Letterman Awkwardly Mocks Boehner to NBC’s Williams: He Cries ‘Like He’s on Drugs’
- Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:28am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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David Letterman returned to the airwaves Monday night and he kicked the new year off with an awkward interview featuring NBC’s Brian Williams. Or more accurately, a John Boehner bash fest that Letterman tried, unsuccessfully, to draw Williams into.
Letterman, who’s never been ashamed of his liberal views, broadcast his disapproval of incoming Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) by using the completely original joke that John Boehner’s crying has to do with drugs.
“But the guy will cry like he’s on drugs,” he told Williams, and then quickly launched into a story about how taking Valium for a concussion once made him loopy.
Williams, however, wasn’t happy with the whole thing, and interrupted Letterman to make it clear that the “funny” man’s comments were making him “highly uncomfortable.” See, Williams is preparing for his own interview with Boehner — the first interview Boehner has granted as the Speaker. For Letterman to put Williams in this position is highly unprofessional, and Williams knows it.
And while Williams tried to defend Boehner, Letterman would have none of it. He continued his tirade and even later suggested that Boehner has emotional trauma in his past and “needs some sort of counseling.” You can watch the painful exchange below:
(H/T: Mediaite)
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Comments (140)
decertifying ALL PUBLIC UNIONS
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 10:25amletterman doesn’t understand. We had enough of the Progressives. Its about the next generation of U.S.A. children. Rep. Boehner UNDERSTANDS . WE THE PEOPLE understand.
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 10:18amLetterman is a skinny twit – Whom I never thought was funny.
Report Post »Best way to deal with ******** is to ignore them – they desperately need an audience
nceagle
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 10:14amWilliams showed what and who he is! Had he gotten up and walked out, he would have shown he might be trying to be an unbiased reporter beginning in 2011. HE DID NOT!
TWO feet away from Letterman; he should have used his TWO feet to leave the studio and distance himself from these comments. HE DID NOT!
Boehner should meet for the interview and ten use HIS TWO FEET and walk away!
How about Dave taking on the pro-wannabe golfer? How about saying something about the NEW YORK UNIONS of “public servants”?
Now those would be funny as they shut Dave’s program down!
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 12:28pmBrian Williams LOOKED uncomfortable He should have told DaveyBoy to shut up
Report Post »Letterman is like all ******** Narcissitic and unable to recognize his grandiose crap
Poor Harry Letterman being raised by those idiots
dontbotherme
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 11:23pmNCEAGLE – The fact that he chose not to go along was worth something. I, too, however, would have loved to have seen him get up & walk out. That would have been outstanding.
Report Post »wash1776
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 10:06amLetterman, you are disgusting. At least John Boehner is a MAN!
Report Post »seemsew
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 10:05amIf everyone knew all that Boehner knows about the state of this country we would all be crying like babies. Buy stock in Kleenex!
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 11:11amJust one word, Pelosi.
Report Post »chickenlittle
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 10:02amLetterman has always come across to me as a spiteful, arrogant little man that makes a living through sarcastic holier-than-thou wisecracks. Don Rickles used to do the same thing… for laughs… Letterman always seemed to give me the impression he was just plain mean about it. As far as Boehner… well, I really think that the circumstances of his “crying” would be as appropriate a call for emotion as anything. If he sees it (and I do) as a last chance to save this nation for your kids and mine, and I had been given the opportunity to play a major part in it, I’d probably well-up a bit also, cameras on-me or not. Better than the plastic, fake-out preaching our glorious Obama has been trained to present us every time there is a photo-op.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 10:07amI agree with you, better to see someone crying for the last stand to save the country and take her back from the progressive nightmare at hand; than listening to the ‘plastic, fake-out preaching’ of Mr Obama indeed!
Well said.
Report Post »chickenlittle
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 10:45amThanks for the kudos Snow. I was also thinking that we should let Boehner get a chance to show other sides of his emotions… like rage at the frauds in Congress, or anger at what our false leader is attempting to perpetrate. As far as “drug induced,” I really fail to see where that even applies here… pot being the only drug that might get one emotional that I can think of… and Letterman would be the one to know about that, I’m sure. I am, myself perhaps embarrassingly emotional regarding a number of things, especially patriotism, but do not think think for a minute that it inhibits any ability to be defensively violent or outwardly in-your-face if pushed to go there. As opposed to the supposed “macho men” theories, pain, from a hammer blow or otherwise does not make me cry and I don’t follow any phony “rules” for when it is permissible… that in itself would be very phony.
