Letterman keeps up verbal assault on John McCain
NEW YORK - David Letterman kept up his verbal assault on John McCain, commiserating with Paris Hilton and saying he felt like an "ugly date" because the GOP presidential candidate backed out of an appearance on the "Late Show." In this photo released by CBS, Paris Hilton laughs with host David Letterman on the set of "The Late Show with David Letterman," Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo/CBS, Jeffrey R. Staab) The late-night C

McCain lies to Letterman about pulling out of his show less than 30 minutes before the taping only to appear with Katie Couric
NEW YORK - “Late Show” host David Letterman kept up a verbal assault on John McCain Thursday, saying he felt like an “ugly date” because the GOP presidential candidate backed out of a scheduled appearance on his talk show. The night before, Letterman had said McCain’s decision to suspend his campaign to deal with the economic [...]

David Letterman says McCain didn’t leave until morning after canceling
David Letterman continued to rip on John McCain last night on the air. McCain canceled his appearance on the show Wednesday night just a few hours before airtime, leaving Letterman to scramble to fill time. McCain personally called Letterman and apologized, saying he had to get back to Washington right away because “the economy is about to crater.” Letterman had MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann fill McCain’s spot, and they discovered that instead of going on Letterman’s show as scheduled,

Tonight's Presidential Debate: Will John McCain Show Up?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjkCrfylq-EDavid Letterman things "something doesn’t smell right."And if you missed it: What Do You Bastards Think About Sarah Palin?read more

Letterman Keeps Up Verbal Assault on McCain
David Letterman kept up his verbal assault on John McCain, commiserating with Paris Hilton and saying he felt like an ”ugly date” because the GOP presidential candidate backed out of an appearance on the ”Late Show.” The late-night CBS comedian was upset Wednesday when McCain canceled an appearance to deal with the economic crisis. After backing out of the Letterman show, McCain sat for an interview with Katie Couric, then didn’t leave New York until Thursday, further angering

Letterman Keeps Up Verbal Assault On McCain
NEW YORK (AP) - "Late Show" host David Letterman kept up a verbal assault on John McCain Thursday, saying he felt like an "ugly date" because the GOP presidential candidate backed out of a scheduled appearance on his talk show. The night before, Letterman had said McCain's decision to suspend his campaign to deal with the economic crisis "didn't smell right." Letterman substituted MSNBC's "Countdown" host — and critic of the Arizona senator — Keith Olbermann when McCain called him to say he wo

Letterman keeps up McCain attack
NEW YORK - "Late Show" host David Letterman kept up a verbal assault on John McCain Thursday, saying he felt like an "ugly date" because the Republican presidential candidate backed out of a scheduled appearance on his talk show. The night before, Letterman had said McCain's decision to suspend his campaign to deal with the economic crisis "didn't smell right." Letterman substituted MSNBC's "Countdown" host - and critic of the Arizona senator - Keith Olbermann when McCain called him to say he wou

How John McCain Destroyed a Compromise to Save His Skin
Maybe you can appreciate the pickle John McCain had gotten himself into. Early on Wednesday afternoon, he dramatically announced the “suspension” of his candidacy so that he could return to Washington and play the hero role in the congressional negotiations over a bailout of the financial system. But by the time he finally made his way to nation’s capital a full day later – after first staying in New York for an interview with Katie Couric on Wednesday night in which he solemnly intoned that he did

CBS Furious Letterman Used Network's Own Feed to Embarrass McCain
Well, it's one way to get viewers to watch Katie Couric's show: 'CBS News executives were red- faced yesterday trying to explain how David Letterman used unaired news footage of Sen. John McCain with Katie Couric to embarrass the Republican presidential candidate. [...] Later in the show, Letterman showed an internal, live video of McCain being tended to by a make-up artist before the Couric interview. [...] But several CBS News executives - who asked not to be identified - said that the stun

McCain Sabotages His Own Attempt To Save The Nation
It's time someone called "nuts!" on this McCain campaign suspension, fake attempt to save the economy, and the sabotaging of that fake attempt once it appeared Obama had the upper hand on the issue again... Here's what we've heard. It's possible, of course, that Politico, Politics1, RCP, and all the other sources are wrong, but let's assume otherwise for the moment: 1) McCain told David Letterman he couldn't do anymore interviews because he was rushing back to DC to work on

Jen Schefft gets engaged; David Letterman gets mad at John McCain … - The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - 24Olsen
SOURCE: "Ashley Olsen" OR "mary-kate Olsen" - Google NewsJen Schefft gets engaged; David Letterman gets mad at John McCain ...The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - 11 minutes agoMary-Kate and Ashley Olsen want to dress your feet. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are branching out in their fashion business, teaming up with Steve Madden to ...

Letterman keeps up assault on McCain (AP)
AP - "Late Show" host David Letterman kept up a verbal assault on John McCain Thursday, saying he felt like an "ugly date" because the GOP presidential candidate backed out of a scheduled appearance on his talk show.

