After two days covering the January Democratic debate, it's time to check in on episode 2 of season 4 of "The Worst Wing." Season 2 featured both an expected return to the story line of the second half of season 3, impeachment, along with a plot twist, Lev Parnas being interviewed on both "Anderson Cooper 360" and "The Rachel Maddow Show." The Late Show with Stephen Colbert opened last night's show with a musical number to make light of the situation, Lev Parnas Sings!
Indicted Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas is no longer working for the President, and he's singing like a bird to the press.Ha, ha, ha! That makes for a good introduction to all three talk show hosts examining the past two days' events.
I'll get back to Colbert after I share Bombshell Evidence Emerges as House Sends Impeachment Articles to Senate: A Closer Look from Late Night with Seth Meyers.
Seth takes a closer look at the House voting to send the articles of impeachment against President Trump as damning new evidence against Trump’s henchmen emerges.Trump has been airing his grievances about light bulbs and toilets since before Festivus, so he's been at it for two months now. I guess it distracts him and his supporters from impeachment.
Trevor Noah examined most of the same themes the next night in The Senate Impeachment Trial & Lev Parnas’s Maddow Chat | The Daily Show along with his own personal perspective.
Senators get sworn in as President Trump’s impeachment trial begins, and Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas gives a bombshell interview that implicates Trump’s entire team in the Ukraine scandal.Trevor couldn't resist the toilet and dishwasher jokes, either. I don't blame him; they're ridiculous. They also expose Trump's contempt for environmental regulation that inconveniences him.
By the way, my friend Nonnie drew the connection among Parnas, impeachment, and toilets in The First Strike.
I hope Parnas testifies and knocks down the pins, but I'm not getting my hopes up.
To conclude tonight's entry, I'm returning to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Watch Parnas Implicates Trump & Co. In Ukraine Crimes, And He Has Receipts.
According to former Giuliani associate Lev Parnas, President Trump "knew exactly what was going on" as Parnas pressured Ukraine officials to take actions that would bolster Trump's chances at being reelected in 2020.Colbert did a better job of riffing off Parnas's response that every time that Trump denies knowing him, Parnas will release another photo of the two of them together. The list of Republicans Parnas has met looks very impressive, if not good for them.
That's it for Episode 2 of "The Worst Wing." Episode 3 should begin next week when the impeachment trial in the Senate really gets going. Stay tuned.
Thank goodness we have these humorists to explain such developments to the public in ways that will hold their attention. None of it will sway the hard-core Deliverance-mutant Trumpanzees, but it has a chance with the vast middle of non-committed people who mostly just aren't paying attention.
ReplyDeleteAnd the Lev Parnas Sings! video is inspired.
I agree with you about the comedians being able to hold people's attention so that they can learn what is going on. It works for me, too. And, yes, the music video is inspired.
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