n Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Kevin M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My armchair quarterbacking says that while Letterman asked some tough > questions (which he was under no obligation to do, as he is merely the > host of a comedy show), his attitude towards McCain (and his opinions > about Palin) were very different when McCain was in the room. Too me, > that smacked of being disingenuous. I have seen Dave have guests on > the show with whom he's had differences (most notably was his > interview with O'Reilly two years ago), and he's always been the > same... not disrespectful, but honest. To me, this is part of a larger > situation. > > On last night's show, Dave seemed worried that if he asked the wrong > question or pressed too hard on something, McCain would walk away, > snap, or worse. (SNIP)
I had a different impression. I thought Dave actually did a good job of maintaining the edge he has been honing the last few weeks. He was respectful of course, as we knew he would be, but he pressed McCain pretty good. Indeed, I doubt McCain has had to face so many persistent follow up questions all year. And this was the highest profile questioning McCain has had about Gordon Liddy. Dave has a different demeanor when Bill or Hillary Clinton, or Oprah is in the room than when he is making jokes about them - compared to those differences I think Dave was a lot more consistent with McCain. No one watching that interview last night would come away thinking that Dave was real happy with McCain, or miss the deep skepticism that he has for many elements of his campaign - including of course his judgment in selecting a running mate. I expected most of the criticism about Dave today to be that he was too mean to McCain. That was good tv on the Late Show last night. Also good business: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2008/10/mccain-letterma.html Sen. John McCain's much-anticipated return to "Late Show With David Letterman" on Thursday drew the show's biggest audience in almost three years. More than 6.5 million viewers tuned in to watch the Republican presidential nominee try to smooth things over with Letterman after standing the comedian up at the last minute three weeks ago. That's the best viewership for "Late Show" since Oprah Winfrey's appearance Dec. 1, 2005, according to preliminary data from Nielsen Media Research. And it's a boost of 73% over the show's average audience so far this season. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
