Letterman Mocks McCain For Canceling Appearance … Replaces With Olbermann
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John McCain bails on David Letterman and the host is not happy
Top of the Ticket — Hours after John McCain announced he was suspending his campaign to focus on fixing the nation's ailing economy, he pulled out of his scheduled appearance on the "The Late Show with David Letterman." As our colleague Matea Gold reports on the Show Tracker blog, Letterman told the audience during the taping of Wednesday's show that McCain had called him personally to apologize for bailing. According to Letterman, McCain said he couldn't appear because he was rushing to the airport to get back to Washington. But midway through the broadcast, Letterman appeared to learn that the Arizona senator was actually still ...

David Letterman Pwns John McCain
Oliver Willis — “You don’t quit.”

Video: David Letterman In the Tank Mocks McCain About Suspending His Campaign
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — David Letterman is an embarassment. Technorati Tags: John McCain, David Letterman Bookmark/Search this post with: ...

McCain Blows Off Letterman For Katie Couric
Firedoglake — John McCain blew off David Letterman today because he said was getting back to Washington to address the economic crisis. Only it turned out he wasn't in Washington, he was still in New York -- being interviewed by Katie Couric. The attached YouTube is  "an hour of ridicule boiled down to ...

Letterman reacts to McCain’s cancellation.
Think Progress — As part of his plan to suspend his campaign activities, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) today decided to cancel his appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman. McCain’s campaign reportedly told Letterman that the senator was “racing back to Washington.” That, however, didn’t happen. In his show to air tonight, Letterman shows footage of McCain sitting down with CBS’s Katie Couric for an interview at the same time he was supposed to be on his show. Watch it: Instead of McCain, Letterman hosted MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann. (HT: FDL)

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Wow
Open Left - Front Page — As you've probably read, David Letterman really skewers John McCain on his campaign suspension, late cancellation of his scheduled appearance on the Late Show and Sarah Palin. It's more devastating than I expected though:

Letterman rips McCain
Greatscat! — 9-24-08: David reacts to John McCain announcing the suspension of his presidential campaign due to the 'exploding' economy, and cancelling his appearance on Late Night. -Diane Stumble Upon Toolbar Stumble It! on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 7:27 PM | | | Permalink [image] [image]

David Letterman shows the world John McCain's latest shameless lie
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily — OMFG! I just twittered that I needed to catch David Letterman's show to see this bit and guess what? Oliver delivers the goods. Letterman totally pnws "Sarah Palin's running mate" and shames him for quitting the race and his show ---after fauxextolling him profusely for being a "Vietnam hero".  LOL! Best quote ever : "The Road To The WhiteHouse Always Runs Through Me". The fact that he does all of this with Keith Olberman as a guest, tells you who's the biggest lovable asshole we have here in TV.  Letterman not only pnws McCain but fucking schools ...

McCain Blows Off Letterman for Couric: Letterman Rips McCain (Video)
Tennessee Guerilla Women — And the election drama continues. Got your popcorn? -- "'An hour of ridicule boiled down to nine minutes.' As Letterman watches him live with Couric, it looks like his head is about to explode." -- via Jane Hamsher ...

David Letterman On McCain’s Campaign Suspension And The Political And Cultural Conventional Wisdom
The Moderate Voice — So now GOP Presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, pointing to the Wall Street meltdown and the chance that Congress will balk at the Bush administration’s crucial bailout solution, has suspended his campaign — and reportedly won’t show up at Friday’s debate even if Democratic Sen. Barack Obama does. In terms of the impact on Campaign 2008, the next few days will be critical as a new conventional wisdom — more important than any conventional wisdom you see emerging on right, left or centrist blogs — will begin to take shape. It’s the larger political/media conventional wisdom, and the cultural political wisdom. ...

I Would Boycott David Letterman, But I Haven't Watched Him Since 1995
Ace of Spades HQ — I Would Boycott David Letterman, But I Haven't Watched Him Since 1995 You know -- three years after he stopped being funny. Damnit. How do I boycott someone for his politics when I already began boycotting him for having gotten old, broken, bitter, and unfunny 15 years go?

Letterman, Palin . . . Oh, and Bush
Opinionator — Most bloggers seem too busy watching David Letterman rant about John McCain apparently dissembling to him in a phone call about why he canceled his appearance on Letterman’s show, or breaking down Sarah Palin’s interview with Katie Couric , to bother commenting on President Bush’s address to the nation about his administration’s proposal for a $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. But Stan Collender of Capital Gains and Games thought it was an important moment for the president and for the proposal. “How does a lame duck president with little or no credibility on economic issues and overall very low job approval ratings make a nationwide speech ...

