Letterman asks the hard question no one else asked: Why suspend the campaign? Can't Palin continue it?
With all those highly paid political experts on my TV all afternoon, it's Letterman who asks the salient question. (paraphrase)
Can't McCain trust her to campaign for him for a few days?
Letterman continued "This doesn't smell right. This isn't the way a tested hero behaves..."
Seriously, watch it. The above selection starts 3:20 in.
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(Oh, and that $5,000 makeup lady is working on him before the Couric interview.)
If McCain is a Senator who feels he has to go back to Washington to work on this problem, then fine. But why suspend the campaign? It can certainly go on without him.
Shouldn't his VP selection simply step in to continue the campaign in his place?
Can't McCain trust her to campaign for him for a few days?
Letterman continued "This doesn't smell right. This isn't the way a tested hero behaves..."
Seriously, watch it. The above selection starts 3:20 in.
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(Oh, and that $5,000 makeup lady is working on him before the Couric interview.)
posted by mikevotes at
9:17 PM
5 Comments:
Dave is pissed. I know he hates it when a guest pulls out at the last minute -- it screws up the show. But he is clearly angry with Candidate McCain as well for this stunt.... and clearly a stunt.
Obama needs to frame this carefully... What Americans need from the presidential candidates is see them side by side on stage in an open debate of the issues and their plans. He needs to point out -- as the WSJ did -- that there are 533 capable congressmen and that John doesn't hold a leadership position and wouldn't be part of the negotiations. Every soldier needs to know his role and do his duty. John's duty is to stand before the American people and make his case for why he should be president. John is shirking that duty... running from the fight.
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-epm, at 7:07 AM
Okay, Dave is pissed, but why did nobody else, all yesterday, ask why Palin isn't continuing the "suspended" campaign?
I think that's a huge question that both reflects on Palin, and highlights that this is no more than a political stunt.
And, Obama going to play it steady and down the middle. You know that. That's what they do. Let the other side flail and hang itself.
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mikevotes, at 7:47 AM
Actually, Craig Ferguson went off on a rant as well, posing much the same questions as Letterman. And Olbermann was on Letterman, asking the same question.
Ferguson works for Letterman, so not surprising.
The matter seems to have given license to many media figures to criticise McCain without appearing "in the tank" for Obama.
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Todd Dugdale , at 8:48 AM
Thanks for posting this. It is also "smelly" that he canceled Letterman but scheduled the interview with Couric "on the way to the airport"!
I think it makes no sense to suspend his campaign - is he planning to fix the problem in a few days so that he can get right back?? The problem will take YEARS to fix. Electing the next President is a critical part of the fix!
I am getting really angry about all of this - the McCain stunts, the Republicans, the bailout.....
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Ptelea, at 9:50 AM
Todd, I've noticed that, too. I mean, the comedians are always hard on office holders, but I guess after years of Bush, they figure it's okay to let their people criticize Bush III.
Also, I would bet it has to do somewhat with the demographics of the programs. Younger, more metropolitan, more likely Obama.
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Ptelea,
I agree. "stunt" gimmick" "ploy" etc.
On the bright side, the move is not being covered as literal by the press. The political nature of the ploy is right up there at the top of the articles.
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mikevotes, at 10:36 AM
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