John McCain bails on David Letterman, and the host is not happy

[DeepModem Mom]

LAT: John McCain bails on David Letterman, and the host is not happy

Hours after John McCain announced he was suspending his campaign to focus on fixing the nation's ailing economy, he pulled out of his scheduled appearance on the "The Late Show with David Letterman."

As our colleague Matea Gold reports on the Show Tracker blog, Letterman told the audience during the taping of Wednesday's show that McCain had called him personally to apologize for bailing. According to Letterman, McCain said he couldn't appear because he was rushing to the airport to get back to Washington.

But midway through the broadcast, Letterman appeared to learn that the Arizona senator was actually still in New York. In fact, McCain was just a few blocks away, at the CBS News headquarters. He was preparing for a last-minute exclusive interview with Katie Couric.

Incredulous, Letterman interrupted his interview with Keith Olbermann (who had filled in as a substitute guest for McCain) to show the audience a live shot on the internal CBS News feed of a makeup artist putting the finishing touches on McCain while he waited to talk to Couric.

“He doesn’t seem to be racing to the airport, does he?” Letterman said, shouting at the television monitor: “Hey, John, I got a question! You need a ride to the airport?”...

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/mccain-letterma.html

[ingac70]

1. Sheesh, McSame lies about everything. n/t

[silverojo]

2. What a slime-sucking son of a bitch

This ought to show some swing voters what John McSame is really made of. :mad:

[davidinalameda]

3. who reaches more people

David Letterman or Katie Couric?

hmmm?