Stephen Colbert: ‘Connecting The Dots’ Is Such An Easy Soundbite

Sometimes it’s just too easy for television’s punditocracy. In yesterday’s speech regarding the failed terrorist attack of Christmas Day, Barack Obama admitted that there was a failure “to connect the dots,” a clean, honest and trite acknowledgment that mistakes had been made. Also, a perfect soundbite for TV pundits eager to simplify a complex narrative into a few, easy-to-understand words, almost like a puzzle designed to quiet children on a restaurant placemat. Speaking of which…

Mike Gallagher, George Will, Chris Wallace, and Greta Van Susteren all used the hackneyed phrase stated by President Obama.

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