David Letterman's Opening Monologue

David Letterman Show | 9-19-01 | D. Letterman

[Mama_Bear]

"Not one single word about the excellent job our Prez has been doing...so sad!"

My thoughts EXACTLY. I am impressed with what he did say, but disappointed in what he didn't say. President Bush is doing an excellent job. Too bad Letterman couldn't have given him a mention. I would like to think it was just an oversight, because what he did say showed a lot of class.

[Inspectorette]

When is "chuckie the schmuck" up for re-election?

Either 2002 or 2004, however, if Rudy ran against Chuckie, that would make the Hildebeeste the Senior Senator from NY. I'd like to see Rudy continue on as mayor through the crisis, then head up a Justice Department investigation of the terrorist attack, then come back in 2006 and clobber the pantsuited witch.

[Fintan]

And I have "friends" who wonder why I love this guy...

[Slyfox]

Thanks. I missed the first 45 minutes of the show.

[Slyfox]

I would also like to see David Letterman vent about Howard Stern and other anti-American statements.

The obvious one would have to be Bill Maher. If Barbara Olsen had been going to be on Letterman instead of PI, she'd probably be alive today.

[knarf]

"What a class act, compared to that detestible unamerican late-night show host Bill Maher. It's time to stand up for America, and any who can't, should move to another country where they would be happier."

We missed most of Leno ... caught Crosby, Stills and Nash though ... was unimpessed ... old hippies ...

Late Night with Conan O'Brien followed Leno and his monologue was as sincere as I think he could be. He said (among many other things) that he had made a career of making an ass of himself and that this was the toughest thing he's ever had to do. They (the show cast, workers et al got together and decided that, though they weren't sure if this was the right thing to do, they all felt they had to work, they had to get back to work ... "I don't know how this is going to turn out, but we're going to try ... we're going to try ... and maybe tomorrow we'll try, and maybe the next day and the next ... "

I was touched by Conan's sincerity

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Re-Elect Bush 2004

[Squantos]

He had me too till he said Dan Blather was a "fantastic representive"...........Awesome words otherwise.

Stay Safe

[techcor]

Yeah, definitely Maher. Ah, I get a smile just imagining Letterman ripping into those two. He, David Letterman, really could take those two down. Remember Saturday Night Live (and a few others) banned Andy Kaufman. His career was toast after that.

[Dan Day]

Shame on you! Rudy went to ground zero before the towers collapsed. He had run for his life just like everyone else when they started to fall.

And some of the people he had just been speaking to moments earlier died under the collapse.

It could easily have been Giuliani too.

[Dan Day]

Who thinks that Dan Rather's crying episode was entirely genuine?

I denigrate Rather as much as anyone, but even I think it was genuine.

Rather's problem all along has been a lack of brains, not a lack of emotion.

And I don't think even an Oscar-winning actor could have looked that truly broken up.

[MLedeen]

Bring him back to Washington, we need him here.

[Ditter]

As much a I would like to see Rudy whip the pantsuit off hillery, I wouldn't mind if Rudy followed Bush (after his 2nd term) into the WH. Running for the senate in 2006 is just too late.

[Sungirl]

New Yorkers could get the term-limits law repealed

BE VERY CAREFUL HERE. Do you want Clinton back????

[Sungirl]

WHAT ABOUT THE GREAT JOB BUSH IS DOING?? HE IS DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT!! WHENIS LETTERMAN AND LENO GOING TO RECOGNIZE THEM???

[aculeus]

Shame on you! Rudy went to ground zero before the towers collapsed. He had run for his life just like everyone else when they started to fall.

Oh grow up. I was commenting on Letterman not Giuliani. But -- three hundred plus rescue people went inside those buildings and lost their lives. Rudy went -- as he should -- as the mayor, not a rescuer and no one told him the buildings were going to fall.

Letterman went on and on (and on and on) about G's 'courage' even saying how important it was to 'pretend' to be courageous even when you weren't. Why did he say that? Why did he interrupt Regis who was trying to say something nice about W?

Answer: Being half-informed and obsessed with his view that W is an incompetent he really believes the 'W ran' line. (Did Rudy have to order our pilots to shoot down American airliners? How many NYC mayors have been assassinated? Ans: none, zero, nada.). According to William Safire (Letterman can't read?) the terrorists even had the code name of Air Force One. (Were the terrorists gunning for Rudy? Did they even know his name?) Even Peter Jennings behaved properly on this matter as MRC now explains citing all of his comments on the 11th about W.

Anyone who criticizes Bush for 'running' is a scum bag. Letterman by hyping his Rudy comments and his silence on W is doing exactly that. Rather gave him a chance to second his (Rather's) comments on Bush and Letterman failed to speak.

Other posters (#13, #16, #23) seem to agree with me.

[Lloyd227]

"...Letterman by hyping his Rudy comments and his silence on W..."

Oh give it up,

Are some of you REALLY upset because Dave left a few people out? Didn't mention our beloved President? Relax a little and give the guy a break. From what I've seen, Letterman said what was in his heart and the perspective of a NYC resident, Rudy is most certainly the man who did the best possible job of maintaining order in the middle of this chaos.

Letterman's failure to mention W. is hardly an overt act to portray the man in a bad light.

By the way, does anyone have or know of a link to this video that does NOT require RealPlayer?

Thanks

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

OK. A little tired and stressed out from the tragedy perhaps. Very possible.

[Hawkeye's Girl]

Damn right. And the reason he said it was important for people to pretend to be courageous even when you aren't is because he was talking about himself.

[aculeus]

Are some of you REALLY upset because Dave left a few people out?

Oh, now I get it. It was like Oscar Night and one of the winners forgot to mention her agent.

I'm so grateful for the superior intellects one meets on the internet.