Many months from now, when the history of the 2016 Republican presidential primaries is written, it will be said that this was the week that the game changed.
On Tuesday, in front of God and everybody, two of the GOP's brightest (reality TV) stars joined together, and exploded into a campaign supernova.
Speaking without the benefit of a teleprompter or any ("handwritten") notes—or even a good command of the English language—Sarah Palin delivered her highly coveted endorsement to Donald Trump in a long and rambling speech that was, at various turns, hilarious, unintelligible, and hilariously unintelligible.
Also, too ... poetic.
For some Republicans, this was a (wet) dream come true; but, for others (read: the "establishment"), it was the ultimate nightmare.
Unfortunately for the latter group, there's just no escaping a black hole's gravitational field.
Morning lineup:
Meet The Press: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D); Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT); Raging Narcissist Donald Trump (R).
Face The Nation: Raging Narcissist Donald Trump (R); Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT); Roundtable: Matt Lewis (Daily Caller), Ruth Marcus (Washington Post), Ed O'Keefe (Washington Post) and Nancy Cordes (CBS News).
This Week: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT); Former Florida Gov. Jeb! (R); Rich Lowry (National Review); Republican Strategist Alex Castellanos; Roundtable: Republican Pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson, Georgetown Prof. Michael Eric Dyson, Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) and Steve Inskeep (NPR).
Fox News Sunday: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL); Sen. James Lankford (R-OK); Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA); Roundtable: George Will (Washington Post), Lisa Lerer (Associated Press), Michael Needham (Heritage Action for America) and Juan Williams (Fox News).
State of the Union: Former Florida Gov. Jeb! (R); New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R).
Evening lineup:
60 Minutes will feature: a report on Americans from all walks of life who are making a difference (preview); a report on the national heroin epidemic (preview); and, a report on a show in Harlem with a cast of singers ages 55 and up (preview).
Late night shows:
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert:
Monday: Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld; NBA Player Russell Westbrook; Rapper Anderson Paak and the Free Nationals.
Tuesday: Actor Laurence Fishburne; Actress Sarah Paulson; Band Woke.
Wednesday: Actor Chris Pine; Actress Danielle Brooks.
Thursday: Actor Josh Brolin; John Dickerson (CBS News); Musical Artist Aubrie Sellers.
Friday: Rerun.
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah:
Monday: Comedian Gad Elmaleh; Tuesday: #BLM Activist DeRay McKesson; Wednesday: Comedian Jerry Seinfeld; Thursday: Ryan Lizza (The New Yorker).
Elsewhere...
Clueless actress Stacey Dash weighed in on the #OscarsSoWhite controversy.
Dash, appearing Wednesday on "Fox & Friends," said calls to boycott next month's award ceremony over the issue were "ludicrous."
"We have to make up our minds," she said. "Either we want to have segregation or integration. And if we don't want segregation, then we need to get rid of channels like BET and the BET Awards and the (NAACP) Image Awards where you're only awarded if you're black."
Dash, who is black, doubled down on her stance when host Steve Doocy asked her to repeat her position.
"Just like there shouldn't be a Black History Month. You know?" she said. "We're Americans. Period. That's it."
Doocy then asked if she meant there "shouldn't be a Black History Month because there isn't a white history month?"
"Exactly. Exactly," she responded.
Meanwhile...
A Kansas state senator sought to define what's acceptable for women to wear when giving testimony.
A dress code imposed by a Kansas Senate committee chairman that prohibits women testifying on bills from wearing low-cut necklines and miniskirts is drawing bipartisan ridicule from female legislators.
[Sen. Mitch] Holmes, a 53-year-old Republican from St. John who is chairman of the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee, said he wrote the instruction because provocatively dressed women are a distraction. The guidelines don't detail a minimum skirt length or a permissible neckline for blouses.
"It's one of those things that's hard to define," Holmes said. "Put it out there and let people know we're really looking for you to be addressing the issue rather than trying to distract or bring eyes to yourself."
Holmes said he considered requiring men to wear suits and ties during testimony but decided males didn't need any guidance.
And, finally...
Carly Fiorina held a bunch of young kids hostage to her radical anti-abortion agenda.
An Iowa parent accused Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina of using his four-year-old son as a prop Wednesday at a Des Moines anti-abortion rally.
Chris Beck told The Guardian that his son was on a field trip at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden when Fiorina directed him and more than a dozen other young children in front of a huge banner with a picture of a fetus for her speech about harvesting organs from aborted babies.
Fiorina's campaign said in an emailed statement to the newspaper that it was "happy" to have the children attend.
"We were happy that these children chose to come to Carly's event with their adult supervisor," the statement read, according to the newspaper.
THE END.
- Trix