Late-Night Humor
Dec 12, 2008
David Letterman: “Yeah, when former New York Governor Elliott Spitzer heard about Governor Blagojevich, he said, ‘Hey, you call that a scandal? No, I don’t think so.’”
David Letterman: “Well, it looks like the Big Three auto makers are going to get some bailout money. … But the CEOs, these guys, they have promised when they get the bailout money, they can’t use it to give themselves big, big year-end bonuses. They said, ‘Well, no, of course not. That’s what the employee pension funds are for.’”
Conan O’Brien: “Now, some Senate leaders in Washington say they’re…very close to reaching a bailout deal for the car companies. The senators say it’s taking so long because every time they almost get a deal, the car executives say, ‘I have to go back and check with my manager.’”
Conan O’Brien: “Speaking of Senate seats, this morning, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested by the FBI because he was trying to sell the Senate seat being vacated by Barack Obama. … Blagojevich says he’s sorry he tried to sell the seat and extremely sorry he did it on Craigslist.” =
