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For those of you saying that McCain/Palin shouldn't go on these "liberal" shows, remember how Obama went right into that blatant right-wing set-up town hall meeting with the big-time pastor (his name eludes me at the moment)? He took his lumps on an obviously biased program and the Repubs got their soundbites from him ("above my paygrade," et al) to throw at the evangelicals. Hooray. McCain/Palin will probably only go to Fox News, if they'll even do that. You want to win over independent votes, you got to get out there and SAY SOMETHING OF MERIT! Perhaps that's below their paygrade.

McCain must be letting some matter run on his depends right now. He knows that he would get killed on the debate, which most likely will be entirely about the economy. Poor "The COSMOS and McCain ROCKS," he/she seems to be the only fool still writing in support of the AARP politician on this topic.

Wonderful, LETTERMAN can make your car, house or student loan to you or your family. MAybe Streisand, Chase, Sarandon, Damon can chip in for the American public.

Do a little investigation and you'll find BArney Frank, his DEM and some GOP colleagues blocking oversight committee proposals for FAN- MAE and FRED-MAC as far back as 2001.

Of course you would be entrusted to read beyond blogs and youtube

I Can't wait for the Movie to Come out!

Wow–reading all the comments posted gives a whole new meaning to the word bias. Are you kidding me? It appears that CNN has practically endorsed Obama/Biden and remorsed McCain/Palin.

Dave is right. Is McCain going to stop worrying about the economy because he has a war to fight? Is he going to pull out of Danfur because we need to send carrots to Peru? Multi-tasking and allowing others to do their job is part of leadership.

Dave was right, McCain was wrong.

THAT'S WHY LETTERMAN IS A COMEDIAN !! NOBODY TAKES HIM SERIOUSLY !!

John McCain has the courage to drop campaigning get back to Congress to effect CHANGE , not just talk about it

John McCain has the commitment to get back work in Congress to legislate and work on a bipartisan solution, not just a " Present" politician he is a seasoned committed legislator

John McCain is effecting change NOW not orating about CHANGE later

yeah, he's a liar. Don't be naive though, washington is full of liars. It is what they do. I am voting for Obama but sometimes I wonder where all this lying and manipulation is going to take this country. Our government needs completely overhauling very badly. Revolution anyone?

What a vicious, hateful, spiteful child Mr. Letterman is.Does he really think HE is more important than the country's welfare is?? This IS the real John McCain. He really doesn't know John McCain at all. Leave the politics to the politicians and you just try being funny for once.

IT WOULD BE NICE AND PREFERABLE TO US IF THAT LETTERMAN
LATE NIGHT SHOW WAS HIS LAST. THEN MAN IS THE LEAST FUNNY AMONG THE LATE NIGHT SHOW PEOPLE.

I LOVE how republicans are trying to use the "who is Letterman" tactic, when it was their guy who chose to announce his candidacy an Letterman's show.

I'm no McCain fan, but Letterman needs to get over it. It's not like McCain didnt have better things to do...

Um...isn't Letterman the one taking Metamucil? who cares – his ego was hurt so he's lashing out.

I doo too! Smell a rat? Oh, here comes McMouse.

CRY FOR ME REPUBLICANS!!! YOUR TEARS SUSTAIN ME!!!!

McCain flat out lied to the Letterman Show! It wasnt that he canceled it was he said he was going to Washington....wrong he was on with Katie Kouric at the same time! Thats just silly....more spin from the McCain camp! He just wanted the debates postponed! Did we postpone debates in 1932 because we were in the middle of a recession? Nope! Obama please go to Mississippi and wait for McCAIN. This debate should go on! America has to keep moving!! McCain is trying to do everything he can to push these debates etc and I am sure if he could do them 1 day before the election he would!

McCain's a joke. He canceled on Letterman to get a nap. He's tired and lagging behind in the fast pace of these final weeks. What a loser

ONE NATION

This man is slowly making himself the joke of the Republican party. Keep it up McCain. Palin can't help you out of this one. What a fool.

Could we please have fewer celebrities plying us with their worthless opinions? It's becoming very tiresome. Even those entertainers who are very talented lose credibility when they open their yaps about politics. Listen up, people. I don't watch you, or buy your CDs or see your movies or read your books to learn about your views. I do those things to be entertained. When you try to indoctrinate me with your political views you lose me. Believe me when I tell you, I don't care what you think.

Now David Letterman thinks he's qualified to criticize presidential nominees. This country is in really sad shape if they listen to comedians rather than proven leaders.

You think McCain has time to be on the Letterman show when he has issues to deal with in Washington. Another idiot celebrity with an uncontrollable mouth.

So sorry that solving the biggest finacial crisis in 80 years takes priority over joking with Letterman.

My friends... McCain is unfit to lead this country. He can't focus on more than one thing at a time. He's been focusing 100% on the war in Iraq, then he focused on Obama, and now he's focused on giving himself and Palin more time to prepare to debate Obama and Biden. Or maybe he wants fewer debates now. It's a political stunt, and I'm one voter that's not buying what he's selling.

Oh boohoo. Like anyone cares what Letterman thinks. All of you are so obmatized that you can't even think straight. Wait, you probably couldn't think before Ono! came along.

Would it have been so hard to show up to talk to Letterman for 10 minutes and then go to Washington... You could have appeared on a video link from Washington during a break in hearings.

Obviously the My Fair Lady transformation isn't going so well.

McCain's latest maneuver is so obvious, even a caveman gets it.

Democracy is more important than any one crisis. I want to hear my candidates answer questions, side by side. McCain and Palin are chicken!!!!!! Someone bring out those old chicken suits. I consider this election to be 700 billion times more important than the current economic crisis, I'd like to see them debate. Also, has McCain ever heard of emails and phones? How else do presidents handle multiple issues without being in one place all the time? There are ways to get things done remotely. Clearly this is a big old show by McCain and it is backfiring, big time.

the remarks by letterman have been right wing bashing for years. this is nothing new and not worthy of a comment really. he falls in line with the rest of the left and i do not think this fairs well for cbs. when i think about that statement for a couple of seconds it does fall in line with cbs thinkiing. if i thought letterman was an independant thinker i would listen to him. i do not really like his show but some of the guests are interesting. at least leno gives the politicians equal time as far as bashing in concerned. who is lettermans replacement going to be? the liberal left is amazing and i hope the right gives them plenty to complain about after the elections.

Like Mr. Letterman said, send your #2 to the debate. Don't waste the University's money, time and energy spent to prepare for tomorrow night. And, the American people deserve to hear from the candidates, especially Gov. Palin. I vote for going forward with the debates. It could be Palin vs. Biden or Obama can invite Bob Barr and Nader to debate him.

DAVE!

McCain has no money – so he suspended his campaign – the big companies stopped giving – now they are waiting for 700 bill.

McCain needs the GOP to get it out!

LETTERMAN, SHAME ON YOU. MCCAIN IS A TRUE AMERICAN HERO . I WONDER HOW LONG YOU WOULD HAVE LASTED IN A POW CAMP WITHOUT CRYING LIKE THE BABY YOU ARE. I BELIEVE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES SHOULD ELECT THE PRESIDENT NOT THE MEDIA OR LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW HOSTS. WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE AMERICA I LOVE. WE HAVE TURNED INTO A MUCH OF WEAK, COMPLAINING CRY BABIES. GOD HELP US.

LAST WEEK THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE ECONOMY WERE SOUND.

LAST WEEK HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE WERE IN A 'CRISIS'

THIS WEEK HE KNOWS SO MUCH ABOUT THE CRISIS THAT WASHINGTON CAN'T FUNCTION WITHOUT HIM?

WHICH IS IT?

TO THINK I WAS GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS GUY!

OBAMA/BIDEN 08!!

I love how the right wingers are in here trying their best to spin this mess into gold! I'm cracking up over here!

Good luck with that!

I think John McCain is not well. Like Dave said, this is not the John McCain he knows. He is not a tool of the far left as some have claimed, he has politicans on all the time and goofs off with them equally. I hope his health is okay, this campaign looks like it is taking it out of him. I question his ability to make sound decisions now along with his mental health. The job of president saps the life out of you. Look at every President after 8 years for god's sake.

The Mccain camp has gotten to comfy with conducting business on "their time" and NOT the American peoples time. If they do not get this now, they will not get it as president and VP. The American public counts on leaders to show up no matter the time or place b/c you are accountable to them.

For instance, what if Guliani said, I cant do a press conference after 09/11 b/c I gotta go clean up the streets(when there are plenty of people whose job it is to clean up)-same thing with Mccain conveniently skipping out on the debate and going back to congress...

If MCcain cant show up to a debate, how can we expect him to show up when we need him as president??? If Palin is shielded from the big bad media, who will shield her when it is time to speak with foreign nation leaders-trust me, they can be way scarier than the media!

This who situation smells like a political rat to me. I don't think it's coincidental that Bush called Obama & McCain to the White House in his speech–I think it was another Republican ploy to make sure McCain and Palin don't have to debate Obama/Biden. Yes, we are in a crisis, and yes it needs to be addressed, but it appears Congress had it well under control WITHOUT McCain/Obama. Obama stated he's been in contact with Henry Paulson and Bernake from the road...why must they physically be there? If they need to be there for the vote, then vote and get to Mississippi for the debate Friday night. I'm am so frustrated with everything from the lack of Palin press conference to this latest SNAFU with the present administration. I am disheartened that McCain seems to be delaying actual debate and participation, they might be able to squeak in without a whole lot of investigation of their policies, experience, or intentions. This is a real slap in the face to the American people. And the fact that they want to reschedule the debates for Oct. 2 (when Palin would have to face some questions) seems so in line with their bullying tactics.

I wish these entertainers who only know 'how to entertain' , would just stick to their professions, and quit trying to pretend they know what is best for our great country. I notice that all these Obama supporters, like Hollywood stars, etc. have their own money, so don't care if the country turns to socialism, which is what we are headed for if the liberals win.
Face it.

Oh, Come On, CNN !!! Why are you telling only part of this story ? Are you afraid to call a Lie a Lie?
Yes, once again, McCain, who is supposed to be a man of 'Honor' and a 'reformer' from the deceitful Bush years....LIED yet again. ....McCain not only lied to Letterman about being elsewhere, but after Letterman's producer notified Letterman 'that McCain was interviewing with Katie Couric in the same building, Letterman later said on his program, "Need a ride to the airport, John?"
Now, see, CNN, isn't the whole story a lot more revealing and interesting? Don't hold back in the interest of wanting to appear 'impartial'...Hey, if he makes bold lies, which he has been doing daily, CNN and all media venues need to report everything with the same Boldness.

McCain overreacts to everything. The lack of judgement with this guy is absolutely scary. And his temperment is even more scary.

Letterman is an idiot like the rest of the Hollywood crowd. There is a crisis in our Counrty and he wants to bad mouth Future President John McCain for trying to help resolve the issue. McCain is a U.S. senator and is his responsibility, in that position, to help bring this problem to a successful conclusion. That is how real leaders perform. Where's Obama?

I've never seen so many ridiculous comments in my life. Are you all for real? David Letterman is a comedian. A talk show host, people! Who gives a crap, really? America is in the middle of an economic crisis and all you care about is that Senator McCain didn't have time to stop by the David Letterman show. WHO CARES!!! Sounds to me that Senator McCain has his priorities in order! I guess most of you don't get that! Why would you? And for the person who wrote Republicans for Obama. You are not a Republican anymore...why don't you just say you are a Democrat? Yeah, I wouldn't want to be called that either. lol

McCain/Palin '08

We should all have a McChicken sandwich complete with chicken lips for lunch and prepare ourselves to digest that $700B Hardee's Monster Thick burger tomorrow.... Following it up of course with a long nap only to find ourselves waking up in China, and it ain't for the Olympics. Funny how McChicken doesn't understand the economy but all the sudden has to put his fledgling campaign off under the guise of fixing an economic problem that few if any legislators understand. Ordinary people are too intelligent to run for office which is why no matter your view, poor political decisions will continue to be made and you and I (the true Americans) will continue to pay dearly for all our "elected" leaders' egregious mistakes.

Letterman/Shaffer, 2012 !!!

Somebody's name here is "Palin for President". That sort of says it all doesn't it? Dumber than a box of rocks...some of my fellow countrymen! America...here is the final exam...Election Day is right around the corner....this is the big test and the whole world is watching....we, the regualar Joe Americans are viewed as just plain stupid by most of the world. Are they wrong or are they right? If you think you know what's going on....why not make sure you actually know...get someone to explain it to you in layman's terms.

"We may not like to hear it, but unless we stop supporting politicians who are more interested in scoring cheap political points and patting themselves on the back by telling us what we want to hear instead of giving us some tough love, we may only be extending our country's financial ills."

Don't come to me Obamaniacs when the nations becomes and Obamanation of incredibly high taxes and incredibly high government spending. Oh, I keep forgetting you guys want high taxes so that your Messiah can spend it on our behalf. Well take your Socialism and go to Europe with it.

McCain = Leadership, Strength in the world, lower taxes, past to be proud of.

Obama = Waffling and Weak, weakness in the world, higher taxes, past that is definitely shady and scary (Rezko, Ayers, Phlaeger, Wright, failure as a Community organizer)

Conclusion, this country will be far worst off with Barack Scary Obama

By the way, many financial experts blame the Democrats for their lack of regulation and oversight of Fannie and Freddie for this economic financial disaster. McCain tried to put through oversight three years ago, Frank said it wasn't necessary. I guess as usual McCain was right and the Congress (9% approval rating) was WRONG!!!!!

Letterman and the JOCK SHOCK from McCain!
We love you Letterman. Because you were surprised!!!!!!!!!

OBAMA BIDEN

TO : Democrats....a party divided....I LOVE IT!!
Re.: Democatic Unity

Hey, just a friendly little memorandum to point out that the Democratic Party is much more united than your Republican Party. A large number of Republicans are totally against this bailout package that McCain is "rushing" to DC to push through. The fact that Republicans are behind the largest growth in government AND now the biggest welfare program in the history of our nation, shows that the Republican Party no longer has a shared ideology, just a common brand.

Letterman is a JERK!!!

I agree with Letterman, McSame can't handle anything, let alone a crisis. McSame is definitely not a multitask person, he's frustrated, confused, doesn't know what he's talking about. The debate Friday should go forward, McSame claims to be the expert on foreign affairs, so now he can't show up, just proves he isn't up the the job of Pres & can't handle more than one thing at a time. No mcsame, No palin, no way, no how !!

Quit stalling, McFeign and face your opponent NOW. Aren't you a war veteran? McFeign does not have an honorable bone in his body. He must left them in Nam.

Why are you avoiding the debate, McFeign? McScared? If you want to postpone it until the V.P. debate, then let the V.P. debate go on first. Have Sarah Failin' put on some lipstick and show us what a pitbull she really is and show us that she is ready for the job from day one. McFeign and Failin' are just not ready to debate and this all just smokin' mirrors!!!

OBAMA '08

@Paul Dobro...no it is not just you, McCain's eye...looks like a mild stroke or something. he may not be in good shape, that might be the reason Cindy Lou is always right by his side.

So sorry your ratings may suffer. I think a this is little more important than a late night talk show. This country is in a crisis. I think the candidates better agree on what happens here, they have to live with it. Quite frankly what has happened in Washington up to this point is what got us into this mess. Carter started this mess with the Community Reinvestment Act.
Banking oversight committee has been out to lunch. Paulson and Bernanke.......I would be there.

CNN, revise this ticker to let the American people who may not know that McCain was caught in a lie. He was taping another interview at the time he was supposed to be at the Airport and stayed in New York to speak at Bill Clinton's event.

Bush and McCain are both bold face liars!!!!!

It's becoming clearer day by day that Sen. McCain is not ready to be the POTUS. The Republican ticket in my view is a joke and it's time this circus act is exposed for what it is, a sham to cover some very powerful people's quest to keep control of our country.

I say screw the bailout and let those people get exposed. heck, the bailout is never going to help the people already impacted by the economy. it will only help the rich.

You know, two things:

1. No one ever ripped Obama a new one when he canceled his SNL appearance due to a weather crisis. McCain cancels because we need action to save the economy.

2. Letterman is such a small person. Who is he to lecture on anything? He's just a funny man who got lucky with a TV spot. That doesn't make him judge over all.

Typical whining from the Left Liberal Media. McCain is just trying to save the economy. That's more important than some late night T.V. show!!!
McCain/Palin all the way!

Focus on this crisis instead of being on Letterman? ….McCain went on Katie Kuric show instead of Letterman. McCain did not head off to Washington right away, as he told Letterman

It's mere comedy, or showbiz, not a joke, and defintely no one is taking it seriously. We need the right and bright people in the right place and at the right itme, to solve serious problems, especially during national crisis.

Letterman is just a big cry baby. Poor me. I have to fill a 9 minute spot. I got shafted. Good. He's not even entertaining. He's just tired.

blah blah blah both candidates are unqualified. Now it’s just a matter of which loser gets to carry the Title of US president come January. Spending 100s of millions to campaign is obscene considering what the job pays. Letterman is washed up and pissed that he got dissed. Face it Letterman has not been prominent in late night TV or American culture for over a decade. McCain was being polite by letting you know he wasn't going to make your show. Clearly he does not recognize you or your tiny viewing audience as being relevant. Take a note from Leno leave with your dignity on your own terms. Others should shut their mouth and use their vote. Your vote is all that matters

I hate to say I told you so but I told you so.

Luv Ya Dave! And also agree with you! Like my Dear Mother always said, "If you want to be a Johnny Come Lately, don't be expecting someone to save you a seat!." John's not for the economic bail out he's just for the Debate Bail Out until he gets all his ducks in a row and ensures they're wearing life jackets! HA

From reading these blogs you can tell the people have no idea how imprortant this bail out is. I guess when you don't have a job you can still blog and act stupid.

My friends, do we really want this drama queen to be our president?

I imagine that you heard Rick Sanchez the other day as he was comparing the amount of coverage of Palin and Obama in response to claims that the network–CNN–was being unfair in the amount of coverage and scrutiny that it was leveling on Palin in comparison to Obama; In CNN's defense, Sanchez said that they had covered Obama in 50 some segments whereas Palin only received 20 some coverages. What Sanchez neglected to state was the time period of the coverage of each. I imagine that Obama's was spread over a time of 4 or more years whereas Palin's was probably 4 or more weeks. It disgusts me to see reputable prime time journalists distort the facts in their favor to cover there own misrepresentation.

WAKE UP AMERICA !! John McCain has done NOTHING but lie since he began his campaign. He makes George Bush look like a boy scout !! I truely thought noone could be a worse president that George W. Bush but, McCain would be ten times worse!!

Don't beat up on Letterman because your man McCain was showed up as LIAR!!! It has nothing to do with what Dave Letterman is or isn't. It's got to do with JOhn McCain is a LIAR!!!!! ( oh yeah..sorry..and was a POW)

Didn't Jim Carey already make this movie? McCain/Palin = Dumb & Dumber

Has anyone noticed how pale and sickly John McCain is looking lately? It's scary to think that if those two are elected, we could very soon have President Palin in the White House. Pictures of the two of them together show McCain looking very "pale in" contrast to her.

BOOO what a liar. This is the straight talk express? i don't see no straight talk. And the whole lets reschedule the debate to Oct. 2 (the same day the VP debate is – how suprising), and we will do the VP debate later. Does he think we Americans are stupid?

This shows:
A lack of integrity
A lack of honesty
A lack of his judgemental skills
so on and so forth.

This was a risky risky bet by the McCain camp and it looks as if it will backfire and blow up in McCains face.

Palin was risky, its bacfiring now. This is risky and it will probably backfire as well.

Do we really want a president that is risky and makes hasty decisions? Do we want someone who seems panicked? Not I

McCain is trying to salvage his weak image on the economy by suspending his campaign, it is all for show. OH PLEASE!

McCain wants to delay his debate, postpone the VP debate, WHY? Because he is not the right person for the job, he wants to increase his numbers in the polls and get more prep time for Palin.

He is protecting Palin from interviews because she is NOT READY, not informed and cannot be trusted to answer questions without being prepared by his staff first, and McCain says he knows Palin can be President in the 60 Minutes interview, "for sure" he says, he is crazy and delusional is he belives that!

As a Canadian fascinated by this election, I truly hope that the American people will see what a disaster a McCain presidency would be and that Obama is really the future, he has the drive and mindset for change. Obama has proven he can be the President.

Letterman needs to get over his ego!

Also from one of the posts:

'Where was this sense of urgency from McCain when he was pushing for deregulation of the Banking Industry that got us into this mess?'

Funny this should be brought up...All I can say to this, is look back in 2005 when supported these measures...only to have the Demorats (including Obama) opposed it. The left wing media doesn't seem to want to report this! Perhaps this why Obama didn't want to come to Wash in case this was brought up!

Let's see if this gets posted AND check the facts!

Eric C ~ Integrity? Are you for real?

So having a VP candidate that has more shady investigations on her than O.J. is showing your camp is full of integrity? MAN PLEASE!!

You should go on the road with that comedy.

You idiots. If there's a reason for McCain or Palin to not show up to interviews it's because they get unevenly man handled by the liberal press. In contrast, Obama gets handled with kid gloves and is rarely dealt any hard questions. Anyone who can't see the obviously stilted media for what it is should lay off the Kool-Aid.

