Thursday's late-night wrap-up of election jokes

[October 31, 2008]  NEW YORK (AP) -- As the presidential campaign enters the home stretch, late-night TV hosts aren't letting up -- and had plenty to say about Barack Obama's infomercial. A selection of jokes from Thursday:

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"And how about last night on all the major television networks, Barack Obama has a half-hour infomercial TV special. I mean, thank God. It's about time this guy got some media coverage, don't you think?" -- David Letterman, CBS' "Late Show"

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"The only thing Barack Obama didn't do on television last night was fight Kimbo Slice." -- Jon Stewart, Comedy Central's "Daily Show"

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"(Obama's) whole campaign is like the craziest movie premise ever: `Barack Obama has five days to spend $150 million.'" -- Stewart

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"Barack Obama gets a half-hour on TV. Big deal. I've done 470 of these things. Where's my presidency?" -- Stephen Colbert, Comedy Central's "Colbert Report"

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"Today John McCain campaigned in the Ohio town of Defiance. Next comes Anger, then finally Acceptance." -- Jay Leno, NBC's "Tonight Show"

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"A number of athletes have endorsed candidates in this presidential election. Barack Obama has been endorsed by Patrick Ewing and Charles Barkley, and John McCain has been endorsed by Ty Cobb and Jim Thorpe." -- Conan O'Brien, NBC's "Late Night"

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NBC is owned by General Electric Co.; CBS is owned by CBS Corp. Comedy Central is owned by Viacom Inc.

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On the Net:

http://www.nbc.com/
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http://www.colbertnation.com/home/

http://www.nbc.com/
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http://lateshow.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/

[Associated Press]

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