Oct 12, 2008 11:26am

McCain to Appear on Letterman this Thursday

ABC News’ Bret Hovel Reports: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., will appear on "The Late Show with David Letterman" Thursday, three weeks and a day after cancelling an appearance there to suspend his campaign and work on congressional bill to bailout struggling financial institutions.

Letterman ridiculed the Republican nominee on his CBS show for several nights after that for pulling out of the interview.

"This is not the way a tested hero behaves. Somebody’s putting something in his Metamucil," said Letterman.

Letterman seemed particularly perturbed by the fact that McCain did not return immediately to Washington, as the late night host said he was made to believe. Instead, McCain appeared on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric the night he suspended his campaign. He also spoke to Bill Clinton’s foundation the next morning in Manhattan.

Thursday’s visit will be McCain’s thirteenth time on the show.

McCain won’t have the late night airwaves to himself this Thursday, Democratic VP candidate Delaware Sen. Joe Biden will appear on NBC’s "Tonight Show". 

ABC News’ Matthew Jaffe contributed to this report

User Comments

After McCain snubbed him, Letterman should refuse to allow him on his show!

Posted by: Thomas Mc | October 12, 2008, 11:41 am 11:41 am

I’d say thanks but no thanks.

Posted by: Bill Tampa Fl | October 12, 2008, 12:05 pm 12:05 pm

I agree with you Tom. Letterman should not allow him in his show.McCain has lost his chance.

Posted by: mike | October 12, 2008, 12:10 pm 12:10 pm

Wes, Letterman is such a powerful force in American politics, to be banned from his show would mean certain death for anyone’s campaign.

Posted by: Lee | October 12, 2008, 12:13 pm 12:13 pm

Letterman’s a hypocrite for letting him back on after the way McCain treated him.

Posted by: Majus | October 12, 2008, 12:15 pm 12:15 pm

Letterman needs to ask him whether mobs of Angry right-wingers will surround his studio yelling, “Kill Him”??? How will he stop the newly formed American Fascist Party and their new leader, Sarah Palin?

Posted by: thebob.bob | October 12, 2008, 12:24 pm 12:24 pm

Now McCain has to grovel for forgiveness & votes! Thats what happens when you sell out your heroic career for some slimey political maneuvers!

Posted by: bullfrog | October 12, 2008, 12:27 pm 12:27 pm

I’m boycotting Letterman that evening.

Posted by: Bystander | October 12, 2008, 12:28 pm 12:28 pm

I have boycotted Letterman, Oprah, and The View on a permanent basis.

Posted by: Lee | October 12, 2008, 12:32 pm 12:32 pm

THE PROBLEM WITH THE CURRENT ELECTIONS
BEGUN WITH THE PRIMARIES……..
OUR SYSTEM FOR NOMINATING A PARTY
LEADER WITH THE PRIMARIES,CAUCUSES
MUST CHANGE FOR THE NEXT ELECTIONS…
WE MUST ALLOW ONE DAY FOR BOTH PARTIES
TO VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE JUST LIKE
WE DO ON GENERAL ELECTIONS……
WE MUST STOP THE PROLONG PRIMARIES AND
CAUCUSES TO GO ON AND ON FOR MONTHS AND
STATE BY STATE,BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THE
MANIPULATION OF THE SYSTEM BY THE
CANDIDATES,JUST LIKE OBAMA DID……
WE END UP WITH OBAMA WHICH OVER 40%
OF WHITES DON’T LIKE HIM AND WITH
McCAIN AND OLD MAN 72 YEARS……
WE MUST PUT A STOP TO THIS SYSTEM NOW..
BY REFORMING THE PRIMARIES AND CAUCUSES
TO ONE DAY ELECTIONS…….

Posted by: Nicholas | October 12, 2008, 12:33 pm 12:33 pm

I’m going to watch. I’m hoping to see Letterman go after him and ask him a few hard to answer questions. I think we are going to see McCain get spanked on national TV. Looking forward to it.

Posted by: Sandra | October 12, 2008, 12:38 pm 12:38 pm

Maybe McCain should bring Tina Fey with him===Then they can do the “Angry Old Man and The Palin Witchdoctor” routine!! WoooooHooooo, you betcha!!!

Posted by: BENIGHSE | October 12, 2008, 12:41 pm 12:41 pm

Thursday just before videotaping the show Letterman should declare he is canceling McCain’s appearance and then interview Katie Couric.

Posted by: Lou R | October 12, 2008, 12:42 pm 12:42 pm

“Letterman needs to ask him whether mobs of Angry right-wingers will surround his studio yelling, “Kill Him”??? How will he stop the newly formed American Fascist Party?”
This is not hyperbole. There has been a full-blown fascist coup underway in this country since 2001. 9/11 was their Reichstag Fire. Their propagandists make eight figures to smear and hate-monger on the public airwaves, inspiring emotionally unstable brownshirts to God knows what “random acts”. It CAN happen here. Wake up and smell the fascism.
http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/the-protection-racket/

Posted by: gabriel | October 12, 2008, 12:48 pm 12:48 pm

Who cares?

Posted by: Colorado Dem | October 12, 2008, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm

Why should Insane McCain be given a platform to appear momentarily reasonable and likable when it is common knowledge that he is a desperate, craven war monger who is encouraging mobs of crazies?

Posted by: paul | October 12, 2008, 1:08 pm 1:08 pm

I’m GLAD McCain is going on Letterman- and I will watch and TIVO.
No doubt- Dave will give him a hard time- but it will also give McCain a chance to show his human side and appeal to Americans as he should be able.
McCain (nor anyone) has control over what idiots in a rally yell.
What about that idiot Democrat Congressman John Lewis from Georgia”
Talk about inciting a RIOT and “Playing the RACE Card.”
I hope it turned a lot of Obama supporters OFF- which it should!

Posted by: Alec | October 12, 2008, 1:23 pm 1:23 pm

lee…Oh Ya Lettermen’s the man in politics all right…LOL…don’t get out much do you…it’s amazing how some people are influenced by entertainment who are Less educated than most…

Posted by: socalvoter | October 12, 2008, 1:26 pm 1:26 pm

Letterman should be ashame of his pettiness.
Obama cancelled his appearance on SNL and SNL did not make a big deal out of it. Obama’s reason was similar to McCain’s: it’s inappropriate to be comical when the nation is facing a major catastrophy. SNL showed their understanding of Obama. But Letterman could not and went on attacking McCain for several nigh in a row. That shows what a small man Letterman is.
BTW. does anyone remember Letterman’s Oscar “racist howling” of the names of Oprah, Uma, etc.? The following year, the Academy gave Letterman a good spanking by not only not inviting him back, but also by making a parody video of Letterman from “The Nglish Patient”.

Posted by: nononsense08 | October 12, 2008, 1:29 pm 1:29 pm

Dave, Letting McCain on your show, after his phony cancellation, and your appropriate response, leaves me the impression that you’re in this for the ratings and don’t have a whole lot of integrity. Much like McCain himself, becoming a “Born Again Maverick”, when his handlers realized that “Change” was a hot item to sell.

Posted by: Hanafi | October 12, 2008, 1:35 pm 1:35 pm

McCain gave in to the forces of fear – Obama remained faithful to the forces of hope and optimism. ………….
http://thefiresidepost.com/2008/10/12/obamas-journey-dont-stop-believing/

Posted by: Ohg Rea Tone | October 12, 2008, 1:46 pm 1:46 pm

Cheap ad……He has to get all he can this champaign is so bad on the republicans side it is not even funny anymore/Palin dropping the puck they should have dropped her.Her hubby up in Maine ha-ha-ha it is a small town like who the hell knows where and his speech was nothing like he knew what he was talking about.

Posted by: indp voter | October 12, 2008, 2:04 pm 2:04 pm

Letterman is going to RIP McCain a new one for dissing him! All you Republican idiots better start writing to the old fool to get him to change his mind….
It is going to be bloody!!!
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Davis | October 12, 2008, 2:07 pm 2:07 pm

BENIGHSE,
That’s the best idea I’ve ever heard.. you are brilliant!

Posted by: Sandi | October 12, 2008, 2:14 pm 2:14 pm

This is supposed to be light hearted comedy and the ignorant liberals on here act like it is WAR! You morons are worse than the Taliban! Extremists and their beloved Obama would make good Taliban leaders and you would be good followers! Praise Allah, idiots! Don your turbans, Obamites!

Posted by: Independent | October 12, 2008, 2:19 pm 2:19 pm

You guys, I think this is a publicity stunt cooked up by the Late Show in conjunction with the McCain campaign. McCain’s “diss” and Dave’s reaction and the “make-up” night coming up this Thursday was all planned in advance to benefit them both.
Dave will get huge ratings the night McCain is on, and McCain will get a bump in the polls as a result.