The Obama supporters are some real sick puppies. Get some guts and start reading between the lines. We've caught on to your game and it's not going to work!

McCain has nothing to do with the solution from the Messed up REPUBLICAN's.....it was HIM, HIS PARTY, & Bush (ALL THE SAME) that has driven us into this mess....Hurray, He is rushing back to Washington to do what.....get in the way??

NOW is the time for debate and leadership! Mr Obama (Our next great President!) is doing what a true leader does.

I can not wait to be proud in January to see PRESIDENT OBAMA take the oath of office..I will once again be proud to be an american! Yes Cult member, Romeny, unlike you, it is Patriotic to say your not Proud every day!

America is finally waking up...soon it will be 110% Obama!

I am apalled at Letterman. All he is worried about are ratings....not what is best for this country. I applaude McCain and Obama for halting the race and taking a leadership role in helping to reverse our damaged economy. As for the other shows McCain appeared on?? Well, I'm sure as a candidate for president, your schedule is extremely tight, and if he was able to fit those appearances in BEFORE he was to head to Washington, then so be it. Letterman should show more tact, instead of putting himself in the same catergory as the "Jerry Springer Show". All his comments did was to show his ignorance.

The debate has nothing to do with the bailout. We have 100 Senators and a boatloads of House of Representatives that were HIRED by us to do the work. so 500 people cant do the job and it rests on McCain/Palin and Obama/Biden?

That's a joke!! If McCain and Obama both accidentally are suddently kidnapped by aliens, Hillary and Palin would have no problems, filling the void.

Like Moulin Rouge... "The SHow MUST go On!!"

This just goes to show by the comments
As usual this is a lib fest site and Letterman’s one of there feature talkers
What happen to you Letterman you used to be funny?

*gasp*

You mean there are more important things going on than David Letterman's show? No way!!!!

I am not a repub, but I am disgusted in the way the media and ultra left have dominated and controlled this campaign and the primaries. I would much rather have a future president getting his hands dirty trying to fix what Obama called "the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression" than appeasing late night comedians or other things that in the grand scheme really don't matter.

The McCain campaign's slogan of "Country First" is a joke.

If they wanted to be honest with the American people, which they never are, their slogan would be "ME FIRST"!

Does it really matter if McCain went on Lettermen's show, I am more worried about the crisis at hand, than whether McCain canceled or not. I agree that he should of not lied. I am thinking that the debates will not go the way that the republicans want them to go and the democrats will win them both. So the economy crisis would be a good excuse to cancel.

I am strictly a Obama supporter -

Letterman tapes around 5pm and McCain said he had to get back to Washington. Thursday morning, he was STILL in New York.

What is up with John McCain's left eye. Doesn't seem right. And when will they release his medical records for longer review.

Something is fishy...

And to think that some people think that obama is the one who is trying to dupe the american people is more of a slap in the face. John McCain knows exactly what he is doing and it is about to backfire in the republicans faces. McCain is a joke, Sarah Palin is more of a joke and these shenanigans are gonna cost them both the presidency and vice presidency. So for those who are still trying to get on Barack's case is not neccessary because yall cant find nothing on the man.

So McCain was even in New York this morning. So if he can lie to Letterman, what says he doesn't lie to all of us.

All this is a smoke screen to avoid tough questions in a debate, look like he is the hero is saving the economy even tjhough he has no rights to the negotiations, and delying Palin/Biden debate because she is unqualified at this time to meet any sort of question.

McScared is Truly rediculous.

I cannot believe there are actually people on this blog that are trying to defend McShame and Palin. There is nothing to defend! They are a joke and so is their party.

Obama/Biden '08

Jason September 25th, 2008 11:39 am ET

Letterman has always been a tool of the left, which is the reason many have stopped watching him.

Do we want a prez that would rather make fluff campaign speeches or one that takes action?

America is too smart to elect Obama.

So Jason you think Letterman is a tool for the Left thats the best excuse you can come up with for Mccain.

Mccain is a liar and now he will become a loser .

Don't try dividing Americans with that trick .

Lettermans a comedian and a funny guy .

Jason you can support McCain but he will lose November 4th.
Its over for him and Palin .

Mr. Letterman, you are full of yourself if you think you are important enough to make a U.S. Senator to change his plans in the middle of a crisis.

it is now 1200 and I saw a John McCain commerical. Thought that was "suspended", just ANOTHER LIE. God, just tell the truth MAN!!!!

Fxthebroken:

Please grow up. We knwo what Present vote means. But being a Presidential candidate, you should know what crisis means. Campaign is very importan for a Nominiee and if he suspends that is not a joke either. People like you can call him liar and chicken but he( McCain ) is the one who called Obama for 10 town hall meetings but Obama was too scared that time to lose his " poll" hype and declined because he knew he would goof up.

And if you want to be president of USA, Present doesn't work. You have to make decisions, either yes or no, no matter what is at stake. Present only means I am here, tell me what to do and I'll do.

run! mccain run!! hide! palin hide!!! get plum out of our sights!

Hey SARAH,

Don't break your date, America will be WAITING.

I am guessing he figured Letterman would clean his clock. Remember The View. He got strached a little bit in there. Kindly upset Cindy. Don't you call my man a lier. ROFLMAO.

All these "Ticker" blogs are irrelevant and pointless!

CNN's High School kids are clearly instructed to post 95% of the comments favorable to Liberals and Obammunist. You can see it when the same joker (probably a CNN employee) posts several anti-McCain comments.

Communist Cable News! What a joke!

Here is timeline and why this is such a political bull move (and not even a good one)...

Sunday CBS TV interview – Of course I will support the bailout.

Monday – When pressed, admitted that he has not read it.

Wed – Suspends campaign over urgency.

Wed – I'm delighted that John is expressing himself on this issue," said Chris Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee. "I have heard form Obama numerous occasions these last couple days. I have never heard from John McCain on the issue.

Thursday – The continued bull has been exposed.

Peace.

Is getting elected more important than doing your job you were elected to do in the first place. No one here mentions the fact that
Senator Obama continues to receive his paycheck and benefits despite not serving in the Senate since he started campaigning in 2006 or was it 2005, when he spoke at the DNC convention.

Where's the straight talk here – lies and where is Sarah – in hiding – she is McCain's puppet if you listen to everything she says – a repeat of his stump speeches – can this woman not think for herself?

This whole Republican thing started off as one big joke but it's actually turning into something pretty scary.

AMERICANS – USE YOUR HEADS – VOTE OBAMA!

I'm sorry but McCain is not a disgrace. Show some respect people, the man fought for YOUR freedom.

Who cares if he didn't show up for Letterman's interview, quit your whining and talk about something that actually matters, its just a TV show.

Stop saying that guy sucks and this guy sucks, oh he's good for nothing, or she is ignorant.

Who really is qualified to hold the presidency besides an ex-president?

Sen. McCain made a huge deal out of "suspending his campaign" because the financial crisis needs "all hands on deck", but he is STILL running ads, at least on CBS. I'm getting pretty disgusted with all his double talk.

I smell a rat!
I smell a rat!
I smell a rat!
I smell a rat!

There will be more dirty tricks coming from McCain/Palin!
Don't be hoodwinked America!

Why are McCain's military records sealed?
Why won't McCain release all his medical and mental evaluations?
Where are Palin's tax returns?

McCain/Palin are sleazy...we don't need more of this in the White House!

Shame on you David. There are more important things going on right now other than your show. Time for some new material my freind.

Letterman had every right to stick it to mcain.

mcain is a liar and is so fake. All of a sudden he decides the economy is in serious disaster. plz..... this man has absolutely no clue.

how come CNN doesnt talk abt how mcain hadnt even read the bailout proposal... how come they wont talk abt how he is injecting presidential politics into such a delicate situation. SHAME ON HIM

Just bc he is a pow does not mean we can not scolled the man for his beliefs and tactics. Its not right

Any REPUBLICAN that stands by McCain and says to vote for him
should NOT be re-elected in his state! I guess their are some good
Republicans that have the balls to stand up for "the people" but only
a few. ONLY A FEW WITH BALLS and SCRUPLES!

Why is no one concerned with the fact that John McCain LIED to David Letterman? According to Letterman he spoke directly to John McCain over the phone and McCain told him he was rushing back to Washington. McCain did not leave NY for another 24 hours. During that time he had time to do an interview with Katie Couric and reportedly meet with the Baroness de Rothchild. That means that John McCain ,not a surrogate, not his campaign, not some intern, but John McCain spoke directly to David Letterman and LIED – flat out LIED.

This candidate is this lame in his lying and people still are supporting him?? Unbelievable!!

PLZ LET HIM GO HE DID'T GET QUESTIONS THIS TIME!!!!!!!

So, since McCain feels he has to go back to Washington to help with the economy. If he was in office and was hitting some country with a missle, does that mean he would ride it in to make sure it gets there? He shouldn't have blown off the show last night. Log on to the laptop, big guy. Maybe we can all write in someone new, our choices stink.

I think McCain is the one wanting to vote "present" this time. What great change has he done since arriving in DC? Wait, is he even there yet?

Letterman does have a point, the campaign should continue with the VPs holding down the fort while these candidates conduct their business. It appears, though, our war hero did not pick a running mate who can do this.

And yet, people are still planning to vote for McCain/Palin? The #1 can't multi-task and #2 doesn't have the skillset needed to conduct business if something happens to #1.

This is just a big shame....a big McShame....

I have never seen anything like this in my 30 plus years voting. Never!! This man is absolutely insane!

Obama/Biden '08

wow, MCCAIN DIDN'T EVEN READ THE 3-PAGE BAILOUT PROPOSAL ... IT'S 3 PAGES!!! BUT OF COURSE HE IS THE KNIGHT IN FREAKING SHINING ARMOUR

to Paul Dobro:
i noticed his left eye drooping too!!! has he had a stroke or sth? or a tumor in his spinal cord! heck, at this age it could be any number of things!!
If thats the case, McBarbie needs to step in for him... and not blink, of course

After the 2004 elections, my faith in the American electorate was badly shaken. However, that disillusionment would pale in comparison if McCain/Palin wins in 2008. I hope that this time, the American people can see all these lies and b.s. excuses for what they are and realize that McCain/Palin in the White House would be an unqualified disaster. If McCain doesn't have the concentration to debate and participate in budget negotiations in which he's not a central figure, how is he going to react as President? This stupid lie to Letterman just shows that his campaign is a rudderless disaster - just like his Presidency would be.

Obama/Biden in 2008

LOL
When the POW story no longer works, you run to DC and pretend you're solving a problem.

Hey John, I think they have this one without your "expertise". You can make it to the debate, if you dare.

Oh and Sarah, well let's just say she'd better make her appointment. "Miss-don't-talk-to-me-I'm-off-limits" has a date with America and we WILL be waiting.

As the colored feller said: A president should be able to focus on more than one thing at a time.

Does John McCain think he can put EVERYTHING else on hold while he works on one problem at a time?

If so, he's delusional, and clearly not the right person to be our president.

So David Letterman is upset about McCain canceling on him?! Give me a break! Seriously, who is David Letterman.... a late night talk show host and sort of comedien! And he blasts McCain making fun of his age? Hey Dave, at 61, you're no spring chicken either and you should definitely take your Metamucil because you are so full of it!! Get over yourself, Letterman; you're really not that important in the whole scheme of things. And for all those who posted on here as an opportunity to attack McCain... you all seriously need to get lives!

How I see it.

Even if the debate on Friday is about Foreign Policy, our foreign policy is directly related to our economic crisis. Not only does it deal directly to how much we can spend abroad (Iraq and Afganistan) but if our markets are weak then the global market is weak and an economic depression across the world could happen. In times of dire distress, where do some countries turn to? In Germany they turned to Hitler, in Russia, Lenin and in China, Mao. Our foreign Policy is tied into our economic policies directly!

They NEED to debate

One more time – John McCain lied. Over and over and over and over and over and over. For those on this site that say John McCain is needed right now in Washington – he has NOT voted one time since April. Get it right!
OBAMA 08

McCain is a joke.

Are the people that voted for George W. Bush happy that he's been one of the country's worst presidents and proud that they voted for him? And we know that McCain will continue Bush's failed policies. Our country is in such dire situations in so many areas that it is just ridiculous, and it's a direct result of their policies. When will you Bush/McCain supporters learn? Are you going to keep voting for people like them until our country is completely screwed?

If you want to put country first, we need Obama.

Are you people friggen serious?

You are calling McCain a liar because he cancelled the Letterman appearance stopped and made his annoucnement via CBS news before he headed out?

Wow....Are you people more interested in the issues or just watching these candidates go at it?

You people for Obama are a scary, self-absorbed, do nothing but act like stupid juvenile deliquents.

Let's see.....

The fundamentals of the economy are strong!

Then less than two weeks later......

I am suspending my campaign because the economy is in crisis!!

And that's really not funny anymore ... McCain is pulling of some political soap opera here ! "The economy is fundamentally strong" and "It's so bad that I have to suspend my campaign and I won't show up to my debate and my VP debate has to be moved to some other time as well"

A leader ?

McCain said atleast 3 times in the past the economy was fundamentally stable and repeated that statement just 2 weeks ago. Now McCain finds out in one day the economy is failing and he urgently suspends his campaign to deal with the economy. McCain is unfit to be president and he himself needs to be investigated and the truth about McCain needs to be exposed and stop the coverup of his corruption.

John McCain has missed more votes in the senate this year than any other senator. Suddenly, he sees himself as indispensable. Where was he when this crisis was developing? He is a day late and a dollar short.

Hey PAUL DOBRO re: your comment at 11:34AM

I noticed the drooping left eye as well.

Did McCain have a stroke?

Will someone in his campaign please tell us why the droopy eye?

It takes a typical republican to try to criticize someone else to cover up McCain's lying. Biden is not the subject today....

For crying out loud, David Letterman and Katie Couric aren't in the same league. It's ridiculous to draw a comparison between a network news anchor and a late night host who's famous for "stupid pet tricks". If McCain had gone ahead and done Letterman, the nattering nabobs on this forum would have claimed his appearance showed he wasn't taking the crisis seriously.

He didn't want to appear on an entertainment program during a crisis and should have just said so. For those of you who plan on voting for him, get ready for inflicting on us all a continuation of a white house too afraid to speak truthfully...

I know like most Obama supporters I will be biased, but the truth remains he needs to continue with the debate. Most of all America is still wanting it despite what's going on in the economy. And besides, they have plenty of other people handling the bill. John can't do no more than what's already done. I mean, please, there's only too options. We either bailout out Wall St or we don't. Most likely we will, so they will set the provisions in place. I mean we are already suffering, so we might as well not make it worse on ourselves by not bailing out, so we can somewhat continue in this delicate enonomy. Or buy sometime to turn it around. But seriously he only needs to go back and vote when they come up with the proposal.

John McCain LIED yet again to get out of doing something...America is starting to feel like McCain's first wife with all of the LIES and cheating....

Typical self-centered celebrity. I am much more important than evrything else.

Funny how David Letterman thinks his show is so more important than the economy of America. Get over yourself DAVE! I'm sure when the country isn't in crisis McCain will fit you in his busy schedule.

Letterman is telling the truth Obama is not cancel his campaigning i think something is wrong with McCain campaign.....Obama keep your head up high everything going to be ok American people are strong and we going to elect you as our president

You are absolutely right David Letterman...this "doesn't smell right." As for Palin taking care of business...well, it is laughable. As a matter of fact, this whole bail out situation smells to the high heavens! Thank you David Letterman for having the guts to say what many many Americans are thinking, but only a few have the nerve to say. I do believe this is just a political ploy on McCain's part as even he admitted he does not know much about the economy...what possible suggestions can he bring to the table? SCAREY!

Good for Dave Letterman. He spoke from the heart which is something that I've not seen in a long time especially from the current administration. Why not ask IRAQ for the money. Heaven knows they have it.

Furthermore, John McCain is not interested in debating. Senator Obama has said, "We need to debate because in less than 40 days this is one of our problems to solve. McCain is trying to rescue a party that has completely demoralized the nation that I love and they certainly are not going to be able to fix this in a day. Heck, It took 8 years to ruin it why do they think a day is all we need to fix it. I say HECK NO on bailout. The economy will adjust itself without my tax dollars bailing out the weathly. Just like the past 8 years, the rich get richer and the poor get taxed. They should change Bush's name to Sherriff of Notingham

McCain is lying to everyone. I am glad Letterman pointed it out on his show. And he then show McLiar on the makeup chair getting ready for the Couric interview. It was so funny!! My respect for Letterman has increased while my respect for McLiar cannot get any lower.

Libarman is a Hateful, angry, un-funny, low rated, liberal Democrat shril, McCain should have never agreed to go on his show in the first place. I love how McCain is doing the one thing that P.O's liberal Democrats the most, putting the country first. It is funny to think of the jokes he made about Monica now that Dave is doing what she is famous for on Obama just like the rest of the so called mainstream media.

American citezens should charge the "Straight Talk Express" with false advertising.There are far more lies that come from the McCain camp then anything resembling the truth.The debate must go on !!

McCain needs to go retire in Arizona and drink ice tea on his rocking chair. This guy doesn't have a clue to what's going on in the world. It's unbelieveable that he's even the the GOP candidate, and what's more unbelievable is the the running mate he has. Wow!!! I'm heading for Washington to see if I can lend my support for the econonic package. Therefore, I'm suspending my duties as a husband, father, christian, frat, employee and anything else that may come up between now and then.

McCain can go to the gates of hell to get BinLaden, but he can't go to Oxford, Mississippi for one evening to debate Obama?

I AM SICK AND TIRED OF MCCAIN AND HIS ADVISORS AND THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT HIM.

WHY OH WHY DOES MCCAIN AND HIS COLLEAGUES HAVE TO LIE. LIEBERMAN AND THE SENATOR FROM NORTH CAROLINA STAND BEHIND HIM AND LIE AND SUPPORT HIM.

OBAMA IS A STRAIGHT FORWAR HONEST PERSON. AMERICA PLEASE WAKE UP AND VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN. WE CANNOT AFFORD 8 MORE YEARS OF THESE LIES AND NONSENSE.

GOD BLESS YOU AMERICA VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN. THANK YOU AND I AM PRAYING FOR AMERICA. A ROSARY A DAY WILL HELP US.

David Letterman is a political moron and, as part of the media, is trying to sway people to vote Democratic...He is a complete know-nothing and I know his audience is the same and will vote for Obama.

Anonymous September 25th, 2008 11:50 am ET
Laura, Boston September 25th, 2008 11:48 am ET

The Katie Couric interview was taped hours before Letterman (about 5 I believe).

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The Couric feed was a live feed.

Stop the lying and distortion.

McCain doesn't have any trouble lying to anybody. He's suspended his campaign to try to divert the attention away from the Rick Davis – Freddie Mac controversy; and the fact that his second-in-command, Palin knows NOTHING. What a joke!

John McCain has not been back to Washington since April !!!

He is not on any committee to make decisions on any of this economic mess. He has been in Washington for 26 years and NOW he wants to come back to Washington and have a Photo Op with his good buddy Bush.

Can any of the republicans on here express to me why John lied to Dave last night about that immediate flight to Washington.

I need your help to understand why he lied and if he lied...

Republicans for McCain/Palin

Independents for McCain/Palin

Democrats for McCain/Palin
I think we covered the Red, White, & Blue of the electorate
Any other solution is not in America's best interest

If McCain wins this election, you can bet it was fixed.

Letterman is right on. McCain is running a stealth campaign not based on issues. His own campaign manager said this election is about personalities and not issues.

Handle what crisis? He's not the president yet. We have a president, however lame, who is handling this crisis.

What a pompous jerk Letterman is, he can't handle that anything is more important than him and his show, I never watch him and this just reinforces why!

LH

The role of the VP is to step up when the Prez. is "baby sitting the economy". So Palin should be out there stumping for the campaign. But wait I think she needs to
- accompany mccain to the meeting this afternoon
- vote with mccain at the floor of the senate if necessary
- she needs to attend the meetings along side mccain.
- she need to stand on mccains side if he's going to make another statement.

so i'm confused.. ...is she mccains shadow or VP?

Pay attention folks!

Obama has many, many paid staffers that do nothing but post Obama talking points all over the web.

Many hateful remarks like you see here on CNN.com.

This is the slimy way Obama campaigns.

Thank goodness most are simply un-educated college freshmen who probably will lay around and do dope instead of vote.

McCain will be the next President and Obama and his bitter friends can blend back into obscurity.

GO DAVE!

People need to start calling out McCain on his bold faced lies. He deserves it.

I hope Obama lays it on him on Fridays debates! If McCain does not show up...he should just call him out on it!

"Showing up, on time, is 80% of the job."

Let face it...
Sarah Palin is not capable of doing it. She has no clue on many issues and some of her answers are just naiive!!!

This may be the real reason why McCain suspended the campaign rather than delegating the power to her during his trip to Washington. If McCain/ Palin win and he had to visit another country, would he suspend the government?

Big blunder

Indeed Dave...when the campaign is sinking bail out, but wait, isn't the captain supposed to go down with the ship?

Keating 5 people. You've all forgotten who was in that one up to his eyeballs. Lawsuits and jail time for most.

