Late night comics take aim at Obama's primetime address, Palin supporters and Joe the plumber. Msnbc.com's Courtney Hazlett has the Wednesday night wrap up.  (msnbc.com)As the presidential campaign enters the home stretch, late-night TV hosts aren't letting up. A selection of jokes from Wednesday.

"Earlier tonight Barack Obama aired a half-hour infomercial to attract more voters. Apparently, if you watched the entire infomercial, Barack threw in a free set of Ginsu knives or a Bedazzler."
— Conan O'Brien, NBC's "Late Night"

"They now say that there may be some friction between John McCain and Sarah Palin. Staffers suspected there was something wrong when McCain started referring to Sarah Palin as ‘that one.'"
— David Letterman, CBS' "Late Show"

"It was on this day in 1846 that the Donner party left for California. As you know, everything went wrong and they wound up eating each other — kind of like what's going on right now in the McCain campaign."
— Jay Leno, NBC's "Tonight" show Read more...

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  1. Some great quips above – I miss all this stuff as I’m not in the US at the moment – this is a great place to catch up! In any case, thought you might enjoy some of the cartoon posts on the US elections on Wonkie – check the comics out on: http://www.wonkie.com/tag/us-elections/

    Enjoy :)

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