Posted by: MildApplause | October 12, 2008, 2:19 pm 2:19 pm

McCain gave in to the forces of fear – Obama remained faithful to the forces of hope and optimism. ………….
If this is really true…why is it always gloom and doom with Obama and the liberals? They always talk about how bad things are. I believe when we are all shooting each other over something to eat (and possibly eating each other’s corppse’s) ..then you can paint the gloom and doom scenario! Til’ then…. “when the world is running down, you make the best of what’s still around” …. Sting

Posted by: Realism | October 12, 2008, 2:30 pm 2:30 pm

—Are we about to elect our first MEDIA INDUCED PRESIDENT!
The media has favored (fawned over) Obama to an unprecedented level:
-‘Skunk Man’ Jay Leno’s and David ‘Gap toothed’ Letterman’s non-stop jokes about McCain and few if any about Obama!! (I would tell Letterman where to go)
-The Saturday Night Live Crap-Crowd & Tina Feign’s non-stop incriminations (which poles have shown indoctrinate feeble minds).
-CNN and the rest of the liberal media ‘fawning’ over Obama in such blatant fashion.
-Hollywood entertainment type programs showing their bias for Obama, very blatantly.
ETC., ETC., ETC.
Is the Media Helping Obama to steal an election!!!

Posted by: Anon | October 12, 2008, 2:49 pm 2:49 pm

Independent, Shut your face you racist idiot! You hide behind computers and act like your tough. Your kind makes me sick. Your exactly the nazi type that palin has been inciting. If you think your so bad take a walk through compton and say that. Someday you will meet your end, running your big racist mouth.

Posted by: SemperFi | October 12, 2008, 2:49 pm 2:49 pm

No candidate is responsible for the audience’s comments. Senator MCain has taken away the mike from people making hateful comments but I don’t see Obama trying to control his hateful supporters
on the TV, web or at rallies.
Obama is a race/hate baiter every time he gets a chance. It is how his whole campaign has been run. Look how he treated Hillary Clinton.
Go back to your corrupt Chicago district, Senator Obama. America does not want or respect a socialist in the White House. You play to those with low intelligence and edication. You promise free hand-outs to the lazy.

Posted by: Mary | October 12, 2008, 2:54 pm 2:54 pm

Oh, well…Obama’s 30-minute infomercial is countered, or one may say NEUTRALIZED, by McCain’s appearance on Letterman…just wait for the “race card” and “right-wing conspiracy” played the Democrats.

Posted by: nononsense08 | October 12, 2008, 2:55 pm 2:55 pm

IMO, Letterman should not even had bother to let McCain return after he snubbed him the first time. This comes to show that Letterman is fully in McCain’s camp, if Letterman is this forgiving after being snubbed.

Posted by: GWP | October 12, 2008, 2:56 pm 2:56 pm

.
. . . PREACHER MAN :)
Obama said:
“A light will shine down… from somewhere. It will light upon you. You will experience an epiphany… You will say to yourself, ‘I have to vote for Barack’ ”
He could have replaced Wright on the pulpit any day.
.

Posted by: Billw | October 12, 2008, 3:07 pm 3:07 pm

Bad move on John-boys part. He already lied to Dave about not showing up the first time, and Dave doesn’t let things like that go.

Posted by: Randy | October 12, 2008, 3:09 pm 3:09 pm

Stick it to him Dave! Don’t back down…make him admit that what he did was a political stunt!

Posted by: Greg in MN | October 12, 2008, 3:09 pm 3:09 pm

IMO, Letterman should not even had bother to let McCain return after he snubbed him the first time. This comes to show that Letterman is fully in McCain’s camp, if Letterman is this forgiving after being snubbed.
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Posted by: GWP | Oct 12, 2008 2:56:16 PM
Don’t fool yourself. Dave doesn’t let a grudge go easily, and you will most likely see Dave making McCain do more than just squirm. Not a good move on McCains part me thinks.

Posted by: sal | October 12, 2008, 3:13 pm 3:13 pm

He’s been on a dozen times or so already? Tell McCain’s campaign he will be welcomed after the campaign. Guests are already booked for the next few weeks, including Katie Couric.

Posted by: Ron, Baltimore | October 12, 2008, 3:14 pm 3:14 pm

David L. has been most savage towards McCain’s running mate, so I’d imagine the ugliest it will get on Thursday will be in regards to her. but does anybody honestly believe there wil be remotely penetrating or embarrassing questions asked of someone David L. describes as a “hero”?

Posted by: kss | October 12, 2008, 3:17 pm 3:17 pm

I remember thinking Thank God when McCain canceled going on Lettermen. The day the banks failed I thought it would be totally innapropriate to sit there chatting on a talk show. And of course I even thought why go on Lettermen even before this. I have turned him off for the past 5 years because of his liberal views. But i’ll watch Thursday night.I just home he doesn’t spend an hour dropping pumpkins off Ed Sullivan theatre.Not entertainment in my opinion.

Posted by: conf1689 | October 12, 2008, 3:18 pm 3:18 pm

I hope John McCain will campaign for Obama on The Late Show like he did at his rally:
“I have to tell you, he is a decent person, and a person that you do not have to be scared as President of the United States.”- John McCain about Barack Obama
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/11/mccain-to-crowd-dont-be-scared-of-obama-presidency/
Oct 11 2008, the day John McCain endorsed Barack Obama

Posted by: JoeShmoe | October 12, 2008, 3:19 pm 3:19 pm

Now i have to wonder who is the biggest sell-out, McCain or Letterman….thank heavens Leno is still on for a while longer….see ya Dave

Posted by: kriskraft63 | October 12, 2008, 3:27 pm 3:27 pm

Letterman is a bitter old man with a bruised ego since he didn’t get the slot on the Tonight Show after Johny Carson retired.
He is a jealous bitter jerk. He’s just mad McCain didn’t come on his show in the first place.

Posted by: pat | October 12, 2008, 3:28 pm 3:28 pm

don’t know what’s more scary, the cover up by the MSM for Obama, or his brainwashed Nazi Youth supporters like Bethb, who typically respond to any questioning of their Messiah with an angry barrage of hate filled insults.
Guess what Obots, your candidate was never vetted at all and has run the most corrupt campaign in history.
Better get used to people like Natasha, and millions of others who will only make sure to find out about Obama especially if he does steal the Presidency.
get used to it. He will never escape the upcoming scrutiny.

Posted by: pat | October 12, 2008, 3:30 pm 3:30 pm

love it! The Obama lap dogs have been going CRAZY about Palin!
Rabid lap dogs! AAARPHH, AARPH,
go get your bone now, under your masters desk!
little black bone! LOL

Posted by: . | October 12, 2008, 3:32 pm 3:32 pm

I will not be voting for McCain but I think David Letterman went over the top making rude remarks about McCain. Its strange that the funniest people can also be the most hateful. As far as I am concerned David Letterman is so narcissist and full of self importance, I won’t be watching. Insults are not funny…humiliation is not funny. He can dish it out but he can’t take it. He is about as thin skinned as you can get.

Posted by: yybbbaa | October 12, 2008, 3:33 pm 3:33 pm

After Letterman acted like a God who had been spurned when McCain cancelled and went on and on like a spoiled kid, I wouldn’t go on his show for anything if I were McCain. Letterman is a jerk. My friend took care of him with his car when he had it brought in for service. He is so strange that he sat on the floors rather than sit on the chairs at the dealership and by the way a dealership that sells high line cars and is very, very posh. He is a weirdo.

Posted by: Deborah | October 12, 2008, 3:34 pm 3:34 pm

Guess what Obots, your candidate was never vetted at all and has run the most corrupt campaign in history.
Posted by: pat | Oct 12, 2008 3:30:05 PM
You do appear confused. It was Palin who was not vetted and McCain who is running the corrupt campaign, and apparently is incapable of discussing issues.

Posted by: sal | October 12, 2008, 3:36 pm 3:36 pm

I saw a report somewhere that the people who think O’bama is ‘qualified’, are the same ones who though OJ was ‘innocent’.
Is it the ‘same mindset’ at work?

Posted by: Anon | October 12, 2008, 3:38 pm 3:38 pm

It appears McCain has in fact gone off the deep end if he thinks going on national tv with letterman is a good idea. Yet another lack of judgment call in a long line of them he has made in the past several months.

Posted by: RedNeckBob | October 12, 2008, 3:40 pm 3:40 pm

I saw a report somewhere that the people who think O’bama is ‘qualified’, are the same ones who though OJ was ‘innocent’.
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Posted by: Anon | Oct 12, 2008 3:38:46 PM
Of course you did.. and I bet in your world, taxing the wealthy helps working americans!
http://www.gallup.com/poll/108043/Candidate-Support-Education.aspx

Posted by: sal | October 12, 2008, 3:44 pm 3:44 pm

The ignorance in America is staggering. You people are touting your candidates like schoolchildren at the playground. Obama this, McCain that. Yet the very same government run by the likes of both has bled you dry and it’s not done yet.
After the elections, you’ll all kiss the new president’s ass and give him more of your hard earned money. You had a choice, you voted for those candidates, now take them.