WAKE UP

Maverick. That is how McCain is described. Loose cannon might be a preferred term. In response to Dave, remember, Sarah isn't allowed to speak in public unless she has a script. Of course she didn't show. But if she had, I would have flogged myself for missing it, even though you come on TV after my bedtime.

Christy-Attacking Biden for "trying to profit" from the death of his wife and infant makes you look heartless and quite frankly stupid. At 29 he faced the loss of a wife and a child, not something I would wish on anyone. For you to try to poiliticize that as a fault of his makes me think of a Winston Churchill quote:

“The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.”

We're supposed to be electing the best person for the job, not the person who bases his decisions on what will get him the most votes.

I think that McCain and his campaign has seen the end of the road. Palin added some fire to McCains weak appereances and speeches, but now comes the time where this country is insisting on seperating the pretender from the real contender.. McCain's campaign has been hiding Palin from the media and the overwhelming scrutiny that could take place if they allow her to do interviews. It's only a matter of time before her weaknesses are exposed and McCain realizes his mistake in choosing a weak VP candidate.

Look letterman. This is why McCain had to play mop up for Sarah and go on Katie Couric's show:

Palin replied. “I can give you examples of things that John McCain has done, that has shown his foresight, his pragmatism, and his leadership abilities. And that is what America needs today.” Pressed for more specific examples, Palin responded: “I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to you.”

PRICELESS!

What the hell, Letterman would have "skewered" McCain even if he was sitting on the couch. Trying to fix what's wrong with the economy and making that a priority is what he's been promising, so he's chosen to keep his word. Appearing on some entertainment media like the Letterman show is not a priority.

McCain's behavior is erratic. This is one of the worst campaign in the history of presidential campaigns.

McCain is too old, too mean and is not ready to be President. His VP proved that his judgement is off and he will do anything to win.

Could this be PTSD? If so, get treatment. Don't run for President.

I THOUGHT DEMOCRATS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SO NICE AND SO UNDERSTANDING. TREATING OTHERS THE WAY THEMSELVES WANT TO BE TREATED. i HAVE NEVER HEARD SUCH MEAN AND HATEFUL REMARKS. i WAS A LIBERAL UNTIL RECENTLY. EVEN IF MY VIEWS ABOUT MRS. PALIN WERE NOT SO GOOD, WHAT GIVES ME THE RIGHT TO HARM HER AND HER FAMILY THE WAY MOST OF YOU ARE DOING. YOU HAVE LOST MY VOTE BECAUSE OF THIS.

i just read that on katie couric show mccain said " he challenged the statement that obama called him re: a joint statement, how dare he !!!!! you have sunk as low as you can on this issue, everyone knows it was obama who initiated the call, and just to try and win points he lies , again , and again, please america wake up and see this man as he really is, and i am sick and tired of his p.o.w. like he is the only one in the world who was ever a p.o.w get over it mccain i think that "cop out" took you as far as it's going to go!!!!!!!!!!!!

David who? Don't know this Letterman guy, but he seems awfully testy. Smile, be happy, Mister Letterman. And please don't use your silly air time to belittle an elected official. He's done a lot more for America than you, I'm certain. Man, give a guy a bunch of bucks and time on TV and eventually starts to think he's above all else? Wow! How sad is he?

Fixbroken is paid by Barack.

Bottom line, McCain can't do more than one thing at a time and he can't rely on his VP to take on the appropriate responsibility. Anyone who is paying attention to the situation has a clear view that the republican ticket is not worth a glance at.

I can't believe anyone is surprised by McCain's behavior! He's running away like a guilty dog with his tail between his legs – this is NOT how my next president should, or will behave. If he runs now, what will he do when it gets really tough? If he's going to ditch us when we need him, I'm certainly not going to support him.

It is scary to think that (depending on which poll you site)44% of the US Public actually think Palin/McCain have ANY business seeking the highest poltical offices in our country ...

For those few supporting McCains latest political stunt and criticizing Letterman - You fail to realize that Letterman is a republican and had endorsed McCain in the past.

Letterman had supported and contributed to John McCain and now McCain is just using Letterman in his latest political stunt.

Nice way to treat your supporters McCain.

McCain told Letterman he had more important business to attend to (supposedly, flying back to Washington) but what he actually did was attend an interview with Katie Couric. I'm wondering why Letterman didn't mention that, but maybe he didn't know at the time of his show's taping. Why haven't we heard anything about this new McCain lie on the news programming?

It is great to see that we are not buying into McCain's excuses. It would be too easy for him to skip the debate, then use the buy out solution as his economic plan "after the fact". He needs to talk with us at the debate about this. We need to know how "he, John McCain" would handle this crisis if it should ever be his responsibiltiy. He is copping out, and so is Palin.

When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping. So much for McCain the LEADER – can't multi-task?

Why doesn't Bush suspend his administration?

We interrupt our regularly scheduled program(the election) for a special report(our economy)! TV and personal gain can wait and there's time to reschedule the debates. You folks act like if the debates don't happen tomorrow you won't be able to vote in November? The economy is happening now and one leader (John McCain) decided to be present and actually vote. He can multitask when needed and HE CAN PRIORITIZE and not get SIDETRACKED by something of less importance! Wake up for America and quit being so NARROW-MINDED for once. You should urge your candidate to do the same thing and quit being so critical for once.

He was interviewing with Katie Couric at the same time he was supposed to be interviewing with Letterman. He is such a LIAR!!! He says the economy is sound then he cancels his campaign for a meeting that only needs his Senate vote. He says Cox needs to be fire then he says Cox is good guy. He says that Wall Street guys don't need ot be bail out, then he says yes it does!!!

We need to remember these guys are candidates second after being senators first. This country is in a serious situation that could topple us from at the top of the free world. I want my employees doing what I'm paying them to do and that is to focus on the crises. Anything else is poor judgement and should send up a flag about anyone who'd put self interest ahead of obligation to the citizens of this country. Address the crisis by acting maturely and then get back to campaining.

WHEN ANYONE OR GROUPS OF MINDLESS ANYONES PRESUME
THAT SENATOR JOHN MCCAINS DECISION TO POSTPONE HIS CAMPAIGN IN FAVOR OF GOING TO WASHINGTON TO DO HIS WORK AS A SENATOR , AS A POLITICAL MOVE, THEY DO NOT KNOW THE MAN. HE IS TRUE TO HIS WORD QUOTE: " COUNTRY FIRST" " I AM WORKING FOR YOU" UNQUOTE. HE IS WORKING FOR US HIS CONSTITUENTS.

Does anyone really care what Letterman thinks.
Here is the problem in a nutshell. Chris Dodd and his old buddy Barney Frank have made this entire financial mess possible. Chris Dodd has been busy pointing his finger in the wrong direction and then Senator Reid throws his gas can on the entire event with his caustic remarks. Do we really need people like Senator Reid fueling the fire. This jerk is the very reason there has been four years of gridlock in Congress and the very reason nothing has been accomplished and the very reason Congress has had historically low approval ratings...need we say more. Somebody stick a sock in Reid's mouth and lets get to the people's business and stick one in Lettermans mouth while you are at it.

Lord Jesus, Protect and Guide Barack Obama, Joe Biden and the Democratic Party to Victory come November so we can change America and the World for the better.

Thank you Jesus...

Hey... SNL didn't complain when Obama bailed out! And there was no apparent immediate crisis at that time! Sorry, Dave. It wasn't funny to rag on him. It was just sour grapes. Maybe you need to spend more time with your son and his mother.

I live in the south, and work in the south. I work around alot of people who prior to this said they could not vote for a Black man (and that's making it nice) regardless of what he had to say. After all this broke, the same people anre now saying that a man's skin color doesn't define his integrity and have done a full 180. It's really getting interesting now!

nothing ever makes me happier than people whining about the "liberal media"... like luda said, crybabies go hooooooome!

It is very obvious: The Republicans are very much afraid of the debate. How convenient the crisis, what a lame excuse.

Letterman is funny, but not very bright. I'd say McCain did what was right.

This entire campaign (mcbush) should just call it quits. There is no coming back from this. Now they're trying to push back the VP debates? Awww, poor Sarah not up to speed on her Political Cliff's Notes?

what a JOKE!!!!!!!!!

you can't help but LAUGH. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Letterman skewers McCain for cancelling appearance

You know, I can understand canceling the Letterman appearance but you don't suspend your campaign and you certainly don't cancel a presidential debate that the PEOPLE of this country deserve to see.

The political process cannot, should not, and will not stop for one man.

We must uphold the Constitution and press for the presidential election process to continue to move forward.

To allow one man to attempt to derail that process is a grave danger to our political process and to our Constitution.

Who cares what David Letterman's political views may be? Are we all really going to let television personalities influence our personal opinions? Let's hope not.

The closest McCain policies are to being maverick is the BS that comes out the other end!

If there is anyone out there still dumb and stupid enough to vote for McCancel, go for it. See if I care.

An interview on the letterman show could have been great publicity for a campain that looks like it will crash before getting off the ground. Also, why doesn't someone propose IQ tests for presidential nominees. Would Palin even register on the grid?

Letterman was right – McCain is making up increasingly lame excuses and increasingly bigger lies out of desperation – he has no qualifications to be President and god help this country for the lame idiots that vote for him and Sarah Smile!

Who watches Letterman anyway time to retire buddy, Jay Leno is a funny show. at least Leno opening jokes are great.

Speaking of jokes: i like the way Obama and Biden are on the same wave length – NOT

The only part of his campaign he has canceled was his appearance on Letterman. Ads- still running; Flunkies still yakking; Hearing this morning- not present.

Cheap campaign stunt and cowardly tactic to avoid debate, plain and simple.

Anonymous Sept 25 2008 12:05 PM

Stop trying to confuse the liberals with facts...you know that only upsets them...

McCain is at this moment being bombarded by political advisors on "talking points" and fancy catchy phrases that have no content whatsoever.
They did that with Palin because she knew nothing. They are doing it with him because he's clueless...

Letterman has lost all respect from me. Sen. McCain challengbed Obama to TEN town hall meeting debates & Obama REFUSED. Now he's dissing Sen. McCain? What a hypocrite! If you want to be Cuba 2 vote for Obama the Marxist/socialist know nothing, done nothing hypocrite. His wife wears the pants in their family, so she'll be president anyway, not him. And maybe his radical friends & pastors can help too. I can't wait to see Sarah Palin eat Joe Biden alive. He's brain dead.

Johnny come lately is a joke and he is making Americans look like a joke.Where you been Johnny ? This should go down in history on how to loose an election and honour.Letterman has more honour then McCain.The country should be outraged at McCains grandstanding and lies and Obama should shoot up in the polls.

More proof Palin is not ready for this position.

Some of you looney libs are just downright stupid. What is McCain going to do in Washington? It's called "do his job". No, he's not on the committees but he feels his presence as a presidential candidate who will no doubt face this continuing crisis as president could be helpful. Of course, nobama isn't needed there since he as been absent from the senate most of the time by running for president since his senate election. Of course, on the final bill, nobama would probably just vote "present". What a joke. nobama is no more than a pandering empty suit in search of a teleprompter.

thats said that late night host and comedians are the only ones that have the guts to speak the truth about mccains lying tail!!! this is ridiculous and mccain is ridiculous!

Independent but Leaning,

You're lying as usual. Obama never agreed to these townhall debates because McCain's people purposely made unreasonable demands that were designed to force Obama to refuse.

It was a political trap and Obama deftly side stepped it.

Naturally people like you will fall for any McCain stunt time and time again.

We must have rocks in our head to consider a vote for either candidate. For crying out loud , BOTH deadbeats have been in office long enough to see this coming. How convenient that we have this crisis at the 11th hour. It is just too stupid for words that we AMERICANS continue to ELECT deadbeats for the highest offices just because they have enough money to keep AMERICANS blindsided .

Just because there is a vote to make it LEGAL to steal our money from us and give it away does not make it MORAL !

I used to enjoy watch Letterman for many years
Now he's just a boring old man who keeps stabbing at the Conservatives because he’s all goo-goo eyed over Obama

Impeach Now! Americans are asleep!

Why should I care what the world's most unfunny man has to say?

If McCain does lose the election in November at least he has the respect of the American taxpayers and the gratitude of this Tejano for serving as an American not as a member of a political party. Second if, If he loses and obama becomes President, Your finances will be the least of your worries. We will be another Venezuela. The only rejoicing will be in the Muslim countries. The war is over folks and the enemy is within our walls.

There is the reason that I don't watch Letterman anymore. HE IS NOT FUNNY !! He would have been applauding if Obama had done the same thing. Biased media ! Think for yourself, get the real facts. Then vote for McCain !

If it looks like a duck, talks like a duck, than it most be a duck AND if the other duck wears LIPSTICK, than that's a FEMALE Duck!!! If the male duck is running for president and CANCEL a scheduled debate for questionable reasons, than that's a scared DUCK.

This epitomizes McSAme and PALIN Campaign

I guess it's clear that McCain can't multitask.

Did anybody see Palin on Katie Couric? It was hillarious. She is not ready at all. She couldn't answer one question straight. I hope it is common knowledge to all that they prepare you for the interviewers questions in advance. I guess they only prepared her for the first question and not a follow-up question. She was horrible.

I don't even like Obama but I'd vote for my landscaper before voting for McCain.

At this point both candidate can't do much about the economy. I just lost my respect with McCain completely AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. Palin's interview with Couric was again not impressive. By now he should know all the BILLS that her running sponsored! Biden also made mistakes with his responsed to Couric. I guess voters put all of them in that position and they can only blame themselves. All candidates at this time are all incompetent.

Opinion:

Postponing Presidential Debate:

Senator John McCain has asked for the postponement of first Presidential debate to be held on September 26th 2008. He says he needs to be in Washington DC to build bipartisan consensuses towards seven hundred billion bail out package being considered by US Congress.

Senator Obama wants to go ahead with the debate. He says both candidates should discuss this critical issue as scheduled since one of them will need to handle the issue very soon.

There is merit in both sides. An unbiased observer will look at a bigger picture. Postponing the debate by a week still will not substantially affect the election on November 4th. But building consensus on seven hundred billion dollars bail out plan is urgent and critical.

Thanks Sam Kannappan, Houston, Texas

Why not give John McCain the benefit of the doubt instead of calling him a liar?

Is this what we've sunk to as a people?

I just can not believe what I have heard from Last night Mc Cain Suspension of campaign to Bush's Busted up lies he told last night for 15 minutes. THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT!!! OF A VP. IF YOU CANT HANDLE IT YOU SEND YOUR VP TO COVER IT FOR YOU!! :0 WHAT A JOKE!!! I GUESS SHE IS NOT READY, AND US VOTERS DESERVE A DEBATE, AND NOW HE IS BACKING OUT! IF I WAS MISSISSIPPI I WOULD JUST VOTE OBAMA!

If McCain is halting his campaign then why are his advisers still on all of the cable news networks praising McCain and bashing Obama. They haven't suspended anything.

Americans are not stupid. Putting McCain back in the White House is putting the same kind of tax cut of the Bush's presidency back in the White House. Putting McCain back in the White House is crediting more money and spending moreand an extended amount of time in Irag. McCain can suspend his campaign as long as he wants the American people understand his short comings on issues importance concerning this country.

I don't blame David Letterman for being EXTREMELY upset. Senator McCain appears to be another politician with what I call the GOD complex. He can do what ever he feels is right and the heck with the rest of us!!! Just like he cancelled the appearance on this show he feels he has the POWER to cancel the Debate that has been planned for MANY months.
AMERICA WAKE UP....
YOU HAVE A HUGE EGO BEING DISPLAYED..
HE IS A LOT MORE LIKE G.BUSH THAN YOU THINK!!!
NOT GOOD for AMERICA or the WORLD...SERIOUSLY

Wow people open your eyes. Honor Courage, have the honor to show you can multi-task, have the courage to tell a man you going to cancel to do another interview. McCain isn't going by the Navy Core Values at all I left one out on purpose. McCain is a joke so is Palin! Let it be known people listening out here in V.A. Obama!

This is ridiculous. The nonsense has to stop sometime. It will stop on Nov. 4, thankfully.

Besides being the successor in case of death, when the President is unable to perform his duties, it is the job of the Vice President to take over and help out. A "relief pitcher" if you will. Well, I don't even see Palin warming up in the bullpen right now.

There's really no excuse for McCain to pull this stunt, but even if there was, Sarah SHOULD be able to step right in as though nothing happened.

CNN, you sort of left out the part where McCain lied. Instead of going back to DC like he told Letterman, McCain stayed in New York to tape an interview with Katie Couric (the taping happened at the same time McCain would have been on Letterman, btw) AND he stayed overnight os that he could speak at a conference today.

The dude didn't suspend his campaign OR go back to DC like he said. He just shifted his schedule and lied to us about the motives.

Dave,

Don't you get it, he uses you when he's down in the polls and needs Americans to see the "light hearted John". Well, events have changed, since he got a call from Barack.

Well, he dumped you because his campaign saw a life boat in DC, and they'll grab at anything to save his failing campaign.

Regarding the town hall meetings that McCain proposed... Obama said 'name the time and the place'... he DIDN'T say 'name TEN times and TEN places.' Sorry, but why should Obama allow McCain to schedule his entire campaign? I'm glad Obama has not let McCain run the show. He's handling this all perfectly. Another reason to vote for him in November.

McCain show a lack of leadership... Imagine as president if he goes back anytime there is a crisis...ouach

I live in Pa, and if Mc Cain stopped campaigning hree and pulled his you could have fooled me..last night and this morning thyey were running the add about every half hour about "Big Government"
Now it is funny they run that ad when they are there in DC getting ready to make the Governement bigger, and also another McCain lie that he was pulling his tv spots and not campaigning.....
Liars....
all this to try and not ahve palin show how stupid she is in a debtae.
WAKE UP AMERICA

McSame is STILL running ads!

McSame campaign spokeperson are STILL on air!

McSame is NOT INVOLVED in the negotiations!

McSame cancelled Letterman, but when to See COURIC!

Now he wants to cancel the VP debate,

This IS BS! Stinks to HIGH HEAVEN!

It seems all the McCain partisans here can do is rag on Letterman – as if that's got anything to do with the situation. Letterman was right on and you all know it.

Letterman get over yourself! You are at best an average talk show host and far down the list of importance to the country if at all. These politicians need to do their job first otherwise all we get are the same promises that NEVER materialize. The Junior Senator may learn some lessons by actually being part of a solution for a change.

McCain has brought campaigning for the Presidency of the United States of America to a low that I would never have believed if you told me.

McCains ardent defenders are SO blinded by loyalty (country first, my arse).. that they brush aside what is slapping them in the face.

But please know. I see McCain defenders for who they are. always on message, always on 'point', no matter what OBVIOUS deception their candidate is executing.

Step 1 of the Republican playbook is: "How do we use this crisis to our advantage"?

Answer: "Put the President on television and make it look like he needs John McCain to pull off the bail out."

Problem: "But, it was his administration that caused the conditions of the bailout."

Solution: "American voters are too dumb to understand that. It's called 'hide the ball'."

So CNN. I've tried to post several comments overtime that are PRO-McCain, but don't seem to "make it on the page." Why? When there are so many McCain hater's that DO make it?

I got one thing to say.. Bwack Bwack Bwack Bwack (flapping arms)

People if you vote for McPhony this is the kind of leadership you will get none!

To all you neocons who still think that this guy (McSame) is the answer..I have a question for you. What rock have you been living under for the last 8 years? McSame and Bush have been playing the fear card far too long.
The fundamentals of our economy is sound?!? We're going to fight them in their own backyard?!? Lies folks, lies, or maybe stupidity is more like it!
If this ticket (GOP) is elected again, I'm afraid, you get what you deserve. Meanwhile, the entire World will be at this man's mercy.

He lied people. But I forgot that doesn't matter to most of his followers. What about all the money that was spent for the debates? I find this whole thing so distasteful.What will it take to open your eyes?

The only really amazing thing is that Letterman actually expected John McCain to keep his word! McCain has a long history of recreating reality to suit himself. Not fit to be president!

I just can not believe what I have heard from Last night Mc Cain Suspension of campaign to Bush's Busted up lies he told last night for 15 minutes. T

Who cares what Letterman has to say. He is just like all the hollywood types...He has a stage to talk on but what he or other overpaid comics have to say means nothing. If he were half as good as Carson was he would be funny.

Anonymous September 25th, 2008 11:50 am ET
Laura, Boston September 25th, 2008 11:48 am ET

The Katie Couric interview was taped hours before Letterman (about 5 I believe).
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Letterman is taped around 5:30 p.m. It was at the same time, which is why Letterman was able to show the live feed of the Couric interview as it was happening.

Try again.

John McCain, cancelled the letter man show saying he would be returning to DC, however he was doing an interview with Katie Couric at the time he was to be on a flight back to DC. Go figure. This dude is a wacko, and if you hard-core racist masquerading as Republicans and Disaffected Hillary Supporters want to support him please be honest and just say you are not supporting Obama because he is Black. Enough is enough of the lies. We know who you truly are!!

McCain is shell shocked from Vietnam and you know it but you want him and that former stripper to be Pres and Vice Pres?

By the way he may have served his country in War, but he wasnt a good pilot, thats why he go shot down.

Republicans for Obama/Biden
Independents for Obama/Biden
Democrats for Obama/Biden
I think we covered the Red, White, & Blue of the electorate
Any other solution is not in America's best interest

Letterman's camera broke away to McCain getting makeup put on for Katie Couric's interview. This was the time frame that McCain lied about having to go to the airport. McCain's lie yesterday – on video.

Today we are hearing from all of McCain's surrogates and seeing his attack ads on tv. He did not 'suspend' his campaign at all. McCain's first lie today – on video.

McCain is desperate and lying people. What a weak way to run a campaign.

Essentially, McCain was more interested in appeasing Katie Couric's audience than Letterman's. What exactly is McCain hiding?

Whatever it is, it really doesn't matter because he ain't gonna be the next president........

No Way, No How, No McCain!!!

I see more blogs are talking about McCain's health. Has he had a light stroke or has his cancer returned? He has hired a make up artist to cover the on his face. We never did get the entire scoop regarding his health.

I think at 72 and considering his erratic behavior lately, it is a question we need to ask.

If McCain was really all about "country first," he wouldn't have made the media narrative all about him during a crisis. He's practically putting on tights and a cape and swooping into Washington for a photo op. He is gonna attempt to take credit for the deal that's almost hammered out. He wanted to take the media focus off his tanking poll numbers and various erupting scandals like Rick Davis's ties to Freddie Mac and Sarah Palin's lack of knowledge about anything. Convenient that he wants to postpone her debate indefinitely.

That's not leadership, that's grandstanding. Candidates for president never really stop campaigning. McCain wants our country's pain to be all about him.

Good!

You simply cannot trust McCain. He is a proven liar and an out-of-touch elderly fool. He doesn’t care about helping the American people. How is McCain going to single-handedly save the economy by returning to Washington?

More gamesmanship and dirty cheating tricks from McCain & strong-willed-lower-lip Palin on the way!

Debate baby Debate!

What I don't get is why he canceled the Letterman show? He did not rush to Washington, he did the Evening News with Katie Couric instead. I checked the times the Evening News and Letterman show are broadcasted and also matched the dates and times. He chose to cancel David Letterman show to do an interview with Katie Couric. Mccain also lied by saying he was rushing back to Washington. I guess he was too afraid to go on and do the Letterman show. However, I think Letterman would have asked about the economy situation like Couric did. I also think Katie Couric can be blamed as well for stepping on Letterman's toes.

To Shakin not stirred.............................

you need some serious help if you are that shallow and cannot see through what is happening. Thank God I am not a republican, I would be so embarrased I would put my head in a hole in the ground and never come out.

McCain is a joke and those of you who are supporting him are too!! Telling a lie means absolutely nothing to this man. Being a POW does not make you honest does it? I would be so ashame to call myself a republican, if I was one. Just lying, deceitful you know whats!! The bottom the barrel has fallen out. Thanks to you all who voted for that lying incompetent GW Bush into office twice. Look at the mess you have gotten the country into. You shouldn't be able to sleep at night. And, to think you are considering putting another lying incompetent fool in office. God for bid!!

OBAMA / BIDEN '08

Letterman needs to get a grip on reality. TV and media is not what's important here. Just talk about the usual inane things you normally cover and throw an egg off the building. That's all you can really handle

Cancels the debates . . . Cancels Letterman . . .
If elected President he will cancel US, too. He already showed us what he thought of the country by putting Palin in as his running mate.
Obama may not know everything about world affairs, may not have the "Washington" experience, but he puts someone in as his VP that could actually take care of the country if something happened.

PLEASE AMERICA DO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN! ANOTHER REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION WILL TOTALLY RUIN THIS COUNTRY. WE'VE BEEN GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE AND THAT CHANCE IS BARRACK OBAMA. LET'S GIVE HIM A CHANCE AND TRY TO RETURN TO THE GREAT NATION WE ONCE WERE.

OBAMA/BIDEN '08

THE LOGICAL CHOICE . . . THE ONLY CHOICE!!!!!!!!!!

McCain at it again!

Always political!

Always political!!

He is trying to hold the country standstill again !!!

May be his political base will buy his excuses, but not me,…..not millions of Americans….certainly we can't buy it.....not for a dime...

Let them go to Capitol Hill today and then head to Missisippi tomorrow night…right …. Hab....debate is only for 90 minutes………..is he telling us that his brain cannot do different things in succession?

Hun……what do you all think?

Fact Check Independent but Leaning:

Obama did not agree to do the 10 town hall debates. He agreed to consider it. The two campaigns could not agree on the details, so the matter was dropped.
Anyway, why should either candidate have to play by the other guy's self serving rules? Each should be free to conduct his own campaign based on his own agenda.

Since when does Letterman have a political sense of knowledge or knowledge in general? The guy is just bitter that his show sucks and fails to see that there are more important things going on in the world than his crooked teeth and bad haircut.

So McCain lied to Letterman about needing to "rush back to DC".

I'm really tired of the McCain campaign's lies.

This is purely a political move to try to suspend the debates but it highlights how Palin isn't ready to step in for McCain if he goes away.

This is an EPIC FAIL the likes of which I never thought I'd witness. Just appalling.

The only thing I can figure McAncient can do now is ask Palin to leave the campaign. Palin can explain that she must be there for her youngest child, because circumstances had changed. Then bring in Lieberman (as if he actually wants to be in the same room as The Ancient One now) and plead for him to come in. Then, maybe a few in the center will be tempted to come back...

But that'd be a huge gamble. It's a gamble McCain has to take at this point, because he is done.

John, you let the Veep candidate handle the campaign while you're flying between DC and the debate. If you don't have confidence in her, REPLACE HER. Simple as that.

Not that I care. Do what you want. I'm still voting for Obama. I'm just MORE convinced now.

Right-wingers: McCain has lied to you too many times. He has no honor left. At one point, he was very honorable. Not any more...

On the issue of Obama voting 'present,' at least he WAS present. McCain was the one who rarely even showed up... google it.

Letterman should shut up. He is always disrespectful toward Republican candidates. All he is worried about is his show & ratings. Personally I don't watch his show & think he is just anoter show biz idiot.

paul i notice john macain eye jumping to that means he is lying

I'm sick of everyone just blaming the politicians and greedy Wall Street. What about these people who bought these homes knowing they had bad credit and adjustable rates on the mortgages!?? If you can't afford a home, don't buy one! I'm 23 now, and that's why I did well in high school (to help me get financial aid for college), went to college, saved my money, and I'm living in an apartment. Bad things happen (loss of job, etc.), but at least TRY to be responsible, people!

David Letterman kudos! There is no need to beat around the bush or call it anything else than what it is: a political stunt in desperation. The McCain campaign saw the recent poll numbers and the performance of Gov. Palin in her interview as a sign that times are bad. What better way to get her more time to study for her debate than to delay it? Doublt talk on the Straight Talk Express!

Dave is a comedian, and McCain lying to get out of a scheduled visit was FUNNY. I laughed my head off, it was hilarious. Lighten up people.

When McCain talked about Paris Hilton and Brittany Spears he told Barack to lighten up, so he should do the same.

LOL, too funny.

Was what McCain did worse than Michelle Obama out campaigning on 9/11 when she was suppose to be home with the kids and not with her husband and Cindy and John McCain? That went under the radar. Celebrities need to do what they are paid to do, entertain.

How typical of another hollywood type. Nothing new here, just move on people and get back to the financial crisis while this hollywood typical millionaire expects to continue his normal day to day life while the rest of the country is in a crisis. Yes, we understand he is a huge Obama supporter and expected him to continue his daily jabs against the GOP and middle Americans. However they will not give credit to McCain for understanding this crisis first and Obama first saying he would not respond to this crisis and then he agreed to it – of course this in only a political move by Obama. Maybe the elite in hollywood want another elite in Washington, however the rest of this country wants a leader, not Obama.

GET RID OF McCAIN AND PALIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY BOTH ARE COWARDS AND DEAD!!! SOMETHING SMELLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if MCCAin is so hell bent on fixing the problem, why did he wait until the eve of the debate, when his poll numbers are down to suspend his campaign. He is running in after the fact. The congress has been dealing with this issue for ten days...Why did he wait so long to put his 'Country First" . This guy is a joke. and a master of the political ploy. Please dont be fooled by someone like this. Every issue there is he makes these rash decisions..... elect palin....fire sec chairman...suspend campaign... we are all Georgians...god help us if his spur of the moment reactions are what we have to deal with for the next four years.....he is not a leader, and dont even get me started on " i'll get back ta ya on that" palin

I also noticed his eye was drooping and on closeups he has a lump on his left cheek.

McBush must think we are all a bunch of idiots! McLie is not concerned about this issue. He has 7 homes and 13 cars, life is good for him.

END THE DRAMA, VOTE OBAMA!

Letterman is right...whats up with McCain? He is not even involved with any the bailout... He wants to delay his debate with Obama and more importantly, cancel the Palin Biden debate....

McCain is showing that he is a TRUE leader and is willing to work for results, not just talk on the phone.

Obama has no ideas or experience. PERIOD.

what about all the millions that have been spent to hold this debate, of course that would be pocket change to mccain, but not to the American people,if any thing needed to be canceled it was those foreign photo shots, thank you Dave.

"Palin won't reveal her finances until after debate"...

SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN'S PRIORITIES AS AN ELECTED MEMBER
OF THE SENATE ARE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE IN THAT CAPACITY.
AN APPEARANCE ON A LATE NIGHT COMEDY SHOW IS NOT A
PRIORITY . FURTHER , IT IS SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN'S CHOICE TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE OR NOT.. HE IS NOT NOR WILL HE EVER BE SUBJECT TO THE WHIMS AND COMEDIC BEHEST OF
ANY TV PERSONALITY NO MATTER HOW POPULAR OR UNPOPULAR. IN FACT THE SENATOR WOULD HAVE HAD THE PUBLICITY TO APPEAR ON THE SHOW, BUT PREFERRED TO DO HIS DUTY TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND HIS CONSTITUENTS WHO PUT HIM IN THE SENATE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

Good for you Letterman he knows he was about to be taken to the woodshed and smacked down by Obama. Frigen maverick please!

Letterman is a idiot.

McCain is showing up the LEADER that he is. And that Nobama is NOT.

McCain = Country 1st , debate 2nd
Nobama = debate 1st , Country 2nd

OBAMA IS GAINING ONLY ON OTHER PEOPLES FAILURES.

POOR BABY OBAMA NEEDS HELP FROM CLINTONS, G:W BUSH,
D LETTERMAN AND ALL THE MEDIA SUPPORT INCLUDING CNN ( JACK CAFFERTY) ..

MCCAIN IS NOT BUSH AND HE WILL FIX THE MESS...

MCCAIN / PALIN 08.

Finally McCain showed us he is a C grade intellectual who cant lead us in this mess. He cant handle multiple issues at one time. He is Old and liar. Its time for Republicans and walmart MOMS to realize this is not the time for their racial political decisions and has to keep country first to elect OBAMA as president. Good for Letterman and Campbell Brown at CNN for showing us the reality of this JOHN McBUSH

McCain is desparate and he isn't fooling anyone. It is transparent that he is displaying self-serving motives. Not honorable at all.

Vote Obama – steady, constant, great campaign and campaign management and able to multi-task.

Was this a ploy so that Palin wouldn't have to debate? What else is McCain going to suspend – our rights? He's awfully quick to suspend his campaign when the polls are down – I SMELL SOMETHING ROTTEN!

Several weeks ago, the economy is fundamentall strong according to McCain. Now, it's so serious he cannot even attend a debate.

Anyone who falls for this stunt is a stupid moron.

I hate it when a senator cancels a TV spot to do some real work to help the American people. The real question is what is Obama doing.

How can you report this story without mentioning the fact that McCain had the time to go on the Kate Couric show last night. CNN has a responsibility to show the transparency of McCain's decision to stop his campaign.

Where was this sense of urgency from McCain when he was pushing for deregulation of the Banking Industry that got us into this mess?

This latest McCain maneuver is more of a reaction to the polls, than it is to the financial crisis.
Shame on you CNN for letting Letterman be the only one to have the courage to call a spade a spade.

Now I hear McCain camp wants to postpone the V P
debate until Nov. 5th.

McCain .......We all know this is lame , so why is the race still close? Is America that dumb? We want to bring Democracy to other countries and we can't even get it right here. And this is the best thing going. I am so ashamed to see what our country has become.

Why no mention in the article of the fact that McCain said he was going back to DC and it was not true? Isn't that the main point?

There always seems to be a conspicuous absence of posts from conservatives...do the liberals ever stop to wonder why that might be? Being good stewards and WORKING FOR A LIVING instead of stealing their employer's time to postulate their "ideas" and "feelings" – THAT is what the conservatives are doing. All you free-loading libs pay attention: "principles" mean nothing without integrity, and integrity can't be driven by "feelings". It's Thursday...stop posting, go get in line, and get your checks and free handouts. Oh – and stop all the whining and crying. Obama voters are the same folks who made The National Enquirer the #1 read paper in America...so go read your "news"...

The McCain spokesperson basically rolled her eyes when told the debate could not be held on Monday because of the Jewish Holiday. That one of the dates they proposed.

Thoughtful, huh?

Anyone have a white flag that McCain can wave. The going got tough on the trail for McCain and he got going.

McCain & Palin – This should be a new reality show. You can't find a pair with a more blopperish life right now than these two.

Fundementals are strong
We're headed for the great depression
Don't Bailout AIG
Bailout AIG
Fire the head of the SEC
Fire the head of the FEC (Federal Elections Committee???)
Head of SEC doing a good job

This guy is all over the place. It's like his depends are on fire.

I agree, McCain is really starting to look like an ignorant scoundrel – and I was going to vote for him! No more after Palin and all of this non-sense. Get real McCain!

»HURRAH for the GREAT man John McCain!...HURRAH for Sarah "Lovely Lady" Palin!... Yes.

THE PARASITES on wall street and beyond

have finally sucked the blood out of the workers

who actually create wealth, and

the SHADOW ECONOMY of the parasites are bringing down the real economy.

watch and learn.

McCain keeps McScrewing up! I'm McLovin' it!!

Just like Palin can see Russia from her back yard...Letterman can see Katie Couric's studio from his....did McCain really think he could pull off another one? This is past the point of ridiculous!... it's getting to be an insult to the intelligence of the voters...and the republican supporters can try to justify it with "john's the leader...taking charge...going to washington is more important"......they also know that their candidate and his running mate are both running on empty! The debates need to go ahead as scheduled...OR...let biden/palin debate on the 26th and obama/mccain on the 2nd of October. These debates are important....especially now. If foreign policy isn't the immediate issue then switch gears and debate the economy NOT cancel all together.

LIAR LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE! He did not rush back to Washington, instead he was shown preparing to talk to someone else. This shows the integrity of McShame and McPalin. Least he could have done was explain why it wouldn't be a good idea to go on the show at this time, rather than coming out with a bunch of lies and being caught in the "headlights" in the make-up room. You couldn't make that up about "running" to the airport, when you are in a "make-up" room! Perhaps it was Palin's pastor Muthee who came in and created an optical illusion while he was in the process of laying waste to the witches who has been causing the campaign all these problems.

»HURRAH for the GREAT man John McCain!...HURRAH for Sarah "Lovely Lady" Palin!... Yes.

Well, if he couldn't stand the heat, I guess he got out of the kitchen.

The John McCane of yesterday is not the John McCane we are seeing today. He was a man that I greatly admired and trusted. The McCane of today is either getting terrible advice from his staff or something else is going on. His choice of Sarah Palin as VP scares me to death -– he would not get my vote.

A Senior Southern Lady – Independent voter

I no longer believe ONE WORD McCAIN SAYS!

Not only did McCain stay in New York to do the Couric interview, he stayed over to give a speech at the Clinton Global Initiative. When is this campaign suspension supposed to start?

just another lie by john mccain. and the list of lies is going longer and longer...

John Mccain did not suspend his campaign, in New Jersey, he is running a new ad today against Obama...why isn't CNN covering this? This is not suspending hius campaign, its lies....

Independent but leaning, the official debates are what matters most! I don't blame Obama for declining McCain's "town-hall" meetings". I would not trust this man after seeing the way he runs his pathetic campaign full of sneaky attacks and deceit. God help us all if McPalin is elected.

Hey BJ From Texas (I don't wanna know what that stands for) – your argument might hold merit if McCain actually went to deal with the economic problem but he didn't. Nice lie there buddy. Also, it was Obama that initiated a joint council on it – nice try there attempting to take credit for Mc-can't do two things at once.

Ever think that debating the actual issues might come up with a solution?

This latest gimmick by McCain has less to do with any economic crisis and more to do with a campaign crisis. McCain is losing it.

This is how someone behaves when their presidential ambitions are going down the toilet. Irrational, uninspired and uninspiring.

DEBATE DEBATE DEBATE DEBATE

We, the people demand it!

Shut up David Letterman. There are things going on here bigger than your show. All senators should be working in DC right now not meeting with someone who makes a TV show. Get over yourself, you aren't as important as you think you are.

Senator Magoo got busted!

Am I the only one who is tired of all the trash talk about either candidate. I grow weary of ALL this. I am ready for the election to be over.

She really ticked me off when she said "Americans are waiting to hear from John McCain and not Barack Obama". This was regarding the financial fiasco. I thought to myself, "Who's waiting to hear from John McCain, who admitted he doesn't know anything about the economy?
Of course Katie cited the recent polls that more Americans had confidence in Barack than John regarding the economy. And she said oh, I don't look at the polls. The how does she know Americans are waiting to hear from John McCain? She talks like a 10 year old.
John is right to keep her away from the press because any freshman reporter would shred her in little tiny pieces and toss her out. She should be afraid of the press because there's nobody home upstairs.
LOL, her father said he never dreamed his daughter would be in this position, and I thought you and me both buddy. She's not capable of the job.

oh, and Palin for Pres. your foolish too.

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD ... MCCAIN IS STILL IN NY!!

IF HE IS SO HOT AND BOTHERED .. IMMEDIATELY GO TO DC!!!

SENATOR MCCAIN WOULD BE KICKING CANDIDATE MCCAIN IN THE @#& RIGHT NOW!

I smell a caribou.

Letterman needs to get a grip. Its not about him. He went way overboard. Nobody owes him an explanation when there is a crisis like this. Does it really matter what Letterman thinks? Grow up.

The issue is that McCain flat out "LIED"!!!!! It would have been a non issue had he said that he wasn't going on the show because he thought it would not be appropriate to be on a comedy show. But he chose to lie and that speaks directly to his creditability or lack thereof!!!

Of course.....all these people who will waste their votes on McCain/Palin are simply racists like Palin.

THEY know she is a HUGE liability.

I think this is the big McCain mess up we've all been waiting for with "suspending" his campaign. I think we'll really start to see the beloved polls of the networks start shifting to Obama now. After picking Palin (whose foreign policy and knowledge of issues is questionable), severely restricting Palin's access to the media, wanting to postpone the Presidential and VP debates, and then this whole Letterman/suspending campaign affair...McCain is going down fast!

I think Letterman makes a good point. If Palin can't be trusted to carry on with the campaign in a time of "crisis" then how can we expect her to carry on as president should we loose McCain.

To my way of thinking this is very telling.

This guy is corrupt, he is a liar, a master manipulator and desperate to behave in any way however hypocritical. Seriously I think this is mental illness. McCain needs to man up or drop out!

I'm tired of everyone saying that McCain is a liar...lets take a look at Joe Biden...he told everyone that his wife and daughter were killed by a drunk driver when, in fact, the driver of the accident was NOT drunk, nor was there any alcohol in his system...now, that's a BOLD FACE LIE...the family of the man in the car accident has repeatedly tried to confront Joe Biden on these lies but he won't talk with them...I don't understand why the journalists are not 'investigating' these accusations that Joe Biden has made...I believe he wants the supporters of MADD to vote for him and that is why he's spreading these vicious lies about a man that grieved about the accident until he went to his grave.

The Republican tactics are getting old. When they're toast in November, we'll all be back on the road to recovery.

John McCain is hopeing that people will think he is necessary. It is my belief he is in the way. Let the people who's job it is handle the problem. STAY OUT OF THE WAY.

Good job Letterman.... good job! McCain did have time to go to a different show but not to his? That was rude... I'm so tired of McCain and his gimmicks. Every time he's not doing well in the polls or he is lost on an issue, he throws a new stunt trying to change the subject of the campaign (choosing Palin for example). The media should not buy this new stunt. McCain is politicizing the crisis and after the bailout is approved he will claim that HE solved the crisis in Wall Street... YEAH RIGHT! The debate has to go on..! Now he wants to postpone the VP debate? Maybe Palin is not ready either? McCain is just trying to trick us (again) and buy time!

I hear Palin wants to have the V.P. debate on her back porch so she can have Russia as the backdrop!

Let’s be honest with ourselves if only for a minute, both candidates are using this current financial situation in an effort to out maneuver the other in order to leverage this crisis to their advantage. SHAME ON OBAMA AND MCCAIN!! What about the American people like me who didn’t borrow more than they could handle, who always pay their taxes etc? Both are cut throat politicians and only care about attaining power, period.

McCain options:

1. Appear on a late night show where the host opening thinks you're a joke

2. Go to Washington and do your job to save our economy!!!!!!!

Obama.....arrogant idiot: "I'll go to Washington only if they need me"........LOL LOL LOL Yeah, they need the 1 term Senator to make the coffee!!!!!!!