McCain vs. Letterman (VIDEO) (UPDATE)
Comments from Left Field — Courtesy Jane Hamsher: Bad… bad… move. UPDATE: Joe Gandelman has, possibly the best analysis of this incident and the greater John McCain campaign suspension out there. Shorter: if McCain set himself up as a punchline for the gatekeepers of comedy, not partisan information, this is not going to go well for him.

Letterman Rips McCain Over “Suspension”
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Did Letterman And Schaffer Just Ruin The McCain/Palin Campaign?
Blah3 Feed — I've never seen Dave better, and Paul is THE brilliant foil. Both of them at peak of performance... And then in walks Keith Olbermann, and Dave and Paul keep on rolling. Infuckingcredibly good live humor. John McCain and Sarah Palin are finished. Somehow, I think that tonight's show just ruined John McCain and Sarah Palin. It's gotta be over.

Letterman Rips McCain Over Phony Cancellation
TalkLeft — Via Huffington Post, Sen. John McCain canceled his taped appearance on Dave Letterman's show today as part of his announcement he was suspending his campaign, but instead went down the street to be interviewed by Katie Couric. ...

Open thread
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Not Maverick. Erratic.
LiberalOasis : The Blog — When David Letterman announces that Sen. John McCain canceled his CBS Late Show appearance so he could focus on the financial crisis, then shows the live feed of McCain getting makeup applied for an interview across the hall with CBS' Katie Couric, it's pretty devastating (6:35 in the below clip.) The McCain gambit is in order to build a narrative that he puts "Country First" over politics. But he is potentially creating the opposite narrative. Pick Sarah Palin. Fire Chris Cox. Appoint a Cuomo. Demand Town Halls. Postpone The Debates. These are all political ...

Remains Of The Day
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — Maybe I'm grossly misreading this, but I don't think McCain's decision to "suspend" his campaign today self-evidently looks Presidential. It could look Presidential, or it could look like a stunt. Meaning, the way the decision is narrated by the media matters. And when you've lost Kathryn Lopez ...

top reason not to blow off letterman
skippy the bush kangaroo — he'll turn you into his joke for the evening

Quick Hits and Deep Thoughts: Bill Sizemore, Judy Stiegler, and David Letterman
BlueOregon — Once again, Bill Sizemore is back with a measure to silence Oregon's labor unions -- for the fourth time. The Defend Oregon Coalition has rolled out its first ad opposing Measure 64. Learn more here. I don't know about you, but trying to get up to speed on the science and economics behind some environmental policies can be overwhelming and frustrating. Well, the Sightline Institute has produced a comprehensive primer on Cap & Trade - and written it for a lay audience. Check it out. In Bend, Judy Stiegler is making a strong run for the GOP-held seat in HD 54. ...

Brutal
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Desperate McCain Suspends Campaign. Punks David Lettermen
The Hollywood Liberal — McCain is on the ropes, he’s going down, and he is desperate, so what does he do. Runs back to Washington becuase he is too chicken to debate Obama, he knows the carnage would be devastating for him. Not to mention what would happen to the pig with lipstick when Biden got through with her. He even punked out on Letterman. Dave wasn’t too happy, the show went on without the doddering old Keating 5 dude. Check out Dave. This entry was posted on Thursday, September 25th, 2008 at 6:08 am and is filed under Videos ...

Letterman Rips No-Show McCain
Drudge Retort — Looks like the long-friendly relationship between John McCain and David Letterman is on the skids. The late-night comedian was none too pleased that the Republican presidential nominee bailed on an appearance Wednesday on the Late Show so he could return to Washington to deal with the economic crisis, particularly since he found time to give an interview to CBS News anchor Katie Couric along the way.

Do not annoy the Letterman.
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Stephen C. Rose: John McCain Antics -- Thursday 25 September, 2008
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — By Stephen C. Rose John McCain is engaged in a hypocritical effort to preempt the narrative of this Presidential contest. Today I shall try to carry on a running account of this, using as few words as possible to describe what I devoutly hope will be, like the rest of the McCain campaign, a transparent and demeaning retreat from even the pretense of civility, wisdom and true concern for the people of this country. From Nate at 538:: Americans feel about the debates they way I felt about Bugs Bunny. The cumulative audience between the three Presidential debates will likely significantly exceed that of the Super ...