Posted by: topapito | October 12, 2008, 3:46 pm 3:46 pm

I wonder what gimmick McCain will come up with for the show. Dancing monkeys? Will he spin plates on a stick? Roller skate on and sing King Tut?

Posted by: Jamey | October 12, 2008, 3:49 pm 3:49 pm

The root of the subprime mortgage Collapse, progressive social engineering:
1998
Clinton HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo: To take a greater risk on these mortgages, yes. To give families mortgages that they would not have given otherwise, yes.
Q: [unintellible] … that they would not have given the loans at all?
CUOMO: They would not have qualified but for this affirmative action on the part of the bank, yes.
Q: Are minorities represented in that low and moderate income group?
CUOMO: It is by income, and is it also by minorities? Yes.
CUOMO: With the 2.1 billion, lending that amount in mortgages — which will be a higher risk, and I’m sure there will be a higher default rate on those mortgages than on the rest of the portfolio …
Here, in fact, is the genesis of the problem, the ideology that created the monster. Cuomo, the Clinton administration, and Congress believed they had the right and the power to determine acceptable risk for the lenders, rather than lenders determining it for themselves in a free market. Even while imposing risk standards on lenders, Cuomo admits that he expects a higher default rate on the new loans — which is why the lenders didn’t want to write them in the first place.
In other words, the CRA didn’t get used to fight discrimination, but to force lenders to give money to high-risk borrowers for political purposes. And Cuomo knew it.
That was the political arrogance at the heart of the collapse. However, the CRA was more a sideshow than the actual problem. When Congress decided that enforcement alone wouldn’t generate enough mortgages to boost their political fortunes, they had Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac eliminate the risk entirely for lenders through the purchase of the subprime loans. Without that risk and with almost-guaranteed short-term profits of subprime loans, lenders went wild while Fannie and Freddie repackaged them as quasi-government bonds for investors.
While Democrats like Barack Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi keep blaming “greed” for the collapse, it was Democrats like Barney Frank and Chris Dodd building that “greed” into the system in order to drive the subprime lending market. And it was Democrats like Frank, Dodd, Maxine Waters, and Lacy Clay who suggested that regulators like Armando Falcon were racists for blowing the whistle on the Ponzi scheme they created.
The Democrats decided, as Michelle says, that mortgages were a civil right, and wouldn’t cost the American taxpayers a dime. How well is that working out, America? And now, the question you have to ask yourselves is this: Do you want the nation’s economic policies run by Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Dodd, and Frank for the next two years?

Posted by: Subprime collapse | October 12, 2008, 3:51 pm 3:51 pm

Letterman should definetely stump McCain with a few hard questions. I hope it will be full of funnies and humiliations. :)

Posted by: W.T. | October 12, 2008, 3:52 pm 3:52 pm

guess what I bought Michelle for our anniversary?
A box of GORILLA FACE COOKIES!

Posted by: lil' bucky | October 12, 2008, 3:55 pm 3:55 pm

One of Ayers’ staunch defenders in Chicago, Marilyn Katz, was part of the same SDS that launched the Weather Underground — and who now works on Team Obama:
One friend of Obama and Ayers is former ’60s radical Marilyn Katz, now an Obama fundraiser, strategist and public relations maven. She’s often a go-to quote for reporters to knock down the Ayers-Obama story.
“What Bill Ayers and [former Black Panther, now U.S. Rep.] Bobby Rush . . . did 40 years ago has nothing to do with [the presidential campaign],” Katz was quoted as saying in the Chicago Sun-Times in April. “[Ayers] has a national reputation. He lectures at Harvard [University] and Vassar [College].”
What that story and many other pro-Obama articles gloss over is that during the violent protests of the 1968 Democratic National Convention here, Katz was the security chief for the radical Students for a Democratic Society. She once advocated throwing studded nails in front of police cars, back in the SDS days when the group was alleged to have thrown cellophane bags full of human excrement at cops and cans of urine and golf balls impaled with nails.
How things change.
Under this Daley, her firm, MK Communications, has many city deals, and one involves public relations for the Chicago Police Department’s community policing program. From nails to contracts, the Chicago Way. Apparently, irony was not a ’60s thing.
When you hear that Ayers is mainstream, consider the source. And while we’re at it, how many more SDS radicals now work for Barack Obama?

Posted by: Ayers is the Chicago Way | October 12, 2008, 3:55 pm 3:55 pm

Everyone seems to be assuming that Letterman will be kind to McCain. Letterman can be quite tough when interviewing political figures.

Posted by: Rory | October 12, 2008, 3:57 pm 3:57 pm

HEY SAL, GO GET YOUR LITTLE BLACK BONE!
YOU DESERVE IT!
GET OUT OF YOUR MOM’S BASEMENT AND GET A REAL JOB
YOU SUCK AS AN OBAMA BLOGGER.
MAYBE TRY MCDONALDS IF THEY’LL HIRE YOU

Posted by: MICHELLE IS A RACIST | October 12, 2008, 3:59 pm 3:59 pm

Just goes to prove, you can take the boy out of the Ghetto but you can’t take the Ghetto out of the boy. Barry is a Fraud and always has been a FRAUD!!! America is finally waking up to this fact. Thank God!!!!!

Posted by: oprah winfrey | October 12, 2008, 4:00 pm 4:00 pm

McLame should never be allowed on the show again – in his lifetime!

Posted by: Sharon | October 12, 2008, 4:02 pm 4:02 pm

On January 20th, when Chief Justice John Roberts administers the Oath of Office to Barack Obama, will he use the President’s entire name, as is always the custom?
“I Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear……”
And if Roberts attempts it, will the media brand him as just another filthy Republican racist for daring to utter The One’s middle name?

Posted by: He Who Must Not Be Named | October 12, 2008, 4:03 pm 4:03 pm

HILAROUS HOW THE MCCANTS ARE RUNNING SCARED, GRASPING AT ANYTHING THEY CAN TO KEEP THE SINKING SHIP FROM GOING UNDER. LISTEN UP PEOPLE, ITS THE ISSUES THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE, AND MAC CANT WIN ON THOSE CAUSE HE CANT EVEN DISCUSS OR DEFEND HIS OWN POSITION ON THEM. OBAMA CAN AND HAS, AND ARE BETTER FOR AMERICA AND ITS CITIZENS.

Posted by: JOHNQ | October 12, 2008, 4:07 pm 4:07 pm

who in the world would want to vote for a an anorexic chain smoking drug addict, with a muslim background, a hypocrite who says he is a Christian but belongs to a racist all black church, and very limited experince in politics, a cardboard cutout full of hot air who came from nowhere, that no one heard about until a few months ago? I know who! A bunch of idiots, half the democratic party, just like half of the country that voted for Bush not once but twice!

Posted by: k | October 12, 2008, 4:07 pm 4:07 pm

Bulldog….I agree with your sentiments, but you could go further. McCain has not had a heroic career. He’s had a military career that was made available due to his father’s and grandfather’s careers. They got and kept him in the Navy Academy despite his grades, actions and unprincipled character. After so many wrecked planes, he should never have been a fighter pilot. McCain’s later opportunity to succeed and perform was cut short with his being shot down in Vietnam. He is not any more or less a hero for being one of more than 600 POW’s held by the Vietnamese. Actually, he may have received preferential treatment when his captors discovered (by McCain telling them) that his father was the commander of the US forces.
McCain certainly was not a hero when he defended Keating, interferred with governement agencies by protecting Keating which cost the American people billions of dollars in the late 1980′s. He was reprimanded by the US Congress. His anti-deregulation focus continued to lead us to the crisis seen today. Maveric? No. Erratic and ready for a fight at the drop of a word against him? Yes. He’s disrespectful by word and actions against his opponents. During the last debate, someone should have asked him to quit pacing the floor and interrupting/distracting the view of the audience of voters, the moderator and his opponent. These more petty characteristics are just that, petty, but his character is bad. I supported John McCain during his campaign again Bush in 2000, now I couldn’t possible support his candidacy. The last nail in the proverbial coffin was his VP nomination, someone whose record is one of being a bully, and one who has no world vision.

Posted by: Robert Dent | October 12, 2008, 4:08 pm 4:08 pm

yep, and then we’ve got his kids swinging on the chandeliers in the White House, while he’s doing coke and sneaking cigs in the bathroom before a meeting. And the revival of affirmitive action, slave reparations and all kinds of horrors.

Posted by: ted | October 12, 2008, 4:08 pm 4:08 pm

just cannot see that stuttering, Curious George looking, Black militant in the wgite house. I am sure Jeremiah Wright would be hired to be his spiritual advisor. I will not pay reperations to some black man who was never a slave for something my great-great grandaddy did.
Don’t worry this will soon be over and Obama and his horrible angry wife will be history.
Guess what both Obama and Osama have in common?
They both have friends that bombed the Pentagon.

