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McCain to Appear on Letterman this Thursday
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ABC News' Bret Hovel Reports: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., will appear on "The Late Show with David Letterman" Thursday, three weeks and a day after cancelling an appearance there to suspend his campaign and work on congressional bill to bailout struggling financial institutions.
Letterman ridiculed the Republican nominee on his CBS show for several nights after that for pulling out of the interview.
"This is not the way a tested hero behaves. Somebody’s putting something in his Metamucil," said Letterman.
Letterman seemed particularly perturbed by the fact that McCain did not return immediately to Washington, as the late night host said he was made to believe. Instead, McCain appeared on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric the night he suspended his campaign. He also spoke to Bill Clinton’s foundation the next morning in Manhattan.
Thursday’s visit will be McCain’s thirteenth time on the show.
McCain won't have the late night airwaves to himself this Thursday, Democratic VP candidate Delaware Sen. Joe Biden will appear on NBC's "Tonight Show".
ABC News' Matthew Jaffe contributed to this report
October 12, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (163)
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After McCain snubbed him, Letterman should refuse to allow him on his show!
Posted by: Thomas Mc | Oct 12, 2008 11:41:31 AM
I'd say thanks but no thanks.
Posted by: Bill Tampa Fl | Oct 12, 2008 12:05:32 PM
I agree with you Tom. Letterman should not allow him in his show.McCain has lost his chance.
Posted by: mike | Oct 12, 2008 12:10:01 PM
Wes, Letterman is such a powerful force in American politics, to be banned from his show would mean certain death for anyone's campaign.
Posted by: Lee | Oct 12, 2008 12:13:22 PM
Letterman's a hypocrite for letting him back on after the way McCain treated him.
Posted by: Majus | Oct 12, 2008 12:15:29 PM
Letterman needs to ask him whether mobs of Angry right-wingers will surround his studio yelling, "Kill Him"??? How will he stop the newly formed American Fascist Party and their new leader, Sarah Palin?
Posted by: thebob.bob | Oct 12, 2008 12:24:26 PM
Now McCain has to grovel for forgiveness & votes! Thats what happens when you sell out your heroic career for some slimey political maneuvers!
Posted by: bullfrog | Oct 12, 2008 12:27:37 PM
I'm boycotting Letterman that evening.
Posted by: Bystander | Oct 12, 2008 12:28:37 PM
I have boycotted Letterman, Oprah, and The View on a permanent basis.
Posted by: Lee | Oct 12, 2008 12:32:37 PM
THE PROBLEM WITH THE CURRENT ELECTIONS
BEGUN WITH THE PRIMARIES........
OUR SYSTEM FOR NOMINATING A PARTY
LEADER WITH THE PRIMARIES,CAUCUSES
MUST CHANGE FOR THE NEXT ELECTIONS...
WE MUST ALLOW ONE DAY FOR BOTH PARTIES
TO VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE JUST LIKE
WE DO ON GENERAL ELECTIONS......
WE MUST STOP THE PROLONG PRIMARIES AND
CAUCUSES TO GO ON AND ON FOR MONTHS AND
STATE BY STATE,BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THE
MANIPULATION OF THE SYSTEM BY THE
CANDIDATES,JUST LIKE OBAMA DID......
WE END UP WITH OBAMA WHICH OVER 40%
OF WHITES DON'T LIKE HIM AND WITH
McCAIN AND OLD MAN 72 YEARS......
WE MUST PUT A STOP TO THIS SYSTEM NOW..
BY REFORMING THE PRIMARIES AND CAUCUSES
TO ONE DAY ELECTIONS.......
Posted by: Nicholas | Oct 12, 2008 12:33:02 PM
I'm going to watch. I'm hoping to see Letterman go after him and ask him a few hard to answer questions. I think we are going to see McCain get spanked on national TV. Looking forward to it.
Posted by: Sandra | Oct 12, 2008 12:38:34 PM
Maybe McCain should bring Tina Fey with him===Then they can do the "Angry Old Man and The Palin Witchdoctor" routine!! WoooooHooooo, you betcha!!!
Posted by: BENIGHSE | Oct 12, 2008 12:41:28 PM
Thursday just before videotaping the show Letterman should declare he is canceling McCain's appearance and then interview Katie Couric.
Posted by: Lou R | Oct 12, 2008 12:42:33 PM
"Letterman needs to ask him whether mobs of Angry right-wingers will surround his studio yelling, "Kill Him"??? How will he stop the newly formed American Fascist Party?"
This is not hyperbole. There has been a full-blown fascist coup underway in this country since 2001. 9/11 was their Reichstag Fire. Their propagandists make eight figures to smear and hate-monger on the public airwaves, inspiring emotionally unstable brownshirts to God knows what "random acts". It CAN happen here. Wake up and smell the fascism.
http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/the-protection-racket/
Posted by: gabriel | Oct 12, 2008 12:48:15 PM
Who cares?
Posted by: Colorado Dem | Oct 12, 2008 12:50:26 PM
Why should Insane McCain be given a platform to appear momentarily reasonable and likable when it is common knowledge that he is a desperate, craven war monger who is encouraging mobs of crazies?
Posted by: paul | Oct 12, 2008 1:08:14 PM
I'm GLAD McCain is going on Letterman- and I will watch and TIVO.
No doubt- Dave will give him a hard time- but it will also give McCain a chance to show his human side and appeal to Americans as he should be able.
McCain (nor anyone) has control over what idiots in a rally yell.
What about that idiot Democrat Congressman John Lewis from Georgia"
Talk about inciting a RIOT and "Playing the RACE Card."
I hope it turned a lot of Obama supporters OFF- which it should!
Posted by: Alec | Oct 12, 2008 1:23:21 PM
lee...Oh Ya Lettermen's the man in politics all right...LOL...don't get out much do you...it's amazing how some people are influenced by entertainment who are Less educated than most...
Posted by: socalvoter | Oct 12, 2008 1:26:29 PM
Letterman should be ashame of his pettiness.
Obama cancelled his appearance on SNL and SNL did not make a big deal out of it. Obama's reason was similar to McCain's: it's inappropriate to be comical when the nation is facing a major catastrophy. SNL showed their understanding of Obama. But Letterman could not and went on attacking McCain for several nigh in a row. That shows what a small man Letterman is.
BTW. does anyone remember Letterman's Oscar "racist howling" of the names of Oprah, Uma, etc.? The following year, the Academy gave Letterman a good spanking by not only not inviting him back, but also by making a parody video of Letterman from "The Nglish Patient".
Posted by: nononsense08 | Oct 12, 2008 1:29:01 PM
Dave, Letting McCain on your show, after his phony cancellation, and your appropriate response, leaves me the impression that you're in this for the ratings and don't have a whole lot of integrity. Much like McCain himself, becoming a "Born Again Maverick", when his handlers realized that "Change" was a hot item to sell.
Posted by: Hanafi | Oct 12, 2008 1:35:00 PM
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