Mitt Romney’s Late Show Top 10 Redux
It was like deja vu with Mitt Romney when the Republican presidential candidate presented the “Top Ten” list on the “Late Show with David Letterman” Monday night.
The script was different, and so were the clothes – but Romney’s latest late night TV performance looked and sounded a lot like the the previous one he gave back in February.
This time, the former Massachusetts governor revealed the “Top Ten Things Mitt Romney Would Like to Say to the American People.”
Here’s the list (in reverse order):
– “Isn’t it time for a president who looks like a 1970s game show host?” – “What’s up gangstas… it’s the M-I double-tizzle – “I have no proof, but I have a feeling Canada is planning something” – “Actually I’m only here to meet Tom Cruise” – “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night” – “My new cologne is now at Macy’s. It’s Mitt-stified” – “I just used all my campaign money to buy a zoo with Matt Damon” – “I can do a lot, but even I can’t fix the Indianapolis Colts” – “Newt Gingrich? Really?” – “It’s a hairpiece”
Romney’s first star turn as Top Ten reader was on Feb. 1. It was a presentation of the “Top Ten Things You Don’t Know About Mitt Romney.”
Here’s the clip.
Photo Credit: REUTERS/Larry Downing (Romney at CPAC convention in February)
Perry does Letterman’s “Top Ten” excuses for gaffe
Texas Governor Rick Perry wrapped up his apology, explanation, damage control (take your pick) tour where it started — on TV with an appearance on David Letterman’s “Late Show.”
Instead of sitting in the guest seat, the Republican presidential hopeful stood center stage presenting the “Top Ten Rick Perry Excuses” for an embarrassing 53-second brain freeze live on national TV at the Michigan debate.
Here’s the Top Ten in Reverse Order:
- 10 “Actually there were 3 reasons I messed up last night 1) was the nerves and 2) was the headache and 3) uh, uh.”
- 9 “I don’t know what you’re talking about I think things went well.”
- 8 “I was up late last night watching ‘Dancing With the Stars’ “
- 7 “I thought the debate was tonight”
- 6 “Hey listen, you try concentrating with Mitt Romney smiling at you. That is one handsome dude!”
- 5 “Uhhhh, El Nino”
- 4 “I had a five-hour energy drink six hours before the debate.”
- 3 “You know I really hoped it would get me on my favorite talk show but instead I ended up here.”
- 2 “I wanted to help take the heat off my buddy Herman Cain.”
- 1 ” I just learned Justin Beiber is my father.”
Anyone tuning in for another Perry moment would have been disappointed. The Late Night performance went well. His delivery, facial expressions and hand gestures were just right — not too stiff, not too overdone.
Perry was at a loss for words Wednesday night when he tried to present his own Top Three list of government agencies he’d cut if he becomes president. The governor was done in by three words: “Department of Energy.”
Perry’s Thursday TV tour began on the morning talk shows, where he chalked up his memory lapse to human error.
Three is a tough number for all the Republicans:
Mr. Gingrich, which of your three wives did you have sex with while married to the second?
Mr. Romney, what is your third position on abortion?
Mr. Cain, besides the U.S. and Russia, can you name a third, large nuclear power?
Mr. Huntsman, how do you count to three in Mandarin, or have you been inflating your resume a little?
Mr. Santorum, in the top Google search result for “Santorum,” are you the third ingredient?
Mrs. Bachmann, what are the top three dumb things you have said that you would like to take back?
Mr. Paul, you aren’t a Republican or a Democrat, so what is that third party that you belong to?
Mr. Perry, what are the three branches of the federal government? Let’s make it easier for you; you can forget about the executive branch…obviously.
A lighter way to follow volcanic ash
It almost seems like a case of adding insult to injury, but the volcanic ash that is wreaking havoc over European airspace has started tweeting.
And, while trying not to take it personally, @theashcloud has amassed more followers than some of us who have been on Twitter for some time.
