The Proof is in the Pudding

McCain and Palin killed themselves last night. Thanks mainly to Katie Couric, it was a day when the industry did its job well and served the voters of a troubled nation with a revealing look at two if its candidates. Like her or not, Couric performed her job (unlike the McCain's advisors who recommended her in the first place) and asked the tough questions that needed to be asked of a person who could be our next veep. If people think Couric was tough, wait until Biden gets a hold of her. McCain advisors have to be crapping their pants.

COURIC: You've said, quote, "John McCain will reform the way Wall Street does business." Other than supporting stricter regulations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac two years ago, can you give us any more example of his leading the charge for more oversight?

PALIN: I think that the example that you just cited, with his warnings two years ago about Fannie and Freddie--that, that's paramount. That's more than a heck of a lot of other senators and representatives did for us.

COURIC: But he's been in Congress for 26 years. He's been chairman of the powerful Commerce Committee. And he has almost always sided with less regulation, not more.

PALIN: He's also known as the maverick though. Taking shots from his own party, and certainly taking shots from the other party. Trying to get people to understand what he's been talking about--the need to reform government.

COURIC: I'm just going to ask you one more time, not to belabor the point. Specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation?

PALIN: I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to you.

View the complete transcript. I will say, I feel sorry for Palin. She's had so much information thrown at her in the past 3 weeks. And you know she was flattered to be asked to join McCain on the Republican ticket, but you have to know your limits. It's like joining the swim team and not knowing how to swim.

Then comes David Letterman who is down-right hilarious after McCain snubbed him. Letterman tells audience that McCain called him today to tell him he had to rush back to DC to deal with the economy.

Then in the middle of the taping Dave got word that McCain was, in fact just down the street being interviewed by Katie Couric. Dave even cut over to the live video of the interview, and said, "Hey Senator, can I give you a ride home?"

Earlier in the show, Dave kept saying, "You don't suspend your campaign. This doesn't smell right. This isn't the way a tested hero behaves." And he joked: "I think someone's putting something in his metamucil."

"He can't run the campaign because the economy is cratering? Fine, put in your second string quarterback, Sara Palin. Where is she?"

"What are you going to do if you're elected and things get tough? Suspend being president? We've got a guy like that now!"

NOTE: Sorry, I had to get that off my chest. In the future, I will go back to using my blog for posting about my family. Mainly Eleanor and Carolyn!