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March 01, 2007

Hotline After Dark -- Age Of McCain?

TV last night again focused on the Dow and Iraq so we'll focus on the big news of the night, John McCain's announcement on the "Late Show":

David Letterman: "You had a birthday."

McCain: "Tragically."

Letterman: "It was a landmark, one of the big birthdays. ... 70 years old."

McCain: "Do we have to talk about that?"

Letterman: "Sorry. ... How did you commemorate that day?"

McCain: "Cried."

Letterman: "Here's what we really want -- presidential campaign gossip and dirt and backstabbing."

Letterman than asked about Sens. Clinton and Obama fighting over Hollywood money, McCain: "I've never had to worry too much about that myself."

Letterman: "Are you running? Are you going to announce that you're running?"

McCain: "The last time we were on this program, I'm sure you remember everything very clearly --"

Letterman: "Yes."

McCain: "You asked me if I would come back on the show if I was going to announce. I am announcing that I will be a candidate for president of the United States."

Asked why he's running, McCain: "It's a reason to be on this show."

Letterman: "It's nice to know your priorities are in the right spot."

McCain: "By the way I'll be making a formal announcement in April."

Letterman: "This was not the formal announcement?"

McCain: "You drag this out as long as you can. You don't just have one. ... This is the announcement preceding the formal announcement."

Letterman: "How do you think that makes me feel?"

Paul Schieffer: "He's doing the formal announcement on Leno."

Asked about Giuliani, McCain: "He's an American hero. ... I think he's going to be a very formidable candidate."

Asked about the VP slot: "You may remember that in the last election there was some conservation about me being vice president of the United States -- it wasn't clear which party -- and I was on one of the shows and the guy said what's this about you being vice president and I said 'You know, I spent all those years in a North Vietnamese prison camp, kept in the dark, fed scraps, why the heck would I want to do that all over again?" [EMILY GOODIN]


Posted at 07:59 AM

Comments


McCain is a double talking piece of crap. Fortunately he also has absolutely no chance of being elected.

kgeakin | 03.01.07 09:20 AM


McCain's stock is going down so fast that among republicans that the Gallup poll put him at 24% against Rudy when matched up one-on-one with Rudy. If media starts talking about "real" McCain then he will go down even faster.

Matt | 03.01.07 01:09 PM

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