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Rep. Judy Chu, the last member of Congress to question Stephen Colbert during a hearing on migrant farm workers and an AgJobs bill, took issue with the media hand-wringing over the comedian’s in-character testimony, saying instead that he brought an important message to Congress and did a far better job covering the issue than any so-called straight reporter.
Several reporters criticized Colbert today, engaging in theater criticism rather than any substantive discussion of the issues involved. Mother Jones’ David Corn complained that Colbert was “making a mockery of this hearing,” and the Washington Post’s Aaron Blake concurred.
Chu, an actual member of Congress, didn’t agree. “The only thing Mr. Colbert’s testimony ‘made a mockery’ of today was our nation’s failed policies toward migrant farm workers and other undocumented immigrants,” she said in response to questions from FDL News. “His message, although unconventional and satirical, is an important one. These men, women and children toil through extreme heat and long hours to put food on American dinner tables. They deserve our appreciation and protection, and I’m happy Mr. Colbert helped bring attention to their plight.”
Chu, a Chinese-American, represents a heavily Hispanic district near Los Angeles, once occupied by current Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis.
She maintained that the pundits “ignored the actual issues at hand during the hearing, like the Agriculture bill and the migrant workers who need our help,” and instead “misdirected their outrage toward Mr. Colbert’s delivery and tone instead of the real travesties here.”
“I think that’s due in large part to the fact that it’s easier to write a story or newscript about how out of the ordinary it is to have a comedian testifying to Congress, than it is to really delve into problems facing migrant workers,” she continued. “Tragically, I think it’s safe to say that the lone day Mr. Colbert spent working in the fields earlier this year gave him a better understanding of this issue than many people covering this story possess.”
FDL News also asked Chu about the final exchange between her and Colbert, when he got serious about why he wanted to bring attention to the issue:
CONGRESSWOMAN JUDY CHU: Mr. Colbert, you could work on so many issues, why are you interested in this issue?
COLBERT: I like talking about people who don’t have any power. And this seems like some 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 at the same time ask them to leave. And, you know, whatsoever you do for the least of my brothers, these seem like the least of our brothers, right now. And I know that a lot of people are the least of my brothers because the economy is so hard, and I don’t want to take anyone’s hardship away from them or diminish it or anything like that, but migrant workers suffer, and they have no rights.”
Chu said that she asked that question “because this is an issue that’s very important to me and has been for quite some time. I wanted everyone to understand why Mr. Colbert decided to take it on.” She applauded his answer. “Mr. Colbert’s response was a wonderful, heartfelt one and I think it really helped underscore why our country has a moral duty to address this issue.”
Many members of Congress wouldn’t dare pull back the curtain on the DC media’s petty, substance-free “reporting.” Rep. Chu wasn’t afraid to do so.
The AgJobs bill, HR 2414, would allow 2 million migrant farm workers to come to the United States through a guest worker program, with a path to eventually become legal residents. This would give them legal rights while working in the fields, rather than the legal black hole in which they currently find themselves. The bill has 63 co-sponsors, including 13 Republicans.
(That paragraph is more than you’ll hear about this issue on any show with Chuck Todd on it)
UPDATE: A slight clarification, per the United Farm Workers: the AgJobs bill is expected to allow current undocumented farm workers already in the United States a path to earn legal status, but the UFW analysis doesn’t expect it to add to the ranks of undocumented migrant workers. The migrants would need to pass criminal and national security background checks before earning legal resident status. So there’s a slight difference between saying it allows migrants to “come to the United States,” rather than that it allows those already doing the work a way to gain legal status.
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Conyers asked Colbert to leave the room. Lofgren asked Conyers to count to ten and reconsider his request, which he did.
Apart from whether it was a good day for farmworkers, it wasn’t a good day for progressive Democrats.
I’m not certain, but I think that was a setup
excellent followup with Rep. Judy Chu !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and chuck todd is a tool – today tomorrow and forever.
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we don’t have to have guest workers, any more than the migrant workers have to be paid minimum wage, have to work 12 hour days, have to live in shacks on the farmer’s land.
How many of those critical “reporters” have even THOUGHT of doing what Colbert did – actually spending ANY time working in the fields? That’s what “reporters” used to do. Fucking pampered morons.
Good for Judy Chu. She got the point and I doubt that many on the committee did. I’m done with Conyers – how tacky of him to do that.
Its funny that the vaunted OBJECTIVITY of these reporters just disappear, just like when Colbert roasted Bush. Their job is to defend the village at all costs.
I did some farm work during a couple of summers when I was growing up.
All it takes is being out in the sun for a few days to learn that people doing that work earn every damn cent they are paid.
Unfortunately, the laws have always been structured to allow for the pay for farm work to be as low as possible.
