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Monday Night Open Thread: Obama on Letterman

By Jeralyn, Section Media
Posted on Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 07:46:29 PM EST
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David Letterman's show is getting more political. President Obama is the only guest tonight. Tomorrow night, Bill Clinton will be on.

Obama has a few jokes tonight. When Letterman asks him about Jimmy Carter's statement that racism is behind many of the attacks on him, Obama responds, "It's important to realize that I was actually black before the election."

On the serious side, Obama talks health care and war -- again. This is an open thread, all topics welcome.

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    Monday Night Open Thread: Obama on Letterman | 28 comments (28 topical)

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    Bill Clinton on Larry King tonight. (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by oldpro on Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 07:53:05 PM EST


    This, I certainly (none / 0) (#2)
    by Inspector Gadget on Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 07:58:08 PM EST
    plan to watch :)

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    Is Bill doing his annual (none / 0) (#4)
    by nycstray on Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 08:02:41 PM EST
    conference that he does with the UN meeting? Usually when the UN meets, he blitzes the talk shows to promote his conference to get things done . . .

    Is he still 'allowed' to do that?

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    Yup. The Clinton Global (none / 0) (#12)
    by oldpro on Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 10:59:27 PM EST
    Initiative...quite remarkable.

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    Oh good! (none / 0) (#13)
    by nycstray on Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 11:16:37 PM EST
    I wasn't sure if that was still "allowed" when they put down the boundaries. I think it was the first year that I caught the broadcast and was totally sucked in.

    He's in an interesting position on Larry. And handling it nicely.

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    Yup....still the big dog. (none / 0) (#15)
    by oldpro on Tue Sep 22, 2009 at 12:25:50 AM EST


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    He is just stunning (5.00 / 1) (#17)
    by gyrfalcon on Tue Sep 22, 2009 at 01:05:45 AM EST
    His ability to walk a tightrope in commenting on Obama's efforts on HCR, Paterson, even North Korean, all kinds of stuff extemporarneously and without once putting his food in his mouth is just breathtaking.

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    Thanks for the reminder! (5.00 / 2) (#3)
    by NJDem on Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 07:58:43 PM EST
    and just saw this

    "Bill Clinton weighs in on charges of racism against Obama"

    I believe he has it right...

    How can this be? (5.00 / 1) (#5)
    by Upstart Crow on Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 08:12:56 PM EST
    I thought during the primaries it was established that the Clintons, themselves, were racists! How can they comment on it, then?

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    Ummm. remember grade school? (none / 0) (#16)
    by oldpro on Tue Sep 22, 2009 at 12:28:17 AM EST
    "Takes one to know one!"  Nyah, nyah, nyah...or words to that effect.

    Juvenalia seems to be all the rage, so I thought I'd try it out...

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    Me, too (none / 0) (#6)
    by Inspector Gadget on Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 08:15:27 PM EST
    But, it's so logical. The subject of HCR is so much bigger than race.

    The clip I've seen with O on Letterman go straight to "I was black before the election." Since it's out of context, I'm trusting Obama the surrounding comments are trying to say the same thing....it's about HCR and the economy. I won't be watching, though.

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    Gotta be honest (5.00 / 1) (#10)
    by Socraticsilence on Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 09:05:09 PM EST
    I'd be far more likely to just think the outburst against Obama was simply a symptom of the coarsening of our culture if I don't know the man behind the Tea Party protest hadn't gotten exposed on CNN for calling Obama an Indonesian Muslim, or if the guy who interrupted his speech wasn't a member of at the very least a "racially troubled" organization or a protege of the most influential American Racist since the Great Depression- but hey I might be wrong.    

    I think you are wrong (5.00 / 1) (#18)
    by gyrfalcon on Tue Sep 22, 2009 at 01:10:36 AM EST
    and Big Dog, as usual, has it right.  Sure, some of these people are racists, but they're also every other kind of bigot and sexist and homophobe, and super right-wing haters.  Bill and Hillary got attacked just as hard, actually harder.  Nobody's yet suggested, as far as I've heard, that Michelle actually murdered anybody or that Obama was running a drug-trafficking operation out of the Chicago suburbs.

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    So the outburst (none / 0) (#19)
    by Wile ECoyote on Tue Sep 22, 2009 at 05:40:43 AM EST
    can't be that some people don't agree with his agenda?  

