Now we know why John McCain wormed out of his first David Letterman appearance to instead attend a televised chat with Katie Couric.
Because David Letterman, y'know, actually asks questions people on TV without backing bands are supposed to ask.
For instance, after grilling the senator on his incessant whining about Barack Obama's gossamer "connection" to Bill Ayers, Letterman then asks, "Did you not have a relationship with Gordon Liddy?" (Liddy, of course, was the scuzzy bastard who broke into the DNC headquarters in 1972, thus beginning the Watergate scandal and ultimately leading to Liddy's conviction and imprisonment.) And guess what? McCain is buddies with Liddy and his son! Hahaha!
He doesn't even try to pretend he's not a hypocrite.
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There is a difference between a burglar and terrorist
William Ayers eventually renounced violence, which is more than you can say about G. Gordon Liddy.
Also, McCain's association with Liddy is a lot closer than the temporary and tenuous connection between Obama and Ayers.
Liddy advocates violent overthrow of the government, and explains in detail the best way to kill government agents ("head shots", he says, because they wear armor). That's in recent years on his radio show, not back in the '60s. A radio show on which McCain has proudly appeared.
If you think Watergate was only about a burglary, it's because you're ignorant. Read some history. Liddy and his crew were domestic terrorists. But they were ostensibly working for Nixon so that makes it OK?
Liddy is, of course, a convicted felon who has "acknowledged preparing to kill someone during the Ellsberg break-in 'if necessary'; plotting to murder journalist Jack Anderson; plotting with a 'gangland figure' to murder Howard Hunt to stop him from cooperating with investigators; plotting to firebomb the Brookings Institution; and plotting to kidnap 'leftist guerillas' at the 1972 Republican National Convention — a plan he outlined to the Nixon administration using terminology borrowed from the Nazis." Liddy also once famously gave his supporters advice on how best to kill federal officials (he recommended shooting them in the head because they might be wearing flak jackets).
Despite this scandalous past, McCain has accepted thousands of dollars in contributions from Liddy, attended a fundraiser in his honor at Liddy's home, and told Liddy that he's "proud of" him.
Also remember, Liddy can be fairly described as "unrepentant." When asked if he regretted his felonies, "A vein twitches angrily on one of his scales, but he replies in a level voice, 'No.'"
As of last night, McCain is "not in any was embarrassed to know Gordon Liddy." I have a follow-up question: Why not? And one more: what does it say about McCain's character that he pals around with an unrepentant convicted felon who's talked openly about killing federal officials?
Dave,
Personaly I wouldn't have offered McCain a do-over, you are WAY more hospitable than I am. He would have maybe been offered a spot AFTER the election, but I saw no reason to offer him a large audience, after he dissed you, and NEVER apologised. That said, since he did come back, I appreciate you holding his feet to the fire, you were in the unique position that McCain NEEDED, so he just had to take it.