When it comes the “travails” of farm workers, this is an issue close to my heart. As a young kid, I was raised in a farm worker family. Of course, I too, like many of us working “the fields” we, at one time, lived in a variety of migrant camps. Thus, when living in a migrant camp in Colorado, my older brother and I, had to ‘escort’ our younger sister to the toilet on a periodic basis. And for a 12-year-old girl, this was a daunting task to have to undergo. Today, she can now joke about it, but for any similarly situated boys of today, and with a younger sister working with you “in the fields” this behavior continues to this day. As such, you are the “designated driver” and analogous to the “designated escort”.
Sadly, Stephen Colbert does not have the “full” experience or the equivalent understanding, but Colbert is to be commended for commencing this discussion, provided Congress is willing to permit itself to be “educated”, especially when it comes the more unfortunate among us and the daily “travails” they continue to address for their survial’s sake.
And on a personal note, I learned English in Sidney, Nebraska, after having to “thin the beets” and my school primer was Laura Engall’s “Little House on the Prairie”. And if you live in the “shadows” and cannot express yourself in English, America will not hear you. Today, when I look at the future relative to the demographic trends for both the Hispanic and Native American communities, white America will have to learn to become fluent, at a minimum, in Spanish. Otherwise the America of the Future, may not “hear” or “listen” to a white American that has been unwilling to seek out his or her Self-Interest that comes from just more than the rhetorical flourishes for Integration.
Jaango
It’s not often when I’ll take the side of a politician over a reporter, but Chu obviously got the point, even as it went right over the heads of the self-important beltway”journalists.” I am especially surprised at Corn’s response. I would have expected more from him.
We can debate ’till the cows come home whether Colbert’s tactic of staying “in character” was effective or not, or whether he would have done better to cut the parody and play it “straight.” I think Colbert took a courageous step to shine a spotlight on reality, and even someone like Corn from “Mother Jones” joins the vetching complaints.
Colbert took it upon himself to work out in the fields and discovered how difficult it is, as well as how unsanitary the set up is. How many ciitzens actually know that and realize WHY undocumented aliens are actively recruited and brought to the USA by BigAg and other business owners?? Undocumented workers are brought here to work in very difficult situations for paltry wages, in order that the rest of the US citizens pay lower costs for food.
Whether we like it or not, we’re all in this together. Railing against the undocumented worker provides no real solution. Investigating a guest worker program is a substantive alternative, but conservatives often rail against this solution. Ok: provide another alternative. I’ve been waiting for decades for conservatives to come up with a real concrete solution to food production that doesn’t include guest workers or undocumented workers, while somehow keeping food prices low. Until someone steps forward and defines an option, I’ll chalk up all conservative whining as racist b.s. ginned up to distract the rubes from the substantive issues facing our nation today.
Kudos to Colbert; hope his efforts have a positive effect.
I am surprised at Corn, too. I think some of “journalists” pick up their superior attitude from the Senate – a privileged group answering to no one.
Agree. I really think Corn is off the mark on this one. What’s up with that? Ego? seems petty and missing the point. too bad; often appreciate corn’s insights otherwise.
Did you read DD’s #2?
Maybe yes maybe no. If DD said that, and this is his thread, he meant something by that. Perhaps Conyer’s was also adopting a character…just maybe? Because taken literally, it’s just opposite to his big heart and patient attitude. I vote for “a set up”.
Chuck Todd is a reporter in a field that no longer values reporting. Unfortunately, this means he has to do a lot of things that he is uncomfortable doing, which includes things like this.
About the rest of this, one of the professors at my college did a seminar about how Jon Stewart was always playing Devil’s Advocate including running a clip where Stewart was talking about how it could be considered a miracle for a plane full of people to crash and everyone die, but that, in so doing, he was doing a better job than the so-called journalists out there who are suppose to be giving us unbiased views. At least with Stewart and Colbert, you know that they are entertainers where as you don’t know with some of these so-called journalists.
His message gave more and better coverage of the immigration issue than the media has been covering.
I’ve always thought this site was a place where people could have a dialogue, a discussion and not just make a one hit comment.
What did Dylan say? The times they are a’changin’.
Correctomundo. They’re all just jealous. That’s what I think. His faux conservative character is what has gotten his show attention and has allowed him to confront so many issues. Of course he would present in that character. But, he was the real Steven when he answered Judy’s Chu’s question in the above video. It seems.
Agreed they are jealous very jealous Steven lured people in with the funny and hooked them at the end with the least of my brothers quote and made immigrants human.
“Several reporters criticized Colbert today, engaging in theater criticism rather than any substantive discussion of the issues involved.”
That seems wholly predictable when you act theatrical. Colbert should have testified as himself instead of in character. Putting on a performance just begs for this kind of response. Wanting people to watch a theatrical performance and then not comment on it just isn’t going to happen irrespective of where the stage is.
Thats what the site is about Demi although we all make one hit comments when we are busy any problems here lately? The Lake always has a problem of one sort or another.
Why do you think this thread slowed to a trickle?
And, yes. You know Steven is a practicing Catholic. The man walks the talk.
Like the press does that? Like the press does not give Tea Baggers much more airtime than immigrant rights groups even though we get much bigger crowds.
Maybe Steven can talk about that next time.
