comment #1

Geoff says ...

I truly hope that's the case. I want everyone to see through this once well respected senator and his campaign. Since Krugman wrote that article on how the MSM can't even call out a lie without acting scared I've been extremely frustrated.

All this anger about who now has the advantage and the first debate is right around the corner with the potential to easily swing voters overnight if a candidate screws up.

comment #2

Midwest Doug says ...

It would hurt McCain more if Leno went against him.

comment #3

Chicago48 says ...

Hell hath no fury like David Letterman. McC is losing his frigging mind.

comment #4

frankbooth says ...

"It would hurt McCain more if Leno went against him."

"No, no, he said he'd like to postpone the presidential debate until he's, you know, ahead in the polls." --Jay Leno

"In fact, right after he announced that, Sarah Palin said, 'That's okay, I don't really need him anyway.'" --Jay Leno

This one is about Palin, but it made me laugh:

"Sarah Palin was in New York City this week. She met with some world leaders yesterday and went to the Central Park Zoo, yeah. Took her five hours to get through the zoo, 'cause she had to keep stopping to reload." --Jay Leno

comment #5

lonniechung says ...

I keep hoping the tide will turn, but let's face it, the election is over. People are not going to change their minds at this point. I can't imagine anyone who is still on the fence about the candidates; and most of it comes down to race. McCain shouldn't even be in the ballgame - he should be Bob Dole: enjoy your gold watch moment as someone who has hung in there for years and been a decent guy, with the full realization that the victory lap is simply the honor of the nomination. At the very least, Americans will typically punish the party that has driven the car into the ditch. The fact that this is not the case means one of two things: white people have not moved that far forward in the last 40 years when it comes to race, or the poll numbers are deeply flawed. McCain has run a campaign based solely on lies and gimmicks, running in the opposite direction of his own party and record when convenient, proposing almost zero evidence as to why anyone should vote for him. His campaign is "I'm not Obama."

comment #6

Josh says ...

I highly doubt any voter is going to base his vote on the fact that McCain bailed on Letterman because he had to HEAD BACK TO WASHINGTON TO FIX THE ECONOMY.

comment #7

SpinDozer says ...

I highly doubt any voter is going to base his vote on the fact that McCain had to HEAD BACK TO WASHINGTON TO FIX THE ECONOMY since any such outcome is highly unlikely and McCain is not in much of a position to do anything more than strike a pose.

comment #8

corey3rd says ...

But McCain didn't head back to Washington to fix the economy. He hung out in Manhattan all night and gave a stump speech at Bill Clinton's Global tongue bath.

McCain lied to Letterman. Letterman trusted McCain and was completely burned by him. McCain fed him a superhero story and then was exposed as a complete fraud. That is what voters should take out of this situation.

If you caught a pal in such a lie - wouldn't you be upset at him trying to dupe you? Or do you love it when friends pull a fast one to get out of dinner at your house?

comment #9

DavidF says ...

He didn't go back to Washington, Josh. He went down the street to a Katie Couric interview and then slept over in New York. THAT is why Letterman is (rightly) pissed.

If he bails on the debate tonight I guess voters will see through that too? A man of action, this former POW, as opposed to that Obama guy who wants to talk, talk, talk.

comment #10

DavidF says ...

In the time it took me to type a few sentences two other people corrected Josh. I guess knowing THE FACTS IS A SMART THING TO BEFORE USING ALL CAPS!!!

As if McCain was going to singlehandedly solve the problem shortly after getting off the shuttle in DC. Nyuk, nyuk. What a leader!

comment #11

SimplyTim says ...

That's the point, Josh -- McCain DIDN'T go back to Washington to fix the economy. He STAYED in New York to CAMPAIGN after "SUSPENDING" his campaign. Why is this so effing hard to understand? McCain is a liar! And a cheap politician. Period.

The guy sabotaged the bailout negotiations so he could weasel in and try to grab some credit. Plus he's afraid to debate Obama so he's stalling now. WAKE UP!

It's obvious, McCain would rather lose the economy than lose the election. There's your big "hero."

comment #12

MDOC says ...

Nobody looks to Letterman for political commentary. He's clearly a New York City liberal. The guy won't stop wining because McCain ditched his show for a real news program. McCain had something better to do than sit there uncomfortably for 10 minutes next to some ass that wishes he would go away anyhow. If McCain goes, Michael Moore makes a documentary 2 years later alleging McCain was "yukking it up" on talk shows during a finicial crisis"
To try to imply it has any greater meaning is idiotic. If Obama blew off Leno, would you guys be shaking in your boots? You'd say "who cares". It's a stupid talk show. McCain's base is asleep at that time anyway because they have to work the next day (or they are retired).
What's next? Leonardo Dicaprio is going to come out for Obama, and this message board will be chattering "now it's really over". I'm gald everyone here is convinced that McCain is a liar and Palin is evil, too bad the red states aren't. They still may win this thing. And "the vote for Obama or your a racist" tactic is an ugly as it gets and turns off moderates.

comment #13

theultimatebiu says ...

