Yup. Sounds about right
Though horror stories may be more appropriate than comedy…
Campaign Provides Fertile Ground for Comics
Sat May 15, 2004 04:40 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the U.S. presidential election approaching, late night television comics are poking fun at the candidates. Here are some of the lines broadcast on Friday:
NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno":
Leno, taping his show from Las Vegas, said it was hard to do topical humor in America's leisure capital: "In Las Vegas ... you don't read the newspapers, you don't follow the news," Leno said. "After five days here I feel like President Bush."
Leno said Bush, asked why the troops in Iraq didn't follow the Geneva Conventions in their treatment of prisoners, replied: "We're not in Geneva, we're in Iraq."
ABC's "Late Show" with David Letterman:
Letterman, who taped his show at 4 a.m. in New York City, talked about what various people might be doing at that hour:
"And down in Washington, President Bush is resting comfortably at home in bed," he said, "just like he did in the National Guard."