Report Post »Pyx
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 10:02amLetterman is a moron.
None-the-less, if John Boehner sells out to the LEFT, both Boehner and the Republicans are toast.
Report Post »dpselfe
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 10:00amTop 10 reasons why I, DPSELFE watch “Late Night” with David Letterman:
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Camo Pants
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 2:15pm10.Never heard of it.
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Dave In Arizona
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:58am… and why would we expect anything different from Letterman?
Report Post »Star Spangled
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:53amLiberals ! They just keep putt’n their foot in it . They don’t even realize their stupidity , and intolerance of other people are showing .
Report Post »Mainer forever
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:52amDave Who?
Report Post »stmike
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:50amI thought Letterman was funny when I was in middle school. That was soo long ago how has he managed to stay on tv this long? Huh I guess that‘s why I haven’t watched any of the old Big Three networks since the 80′s
Report Post »rfycom
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:46amHe does cry like he is on drugs. Whats the problem?
Report Post »MarkBL
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:42amLetterman is insignificant.
Report Post »Hirllr21
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:40amIs Letterman relevant?
Report Post »Country
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:39amTim McGraw-Grown Men Don’t Cry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0BP1dYVjEg
We love grown men who cries.
Report Post »rfycom
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:51amIf a man hits his finger with a hammer it’s ok to cry. If his mother dies, it’s ok to cry. If his girlfriend says she’s pregnant, it’s ok to cry. If his other girlfriends says she has herpes, it’s ok to cry. But to be a leader and cry like this man does?……… he needs some Dr. Phil time. I bet you $2.15 his wife is tired of that BS and dreams about a real man while she works her own little magic. Harsh? Yes, but real men are.
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 11:09amI sincerely doubt if any real men would come to you for advice on how to act. Only blow hard loud mouths keeps telling everyone what macho men they are, and most who do, aren’t. They don’t talk about it, they just do.
Report Post »Country
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 5:16pm@Rickfromillinois, What? Cry?
Report Post »matt708
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:39amLetterman should remember his affair and don’t look at other people. He needs notice because nobody watches him anymore
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:37amBoenher cries? Fair enough.
Okay, Letterman. Do we need to re-run the clip of you coming forward and admitting that you had affairs with staff members while you were married? Wasn’t that just a real knee slapper? Har-har-har. I’m sure your wife and your son thought it was hilarious.
And to Brian Williams – thanks for not getting drawn in.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:50amMocking Conservatives is going to get less and less funny as they take back this great United States and Congress. A real “knee slapper” when liberals were the majority and they had something funny to say about the pathetic party of “NO” but now, if they want any credibility at all, they better play nice or they will be all alone talking to themselves. Ho-hum.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 1:31pmAgreed. Thank you Brian Williams for not getting suckered into his disgusting diatribe.
Report Post »4ConstitutionalGovt
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 4:08pmYes, it is SO embarrassing to watch a man cry. If he has garnered personal success and is grateful, watching that man cry is really pitiful.
Report Post »I’m sure Letterman feels the same way when he watches his own re-runs of having lived through heart bypass surgery and blubberingly thanking his doctors and nurses.
Oh wait, I bet he doesn’t.
He must uphold the double standard.
Stevsea
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:37amLetterman used to be a funny guy but his routine has become so…..routine. Nothing new and creative, he has become the un funniest guy on network television.
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:37amLetterman is an A$$, Stopped watching him years ago.
Report Post »So
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:07pmI only watched snippets from time to time. Years ago.
I think his sexcapades got more attention than any of his shows. He’s a big yawn.
Report Post »justanamerican
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:36amTwo communists , now on two fifferent stations…… Can you be more pathetic than Letterman?
They won‘t wake up until the Gov’t comes after THEIR wealth… Look up “ useful Idiots”
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:36amI used to enjoy watching Letterman years ago, before he swallowed the big Progressive pill……I wonder how many thousands of viewers, including me, don’t watch him anymore?
Report Post »tobefreeinmt
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:36amLetterman is and has always been an A hole. The dirtbag scrapes for an audience every night.
