So why does Dave Letterman have Donald Rumsfeld on his show?

[EFerrari]

I don't get it.

Here's a clip @Late_Show tweeted:

http://www.cbs.com/late_night/late_show/video/?pid=S_30QGlSfhj_8WZhK6j6YL2sXulZABml&vs=Default&play=true

Rumsfeld belongs in the Hague, not on The Late Show.

[H2O Man]

1. Routine.

Rumsfeld just published a book.

[EFerrari]

6. He did. We're busy moving it to True Crime.

But even so, it's sort of sickening. Like watching a murderer flaunt his confession.

I like Dave. He's usually on the right side of things AND he's funny. But I hope he gets some feedback on this one.

[H2O Man]

17. The publishers

set up that book tour, including this. DR's earnings go entirely to veterans' health care, and so I can see why he is getting on the show.

What would be nice would be if someone took the time to challenge Don on the nonsense in the book. It would not require a great deal of research to do so.

[undeterred]

2. Stupid Pet Tricks?

:shrug:

[babylonsister]

3. To rank on him? I hope?? nt

[no_hypocrisy]

4. I can't imagine why Rumsfeld would accept that invitation.

[senseandsensibility]

5. Is he also going to be on the Daily Show?

I thought my husband told me that, but I might have heard wrong.

[EFerrari]

13. I think he started his book tour this weekend.

So, very possible.

It makes me nauseous. There's still over a hundred people in Gitmo, innocent and cleared to leave, that are stuck there. Because this guy bought them in Afghanistan.

[senseandsensibility]

19. Probably making the rounds.

I won't be watching.

[EFerrari]

36. Do you think anyone notices when we all change the channel?

lol

[upi402]

7. He came across an old bottle of Peppermint Schnapps and lost the plot?

:shrug:

[EFerrari]

26. I think that was "Roseanne", not "The Late Show".

lol

[Skip Intro]

8. His smarmy face makes me ill. He is directly responsible for the slaughter of thousands.

How he and condi and bush can do a pr tour now, hands dripping in blood, is beyond me. Justice will find them, in this life or the next.

[shanti]

14. yes

my 79 year old mother cannot stand rumsferatu. i think he's an oily little fuck too.

[SaveAmerica]

44. Yes, they are! And Rove still has a voice on TV, This country is Bass Ackwards

[Critters2]

9. Rumsfeld's hawking a book.

:puke:

[Skip Intro]

10. Btw, how did I vote to rec this thread and recs still stand at zero? nt

[EFerrari]

23. Maybe people think this is an attack Dave

or maybe we have some lurking Rumsfeld lovers.

It doesn't matter. I just had to "say" this out loud.

I really hate that guy.

[Telly Savalas]

11. It's a comedy show. Rumsfeld is full of good material.

That whole "we will be greeted as liberators" schtick is up there with Lenny Bruce.

[EFerrari]

21. Do you think Dave would give Code Pink equal time?

lol

:P

[Terra Alta]

12. The fact that Rummy is out hawking his book

and not rotting in prison where he belongs, makes me sick. :puke:

[EFerrari]

16. I know!

:puke:

[Mnemosyne]

25. Is this thread a record for the number of

:puke::puke::puke:?

I cannot think of those war criminals running free and being glorified on shows without wanting to :puke: and it seems I am not alone in it at all.

Maybe someday...

[Agony]

15. I feel like going out to the backyard, finding the TV and shooting it again.

It's been awhile since I last shot it.

[EFerrari]

18. Maybe I need one of those.

:)

:hi:

[flvegan]

20. So that Dave can hack away at him in his subtle, "harmless" way

while shit-for-brains thinks he's promoting his latest venture.

[Mnemosyne]

22. Kindasleezy was on Ferguson last month. I saw rummy on Letterman last month, a repeat, and

remembered again why I hate corporate propaganda TV so intensely. :puke:

:hi:

[EFerrari]

24. Ugh. Condi wrote a book idealizing her parents

and her BookTv segment is unwatchable. Then Little Boots's book came out and now this infamia.