Posted by: sal | October 12, 2008, 4:10 pm 4:10 pm

Obama is the least qualified of any candidate that is running. The only thing he has going for him is a good speaker. Our country is in such a bad shape and we don’t need a rookie messing things up any worst than they are. This is no time for experimenting with a rookie. Hillary is the most qualified and knowledge of all candidates but if I have to pick between Mccain and Obama, I will vote for McCain who has true life experience in the miliary, Senate, etc as opposed to Obama who has basically only been a lecturer and a Part Time Senator. I can sleep better at night knowing that at least there’s someone taking care of business, not just taking about hope in an emergency situation.

Posted by: pop | October 12, 2008, 4:12 pm 4:12 pm

Hey “Subprime collapse”.. go lookup the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, also known as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act.
Hint: bi-partisan and veto-proof.

Posted by: Concerned American | October 12, 2008, 4:13 pm 4:13 pm

Obama Pictured with New Party Socialists (Proof He Was a Member)
Pic Caption: “New Party members won three other primaries this Spring in Chicago: Barack Obama (State Senate), Michael Chandler (Democratic Party Committee) and Patricia Martin (Cook County Judiciary)…”these victories prove that small ‘d’ democracy can work’ said Obama”.
The New Party was the creation of DSA and the radical community organisation ACORN-which was in itself something of a DSA front. In some areas the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) was involved, but in Chicago the CPUSA splinter group Committees of Correspondence (CoC)was more prominent. Carl Davidson is well aware that Marxists set up the Chicago New Party because he was one of them.
http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2008/10/obama-file-36-how-socialist-was-obamas.html

Posted by: LightSeeker | October 12, 2008, 4:13 pm 4:13 pm

It would truly be a terrible moment in our nation’s history if McCain and Palin were to be elected on their platform of hate and lies. There was a time I had some respect for McCain. But he has completely lost my respect. In fact I must have been mistaken all along to think that he had any honor. If he becomes president I will still have no respect for him. But even worse if he becomes president it will show the world that the days of an inspiring America are over. If he becomes president the world will see that America is ruled by hate, fear and bigotry and that every other country had better be afraid because a hate filled, angry old man and his ill-informed religious fundamentalist vp will be in charge and they are erratic and filled with negativity. In fact negativity is their platform.

Posted by: Jim Dandy | October 12, 2008, 4:14 pm 4:14 pm

– They both have friends that bombed the Pentagon. –
True, McCain was buddy buddy with Bin Laden back in the day, pushing for legislation to fund him and provide arms. Bet he never thought that would turn around and bite him in the rear-side… but then again, when you play with terrorists like McCain has over the years, things like that are bound to happen.

Posted by: Concerned American | October 12, 2008, 4:16 pm 4:16 pm

the Obamas and their supporters are running the most hate filled, divisive campaign in history.
I’ll vote republican now, for the first time in my life.

Posted by: susy | October 12, 2008, 4:17 pm 4:17 pm

Concerned American, hope Obama is paying you well.
you really do suck obviously as a paid blogger.
Hope you get a real job someday, like maybe
BURGER KING!~

Posted by: rallph | October 12, 2008, 4:21 pm 4:21 pm

Hussein, Hussein Hussein” the crowds will shout from the burning streets.
“Bring forth our New King.” Barry “Himself” The Chosen One. Praise be to the clean negro. Praise be to Allah. God Bless Bill Ayers for giving us our man. We love Bill Maher he’s funny. Our man is a smiling man you can trust a smiling face. “Hussein, Hussein, Hussein”

Posted by: praise be to the new Messiah | October 12, 2008, 4:23 pm 4:23 pm

Talk about racists! Those Obamas and their cult following are the worst. But worse of all I won’t vote for a drug addict who has gay sex in the back of a limo.
I’ll never vote for that jerk, especially because of his idiot supporters on here.

Posted by: : | October 12, 2008, 4:25 pm 4:25 pm

WAKE UP AMERICA: Clinton supporters sharing evidence for RICO case against Obama
Voter intimidation, registration fraud, vandalism, threats of violence, you name it, Obama’s supporters did it.
There IS a RICO investigation of ACORN and the Obama campaign underway – this has now been established by the mainstream media. Right now it’s rumored here in Chicago that Patrick Fitzgerald is heading it (confirmation on that has not come yet). There is a lot of activity in Chicago right now, with a lot of IRS agents looking into the finances coming in and out of this city, and across state lines (this was established on Monday when the GOP issued emergency press releases that much of Obama’s campaign contributions could very well be illegal foreign contributions – what appears to be deliberately poor record keeping designed to hide the true identities and monetary sources of online donors is at issue here). We see in 15 states now that ACORN is being busted for attempted voter fraud, and for fraudulent, illegal voter registratons in the hundreds of thousands, if not a million. The article below states, and we have confirmed this with people who know for sure, that the people who gathered evidence of Obama’s fraud and voter intimidation techniques during the primaries against Hillary Clinton are sharing everything they have with the Republican Party and the federal government.
What’s happening here is something we have never seen before: centrist Clinton Democrats and Republicans are working together to expose the DNC and Obama campaign’s illegal activities and orchestrated, coordinated fraud. Both parties are working with federal agents to investigate ACORN, which has been funded with upwards of $800,000 in questionable donations from the Obama campaign (in what appears to be the expressed and explicit direction to engineer voter fraud in the general election). The tactics being employed now in the 15 states currently under investigation are the VERY SAME TACTICS we saw on the ground in Iowa, Texas, Colorado, Nebraska, Indiana, and other states working for Hillary Clinton in the primaries.
http://hillbuzz.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/clinton-supporters-sharing-evidence-for-rico-case-against-obama-campaign/

Posted by: LightSeeker | October 12, 2008, 4:26 pm 4:26 pm

Please end this run for Obama, he’s a divider not a uniter like he claims. He’s dividing the democratic party and the country too. Obama and his supporters are arrogant, immature people that hate anyone that doesn’t agree with them.

Posted by: zera | October 12, 2008, 4:27 pm 4:27 pm

If I was Dave, I’d hold him to the last guest and have stupid pet tricks run late and bump him. It’s not that McCain ditched on him 2 hours before going on the air, it’s that he lied to him as to what he had to do instead. Of forget it. Let him on the air. His sad attempts at humor will probably make him slip even deeper in the polls. I’m sure Dave would rather interview Crispen Glover.

Posted by: Greg | October 12, 2008, 4:27 pm 4:27 pm

– Obama and his supporters are arrogant, immature people that hate anyone that doesn’t agree with them. –
I have found the exact opposite to be true. In fact, on my visits to the university, 9 out of 10 McCain supporters reverse their decision after examining the issues and each candidates position on them (which most were unaware of), and wind up supporting Obama.

Posted by: Concerned American | October 12, 2008, 4:32 pm 4:32 pm

Do SO many dems want Obama (Cho Mama) because he has a bag of socialistic goodies for them?
Does that make him ‘ROBIN FROM THE HOOD’.
If he raises taxes on small businesses he will be ‘ROBBING’ FROM THE HOOD.
ROBBING ‘JOBS’ FROM THE HOOD !!

Posted by: Anon | October 12, 2008, 4:32 pm 4:32 pm

Obama the magic negro is going to prison.
I’m Tony Rezko and I approve this message.

Posted by: rezko | October 12, 2008, 4:34 pm 4:34 pm

There is only one difference between Letterman and McCain. Letterman isn’t funny!

Posted by: bob | October 12, 2008, 4:36 pm 4:36 pm

Barf Hussein Odama maybe the next President of the United States. Will that mean the American citizen will be moving to Mexico or some South America country for a job? Things in America are scary. A true blue socialist in the White House with supporters with questional political backgrounds from around the world. That is a nightmare.

Posted by: Mai | October 12, 2008, 4:36 pm 4:36 pm

Socalvoter,
Hum, someone like you can judge who the idiots are? Someone who appreciates the lunacy of McCain? McCain started playing the RACE CARD with his riots and hate rallys but that was okay, right? Give me a break. Think! Guess that is people who vote for Obama are usually more educated.

Posted by: Telling It Like It Is | October 12, 2008, 4:37 pm 4:37 pm

– Both parties are working with federal agents to investigate ACORN, which has been funded with upwards of $800,000 in questionable donations –
Nope, for a ‘get out the vote’ campaign back in the primaries for elections that have already taken place.
Other involvement? Two hours of teaching classes in which he received no payment.
Was a lawyer representing ACORN against the State of Illinois for a voter discrimination charge, and he was backed by the US Justice Department and the League of Women Voters. And they won the case.

Posted by: Concerned American | October 12, 2008, 4:37 pm 4:37 pm

Hey Anon.. care to disclose what these ‘socialistic goodies’ might be?

Posted by: Concerned American | October 12, 2008, 4:41 pm 4:41 pm

McCain went to Katie as she taped earlier and he knew he could get back to Dave (the day after the LAST debate is good timing, actually).
Dave loves McCain and so does Biden.
We’ll all be tuned into Letterman and it might be his highest ratings of the season.
I hope McCain brings up ACORN at the last debate…the corrupt organization that surprise, Obama is SOOO tied to.
Trying to fix this election like we all live in Chicago and like he did against Alice Palmer. What a slime.
HILLARY SUPPORTER FOR McCAIN.