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    Yup (5.00 / 1) (#14)
    by TeresaInSnow2 on Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 11:37:45 PM EST
    "It's important to realize that I was actually black before the election."

    Yup.

    And some like to point out the r*cism by saying that Obama only got 43% of the white vote nationally....to which I say, Kerry only got 41% of the white vote in 2004.  What does that say about his voters?

    I've just read that blogger (5.00 / 2) (#20)
    by Militarytracy on Tue Sep 22, 2009 at 09:13:07 AM EST
    exmearden is very ill.  She is such a gift.  I think the universe should grant a very large healing.

    Thank you (none / 0) (#25)
    by sj on Tue Sep 22, 2009 at 10:19:34 AM EST
    I don't go to dKos anymore, but I will now.  

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    I hope it's okay (none / 0) (#7)
    by Nate Uncensored on Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 08:26:24 PM EST
    to self-promote here. I have a post up with four ways Democrats can pass health care reform in the Senate without a supermajority of 60.

    Also, on a lighter note -- or is it? -- I respond to a Washington Post op-ed with a feminist reading of Twilight.

    once a year or so it's ok (n/t) (none / 0) (#11)
    by Jeralyn on Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 09:12:00 PM EST


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    Isn't Obama (none / 0) (#8)
    by Zorba on Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 08:26:54 PM EST
    in danger of being over-exposed?  He's here, he's there, he's everywhere.

    His kids (5.00 / 1) (#28)
    by weltec2 on Tue Sep 22, 2009 at 06:00:32 PM EST
    are just adorable. The welcome home pics on HuffPo are great. The media can show them all they want IMO.

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    I think he jumped the shark. (none / 0) (#9)
    by maddog on Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 08:56:31 PM EST


    Primary today (none / 0) (#21)
    by CST on Tue Sep 22, 2009 at 09:24:53 AM EST
    In the mayor race in Boston.  Mumbles Menino is going for his fifth term.  There is a serious incumbency advantage in MA (look at the senate) for just about every elected office besides governer - where they never seem to want the job for that long.  For those of you who might remember, Menino, the current mayor, was the one who gave the incomprehensible speech during the Kennedy services.  The hardest job in the city goes to whoever has to transcribe this man's speeches.  This is the first time in 16 years he has faced much of a challenge as mayor.

    Your state is scaring me pal... (none / 0) (#22)
    by kdog on Tue Sep 22, 2009 at 09:47:11 AM EST
    Police planting GPS in people's cars, sweeping new powers to incarcerate and innoculate against swine flu against people's will, martial law powers, the whole nine...what in the name of Sam Adams is going on up there?

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    I dunno (none / 0) (#24)
    by CST on Tue Sep 22, 2009 at 10:07:06 AM EST
    you tell me.  This is the first I've heard about any of this.  The only thing I've heard about Swine flu is they are starting a database to figure out whether people in different neighborhoods have access to the shot.  FWIW - no one has tried to make me get a shot.

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    Info is scarce... (none / 0) (#27)
    by kdog on Tue Sep 22, 2009 at 10:58:38 AM EST
    on the pandemic bill making its way to the gov...here's a link to the bill, reporting on it is limited to fringe outfits like prisonplanet, the msm is ignoring it.

    Here's a link on the GPS thang the courts have no problem with...I guess I should be glad a warrant is required at least, but still very uncool.

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    Sen. Byrd taken by ambulance (none / 0) (#23)
    by MO Blue on Tue Sep 22, 2009 at 09:58:44 AM EST
    Ambulances and fire trucks were dispatched to the Northern Virginia home of Sen. Robert Byrd Tuesday morning.
    The reason for the emergency call was unclear, but a neighbor of the 91-year-old West Virginia Democrat said several ambulances were outside his residence in McLean, Va.

    An officer at the McLean Fire Department said that a unit was dispatched at 9:10 to the address where Byrd lives, but he declined to comment on the substance of the response. link
    Update on Sen. Byrd (none / 0) (#26)
    by MO Blue on Tue Sep 22, 2009 at 10:50:26 AM EST
    "Byrd apparently stood up too fast this morning in his home and fell down," said Jesse Jacobs, a spokesman for the senator. "To err on the side of caution his caregiver called an ambulance. He was taken to the hospital where he is currently being checked out. At this point in time there is no indication that he will be admitted."


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