The MSM was all a-twitter over Kerry's appearance on Letterman Monday night. Maybe they should have watched last night as well. Letterman did a bit on each candidate taken from recent campaign footage. Kerry's sound bite was edited as per the forward slashes:
A MESSAGE FROM JOHN KERRY:"And I'm not kidding you / I am / the most catastrophic, bad choice / for America."
Followed by Letterman's trademark startled stare.
Bush's didn't require comedic editing:
GEORGE W. BUSH TERRORISM UPDATE: From a July 4th speech in Charleston, West Virginia:"And that's why their actions have grown more cruel and sadt. . . . statis . . . . sadit . . . sadistic."
Letterman laughed and commented that he's had nights on-air when his mouth wouldn't work either.
The Kerry campaign should have known better, only a few Pols, such as former Mayor Rudy Giuliani receive a geniune reaction from Dave. Letterman always extracts a price for being used during campaigns, after the ratings bump, of course.
Posted by feste at September 22, 2004 12:26 PM | TrackBack