Hillary Appears On Letterman
And the No. 1 reason that Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared on CBS' Late Show With David Letterman on Wednesday... to shut Dave up!
The first lady made her first visit to Letterman's show, a stop that followed weeks of the late-night host taking pot shots at Mrs. Clinton over her plan to run for U.S. Senate in New York.
Confronted with the first lady in the flesh, Letterman at first set aside his trademark sarcasm and lobbed her a softball, asking her, since she's new to the area, "tell us about yourself."
Mrs. Clinton smirked and told Letterman she grew up in the Midwest -- as he did -- has a mother named Dorothy -- as he does -- and just couldn't resist the temptation to follow him to New York.
The pair talked politics and home ownership. At the end of the show, Letterman presented Mrs. Clinton with a riding lawnmower for the lawn of her new house in Chappaqua.
Mrs. Clinton also aced a pop quiz on New York facts. "This could make or break the entire campaign," Letterman warned her. She answered with ease questions on the state bird (bluebird) and the state tree (sugar maple).
She also had no problem with this one: "Who is thought of in New York City, with equal parts of fear and reverence, as 'the Big Man'?"
"David Letterman," she answered knowingly.
The first lady also brought along her own Top Ten List: Reasons I, Hillary Clinton, Finally Decided to Appear On The Late Show. Number Eight: "If Dan Quayle did it, how hard can it be?"
"I don't want to tell you how to run your campaign," Letterman said by way of advice. "But if you ever want to do some dirty campaigning, go for Giuliani's hair. It drives him nuts."
Mrs. Clinton's likely opponent in the U.S. Senate race, Republican New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, has been on the show as many as 17 or 18 times, chatting up Letterman about the Yankees, Mrs. Clinton and life in New York. He even got some laughs in comedy skits.
| Hillary Clinton's Top Ten List Reasons I Finally Decided to Appear On The Late Show: 10. I lost a bet with Tipper. 9. I thought this was a show where you answer a couple of easy questions and win a million dollars. 8. If Dan Quayle did it, how hard can it be? 7. I was already in town to interview for the Jets' head coach position. 6. Four words: severe lapse of judgement. 5. I needed an excuse to get out of dinner with Donald Trump. 4. When they threw in a Late Show tote bag, I said, "Gas up the Taurus, Bill, we're goin' to Dave's." 3. I haven't been in the Ed Sullivan Theater since I was dating Ringo. 2. Um, to ell you the truth, I thought Johnny hosted this show. 1. If I can make it here, I can make it anywhere! |
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