Here’s a fascinating little encapsulation of life in 2017 America. When the rules change on the fly so instantly, it’s tough for an audience of trained seals to know how to react.
Tell us what we should think about current events, Stephen Colbert:
Tonight! Stephen reacts to the day's big surprise: the firing of James Comey by President Trump. #LSSC pic.twitter.com/axuUmFLtSd
— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) May 10, 2017
When the studio audience cheered James Comey’s firing, as they’ve been trained to do for half a year now, Colbert retorted: “Huge, huge Donald Trump fans here tonight.” Well, that’s what they get for missing that hairpin swerve in the narrative. The daily Two Minutes Hate gets confusing when you don’t know who and what to boo.
I don’t know if firing Comey is good, bad, or other. I have no idea what’s going on. And neither does everybody else. But if you’ve picked a team, you gotta stick with that team no matter what. If that means howling for six months about firing James Comey, and then turning on a dime and condemning the firing of James Comey, so be it.
As Colbert has noted, Putin uses Trump’s mouth as a “cock-holster.” That’s probably what Trump was doing when Putin told him to do exactly what the Democrats have been demanding for months. That makes sense.
BTW, Stephen, your Trump impression is on a par with Alec Baldwin’s. Sorry to be so blunt.
(Hat tip: David Rutz)
P.S. In a nutshell…
Comey was unfit and possibly a Russian agent who handed Trump the Presidency…also the only man who can be trusted to investigate Trump.
— L (@PartymanRandy) May 10, 2017