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I can’t seem to find any video of it but Bill Clinton was great in an interview with Dave Letterman last night (the clip at the site has only a couple minutes of it). The Obama interview you can see anywhere–and that was a good one too–but this one seems to have fallen under the radar just one night later. If I find it, or a transcript or something I’ll post it. But let me just say that Letterman continues to have the most interesting and substantive interviews of any news network when he has guests like these on. Only Jon Stewart comes close, but his are so short that they can’t sustain themselves.

Anyway, Clinton…so smart. Great to hear him talk. And Dave! Still the one.

Be glad McCain isn’t calling the shots:

Every last statement he’s made–at least, those that I’ve seen–has been (a) fabulously uninformed and (b) dangerously bellicose…The point is, neoconservatives like McCain and Wehner just can’t seem to quit their dangerous habit of making broad, extreme statements based on ideology rather than detailed knowledge of the situation in Iran and elsewhere. This was always the main problem with McCain’s candidacy–he would have been a trigger-happy President, just as Wehner’s old boss, George W. Bush, was. We are well out of that.

Just imagine if McCain and that Wackjob Palin were in there. Jeezuz! That was a close one! Palin–hardly worth mentioning her ridiculous Letterman feud–we knew was unfit for the job, but McCain? He should know better. Don’t these guys know how to handle things in a cool calm manner?

Alright, I’ll mention that ridiculous Letterman feud. What a friggin nut, this woman. What a bullet we dodged with this one! And what an insight into the people who follow her, with this Fire Letterman protest that drew 15 people. Watch the video at that link and know that America is a little saner with these people on the outermost fringes and not in power.

But this is perfect, Dave’s Top Ten last night: Things Overheard at the Fire Dave Letterman Rally. I really hope he keeps on pushing this thing like he did when McCain canceled on him. Enough with the apologies, Dave!

“Last week, in the National League divisional playoffs, the Chicago Cubs faced the Los Angeles Dodgers. In Game 1, the Cubs lost 7-3. In Game 2, they lost 10-3 and in Game 3, 3-1. What, as president, would you do to guarantee that this never happens again? Senators, in your answers, please be specific.â€?

- Bill Murray, on last night’s SNL (TNL?)

Murray talked more about the Cubs later on Letterman, amongst other things. The great, always-hilarious, top five favorite person in the world, Bill Murray.

First, I watched Bill Clinton on Dave last night and I thought he was pretty good. Wait, be honest. I watched it and thought “Damn, he’s good.” He talked over Dave’s (and my) head about the financial crisis and he was just…well, there’s no one better. He’s smart. He can talk, and talk, and talk, about this stuff for a lot longer than the short time allotted, that much is apparent. I would, indeed, vote for him again in a second, if it was at all possible. He is light years ahead of every other politician, except for, maybe, Barack Obama; in that case he is only about eight or nine years ahead. With good reason.

Second, yes, he struggled to even mention Obama’s name while championing Hillary and her many ideas numerous times. It was obvious. And so when Chris Rock came out after him and sat down with Dave, he was flat-out hilarious and dead-on. Watch that vid, it’s great. So, what can you do? Clinton is a biased observer. He should get over it and come out strongly for Obama, and I suspect that he will eventually. But Chris Rock handed it to him nicely. Hilarious Palin jokes.

Speaking of the Vice-Presidential Gimmick, here’s The Twelve Lies of Sarah Palin. Twelve basic, proven lies that we know for sure she has told (there’s still so much more to learn about her!). It’s kind of like Christmas, without all the joy.

UPDATE:

Just one further thought: why is it that Dave Letterman, and to a lesser extent the women of The View, have presided over the most interesting, informative, and substantive interviews of this election season? It’s not that hard to ask questions of relevance now, is it?

UPDATE II:

That other great interviewer, Jon Stewart, had Bill Clinton on last night (I haven’t forgotten about Charlie Rose, but he hasn’t had these people on lately!). You be the judge. Once again, I could listen to these guys talk all night. You will never hear any Bush, or Cheney, or Dole or any other Republican sit and speak like this. By that I mean, intelligently, or with humor, or with anything resembling coherency. That’s because the real elitists sit in that party and have no idea how to have this conversation.