Last night... that wasn't comedy...

That was well-deserved and well-aimed criticism.

[mamalone]

123. How asinine...

It's not like Letterman is the Three Stooges... it's not like McCain would have been on there throwing pies and yukkin' it up:eyes: In fact Letterman would have given him the time and space to speak to the gravity of the situation if that's what he wanted to do. Seriously doing a show like Letterman is probably one of the best things he could have done, if his aim was to set folks mind at ease and share his thoughts and philosophies on the current dilemma. I am so glad no one is giving him a pass on this...

or at least I assume no one's giving him a a pass. They aren't, are they?

[AtomTan]

124. I remember this from 2001

McCain on Letterman, a month after 9/11, in the midst of the anthrax crisis, joking about it: "Bring out your dead!" and joking about Osama Bin-Laden as well.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/01/mccain-anthrax-iraq/

No time for comedy indeed. Jackass.

[soleft]

125. Wasn't he on Leno right after 9/11?

[GalleryGod]

126. P.U. !!! Change your attends,Johnny!

:puke: :argh:

[scorpiogirl]

127. But singing Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran

in front of an audience is appropriate, eh? He's the last person who should be commenting on something like that. What an asshole!

[baldguy]

128. But he still lets Palin out in public.

[zulchzulu]

129. McChicken, the joke is ON YOU!

What a laughing stock...

[Bucky]

130. If it's "inappropriate to do comedy" then why did he nominate Palin?

[TexanDem]

131. Letterman wasn't trying to be funny. eom

[GardeningGal]

132. Well then, shouldn't he have told Dave that instead of lying to him?

McCain's changing his story YET AGAIN when things don't quite work out the way he had planned.

[blondeatlast]

135. k nt

[freestyle]

136. So he dumped Palin? Tragicomedy is still comedy. n/t

[blondeatlast]

137. Kicking for the evening shift. nt

[jane_pippin]

138. Then why is everything you say lately cracking me up John?

Hypocrite!