Letterman Grills McCain on The Late Show - Oct. 16, 2008

[Hissyspit]

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CBS The Late Show w/ DAVID LETTERMAN - Oct. 16, 208Hear the Senator's excuse for canceling on Dave. Plus: Sarah Palin, campaign controversies and more.

This is not the full interview.
(Hat Tip to Kittycat)

[Frank Booth]

1. Looks like McCain's advisers are telling him that the angry, bitter and confused

shtick is working.

[DesertFlower]

2. but he's still whining about ayers

and that obama would not have town hall meetings with him.

[iconicgnom]

3. Uh, that isn't a shtick.

[PatSeg]

4. Letterman still wouldn't let him off the hook

He kept going at him. Meanwhile, McCain kept saying the same crap that he said in the debate about Ayers and ACORN. What an insane campaign. I've never seen anything like it.

[ksimons]

5. McCain is running out of sides to his mouth to talk out of nt

[Sanity Claws]

6. McCain did not help himself

He came across as rude and angry, even though he tried to be congenial. He won no one over and Dave probably won't stop making fun of him.

[BeliQueen]

7. I just realize why I don't like John McCain

The way he answered the question about "palling around" reminds me of the way my father answers questions when he knows he's wrong.

:puke:

[rcrush]

8. Barack Obama promised every American a kitty! n/t

[Voice for Peace]

12. that was too wonderful. my kitten was sitting on my lap when I watched that.

gave me a whole new appreciation of obama, that he wants to give everyone a kitty.

Even McCain wants a kitty!!

[Voice for Peace]

15. everybody in america wants a kitty!

OH JEEZ NOW I AM IN CUTE KITTY LAND

[amyrose2712]

22. Whaen did he say that? Did I miss something here?nt

[amyrose2712]

23. Ok. I just saw it. ADORABLE! nt

[Voice for Peace]

9. juan cole's informed comments

John McCain returns to David Letterman's Late Show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PTWfRRJ8ZQ in an attempt to redeem himself after his erratic behavior and earlier cancellation.

It is the oddest thing, that entertainment show hosts such as Letterman ask harder and more persistent questions about questionable campaign techniques than do the hard news interviewers.

The McCain appearance on Letterman had a few laughs, but mostly was deadly serious.

For laughs, you have to go to the candidates themselves and their performance at a roast (see below).
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Letterman at one point took McCain on about his sleazy smear campaign against Barack Obama http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpGdL1K46Hc for having been in the same room with Bill Ayers. Letterman pointed out that McCain has had a close relationship with G. Gordon Liddy. Carl Bernstein had blown the whistle on the McCain-Liddy connection http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpGdL1K46Hc , and pointed to the series of plans for domestic terrorism that Liddy had thought up. McCain excused Liddy on the grounds that he had done his jail time. But so had Ayers.

See also Oliver Willis http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/05/mccains-terror-connection-g-gordon-liddy/ and also Matthew Yglesias http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/10/mccain_and_g_gordon_liddy.php .

Letterman also pointed out that Sarah Palin said Obama 'pals around with terrorists' with an 's'. McCain responded by saying that lots of things get said in a campaign. This turn to the passive voice was designed to erase his own decision to ask Palin to say those things, which she decided to do. They don't 'get said'. People decide to say them. In this case, the whole thing is a non-issue and a transparent attempt at distraction, which only dittoheads and the clueless could possibly take seriously.

Newsday suggests http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/friday/news/ny-etdave175886751oct17,0,4253950.story that McCain probably wished by the end of it that he had not shown up.

[Voice for Peace]

10. did you notice this?

"Of Letterman's endless rants the last couple of weeks concerning his last-minute cancellation as a guest on "Late Show," McCain noted, "I haven't had so much fun since my last interrogation.""

the quick glance at paul shaffer and the laugh after mccain said this

my impression was, they had put down money before the show on whether or not McCain would bring up the POW reference.. it was VERY funny, mcain didn't get the private joke.

[Coexist]

11. excellent

[understandinglife]

19. Digg Link to the GG Libby segment

http://digg.com/comedy/Late_Show_Senator_John_McCain_10_16_2008

[gateley]

13. I read that there were "conditions" between McCain and the Letterman show

regarding this appearance. I wonder if it's true. McCain had obviously (to me) planned to use the "I screwed up" and "haven't had so much fun since my last interrogation" lines.

Biden was on Leno, and I'm just betting that no "conditions" were required for that appearance.

[City Lights]

14. He's still too much of a coward to sputter Obama-Ayers without dragging Clinton

into it.

Stinkin' yellow-bellied coward.

[progressoid]

16. I think he's going to regret this.

[understandinglife]

17. Digg it ...

http://digg.com/comedy/Late_Show_Senator_John_McCain_10_16_2008

[ecstatic]

18. Let's see if the MSM, who has been following the Letterman saga

will utter ONE SINGLE WORD about Liddy. I'm waiting...

[no limit]

20. Letterman actually brought up Liddy. It's sad a comedian has to ask the real questions.

Where the fuck is our media at?

[machI]

21. Kick

[amyrose2712]

24. K