Posted by: Hope, Change, Hate, Nobama '08 | October 12, 2008, 4:42 pm 4:42 pm

– I hope McCain brings up ACORN at the last debate –
I’m sure he will.. he can’t seem to defend his position on the issues, so all he has left is Roveian fear and ignorance tactics.

Posted by: Concerned American | October 12, 2008, 4:46 pm 4:46 pm

I really feel sorry for those right wing extremist Republicans that want to associate Obama with terrorism. These people seem sincere and stubborn in their faulty beliefs, but that’s the power of ignorance. In any case these people need to be forgiven, not just because they are ignorant, but McCain and Palins purposeful incitement of these less eductaed people and “win at all costs” attitude is not. These people can’t help but still believe there are terrorists hiding under their beds or in their closets, and will always fall for any tactics to instill fear in them. Like Jesus said before he was crucified ‘Please forgive them, for they know not what they are doing.”

Posted by: bob | October 12, 2008, 4:48 pm 4:48 pm

CA:
Well maybe like HOME LOANS they really can’t afford.
And other similar ‘HANDOUT REGIMIES’ for special people. You know the type!!
Oh, and playing DUMB is not becoming either!!

Posted by: Anon | October 12, 2008, 4:50 pm 4:50 pm

– Oh, and playing DUMB is not becoming either!! –
Last I checked, neither Obama or McCain platforms mention loans to people who can’t afford them.
And I haven’t seen any ‘HANDOUT REGIMIES’[sic] either..
If you got nothing, then just say so.. otherwise you should be a bit more specific.

Posted by: Concerned American | October 12, 2008, 4:53 pm 4:53 pm

Excellent post bob, but EDUCATED is the proper spelling. I know anyone can have a typo, and I’m sorry for correcting you, but your post is right on.

Posted by: mary | October 12, 2008, 4:54 pm 4:54 pm

—Are we about to elect our first MEDIA INDUCED PRESIDENT!
The media has favored (fawned over) Obama to an unprecedented level:
-‘Skunk Man’ Jay Leno’s and David ‘Gap toothed’ Letterman’s non-stop jokes about McCain and few if any about Obama!! (I would tell Letterman where to go, very quickly & bluntly)
-The Saturday Night Live Crap-Crowd & Tina Feign’s non-stop incriminations (which poles have shown indoctrinate feeble minds).
-CNN and the rest of the liberal media ‘fawning’ over Obama in such blatant fashion.
-Hollywood entertainment type programs showing their bias for Obama, very blatantly.
(Do we need any more proof of a Liberal, ‘Bigoted’ Media!!!)
ETC., ETC., ETC.
Is the Media Helping Obama to steal an election!!!

Posted by: Anon | October 12, 2008, 4:57 pm 4:57 pm

: said at 4:25 “But worse of all I won’t vote for a drug addict who has gay sex in the back of a limo.”
Wow! Larry Craig is running for president now?

Posted by: no_more_mad_cows | October 12, 2008, 4:57 pm 4:57 pm

Mccain has no platform.. in almost every issue he will take this country in the wrong direction and most likely into even more military conflicts due to his temper and short fuse. we cannot afford to have a man like him anywhere near the largest and most powerful armed forces in the world.

Posted by: Vet4Obama | October 12, 2008, 4:59 pm 4:59 pm

Hey, Bob…they know not what they do…is the Obot theme. How about Louis Farrakhan and his proclamation Obama is the Messiah who speaks to our youth. Freakin communism is what it smacks of.
I loved when Hillary forced Bozo to denounce his good friend Farrakhan (Michelle is buddies with his wife).
If America got a load of what these people think about “whiteys” it’d be over. But Rev. Wright said “I’ll be coming after you” in reference to Obama making it to the white house. It’s on tape when he had his ranting performance before they put him into the Witness Protection Program (he and Jessie and Granny are all in lock down).
Wright wants some SPECIAL PROGRAMS for “his folks”.
Bet the Hispanics that were for Hillary are behind McCain..they don’t trust Obama either.

Posted by: Hope, Change, Hate, Nobama '08 | October 12, 2008, 5:00 pm 5:00 pm

Spew all of hate and bigotry , just look at the polls , McCain , the economy is strong , he has nothing , and that VP must be your kin

Posted by: hicktick | October 12, 2008, 5:02 pm 5:02 pm

I’m a typical lazy a$$ black on welfare, and my man Obama is going to give me more free money, like slave reparations from you white folk!

Posted by: bobo | October 12, 2008, 5:02 pm 5:02 pm

Dave, you should also book Rep. Lewis and dedicate the entire show to it so McShame can say it to Lewis’s face. That would probably earn you an Emmy!

Posted by: no_more_mad_cows | October 12, 2008, 5:03 pm 5:03 pm

caught off guard and without a telepromper, Bucky stutters like Porky Pig on cocaine. And Michelle comes across as an angry militant racist gorilla.
don’t let these freaks anywhere near the white house

Posted by: . | October 12, 2008, 5:07 pm 5:07 pm

Can someone answer this question please?
Gov. Palin was speaking today and said that Obama always talks about the past and that she and Sen. McCain talks about solutions for the future.
If that is so, Ayers and Resko and others; aren’t they in the past?
Is she confused?

Posted by: TRUTH | October 12, 2008, 5:13 pm 5:13 pm

– Is the Media Helping Obama to steal an election!!! –
More like it’s easier to make a fool out of a fool, particularly in entertainment and comedy settings.

Posted by: Concerned American | October 12, 2008, 5:13 pm 5:13 pm

CA:
One last time:
Playing ‘DUMB’ is not becoming!!
Are you really going to try to deny the Dems LONG history of ‘Social Programmies’. Not to mention Obama’s exceedingly liberal record (short as it is).
If so, I will leave you to your little world !! !!

Posted by: Anon | October 12, 2008, 5:18 pm 5:18 pm

Yes the media controls the election , they vote early and often , and dont Palin give them new goodies every day , , SNL , a comedy show can get laughs on her exact words , they dont even need a writer , aint this fun

Posted by: hicktick | October 12, 2008, 5:19 pm 5:19 pm

Is McCain bringing his daughter (Sarah Palin!) with him?!

Posted by: jonathanw | October 12, 2008, 5:21 pm 5:21 pm

– Are you really going to try to deny the Dems LONG history of ‘Social Programmies’. Not to mention Obama’s exceedingly liberal record (short as it is). –
Sorry, but I don’t vote party line like a lot of sheeple in this country. I vote issues and where they will take this country.
Apparently you don’t.

Posted by: Concerned American | October 12, 2008, 5:21 pm 5:21 pm

I saw O’bama yell “YO” at someone the other day.
Do we need a ‘YO-YO’ president!!??
Is such illustrative of a true presidential demeanor!!??
YO, YO, YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO…………………..

Posted by: Anon | October 12, 2008, 5:21 pm 5:21 pm

I would suggest that McCain not go on letterman’s show first the man is ignorant 2nd demonstrates no class or breeding. He is un-American, if it were up to me I would fire him. I recognize he is doing the bidding of CBS – who has gone so far left that they only represent the views of a very few people. Which is fine with them for they know what is best for everyone and no longer care what others think.
This liberal attitude has all but ruined our education system, courts and basiz civility.

Posted by: a citizen | October 12, 2008, 5:23 pm 5:23 pm

“More like it’s easier to make a fool out of a fool, particularly in entertainment and comedy settings.”
So Is that why it was SO easy to make a fool of you here !! !!
So Long now, You’re Boring !

Posted by: Anon | October 12, 2008, 5:29 pm 5:29 pm

You say liberal attitude is bad , look at conservitive republician gov. has ruined the entire nation and most of the world

Posted by: hicktick | October 12, 2008, 5:29 pm 5:29 pm

– Is such illustrative of a true presidential demeanor!!?? –
You mean like McCain making fun of his own grades in the Academy and singing a slightly modified Beach Boys song in front of an audience?

Posted by: Concerned American | October 12, 2008, 5:30 pm 5:30 pm

Anon,
CORPORATE WELFARE beats social welfare ten times plus.
Employees in one corporation who had weekly expense accounts would pad their expenses to make their house payments (because they lived in areas they couldn’t afford) and pay for their children’s private school and abortions for their mistresses. I know because I witnessed this, honestly. Then these same people would conduct a weekly office bible study. Again, I’m telling the truth.
These totals of fraud just in our office would total around $7,000 weekly. That times 52 weeks? You do the math. Yep, $364,000 just from this office to be paid for by taxpayers. This was just a branch office of a major corporation.
Now take that $364,000 and multiply it by many, many, many offices in one city and throughout the U.S. Boggles your mind? AIG is doing only what has been done for years. Taxpayers paying for corporate fraud.
It has finally caught up with all of us.
Social programs, which by the way, from an ethnic standpoint, is very much outnumbered by non-black and non-hispanics. And when these families get food stamps, and other things, it still does not come out as much as corporate welfare.
Get the book, “Turf War” and it tells a story of a young man who was fired from his job because he reported a fellow co-worker who padded his weekly expense acount to pay for his daughter’s medical bills. His manager supported his doing this and therefore, turned his head.
I can go on and on about corporate welfare.
This is the honest TRUTH (although I know Americans can’t handle the truth).