David Letterman Feels Like an ‘Ugly Date’ After McCain’s Cancellation
A seemingly peeved David Letterman continued to address John McCain’s cancellation on his Thursday night “Late Show” on CBS, saying he took the rejection like an “ugly date” and talking about the situation with tonight's guest, Paris Hilton. This is the funny man’s second night venting about McCain’s Wednesday cancellation, when Letterman announced that the GOP presidential candidate personally called him to apologize for backing out of the appearance, citing a rush to fly to Washington to de

The Debate Is On!!! [Breaking]
Thank god John McCain solved the financial crisis! Earlier today his campaign was downplaying the importance of a debate, once again arguing that the fact that Barack Obama refused to do 10 Town Halls with him meant that it was Obama's fault that McCain was ditching tonight's debate, and they even floated the idea that an all-Obama interview/town hall would be illegal. But in the end, they blinked. The debate is on. The "suspended" McCain campaign is un-suspended. McCain's bizarre political "Hail Mary" acco

David Letterman continues assault on John McCain (video)
The Late Show host kept up a verbal assault on John McCain saying he felt like an “ugly date” because the GOP presidential candidate backed out of a scheduled appearance on his talk show. McCain sat for an interview with Katie Couric instead www.msnbc.msn.com

Sen. John McCain will participate in tonight’s presidential debate.
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Read These Stories to Figure Out What's Going On [Gawker Explainer]
Hank Paulson went before Congress to ask that he get a shit-ton of money to purchase mortgage-backed securities. The bipartisan Joint Economic Committee hammered out a compromise, giving Paulson some of what he wanted but with more oversight and perhaps a better deal for taxpayers. John McCain ran back to Washington to solve this himself, and as soon as his plane touched down the compromise fell apart, with conservative House Republicans balking at passing anything resembling the Paulson plan. So what happe

McCain Suspends Campaign to Ruin Everything [Politics]
So Barney Frank and Chris Dodd—and some senior Republicans!—hashed out a compromise bailout plan that looked much better than the Paulsen plan, and it should pass the House and Senate before the markets open on Monday. Hooray! Except John McCain needs to look like he solved this crisis, so he told Spencer Bachus, the ranking Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, to announce that no one agreed to anything and then Bachus added that McCain has his own brand-new plan no one has seen

Bad-News Death March Seems Endless [The Panic Of '08]
Two weeks ago began a tempestuous weekend that saw Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and AIG begin to collapse as going concerns. It's been a relentless 14 days since. Lehman failed; Merrill sold itself for a song and AIG had to get bailed out by the government. We've seen the last two independent investment banks give up that status so they can accept federal cash; the Treasury Department propose a $700 billion banking bailout and bitterly divide the government; and John McCain controversially suspend his pre

Letterman: John McCain quit
? Senator John McCain was to appear on David Letterman's Late Show on Wednesday, but he canceled at the last minute, in 'order to save the US economy'. Letterman was - to say the very least - not amused. Watch his nine minute long rant after

More Letterman About McCain Tonight...
After busting the GOP president candidate for lying last night, David Letterman opened The Late Show tonight saying this about John McCain (video here):: "I don’t know if you know about this or not, but last night….Here’s the deal – we do this little TV show every night right here on CBS.  And what we do – you see these chairs right here?  That’s because we like to have folks come out and visit.  And one of the people who was going to visit with us last night was Senator John McCain.   "

The Road To The White House May Indeed Go Through The Late Show [David Letterman]
The bland even-handedness of network news anchors and late-night yucksters may be increasingly out-of-date, eclipsed by the partisan antics of the hosts of Fox News and MSNBC. But the middle-of-the-road personalities who've dominated network television since its inception do retain one singular power: when they finally get off the fence, the mass of similar-minded voters take notice. That's why Edward Murrow—famed for his measured wartime broadcasts from London—had such an effect when he took on red-b

David Letterman vs. John McCain, Round Two
Slow start today, friends. Why? Hell if I know. It's raining, maybe? Because we have so much in the cooker that we're having a tough time processing it all, perhaps? Let's say that it is both. In the meantime, watch this very long clip of David Letterman running out the John McCain joke while we cobble together something more substantive for the next go-round. By Chris Cechin   09/26/08 9:30 AM File Under: David Letterman, Fightin Words, John McCain, Politics, Pop Comments

Letterman keeps up verbal assault on John McCain
David Letterman kept up his verbal assault on John McCain, commiserating with Paris Hilton and saying he felt like an "ugly date" because the GOP presidential candidate backed out of an appearance on the "Late Show." The late-night CBS comedian was upset Wednesday when McCain canceled an appearance to deal with the economic crisis. After backing out of the Letterman show, McCain sat for an interview with Katie Couric, then didn't leave New York until Thursday, further angering Letterman. At first, Letterman

Letterman keeps up verbal assault on John McCain
AP - David Letterman kept up his verbal assault on John McCain, commiserating with Paris Hilton and saying he felt like an "ugly date" because the GOP presidential candidate backed out of an appearance on the "Late Show." The late-night CBS comedian was upset Wednesday when McCain canceled an appearance to deal with the economic crisis. After backing out of the Letterman show, McCain sat for an interview with Katie Couric, then didn’t leave New York until Thursday, further angering Letterman. At fir