But it’s a peppy ash cloud, asking for suggested #ashtunes and with tweets like: “The Ash Cloud would like to know if any happy tales have come out of the disruption I have (not deliberately) caused!Tweet them to me?#ash”
The volcanic ash from Iceland has of course had serious consequences for European air travel. White House spokesman Bill Burton said it has affected “thousands and thousands of Americans who are stranded abroad” and U.S. ambassadors around the world are working to help them. “But obviously there’s nothing that we can do to blow the volcanic ash any faster. But we’re doing everything that we can.”
The Icelandic volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier has also sparked some levity.
Late night show host David Letterman decided the correct pronunciation was ay ya forgot ya yogurt.
Palin’s financial disclosure: $1.25 mln advance for “Going Rogue”
The following is reported by Yereth Rosen in Anchorage, Alaska.
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin got a $1.25 million advance from HarperCollins for her soon-to-be-released memoir “Going Rogue.”
Palin listed the advance, which she received while still governor, in the 2009 financial disclosure form filed Monday with the Alaska Public Offices Commission. See the form on The Anchorage Daily News Web site.
“The Governor has complied with Alaska disclosure law by her filing yesterday. Now, as a private citizen, her business dealings, including her publishing agreement, are confidential,” Palin spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton said in an email.
The report covers Palin’s last seven months as governor. She announced her resignation on July 3 and left her post on July 26. During that time, she received a state salary of $73,000 and perdiem payments of $6,370.80, according to her financial disclosure report.
Palin also reported taking out an unspecified home loan from Wells Fargo Bank to pay for “legal fees to fight false allegations while governor,” according to her handwritten explanation.
And she reported that she has set up a marketing business, called Pie Spy LLC, with headquarters at the office of her Anchorage attorney.
Palin proving she’s as status quo as every other politician in this country, sell out on her people in order to make a few extra bucks.
The First Draft: David Letterman and the Dalai Lama
This is one of those Washington days that seems to defy a theme. Consider:
Iran is the topic at the Senate Banking Committee, where officials from the State and Treasury departments are set to testify on economic sanctions against Tehran.
Afghanistan is expected to be front and center when President Barack Obama briefs congressional leaders about his Afghan strategy.
Pakistan‘s foreign minister has a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The Dalai Lama is in town, too, meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and getting a human rights award.
In the background is the steady drumbeat of the healthcare debate, the fight over climate change legislation and defense spending.
Serious subjects, all of them. And what was the top story on the morning network newscasts? Ten points if you guessed the natural choice: David Letterman’s sex life.
getplaning can you call me a “Winger” not a “whiner”i don,t drink, my church friends might get the wrong impression,don,t worry it means the same thing.Thanks buddy.
The First Draft: Sex scandal and the Olympics
They’re not linked, but the stories that topped the news shows this morning had to do with sex and with the Olympics.
Late-night comedian David Letterman made an unusual confession on his show last night: he was the victim of a $2 million extortion plot by a man who threatened to write a screenplay about Letterman having afffairs with female employees.
The talk show host quoted a blackmail note as saying: “I know that you do some terrible, terrible things and I can prove that you do these terrible things.”
Initially, Letterman’s audience didn’t understand and thought he was telling a joke. They laughed as he said he found a package in his car three weeks ago from a person who was trying to blackmail him.
Then the audience seemed kind of stunned, not knowing how to react as the 62-year-old comedian spoke about the “very bizarre experience” as he admitted that he had had sex with women who work for him on the show. He then went on to say he hoped to protect his family and his job.
An employee with CBS’s “48 Hours” was arrested in the case.
The other top story: President Obama’s Olympic plea to try to win the 2016 Summer Games for Chicago.
thanks cheese actually i work in hollywood ,what i should have said ,was the entertainment industry,same difference.
Letterman to Obama: “How long have you been a black man?”
President Barack Obama has sought to distance himself from Jimmy Carter’s recent comment that some of the anger directed at him over the summer is because he is a black man.
But he couldn’t avoid the issue when he appeared on the “Late Show with David Letterman” on Monday. His host put it to him straight, but with a healthy dose of good humor.
“Was Jimmy Carter onto something … was this unease or poor decorum rooted in racism, or is that just something to talk about?” Letterman asked.
“It’s important to realize that I was actually black before the election,” Obama answered.
