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For Obama, Talk About Economy Goes Into Late Night
nytimes.com - 3/20/2009
For Obama, Talk About Economy Goes Into Late Night
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President Obama held his own with Jay Leno, countering Mr. Leno’s thrusts about executive bonuses at A.I.G. >
President to pioneer chat on late-night TV
usatoday.com - 3/19/2009
President to pioneer chat on late-night TV
— usatoday.com — Obama plans to be a guest on NBC's The Tonight Show With Jay Leno at 11:35 p.m.... ET. His press secretary says not to look for a comedy routine. "I anticipate that a large amount of the discussion will center around the president's economic plans, and ... (more) President to pioneer chat on late-night TV

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Conversation About Economy Goes Into Late Night
nytimes.com - 3/20/2009
Conversation About Economy Goes Into Late Night
— nytimes.com — President Obama held his own with Jay Leno, countering Mr. Leno’s thrusts about executive bonuses at A.I.G.... > (more) Conversation About Economy Goes Into Late Night

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Late Night: Tracks of My Tears
talkleft.com - 3/26/2009
Late Night: Tracks of My Tears
— talkleft.com — Adam Lambert on American Idol tonight. We're waiting for the snowstorm of the season here in Denver... ...more than 15 inches are expected, it's the only thing on the news. Here's an open thread, all topics welcome. (more) Late Night: Tracks of My Tears
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Pirate's Cove — Friday! Friday! Friday! The day after Thursday. The day after the “it’s so nice to have a smart, intelligent president” went gaffetastic on Leno Towards the end of his approximately 40-minute appearance, the president talked about how he’s gotten better at bowling and has been practicing in the White House bowling alley. He bowled a 129, the president said. “That’s very good, Mr. President,” Leno said sarcastically. It’s “like the Special Olympics or something,” the president said. Remember when people had a snit over the word ...

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RedState: Conservative News and Community — All day Friday the newspapers, TV stations, radio, and the Internet were abuzz with Barack Obama’s failed joke about the Special Olympics Thursday night on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. In shades of John Kerry’s failed joke about the unschooled being “stuck in Iraq,” the president’s apologists said he was merely joking and didn’t mean to say anything disparaging about people with developmental challenges. Still, the incident stirred passionate discussion all day Friday. At least it did for everyone but The New York Times’s Helene Cooper. Cooper seemed not to even realize it happened if her review of the show ...

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