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

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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 Star Report: Letterman hammers away at McCain; plus, Bruno on the catwalk, Busta Rhymes
It's just not a good idea to blow off a guy who has a popular talk show. John McCain is finding that out. For the second consecutive night, David Letterman ripped the GOP presidential nominee up one side and down the other for backing out of an appearance on Dave's show. He commiserating with guest Paris Hilton on Thursday, saying he felt like an "ugly date" because McCain canceled an appearance to deal with the economic crisis, but then sat down for an interview with Katie Couric. He didn't leave New York

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Letterman Keeps up Verbal Assault on McCain
"Late Show" host David Letterman said he felt like an "ugly date" because John McCain backed out of a scheduled appearance on his talk show.

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 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

David Letterman Not About to Suspend His Campaign Making Fun of John McCain [Prisoner Of Late-Night War]
newVideoPlayer("/parmcc_def.flv", 506, 423,""); It looks like John McCain will be heading to tonight's presidential debate after all (according to this priceless pool report from McCain's plane, which also states, "General atmosphere is utter confusion"), but one no-show is continuing to cost the candidate, and that's McCain's now-notorious skipped Late Show appearance. David Letterman continued to rip into McCain during his monologue yesterday, even conscripting guest Paris Hilton (who had her own memorab

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

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.   "

McCain cancels Letterman. Letterman rips McCain
It’s one thing to irritate your opponent.  It’s another to irritate a newsperson.  But when you irritate the guy who’s made a living out of making people laugh for more than 26 years, any criticism may pack more of a punch. Don’t misunderestimate David Letterman.  Letterman’s been on the air since 1982.  While his show has always been a ratings success, numerous wannabees crashed and burned, badly.  Magic Johnson’s “The Magic Hour” and “The Chevy C

David Letterman Rips John McCain: Day Two!
Last night, David Letterman berated John McCain for the second straight show after the Republican presidential candidate canceled his scheduled appearance on The Late Show Wednesday to focus on the nation's economic crises.Follow this link for the previous night's Letterman rants. Then watch the clip below for more jokes and general McCain-Palin skewering ...

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...Full Article @ Celeb Face Comment Share Email Post Your Comment say som

DAVID LETTERMAN RIPS JOHN MCCAIN: DAY TWO!
Last night, David Letterman berated John McCain for a second true dusk after a Republican presidential claimant canceled his scheduled coming upon The Late Show Wednesday to concentration upon a nation’s mercantile crises. Classic Dave . Follow this couple for a prior night’s Letterman rants . Then watch a shave next for some-more jokes as well as ubiquitous McCain-Palin skewering … Related: Syndicated « SUNSHINE TUTT OFFICIALLY DIVORCES, BILKS Chris K

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,

ICYMI: Never, Ever Piss Off David Letterman
If you guys didn't catch The Late Show With David Letterman last night, you missed one of the most epic episodes of Letterman's long-running late night TV career. John McCain just so happened to be scheduled to appear on the show prior to his abrupt decision to call "Game Off" on his whole presidential campaign after the poll numbers started looking like he was completely doomed. But in order for McCain's claim that he's "suspending his campaign" in the interest of rushing to Washington to fix the implodi

David Letterman Ethers John McCain
So John McCain was scehduled to appear on Letterman, but he cancelled last minute. Watch Dave destroy him above. In related news, Sarah Palin crashes and burns while on Katie Couric’s show after the jump.

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

Letterman is Still Letting McCain Have It
Like momma says, lies always catch up to you. David Letterman, again, gave it good to lying presidential candidate John McCain on Thursday night. Dave likened McCain's diss on him for Katie Couric Wednesday night to feeling like 'an ugly date'. At first, Letterman said to his Thursday night audience, he felt like a "patriot" to let McCain [...]

David Letterman Refuses To Suspend His McCain Campaign For The Economy
After John McCain canceled his Letterman appearance at the last minute yesterday due to "the economy," Dave spent nine minutes of the show ripping into the Senator. It seems a little petulant and brash, KIND OF LIKE TRYING TO POSTPONE A PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE FOR NO GOOD REASON. « Previous Post: Historic Trash Talk: The Ultimate Fighter Edition, Part 2 Next Post: Alec Baldwin's "Secret" Appearance On Conan Last Night » 2 Comments

David Letterman Slams John McCain Again for Canceling Interview
David Letterman berated John McCain for the second night on Thursday after the Republican presidential nominee canceled his scheduled appearance on The Late Show on Wednesday. "Now I'm feeling like an ugly date," Letterman said Thursday. "I feel used. I feel cheap. I feel sullied." The McCain campaign said the senator backed out to focus on the economic crisis and the bailout legislation, but on Wednesday Letterman showed a clip of McCain having makeup applied before an interview with Katie Couric that wa

David Letterman is a Delicate Flower
It looks like David Letterman’s emotions got the best of him last night when McCain called in on short notice to cancel their date.  The result of this is an entire show dedicated to crucifying McCain’s name. The GOP presidential candidate canceled his appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman on short notice, because he apparently told the TV host he was “racing back to Washington” to attend to the current economic crisis. Letterman… and his replacement guest, Keith

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

Campaign clipped by Letterman
H'w'd and D.C.: Talk show host attacks McCain online, on air -- Everybody in the blogosphere knew last week that David Letterman was mad at John McCain -- even before "The Late Show" actually aired.