Hat tip to Nebraska Outsider, who published this story first without video.
As most of you will remember when John McCain fake suspended his campaign to rush right back to Washington to save us all he was scheduled to be on David Letterman's Late Show. He called up Letterman to tell him he was getting right on a plane and then of course
later we all found out he really did an interview with Katie Couric, Ate at a fancy restaurant, and stayed in a fancy hotel before leisurely heading back to Washington the next day.
So Dave gets someone the McCain campaign definitely didn't want on there (but of course I was thrilled to see) Keith Olbermann, to fill in for McCain.
Now last night Dave reports it looks like McCain is trying to weasel his way back on to the Late Show, even dangling the possibility of bringing Sarah Palin with him. Here's the video, with bonus video afterward of all the McCain jokes told during the episode.
Of course Letterman is a bit hesitant to welcome the Arizona Senator back with open arms.
Transcript
Um, Ladies and gentlemen uh now here's this thing with John McCain. Yunno a couple of weeks ago John McCain was supposed to be on the show and at the last minute he calls me up and and I got a lot of respect, you get a call from a Senator, you get a call from a guy who's a bona fide war hero all of a sudden, you know your lips start to vibrate.
So, I said sure, whatever you want and he says l-look Dave uh the economy is about to crater, is about to crater his word; and I have to rus, rush back to Washington to save the economy. And so, it made me feel puny. So I said Ok uh Senator, do what you have to do rush right back to Washington. And then I hung up and I felt like a Patriot. I I felt like I had done my part.
And th th this he was supposed to be on the show like an hour later. So now, we're in a hole but everybody has to pull together in economic hardship times. So we all pull together and we get that guy with the big head from MSNBC, what's his name? Keith Ol-Olbermann, yeah, Giant Head. So he comes over and he's good, he's very good. Uh, uh so so now it turns out eh not only did he not rush back to Washington, he spent the night here in New York City, he went on Katie Couric, he was on Conan, he was on Regis, he was everywhere. Um... crowd Boos McCain Thank you.
So so now in in an attempt to save his campaign they're talking about coming back, you see what I'm sayin? So we said sure we would love you to come back and even on the phone he said I'll bring uhhhh wa wa wa what's her name? Sarah right. So, um, now, but they're being squirrely, politicians can be squirrely because we got a date picked and we we do this show every afternoon at 5:30, he wants to do the show at 5:00. So one, we have no guarantee he's gonna show up, period. And we've kinda already rearranged our schedule on his behalf to save the economy right? By gettin that big headed kid in here to talk about the Politics. Um, so you know what I'm drivin at? I just don't know if we can trust him. I just don't know. And I, and and uh uh by the way I don't need to remind you the road to the White House runs right through here. Right through there, (points at his guest's chair) Right through there.