Posted by: TRUTH | October 12, 2008, 5:40 pm 5:40 pm

I’m a right winger, and I’m going to be honest here. McCain is going to lose the election. Just look at the polls and be honest. He’s trying to win just by going negative and by scaring the electorate with words like “liberal” and “communist”. The country is WAY screwed up right now and he has not proposed anything even vaguely different from Obama. He’s trying to be a “Me too” candidate. And Palin is simply not up to the task of being a president.
I always vote conservative, but he’s run such a bad campaign and said nothing that differentiates him from his opponent that I think he deserves to lose. I might sit out this election.
That is the sad truth. Maybe in 2012 we can try again with Huckabee.

Posted by: rightwinger | October 12, 2008, 5:42 pm 5:42 pm

John McCain was right, and Barack Obama was wrong about the financial crisis. It was an emergency, and John McCain treated it as such, returning to Washington. Sen. Obama stayed on the campaign trail, and continues to call his opponent’s actions “erratic.” Sen. Obama treated the vote on the bail-out as a forgone conclusion. Sen. McCain knew there wasn’t a consensus and returned to forge one. Sen. McCain was right, and Sen. Obama was wrong. If Sen. Obama does not stop calling Sen. McCain “erratic” for actually responding to the crisis instead of freezing up and continuing business as usual as he did, and if he does not admit to being mistaken when he refused to return to Washington to forge a compromise, e.g. ask his Congressional colleagues to drop the $300M/yr every year slush fund to ACORN, I will switch my vote from Sen. Obama to Sen. McCain.

Posted by: Obamacrat for McCain | October 12, 2008, 5:54 pm 5:54 pm

rightwinger.. there is a large difference between the two. mccain wants to continue on with policies which favor the wealthy and big corporations and stress military might. that alone is a major difference between him and obama, who stresses issues which benefit most working americans, not the affluent.

Posted by: Vet4Obama | October 12, 2008, 5:55 pm 5:55 pm

I’m socially conservative and I vote my pocketbook. This is why I have supported the republicans for years. Tax cuts for me are good.
But McCain doesn’t even know where he stands on tax cuts. He opposed them, then he supported them. He is not a good conservative candidate. Neither is Obama a conservative.
But with Obama at least the country has a leader who (perhaps) knows how to lead the country out of the mess we are in. With McCain, I’m not sure what we have.

Posted by: rightwinger | October 12, 2008, 6:00 pm 6:00 pm

Obamacrat.. he was erratic. that month he was praising deregulation and the economy being strong. his rush to washington did nothing but cause trouble. in a knee-jerk reaction he called for the firing of the sec president. he is now on the regulation bandwagon and running nothing but negative ads even though he said he would not. he was the one running around claiming the sky was falling, and putting his foot in his mouth almost every step of the way. not the type of behavior representative of a leader, lacking in judgment and calm rational thought.

Posted by: floridavoter | October 12, 2008, 6:01 pm 6:01 pm

Billw, obviously you have no valid argument for your candidate as you have reduced your argument to stupid name calling. Is Obama anorexic — no. Was he ever muslim — no. You are just part of the right wing that has run out of ideas and just wants to sling mud.
Too bad it won’t work this time. Obama is gonna win this one in a landslide.
This is a referendum on right wing hatred.

Posted by: Billw_has_lost | October 12, 2008, 6:10 pm 6:10 pm

– Blacks, die-hard democrats, and the young who think Obama is hip and cool, that’s who. –
Not even close :)
http://www.gallup.com/poll/108043/Candidate-Support-Education.aspx

Posted by: Concerned American | October 12, 2008, 6:11 pm 6:11 pm

Obamacrat , Im sorry to tell you but McCain lied , he went to New York , dissed letterman and interviewed with Katie Coric , then he went to Bill Clintons global energy thing by the time he landed in washington the bill was finished , plus he was not on the commitee that worked on the socialist bill

Posted by: hicktick | October 12, 2008, 6:15 pm 6:15 pm

I agree with the Obamacrat. I can’t believe he ever fell for Sen. Obama’s political jiujitsu techniques, more accurately described as making stuff up, putting words in other people’s mouths. After ridiculing Sen. McCain after splicing out the words “the fundamentals of our economy are strong,” he said on 9/29 “We’ve got the long term fundamentals that will really make sure this economy grows.” Commercial banks were required to make loans to people who can’t pay it back by the Community Reinvestment Act; it turns out Sen. McCain was right to want to scale back that regulation. Also, Sen. McCain cosponsored Senate Bill S.190 in 2005 to rein in Fannie and Freddie, to regulate them, which turns out to also be right. I guess Fannie and Freddie stuffed the right tip-jars; it didn’t get passed. I wish Sen. Obama would have the same courage as Sen. McCain. Sen. McCain called for the firing of Republican Secretary of the Treasury Chris Cox; Sen. Obama should call for the Democratic caucus to strip Sen. Chris Dodd and Representative Barney Frank of their banking committee chairmanships. I guess seizing up in the face of crisis is Sen. Obama’s only definition on not “erratic.”

Posted by: Clintonite for McCain | October 12, 2008, 6:17 pm 6:17 pm

So concerned… what is your point? The highly educated heavily favor Obama. The same people opposed Bush heavily. Maybe we should listen to them this time. We voted against the educated last time and see where it got us… into complete disaster.

Posted by: Concerned? | October 12, 2008, 6:17 pm 6:17 pm

Clintonite… funny that you are so interested in economics. The deregulation fiasco that caused this crisis comes straight from the republican party. And the only democrat who was really involved in it was — that’s right, Clinton. He signed it into law.
But deregulation of this type has been a platform of republicans for years. Finally it has come home to roost. I’m sorry, but this crisis is the fault of the right (plus clinton). Trying to portray mccain as the savior is just bogus — he STILL runs around saying deregulate deregulate.

Posted by: Clintonite_is_wrong | October 12, 2008, 6:21 pm 6:21 pm

I WAS RIGHT!!!!
SOME AMERICANS CAN HANDLE THE TRUTH!!
You only respond to bull.
Again, in front of her followers today, Gov. Palin scorned Sen. Obama about always talking about the past, that is about Bush’s eight years, but said she and Sen McCain only talks about future solutions.
Why then is she talking about Sen. Obama’s past associations in front of crowds and the GOP running negative ads about it?
Maybe they don’t know that it is in the past. True, they don’t get it.
Intelligence Level ’08? NO WAY!!!
DARE ANYONE TO RESPOND!

Posted by: TRUTH | October 12, 2008, 6:27 pm 6:27 pm

– Also, Sen. McCain cosponsored Senate Bill S.190 in 2005 to rein in Fannie and Freddie, to regulate them, which turns out to also be right. –
Claim: McCain championed legislation that would have prevented the current financal meltdown
Fact: False/Misleading
In his September 19th speach in Arlington, VA., Sen. McCain states:
“Two years ago, I called for reform of this corruption at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Congress did nothing. Senator Obama did nothing, and actually profited from this system of abuse and scandal”
What he is referring to is a Senate bill (S.190[109th] Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005) which was originally authored by Sen. Charles Hagel and co-sponsored by Sen. Sununu and Sen. Dole. It was not until after a 2006 Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Report to Congress outlining problems with the two organizations that Sen. McCain decided to add his name to the bill as a co-sponsor. The bill never made it out of committee (Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs), which was at the time controlled by a Republican majority and chaired by Republican Senator Richard Shelby. The statement about Congress and Sen. Obama doing nothing is true, but misleading, since there was nothing that they could have done until the bill came to the floor of the Senate, which it never did.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s109-190

Posted by: Concerned American | October 12, 2008, 6:29 pm 6:29 pm

– And the only democrat who was really involved in it was — that’s right, Clinton. He signed it into law. –
The bill that ultimately repealed the [Glass Steagall] Act was introduced in the Senate by Phil Gramm (R-TX) and in the House of Representatives by James Leach (R-IA) in 1999. The bills were passed by a 54-44 vote along party lines with Republican support in the Senate and by a 343-86 vote in the House of Representatives. Nov 4, 1999: After passing both the Senate and House the bill was moved to a conference committee to work out the differences between the Senate and House versions. The final bipartisan bill resolving the differences was passed in the Senate 90-8-1 and in the House: 362-57-15. Without forcing a veto vote, this bipartisan, VETO PROOF legislation was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on November 12, 1999.

Posted by: Concerned American | October 12, 2008, 6:32 pm 6:32 pm

This will have to do uinless a better opportunity comes up that night. I guess Letterman is a sucker.

