Letterman Still Mad: "I feel like an ugly date. I feel used. I feel cheap. I feel sullied."

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Letterman keeps up assault on McCain

By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer 1 hour, 2 minutes ago

NEW YORK - "Late Show" host David Letterman kept up a verbal assault on John McCain Thursday, saying he felt like an "ugly date" because the GOP presidential candidate backed out of a scheduled appearance on his talk show.

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The comic was unhappy when McCain sat for an interview with Katie Couric instead of him Wednesday — and even more perturbed to learn that McCain didn't leave New York until Thursday.

He said he felt like a "patriot" to let McCain off his commitment to deal with the economy and "now I'm feeling like an ugly date."

"That's what I feel like, I feel like an ugly date," he said. "I feel used. I feel cheap. I feel sullied."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080926/ap_en_tv/mccain_letterman

[BlooInBloo]

1. Most people learn around the age of 23 or 24 to NOT piss off the comedian....

usually it only takes once to learn that lesson.

[Democrats_win]

2. LOL. Letterman is great. McCain takes Geritol which is like 180 proof. He was too drunk to show.

[suffragette]

3. McCain probably thought this was the smallest among his actions yesterday

but Letterman doesn't let things go, is willing to say flat out what he's thinking and what he says gets reported. And thank goodness for that.

McCain's going to regret having stood up Letterman.

[trueblue2007]

4. read this article on DAVE and give him 5 stars!! We need to DU the article !!!

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1064046/caught...

Caught on Camera: John McCain Lied to David Letterman
The Price of Lying to Someone Who Talks to Millions

Note to John McCain: It was not a smart move to lie to David Lettermen.

There are some people in the world that you just don't want to get angry at you. Powerful people can make your life miserable. Powerful comedians can make your life miserable and humiliating at the same time. Powerful comedians with their own nightly broadcast can let the entire world in on your humiliation.

After Senator John McCain made his historic and unprecedented announcement that he would suspend his campaign, he canceled his upcoming appearance on CBS' "The Late Show with David Letterman." According to Letterman, Senator McCain called him personally and said he was headed to the airport to rush off to Washington to work on the economic crisis. Letterman, however, found out that McCain was actually at CBS to do a last-minute interview with Katie Couric.

Keith Olbermann, the MSNBC host of "Countdown" was filling in for the absent McCain when it appears that Letterman found out about McCain's duplicity. Getting a live feed from CBS' in-house cameras, Letterman interrupted his interview with Keith Olbermann to show the audience McCain preparing for the Couric interview. He said, "He doesn't seem to be racing to the airport, does he?" And when McCain was actually being interviewed by Couric, Letterman yelled at the monitor, ""Hey, John, I got a question! You need a ride to the airport?"


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Some might think that it is no big deal, that raising the ire of someone like Letterman or Leno is a momentary sound bite or slight mistake that will even itself out in the end. And this might have been the case if David Letterman had not caught the Senator in a lie. And then broadcast it to millions.

The lie would not be so bad if it were left to be forgotten. But David Letterman is known for his running gags and serial jokes. This could become a late night nightmare for the McCain campaign.


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>~~~~~~~~~> But the McCain lie could become a problem. Jay Leno, Craig Ferguson, and Conan O'Brien are going to run with it. So will talk show hosts and pundits. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will not be able to stop themselves.

The story has already swept the internet.