“Really?” said Letterman. “This is true,” Obama said.
“How long have you been a black man?,” Letterman asked.
– Pause for laughter from the audience –
WHO CARES!
I don’t! And we shouldn’t!
Its a done deal, push race and color to the back burner.
We have more important issues to deal with on the front burner.
Ya Think?
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Denounce the racist fringe at the teabagging parties and we will move on. And anyway you are why the presidents great plans aren’t moving ahead anyway. That’s hypcoritical of you. Ya think? Not much.
The First Draft: Blank screens
Millions of Americans could be staring at blank TV screens tomorrow, when broadcasters switch to digital signals.
The U.S. government has spent years preparing for the switch, which aims to free up airwaves for broadband and enhanced emergency communications.
The change-over will only affect those who get their TV over the air, rather than through cable or satellite connections.
But many consumers probably still haven’t gotten a converter box which will allow them to watch the new digital signals with their rabbit-ear antennas.
That means they’ll miss out on the frothy mix of news and entertainment (newsertainment?) of NBC’s “Today Show,” where this morning Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin declared she’s “absolutely not necessarily” the future of the Republican Party.
In case you’re wondering, Palin’s still steamed at talk show host David Letterman, who made sexual jokes about her daughter a few nights back.
“It was a degrading comment about a young woman and I would hope people really start rising up and saying it’s not acceptable,” Palin said.
hi getplaning have you got the networks right?i think if you had a word with sarah she might disagree with you.
First Draft: Q and A
The economy is expected to dominate President Barack Obama’s news conference at 8 p.m. But perhaps the power of his prime time presence can be judged by his ability to change the TV line-up – the popular “American Idol” has been moved to Wednesday.
NBC’s “Today” show asked White House spokesman Robert Gibbs whether Obama wanted to risk angering the show’s 31 million viewers and, more scary, judge Simon Cowell.
“No I think taking on Simon along with the economy might be one too many things to take on,” Gibbs said with a laugh.
“But I think it’s important that the president talk to the American people about our economic recovery and we’ll just build up the suspense for American Idol,” he said.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke go to Capitol Hill in the morning to appear before a House Financial Services hearing on “Oversight of the Federal Government’s Intervention at American International Group (AIG).”
Predict more talk about corporate bonuses, since it seems AIG can’t be mentioned without someone yelling about the bonuses it paid employees while taking a government handout.
And after 23 years of dating, late-night television host David Letterman married his girlfriend.
So this Senator Cardin (D-Maryland) is willing to give newspapers the right to operate as tax-free nonprofits, in exchange for them giving up their first amendment right of freedom of speech.
So now, our most basic civil liberties, such as the right to publicly endorse a candidate for elective office, are to be denied to us unless we pay taxes to the government.
I didn’t know that basic human rights were to be haggled for in exchange for paying money to the government. We are being transformed from citizens of a free nation, to subjects of a ruling elite.
So much for Democratic party support for civil liberties.
McCain’s October surprise? Humor from the candidate and candy from his wife
NEW YORK – With just a few weeks to go before the U.S. election, the John McCain campaign is still full of surprises.
Cindy McCain, the Arizona senator’s wife, visited the campaign plane’s press section after taking off from New York on Friday to give Halloween candy to startled reporters.
So what, some may ask? Well it was the first time Mrs. McCain, who is generally wary of reporters, has ever ventured to the back of the plane.
Declaring an “autumn surprise”, an aide pulled back the curtain that normally separates the press cabin from the candidate and staff to reveal the potential first lady striding down the aisle doling out smiles and chocolate. The visit was fast and purely social.
When asked how things were going she responded quickly: “It’s going great. We’re right where we want to be.” Yet polls show her husband lagging behind Democratic rival Barack Obama.
The visit was all the more unusual because of the dramatic decrease in access that reporters have had to McCain and even his staff in recent weeks. The Arizona senator, who used to hold press conferences and informal chats regularly, has cut them off nearly altogether.
A section of the plane that was designed for press pow-wows was used only once — in July. But glimpses of the “old McCain”, as some reporters describe the senator before his more recent evolution, are beginning to come through.
