Samantha Bee on Iowa Caucuses, State of the Union Address, and impeachment acquittal, Episode 5, Season 4 of 'The Worst Wing'

I closed FiveThirtyEight's Primary Project explains how the U.S. primary system evolved and asks if there is a better way with an opinion and a prediction.

Of course, if I want really original takes on both, plus Trump's acquittal, I just have to wait for Samantha Bee to weigh in tonight.  She might just earn an entry with her reaction tomorrow.  Stay tuned.

She lived up to my expectations.  Watch Samantha Bee say The State of Our Union is BAD.

Trump's impeachment trial ended in an acquittal. The State of the Union was a complete catastrophe. But hey, at least the Iowa Caucus went well! Oh wait, never mind.

Best week ever for Donald Trump, but a bad week for democracy and the rule of law.

By the way, congratulations are in order for Bee and her writers.  Follow over the jump for some good news for them.


I wrote the following in Politics and government on television at the 2020 WGA Awards for National Screenwriters Day.

COMEDY/VARIETY SPECIALS

Desi Lydic: Abroad, Written by Devin Delliquanti, Lauren Sarver Means; Comedy Central

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents: Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Part 2, Head Writer Melinda Taub, Writing Supervised by Joe Grossman, Nicole Silverberg, Writers Samantha Bee, Kristen Bartlett, Pat Cassels, Sean Crespo, Mike Drucker, Mathan Erhardt, Lewis Friedman, Miles Kahn, Sahar Rizvi, Special Material by Allison Silverman; TBS

The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2019, Head Writers Lauren Greenberg, Ian Karmel, Writers Demi Adejuyigbe, James Corden, Rob Crabbe, Lawrence Dai, Nate Fernald, Caroline Goldfarb, John Kennedy, James Longman, Jared Moskowitz, CeCe Pleasants, Tim Siedell, Benjamin D. Stout, Tom Thriveni, Louis Waymouth, Ben Winston; CBS

Ramy Youssef: Feelings, Written by Ramy Youssef; HBO

The political nominee is "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents: Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Part 2."  I'm also a fan of Samantha Bee, so I'm rooting for it.

"Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents: Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Part 2" won the WGA Award in this category.  Congratulations!  The writing in the clip above shows that Bee and her writers deserved the trophy.