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NEW YORK (AP) -- Late-night TV show hosts found humor in the presidential
debate, the candidates and the economy.
A sampling from Thursday night:
''This is a good part of the campaign. Things are really getting nasty. Do
you enjoy it when it gets nasty? Listen to this, today John
McCain tried to link Barack
Obama to the Chicago Cubs.'' --David
Letterman, CBS' ''Late Show.''
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''Everybody's still talking about the presidential debate the other night.
About how boring it was. Experts say that neither candidate scored a knockout
punch. I don't know about that. After about 10 minutes, I was out like a
light.'' --Jay
Leno, NBC's ''Tonight'' show.
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''Members of the press corps are complaining that Barack Obama's airplane is
cramped and has a terrible odor. So finally, with just a month until the
election, we've found the comedic take on Obama: He has a smelly plane.'' --Conan
O'Brien, NBC's ''Late Night.''
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''In describing her beautiful Alaska home, Sarah
Palin said when she stands on her porch she can see the moon. So you know
what that means. She's now qualified to be an astronaut.'' --Leno.
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''Beautiful day in New York City today. It was 73 and sunny. John McCain is
73 and cranky.'' --Letterman.
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''Obama says there's nothing new to the accusations of a friendship with '60s
radical Bill
Ayers. He says Ayers is a person who he knew early in his career but now
plays no role in his campaign. Kind of like the Clintons.'' --Leno.
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''Clearly they haven't seen the Dow industrial average. They've been on line
for hours. You're all broke!'' --Jon
Stewart, Comedy Central's ''The Daily Show.''
And on a Thursday edition of NBC's ''Saturday
Night Live'':
--''As stocks dropped sharply Monday, President Bush urged patience with the
government's new $700 billion plan, saying it's going to take awhile. The good
news is, he's never been right.'' --Seth Meyers.
--''At a rally on Saturday, Sarah Palin attempted to recite a quote from Madeleine
Albright that she read off a Starbucks cup. She then summed up her views on
energy by saying, `America runs on Dunkin'.''' --Amy
Poehler.
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