This conversation took place after Dave aired CNN’s apology on tonight’s Late Show with David Letterman

Dave: But this whole thing just smells, doesn’t it smell a little bit?

Paul: Very confusing.

Dave: It just smells just a little bit, “we were told” and “it seems unlikely” and “probably they didn’t” and “I’m being told to tell you that the White House really didn’t” I mean it just all seems a little too tidy, just a little too neat. And now, the, the guy, the kid in Florida and his old man was really upset in the beginning- “Err what are ya tryin’ to do this is my kid… what’re you tryin…” Well now everybody down there loves it, everybody couldn’t be happier, everybody thought it was hilarious, so you see it’s just a little too tidy. Don’t you see what I’m saying?

Paul: Well it’s, uh… I, I…

Dave: Stuff like this never ends happily- certainly not happily for me. I was waiting for the lawsuit, I was waiting to be arrested, waiting to be beaten to a pulp. And now, oh, everybody’s enjoying, oh couldn’t be happier- and by the way tomorrow the young man, Tyler Crotty is his name, he’ll be a guest on the show.

(applause)

Dave: But that’s, um… I’m pretty sure that the White House contacted CNN. Here’s what I think, the White House contacted CNN because the people in Florida were upset because their big huge fat Republican donors, “We’ve given you $4 million, what the hell? You put the kid on TV an’ he’s makin’ a fool of himself, what’re you tryin’ to pull here for God sakes?” So now, like Bush don’t have enough problems, he calls CNN and he says, well, you better stop that, clam that up, you know, stove-pipe that or… do they stove-pipe stuff?

Paul: I have… I don’t know if they still do that…

Dave: That’s what I think happened. And so now when they find out that dumb boy here gets wind of this, then they say [frantic arm motions] everything’s fine, everybody couldn’t be happier. That’s, that’s my theory.

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