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September 24th, 2008
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That was brutal.
If that’s how other members of the media react, McCain is toast. It’s not likely, but a few more late-night jokes like that, and it gives permission to journalists to attack McCain for this political stunt.
Wow, Dave really ripped him. This might be too much and Dave might have made a little too much sense for the Republicans to blow this off as the liberal media conspiring against them.
Well done. When it’s all said and done, it will be said that in the campaign of 2008 the comedians were the truest patriots of them all, doing what the press could not or would not do. Time and time again, they’ve carried the mantle of brutal truth when we needed it the most. Most recently, Wanda Sykes, Chris Rock and now David Letterman driving the points home for America. There is too much at stake for niceties. Cable news is clearly no longer up to the task, with Wolf Blitzer repeatedly referring to McCain’s move as a “blockbuster,” and Fox News setting up the DNC rep with a two on one attack in support of McCain. Thanks Oliver for pushing the word, Lord knows we need it.
To borrow old Mobb Deep slang John McCain is a “shook one”
I love how David Letterman and Paul Schaffer managed to express admiration for McCain’s history alongside absolute befuddlement for his current bullshit self and its sorry act. I suppose there’s going to be some who will say that Letterman was acting like a spoiled brat who had his toy (a McCain interview) taken away, and there’s probably some truth to that. But to suggest that the sharp insults, pretty much calling McCain a quitter and a wimp, aren’t going to hurt McCain is to ignore reality.
McCain and his campaign decided to make the media his enemy, and now he’s going to suffer the consequences. The American people just saw an American hero decide to take his ball and run home. I don’t think this was a good move unless he’s got an amazing plan with bipartisan support and Presidential approval, sure to save our economy, with both short and long-term benefits, and he has some way to sell it to all of us. If anyone thinks he’s even capable of coming up with such a plan, please share. We can all use that combination of hope and comic relief that’s sure to follow it’s presentation.
This line…
“Are we suspending it because there’s an economic crisis or because the poll numbers are sliding?”
is brutal.
Absolutely brutal.
If this become the meme tomorrow, McCain will lose 2 to 3 points in the polls. That might not seem like much, but it would put states like Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, etc. out of reach. In fact, Obama would be up by at least 5% in enough states to get him to 269 EC votes. And, he would be ahead in New Hampshire, Florida, Ohio, Virginia, and Nevada.
I originally posted this at Jack and Jill Politics:
Considering that show business is as mean-spirited and petty as national politics, it is a remarkable feat that Letterman has around for as long as he has – doing things largely on his terms. And while I have found some of his current stuff repetitive, when he is really worked up about something, he is without peer in late night. Was it me, or was he channeling a bit of Stringer Bell from The Wire? Normally quiet, easy-going and all business, but God help you if you cross him.
I want the question “Hey John, do you need a ride to the airport?” to follow him everywhere he goes for the rest of the campaign.
Obama should invite Bob Barr to the debate. He McCain’s too scared to show up, at least there will be another presidential candidate to debate.
Is McCain going to suspend being president if things get too hard? That’s what I want to know!
McCain, if elected, could be rubbed out by an assassin popping a blown up paper bag.
I just want to point out how much I despise Chris Matthews.
He had poll numbers up last night from the, I dunno, ABC/WSJ poll that had the question Who do you trust more with the economy.
Obama was at 56%, McCain at 39%.
Matthews was spinning it as good for John McCain.
Duros, EVERYTHING is good for McCain. He could be down 90 points and that would be great for him (and catastrophic for Obama)
I just don’t get it. You should have heard him. It was like “Yeah, Obama’s got a huge lead, but LOOK AT JOHN MCCAIN’S NUMBERS! THAT’S HUGE!
Duros, Matthews reminds me of Rick’s line in Casablanca when Peter Lorre’s character asks Rick if he hates him: “If I gave you any thought, I probably would.”
In other words, try not to take Ted Baxter too seriously. It seems transparently obvious – if it wasn’t already before – that a tight race is good for ratings, and by extension Chris’ career.
lettermen hasn’t been funny in years.
i wish he and everyone else would shut the hell up about mccain being a hero. hundreds of thousands of non-combatants were killed in viet nam after the free-fire zones were established. dropping ordnance on pajama-clad, barefoot citizens does not make one a hero.
as for this business about mccain himself deferring release, it’s bullshit. he was told by commanding officers what the protocol was and he followed orders. prisoners were supposed to be released in their order of capture and junior officers were supposed to defer to enlisted men as well. and why was mccain offered early release anyway? it doesn’t make sense if mccain was such a rebellious prisoner as he himself has said.
I’m with you, jazzlover. What’s so heroic about having the bad luck to get captured? Stoic, maybe, but he had no choice but to do exactly as he did. Early release was never really an option for him.
Lots of guys served in Vietnam, got shot or shot at, and aren’t called heroes every day of their lives. Because they don’t CONSTANTLY THROW IT IN OUR FACES EVERY DAY.
It amazes me that so many people can “empathize” with McCain’s POW experience, but can’t imagine themselves one missed paycheck from disaster.
I have a feeling this could turn out to be the equivalent of LBJ “losing” Cronkite: http://policomic.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/dont-mess-with-dave/
It seems transparently obvious – if it wasn’t already before – that a tight race is good for ratings, and by extension Chris’ career.
Yeah *sigh*, I know.
It still ain’t right.
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