McCain, Letterman Spar on 'Late Show'

[Hissyspit]

Source: Associated Press

McCain, Letterman Spar on 'Late Show'
2008-04-01 21:53:32

NEW YORK (AP) — Republican presidential candidate John McCain good-naturedly sparred with David Letterman on Tuesday night's "Late Show." During his monologue, Letterman joked that the Arizona senator reminded him of "the guy at the hardware store who makes the keys" and "the guy who can't stop talking about how well his tomatoes are doing."

After Letterman added that McCain looked like "the guy who points out the spots they missed at the car wash," the senator appeared on stage. "You think that stuff's pretty funny, don't you?" McCain asked, then added: "Well, you look like a guy whose laptop would be seized by the authorities."

McCain also said the host resembled the guy caught smuggling reptiles in his pants, to which Letterman replied, "Don't knock it if you haven't tried it." The candidate also likened Letterman to the manager of a creepy motel, the guy who enjoys watching his swim trunks inflate in a hot tub and the guy about whom neighbors later say, "He mostly kept to himself."

Later in the show, the two discussed more serious issues, including the national credit crisis, Iraqi casualties, the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Bear Stearns and accusations that McCain's not a true conservative Republican.

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[EmilyAnne]

1. Maybe McCain has a career cut out for him as a standup comedian when his presidential goals fizzle.

As long as he has someone as good as Dave Letterman's writers working on his routine, he should do fine.

[DarienComp]

2. Okay, don't flame me...

but "the guy who enjoys watching his swim trunks inflate in a hot tub" is DAMN FUNNY.

[LiberalFighter]

9. I bet Letterman is that type of guy too

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. you know...seems like any more

show biz/politics=fine line.

just sayin' :yoiks:

[humbled_opinion]

12. Oh Please get a life it was funny.

All politicians are better served making the comedy tour. It makes them human.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. Thanks for the (not so) humbled_opinion.

:eyes:

so, they aren't human until they do a comedy tour:crazy:

on edit: where did I say that I didn't laugh my ass off?

[bushmeister0]

4. "Well, you look like a guy whose laptop would be seized by the authorities."

That's kind of creepy. What the hell does that mean?

Did anyone see this story today?

"The military is using the FBI to skirt legal restrictions on domestic surveillance to obtain private records of Americans' Internet service providers, financial institutions and telephone companies, the ACLU said Tuesday . . .

ACLU lawyer Melissa Goodman said the documents the civil rights group studied 'make us incredibly concerned that the FBI and DoD might be collaborating to evade limits put on the DoD's use of NSLs.'

It would be understandable if the military relied on help from the FBI on joint investigations, but not when the FBI was not involved in a probe, she said. . .

In other allegations, the ACLU said:

• The Navy's use of the letters to demand domestic records has increased significantly since the Sept. 11 attacks.

• The military wrongly claimed its use of the letters was limited to investigating only Defense Department employees.

• The Defense Department has not kept track of how many national security letters the military issues or what information it obtained through the orders.

• The military provided misleading information to Congress and silenced letter recipients from speaking out about the records requests.

Goodman said Congress should provide stricter guidelines and meaningful oversight of how the military and FBI make national security letter requests.

'Any government agency's ability to demand these kinds of personal, financial or Internet records in the United States is an intrusive surveillance power,' she said."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080401/ap_on_re_us/national_security_letters

Is seizing people's laptops based on their looks suddenly become a subject for jokes? When you take into account what's gone at Gitmo ect, I don't think so.

[WritersBlock]

5. That line freaked me out, too. The shredding of the Bill of Rights as standup material. Wow. nt

[bushmeister0]

6. I think he's become a little too accostomed to the Senatorial lifestyle

wait until friendley, collegial back and forth becomes all out political life or death warefare. This guy has spent too much time in the warm confines of the nation's most exclusive retirement community. Let's see what happens when he stops getting a pass for not knowing things like the difference between Sunni al-Qaeda and Shiite Hezbollah.

[mucifer]

7. The problem is voters don't always care how stupid the president is

george got almost half the votes playing the guy you want to have beer with.

[LiberalFighter]

10. Anyone that wants to have a beer with that nimcompoop is not all there.

And just because one doesn't mind having a beer or two with a guy doesn't mean they would be a good elected official. I drank with plenty of people that I would not consider qualified to be President, Governor, even a township trustee.

[CTyankee]

8. Yeah, all I could think of when I heard it was that McCain was putting

Letterman on a "list" somewhere, to be monitored once McCain got into office...:scared:

[LiberalFighter]

11. If I was part of an investigation by the military I wouldn't keep silent.

I would make sure everyone I knew and didn't know including the media what was happening. Then sit back and watch the military or whoever take the heat.

[chat_noir]

13. McCain admits “hundreds of thousands” Iraqi deaths

During the last two minutes or so of his interview with David Letterman Tuesday night, John McCain got asked some tough questions, including one about the grotesque number of Iraqis killed or displaced because of his Bush’s War.

Letterman: 4,000 American men and women soldiers dead since we went into Iraq. Another 30,000 wounded. Untold Iraqis dead. We rarely hear that number. What would that number be? A quarter of a million? Half a million?

McCain: It’s hard to make these estimates, but it’s in the hundreds of thousands, obviously.

video: http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/04/02/mccain-admits-hundreds-of-thousands-iraqi-deaths/


Has THAT been reported in the MSM?