Posted by: Rose Szymanski | October 12, 2008, 6:36 pm 6:36 pm

By the way what 2 wars was Mc bush in as he claims he was to young to be in the Korean war unless he lied his age in 1950 he was only 15 maybe and by 1954 it was about done.

Posted by: Rose Szymanski | October 12, 2008, 6:39 pm 6:39 pm

like “hicktick,” I don’t like the socialist bill, either. But I’m not an ideological purist; it’s obvious ideological purists from both sides of the isle, the Obama side and the Bush side, wouldn’t support Sen. McCain either. I like how he’s called for the firing of both Democrats and Republicans; Bush and Obama have not. I like how he supports deregulation in some cases, such as the Community Reinvestment Act, and regulation in some cases, such as Fannie and Freddie. Bush and Obama have not, it’s either blanket deregulation or blanket regulation, respectively, for them. Senator Obama’s distortion of Sen. McCain’s statement “I don’t know as much about the economy as I do about military affairs” (which is true, he is a historical class, not just a world class general like Colin Powell or Wesley Clark, but a historical class general like Douglas McArther, Robert E. Lee, and Alexander the Great for being able to drag Iraq out of that quagmire with his surge strategy), that misquote would be funny if it wasn’t for Sen. Obama’s far less qualifications on the economy. In the debate, Sen. Obama was left so clueless all he could say was, “but you didn’t author S.190, all you did was co-sponsor it.”

Posted by: DemMcCrat for McCain | October 12, 2008, 6:40 pm 6:40 pm

– Maybe they don’t know that it is in the past. True, they don’t get it. –
They don’t indeed. McCain wants to continue down the reganomics downfall and sell the remainder of America to the Chinese. Obamas tax plan will inject capital into the economy from the start, giving money to those who need it most to buy essentials, not simply use it to make even more money. Obamas health plan will not only insure more americans, but be more efficient at doing so and inject even more capital into the economy by tax savings to businesses providing health coverage to their workers and increasing revenue to health care providers simply do to the increase in insured patients.
Obamas plan looks to the future, McCains relies on the past. And given the dismal performance of the “c” grade president we have had in office, it will be refreshing to actually have someone intelligent in office for a change.

Posted by: Concerned American | October 12, 2008, 6:43 pm 6:43 pm

RUSSERT: National security, the war in Iraq had been the dominant issue in the campaign until a few weeks ago. And now the economy has taken hold. Ask any of the voters; it’s the economy. Senator McCain, you have said repeatedly, quote, I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated. Is it a problem for your campaign that the economy is now the most important issue, one that by your own acknowledgment you’re not well versed on?
MCCAIN: Actually, I don’t know where you got that quote from. I’m very well versed in economics. I was there at the Reagan revolution. I was there when we enacted the first — or just after we enacted the first tax cuts and the restraints on spending.
But Issenberg quoted McCain as telling reporters on December 17 in New Hampshire: “The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood as well as I should,” McCain said. “I’ve got Greenspan’s book.”
Now, compare education between the two and who do you suppose has the best chance of ‘figuring it out’?

Posted by: Concerned American | October 12, 2008, 6:52 pm 6:52 pm

From the Wall Street Journal:
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110007600
“On a broader range of economic issues, though, Mr. McCain readily departs from Reaganomics. His philosophy is best described as a work in progress. He is refreshingly blunt when he tell me: “I’m going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated.” OK, so who does he turn to for advice? His answer is reassuring. His foremost economic guru is former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm (who would almost certainly be Treasury secretary in a McCain administration). He’s also friendly with the godfather of supply-side economics, Arthur Laffer.”
and we can thank phil gramm for the high prices of gas we see today!

Posted by: suzie | October 12, 2008, 7:08 pm 7:08 pm

Why would Letterman refuse to have him on? People will tune in. That’s what it’s all about. This isn’t about politics. People cancel on those shows all the time. Big freakin’ deal.

Posted by: Dr. Hu | October 12, 2008, 7:26 pm 7:26 pm

Sign this petition if you think McCain should stop talking about Obama and William Ayers…and start talking about the economy instead:
http://www.McCainPetition.com
Gregg

Posted by: Gregg | October 12, 2008, 7:31 pm 7:31 pm

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he is a historical class, not just a world class general
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McCain?!? He was a captian when he left the navy, and a poor one at that. He would have been tossed out if it were not for his father and grandfather and their influence.

Posted by: MooseHead | October 12, 2008, 7:39 pm 7:39 pm

Job Creators Prefer John McCain 4-to-1 Over Barack Obama
Over 70 percent of CEOs fear an Obama presidency will be a disaster
Chief Executive magazine’s most recent polling of 751 CEOs shows that GOP presidential candidate John McCain is the preferred choice for CEOs. According to the poll, which is featured on the cover of Chief Executive’s most recent issue, by a four-to-one margin, CEOs support Senator John McCain over Senator Barack Obama. Moreover, 74 percent of the executives say they fear that an Obama presidency would be disastrous for the country.
“The stakes for this presidential election are higher than they’ve ever been in recent memory,” said Edward M. Kopko, CEO and Publisher of Chief Executive magazine. “We’ve been experiencing consecutive job losses for nine months now. There’s no doubt that reviving the job market will be a top priority for the incoming president. And job creating CEOs repeatedly tell us that McCain’s policies are far more conducive to a more positive employment environment than Obama’s.”

In expressing their rejection of Senator Obama, some CEOs who responded to the survey went as far as to say that “some of his programs would bankrupt the country within three years, if implemented.” In fact, the poll highlights that Obama’s tax policies, which scored the lowest grade in the poll, are particularly unpopular among CEOs.
“Overall, many CEOs are concerned about the future of the U.S. economy and its ability to compete in the global market, but they look to John McCain and hope that this self-described political maverick may yet shake up established thinking and not give into to the tired policies of the past,” concluded Kopko.
http://www.chiefexecutive.net/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=67E20819CD7646C3B380AD60BB17EFAA

Posted by: LightSeeker | October 12, 2008, 7:46 pm 7:46 pm

– Over 70 percent of CEOs fear an Obama presidency will be a disaster –
Of course they do.. McCain supports big corporates and wants to give them large tax breaks.. duh!

Posted by: Concerned American | October 12, 2008, 7:48 pm 7:48 pm

I suppose McCain must explain his racist attacks on our Lord Zerobameus:
How dare you, not supporting a black man!
“What I am seeing reminds me too much of another destructive period in American history. Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this hostility in our political discourse,” Lewis said in a statement.
“During another period, in the not too distant past, there was a governor of the state of Alabama named George Wallace who also became a presidential candidate. George Wallace never threw a bomb. He never fired a gun, but he created the climate and the conditions that encouraged vicious attacks against innocent Americans who were simply trying to exercise their constitutional rights. Because of this atmosphere of hate, four little girls were killed on Sunday morning when a church was bombed in Birmingham, Alabama,” wrote the Democrat.

Posted by: d0 | October 12, 2008, 7:56 pm 7:56 pm

Zero-bama is brilliant, indeed.
He has leveled the poor and rich by 50% in just one year, by tanking the stock market nearly 50%. Equality is half way under Zero-bama, before he is even elected.
0bama is directly responsible for the stock market crash because the leadership in the Congress, in supporting this Affirmative Action candidate’s approach of giving voters cash, ignored the correct solution proposed by Hillary Clinton and McCain to target the financial sectors.
Had the leadership of the Congress and Mr. Zero-bama put the country first, and made the correct judgment to use the $300 billion to rescue the financial sectors ONE full year ago, perhaps, JUST PERHAPS, the stock market would have not tanked 50%.
What we know for sure is that Zero-bama has made yet another bad judgment, a completely boneheaded mistake, to give money to individuals, which did nothing to “stimulate” the economy except continued down-slide, and this approach has failed evidenced by tanking the stockmarket by 50%.
Karl Marx would have been proud of His Nothingness for leveling the field of rich and poor by 50%, with the exchange of your retirement accounts 50% less.
Perhaps, after Zero-bama took over the country, it will be a perfect world of “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need”, such that you do not need your retirement accounts.

Posted by: d0 | October 12, 2008, 8:16 pm 8:16 pm

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*** 0bama is directly responsible for the
*** stock market crash
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and don’t forget 9/11, the war in Iraq, WWII and the great depression in the 20′s also!!
The really sad part is that some people actually believe this garbage.

Posted by: MiniMouse | October 12, 2008, 8:27 pm 8:27 pm

Let Letterman make love to his cigar for all I care.

Posted by: Uncle Moe | October 12, 2008, 8:33 pm 8:33 pm

– Let Letterman make love to his cigar for all I care. –
That would most likely boost ratings more than having McCain on the show!