Report Post »And if your looking for talent, you wont find it there.
Dirtbag is as dirtbag does.
Paul G
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:49amHey TOBEFREEINMT…did you mean sweetie?
Report Post »gopsnativeson
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:35amDavid who??????
I havent watched that twit in the last 15 years.
I refuse to watch, promote & pay for the people who continually try to tear down our country, who denegrate American values, & who are trying to destroy this country.
He’s on my “no watch list” along with about 2 dozen other “hollywood stars”
Vote at the ballot box & vote with your wallet.
Report Post »Its the only language they understand.
Reagan/DeMint.deciple
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 10:26amAre you going to add OWN channel to the list ??? :~)
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 12:14pmHey, GOPSNATIVESON, you sound just like me. This is how I rule my life. I work to eliminate mean, hateful, types on TV out of my life entirely. Will not give any of them the time of day. Hardly go to movies for the same reason. When those in power in the entertainment industry realize how many of us live by this rule they might change who they promote and make more interesting movies. Oh well, the fact is they don’t get my movie money or my time on TV until they change it. No wonder our children act out what they see, causing a lack of common morals Yikes!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 1:52pmI won’t watch OWN … people do know, don’t they, that Oprah was a long time member of Wrights church just like Obama .. she only hides her true feelings better. You could not sit and listen to that year after year and not agree with the hate. I just wish I could choose what channels I pay for … I could cut my bill way down!
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 4:56pmi totally agree GOPSnativeson,I tried to watch letterman years ago and i remember thinking that is one very ugly man with hatefull crap spewing from his mouth,and he is not FUNNY he’s more like sickning
Report Post »Joe Camel
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:35amLetterman? Is he still alive? I have nor will ever watch the “so-called” comedians or late night shows. Of course, I don’t watch the “reality shows” on the networks either, as I only watch the weather or maybe a local sports team on them. Otherwise, I don’t pay them any heed.
Report Post »Major Infidel
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:50amI don’t watch that garbage either. I only own a TV for news, weather and a little history channel.
Television is responsible for at least 50% of the worlds problems. I refuse to participate in the brain-washing.
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:53amDave does the best Stupid Human Tricks ever………………..
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 10:05amWhy do people even listen to Letterman for anything more than bad comedy routines; this man should not be taken seriously for much else. I guess the left wing propagandists machinery must be getting more and more desperate for material to try and pull the wool over our eyes.
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Report Post »oldguy48
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 10:08amYea, but anymore you must be careful of the nonsense that even the History channel puts out. They seem to be big global warming people, among other nonsense they have promoted.
Report Post »tgarrett369
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 10:27amlooks like letterman is just another cool-aid drinking zombie!
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 10:29amI wish Dave’s Mom would spank his behind…………………….
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 10:33amIn a time when people get their news from Jon Stewart, these people are making it even harder to slap some sense into the unwashed masses. The morons that watch these fools cling to every word and will actually try to debate with the “facts” they learned on late night shows like this. They are too lazy minded to watch real news, they need to be constantly entertained and this drivel is as close to the news as they can get.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 10:34am@Tgarrett
Comparing Letterman to a zombie may be insulting to the zombies, I think comparing him to those Progressives in the DC administration is more dead on. Of course the zombies wont mind, they have no brains to begin with.
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 10:38amMaybe, Mr. Letterman should try drugs. It might improve his show and the show certainly needs improvement. Of course, the only part of his show I see is while I’m searching for the remote when I somehow end up on his station when the show starts.
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 11:25amI think only the lonely and stoned watch Dave
Report Post »cruisemates
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 11:42amIt is amazing what passes for comedy on network TV these days…
Or entertainment for that matter. I actually used to like Dave in the early days, but now he is just a self-absorbed old fart who thinks his opinion is more important because he is on TV. He is pathetic and I don’t say that just because someone is liberal.
Report Post »kwatch
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 11:44amwell thank goodness the new congress has been initiated else letterman may have been brought before congress as a witness like colbert and made even more of an ass of himself.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 11:58amThis man is a dirty PIG. I know he does it for ratings, but it’s funny, what he says & does causes me to NOT watch this dirty minded little man. I don’t need his filth about other people in my head.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 1:30pmMaybe Letterman should find his emotional side? If he did, maybe he would not cheat on his wife, the mother of his child. Anyone else tired of these showbiz schmucks? We are entertainers! We know what’s right and best for everyone. Baaaaaaaaaarrrrfffff!!!!