Oh please MDOC no one has said that if you don't vote for Obama you are racist. It just makes little sense that people are still having problems with Obama when you look to your right and see the trainwreck that is McCain/Palins campaign. The fact is his race is a part of it...not for staunch republicans, who would never have voted for him anyway, but moderates and democrates.

McCain is just going on trainwreck mode and it has to do with Sarah Palin...everyone attacked him for choosing her (except republicans) and now they are paying the price for it.

comment #14

SaveFarris says ...

no one has said that if you don't vote for Obama you are racist.

Jack Cafferty has.
Jacob Weisberg has.
Jeffrey Wells has.

comment #15

SpinDozer says ...

'no one has said that if you don't vote for Obama you are racist.

Jack Cafferty has.
Jacob Weisberg has.
Jeffrey Wells has.'

O Reilly? Sure you haven't confused wishful thinking for what was actually said?

comment #16

SpinDozer says ...

If Obama loses it will be because of racism

does not equal

if you don't vote for Obama you are racist

comment #17

Meegosh says ...

I live in the middle of Missouri, there are a lot of racists. But I would argue that there are two different kinds. The kind that is racist by making generalizations about races that really aren't fair (which I would say we all do from time to time) and the kind that flat out despise anyone of a race that doesn't match theirs. The first group are smart enough to put aside their generalizations about a race if they have enough information about a person to from a real opinion based on real facts about them, like they do with Obama. The second group are mostly idiots that get pregnant and drop out of school at 16. As you can imagine their voting turn out really isn't the best. I really think the racism thing is being blown out of proportion. If we forced everyone in the US to vote it would be a problem, but the vast majority of the idiot racists won't be voting anyway, so why worry about them? And when you take into account that there are a few african americans that will be voting for Obama for the sole reason that he is black, that should pretty much negate them completely.

comment #18

SpinDozer says ...

'The second group are mostly idiots that get pregnant and drop out of school at 16.'

ie, Governor's daughters. The 'White racist turnout is equalled by racially motivated black turnout' theory' is not terribly convincing (even though BHO has expressed this opinion in his post-racial campaign). I don't know if it is quite as bad as 30% of Democratic and Independent voters, but it is clearly enough to swing the election.

comment #19

Jake says ...

I don't think Dave really expected to influence how anyone votes a month from now. The real goal here was to call McCain on his latest political move, and to pressure him to attend the debate.

Most people already viewed the suspension as a cheap, ineffective stunt. Dave just gave a greater voice to that sentiment.

The bottom line is that McCain is attending tonight's debate, and we still have a VP debate to look forward to next week. (And judging by Palin's interview with Couric, that should be highly entertaining.)

comment #20

MathewM says ...

If you're basing your vote on a candidate showing up on a has been show like Letterman's then fine. Face it, Letterman hasn't been cool, hip or funny since he left NBC. McCain knows that if he went on Letterman, Dave would of just ribbed him for 10 minutes. Really would anyone want to sit and be ribbed for 10 minutes by Letterman when you have about million other things to worry about? Good for McCain even if you're not going to vote for him.

comment #21

Som12H8 says ...

The thing that troubles me most is the fact that he lied to Dave. I'm sure Letterman would have understood that McCain didn't feel that is was appropriate to go on a talk show at that moment. But he just casually lied - that behavior reveals something about the mans character that's pretty scary imo.

comment #22

corey3rd says ...

David Letterman would have zero problem if McCain had said that it wouldn't look right for him to be yucking it up on the show. But McCain didn't

McCain LIED right to Letterman. he had no problem telling a pal a big old FIB about speeding to the airport to save the economy when all along he was sticking around town to party.

This is not about politics. This is about "small town values" that McCain so joyfully pimps, but as seen by his actions with Letterman proves he's now Sheriff Andy Taylor. He's Otis the drunk.

comment #23

D.Z. says ...

MDOC: "The guy won't stop wining because McCain ditched his show for a real news program."

Since when has Katie Couric ever been associated with real news?

"If Obama blew off Leno, would you guys be shaking in your boots? You'd say "who cares". It's a stupid talk show."

Obama would have a legitimate reason to blow off Leno.

comment #24

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