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Elmo is more intelligent than Colbert and was representing kid's programs.

At least one member (a dem no less) asked him to leave before he made a fool of himself. He should have taken the advice.

Comedy Central in a committee hearing, that change you wanted.


I still liked it. Even in satire, Colbert's speech had the poignancy (or lack thereof) of the speeches given everyday by politicians who are attempting to be serious.
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Rep. John Conyers asked Colbert during the hearing to recuse himself from the committee and submit his statement instead, saying that "you run your show, we run the committee," though he later retracted the request. (Watch below.)

Steve King, the conservative ranking Republican on the House Judiciary subcommittee on immigration, also took issue with Colbert's presence. "Maybe amnesty supporters should spend less time watching Comedy Central and more time considering all the real jobs that are out there that require hard labor and don't involve sitting behind a desk," he said during the hearing. "If they did, they would realize that every day American workers perform the dirtiest, most difficult, most dangerous jobs that can be thrown at them."

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), who sits on the immigration subcommittee, called the ordeal a "joke" on CBSNews.com's "Washington Unplugged" today.

"He's the best fake newscaster there is so if they're going to have a fake hearing, I guess he's the guy to do it," Chaffetz said. "It's just unfortunate I've sponsored close to a dozen bills that deal seriously with immigration and none of them have been brought up for discussion. None."


I think that sums it up.
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Originally posted by dolemitejb:
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Elmo is more intelligent than Colbert and was representing kid's programs.

At least one member (a dem no less) asked him to leave before he made a fool of himself. He should have taken the advice.

Comedy Central in a committee hearing, that change you wanted.


I still liked it. Even in satire, Colbert's speech had the poignancy (or lack thereof) of the speeches given everyday by politicians who are attempting to be serious.


My first reaction was that he was making a mockery of the hearing...but when you consider these congressmen (on both sides) have made a mockery of Constitutional government for generations...Thanks Colbert...it was funny.
I believe this video was cut off at the most important moment of his testimony. The only part of the testimony when he actually broke character.

The moment occurred at the end of the question and answer period, when Colbert was asked by Rep. Judy Chu why he was focusing on this particular issue.

Colbert appeared thoughtful, if not stunned. Gone was the know-it-all “truthiness” expert, suddenly replaced by a father of three, part time Sunday school teacher and citizen who was legitimately concerned about the plight of the migrant workers. Colbert answered why he chose this issue by saying:

I like talking about people who don’t have any power. And this seems one of the least powerful people in the United States…are migrant workers who come and do our work, but don’t have any rights as a result. And yet, we still invite them to come here, and then at the same time, ask them to leave.

That’s an interesting contradiction to me. And, you know, ‘whatsoever you do for the least of my brothers,’ and these seem to be the least of our brothers. Right now, a lot of people are least brothers right now because the economy’s so hard. And I don’t want to take anyone’s hardship away from them or do anything like that.

But migrant workers suffer, and have no rights.

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