Who's the joke?????????????

This is a political stunt of the worst kind...
... and it's backfiring.

McCain is looking more and more feeble as the campaign wears on. So he can't stand up to the cast of the View, his VP can't answer questions, and they suspend their campaign when there is a crisis at hand.

There is nothing presidential about that now, is there?

Obama/Biden 08... ready to lead

shakin..not stirred... You need to educate yourself and check your boy mccains voting record before you comment on Obamas voting record. You may be surprised at what you find. You'll have to go all way back to April to get started since he hasn't voted a single time since then. have fun

According to the Chairman of the Banking and Finance Committee, McCain did not contact once during this week long crisis.
Obama on the other hand was in contact with him constantly.
Additionally a President has to be able to handle more than one crisis at a time. He can't keep running home and asking "ok what do we do now Ollie?"
Hurricanes don't wait, wars don't wait, bank failures don't wait.
McCain waits.

Letterman caught McCain in a lie. McCain told him he was going to Washington, then stayed to do an interview with Katie Couric. LIAR. If I were Letterman, I'd be ticked, too.

McCain has become a joke. I have liked and respected him over the years and supported him in 2000. I was thinking about supporting him this year too. However, after watching him turn into another bush type republican, I can no longer hold my nose and vote for him. Even George Will thinks Obama may be better for the country.

Wasn't it McCain who requested that the the economics and foreign policy debates' dates be swapped in the schedule? And now nothing's more important than the economy? If you're going to lie, at least think about it first.

Kuilor2k, you are in no way a Democrat! You have the same Bush mind set.... If you love Obama you hate America. Get off the stage, clown.

McCain at it again!

Always political!

Always political!!

He has t hold the country standstill!!!

May be hsi base will buy it, but not me,.....not mmillions of Americans....

Let them go to Capitol Hill today and head to Missisippi tomorrow night....... Haba debate is only for 90 minutes...........is he telling us that his brain cannot do different things in succession?

Hun......what do you all think?

Bill Ayers for mayor of Chicago...

I am Barack Obama and I approve this unrepenttant domestic terrorist.

McCain hasn't voted the last 412 times. Why is he concerned now? He is scared to face off with Obama – it is plain and simple. Obama called him at 8:03 a.m. yesterday morning to talk about the financial crisis and he didn't call back until 2:30 p.m. This tells me he doesn't think it is all that important. His trip today is just for show.

Let's see now: John M is lagging in polls on economics, and the markets are tanking, and Sarah is not yet ready for face to face debating, so let's put John M into presidential mode by suspending the campaign and return him to D.C. for statesmanship, hold off the vp debates ( that will give Sarah more time to bone-up ), and put John into Missouri at the vp debate time slot – should help him greatly in a state which he needs. Great idea, let's do it!

What a joke! McCain is running scared. Does he think the american people are idots and can not see through the smoke screen? He is suspending his campaign? What kind of sense does that make when there are less than 40 days to election. It is funny how he is all of a sudden running from debates and keeping his VP from the press when the polls are starting to tilt in OBAMA's favor....hmmmm think about it!

Naturally, I thought that McCain couldn't get any lower. I was wrong. The McCain of 2000 has gone MIA.

Letterman wasn't offended by McCain's no-show, but by his "suspending the campaign" idiocy, and he was darn right. Is McCain just giving up and lying down? Can Palin not campaign with out a man nearby? It's a sad state for the GOP to find itself in. Get two new candidates and have THEM debate Barack, since Grampa's wandered off again. Dave was dead right to say that if McCain hadn't been sitting in his hands for the last two years, he might not need to give up and go back to his office right now.

when Dave returned to his show after his open heart surgery, he was a humbled man and was actually at his best for many moons, then
as the months went by and then the years, he returned to his real self.

seems to me, he should have just let that dead dog lie, like what was appearing on his show going to do, change the world, get over yourself dave

Letterman's got it right. Something is way off about the McCain campaign, and I want a leader who isn't running around with his hands in the air, but who actually is thinking through the interconnected issues surrounding this nation's challenges.

Obama/Biden '08

I'm really getting tired of BS from both McCain & Obama.
Please will some millionare back Hillary Clinton to run as president in this election. Hillary, come on, your country needs you big time !

Hey, I saw a McCain ad on tv this morning too! McCain is a dirty rat!

You missed the major point in David Letterman's rebuke of McCain's last-minute cancelation. Though McCain called Dave before the show to say he had to "rush immediately back to Washington": McCain didn't! During the exact moments he was scheduled to be on David's program, Dave discovered (and showed live footage of) McCain sitting on the set of the CBS Evening News about to be interviewed by Katie Couric ... still in New York!

It wasn't that he skipped Dave's show to get to the work of the American people, as explained. McCain left Dave high and dry so he could try and take advantage of the economic crisis with an different interview! If we can't trust McCain's explanations, how can we trust his actions?

Here's his new crud, same as his old crud.

Lettermansis a self obsessed idiot. So what about the jokes if McCain goes on the show and things continue to fall apart. At least he is showing some concept of priorities. Whether you agree or not on the 700 B bailout it is better to be at the puzzle palace than on his show. Give me a break.

Another celeb with an overrated sense of self importance. Google Letterman's CV and you'll find a rather thin educational background.

Forget McCain! Forget Obama!
Let's make David Letterman President. Conan can be VP and Leno Secretary of state.

While McCain puts on his moth-eaten tights and flies to Washington to save the world, what the hell is Palin doing besides playing Hide-n-Seek from the media and meeting with world leaders to talk about the kids?

What a pair of Stooges!

Yet another reason to love David Letterman!!!

I always knew David Letterman was a smart guy. McCain continues to tell flagrant lie after lie. I'm thrilled Letterman challenged McCain's lack of honest and intregrity. Come on...if the American people don't see this campaign stunt as being nothing but "political theater" then they are simply brain dead. This is the candidate that a week ago said, "the principles of our economy are sound." Now he wants to suspend the debate....pleeeease! Is there a more critical time for the American people to hear from the candidates? I think not. McCain is so out of touch it's frightening. He's causing a distraction when debate and exposure are crucial. McCain is clearly unhinged and the wheels have come off the wagon! Thank you, David Letterman, for calling him on his manipulative rehtoric.

Sending John McCain to Washington to help clean up an economic is equivalent to sending Pee Wee Herman to the Pentagon to help in the war effort – totally useless!
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I don't know; do you think Pee Wee would be worse than Rumsfeld or Wolfowitz?

OH Hell Yell
lets elect a black man Who dosn' even know how many states we have in the United States and a vice president who is a lier
A drunk driver killed his family, NO the driver was not drunk or even drinking .No charges were brought against the other driver.

I was sitting here reading through all of these hilarious remarks wondering why basically every comment was for Obama. I finally looked to see that this was CNN. Good luck this November y'all! I know you're all scared and think if McCain wins it will be the end of the world. This whole thing just cracks me up.
Obama just looks like a lost child trying to pretend he knows what he's doing. I'm not an avid McCain supporter, but I can see through the words. McCain's a doer. Obama's a talker and too self absorbed to see past what is best for him politically.

Can we simply outlaw the Republican party? Or maybe, give them a little piece of the country and ship them all there? How about Texas? Or maybe give them the state of Utah. I'll start the petition.

McCain is not capble nor responsible. Picking Pain is a prime example – no in depth study of experience or ethics. His criteria: a woman, attractive, and Replubican.

Of course he is Not ready to debate, too hot for him to handle.

He is 72 and I don't trust Pain to be our president !!!! Listen carefully and you know she has a BIG learning curve before she's ready. Plus think about her absurd religious arguments....

We can't afford more failures and paying the price.

all states should be Blue because of this!! hahahah

obama/biden 08

I think we all know now what is McCains's achilles heal...money and short skirts.

To bad for Dave,you guys call this guy by his name like he's one of your friends.Its funny do yall spend all day in front of the tv.Obama is a great used car salesman thats it.McCain is not a great salesman,understand i dont want a salesman to lead my country.Sales people always 2nd guess everything.Obama has changed his mind on everything.It really dosent matter,you guys will most likely win come Nov.I hope i am wrong on Obama and he turns out to be the best president my gen has ever seen.If we make more money, they could make kermit the frog prez and i would be happy.

»John "decent man" McCain and Sarah "Lovely Lady" Palin will be the WINNERS,of course. Wait and all of you will see...

I agree with Letterman, McCain should not suspend his campaign. If Gov. Palin is ready to be a heartbeat away from the presidency, she should be able to carry on the campaign in McCain's absence. By the way, if Sen. McCain is such an important figure in D.C. that this crisis can't be solved without him, how did we survive during the rest of his campaign when he didn't cast a single vote on anything? This is all a big ploy to make McCain appear to be presidental, while still keeping Palin away from the press. She's already turning out to be a bigger shadow V.P. than Cheney and we haven't even had the election yet. Wise up McCain, the American people are not that stupid!

However, McCain had time for Katie Couric, and Palin has NOT suspended HER campaign. I don't get it.

McCain's suspension is all a political gimmick. He even wants to suspend Palin's October 2nd debate? Do you "Palin Power" Zombies finally see what is going on? Now is the time to wake up. Your arguments don't have any substance other than, "Palin Power 2012!". Forget the image! Vote for a better reason than that!

I admire Letterman even more now!! I can't believe McSame canceled and then at the same time he was suppose to be on Lettrman he went and talked to Couric! Smells like more of the same!!!

THANK YOU DAVE FOR THE WAKE UP CALL* WAKE UP AMERICA DONT FALL FOR THE TRICKS OF THE REPUBLICANS!!!

Does anyone remember when Obama agreed to do 10 town hall style debates across the country with McCain, then broke his word?

It's always different for the messiah.

Fact is, Obama didn't go back to DC to deal with because he is useless and has not leadership clout. He's a left-wing joke. The POTUS had to call this clown and tell him to come do his job.

Absolutely. Sounds like Letterman is right on with this.

Biden is a "GOOD" choice.. What did he say about the depression?? Oh yes FDR got on the TV and talked to the public to calm them down. OOPS. It was Herbert Hoover and no TV. Imagine that a VP candidate who is suppose to be knowledgeable!!!! Go figure. Obama doesn't even know where Washington DC is. That's why he will not go back there.

Gotta Love that Letterman –

Letterman is an Icon – oopps for McCain. McCain should have thought twice before pulling the plug on Letterman.

Obama/Biden 08

Keep selling it, Larry, CA.

You can't honestly think Palin/McCain would be good for this country, can you?

I'm not saying you think Obama is, either, I'm simply asking if, in an honest moment, you can admit that Palin/McCain is trouble.

Something is up with his campaign. Why can't Palin do anything by herself with onlookers present? Clearly neither McCain nor Palin are ready to lead at all... now McCain's campaign wants the VP debate to be delayed, too? What a joke this is becoming. Other republicans must just be cringing more and more every time the campaign issues a statement.

I hope people realize that if these two jokesters are elected, the same shenanigans would be occurring for the next 4 years. At least Obama and Biden can stay the course.

What would you expect from Letterman – he wants his ratings over someone putting the country first and to help get the economy going again. If Obama had done that it would have been celebrated on every major media outlet as an awe inspiring and courageous move! So Letterman then just happens to have MSNBC's Olberman on retainer to step in at a moments notice.

John Davison, If you'd been paying any attention whatsoever, you'd know that McCain has spent less time in Congress over the last 2 years than any other member of Congress, candidate or not. Less time than Obama. Less time than Hillary as of when she dropped out of the race. Less time even than the senator who had a stroke. Your candidate is an irresponsible liar with the judgment and maturity of a 2 year old. It's amazing how little he's managed to learn over 72 years.

I bet WITCHES are behind the current economic meltdown. And it was the witches that tricked McBush into thinking he was on a plane to DC, when he was actually interviewing with Katie. And it was the witches who caused Caribou Barbie to provide such lame answers to Katie earlier, requiring McBush go and try to cover up for her. Oh, those frightful witches AND their flying monkeys!

This is a crisis created by the Republicans. Give me a break. We are not stupid. They want to bail out their contributors who is losing their fortunes. That will be less contribution to the Republicans to spread their lies.

McCain is over compensating again with this I must show that I'm the stronger more decisive leader crap hmmm... jut like Bush! However, like an injured baseball pitcher who has a bum knee and throws the ball to hard to compensate... he'll blowout his arm. McPain s finished!

I'm sure David Letterman's opinion means something to him but it's really immaterial what he thinks about John McCain's campaign because he's so liberal everybody knows he's backing Obama anyway... The rest of America thinks that him working on fixing the mess with the economy is way more important than his appearance on Letterman's show...

I feel this is all a political stunt by McCain. As a voter, I would like to see the debates proceed as scheduled. Of course now it is coming out that the Republican campaign wants to postpone the Palin debate. This may be the real reason for all of this.

Why are lies from McCain considered news anymore?

Why is McCain getting flack for doing the right thing- going back to do his current job as a sitting senator.

Why is Obama being praised for skirting the issue and putting his campaigning first?

It's David Letterman... who cares if McCain canceled???

Though, why he'd give Couric the time of day is beyond me.

The point is that McCain is DOING something and attempting to grab the reigns and Obama is essentially regurgitating some bailout talking points and voting 'present'.

Why suspend the campaign? Let his VP continue......oh, I forgot, he doesn't a VP.

McCain stated that he was also suspending his ads.......LIAR........one just popped up this morning saying that Obama is "MUM on the crisis." JUST ANOTHER GIMMICK.

McCain clearly cannot be trusted at this point. What is he doing?!?!

Larry:

You have no idea what you are talking about. Barack criticizes McCain because McCain lies ALL THE TIME! Get serious. If anyone is still voting for McCain and they make less than $3 Million, I think they should be examined to see if they have a brain. Unreal how stupid the American people are.

mccain is a liar, a war monger and unscrupulous, he has turned this election into a circus. he will go to any lengths and stoop as low as he can just to be president , the mere thought of pallin as president (if he should die in office) scares the hell out of me, how they could even be close in the polls , its outrageous, for people to even think of voting for another bush is unthinkable do you really want 4 more yrs of the same ?? he will pick up where bush left off and finish destroying america ,if that is what you want, then the people who vote for him will deserve what they get. but the rest of us will have to suffer because of it! my god when is it going to become clear to you that this man with 7 houses, 13 cars, does not care about the middle income or poor, he does not know what it is to worry about a mortgage, or go hungry and until one knows that they can't identify or even care, so for god sakes when you go to the polls vote for obama he will bail us out and save our country!!!!!!

If Letterman was at the end of the "Day Planner" for McCain–tough for Letterman.

Who really gives a hoot.

In the end–both McCain and Obama are going to vote for this enormous slap in the face to honest taxpaying Americans–and you political poincettas will still be kneeling to your political idols–who will have wrestled yet another $1 trillion dollars without ever pushing for all the "accountability" and "responsibility" they keep preaching about.

Shelter, food, water, guns, ammo–a rebellion is on the horizon.

Not only did he not fly back to Washington, I heard on Keith Olbermann, that he took time to do an interview with Katie Couric and visit with de Rothchild instead. In fact, he wasn't going to leave NY until after he spoke at the Clinton Global foundation this morning. Not only that, but to try to save McCain's hide and not make him look like either a reactionary fool or a manipulative coward, Bush called a meeting and drug Obama back to Washington too, so the financial committee that is reaching a deal has to take a timeout to deal with McCain's little photo op. McCain didn't do anything in Washington to help things along. In fact, his attempt to postpone his debate and get Palin out of her date with Biden has actually caused a glitch in the process.

Now there's leadership we can believe in. The 40 some percent of you left that still think McCain is a better choice, what does it take to open your eyes? My God (and I'm an agnostic)!

McCain is using the economic crisis to delay the debate and push back his vp's debate. He isn't ready and she certainly isn't ready, it's understandable that he's trying to put it off. I figure it's either that or or he's buying time because he is hoping something else will happen in the meantime to ostensibly bolster his campaign.
What has happened to him?

I am Republican and deeply ashamed.....

Republican For Obama/Biden

I urge everyone to overthrow all Democrats for the mess they have put us in! This financial fiasco is their fault and I want heads to roll.

John McCain, I never thought I'd say this, but you've turned chicken. You're every bit the calculating phony you're supposed to be standing up against.

I wouldn't vote for you for Mayor of Wasilla.

I can't stand any of these overpaid, whiny talk show hosts, but Letterman was right on last night.

Wow. Letterman buried McCain. I had the same thought about Palin. I say Obama will roll.

@ Paul Dobro............
I noticed that McCain’s left eye is drooping too and I think it is new. It could be one of the first signs of an impending stroke. I really hope it is not. While my opinion of the man has changed, I do not wish an illness on him or anyone.

On the other hand if something were to happen to him before the election Palin would become the candidate for President. Now that would be a real NIGHTMARE.

mcbush is totally pathetic.
is he going senile in his old age.
his barbie doll can't handle questions.

his party is dooooooooomed.

don't drag it any longer.
you have no idea how this world is running.

obama 08

Can you guys PLEASE copy-edit your stories? I know this is the internet, but quit omitting words IN THE LEAD.

What an egotistical idiot Letterman is! Let's see, oh yes, we are on the verge of another great depression and HE stupid talk show is more important than that? Obama is just as bad. Wasn't he elected by Illinois voters to REPRESENT THEIR INTERESTS IN CONGRESS? Two days will not destroy an election, but these two days will be important to our future. McCain still works for the people of Arizona. It's time he do his daytime job. So was it political? That doesn't really matter, McCain is right. Period.

Cut and Run McCain, and Cut and Run Palin are afraid to debate, their lies and corruption have become too big a pimple on their foreheads.

One question for Obama supports:

WHY DID YOU ALL DRINK THE KOOL-AID!!!!!???????

If you avoid his eyes, you'll no longer be in the trance ....

LOOK AWAY PEOPLE......FOR GODS SAKE ......LOOK AWAY

McCain/Palin – Thanks, but not thanks to the bridge to nowhere!

Obama/Biden

Both Bush and McCain have been in LaLa Land. I now believe that until last week, they honestly deceived themselves about the economy, that it was sound. Now, they have awaken from their slumber and are crying that the sky is falling. Such erratic leadership is not healthy for our nation's nervous system.

we the people have no real choice in this election,

as no one represents the people's interest,

as no one cares what we the people think,

as no one really gives a dang to whether we the people are pissed.

we have no power.

we have no say.

we are the slaves.

You know, after the Bush Administration has its way and gets its 3/4 Trillion $ bailout of the underregulated financial industry, I can't wait until the recession hits ANYWAY!

These bozo's just don't have a clue about the real systemic problems of our economy.

Well, here's one: watch the unemployment numbers. They're about to skyrocket.

Be patient, Senator Obama; you're about to get a lot of help from a submarining economy.

if mccain had to rush back to washington, why is he still in new york this morning speaking (live) at the clinton global initiative???

ahhhh, the real reason he lied to letterman and stayed in ny:

McCain spokeswoman Nicole Wallace said Thursday that the campaign "felt this wasn't a night for comedy."

is that a lie about the lie?

Letterman knows a gimmick when he sees one. John McCain is grandstanding and saying he is putting country first. He is putting his troubled campaign first and trying to delay the VP debate also. Why are they so afraid? John McCain you lie,lie,lie, oh yea, what else is new!!!

Hahaha!! I watched this last night. This is why Dave has always been my favorite late night host.

This is absolutely ridiculous. The debates NEED to go on. As Obama stated, there is no more important time than now to hear from the candidates. Election day is less than 40 days away.

This angers me because I KNOW that this is a political move by McCain. He continues to lie to the American people pretending as if he is putting country first...this is bull...he is putting politics first...just as he did when he picked Sarah Palin as his VP. This is one person who is not impressed with McCain's decisions in the last couple of weeks. McCain is playing games...Palin is playing games. Absolutely ridiculous.

I'm done with McCain...he has lost my vote!!!!

Mccain is Scared to debate that now all of a sudden this finacial crisis needs his attention. Mccain is even trying to change the Vp Debate like the Finacial crisis really needs palin the one that doesn't know anything about anything except shooting polar bears

I have watched David Letterman the last few nights, with the exception of last night. I commented to my son that he was bashing McCain left and right, one joke after another, but had not uttered one joke about Barack Obama. Go figure.

I am glad I did not watch him last night; quite frankly I am sick of his one-sided, unfair and unbalanced rhetoric.

So long Dave – you never were that funny anyway!

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I'm a huge fan of Dave Letterman, this gap toothed boy wonder with his sarcastic mid western brand of dry humor, has made me laugh for many years but he's a COMEDIAN! It's laughable that he's venting his frustrated and bitter liberal leanings by using his romper room soapbox to bash John McCain who's acting Presidential in a serious financial crisis for our country.

Was this article written with the same haste that Mccain cancelled the appearrance on Letterman? I'm wondering who the "she" is in the "she said" at the end of the article.

We all know that McSame won't let Palin the Puppet go on her own since she obviously can't handle the press or anything else for that matter.

If Mc Cain has suspended his campain then why is his web site still up?

This country isn't stupid enough to elect an Obama. The left wingers who are attempting to fuel a "McCain is in Panic Mode" Panic are providing a lot of entertainment for the rest of us.

McCain/Palin in a LANDSLIDE. Ya'll left wingers will have to come up with something better than these two clowns.

