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“Senator John McCain is on the show tonight…ehhhh, maybe I won’t show!”
That’s how David Letterman announced that Republican Presidential nominee was a guest on Thurday night’s show, going on to say that he had Joe the Plumber booked for tonight’s show, but he cancelled to do an interview with Katie Couric. No one thought Letterman was going to let McCain off easy, did they?
Dave prefaced McCain’s appearance by once again rehashing the story of the Senators snub in the midst of the financial “cratering”. Letterman also showed a stone-faced Keith Olbermann, who pinch hit for McCain last time, waiting in the studio wings to come on at a moment’s notice. Before going to commercial, Dave brought up the undecideds still out there, who could go into the voting booth next month and start to pull the lever for McCain and think, “Wait, maybe not, I don’t like that thing he did to Letterman, and I had to sit through two segments of Keith Olbermann.”
But McCain came to the couch with a smile on his face, seemingly happy to face the music Letterman was going to play for him, shaking hands and giving a friendly hug to Dave. When Dave asked if he could stay, McCain said it depends on how bad it gets, with a laugh. Then, in a hell of a good natured admission, when Letterman asked him what happened, he said “I screwed up!”
As much as Letterman asked him, nicely, I might add, what happened, McCain never tried to roll over anything, he just straight up kept saying he screwed up. He also threw in there that he has had so much fun since his last interrogation, which drew an uneasy laugh from the studio audience.
McCain took the opportunity to apologize to Joe the Plumber, who has been inundated with reporters and telephone calls after being made the overwhelming star of the Presidential debates on Wednesday evening.
Dave gave McCain alot of crap for the missed show, but he also asked him some serious questions, most of which got answers fairly verbatim from the previous night’s debate. They’re talking points, and that’s what all politicians do during election time, stick to the book so nothing that could come back to bite you in the ass comes out. When asked if Sarah Palin could come on the show, McCain said he would see what he could make happen, explaining there are only 19 days left until the election and she’s campaigning very hard. Letterman was obviously, and relentlessly, picking at McCain for his choice of Palin as a running mate, but McCain never broke rank. There was a spirited debate about Obama and William Ayers, as well.
Senator McCain promised to make his first executive order an increase in David Letterman’s taxes, and said he would personally see to it.
Note by Celebitchy: Here are links to the full interview on YouTube. It’s a shame that Redlasso is still down and I would have preferred to see it there, where you know the clip is never going to disappear:
John McCain on David Letterman 10/16/08, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
Written by Ceilidh
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man i feel badly for these educated and intelligent politicians who have to go on these talk shows to safe face…a nd get disrespected by retarded celebrities and have to sit through their innane questioning… glad i’m not a politician…
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HA!! Yes Dave, I promise to raise your taxes and I will see to it personally… well said!
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do people know that joe the plumber is no plumber? he has no license. oh and his real name is samuel j. wurzelbacher. it´s not clear if the j. even stands for joe. plus, he owes $1,182.98 in personal income tax. just saying.
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Anni, so what? Is he running for President?
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I stayed up and watched most of it – Olberman’s “cameo” was the highlight for me – Dave even had Keith’s enormous head measured.
But McCain did himself a few favors last night – the Letterman interview was good, as was his and Obama’s speeches at the Al Smith dinner. CB, you try to post some of the transcripts from that!
Obama: “What you don’t know is that ‘Barack’ is actually Swahili for ‘That One’…”
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Anni never said he was running for president. I wouldnt want to speak for someone else but I think she’s trying to point out that this “Joe the plumber” should’nt be taken seriously! Jeez the guy is pathetic, he does’nt even have a license & he owes a hefty amt of $$ yet he wants to buy a business & he’s complaining about the hypothetical tax on his hypothetical business, LOL! That’s funnier than Obama & Mccain’s speeches last night!
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Have to agree that the highlight was Olbermann.
Although after watching the speaches at the Alfred E. Smith dinner – I was disappointed to see the snarky side of McCain appear on the David Letterman show. I much prefer the McCain that spoke at the Alfred E. Smith dinner. Loved how McCain tried to defend Palin and convince us all that we “love” and “support” her.
The Alfred E. Smith dinner was so much better to watch then Letterman – I really wished Dave did not softball McCain as much as he did.
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thanks heidi
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joe the plumber actually called a press conference to give all his opinions to the media,so if he doesn’t want the attention he shouldn’t have opened this can of worms. now he has to pay his taxes like the rest of us…douchebag.
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Ur welcome my dear. You didnt say anything offensive you simply stated the facts & I hope nobody took my comment to heart, my beef is w/”Joe”…
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I don’t understand the rancor towards a fellow citizen asking a Presidential candidate a question about his tax plan.
I live in Ohio an in my county you don’t need a license to build a house, as long as it passed code.
“During 2006, economists for The Tax Foundation estimated that 43 million Americans do not pay income taxes. On top of this number add 15 million individuals and households who do not file tax returns. Approximately 121 million – or 41% of the population – are outside the federal tax system.”
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