John Edwards on Late Show w/ David Letterman - 1/21/08

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Dave had a good segment with Edwards. I loved the hair-mussing. :)

...and making light of it will get some of those voters back that were down on him (obviously unfair to Edwards), but those little things help Edwards....shows he has a sense of humor.

EDWARDS.

That was good!

And the end was funny, with the hair! :rofl:

John was his usual charming, funny and absolutely delightful self. Go, Johnny, Go.

Edwards: "I was representing the grown-up contingent of the Democratic Party."

:rofl:

Thanks Hissyspit

I want to mess John's hair up too! I think we ought to have a fund drive.

Corral the man someplace and charge $25 (minimum - can give more if desired) to mess up his hair (it gets combed in between mussers). Give the money to the campaign.

I'd love to run my fingers through his hair!

Lemme stop before I go WAY too far with this post.

... ;)

But I think it could be a fun event. John's hair may be a bit thinner by the time it was over but - eh, it grows back, just ask Elizabeth!

Anyway, just a silly thought. Likely no time for such a thing but it would be a fun way for the campaign to thumb its nose at the stupid haircut flap and to raise money at the same time, wouldn't it?

I loved that.

Repeating what Dave said to O'Really was perfect.

He would make the greatest next president.

maybe ill show him this, hes on the fence between obama and edwards

so proud of John.


Regular guy. Very funny. Allowed the hair mussing. HA...


YAY! Millions of late night TV viewers got to see him.


"The Grown-Up Wing of the Democratic Party"

He somehow doesn't connect in that way that gets people excited.

I love his policy plans. And his wife. But his personality???

they weren't very cheery when he came out, like they would have been for Obama or Clinton, but I think once he got going, it eventually came across very, very well - it's gotta be harder going on Letterman than being in a debate when you're a politician... LOL

This honestly is a very important appearance for him, coming off the S.C. Debate victory (CNN talking heads and undecided say he was the best), and he needed to seem like a regular guy and be funny, I think he accomplished that. I wish it would have went a couple minutes longer so he coulda discussed the Iraq Occupation, or the Economy!


He sure made me laugh several times!

WAY TO GO JOHN!

John is plenty exciting.

Hillary has NO personality and Obama is a bore and they would have gotten cheers just by announcing them. Because MSM has programmed the sheeple.

I think there might be some sour grapes from some people, which is to be expected, that John did great in the debate last night with the time alloted him (ha), and did very well here being down-to-earth and funny several times...

way to go John! It's pretty clear to see Dave likes him, and Dave did great keeping it moving.

re the Oprah saga and Letterman's review of her international celebrity --- !!!

Letterman really busted a gut on that one --- !!!

John, Barack, Hillary... None of them have wit. Why is that? McCain has some. Huckabee does as well. Why is that?

Huckster says: "Jesus was too smart to ever run for public office...that's what Jesus would do." --after being asked if Jesus would have supported the death penalty.

Smart.

Straight talkin' JM says: “Never get into a wrestling match with a pig,” Senator John McCain said in New Hampshire this month after reporters asked him about Mr. Romney. “You both get dirty, and the pig likes it.”


Smart.

Why no Wit on the side of compassion? :(

The applause was quite tepid.

He needs to jazz things up somehow. Or maybe they should have made Elizabeth the candidate in the family....

I loved it when he mussed David's hair in return.

He came off very real, relaxed, charming, funny, didn't do the usual, scripted "two-jokes-then-lay-the-message-on-them" politician's appearance. You could feel the audience go from wary to loving him. It is just criminal he isn't getting more media time, when he is so damn good on camera.

WELCOME TO DU! :hi:

I also think he was so damn cute!
I hate to sound like a dumb girl, but I sure wouldn't mind looking at him on the news for another 4 years or more!

There is so much going on in the world right now, and we need someone who doesn't just spew ideals one minute and attack others the next. John keeps it CLEAN, he SO resisted the openings that Dave gave him to talk smack about his opponents or Kerry. I think it is a good tell of his CHARACTER!

