Mitt Romney read Letterman’s “Top 10″ list last night, which should really help him with conservative voters who were worried he wasn’t goofy enough to be President of the United States. Mission Accomplished, sir!
Oh please. What was the point of that? As if it wasn't undignified (and unfunny) enough for Romney, Letterman couldn help punctuating each item with condescension.
Wouldn't it be refreshing to see a Republican pol show up prepared for one of these ritual ambushes? Maybe bring his own #1 item and recite it instead of the one fed him by the lame, degenerate writers? "I have just signed legislation outlawing the Late Show. We begin auditing in five minutes." Now THAT would make him sound like a "gangstah."
So true. I don't exactly watch his show every night, but when I do it rarely makes me laugh. I can remember when a good Top 10 left me in stitches, but now they're just not funny...and I get the impression that Letterman doesn't particularly enjoy them either and is just mailing them in because he's stuck with it.
Nostalgia is a mug's game, but 1980s Dave was wonderful. Modern Dave isn't worth noticing.
I'm with DavidJ and ChrisZ, these appearances smack of desperation and tend to diminish the candidate. SNL appearances are by far the worst.
Its one thing to go on after you've won, but only if you're a Democrat and they are going to treat you like a god. It can occassionally by amusing, though never useful, to go on after you've lost. But, for a candidate? Especially a Republican that the talking head is guaranteed to try to humiliate? You do yourself a disservice.
Oh please. What was the point of that? As if it wasn't undignified (and unfunny) enough for Romney, Letterman couldn help punctuating each item with condescension.
Wouldn't it be refreshing to see a Republican pol show up prepared for one of these ritual ambushes? Maybe bring his own #1 item and recite it instead of the one fed him by the lame, degenerate writers? "I have just signed legislation outlawing the Late Show. We begin auditing in five minutes." Now THAT would make him sound like a "gangstah."
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWhy do they bother? This helps nothing and it diminishes them.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIt was fine. #1 especially.
Mitt simply showed he could play along (still a bit stiff). But no harm done.
Dave showed that he gets lamer with age.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseSo true. I don't exactly watch his show every night, but when I do it rarely makes me laugh. I can remember when a good Top 10 left me in stitches, but now they're just not funny...and I get the impression that Letterman doesn't particularly enjoy them either and is just mailing them in because he's stuck with it.
Nostalgia is a mug's game, but 1980s Dave was wonderful. Modern Dave isn't worth noticing.
Still better than Leno though.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIt was funny.
Nice to see Mr. Romney take a joke and handle it well.
I prefer Presidential Candidates be serious, but this is no big deal.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI'm with DavidJ and ChrisZ, these appearances smack of desperation and tend to diminish the candidate. SNL appearances are by far the worst.
Its one thing to go on after you've won, but only if you're a Democrat and they are going to treat you like a god. It can occassionally by amusing, though never useful, to go on after you've lost. But, for a candidate? Especially a Republican that the talking head is guaranteed to try to humiliate? You do yourself a disservice.
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