“Overexposed” Obama, Late Show Edition

2:03 pm EST September 23rd, 2009 | Media | 11 Comments

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Landing an appearance by the president seems to be a game-changer at least for one show in late-night television. On Monday night, President Obama lifted David Letterman to his most-watched ‘Late Show’ in four years, with a total of 7.218 million viewers.

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11 Responses to ““Overexposed” Obama, Late Show Edition”

  1. jr says:
    September 23, 2009 at 2:22 pm

    “I booked Pee-wee Herman”-Jay Leno

  2. Jamaicafest says:
    September 23, 2009 at 4:09 pm

    I do think that President Obama runs the risk of media overexposure even though I think he is well intentioned.

  3. Bitter Scribe says:
    September 23, 2009 at 4:33 pm

    Oh, “overexposure” my ass. After eight years of Bush refusing to poke his nose outside of his bubble, except for “Town Hall Meetings” where the participants were practically strip-searched for contrary opinions, it’s refereshing to have a president who’s secure enough in his own skin to venture out like this.

    Those “death panel” dickheads have had things their own way for months. It’s good to see Obama fighting back.

  4. Paul_D says:
    September 23, 2009 at 4:50 pm

    The President could have rallies up and down the coast to pitch healthcare reforms and it may only boil down to a few snippets on the evening news. What better an opportunity there is than to get time on prime-time to spread the word in greater detail?
    It would be fun if he showed up on Real Time and got an opportunity to flip the bird at the 9/12 nutters and say “Get a brain you Morans!!”

    Ah, dare to dream.

  5. justadood says:
    September 23, 2009 at 5:04 pm

    Paul_D—if it’s dreams to dare, dream of Rahm going on Real Time….

    –and chain the bastard to the chair, so he can’t escape the grilling he’d definitely get…..

  6. Paul says:
    September 23, 2009 at 8:40 pm

    I think our President is very eloquent. I have not been able to say this for the previous eight years. I support what he is trying to do and hope he succeeds in getting our economy back on track. God bless him.

  7. Mylegacy says:
    September 23, 2009 at 9:13 pm

    The Letterman gig was a good exposure for the Prez. He’s clearly intelligent, funny, clever and very – very – comfortable in his skin.

    The more people see him as a “person” rather than a politician – the more they’ll be drawn to him. The more comfortable they are with him – the more they will support his policies.

    I have great hope for Obama’s influence to spread throughout more of the American population – even while I have materially given up on the US as a positive influence in the world – due to America’s amazingly high proportion of ignorance (for which I mostly blame the stunningly high numbers of born again, anti brains, anti science, anti everything, retartds – as a Canadian who has also lived in Europe I really think most Americans have no idea just how ignorant an alarming number of your fellow citizens are. ) (End of authorized mini rant.)

  8. MrGreyGhost says:
    September 24, 2009 at 6:09 pm

    The New York Times Caucus blog reported: “As of his seven-month in office mark in August, he had done 114 interviews, compared to 37 by former President George W. Bush and 41 by former president Bill Clinton.”

    Yeah, definitely NOT overexposed.

  9. Sean D. Martin says:
    September 24, 2009 at 6:34 pm

    MyGreyGhost: Yeah, definitely NOT overexposed.

    OK, so tell me exactly where you would draw the line?

    Is it 40 interviews? Was Clinton “over exposed” because he gave 10% more interviews than Bush? Or is it higher than that? 60 interviews? 75? Could Bush have given nearly twice as many interviews as he did before he became “over exposed”?

    You have an opinion on this, MGG. Don’t slink away from it now. 37 isn’t too many and 114 is, so where do you draw the line?

  10. MrGreyGhost says:
    September 24, 2009 at 7:46 pm

    Sean

    Your attempt to move the posts is lame. The point is clear: in the same amount of time BO has done more interviews than his predecessors COMBINED. The man’s a classic narcissist, much less overexposed.

  11. Sean D. Martin says:
    September 24, 2009 at 8:00 pm

    MrGreyGhost: Your attempt to move the posts is lame.

    Oh, please. What posts moved by me at all? You claim some amount is too many and I ask you what amount wouldn’t be. I challenge you to clarify what you are saying, and that’s “moving the goal posts”?

    Just admit you’ve got nothing and move along.