I watched Letterman and I loved every bit of his comments.
He was right on the money. There is McBush in NYC just blocks away from Letterman's theatre and he snubs him and goes with a loser like Couric who NO ONE watches.
And good for Letterman he got it right on all counts and even got the best person to come in on short notice to be a guest.
OLBERMAN!!!

GO OBAMA!!!

McCain, when 9/11 happened, we did not suspend school or any others works, because, we, American, DO NOT surrender to crisis, period ! That is American value !

I remember the days, long long time ago, when he was funny.
But now waste of space and air.

Palin can continue speaking as the VP nominee. Just because the campaign isn't booking events for McCain does not suggest that Palin has been denied free speech. If television celebrities would stop trying to govern from in front of the camera we would be a whole lot better off. Although, the way the handle their affairs is certainly worth admiration. haha.

Focus on the crisis? He ditched Letterman not to go to Washington but to do an interview with Katie Couric. Probably to draw attention away from Palin's awful interview. This is becoming the biggest election farce in modern history.

McCain BETTER show up friday for the debates!!! He's old and coping out!!! The man can not multi task!!! A president for this century NEEDS to beable to do more than one thing at a time and then take a nap!!!

GET OVER IT DAVE ! THERE ARE MORE IMORTANT ISSUES AT HAND HERE. YOU CAN GET THE SENATOR ON ANOTHER NITE. WE ELECT OFFICIALS TO DO A JOB AND THE SENATOR KNOWS WHAT THAT IS. HE IS GOING ABOUT THE BUSINESS WE ELECTED HIM TO DO.

Will Sarah Palin cancel her campaign too??? The national media are wovles in a pak ready to pick her apart.

"Somebody's putting something in his Metamucil". That something is Sarah Palin. He used to be the best Republican ever, then he realized he will never get nominated, so in words of Obama he "out-Bushed" other candidates for success.

Meet the "New and Improved" McCain debuting as McBush. A perfect neo-con, with no more labels of liberalism. Selection of Sarah Palin reaffirsm his commitment toward neo-consism.

McCain has to go hurry and push a giveaway through Congress.

Money for nothing.

The funny thing is that McCain is still out doing his photo ops. He didn't suspend anything. He just doesn't want to talk to the press. After all, what use is a free press to a dictator?

What also gets me is what exactly does McCain thinks he'll be contributing by going back to Washington? He hasn't been there in 5 months, IS NOT on the banking commitee responsible for overseeing this so why go back now? For a photo op with Bush???

PLEASE...

Kuilor2k,

Will you be giving John McCain a ride to the Airport after he is done with the CBS interviews?

If Ms. Palin is ready to run the country if something happens to Mr. McCain dont you think she should be able to run his campaign while he goes back to Washington to fix this crisis.

Who gives a "rats behind" what Letterman thinks? I don't! I am agains ANY and ALL celebrities of their views. Letterman, Damon, and all the rest of "them" are arrogant, conceited, short-sighted fools.

Don't you get it?

When you can't handle the complexity of all the problems at hand, when you can't multitask all that need to be taken care of at once, when you don't have the youthful energy and intelligence required of president of the great United States of America, the leader of the world, when you have no confidence or analytical skills to talk in details (without scripts carefully done by others) about all the dire risks we face today...but you still want to appear as though you can handle it all...you have only one option: make good excuses to opt out of debates where your true ability and lack of substance will be revealed.

Letterman wasn't upset that McCain cancelled, per se. Letterman was upset that he was lied to (and welcome to the club!). McCain called him and said he had to get on a plane to Washington, but as Letterman was taping his show, McCain was being interviewed, in NY, by Couric. Letterman showed the live video feed.

Who cares if he missed letterman he has stunk since Jay beat him out for the tonight show. McCain made the right call he is being paid to be a senator afterall. Obama is also but he is too busy trying to get the new job to actually do the job he has (haven't seen him multi-task he is so afraid of the debate he is bunkered down in Tampa practicing – everything with him is scripted so if you move the date he is all off). Obama only spent 153 working days in the senate before leaving to get his new job – if he becomes president how many days will he work before trying to become master of the universe – what a joke.

Did I miss something or did John McCain say yesterday that he was immediately suspending his political campaign? If that is the case, why did I see an ad attacking Senator Obama just after 8 a.m. this morning on NBC?

This guy is totally transparent. He is taking these actions to:

Appear Presidential (political!)
Stop Obama’s surge in the polls (political!)
Provide time for his reeling campaign to regroup (political!)
Postpone a debate that he is probably unprepared for (political!)
Postpone or cancel the VP debate, which Palin is totally unprepared for (political!)

Sending John McCain to Washington to help clean up an economic is equivalent to sending Pee Wee Herman to the Pentagon to help in the war effort – totally useless!

I like how this whole thing went down yesterday. Obama calls McCain in the morning to suggest that they issue a joint statement – he does not inform the media. McCain calls him back and they have a discussion in the afternoon. McCain then goes out an preempts the process, blindsides Obama, and acts like the whole thing was his idea and, in the process, tries to score all the political gains above while telling the public it’s time to put politics aside.

Would someone please tell me how the honorable war hero and Senator devolved into the opportunistic, dishonest sleaze-ball of today?

McCain's ploys are not going to work this time. Now he's trying to cancel the VP debate. Really?! I wonder why? It wouldn't be because Sarah Palin is no match for Joe Biden, would it?

This is a total joke! The crisis is a week old. McCain had time to help Rachel Ray bbq. He had time (the simultaneous moment that he was to tape Letterman) to be on Katie's show. He had time for a foreigner, the Indian president before Americans. This isn't country first! This is McCain first at any cost!

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Obama Experience:
1.- Bachelors in International Relations, Columbia University
2.- Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Chicago law school
3.- J.D. Harvard University
4.- Civil Rights Attorney
5.- Eight years in the Illinois State Senate
6.- United States Senator since 04
7.- Chairman of Foreign Relations Committee
8.- Author of two best sellers
I THINK THIS IS ENOUGH TO BE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT- VOTE OBAMA 08

Change tomorrow's debate to be the VP debate!!!

This is all political and all about McCain. The man has lost all honor...that's if he even had any. Chris Dodd said they have been in constant contact with Obama about the bailout and never once heard from McLiar.....all of a sudden he wanted to "rush" off to Washington for a photo op....just like the photo ops his VP is getting with world leaders. They are soooo not ready to lead this country....oh my GOD, I am flabergasted at the gall of these people....seriously, they give Republicans such a bad name....they are seriously worst than Bush!

Linda K,

You are exactly right! Can you believe Palin's response when asked for specific examples of what McCain has done to stop this crisis? "I will go get them and bring them to you" What? She can't be serious. Please tell me she isn't serious!!

Its clear to me now that this whole stunt was not for McCain, it was for Palin. They are trying their best to get her more time.

Their parrot isn't ready yet...

GIMMICKS! That's all they've got!

Maybe Bill Clinton should go on Letterman and educate him about what kind of man McCain is. Clinton thinks he did the right thing.

And Letterman is nothing anymore. The good ol' days are gone, you loser. You're just a bitter old political hack doing all you can for the lefties.

You used to be funny. No more.

I'm sure letterman is mad that he wasn't able to disrespect him on national tv the way barbra walters did. I will never watch letterman's drival again!

David Letterman is a bitter old prune. He hasn't been funny in more than 20 years. He's got the same overblown ego as is nemesis, Bill O'Reilly. They can't comprehend that they really don't matter in the overall scheme of things.

McCain will destroy Obama on November 4th, even with 85% of the press (and old talk show hosts) shilling for Barry!

I actually expected McCain to suspend his campaign like this, given his record, he'll put his country first. I'm surprised it took him until Wednesday to do it.

Dunno why Letterman's taking it so personally, it gave him a lot of fodder for great jokes.

The simple fact is that McCain, the Prisoner of Dubya, has been putting the election first for the past few months, and there's absolutely no reason to believe that's not what he's doing right now. He's nothing but a snivelling liar with false dignified airs.

If all McCain/Palin are getting are hatefilled lies and innuendos from biased people and the press, can you blame them for cancelling out and refusing to talk to the media?

Larry, CA,

Please show some intelligence in your posts, if you are going to post publicly. Go READ about what voting present means and where it can be done. I would appreciate it if you and others like you could be educated on civics.

Also, Obama does know what he is going to do. He will vote if his vote is needed, he will go to Washington if he can be helpful and not be a distraction (a la McCain); otherwise he will be preparing to be the next President of the United States. Why don't you actually listen to Obama sometime.

Also, stop blaming the media for all of your problems.

McSimpleton is a joke!

How's the old saying go:

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen! Palin needs to get out of the kitchen. All of this postponing talk is a hoax. It's nothing but a cover up to hide the fact that Palin is not ready to debate. Why not? She had a sit down with world leaders didn't she? Oh I forgot, that was just a photo-op. I doubt if she even asked them important questions.

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

»Sarah Palin=SO BEAUTIFUL!...So clever!...So interesting...this lovely Lady will CHARM the entire country. Yes.

Mccain why dont you surrender now ?Mccain you are in a panic mode first you take the low road with your lies and negetive attacks in which have backfired and forced the truth out on you, second you have done nothing but LIE AND LIE that ALL of the media even KARL ROVE AND FIXED NEWS has called you out on the lies, Third you have picked an unexperienced vp so you can rally the woman vote not taking into consideration this woman does not have ONCE OUNCE OF FOREIGN POLICY EXPERIENCE AND SHE IS CAUGHT UP IN A SCANDEL! fourth you are now using the economy crisis politically because you dont want the debates. Mccain i am a obama supporter but i have to admit I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU!

Isn't he,Letterman, about the same age???? So everything he says about old people is about him!!!!!

People people, Take a step back and analyze and don't be judge in one minute. Think thru this. May be McCain played a gmae. we don't know. but is it right for Obama to say that " if they need me they will call me". When that became so presidential? Suppose Obama is president and he is dealing with some issue outside of USA and crisis arises. Will he do the same and say President can multitask? so being outside and let other people decide ?? I don't think that's presidential.

We are the same people were asking from them to answer the question about economy and when he did it he is called liar, Chicken and etc. His statement called Gimmick.

And based on Mr. Litterman?? TV anchor must be apalled by the number of viewers he lost not because he ( McCain) called off his campaign.

Why so much bias in the Media. I thank CNN for putting these statements out and NOT getting into bottom of this.

Oh brother – what a bunch of conspiracy theorists! Yea, McCain was fearful of David Letterman...Letterman? Please. It's a fluff late night comedy show – not the place a Presidential candidate needs to be wasting time when we are on the verge of an economic collapse. Obviously Couric's stage is more appropriate for an interview at this juncture – and after the interview, McCain did head to Washington. David Letterman needs to get a grip on his ego – he and his show is of no consequence. He needs to pipe down and go back to his league of interviewing waste of time starlets, arrogant actors and playing with pets.

I guess that will be the end of my Letterman watching days. Seriously, does Dave believe that HE is more important than the country's financial needs? Dave, Olbermann? Come on... he was essentially FIRED for being a lefty loon. Is that really where you want to be Dave? You are in the ratings biz and you MUST know what tanking for O has done for your counterparts, CNN, MSNBC, NYT, Newsweek. PLUMBITING ratings, sales and ad revenue. CLUELESSNESS is no excuse for your bottom line.

Letterman is a joke. Get real people! We want the people to do the job they were elected to do. Country first!

Letterman shows why he will never be a great person - he's showing what wrong with US today - everything is me, me, me. Isn't it time at least some of the people wake up and stopping being me. Maybe some people will even look at the issues instead of me democrat and can't think OR me republican and can't think. For once trying thinking or have you forgotten how?

The Maverick and The Barrcuda ARE A JOKE!

This election should not even be CLOSE!

OBAMA/BIDEN should have at least a 20 point LEAD

SKIN COLOR should have no relevance on who to VOTE

We need to give the control back to the BLUE!!!!!!

All I have to say about this is that, if this person wasn't so pathetic he would actually be dangerous. He has no ideas of his own, but thinks he can take Obama's and run with them simply because this country is so racist that he thinks they will vote for a WHITE man with the same ideas before they will a BLACK man. He has nothing to run on other than his POW record that's been beaten to death and no one want to hear it anymore (which is not a credential to be POTUS). I am sure CNN will not post this because they are MCCAIN Possessed. I have sent other comments that never get posted. YES, I am a black female and my comments will reveal that quite frequently.

Congratulations Barack Obama, McCain's 'Cut and Run' just handed you the presidency.

Mccain campaign ads still running in PA ...11:50 AM eastern time

This is just McCain trying to call attention to himself and to appear patriotic. He has already proven how unpatriotic he is by choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate. He could care less about what happens to America if he becomes President, dies, and she takes his place. Immediate disaster.

And speaking of the illustrious Mrs. Palin, why CAN'T she keep the campaign rolling if he is so convinced that he's needed back in Washington? Because she's incompetent, that's why! (At least, if he gets his way, Sarah will have extra time to study for her debate with Joe Biden.....not that it will do her any good.)

I see a few brave (or maybe just gullible) republicans in here just spinning faster than Kristi Yamaguchi in her prime. Face it, your candidate is a joke who can't win on issues so he results to gimmicks. PATHETIC

CNN, why did you leave out the most important part of the story?

McCain called Dave himself, and said he was canceling because he had to rush back to Washington to oversee this financial crisis!

Why did McCain lie? He didn't think that Letterman, who works at CBS, might notice that McCain did another interview during that time...at CBS?
And that he was still in NYC this morning?

How could not one person on his campaign staff, including McCain himself, not realize how this story would unfold?

Dave raised some serious RED FLAGS against McCain. He showed this guy is not to be Trusted on his Word. Dishonest John has told too many lies and now they have caught up to him.

I watched Letterman's program last night and I have to agree that "something doesn't smell right". Senator McCain obviously had time to give to Katie Couric of CBS News at the same time of day he was scheduled to appear on Letterman. Apparently his flight to Reagan Int'l. was delayed out of New York and he suddenly had a little time on his hands???? You don't "suspend" a campaign to return to Washington – the campaign (meaning the cameras and reporters) will follow him no matter where he goes. Letterman praised McCain's service to our country and praised his conduct as a POW ("not an ounce of quit in him") but he's right – something just smells wrong here.

Truth hurts...Just LAST week, McCain was stating that our financial foundation is sound. This week...OMG it is falling apart, the sky is falling...fear...I have to do something! Let me tell you a secret "friends"; it really isn't a difficult concept. McCain doesn't have a clue.

puma... country first ,,, jerks second

About Letterman, I quit watching him over a year ago. Can't stand his idea of comedy anymore. Not funny and when the writers went on strike, I knew he could not make up his own jokes!!!!

»HURRAH for the DREAM Presidential Ticket/Team McCain/Palin!...2 GREAT americans,2 TERRIFIC Leaders. And Sarah Palin is so GORGEOUS!...Aaah!...

...Final acts of desperation from a doomed campaign.

It is quite amusing to read all the democratic-frothing-at-the-mouth on this blog. I only hope McCain wins so that the entertainment continues!

LETTERMAN IS IN THE TANK FOR LIBERAL DEM'S SUCH AS NBC,MSNBC,CNN,CBS,ABC,NYT,WASH POST ,ECT,ECT. RATINGS FOR HIM ARE AT THE BOTTOM. THE SHOW A JOKE,HE'S A HAS BEEN.

RRK,WI

Nice. I knew something was up as soon as I heard he was 'suspending' his campaign. Now he wants to move the VP debate. He is done. This all show. He knows the ship is sinking and trying everything to right it but having no luck.

So much for the Maverick.

He going be going back to over his tracks that helped create this mess. ??????? He is scared, scared, scared and terrified.

Independent for Obama.

Escpecially now.

Letterman is a grossly overpaid clown. It's easy for him to joke about everyone and everything. He's a performer. Definitely not in the same income bracket as 99.9% of his viewers, and I wonder if he drives a Mercedes or a Range Rover, or should I say is chauffered in either.

Regarding the economic crisis, regardless of party affiliation, wouldn't we all like to have at least one statement uttered by the parties that we can believe? I would like to know if it is or is not a fact that Alan Greenspan warned our politicians that this crisis was imminent and whether McCain did or did not endorse Greenspan's comments and whether or not the democrats denounced the recommendations of the republican party. If that is true, that should be McCain's total debate denominator and if it is false, are the democrats going to publicly challenge the validity of this claim.

Well, when it comes to honorable reporting, you cannot
expect CNN to tell the whole truth about Mccain as they
are in his pocket and always have been. They gloss
over many things that should be exposed.
Mccains pandering, trying anything to get more votes
is more and more disturbing. Do we want a man
like this to lead our country? Absolutely not!!
We cannot have a man who we cannot trust, and
with Mccains constant lies, pandering it is clear
we cannot,
ENOUGH!!

As the Who sang..................we won't get fooled again............

Letterman says "something smells".

Shakespeare said it more eloquently "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark". Finally the media is awakening to the constant ploys of the GOP in this election.

I believe that Dave is correct about something smelling bad. McCain wanted a way to back out of the debate so he would have more time to prepare.....it's not going to help. And now he want Palin's debate postponed too!!!!! Apparently he is totally unaware of how very bad this makes him look. He's been stumbling and fumbling in every speech he's made in the last 3 or 4 days........tends to make one think that he is woefully unprepared to be the President!!

@ "PREATORIAN FORT MYERS" .......... MCCAIN WILL VOTE "YES" FOR THE BAILOUT! HE IS IN BED WITH WALL STREET AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR 'REPRESENTATIVES' LISTENING TO YOU!

PS. 'PREATORIAN' YOU ARE MISSPELLING PRAETORIAN! DUH.

Maybe David Letterman needs the ratings so he made a big deal out of this to get all of you Obamatards to watch him now. Guess the last laugh is on you!! Enjoy your tired old Late Night with David Letterman!!

David..........you think you're disappointed .....think how McCain is disappointing the VOTERS in general.

Where's the part about Letterman wheeling out a tv on his show, in front of the audience, and turning on the studio feed of McCain, not in Washington, but in a New York TV studio talking to Couric, and then Letterman yelling at the TV, asking McCain if he needed a ride to the airport.

AMERICANS are STUPID!

If you really believe this clown (McCain), then you deserve the government he offers!

What is wrong with GOP and McCain? 1st they want to cancel the debate, as if everyone is waiting for McCain, and then they want to cancel VP debate? Why not give Presidency to McCain just like Saddam gave it to himself?

This would have been a non issue if McCain had just told the TRUTH. Does he even remember what that is anymore? He could've also went on Letterman, made his statements about his actions yesterday and left early to go on the Couric broadcast. Instead he gets caught in a very insignificant lie about the urgency of his whereabouts. It just makes me wonder what else could his campaign lie about so easily??? I'm with you Dave, "This Smells."

Shakin:

Welcome to the world of ignorance and you are the president!!!!

Please don't tell me that you buy McShame's tactics!!!! Well I don't and as a Independent person that was undecided, I have made a clear choice now!!!!!!

OBAMA '08

The Katie Couric interview was taped hours before Letterman (about 5 I believe).

David Letterman looked redicious ranting on and on and on. Having Keith Olbermann there didn't help. Do you think a partisian commentator like Olbermann (recently taken off the election results by his own station for be so partisian) would have said something in defense of John McCain going to "do his job as the Senior Senator from AZ".

On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had dared Mr. McCain to take control of the debate, telling reporters: "We need, now, the Republicans to start producing some votes for us. We need the Republican nominee for president to let us know where he stands and what we should do."

By Wednesday, though, Mr. Reid had apparently changed his mind. He said the debate should go on and said: "It would not be helpful at this time to have them come back during these negotiations and risk injecting presidential politics into this process or distract important talks about the future of our nation's economy."

You can't have it both ways Senator Reid. David Letterman needs to get a life!

Laura, Boston

I'm sorry... I thought one of the many skills a good leader should possess is the ability to muti task. One and a half hour debate, three hours total with travel time, is not going to make or break the bail out bill. Besides, I believe there'll be enough Democrats and Republicans who remain in Washington to cover for them. Your not Batman John. This bill will happen with or without you. I'm sorry, this is too much like a dodge.

I CANT BELIEVE AMERICA IS FALLING FOR THIS MOVIE OF A CAMPAIGN

POLLS SHOULD BE OBAMA 80 MCCAIN 20

Could the presidential election actually be won by acclimation?

He had to give Couric the script for her interview with Palin next week. Katie was too hard on Palin during their walking interview - no actual questions are to be asked, and no actual anwers are to be expected. and no follow ups!

And what is Obama's qualification other than he's Black? I have yet heard any good reason why I should vote for this guy. He can't speak 3-5 words in a sentence without a well written speech or telepromter. Obama have dodged tough votes in the US Senate by casting 'Present' most of the time considering what little time he had on the job, he's anti- 2nd Admendment and you can check his State voting record to prove that point. He has no proven leadership skills, have ran nothing in his life, has dubious liks to Williams Ayers and others who spew nothing but hate for this nation at least his wife is now Proud to be living here. Nope, as bad as things are in this country, putting someone like Obama in the WH only because he's 'Black' will be a mistake.

No treason todelay VP debate, obviouslt Palin wants more preperation tim.