DAVID LETTERMAN REACTS TO MCCAIN SUSPENDING HIS CAMPAIGN
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Democracy is better off when comedians step in where journalists fear to tread
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — But where are the clowns? Quick, send in the clowns. Don't bother, they're here. Send in the Clowns, Stephen Sondheim, 1973 While I don't watch much late-night broadcast TV lately (and virtually no Jay Leno), I always appreciate having David Letterman around. Last night proved why it's crucial to have him on the air. Yes, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert do commentary and political humor much better and much more often than the traditional late-night hosts. But Letterman, Leno, Jimmy Kimmel, Craig Ferguson, and Conan O'Brien draw much larger audiences on ...

Video: The obligatory “Letterman rails against McCain for nine minutes” clip
Hot Air » Top Picks — Video: The obligatory “Letterman rails against McCain for nine minutes” clip posted at 11:47 am on September 25, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | printer-friendly Every bit as tedious as the headline makes it sound. To grasp just how spiteful this is, note that Olbermann wasn’t originally scheduled to appear. He was the guy Letterman got to replace McCain . There must be dozens of people on his own network who’d love a turn on “Late Show,” but because he wanted to flip Maverick the bird, he dialed up the most notorious Republican-hater he could find. Good work, Dave. Note Olby’s conspicuous smile near the end at the thought of Palin coming ...

McCain's Debate Ploy
Open Left - Front Page — demondeac is Ross Smith, Director of Debate at Wake Forest University and founder of DebateScoop.org. John McCain said that getting an economic plan accomplished was so important that he needed to suspend his campaign. While that may or (almost certainly) may not be reasonable, whether or not tomorrow night's debate should be put on hold is a separate question. McCain has made no explicit arguments (claims supported by reasons) for postponing the debate. At best he argues by enthymeme, leaving it to the listeners to discover some argument for themselves. Obama has argued, without refutation from McCain, that holding the debate is important so the American ...

McCain's Face Value
BAGnewsNotes — The reason Lettermen lashed out at McCain last night in playing a make-up outtake from Mac's interview before Couric's program? It's not just because McCain ditched Letterman at the last minute to do the interview.  It's because the McCain campaign has so manipulated and abused both the infotainment complex and the news and visual media, the people with the cameras are retaliating by calling McCain on just what a show he is.  With McCain aspiring to Rove-level media manipulation ... but butchering it, this frame, in particular, reveals a make-up artist simply toning up McCain's already personally-applied "deadly ...

As Our Rome Burns, “Senator” B. Hussein Obama Wants To Read “My Pet Goat”
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — I am oddly reminded of “We’re under a terrorist attack .. planes are hitting buildings, and all Bush did was sit and read My Pet Goat to a bunch of grade school kids …” that has been whined and whined over and over again by the left in this country. And then there was ABC News’s Peter Jennings’ snide remarks questioning Pres. Bush’s leadership and perhaps hinting at Bush’s courage when the Secret Service would not allow Pres. Bush’s plane to return to D.C. while the chaos of 9-11 was still literally ‘up in the air’. A plane had just hit the Pentagon, two buildings were on ...

McCain: “Nevermind”
The Agitator — John McCain’s weird, drama-queen, “it’s all about me” moment just came to a crushing halt, as he has apparently backed down and agreed to attend the debate in Mississippi tonight. I’m not sure what McCain gained from all the histrionics. The guy who just months ago said he didn’t really know all that much about the economy apparently expected voters to buy the idea that Congress was waiting to act on the financial crisis until it could first consult his expertise. He canceled an appearance on David Letterman’s show, apparently calling Letterman himself to apologize, explaining ...

McCain Fail
The Talent Show — Wow. This may be the douchiest thing in the history of presidential politics (which is saying a lot). After McCain turned into a drama queen on Wednesday and declared that he was going to suspend his campaign (which he didn’t) in order to rush back to Washington (which he didn’t) and save the economy (which he didn’t), he suddenly decided that even though negotiations on a potential bailout are worse now than they were 24 hours ago, enough had been done for him to shout “Time In!” and travel to tonight’s debates with his tail between his legs. Yet with his new stance revealing that his previous act of ...

McCain Fail
This Modern World — Wow. This may be the douchiest thing in the history of presidential politics (which is saying a lot). After McCain turned into a drama queen on Wednesday and declared that he was going to suspend his campaign (which he didn’t ...

