John McCain “Late Show With David Letterman” Appearance Cancelled (September 24)
Senator John McCain has cancelled his scheduled appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman tonight, after announcing that he will put his presidential campaign on hold to return to Senate and work on a plan to help the economy. Liberal MSNBC commentator Keith Olbermann will appear on the show in McCain’s place. Related posts Barack Obama “SNL” Season Premiere Appearance Cancelled Sarah Palin Daughter Bristol Palin Pregnant Michelle Obama “Good Morning America” Interview Video

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

CBS News Executives "Aggravated" By Letterman's Use Of Internal News Feed: Report
David Letterman vaulted himself into the headlines this week by mocking John McCain for canceling an appearance on his show only to show up on the CBS "Evening News" with Katie Couric. And in a classic stunt, Letterman showed the internal CBS News feed on his show to demonstrate McCain's hypocrisy...Full Article @ huffington post Comment Share Email Post Your Comment sa

Letterman: McCain made me feel like 'an ugly date'
"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 wouldn't appear Wednesday.

David Letterman Is Unhappy With John McCain
One heartbeat away from death (hey, Tina Fey said it, I didn't) presidential candidate John McCain was supposed to have been on David Letterman's show last night. He bailed in a phone call at the last second claiming he was halting his campaign and rushing off to the airport to look after America's economic crisis. Except he didn't, and actually went to go be interviewed by Katie Couric. Letterman wasn't jazzed by this maneuver. He had Keith Olbermann on instead and spent a good portion of the program mo

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.

Letterman on McCain: It's Starting to Smell
The lesson of this nine-minute excerpt from last night's Late Show? Don't cancel on David Letterman at the last minute with the a bald-faced lie. He will show a clip of your lying ass planted firmly in makeup chair several hundred miles away from where you said you'd be. Sep 25, 2008 · posted by Cord Jefferson, MollyGood · Link · 5 Responses Related Posts • 09.25.08: Aubrey O'Day: Vote Or The Dog Dies (Comments: 6) • 09.25.08:

Letterman Still Angry With McCain
This whole feud between David Letterman and John McCain remained entertaining for the second day in a row after Dave found out even more damning evidence: Upon canceling his Late Show appearance Wednesday to rush to the aid of the dying economy, Johnny boy not only stopped off to visit with Katie Couric — he stayed in New York City until Thursday morning. Now there's a man in a hurry. Letterman summed it up by admitting he felt like an ugly date: "I feel used. I feel cheap. I feel sullied. I fe

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
"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 wouldn't appear Wednesda

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

Letterman keeps up assault on McCain
"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 wouldn't appear Wednesday. The c

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 Washingto

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 Washingto

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

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 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

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.   "

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 r

Williams, Gibson, Couric to Interview McCain, Obama as Anchors Keep Oxford in the Travel Plans
Fast moving developments in the bailout bill are keeping the anchors on the move. Insiders tell us NBC's Brian Williams, who anchored Nightly News from Houston last night, will anchor from Washington, DC tonight with Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain as guests. Williams is then planning to travel to Mississippi for coverage of the debate. ABC's Charlie Gibson will also interview the lawmakers/nominees, from New York. Gibson, along with Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos, are planning to anchor deba

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

Article: 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 ange

David 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. At first, Letterman

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 assault on McCain
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. 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 night before, Let