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Monday's Late-Night TV Wrap-Up
Filed at 9:07 a.m. ET
NEW YORK (AP) -- Late-night TV show hosts found humor in the presidential
debate.
A sampling from Monday night:
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''The third presidential debate is Wednesday night. John
McCain says he's going to win. Of course, he also told Custer the surge was
working.'' -- David
Letterman, CBS' ''Late Show.''
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''In a speech today, when talking about being behind in the polls, John
McCain said, 'My friends, we've got them just where we want them.' He's not the
first military man to say that. I believe Gen. Custer also....'' -- Jay
Leno, NBC's ''Tonight Show.''
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''You know Sarah
Palin, John McCain's running mate. Over the weekend, she went to
Philadelphia and dropped the first puck for the beginning of the NHL season. And
I thought: Well, I bet she needed a break, and had to get away from reading
every newspaper and magazine.'' -- Letterman.
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''Newsweek magazine is being criticized because last week's cover featured an
unflattering picture of Sarah Palin. Palin says it's the worst thing the press
has done to her since that time they made her answer a question.'' -- Conan
O'Brien, NBC's ''Late Night.''
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''You probably saw this on the news: A woman at a John McCain rally said that
Barack
Obama is an Arab. And McCain quickly corrected her. It was really awkward,
because McCain had to tell her, 'Look, Gov. Palin, you are wrong.''' --
Leno.
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''This has not been a good weekend for Gov. Palin. In a 263-page report,
Alaskan officials said she abused the powers of her office, and that was an
ethics violation. Wow! She's only been on the national scene a month and she
already has an ethics violation. Who said she's not ready for Washington,
huh?!'' -- Leno.
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''A couple of weeks ago I wagged my finger at The New York Times for putting
Barack Obama in their crossword (puzzle) over and over while never including
John McCain. I kept getting my hopes up, cause I'd overhear people saying,
'McCain is five down... He's eight down... He's 10 down.''' -- Stephen
Colbert, Comedy Central's ''The Colbert Report.''
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''The stock market went up 900 points today. This is the best thing to happen
to the John McCain campaign since -- actually, it's the first good thing to
happen to the McCain campaign.'' -- Leno.
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''It's going to be a big week for John McCain. Don't kid yourself. Today and
tomorrow he'll be campaigning. Wednesday is the debate. And then, on Thursday,
he cancels on me again.'' -- Letterman.
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