Max Keiser: Market Says McCain is Bonkers, Not Bold
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — John McCain's shock suspension of campaigning has drastically altered the fundamentals of the 2008 Presidential Election Winner (Individual) contract at Intrade. The stunt is being met with wide spread selling of McCain, while traders have simultaneously ploughed into Obama, rocketing his price up to 57. Obama has now opened up a 13 point lead against his opponent. McCain's move was met with widespread disbelief in this morning's media. The Wall Street Journal confessed to being totally mystified by McCain's suspension of campaigning: Last we checked, the President of the United States was still George W. Bush, the ...

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Eschaton — More Thread What'd I miss? What did the Deciderer say?

Un-Ethnic
Eschaton — Condescension Visuals aside, what did come through loud and clear on the radio bits I heard was McCain's incredibly condescending attitude towards Obama. Not a mindreader, so I don't know what he really thinks/feels, but he sounded like he thought Obama was on par with dog shit.

Angry John
Eschaton — Condescension Visuals aside, what did come through loud and clear on the radio bits I heard was McCain's incredibly condescending attitude towards Obama. Not a mindreader, so I don't know what he really thinks/feels, but he sounded like he thought Obama was on par with dog shit.

Phillies!
Eschaton — Condescension Visuals aside, what did come through loud and clear on the radio bits I heard was McCain's incredibly condescending attitude towards Obama. Not a mindreader, so I don't know what he really thinks/feels, but he sounded like he thought Obama was on par with dog shit.

Evening Thread
Eschaton — Evening Thread by Molly Ivors Will Tina Fey keep her promise? Ohpleaseohpleaseohplease.....

Overnight
Eschaton — Overnight Normal blogging to resume sometime tomorrow afternoon.

If Looks Could…
The Republic of T. — Last week was a bad one for the McCain campaign, no matter how you slice it. First, he pulls the stunt of trying to “suspend” the campaign, only to get called out by Obama when the chronology of their exchange reveals an impulsive attempt by McCain to back Obama into “suspending the campaign” and following his lead. Instead, a reporter’s question gives Obama the chance to say that whoever wins the election and ends up in the oval office “will have to be able to do more than one thing at a time.” Then he cancels on Letterman, only to have Dave catch him in a lie, and show the NBC video feed ...

McCain and Letterman Could Make Up
News — McCain and Letterman Could Make Up John McCain, who ticked off David Letterman last month, may return as a guest on "The Late Show" next week, reports The New York Post . McCain was scheduled to give Letterman an interview two weeks ago, but the Republican presidential nominee cancelled at the last minute when he suspended his campaign to focus on the bailout bill. Letterman responded by mocking McCain, who later appeared with Letterman's CBS colleague Katie Couric. (See the video below.) According to the newspaper, McCain representatives and "Late Show" executives are now talking about a McCain appearance possibly next week, when McCain will be in the New ...

Odds And Ends, Making Up Is Hard To Do
Hotline On Call Part Deux — Odds and Ends, 22 days and counting: -- John McCain will appear Thursday night on the Late Show with David Letterman. He pulled out of an appearance last month when he suspended his campaign to deal with the economic crisis, and Letterman hammered the AZ Sen. repeatedly for bypassing his show to do an interview with Katie Couric. -- Dean Smith, the legendary and beloved former University of North Carolina basketball coach, endorsed Barack Obama. His support comes as the once GOP-leaning NC looks ever more like a toss-up. -- New York Times ...

McCain's Victory Dance
Politics Daily — Filed under: Republicans, Barack Obama, John McCain Today on "Meet the Press" John McCain guaranteed victory in his race against Barack Obama: "We're going to do well in this campaign, my friend. We're going to win it and it's going to be tight, and we're going to be up late." Of course, what else is he supposed to say? We're going to be trounced? The problem is that, by this time, most Americans take McCain's pronouncements with skepticism. This is the same man, after all, who gave us the following "take-it-to-the-bank" wisdom: "We will be welcomed ...

Daniel Kurtzman: 2008's Most Laughable Political Antics
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — In a year when everyone was looking for a bailout, politicians did more for political comedy than any other industry. We had governors gone rogue, reverends gone wild, shoe-throwers, imaginary snipers and, of course, everyone's favorite mavericky, Prada-wearing hockey mom. As a salute to those who made this the funniest year since, well, last year, here's a look back at 2008's most memorable feats and foibles, in words and glorious video: Worst photo op: Sarah Palin's turkey pardoning fiasco -- a.k.a. "wattlegate" -- in which she pardoned a turkey at a farm in Wasilla, and then gave an interview while other turkeys were shoved into a cone of death ...