There is no reasdon to postpone thpresidential debates. The bail-out will take sevral day at least & the first dbate would be over. There are many issues just as importmat as the financial fiasco. The 1st debate is foregin policy and that is supposedly John's forte – althouht it should include FAIR TrRADE , where he dosen't have a clus. Is John dodging?.

McCain looked worn out, exhausted and bewildered while he was bailing himself out of the debate. He's freaking out & unprepared. Wants to speed date his self throught economics in two days like Palid did in NY with leaders...
He's bailing out!!!
Not going to "bail out" anything!

LMAO!!

Shakin:

Welcome to the world of igorance and you are the president!!!!

Please don't tell me that you buy McShame's tactics!!!! Well I don't and as a Independent person that was undecided, I have made a clear choice now!!!!!!

OBAMA '08

McCain is pathetic. If he's a no show for that debate on Friday, he should be rejected out of hand. As a presidential candidate he owes the American people explanations and answers. Something is funny anyway with this McCain/ Palin ticket. These buffoons are avaliable for interviews and photo ops but not debates.
I'm just wondering about McCain's health...he looks very worn out and tired and his eyes appear to be droopy.

McBush, Oh I mean, McCain is scared to debate. Can't let his VP debate. But we all know that if we had a town hall packed with people asking questions he told them to ask it would go on tonight. By the way Palen will find a way not to do a debate either. She will quote her convention speak lines for the 100th time and close the curtain. Did I mention that I was a POW?? America First, but just keep them broke and in the dark about my views. That's the way GOP likes it.

Dave hit the nail right on the head: Where is Sarah Palin? If McCain wants to suspend his campaigning, then he should. In his place, should be Sarah Palin. This is at least what would be expected of her as a VP. But the fact that Palin is not out there goes to show that she is not ready. This ultimately reflects on McCain's poor judgment in picking a running mate that is not ready. Judgment has proven, again and again, to be the most important quality the President needs. It should now be more clear than ever that John McCain's judgment may serve him as a "maverick," but has no place in the white house. It is truly time for a change and Obama is America's best chance at making that happen.

The economy is about to Crater is a John McCain quote !!!!

A few months back you will recall he said the Fundamentals of our economy are strong !!!

What gives Republicans???

You have to feel sorry for McCain, he is old and out of touch, he cann't even lie without being caught.. lol

Jason, what action is McCain going to take....HE ISNT ON THE COMMITTEE NEGOTIATING THIS BILL!!!!

McCains campaign is a failure, he and Palin are down in the polls, Americans have no confidence in their abilities to solve any of our problems.

McCain wants to (Retreat) suspend his campaign because they are losing and they do not know what to do. The idea as to suspend the vp debate clearly shows that they know Palin is not ready............

McCain should go vote in the morning...it does not take all day....and the debate is in the evening for only two hours....and let your vp candidate hold down the fort.......But he will not because she is NOT ready...and now he regrets his choice. She is a empty suit.

True leadership knows how to multitask. McCain + Palin = Losers

OBAMA + BIDEN = What Americans need and want, WINNERS! '08/12

mccain ran, well sort of, he did have time to talk to Couric and the Rothschild woman, before rushing back to DC. Didn't he leave this morning instead of last night?
mccain has less of a clue than bush. he's afraid that real tough questions during the debate will make him look like the fool he is and was by picking that other puppet palin.

This would be funny if only it weren't so sad.

If McCain truly is in some sort of mental overload and becomes incapacitated before election day – what happens then? Does anyone know? Does Palin automatically leap forward as the Pres. candidate?

Or do we postpone the election too?

Think about this... how many politicians are elected across the country who died prior to election day and they win due to sympathy vote? Would we really get Palin then?

I'm a life-long Letterman fan, but not after those comments. I am not a strong supporter of either candidate, but only someone who is incredibly self-centered and egotistic would make the remarks that Mr. Letterman made during a time of national crisis. This is not the David Letterman that I know!

i am starting to wonder if all the people who called themselves conservitive christian isnt lieing a sin any more or thats not important .
these people are too funny, every word out of thes peoples mouth are lies.

Why didn't Letterman jump on the fact Obama and Biden–BOTH–voted FOR the bridge from nowhere...Just a little bit biased.....??

»Sarah Palin=Beautiful,lovely,clever,very capable.This wonderful Lady is our next Vice-President. Of course.

Let's see, McCain calls Obama to ask him to consider suspending the campaign to deal with the economic crisis; before Obama has a chance to respond, McCain goes on national TV and does it.

Then McCain cancels his appears on Letterman to "go to Washington"; instead he goes primetime with Couric for an interview. WHY LIE ABOUT IT??? IT IS NOT LIKE PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO FIND OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DUH....................

McCain wants to postpone the debates to deal with the crisis and move it to Oct 2, the day of the VP debate – as if a few days is going to make a difference for the economy?? Of course not, but this buys his VP candidate more time to prepare since he has not proposed a new date for the VP debates. This is the same VP that will not take questions from reporters. I mean of all dates to pick to move up the debates, on the day the VPs are to debate. Does not take a genius to figure that one out.

And people are ready to vote this man into the highest office in the land??

This whole thing is to delay the VP debate. Period. John mccain didn't have an urgency about this crisis before, oh yeah but he thought the "Economics of the economy are strong..."

i hope voters realize what mcsame did. he is old, lies, picked a vp that knows nothing and you were here to run our country. oh my gosh
how awful is that wake up america

Does anyone really care about what David Letterman says!!??

Kool Aid Alert!! Let's see, McCain is actually doing the job he was elected for and NoBAma continues to talk and campaign and get nothing done. Hussein has been campaigning for the last 18 months when he should of been doing his job, sad...McCain = Solutions, NoBama = Do nothing.

Pretty sure Letterman was skewering him for *lying* about his cancellation rather than the cancellation itself. CNN, you really need to report the *full* story rather than try to make Letterman looking like a self-serving TV windbag, which he is not. I mean, come on, how hard would it have been for McCain to say "sorry, this isn't the time for jokes; we'll reschedule"??

Where's the part about Letterman wheeling out a tv on his show, in front of the audience, and turning on the studio feed of McCain, not in Washington, but in a New York TV studio talking to Couric, and then Letterman yelling at the TV, asking McCain if he needed a ride to the airport.

CNN you're editing things again to protect McCain.

McCain cratered his campaign yesterday.

Congratulations Barack Obama, McCain just handed you the presidency.

What good are you all doing if you just sit and whine amongst yourselves. If you had brains, you would do it where the GOP lovers comment. I guess you don't have brains, they have been kidnapped by the Obama brain snatchers.

he should just quit while he's ahead...or not ahead...

I had to see what Letterman said on air and it was spot on. He's right. This smells funny... Mccain is playing politics not country first. I can't believe that any american voter woiuld fall for his I am rushing back to washington to help. When he s not on any committy. Crisis its a crisis, we have to help the rich and take from the poor... Its just stupid. John Mccain is stupid.
Vote Obama !!!

Is Palin involved in the negotiation of the bailout plan? If McCain can't debate as scheduled, we should move up the VP debate to this Friday. Give us a preview of what we should expect if Palin has to take over for McCain.

Obama/Biden 08

WHY, WHY doesn't CNN highlight that McCain lied and why has there been no press focus on Plain's husband being in contempt of a subpoena? He should be in jail now. Where are the reporters on this?

McCain, is tired and he knows that he is over.

"our candidate's priority at this moment is to focus on this crisis"....yeah sure. So what is McCain going to do walk around Washington twiddling his thumbs. The bailout proposals are closed door committee hearings, and coincidentally McCain isn't on any committee. So essentialy he wont have any input in the final bill!

Sounds like every other celebrity when they are talking politics. They only talk nice about Democrats.

Give me a break that is why I don't watch Letterman, The View or any other garbage talk shows.

McCain and Palin #1

funny that McCain said he was suspending his campaign to just focus on the economic crisis but still managed to squeeze in a meeting with that Rothschild woman, interviewed with Katie Couric, and met Clinton at the Global Inititiave today. Either he is lying about how important it was to focus on the crisis and suspending his campaign or he really has lost his bearings.

Oh, and to that ignorant person above who commented on Obama voting present, well, at least he was there but the same cannot be said of McCain:
Of all Senators, John McCain has been the most absent. There have been 643 votes taken in the current Senate session: McCain has missed 412 of them. McCain has not voted in the Senate since April 8th. Since March, he has missed 109 of the last 110 votes.
From the Washington Post.
Fact check this, CNN.

What is happening with the McCain and Palin? It seems to me that they are in full panic mode. These two candidates are fast becoming nothing more than a joke.

Basically, a man with an earned reputation as a war hero has made himself appear a coward with this ridiculous "suspended campaign" ploy. The kitchen is getting hotter, John McCain ran for the door. I can't help but wonder what shoe of foolishness will be the next to drop from this apparently imploding campaign.

He can't multi-task in the campaign and he expects voters to think he'd do differently in the white house?

Barack Obama won this election yesterday.

Your lies, ads, Palin and other political postering is not going to work. Americans are not stupid. We will decide on Nov 4th that you and that uqualified woman are defeated.

Letterman was hilarious last night – hilarious with a point. Integrity is integrity, and your word should count. Only kneejerk McCain partisans are calling this whining.

I'm honestly worried about McCain. His desperation to pull this out is causing him to squander his character. If he wins, we're screwed, but the ironic thing is that he will be screwed, too. He'll be a shell.

Save John McCain. Vote Obama '08.

McCain comes out and suspends his campaign, to 'help solving this crisis', now that 95% of the package has been solved.
At the same time, Palin comes out yesterday and tells us 'another great depression is just around the corner'.
This smells like one thing: The McCain camp is trying to play the fear card once again, using the last eight years of failed Bush policies and this financial crisis as the battleground.

Where is Palin income tax return? Where is her medical record? Who is she? Who is Todd, her husband? We know nothing about this people. Her pastor is correct in believing in witches. This is truly a wish hunt. There are too many unanswered questions.

Friday debate should continue, with or without McCain. This is crazy. This debate had been planned for such a long time. All the money people have spend in booking hotel, motel rooms to be at this debate. I think the McCain camp should reimburse the people back for booking these rooms. You are suppose to reimburse for cancellation (McCain)

I think the McCain camp is running out of funds and that is why he wants to stop running his ads. (CNN please check this out). McCain is a very scary person this is a trouble unthinkable move. One moment he will push the red button and a second later the blue button. And by the time he or clones realize it the danger has happen. He is playing people for fools. No more of this same old stuff. We have had enough of the same old tactics. ENOUGH.

The economy has been in crisis since last week and way before that. So why do you pull a stunt like this just before a debate but to gain political points. We want straight talk and not pony express.

Hey Dave,

I know the economy isn't as important as your ratings Dave, but after all, you're not exactly Jay Leno. If it were Leno, he would have been there. Maybe you'll have more luck once Conan O'Brien takes over. Besides, Carson wouldn't have blinked. He would've just elongated stupid pet tricks or improvised with elevator races.

Mike

the whole thing in a nut shell
palin knows nothing and if her debate can be cancelled
it will never be rescheudaled. mcsain knows she will sink his a–
wake up people

"Speaking on NBC's Today Show Thursday morning, "We deeply regret offending Mr. Letterman, but our candidate's priority at this moment is to focus on this crisis," she said."

By interviewing with Katie Couric instead. Now, some people on here have mentioned about it being "up the street" but I believe it was actually in the same building! I could be wrong, but anyway she probably has more knowledge of our economic system than McCain does. All you republican spinsters need to understand is, that it is not about snubbing Letterman, it is about lying through your teeth while doing it.

Barack is sooooooooooo full of it.

The debate Friday is NOT ON THE ECONOMY! It's national defense and foreign policy.

The foreign policy debate can wait...let the vp's have their debate and be done with it.

So in effect, Sarah Palin is heading the McCain campaign now.....lol....good luck with that whole thing.

At this point, only the very wealthy and the very self-destructive would vote Republican.

If he was so ready to get back to Washington why did he stop and do a interview with Couric. He's shady.

who cares about David Letterman? He is just a late-night show host who has not contributed anything to society, except making millions out of us stupid viewers.
I say, forget about this debate and future debates- both candidates will just tell us what they think we want to hear anyway.

Letterman is in the tank for Obama and he is part of the liberal elite media and he is sexist and he is disrespectful to veterans and he supports terrorism and....

and he is right about McCain.

Everyone knows that this was a gimmick because of the polls.

Shame on you McCain/Palin!

Well the news is coming to a theater need you:

Sarah Palin and her affair with a former business partner of her husband. Mr.Hanson has request that the divorce be concealed right away. Sarah Palin is not a representative of me or this country as a woman. CNN post this for inf.

Its Funny To Watch The Talking Heads Try And Make Mccain Sound Like He Is A Leader With His Latest Move! There Is Not Enough Spin In The World To Make Mccain Look Good With Him Wanting To Skip The Debate And Postpone The V P Debate! The Mccain Campaign Is In Panick Mode And It Shows!

Once again McCain caught in lie. Do we really want this man as our leader? McCain seems more and more just like Bush.

He didn't leave to Wahington, DC until this morning. He in fact appeared on Clinton's global intiative earlier today!

I think McCain's following Plain's approach to not speak to reporters and media so they don't screw up things further.

Simple words of advice for Obama as you go to the WH for a leadership meeting in the economic crisis. These are desperate time and you will be meeting with 2 pathological liars and one is borderline a war criminal. Remember to refuse any food they offer you, bring your own bottled water and don’t buy into any of that “gentlemen’s word” crap, demand everything should be in writing and also demand that all three of you will make a joint statement immediately following the meeting.
Advice for McCain, the twitching of your left eye will not improve with time; it will just get worse so your attempt to postpone the debate is of no good use to you.

Sarah Palin told Letterman, "Theenks, bot noh theenks" to an interview.

McCain cannot let Palin run anything on her own, she might actually say something she wasn't scripted for. To date, I have listened to McCain, Obama, Palin and Biden very closely. So far, everything McCain has said has been fluff, or rhetorical. Palin on the other hand comes across as scripted as the show the Hills. Meeting with "world leaders" at the UN was a joke, what did she talk about:? tea and crumpets? no one knows because they didn't want the press to hear. She has NO experience and is less fit to run the country than my small town's mayor. Now McCain wants to "suspend" the campaign and debate. We didn't ever suspend it for any other catastrophe, why is this one THE one. Can he not multi task? he lost my vote a long time ago when he started talking like Bush. Now he tries to distance himself. Too little TOO late. My vote is for Obama

Seriously...I wonder if Obama beat him to Washington??? McCain spoke at the Clinton Global Initiative this morning. Probably won't get to Washington until noon.

I was going to vote for McCain...not anymore!!! This is a joke. Now the worst is that they are asking to delay the vp debate!!! How does that have anything to do with this? Play it straight up MAVERICK!! I didn't know a MAVERICK would have to play so many tricks to win!!! He is a MAVERICK in his own mind now that the GOP got a hold of him, some call it MAVERICK others call it multiple personalities!!!

Senator McCain has lost all his integrity by his actions, and Sarah Palin made a fool of herself with Katie Couric. When the "Keeping them honest" segment confirms all their lies why do they continue on this black hole path.

This is interesting. Barack did not accept to go to Washington because he cannot 'decide' what to do. He might have voted 'Present' there. Now Letterman , another liberal wants to criticise that McCain did not show up. I think it is a good diea if both McCain & Palin do not go on these liberal shows. Campbell brown also was whining because she cannot get Palin on her show. That is a good decision. As long as media is biased and working as mouth-piece to Barack and democrats, it is not necessary for them to go on their show. This is true and Truth always hurts. Barack Obama's days are numbered. He likes to criticize what John McCain says but he does not have anything on his own. He has no accomplishments. He is a big ZERO.

I bet the McCain campaign deeply regrets offending Mr. Letterman, because he can go on about this for weeks, remember the Oprah watch skits. He doesn't need campaign access like the main stream media who are content with photo ops and the scaps off the McCain campaign table.

I'm sure McCain had time to talk to Bono yesterday, while he waited 6 hours to return Obama's phone call. But he really cares!

Anyone else feel like they are being punked by the McCain campaign?

McCain is a stunt man!

Not the person to handle our nation at crisis

I like how you missed the bit about McCain being interviewed by Katie Couric the exact same time he was meant to be "returning to Washington" while Letterman's show was on.

McCain and Palin better prove that they have the fortitude to show up for the debates. Otherwise all the talk of being strong and standing up is just talk and the electorate will see through it. If they are unable to face Obama and Biden, how can they face world leaders?

Funny how people joke on the politicians and say stuff about them when the economy is in a crisis!! He didn't come on the showm cause he had to fly to Washington to help with the economic crisis. Letterman isn't funny anyways, Jay Leno is much funnier than Letterman. Shame on Letterman and you all for making jokes on McCain for trying to help out the nation. I guess everyone in the U.S. will get serious and be worried about the economy when we are all riding bikes to work through stalled and parked cars, or maybe when we are all living out on the streets cause we can't afford our mortgage or apartment bills cause there are no more jobs, or when we lose our money in investments if that's what some poeple have done. I get chills when I think of what it would be like if this country became a 3rd world power overnight. Remainds me of the show Dark Angel where most everyone is in poverty.

Suspending the campaign for this mess is like not visiting your sick mother in the hospital for months and then missing work to visit the grave.

Stick a fork in him, he's done. Hes in washington trying to save his campaign. 90% of americans want to see a debate. One have to wonder what is this other 10% thinking. I bet these are the same people that believe America invaded Iraq for WMD's. We still dont have justification for being in Iraq. Mccain voted for this war and now theress 4,300 dead troops. WHY are we still there!! George Bush is paying iraqis $10 billion a month to cease fire until he leaves office. ANd he calls it the Sunni awakening. PLEASE!!

Like the man said.....it smells. And it has been smelling for a long time. Palin made the odor worse. Yesterday McCain added even more skunk juice to the mix.

McCain is truly political grandstanding. He must think the american people are stupid.

Now the McCain camp wants to cancel the VP debate. This is getting so outragious it is no longer funny. Mccain needs to just suspend his campaign permanently.

Yet another celebrity in favor of Obama. I'm voting for McCain, but the more these yahoo's on tv and in movies keep coming out for Obama, the more I'm glad I'm voting for McCain. I can't wait till this crap is over and Obama is back to voting PRESENT on Capitol Hill. Hopes and dreams don't bring about solutions, actions bring about solutions.

The whole "vote present" thing is a bit rediculous. First off, you CAN'T VOTE PRESENT in the US Senate. He only did that as a state senator. And even then it was less than 3% of his total votes. He voted YAY or NAY over FOUR THOUSAND TIMES in Illinois.

I watched the Letterman piece in its entirety and completely agree with him. The whole idea that McCain, Mr. "the economy isn't my strong suit" will somehow save the day by suspending his campaign and running (strolling) to Washington is ridiculous!

This is all about McCain being afraid to debate Obama and trying to find a way to keep Palin from debating Biden.

President Bush should be ashamed of dragging electoral politics into this crisis. Yet another indication of his poor judgement and extraordinary ability to botch things up!

David Letterman is just a comedian with a talk show. Katie Couric, however, is a legitimate news anchor for the CBS Evening News. This is a no-brainer. When the economy is in such a crucial state as it is, I would hope that a presidential candidate would choose a legitimate news source to voice his opinion over some "funny guy's" late night show.

Part of dealing with this crisis as a legislator is keeping the American people informed. Somehow, I don't believe that the economic crisis would have been alluded to on Letterman's show.

Sad that Letterman is one of the few who will call McBush on his CRAP. McBush and Palin are a JOKE and everyone is starting to see that now!! If McBush is so concerned with being in Washington, then have the VP debate on the 26th and move the presidential debate to Oct. 2. PROBLEM SOLVED!!!!!!!!!!!! Look McBush I can MULTI-TASK!!

Obama/Biden '08

McCain should be ashamed of himself.. running and hiding......just because his campaign is going nowhere due to the shameful Republicans these past 8 years he is afraid to debatet Obama.....and hiding Palin, give me a break, how dumb do they think the American people are.....we MUST get rid of him, her and bring in the DEMOCRATS and hope they do a better job...this country is in dire need of new direction....

This is SO CLEARLY a decision that McCain made on his own without getting anybody's input. It raises some VERY IMPORTANT questions for a potential president, among which are: Is this the kind of knee-jerk, "maverick" decision-maker that we want with his finger on the nuclear button, and answering that phone at 3 a.m.

Worse: if Sarah Palin truly is the best person to be waiting in the wings when "President" McCain is not available, why won't he appoint her to stand in for him at the debate tomorrow to prove it? I'll bet Joe Biden would do it for Obama in a heartbeat and not miss a step because he's ready to be president.

If McCain and Palin are elected, God help us all!!

I guarantee to you, if the Friday debates get moved and take the place of the VP debates, the McCain campaign will absolutely not allow a new time to be agreed upon before the election. The VP debates will simply not happen. I only hope the Obama campaign can play this right so that this scenario does not happen.

For those of you who are voting for McCain...YOU'RE AN IDIOT. PERIOD.

Maybe McSame and Scary Palin were consulting with the witch doctors back at Palin's church while conducting a laying of the hands ceremony and speaking in tongues...AGAIN?!?

This was the best Letterman show I've seen. David called it as he sees it, and as the majority of Americans see it. McCain is scrabbling and that is not the type of leadership we need.

