on a night celebrating david letterman's television career, the president was also center stage. comedy legends came out to honor him was a night filled with political commentary, some pointed, some poignant. look what's going on now and i think this is your fault. all of it. everything was fine until you went off the air. you abandoned us, went out for a pack of cigarettes and let us to live with an abusive orange stepfather. jimmy kimmel, the man who got more done in congress this year an anybody else. mark twain, there's a million quotes from mark twain and i'm going to wrap this up now with a quote. i hope i get it correct. it has to do with patriotism.