:puke:

[Mnemosyne]

46. Beth, it has truly become an even more bizarro world than we believed under Lil' Boots, hasn't it?

I was so crushed when I realized Obama would not pursue justice from these war criminal for their crimes against humanity. :puke:

But I never expected them to be paraded around as such celebrities. :puke:

Guess Kissinger should have been a huge clue from the beginning. :puke:

Hope life is good for you these days! Exciting, yet terribly tough times. It's coming though, really was afraid to hope that the apathetic masses would find their cahones someday and it seems to be only the beginning. :woohoo:

I hope that soon the entire country will be walking like the Egyptians! the Libyans! the Tunisians! the Wisconsinites! the Ohioans! the Indianans! the North Carolinians! et al... :woohoo::hug::woohoo:

[Politicalboi]

27. I think Rumsfailed will be on

The Daily show tonight. Now that one I don't understand.

[EFerrari]

30. They probably have the same guest list as The Late Show

and Ferguson.

:puke:

[spanone]

28. dave has no love for rumsfeld....my money's on dave

[walruswasrob]

32. I agree.

Any time Dave has had guys like O'Reiley and Limbaugh on, he has demolished them. Dave has always humuliated guests that he disrespects. That's why he's Dave.

[EFerrari]

33. I love Dave but this is just normalizing evil.

And like other posters have pointed out, he's going to be everywhere so, it's not just Dave.

[HEyHEY]

29. Cause you can't ignore assholes like this. Bring him on, grind the bastard down as much as you can

[warren pease]

31. Maybe because he's an (allegedly) human quote machine... like this oldie:

"There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know...." Donald Rumsfeld, Feb. 12, 2002.

I sometimes pine for those halcyon days... but only when drinking heavily.


wp

[EFerrari]

34. Aka, The Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld --

http://www.slate.com/id/2081042

[immoderate]

35. You need to understand show business.

Like no business I know...

I hope Dave demolishes him. This is Rumsfeld sitting on the dunk tank.

--imm

[upi402]

37. I guess I'll look

but I might squint. Still, that bastard needs to be in custody awaiting trial. Instead he gets to cash-in and spew propaganda rewriting history. I wouldn't have him on- I have a conscience. Dave's turning out to be a real piece of work.

[EFerrari]

38. H2O Man says all the dough is going to vets' health care.

But even so. It's like a bribe. If he wasn't such psychopath, there would be many, many fewer veterans needing health care in the first place.

[upi402]

40. He should use a paper towel to wipe the blood off his hands

Cash not so absorbant. This killer worked for Nixon, Reagan, and Bush. He wants to buy his way into heaven now? Nah, no go.

[MilesColtrane]

39. Ratings

Rumsfeld's a controversial former political figure with a new book.

Letterman enjoys toying with these types.

[CommonSensePLZ]

41. A "celebrity" is a celebrity, any one will do? nt

[Blue-Jay]

42. Because Rummy said "yes" and it's good for ratings?

Were you expecting some other reason?

[SaveAmerica]

43. Anyone else but me thinks it's a slap in the face of our military that he's donating proceeds

of his book to them? Whatever that means. How can you divide the crappy amount of money the sale of that book will get between all the guys and girls who are in the military or are out and still need help because of the mess he made?

That he could even look at David Letterman and act like this deficit is Obama's fault is loo da cris.

[SaveAmerica]

45. I also love how Dave looked tall and upright and Rumsfeld was lower and cowering in the chair

Now looking at the guest after Rumsfeld, she is a normal height in her chair and looks to be comparable in proportion to Dave. Rumsfeld is either a troll or Dave had them raise his chair to make a point. Or both.

[upi402]

47. Dave let him sell his book and make a victory lap while rewriting history

Surprisingly, Andrea Mitchel tore Rummy's ass up!