Filed at 7:52 a.m. ET
NEW YORK (AP) -- Late-night TV show hosts found humor in the presidential
campaign. A sampling from Tuesday night:
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''At a rally today in Virginia, they played the theme to `Rocky' as John
McCain walked on to the stage. Does John McCain seem like Rocky to you?
Doesn't he seem more like Burgess
Meredith's character?'' -- Jay
Leno, NBC's ''Tonight'' show.
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''Why would McCain want to be like Rocky? Did you see the movie? Didn't Rocky
get the hell kicked out of him by the black guy?'' -- Leno.
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''You heard what happened at a rally yesterday. Sarah
Palin mistook some of her supporters for hecklers. And, you know, confusion
happens in all walks of life. For example, a few weeks ago, John McCain mistook
her for a legitimate candidate.'' -- David
Letterman, CBS' ''Late Show.''
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''In an interview, the boyfriend of Sarah Palin's pregnant daughter says that
at first he was nervous attending the Republican convention with the Palins, but
then he was like, whatever. He also admitted that he writes Sarah Palin's
speeches.'' -- Conan
O'Brien, NBC's ''Late Night.''
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''Critics are wondering, what happened to the old John McCain. Wait a minute.
There's an older John McCain?'' -- Stephen
Colbert, Comedy's Central's ''The Colbert Report.''
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''Barack
Obama says that both men and women should have to register for the draft.
The first woman he wants signed up: Sarah Palin.'' -- Leno.
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Letterman's top 10 list was ''Ways John McCain can turn it around.'' No. 8:
''Change name to Jorack McBama.'' No. 1: ''Get Sarah Palin to illegally fire
herself.''
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''They weren't booing Sarah Palin at that hockey game. The crowd was just
getting into the Halloween spirit.'' -- Colbert.
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''The last presidential
debate is tomorrow night, and the debate is going to be sponsored in part by
Anheuser-Busch. I guess they figured the first two debates were so boring,
people need to get good and liquored up first.'' -- Leno.
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''John McCain is going to take this opportunity to unveil his new campaign
persona, his new campaign personality, to really energize the last couple of
weeks of the campaign -- fighting underdog. Fighting underdog. That's John
McCain and the campaign. And if that doesn't work, he's going to go to sadistic
yard bull. And if that doesn't work, then he's going to go to corrupt bordertown
sheriff. And if that doesn't work, seen-it-all bartender...'' -- Letterman.
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