I’d think of all people to piss off when running for an election, media icons should be last on your list. I’m more of a Leno fan myself, but I used to watch Letterman when I was younger. There’s no doubt in my mind that Letterman is a cultural and media icon.

Letterman has been around a long time, and has a huge following. Mccain outright ditched Letterman yesterday, stating that he was needed in Washington.

As you may be aware Mccain made the decision to put his campaign on hold on Wednesday. This was when he cancelled his appearance on Letterman. Letterman was not happy, to say the least.

David Letterman had many choice words for John Mccain, he started out saying how he has admiration for him, and respect for serving in Vietnam, and for his sacrifice as a prisoner of war.

Letterman went on to say “When you call up at the last minute and cancel, that’s not the John Mccain I know.”

Regarding senator Mccain’s decision to put his campaign on hold, Letterman said “Something smell’s right now” (perhaps his depends are full?)…

Letterman also suggested “somebody must’ve put something in his metamucil”.

David Letterman said that John Mccain had said that the economy was about to ‘crater’, which necessitated him getting to Washington immediately. Letterman then suggested he not suspend his campaign at all, but send in his “second string quarterback”, surely Gov. Sarah Palin has no reason not to be able to attend the debate, or visit Letterman on John’s behalf. Letterman said, “You don’t quit”.

After remarking that Sarah Palin should ‘be ready’ to step up, and take over for the old man, Letterman reconsidered and said “don’t get me started”.

In the absence of Mccain, Letterman brought out MSNBC host and stark republican critic Keith Olbermann, together they both assailed on Mccain for his decision to cancel his appearance, as well as put his campaign on hold.

Their critique reached a highpoint when Letterman learned that at this very moment that Mccain was ‘needing to get back to Washington’, and should’ve been on the couch next to Letterman, he was in fact at the CBS news center three blocks away in Manhattan being prepped for an interview with CBS News Anchor Katie Couric.

Letterman ordered his director to put on a live feed from that location, which showed John Mccain getting ‘made up’ to go on with Ms Couric. Letterman observed “he doesn’t seem to be racing to the airport”.

After listening to some questions from Ms Couric, Letterman said: “Hey John, I’ve got a question: You need a lift to the airport?”

He then asked Keith Olbermann if he thought this was all Mccain’s fault or somebody in his campaign’s. Keith simply said “He ditched you”.

Here are some Excerpts from Letterman’s rant on Mccain which quickly made their way around the Internet:

David Letterman tells audience that McCain called him today to tell him he had to rush back to DC to deal with the economy.

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Then in the middle of the taping Dave Letterman got word that McCain was, in fact just down the street being interviewed by Katie Couric. Letterman even cut over to the live video of the interview, and said, “Hey Senator, can I give you a ride home?”

Earlier in the show, Dave Letterman kept saying, “You don’t suspend your campaign. This doesn’t smell right. This isn’t the way a tested hero behaves.” And he joked: “I think someone’s putting something in his metamucil.”

“He can’t run the campaign because the economy is cratering? Fine, put in your second string quarterback, Sarah Palin. Where is she?”

“What are you going to do if you’re elected and things get tough? Suspend being president? We’ve got a guy like that now!”

Letterman also dedicated his top ten to Mccain:

TOP TEN QUESTIONS PEOPLE ARE ASKING THE JOHN McCAIN CAMPAIGN
10. “I just contributed to your campaign — How do I get a refund?”
9. “Hi, it’s Sarah Palin — Does this mean I’m Parsident?”
8. “Can’t you solve this by selling some of your homes?”
7. “Hi, this is Clay Aiken. Is McCain single?”
6. “Do you still think the fundamentals of our economy are strong, Genius?”
5. “Are you doing all of this just to get out of going on Letterman?”
4. “What would Matlock do?”
3. “Hillary here — My schedule is free Friday night”
2. “Is this just an excuse to catch up on napping?”
1. “This is President Bush — What’s all this trouble with the economy?”

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