Posted by: Concerned American | October 12, 2008, 8:57 pm 8:57 pm

Barack Obama’s Involvement with ACORN Unearthed, Missing Article Recovered
While Barack Obama’s connection with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has not gone entirely unreported, it has not been fully explained. Most media background pieces simply note Obama’s involvement in a 1995 lawsuit on behalf of ACORN. Obama’s own website, as well as most major media, fail to reveal the full depth and extent of his relationship with the organization.
Attempts to hide evidence of Obama’s involvement with ACORN have included wiping the web clean of potentially damaging articles that had appeared, and were previously publicly accessible. Unfortunately, those behind the attempted cover-up failed to realize that in today’s day and age, nothing disappears forever. There also exists another layer of the web, the hidden web, which is full of information included in proprietary scholarly databases where these very same “missing” articles can be easily uncovered.

Not only does Foulkes boast of Obama’s ACORN leadership training, but also makes it clear that Obama’s post-law school organizing of “Project VOTE” in 1992 was undertaken in direct partnership with ACORN. The tie between Project VOTE and ACORN is also something that Obama and others have attempted to disprove in recent weeks as ACORN has come under fire for allegations of voter registration fraud.
As recently as March 2008, the Los Angeles Times also made reference to Barack Obama’s involvement with ACORN:
“At the time, Talbot worked at the social action group ACORN and initially considered Obama a competitor. But she became so impressed with his work that she invited him to help train her staff.” (LA Times, March 2, 2008)
All this information was easily pulled up with minimal time investment. It took less than thirty minutes to find, despite attempts by some to bury the truth. If I could find this with little effort, imagine what could be dug up with a serious, in-depth investigation. Scary, isn’t it?
Nevertheless, Barack Obama’s campaign website continues to lie and deny the truth about his involvement and association with ACORN. No matter how many times you say it, it does not make it true. The facts do not lie, Senator Obama. It’s time to come clean and tell the truth, and it’s time for the American people to demand it.
http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/7203

Posted by: LightSeeker | October 12, 2008, 8:59 pm 8:59 pm

I’m always awed by the number of Republicans that come on here saying that they’re going to vote for Obama. Yeah, right.
McCain shouldn’t waste his time with those shows. He’s not hip, he’s not going to accomplish anything.

Posted by: Grand Old Party | October 12, 2008, 10:17 pm 10:17 pm

Nevertheless, Barack Obama’s campaign website continues to lie and deny the truth about his involvement and association with ACORN. No matter how many times you say it, it does not make it true. The facts do not lie, Senator Obama. It’s time to come clean and tell the truth, and it’s time for the American people to demand it.
http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/7203
Posted by: LightSeeker
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Your on the wrong blog, they fantasizing
blog is near the comic section.

Posted by: spacerook1 | October 13, 2008, 12:13 am 12:13 am

– No matter how many times you say it, it does not make it true. –
Yup, and yet you keep repeating the same old news over and over again.. amazing!
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/us/politics/11acorn.html?em

Posted by: Concerned American | October 13, 2008, 12:15 am 12:15 am

Not only does Foulkes boast of Obama’s ACORN leadership training, but also makes it clear that Obama’s post-law school organizing of “Project VOTE” in 1992 was undertaken in direct partnership with ACORN. The tie between Project VOTE and ACORN is also something that Obama and others have attempted to disprove in recent weeks as ACORN has come under fire for allegations of voter registration fraud.
“At the time, Talbot worked at the social action group ACORN and initially considered Obama a competitor. But she became so impressed with his work that she invited him to help train her staff.” (LA Times, March 2, 2008)
All this information was easily pulled up with minimal time investment. It took less than thirty minutes to find, despite attempts by some to bury the truth. If I could find this with little effort, imagine what could be dug up with a serious, in-depth investigation. Scary, isn’t it?
Nevertheless, Barack Obama’s campaign website continues to lie and deny the truth about his involvement and association with ACORN. No matter how many times you say it, it does not make it true. The facts do not lie, Senator Obama. It’s time to come clean and tell the truth, and it’s time for the American people to demand it.
http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/7203
Posted by: LightSeeker
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Boy, it took you this long to pull up this crap? The
LA times version of National Enquirer must be working overtime.
If we wasted this amount of energy and
time on the Keating 5, McCain would be a prisoner
in OUR country! Lucky for him he was investigated by his own peers. BTW does Cindy still have that
investment to the shopping mall set up by Keating?
Now that’s something really juicy!

Posted by: spacerook1 | October 13, 2008, 12:28 am 12:28 am

Letterman should call him one hour before
the show and tell him that he has to cancel
him, because he wants to see reruns of the
Presidential debates

Posted by: spacerook1 | October 13, 2008, 12:31 am 12:31 am

“People cancel on those shows all the time. Big freakin’ deal.” (Dr. Hu)
That’s right, Dr. Hu. SNL understood that when Obama cancelled his apperance on their show because of hurricane Gutav. But Letterman was SO FULL OF HIMSELF to realize that during a national catastrophy like hurricane or economic melt down that threatened the whole nation, it is very inappropriate to be comical. That’s why Letterman launched his attack on McCain for several days in a row.
David Letterman, such a petty funny man!

Posted by: nononsense08 | October 13, 2008, 1:11 am 1:11 am

I hope the audience boo him off the stage, just like they did with Caribou Barbie at the Philadelphia Flyers game. That was pure entertainment.

Posted by: JoeShmoe | October 13, 2008, 1:33 am 1:33 am

– But Letterman was SO FULL OF HIMSELF to realize that during a national catastrophy like hurricane or economic melt down that threatened the whole nation, it is very inappropriate to be comical. That’s why Letterman launched his attack on McCain for several days in a row. –
Then apparently you were not paying attention. McCain LIED to David about the reason for not showing up, claiming he had to rush back to Washington because the economy was ‘cratering’, and then didn’t.
If McCain had just been truthful from the beginning and said he didn’t think it was appropriate to be on a comedy show during the crisis, the whole thing would have been a non-issue.

Posted by: Concerned American | October 13, 2008, 2:34 am 2:34 am

It’s a “Dave Roast” coming up folks. YEE HAW!

Posted by: Yankee | October 13, 2008, 6:22 am 6:22 am

Scrolling through these comments, I’m reminded once again that Republicans are the real haters.

Posted by: Jim Treacher | October 13, 2008, 7:06 am 7:06 am

There is nothing wrong with Letterman doing what he does best. He’s a comedian. So is the rest of the late night comedians.
Making light of this crisis and the election does America good. It takes their mind off of the gloom and doom a lot of American have, for an hour.
Maybe Letterman could have suggested everyone go shopping.

Posted by: RosaritoBjaCa | October 13, 2008, 7:29 am 7:29 am

Breaking news, Obama has problems! Tony Rezko is now talking to the FBI about his connections to Chicago politicians! You won’t hear about this from ABC news!

Posted by: J | October 13, 2008, 7:50 am 7:50 am

Obama the magic negro is going to prison.
I’m Tony Rezko and I approve this message

Posted by: Rezko | October 13, 2008, 9:19 am 9:19 am

I want to go on Letterman.. no wait, I don’t really want to go on Letterman.. no WAIT, I think I better go on Letterman.. naaaa, never mind, I don’t want to go on Letterman after all.. WAIT!! I think I NEED to go on Letterman NOW!!
Go take a nap Grampa! You are getting erratic and confused again!
Does this man ever stick to one strategy or idea? and he wants to be our President? pretty scary!

Posted by: Democrats 08 | October 13, 2008, 9:22 am 9:22 am

I want to go on Letterman.. no wait, I don’t really want to go on Letterman.. no WAIT, I think I better go on Letterman.. naaaa, never mind, I don’t want to go on Letterman after all.. WAIT!! I think I NEED to go on Letterman NOW!!
Go take a nap Grampa! You are getting erratic and confused again!
Does this man ever stick to one strategy or idea? and he wants to be our President? pretty scary!

Posted by: Democrats 08 | October 13, 2008, 9:23 am 9:23 am

Democrats 08, get out of your mom’s basement and get a job.
Maybe start at McDonalds bro.

Posted by: . | October 13, 2008, 5:36 pm 5:36 pm

People have been gambling on this happening on http://www.intrade.net sice he cancelled and to be hosest it didn’t appear likely that he would be let back on it

Posted by: Jinxed | October 14, 2008, 8:09 am 8:09 am

I disagree that Sen. McCain is the culprit of the performance of the Bush Administration. He is not part of the Cabinet. In fact when Vice-Presidency was offered by Bush to McCain the latter refused on the ground of policy differences.
The first who should be blamed is the President himself, next is the Vice-President, then the Cabinet.
Why should Sen. Obama put heavily the blame to a single senator, from among the 99 other members, about the administration of a President?

Posted by: Renato Bermejo | October 14, 2008, 10:13 am 10:13 am

Fools: Letterman invited McCain, they both need the ratings!!

Posted by: bombem | October 14, 2008, 10:39 am 10:39 am

Renato: Remember the Pid Piper? They will follow this Obamapiper to their doom!!

Posted by: bombem | October 14, 2008, 11:39 am 11:39 am

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