Last night, David Letterman fired back to Mitt Romney's accusation, revealed in the secret video, that Letterman didn't like him and was jealous because Romney had appeared only on Jay Leno's show.
Mitt Romney got an earful from David Letterman on the Late Night Show on Wednesday when Letterman responded to comments that Romney had made to donors in a video released on the Web that Letterman "hates me." His reason for thinking that the late-night comedian hates him? "I've been on Leno more than him," Romney said in the video. Ah, Mitt. Yet another video showing you to be the pompous ass that you are.
Letterman fired back at Romney. "Mitt goes on to say that I hate Mitt, that what he says, he says that on the tape, because Mitt has done the Jay Leno show more often than he's done my show, and that we're all very jealous and petty and bitter and backbiting and show business - unlike politics." Score one for the late night comedians, who often tell the truth much more often with invented jokes than politicians do with so-called facts.
"I don't hate Mitt," Letterman said. "And, I think now, more than ever, he and his lovely wife Mrs. Mitt are more than welcome to come on the show." However, David Letterman had a strong message for Mitt Romney and the success of his campaign. He told the Republican nominee, "and I'm telling you, if you think you're going to get to the White House, you've gotta spend time in this chair."
David Letterman has "hounded" Romney for mistreatment of his dog Seamus, and teased Romney about being weird, by repeatedly playing Mitt's rendition of Gode Bless America" backwards.
Tuesday night President Obama made a wonderful appearance on Letterman that I described in this post, President Obama is Impressive, Warm, Fun, Funny, and Substantive on David Letterman's Show Tonight which I partially replicated for your viewing pleasure with the video below the squiggle.
Also, as an extra bonus, if you act now to rec this post, and click on the follow Hounddog icon, I've included a funny and charming video of Michelle Obama reading the top ten White House gardening tips. Michelle has been on Letterman many times, where she always sparkles.
Update: Video of Full Interview Now Available in Last Update! - Enjoy, it is fun. Show your friends and anyone who is in doubt about who to vote for. Compare President Obama here to that weasel Mitt Romney seen in the vile video bashing poor people and being stupid.
Tue Sep 18, 2012 at 11:42 PM PT: Complete Interview Now Available
Seldom do I get a chance to quote the Wall Street Journal's Arts and Entertainment Section, but tonight they have transcribed several portions of President Obama's impressive, warm, fun, and substantive appearance on David Letterman's show tonight.
Letterman asked President Obama what he thought about Mitt Romney's controversial 47% remarks.
Obama said “Well, I don’t know what he was referring to, but I can tell you this. When I won in 2008, 47 percent of the American people voted for John McCain, they didn’t vote for me. And what I said on election night was, even though you didn’t vote for me, I hear your voices and I’m going to work as hard as I can to be your president. And one of the things I’ve learned as president is you represent the entire country. And when I meet Republicans as I’m traveling around the country, they are hard working, family people, who care deeply about this country and my expectation is that if you want to be president you got to work for everybody not just for some.”
Obama went on to talk about how hard Americans work. “You don’t meet anybody who doesn’t believe in the American Dream and the fact that nobody’s entitled to success,” Obama said. He continued, saying “There are not a lot of people out there who think they’re victims. There are not a lot of people who think they’re entitled to something. What I think the majority of people, Democrats and Republicans, believe is that we’ve got some obligations to each other and there’s nothing wrong with us giving each other a helping hand.”
Later in the interview, Obama summed up his take on the Romney video by saying “People understand, I think, that you’re going to make mistakes on the campaign trail. What I think people want to make sure of though is that you’re not writing off a big chunk of the country.”
The contrast between President Obama's profund gravitas, combined with a playful and fun personality and the complete opposite lack of it in that other candidate will strike viewers immediately.
Tue Sep 18, 2012 at 11:54 PM PT: Hey, what a great evening, here's Michelle Obama doing the top ten list with "Barack-oli" as the top gardening thing. She is so wonderul. I think I'm in love again.