David Letterman didn't hold back last night. He tore into John
McCain for (1) cancelling an appearance on Letterman's show and (2) for
suspending his campaign. Dave tells viewers about McCain's personal
phone call explaining how the senator had to race back to Washington to
handle the economic crisis. Same time, Dave goes to a live feed of McCain
getting made up for an interview with Katie Couric -- in New York!
As for suspending the campaign, he asks, quite rightly, why couldn't Sarah Palin, you know, back him up? Bring in the second string quarterback!
Watch the rest in video. (Go here for the short version.)
In an even more deft political move, John McCain not only wants to cancel Friday's presidential debate (
triggering devastating losses for host Ole Miss -- wow!), he wants to also
bump the first vice presidential debate, which is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 2 in St. Louis. Oh no you don't, John, no you don't.
Obama says he wants to go ahead with the debates, saying a president has to be able to multi-task. (Hard to argue with that!). McCain's campaign is holding firm,
saying if there's no bailout deal settled by Friday, then there's no
debate. He'll stay in Washington with his sleeves rolled up and hammer
things out until an agreement is reached.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said McCain's involvement would not be helpful.
Which brings us back to worldwide economic collapse. You know the drill!
Secretary of Treasury Henry Paulson conceded when testifying before Congress that the bailout plan should, indeed, contain something that limits CEO pay for participating firms. He's still resists the idea of sharing any profit with taxpayers, whose money would fund this $700 billion bailout.
George W. Bush, OMG he's still in charge (doesn't that slip your mind sometimes?), went live last night to state the obvious to the American public.
More on the campaign: The late Tim Russert's son Luke, who landed a plum job on the Today show following his father's death, has made his
first big, national gaffe. He implied smart students vote for Obama.
Daily Palin: You know those reports about Sarah Palin charging rape victims up to $1,000 for their own rape test kits? Wellll, not so true.
Clay Aikens is as bad as the rest of us on this whole timing the
markets thing. See, he should have sold high, back when celebrity
magazines had money to burn and were offering him bags of cash to come
out in their publications. But he held out until he was ready. And a
daddy. But by then -- crrrrrrash!
China is going back into space and they're planning a mission that includes a space walk. Here's hoping they stick to the delicious orange drink Tang and nothing even remotely resembling fortified powdered milk.
Remember that Missouri boy who was kidnapped and held by his captor for four years just miles from his own home? He's 17 now and he's talking about his ordeal on CBS. The network agreed they wouldn't ask him why he never called for help or told the friends he was allowed to make about his abduction.
Finally, a little don't-try-this-at-home fun. Check out the granny walking out on the wing of a plane -- she's in a dress!
