After the first televised impeachment hearings into Donald Trump and Ukraine on Wednesday, some people came away from watching highly respected U.S. officials add more damning evidence to an already-teetering pile wondering why they didn't get a bit more of the ol' razzle dazzle.
Republicans' new line, after weeks of demanding public hearings, switched to a puerile cry of "Boringgggg!" with Kellyanne Conway saying it was "just a bunch of gossip girls." As Stephen Colbert noted in his monologue Wednesday night, Gossip Girl was a very successful show, even if the ending left something to be desired. (Also, 13 million people watched the hearings; only 11 million watched the CMAs that same night.)
And one journalist said the witnesses, William Taylor and George Kent, "lacked pizzazz" — even though Kent wore a kicky bowtie!
"Yah. That's what I'm looking for in deeply troubling congressional hearings: ZAZZ!" said Colbert, hands spread and eyes wide in the universal gesture for 'I'm in a musical with an exclamation point in the title.'
"That's why during Iran-Contra, Oliver North came dressed as Elton John."
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