Brian Williams On The Late Show: "I'm A Maverick, And I May Not Answer The Questions Tonight"

[LynneSin]

Run time: 10:17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puHITWjTc_Q   Posted on YouTube: October 04, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: October 04, 2008 By DU Member: LynneSin Views on DU: 3310

 
What a zinger on Sarah Palin!!

[DrZeeLit]

1. ROFLMAO! thank you for my first LAUGH of the day! i haven't watched the clip, I just LAUGHED and

woke up my dog, who is not growling.

That header just cracked me up!

God, I'm soooo in love with David Letterman -- is he the ONLY American on t.v. who GETS IT?

(well besides KO and Maddow...thank goodness for them!) (oh and the Daily Show and Colbert, too) (sorry... I do love them... but LETTERMAN RULES right now)

Doncha hope he does McCain take downs for the next month?

[jules1962]

3. Hilarious

This is great! Dave is on a roll right now! I hope his ratings go through the roof. I emailed the show to tell them how great it is. I know that they are probably getting nasty emails from the repugs about him so I just wanted to share the love.:headbang:

[Honeycombe8]

2. Funny! Thx. (Letterman is one of the most quick witted, funny talents around!) nt

[ksimons]

4. had to post somewhere so this is as good a spot as any...

... just as a time-stamp on what I heard.

I'm getting the impression from what someone said that within a week or so, the GOP might pull Palin off the ticket due to 'family issues', and replace her with someone else - as they sense this is going south on them and they want to save Sarah Palin for 4 years from now. They figure if they are going to lose anyway, they may as well not have 'her' sink down with the ship and save her for next time around. They had reasoned that the next president (no matter who is elected) is going to have 4 years of nightmare situations anyway and that they feel better giving up 4 years for now and inheriting a better chance for things thereafter... something that would extend a Republican rule beyond just a single term - but longer term.

Anyway, sorry to post this here, but wanted to drop it somewhere to see what happens in a week or so.

Back to where you folks were.

[GinaMaria]

7. agree

They will recycle her, somehow. McPalin Agents of Chaos. Imagine if she had 4 years of coaching and memorizing speachlettes what could happen.

[LynneSin]

12. Sarah Palin is not the future of the Republican party - she'll fade just like Dan Quayle

The republicans have better candidates to run in 2012 (including some we saw in 08 like Huckabee, Rommey and Giuliani). Personally I think the republicans are tossing 2008 because they know Americans have a short attention span and when this economy totally explodes they'll blame the current president and not Bush. Then in 2010 the Repukes will do another 'Contract on America' trying to sweep back the house and senate.

This is what we are fighting up against. The republicans had far better candidates than McCain but somehow McCain came out as the winner. Makes you wonder if the repukes knew all along they were tanking this election. And Palin was simply someone they could sacrifice.

[ryanmuegge]

14. I've heard that the buearacracy and formality of removing her would be difficult

Since she has already formally accepted the nomination at the RNC. Granted, people in Washington can kick out 400-page bills over a weekend, so I don't know how true that is. Plus, campaigns typically have tons of lawyers working for them, so who knows?

Maybe if McCain really was a maverick (instead of a spineless pussy) and picked who he wanted to begin with against the wishes of whoever really runs the Republican party, he wouldn't be in this position.

[Lil Missy]

19. That would surely sink McSame for sure.

And probably Palin too.

With only a month to go till election day, seems like political suicide for McSame to change the VP now, as that would reflect poorly on him and his judgment.

But it would also be like him to do something yet again to "change the subject" with another Hail Mary pass. And like you say, they may figure they have already lost and are setting the stage for 2012.

I'd LOVE to see him do that. It would cause massive strokes and hysteria among freepers,right wing fanatics and neocon pundits everywhere!

Can you just see Bill-O and Limpballs??


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[BeyondGeography]

5. Nice dig at "the moderator" by Williams up top

:thumbsup:

[GinaMaria]

6. How's my hair?

thank you for posting this

[Coexist]

8. did Williams encourage people to call NBC and complain about Olbermann??

was that what I heard?

[Dollface]

9. I don't think so. I think he was referencing himself.

[ryanmuegge]

11. Probably. They're all right-wing clowns.

[DallasNE]

10. The Obvious Extension To Williams Zinger

Is "I'm a Maverick so I don't have to abide by the Constitution I'm sworn to uphold".

A McCain-Palin administration would give up another justice department run amok. Just think of Troopergate where Palin tried very hard to get her ex-brother in law fired but also tried very hard to stop his workman compensation payments for time off caused by an on-duty injury. Well, if Pakistan can get rid of leaders like that so can we.

[ryanmuegge]

15. Except the people who run our government are much more extreme ideologically than t hose who run

Pakistan's.

[ryanmuegge]

13. Thanks for stating the obvious, Brian. It's shocking people get paid to do this.

Really? She's running as somebody outside of the Washington inner circle? That's her PR schtick? I'm sure nobody in America could figure that out before you and the rest of the pundiocracy explained that to us.

[AwakeAtLast]

16. The debate was a PLAYDATE!!!

:rofl: :rofl:

That and Gary Shandling's Carson/Charo comparison and I am :spray: :cry: :rofl: :cry: :spray:

Thanks for posting!

:hi:

[realitythink]

17. That asswipe wants people to call NBC and complain?

About Olbermann? How about we call and complain about Brokaw, the liason to the McCain campaign.

[zauberflote]

18. Don't think so

Looked to me more like Williams was just trying to add humor while suggesting Palin call that 800 number to set up an interview. There's nothing Williams said at any other point to put his co-workers down.
I know Williams isn't trustworthy (didn't he once say he respects Limbaugh?) but he played relatively straight journalist here with Letterman.

[blogslut]

20. I kind of love Brian Williams

That scenario he imagined - If the date was September 11 and the president was in the air, avoiding attack, and it was up to the vice president to manage the crisis, and that vice president were Sarah Palin...

Whoa

[Quantess]

21. Brian Williams is glib.

He's looking out for #1, that's obvious.