Trey Gowdy's problems all began last month when his fellow GOPer, Kevin McCarthy, let the proverbial cat out of the bag and admitted that the Benghazi Committee was conducting a partisan witch hunt.
That shocking pronouncement was later confirmed by a Republican former committee staffer, as well as another GOP House member.
Until then, the liberal media had been willing to pretend that the committee was pursuing some sort of legitimate investigation—as opposed to the seven previous Congressional investigations, or something—but no more.
Suddenly, Gowdy's integrity was under attack ... and that's the worst. :-(
This Thursday was supposed to be his big opportunity to set the record straight, and to ask Hillary Clinton—under oath and on live TV—the important questions (mostly about Sidney Blumenthal) that remained unanswered.
But things didn't quite go according to plan.
After 11 hours of testimony (and millions of dollars wasted), when all was said and done, Hillary emerged completely unscathed, and Gowdy had nothing.
In fact, Republicans are now even further from having grounds to impeach her (on day one of her prospective presidency) than when the hearing began.
It's kind of pathetic, really.
Morning lineup:
Meet the Press: Brain Surgeon Dr. Ben Carson (R); Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC); Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD).
Face the Nation: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R); Rep.Devin Nunes (R-CA); Rep. Adam Schiff (D-WA); Roundtable: Mark Leibovich (New York Times Magazine), Robert Costa (Washington Post), Susan Page (USA Today) and Reihan Salam (National Review).
This Week: Raging Narcissist Donald Trump (R); Roundtable: Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm. Republican Strategist Ana Navarro, Mark Halperin & John Heilemann (Bloomberg Politics) and Jonathan Karl (ABC News).
Fox News Sunday: Brain Surgeon Dr. Ben Carson (R); Roundtable: Michael Needham (Heritage Action for America), Bob Woodward (Washington Post), Republican Pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson and Juan Williams (Fox News).
State of the Union: Raging Narcissist Donald Trump (R); Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT); Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL).
Evening lineup:
60 Minutes will feature: an interview with Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden (preview); a look inside the command center for the air war against ISIS (preview); and, an interview with Burma's Nobel Peace Prize-winning opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi (preview).
On the late night shows...
Stephen Colbert was off this week, so there are no new videos to share.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert:
Monday: Actress Sienna Miller; Actress/Singer Melissa Benoist; Rapper Chance the Rapper.
Tuesday: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D); Celebrity Chef/TV Host Anthony Bourdain; Actress/Comedian Carrie Brownstein; Singer/Somwriter Lianne La Havas.
Wednesday: Actress Julianna Margulies; Author Jonathan Franzen; Rock Band Alabama Shakes.
Thursday: Writer/Director/Producer Seth MacFarlane; Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
Friday: Talk Show Host Charlie Rose; Author Stacy Schiff; Swedish Band Ghost; Rock Band The Zombies.
And Trevor Noah covered the latest developments in the never-ending Benghazi scandal.
Note: The Daily Show with Trevor Noah will be airing reruns this week.
Elsewhere...
Faced with falling poll numbers and money troubles, Jeb! is a getting a talking-to from his mommy, daddy, and brother.
Jeb Bush will attend a finance meeting this weekend in Houston convened by former President George H. W. Bush and attended by Bush's brother, former President George W. Bush, CBS News has learned.
The session, designed to assess where Bush's candidacy stands in the face of large-scale staff cutbacks and underwhelming poll numbers, will also be attended by Bush's mother, Barbara Bush. The governor's campaign confirmed the meeting will be held Sunday and Monday.
CBS News has also learned George W. Bush will headline a fundraiser for Jeb Bush in Georgetown (Washington, DC) on Oct. 29. The fundraising email, which went out earlier this week, was sent by George W. Bush's two former chiefs of staff, Andy Card and Josh Bolten. Jeb Bush will not attend the fund-raiser. [...]
Earlier this month, asked whether his brother would play a bigger role in his campaign, whether he'd come to the rescue, Bush told CBS News, "No, he doesn't have to rescue me....I'm on the path. I'm totally confident about where we are. This is a long haul."
But...
Jeb! isn't worried, because he's got a lot of really cool things that he could be doing instead of running for president.
"If this election is about how we're going to fight to get nothing done, then I don't want anything, I don't want any part of it. I don't want to be elected president to sit around and see gridlock just become so dominant that people literally are in decline in their lives. That is not my motivation."
He added: "I've got a lot of really cool things I could do other than sit around, be miserable, listening to people demonize me and me feeling compelled to demonize them. That is a joke. Elect Trump if you want that."
As it turns out...
Some of those things are probably better left unsaid.
During a Q&A with the LIBRE Inititaive, a national organization promoting economic empowerment for Hispanics, Bush was asked the following question: "Who is your favorite super hero, 'Marvel' they have in parentheses, and why?"
In his answer, Bush said, "I don't know; I'm kind of old school. I like the old-school guys, like Batman. A little dark these days."
That was fine. But then he said this: "I saw that Supergirl is on TV. I saw it when I was working out this morning, there was an ad promoting Supergirl. She looked pretty hot. I don't know what channel it's on, but I'm looking forward to that. ..."
I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
- Trix