MAN WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT OF THIS NATION

& HE CAN'T HANDLE TWO (2) THINGS AT ONCE.

NOW HE IS HANDLING THE CRISIS HE CREATED.

YEA, THAT MAKES SENSE TO AT LEAST 2 SMALL

MONKEYS SOMEWHERE, THAT ARE STILL

TRYING TO MATE WITH A FOOTBALL.

David Letterman's profession is comedy? I can only imagine what he would have said if the other candidate had cancelled. I believe this nation deserves the Obama bin Biden ticket to be elected...

This is nothing more than a political stunt so McCain and his camp can recoup. He flat out LIED to Letterman as to why he canceled. Letterman ripped him as he should have.

I agree with Letterman: Why can't Palin continue with the campaign. Is McCain having second thoughts about choosng her??

In the words of Campbell Brown: FREE SARAH PALIN! FREE SARAH PALIN!

I believe McSame is looking for excuses due to his lagging numbers in the polls. Not to mention I do not belive he can intellgently debate Obama. He's chosen a running mate not based on country first. Palin isn't capable of caring the campaign on her own. Palin is looking like a real fool these days anyway. She is a insult to women everywhere. She's very weak period. What a real joke.

At first I thought McCain was running off to Washington, to avoid the debate with Obama. The truth is he ran off to Washington because he's afraid of being roasted by Letterman. I don;t get it, He and Palin want us to give them the White House but they don't want to talk to anyone about it. What kind of idiots do they think the American public is anyway?

Obamaniacs think that snubbing Hollywood is the worst sin a politician can commit. Maybe because Hollywood is so lock step with the ultra left wing of the Democratic party.

Truth is nobody cares what Hollywood thinks, Actors think that they are superheros and should be treated accordingly. They start believing that they are the people they play.

It is not surprising that democrats hold them in such high esteem. They live in the same fantasyland

The Debates should continue try multi-tasking Mr. McCain I do it everyday. Let Palin debate friday instead. We all know this is just a ploy to avoid the Oct 2nd debate, because she is not and will never be ready.

Really I don’t know what is going on Mc Cain’s mind
One angle he may right in other angle he went too far

I am worried about the crises at the same time I am looking for a strong leader

Beginning of the election we had nearly 20 candidates from both party now we have only 2 both of them not showing the leader ship

Mc Cain suspend the campaign !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Obama say when they need me they will call me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One thing I am sure next 4 years will be disaster

So when will the McCain campaign ask to postpone the election?

They aren't prepared to debate and the numbers are starting to divebomb for them showing Americans don't think they are prepared to lead either.

Here's a question for old-school computer users out there:

Q: How is McCain like DOS?

A: McCain can't do multi-tasking either!

Time to upgrade America's operating system.

Good Job Dave!!!!!! I guess Sen. Obama feels about the same with Fridays Debate. McBush cancelling the debate is simply a political tactic....trying to make himself look "Presidential", Americans are not stupid enough to believe that McBush can't debate on Friday night because he "suddenly" realizes that he is the glue that holds this bailout deal together. In reality this makes him look PATHETIC. Looking forward to DAVE TONIGHT!

McCain and UnAble are obviously panicking. The poll numbers are slipping and as Chris Matthews said, every time something hurts McCain he pulls a "razzle dazzle" hoping to change the momentum. It won't work this time because it's such an obvious political ploy.

How about those talking points that were "accidentally" leaked to the press? The ones about how to use not campaigning.as a campaign issue? If we couldn't figure it out on our own, somebody with integrity in the McCain campaign told us straight out. At least somebody still does some "straight talking" if not McCain himself.

McCain has used up his last gimmick. Blowing off Letterman was another lie he thought he would not get caught in. GAME OVER, John! The American people have had enough. We have had enough of this bailout being shoved down our throats. If this were so urgent why did Paulson and Bush both tell us in the last few weeks that eveything was fine? Why did McCain tell us just this past Monday that the fundamentals of our economy are strong? It may not be October yet, but the Republicans have pulled a big surprise. As for McCain wanting to put the VP debate on the backburner – he knows that Palin won't stand a chance up against Biden as McCain does not stand a chance now again Obama.
This is shameful and disrespectful to the American people.

David Letterman and John McCain are very good friends. I am sure McCain laughed about it. But the spin on it that CNN stole from TMZ makes better headline grabbers for Obama. LOL

Wait aminute. McCain wants to be president...but he can't multi-task?

What happens when the economy is in a crisis in theU.S., a war overseas needs tending to and a natural disaster hits home all at the same time a leader of another nation calls on McCain for a meeting?

This guy is a jok. He can't campaign an dhandle his chores as a senator? And he wants to lead an entire nation?

He probably knows the Republicans are going to steal the election anyway so no need to campaign.

It is incredibly un-democratic and un-American to cancel the debates. He has no right to do such a thing.

He is scared and he should be ashamed of himself. He is no hero.

What a joke! McCain's commericals are running here in Des Moines and it looks like the only thing he cancelled so far is the David Letterman show. I mean, he's not even in Washington DC. Give me a break–he's a lone ranger on the loose with Tanto as his sidekick. God help us if he becomes President.

I am a registered republican. NOW I will vote democratic! Enough is enough.

It's called 'multi-tasking', Senator McCain. That's something the President will need to do. This is not kindergarten.

McCain is just trying to score political points by delaying the debate. Why won't he just let his VP choice handle his light work while on the campaign while he's working on the economic crisis. Is there a reason why the pit bull w/ lipstick can't get McCain's message out effectively in his absence? The guy has been in Congress for the past Quarter of a Century. You think he would have done something to avoid this mess we're in. Though he has said that he is fundamentally a deregulator. The exact thing that has caused this crisis. The debate should go on, but they should probably change the emphasis from national security to the economy. This is the time when the American people should hear what the potential president has to say about these issues.

Forget Letterman and Obama bin Biden !!!!!

COUNTRY FIRST !!!

Obama is our saviour!! Obama can do anything and everything and let's all chase rainbows and enjoy our pot of gold! Obama is perfect in every way!! Obama's aspirations are not personal or political....he was sent here from Allah to help us all!! As soon as I come out of this coma please let me know!

"Something's gotten to him" – seriously, David, you don't know what that 'something' is?

He's down in the polls – he needs another gimmick. Can't believe people would fall for this suspending the campaign line. S-S-D-D – Sen McCrap

Why is it the Greatest Perspective on this whole stunt comes from David Letterman b/c the media is too scared to say it... why suspend the campaign...why doesn't your VP carry the torch for you?? What a joke!!! All to get everyone in a tizzy and Congress is nearing a decision... now John McCain is going to ride into town after not being involved in anything and do what exactly??
David Letterman put it best..."Something doesn't smell right"!!!

Obama/Biden 08

What offended Letterman was the fact that McCain lied: he didn't have to run off and save the country, he went down the street to do an interview with Katie Couric.

News for you Letterman! You DO suspend your campaign (and politics that go with it) if your presence is required in Washington, DC to help in bringing both parties together to ward off crises. Although our household members have watched you through the years, this time "you've stopped preaching and gone to meddlin') as the old Southern saying goes. Get back to your own business and let this man handle his business as he sees fit, whether "something is going on or not. And while we're add it, we find it reprehensible that you continually use the words "by God." Somehow this doesn't exactly jell with your personality either.

Letterman is irrelevant now and irrelevant when Jay leno was pucked over him for the tonight show. I don't think the American people need to see any presidentail nominee on his sophmoric show that should have been off the air two decades ago.

The Obama fools need to wake up. Obama is an empty suit, and always has been. It doesn't matter how much the media fawns over the first Black nominee. If he were elected all the Obama supporters would soon regret their hysteria. Regardless of race, Obama is a sleazy and typical Chicago politician that will do and say anything just to get elected. Only two years ago, he was an irrelevant State Senator from Illinois worried about aid to cities and towns. Now, because harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi want Obama, we are expected to fall in line and believe that guy should be the leader of the free waorld??? I think not.

McCain, whether I agree with all his positions or not, is a proven leader capable of bipartisan appeal. Hillary had my vote, now I am voting for McCain/Palin.

CNN why did you omit the rest of this story story and tell it like it is what a cover-up by CNN as to where McCain was but he was not in Washington .
Doesn"ty at an interview with Katie Courie and still in NewYork telling another of his mimute by minute lies to Letterman sound more like it???
Alexander Mooney is a Republican that covers McCains lies Tell it like it is McMooney

Ya, head back to Washington to "help" bail out your rich buddies. Who are you trying to kid???? McCain doesn't have a clue about economics – he's said as much himself! This is just a ploy. In the past week he's made more gaphs and blunders re: the economy (you know, the one he regarded as strong) than at any point in his campaign. It's sad. Republicans needed a strong, smart figure to revive the party after Bush has destroyed it. McCain's the equivalent to Walter Mondale...with a war stories.

Oh oh. Finally the rats recognize the ship is sinking...
Geez why doesn't McCain just say, "No, I don't have time, I'm talking to this and that and bla". I think it's great, how Letterman grilled him for McSame's lie. Sure he wouldn't send Palin to Letterman, despite the fact that she was in town!
Palin is not ready for anything but talking about a prime ministers son's name and how she looks, and so on and on.
I'm sick of it. GO OBAMA; SLAM HIM TOMORROW IN MISSISSIPPI!!!!

Obama/Biden by landslide...now that the people begin to wake up!

Yes, the letterman show is what is important to this country right now....my neighbor is losing his house, but don't offend letterman.

Whoever gets in cannot correct this. We need to correct it ourselves by caring less what David letterman thinks and concentrating on those around us that are hurting. But that isn't fun, is it.....so let's put on the Late Show and blame everyone else.....what a selfish nation we have become.....we don't deserve better until we all act better, so stop bashing both candidates and lets concentrate on the issues!

Neither Obama or McCain are on the committees who are handling this thing so what does he plan to do? The most he can do is rally fellow Republicans for support. Its the 21st Century, but I guess the old guy has never heard of a telephone or teleconference.

McCain panicked – much like he did to save his hide in Nam when he made all those propaganda films.

McCain's judgment is BAD. He is spastic. His actions are erratic and not thought through.

I'm voting early for Obama and then my tv goes blank until the evening of Nov. 4. If I smell a rat or a "fix", I'll join the others who rebel against the whole mess.

Palin for President?
Are you serious?... and you're intelligent enough to post something on the internet? I know a trained monkey could accomplish posting to CNN but he wouldn't be foolish enough to vote "Palin for President".

I wonder if a tested hero says....."call me if you need me". Isn't that what Obama is saying. If as a Sales Manager I ever said that to my employees that I am trying to lead...I'd get fired on the spot.

And this guy wants to be the leader of the free world....outrageous!!!!

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Hey... here's an idea... How about we have the VP Debate on Friday night in place of the Presidential Debate, and let McCain & Obama take the VP Debate date?

I'm sure Mr Biden would be ready on Friday... how about Ms Palin?

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You are missing the key point of Letterman's ire. He cancelled with Dave saying he had to catch a plane back to DC because of the crisis but then Dave could see McCain on a live CBS feed preparing to interview with Katie Couric during the taping of the Letterman show. Basically - it was not that he cancelled at the last minute so much as that he lied to Dave saying he was rushing back to DC and instead went on someone else's show.

Way to go, Dave! thanks for speaking up!
Heck yeah, the debate should go on!! In football, Peyton Manning doesn't wake up before a big game and say "I don't want to play Tom Brady today". This reveals the deep weakness of McCain as a "loose cannon". He has a track record of weird behavior and going for the long bomb. McCain's selecition of Palin was a stunt and this "rush" to washington to be the one to save Wall Street is not only ridiculous, it's OBVIOUS to Americans who see it as the stunt it is. Bush's Administration set this crash in motion 8 years ago permitting greedy de-regulion. McCain is MCSAME–only wilder, weirder. The calm, smart and clearheaded approach of Obama in ANY kind of crisis (domestic or foreign) is waaaay more credible. We are not fooled by McCain's foolish & desperate grasps for votes.

The GOP campaign is falling apart. No to the GOP. No to the bailout. All it does it push the problem off to our children's America in the future.

I noticed the Obama supporters are all about insults and hate-speak (very much the same way they were during the primaries). And they say they never heard anything of issue from the McCain/Palin ticket. I know it's because they are too busy insulting to actually hear anything other than their own hate-filled rhetoric.

I voted for Hillary in the primaries. I'll vote McCain in the general election (and probably democrat on many other down-ballot items). But I won’t vote Obama. He is too extreme for me. I'm a centrist and if you say I'm a republican in disguise, or stupid, or whatever insult you want to hurl because I tick you off that I'm not in the tank for your candidate, then you are too blinded by your love for the candidate and hate for the country to see the bigger picture (experience matters, and centrists rule!)

See you on Election Day.

I haven't watched Letterman much, I admit. But boy was I glad I tuned in last night! Letterman did not let McCain off the hook.

The best thing to come out of McCain suspending his campaign, is showing that he doesn't have enough confidence to have Sarah Palin run his campaign while McCain "goes to Washington". (Is he there yet?)

If McCain and Obama do not debate this Friday night, just have Sarah Palin and Joe Biden debate instead. Then Obama and McCain can debate on October 2nd. It's a no-brainer.

–a proud liberal (look up its definition; it's so liberating)

Letterman is a pathetic schill for the extreme left, always has been. Who cares what a comedian thinks about real issues. He should stick to dropping things off of 5 story towers and having Chris Elliot eat condiments. His days of being "funny" are so long ago he isn't even relevant.

McCain is DOING HIS JOB as a Senator, unlike Obama, who hides out to avoid having to take part in the political process. Wasn't Obama a Harvard Law Review editor who never published an article? This guy is joke.

I smell smoke....because McBush's pants are on fire!...OR is that fear I smell? Just a ploy to cancel the VP debate I'm sure. Oh, you know, in case he doesn't take the credit for saving the country from the bailout. Suspend the campaign?! Cancel the debate?! Oh that makes me feel secure about McCain being president and even MORE secure than ever that Palin can pick up the slack....Really? Are there people seriously voting for this guy?

Letterman is just a stupid tv show for crying out loud. He got his feelings hurt for cancelling his appearance? The economy has a little more priority than a silly tv program. Get over it Letterman!

What on Earth is McCain (or Obama for that matter) going to do in Washington? He's not wanted, nor is he needed. It will just create a circus. This is a sick and desperate ploy on the part of McCain to try and grab attention and possibly a boost to his imploding campaign. Look at all the bad news (for McCain) that this will deflect but the American people aren't as foolish as this crazy old man seems to believe. We can see through your ploy.

McCain/Palin is turning into a complete joke.

McCain and his lobbyist squad have taken this crisis negotiation and turned it into a political sideshow. Pathetic. Obviously, 72 year old men can't walk and talk at the same time. Our President should be fully capable of handling more then one thing at a time. The rest of the country is certainly getting up every morning during all this and handling our busy lives.

Another joke......right.....just think if he had the 2 wars to work on.....I guess he would call a time out.....but he's an expert on the economy and needs to put in his dumb thoughts on the problem. LOL.

Go Obama/Biden

Bravo David Letterman! He's just saying what everyone else is thinking. McCain didn't only give the shaft to Letterman. He did it to the folks at the University of Mississippi in trying to cancel the first Presidential Debate (as if he's the guy to rush to Washington to 'save the economy'); he did it to the Republican Party by cancelling the first day of the convention (I'm now doubting his motivation for that); he did it to the Country by throwing that ridiculous V.P. pick at us.... sorry, but I don't want four years of 'what the hell will he do next?'

The best part of the whole show last night was when Dave show a clip of McCain with Katie Couric waiting to be interview and Dave says ' I have a question Senator, do you need a ride to the airport!'

Both McSame and his one-trick pony have become pitiful punchlines! Whoever is giving the geezer political advice must have recently graduated from Clown School!

Dave is right, this does smell. REAL BAD. Maybe he finally realizes that all the BS he's been spewing, isn't being bought by the electorate. This Bush administration, McSame included, is the worst in the history of the US of A. By not allowing Sarah Palin the chance to speak to the people, in any forum, is telling me that she doesn't have a clue about anything other than Alaska.
Foreign affairs experience.....maybe someone should remind her that Canada is an actual Country, and it does border on her State of Alaska. I'm sure she has seen a few of our igloo's from her kitchen window.
brian bc/canada

it's tactical. Not a bad move either. His proposal's aim to stop Obama from running ads and reminding people of the econmic mess we are in. If Obama continues to run the ads he can claim that Obama is more interested in politics than helping this country.

We are being played for fools once again.

It blows my mind the American people putting up with the McCain campaign shenanigans, because that is what it is. He has ZERO credibility. For a war hero, he is sure acting like a COWARD.

Just announced Palin gets four extra days to release her financials which is after the VP debate. Something about this whole fiasco yesterday is yet to be revealed.

uh-huh Palin run a campaign- -Empty Head! She sure told Katie Couric

McCain is going into a self destruct mode now. He is about to lose the state of Mississippi on Nov. 4th and he has probably lost Letterman too but he doesn't really care as long as he holds on to his barracuda

»The Americans are NOT dumb.The Presidential DREAM Team McCain/Palin will WIN,of course.

I can't lie...it does seem odd.

YES, DAVE, YES!!!!!!!! SPEAK THE TRUTH!

Both McSame and his one-trick pony have become pitiful punchlines! Whoever is giving the geezer political advice must have recently graduated from Clown School!

DID YOU REALLY THINK NO ONE WOULD SEE THROUGH THIS CHARADE???

I cringe every time I hear Sarah Palin interviewed. When Catie Couric asked her a question about McCains' advisor, she recited by rote exactly what had been scripted for her, when Katie asked the question a different way, she again recited word for word the same scripted answer.

To think this woman is a heart beat away from the President's job makes me have a panic attack. Golly, gee, wouldn't that just be a neat mess!!!!!

Who cares what Letterman says. He's not even funny and highly overrated. Stopped watching him ages ago.

Some people never change! At least be honest when you go to cancel...

Obama/Biden 08!!!

I love how it takes the comedians, late night talk show host and "The View" to ask the difficult questions and point out the obvious since the "real" news media is unwilling to do it.

Who cares what Letterman says. He's been a stooge for the Democrats for years.

This is just like the Repubs, take something that has gone very wrong like 9/11 and use it for politics. This move is going to sink McCain's ship. Also pissing off the media never really helps John, good luck and god bless with your retirement next year!!

After hearing Letterman I am convinced that McGimmick is nuts!

Dave nailed this. It stinks. Especially if they are using it as an excuse to cancel debates. Hopefully people are getting it and will reward McCain accordingly on election day.

McCain you have just lost my vote after this political stunt..!! As president you must know how to handle more than one tasks at a time . You just proved that you cannot breathe and walk at the same time.
Obama/Biden 08

Letterman is justifiably pissed at McCain for standing him up. McCain's stunt may not work this time, you can only fool any one once or twice but no more. Mr McCain you are no maveric you once were.

Mr. McCain isn't just offending Mr. Letterman; his campaign is insulting all of us who have respect for the democratic system are are sick of his campaign's gimmicks.

McCain told the whole world that he was off to Washington to fix the bailout bill....WRONG. He stayed in New York to campaign and even addressed the Clinton Global Initiative this morning. What a deceitful self-serving moron this guy is.

Both McSame and his one-trick pony have become pitiful punchlines! Whoever is giving the geezer political advice must have recently graduated from Clown School!

DID YOU REALLY THINK NO ONE WOULD SEE THROUGH THIS CHARADE???

Who cares about Letterman he is and idiot and not even funny. I rather have McCain going to Clinton's function or talking to a real journalist like Couric.

The debates better take place. The electorate will not stand for McCain and Palin hiding behind Bush's skirts and refusing to face the public!!!

wah wah wah McCain decided to work instead of coming on my show wah wah wah

too friggin bad. Grow up there are more important things going on than your pathetic little show

politics before american problems, these comments are hilarious....both candidates should be in washington helping. I could have swore that they both are still elected senators....don't we pay them to do a job? I'm just curious....

Even the WSJ editorial is taking him on this. What a stuntman ! I hope someone is smart enough and filming this republican campaign. It could be the hit comedy next year. Specially if McCain still wins.

For a moment I thought McCain might have cancelled because he is ill, and needs an excuse to lay low for a while.

THE OLD SENILE GREEDY FOOL MUST HAVE HAD

A PANIC ATTACK AFTER THE POLLS CAME OUT.

HE HAS THEM ALL THE TIME WHEN HE

DOESN'T GET WHAT HE WANTS.

McCain, your ploy will not work! ANNNDDDD, you cannot blame katie Couric for the pitiful showing of Sarah Palin. How could you do that to the American people? We would not be safe with her as prez or even VP. Shame on you for playing politics, Mr. Maverick...hardly.

And McCain is speaking today during Congressional business hours at the CGI event while everyone is working on the economic bailout proposal. Yet he can't manage to attend the debate, oh no, even though it is scheduled for after business hours, later in the evening, on a Fri, when everyone from Congress will be at home with family, presumably getting ready to work in the morning on Saturday. Nope, can't debate, but he can do Katie Couric's show and the CGI event. That's "suspending the campaign"? Fact: McCain saying we "put politics aside" was, in and of itself, a political statement. How wonderfully hypocritical.