Funnies: Acceptance Speeches

Sept. 7, 2008— -- Here's a roundup of the late night comics.

Conan O'Brien: Today, she attended a rally in Wisconsin. That's right, yeah. The Alaska governor said she was thrilled to visit Wisconsin because she's never been in the deep South.

Jay Leno: Back in 1984, Sarah Palin came in second in the Miss Alaska beauty pageant. Now she could be vice president of the United States. You know what that means? For the first time in history, a beauty pageant contestant might actually bring about world peace.

Conan O'Brien: Sarah Palin spent a lot of time criticizing Barack Obama's campaign speeches for not having enough specifics. That's what Palin says, yeah. Obama was reportedly angry about the claim, but didn't say exactly why.

David Letterman: Sarah Palin is an avid hunter. A vice president who likes guns. Well, what could go wrong there?"

Jay Leno: When Governor Palin was giving her speech the other night, this is true, the teleprompter broke and she had to keep going from memory, which is pretty good. You see, that also happened to Joe Biden once. But with him, he talked so long, the teleprompter just died.

Jimmy Kimmel: McCain took a page from the Democrats in his speech. He talked about change. And even though the word has been the mantra of the Obama campaign for months now, the all-Republican audience really ate it up. McCain: "Change is coming." [shots of the GOP crowd, then cut to the old men in the balcony from The Muppet Show] Kimmel: "Those young guys!"