GO JRE! I am talking more and more about him every day!

looking! Weird!

they swooned over JFK

I guess us white males are just out of vogue

welcome to DU! :hi:

...and proud to be an EDWARDS SUPPORTER!!! ;)

After four years of looking at a half evolved dim-witted monkey, I think we could all use a little Presidential eye candy.

to feel that way.

A little presidential eye-candy for 8 years and I'd be set forever. Well, for at least 8 years...

That's what I get for posting before I've had a sufficient intake of caffeine.

:kick:

But a jazzy version, of course.

Forgot the name.

or "Well I'm Going to Carolina".

"Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind...I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind."

"Maybe just like a friend of mine, it hit me from behind...I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind."


This line appears a couple different ways when googled ~ it's the one that popped in my head when Paul played it.

oh, John is so genuine, he's got to have a chance. :loveya:

:kick:

MKJ

:thumbsup: :yourock: :applause: :rofl:

Dave was always awesome in my book but he just sailed above that

And why did John Kerry throw his support behind Obama instead of Edwards?

And talk policy!

Edwards is warm, and still presidential.

I couldn't stay awake last night, still recovering from my political debate hangover the night before - I love that man, he's genuine, unpretentious and good natured. What a fantastic leader he will be.

K&R!

:patriot:

John Edwards. Loved it.

At least HIS southern accent is real which is more than I can say for our present idiot in chief.

second favorite: "i'm not tellin", when asked if he called kerry up after the obaba endorsement.

Referring to O'Reilly - "Most of what he says is crap."

hair back into place -- I wouldn't have been able to stop myself from doing that.

...Edwards is on for eight to ten minutes with plenty to say about the campaign and the SC primary debate, and the only thing they show on local news is the damn hair messing bit...would have loved to have heard John, in response to Dave's asking if he could 'muss' his hair, with a 'sure, if I can 'muss' yours in return - it won''t come off in my hand, will it?'...then again he probably handled it as well as he could have.

If this is all TV can think about then we are certainly doomed as a nation and will likely have another 'effin' Republican in the WH come next year. When will we wake up and realize that neither Hillary nor Obama can win against virtually any of the Repugs?

Letterman looked like what he is ... an old dumb guy ---

who's not really very funny!

I would have loved to see him endorse Edwards.

Really, really intelligent -- wise --
and wonderful speaker on any issue --

:kick:

You could help him out making phone calls for South Carolina Primary. I just signed up it was easy.
Go Here--------> http://www.johnedwards.com/ and follow the easy directions.

he didn't think anyone would get 50% of the delegates... I guess that is his plan! First time he's said this. Anyway, Go John go!!!

and the bit with the hair was priceless.

I stayed up to watch it and fell asleep before he came on! :(

I really wanted to see that!

Instead, he has to watch as a catfight erupts. WTF.

I had just about recovered my voice from cheering John on during the debate and now I am laughing and cheering again. Thank you soooo much

on another thread, it was revealed that:

* The $400 haircut myth is just that - A MYTH
** JRE was late to a campaign event and his barber had been waiting for him there
** This barber therefore didn't make money from other customers that day
** JRE made up the difference in order to compensate him for the lost income.

This is fundamentally a NOBLE AND ETHICAL ACT, and Rupert Murdoch and the M$M have turned it into a "$400 Haircut Meme".

It is my pleasure to encourage you to use the M$M's catty little haircut emphasis to good use. Their writing about this Letterman event is skewed to emphasize the hair, not the policies. Well I am using these articles to call them to task for their amplification of this particular lie.

I've been commenting on every M$M article about the hair muss event on Letterman about what an abuse of their memetic power this $400 haircut myth has been. I want rats to chew the guts out of those responsible for creating the $400-haircut meme. I am going to make sure that every journalist who has EVER mentioned this meme gets CHEWED OUT FOR IT PERSONALLY.

won't you join me ? :)

-s

keep up your efforts. each of us does something to make things better.

K and R I have not smiled so much in months!

Imagine HIS news conferences. The humor, the grace, the knowledge.

His time is NOW.