Watch President Barack Obama guest on the “Late Show with David Letterman” and discuss national issues while making the crowd laugh. David Letterman started the show by listing the ten reasons why Obama agreed to do the Late Show appearance. One of his reasons included: Obama said yes without thinking about it,

“…like Bush did with Iraq.”

In the video, Barack Obama then discussed the controversial health care plan and addressed the supposed racism issue behind it by saying:

“First of all, I think it’s important to realize that I was actually black before the election.”

The crowd laughed as David Letterman quipped:

“How long have you been a black man?”

Obama further discussed the country’s unemployment rate, which currently sits at 9.7%. The president admitted on the Late Show that the unemployment problem will linger for about another year. Obama also admitted that he will have to review the war in Afghanistan before making any decisions on increasing the troops or bringing them back home.

The video of the appearance at the Late Show by President Obama marked the first time that a sitting president appeared on the program of David Letterman. These media appearances by Obama are being used by the government to get people to support the controversial health care plan.

The appearance of President Barack Obama at the Late Show with David Letterman will be shown on CBS on Monday evening. Watch the video of Obama on the Late Show with David Letterman: