# McCain on Letterman **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 17, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-on-letterman/468337 "2008-10-17T04:25:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Atomicflea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Atomicflea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomicflea)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-on-letterman/468337/21 "2008-10-17T14:45:13Z")
Bah, I’m ticked that I forgot about this. Anyone have a link to an unedited clip? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Shroud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@The\_Shroud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Shroud)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-on-letterman/468337/22 "2008-10-17T15:14:34Z")
I haven’t seen the edited clip, but I wonder if they cut it down in McCain’s favor. I’m surprised anyone thinks he came off okay. (And I’m pretty apolitical, which is why this isn’t in GD.) The one time I thought Dave went overboard was when he felt the need to ask his “what if Palin was president on another 9/11?” question a second time. McCain had a fairly decent answer the first time around, and although I agree with Letterman that Palin is no Clinton or Reagan, did he actually expect to get McCain to break down and say his VP choice was a mistake? 4 years ago I was in the audience of the Late Show when McCain was a guest, and enjoyed their breezy rapport. Last night was like watching a bad breakup. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-on-letterman/468337/23 "2008-10-17T15:25:19Z")
I taped the show, but it’s still sitting on my DVR. But I Googled it, and the USA Today website claims to have a transcript [here](http://i.usatoday.net/news/politics/election2008/pdf/mccain-on-letterman-10-16-2008.pdf?loc=interstitialskip) (note that it’s a PDF). ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-on-letterman/468337/24 "2008-10-17T17:39:20Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Why is it that it’s Jon Stewart and David Letterman who ask the hard hitting questions instead of people who actually call themselves journalists? I’m a pretty big fan of Jon Stewart, but his show is most hard-hitting in the parody and commentary segments at the beginning. I actually find him rather too accommodating as an interviewer, and there have been quite a few times when i’ve wished he would be tougher with his guests. ---
**Author:** ![jormundgondir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@jormundgondir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jormundgondir)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-on-letterman/468337/25 "2008-10-18T05:02:21Z")
Just watched it on tivo… agreed that was painfully awkward and made me kind of… angry. Did anyone notice the large Shepard Fairey graphic of Obama plastered all over the back of the musical guest’s suit coat, though? I thought it was just some ska/two-tone band logo until he spun a couple times. Totally made up for everything, about killed me! Too rich! ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-on-letterman/468337/26 "2008-10-18T13:11:00Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > Come to think of it Saddam’s government was pretty stable for a number of years, wasn’t it? Dictatorships tend to be stable. I was gonna say…What’s unstable about forty years of dictatorship? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-on-letterman/468337.md?page=1)