I might be a little late to this party, but did you guys see Emma Thompson on David Letterman the other night? She followed that woman who was bitten by a fox while out for a jog and, when the fox wouldn't let go, she wrapped it up with her hoodie. While it was still attached to her arm. Yeah.

So, Emma recreates the scene during her entrance. Spontaneously. I haven't been that freaked out by Emma Thompson since her performance in Dead Again.

Watch the seizure after the jump.

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About the hubbub surrounding his canceling on Letterman a few weeks ago, McCain said, "I haven't had so much fun since my last interrogation."

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EOnline is reporting that John McCain will be back on Letterman this Thursday, October 16, the day after the final presidential debate.

This comes just a few weeks after McCain canceled his previous appearance on Letterman because he had to "race back to Washington." Except he didn't so much race back to Washington as go hang out with Katie Couric.

Sarah Vowell talks to David Letterman about "Biden Fever" via The Daily Beast. I deeply love Sarah Vowell.


Where did the Repuplicans come from? And where are they going? Over at RealClearPolitics, Jay Cost writes about the Republicans, the Democrats, and how the Financial Crisis is changing each campaign's strategy

The Pull Out Method. On The View this morning, Joy said she doesn't understand how McCain can say to stay in Iraq but pull out of Michigan. I can't help but think that The View is the single best source of political information going these days.

Speaking of grammar, Maureen Dowd writes about Palin's. I know that Maureen and I are on the same team, but I really wish I liked her more.

The Palin Effect getting out of control. The Economist reports that she whipped up the crowd into such a frenzy that they started shouting racial epithets.