Report Post »Lt_Taz
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 2:58pmI like you would not watch Letterman.But I do have a question, if brains were dynomite would it be possible for Letterman to blow his nose?
Report Post »avenger
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 3:11pmwe have a space reserved for letterman at gitmo in 2012….he can join all the other lib dopes for the first re- education class in USA history.the alternative is banishment to cuba or iran…
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 3:54pmJust because you get older doesn’t mean you get smarter.. or funnier.
Report Post »supermailbag
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 4:11pmHence…the reason certain people were never in the running for a replacement on the “Tonight Show.”
Report Post »indy1
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 4:33pmLetterlib should have been drummed out of broadcasting for using the casting couch on his female subordinates. Funny how the feminazis said zero about that outrage.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 5:19pmgood for him ! Boehner is SCUM !
The fact than an establishment lackey like Speaker-apparent John Boehner would fight against those in Congress attempting to challenge the power of the Federal Reserve is no surprise, but Boehner’s reported attempt to block Ron Paul from gaining the chair of a key subcommittee dealing with monetary policy is absolutely disgusting. Ron Paul has proven to be the grassroots favorite with the people, has repeatedly won GOP-straw polls for president, and no doubt played a significant role in winning tea party support for GOP candidates during the midterm elections. But he is being blocked precisely because he poses a threat to the Federal Reserve and establishment power in general.
John Boehner, on the other hand, is little more than a Newt Gingrich-acolyte who uses the conservative-name of the Republican party to uphold the false two-party paradigm while expanding big government. Thus, in another fight for a real voice in the Federal Government, the Alex Jones Show has initiated another search term to draw attention to this unfair inner-party tactic against Ron Paul. Please search “John Boehner Scam” and contact his office to demand that he cease this blatant attempt to silence the will of the people by rendering either Ron Paul or the subcommittee he would head virtually powerless.
As Bloomberg’s Business Week just reported, John Boehner is said to be working behind the scenes to prevent Ron Paul from gaining any new Congressional power over monetary policy:
Five GOP leadership aides, speaking anonymously because a decision isn’t final, say incoming House Speaker John Boehner has discussed ways to prevent Paul from becoming chairman or to keep him on a tight leash if he does. If Boehner, who will help determine who gets to chair subcommittees as early as Dec. 8, rejects Paul, he may have to contend with thousands of grassroots supporters and dozens of younger lawmakers who see Paul as a hero. Boehner, through a spokesman, declined to comment. “A lot of the older members probably think Ron is a little bit out of step,” says Representative Bill Posey, a Florida Republican and unabashed Paul fan. “The depth of his knowledge on monetary policy, his understanding of it all, is second to none.”
Report Post »http://www.infowars.com/republicans-move-to-block-ron-paul-from-monetary-policy-subcommittee-chair/
tower7femacamp
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 6:49pmdelete delete delete
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 9:48pmAnd Letterman spews crap like he has diarehea.
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 11:00pmLetterman=PINHEAD
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 2:14amGood for Brian Williams, maybe he has a little bit of integrity left after all. As for the gap-toothed village idiot, he should have been gone a long time ago. Only the racist, mouth-breathers still watch that show. Letterman is and has always been a bitter man and his only schtick has been to make fun of other people, because it makes him feel superior.
Report Post »IndyServative
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 4:16pmHas anyone with a brain ever thought Letterman was funny? Was that suppose to be funny? Or was is suppose to be serious? If it was suppose to be funny it wasn’t. If it was suppose to be serious then it shows Letterman to be intellectually challenged?
Report Post »minnierv
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 6:00pmThe only joke in this clip was Brian Williams’ at the end. Letterman is nothing but a gapped tooth fool.
Report Post »JQCitizen
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 10:38pmI really don’t care either about what David Letterman says about John Boehner. Consider the source. I suppose he thinks he is funny; What I think is funny is someone who is so ignorant of the MIRACLE that our freedoms mean, and the rarity of the liberty we enjoy that he thinks it strange when someone cries at the thought of their children and grandchildren losing it.
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