Your opinion is so noted. And, when you’re invited to speak, you let us know.
Uh I thought is was a weekend and the weather was good? I hope your wrong I’ll check last thread to see if it was busy.
Kudos to the Farm Worker organization that brought Colbert in.
They understand how our celebrity based news cycle works. If you can’t have a celebrity speak then you get some powerful tragic hero. Soldiers are good too.
When I was advising some food bans about working with the media I recommended that they team up with celebrities. Celebrity chefs or celebrities that care about hungry issues.
Because hunger is a downer. But celebrity chefs? Exciting. I also recommended a story about fun foods found in food drop offs. Some were goofy some were regional some were test marketing products that didn’t take. But it was the novelty that the media picked up on so that they could do their standard, “It’s Thanksgiving, give to the food bank.”
The journalists are pissed because they were forced to acknowledge the reality that blew it. Without Colbert there it would have turned into a
“serious” story with a quote from an expert and a pol from ‘both sides” Then that would leave all the “heat” of the story subject to talk radio shouting match where the celebrity would be a rw pol or talk radio host.
People have used musicals, comedy, sci fi etc to talk truth to power and to attract crowds the GOP and MSM are making the performance not the issues the issue. But who said you can’t be funny and make a point?
Emotional appeals and logic beat hate and the imaginary crimes the Hate Media accuses immigrants of.
We need more of this approach to media.
Rep. Judy Chu what do people think about her stand on the issues? I think I’m feeling good about a Democrat again.
If you understand what the media wants you can give them that while you slip in what the public needs.
I agree but these serious media jokes seem to be all offended about Steven but they never say crap about Hate Media.
I watched the entire concocted hearing. Conyers was a disappointment as was the whole hearing as much as I think Colbert is funny and pointed.
The hearing was limited to farmworkers, and not the construction, carpentry, dry walling employment sectors where yes, illegal immigrants have wiped out the blue collar citizenry (whom we progressives pretend to care about).
Question 1, why are we not racist if we only think undocumented hispanics are the only ones capable of doing farm work? What happens to those documented hispanics, do they became fat and lazy like the pro amnesty folks insinuate? And we wonder why the democrats lose elections.
Question 2, If immigration is so good for America and its economy why dont we just allow Anyone to come into the country? Why have quotas at all?
Question 3, When Obama and the Rethugs get together and grant amnesty to the 12 million unauthorized people in the USA who pays for the benefits such as Social Security, Welfare, Healthcare, English Educational programs etc? Which documented immigrant, or god forbid US Citizen is displaced for what programs. No answers with abstract platitudes allowed on this one!
Question 4, Okay the open border folks get their 12 million legalized, does anyone really think it will discourage the flow of people into the USA? Does anyone really think they will stop getting paid cash and actually pay taxes? Does anyone really think this discussion is limited to back breaking farm work like Lofgren, Conyers, Chu insinuate?
Hell No, every occupation will be further under threat. What jobs that Goldman Sachs and the Rethugs cannot export to China, they will supply workers (with the associated guest worker program) internally into the USA until we all work for $7.50 hour. All with the help of our ‘favorite’ party and president!
As much as I like Colbert, he is unable to leave character for one moment and actually say something for USA workers and their plight, nope gotta promote the show!
Yeah, the don’t go after them because they don’t have an excuse. Stephen MADE news, which is something that people in power can do.
I know that my story gave the MSM an opportunity to talk about the right wing radio media under the guise of a copyright issue, but that was boring. The real interesting thing were the nasty comments they made and the advertisers who pulled their ads. But that is so old hat it’s boring.
What part of immigrants are legal they get paid the same as Americans don’t you get? If immigrants are legal and employers had to pay them the same as Americans then Americans would be able to get these jobs.
If your going to read GOP talking points try to think about what you read.
Hey Demi. You still around ?
So where in this do you place the blame due to the employers who hire the undocumented immigrants? Or do you absolve them of all blame because the immigrants force the employers to hire them somehow?
Who said we only think Immigrants do this work lots of White Americans do this work and even they don’t get overtime and yes White Brown I support everyone getting overtime. Do legal immigrants get fatter than people doing farm work probably but just what has that to do with Dems losing elections.
If you remember Bush stole the last 2 Presidential elections Dems have a great record. We are worried that we will lose because Obama governs like George Bush won a third term.
Here I am.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=881584
http://www.drummajorinstitute.org/library/36.html
Don’t guys like you ever feel embarrassed about being wrong about everything?
And you can add to that list of insults and indignities Gov. Schwartenegger’s recent veto of overtime pay for farm workers. (:>
Economics 101 Law of Supply and Demand Add 2 million workers to the 12 million illegal workers, you depress the wages for all. I found that in High School Economics.
Fine get rid of Obama as far as out sourcing goes Tariffs on everything no exceptions. What good is an outsourced factory making cheap goods if those goods are locked out of the worlds largest consumer market?
Your argument is facetious.
The Amnesty bill being discussed has no serious ramifications or ‘Change we can believe in’ for those employers who continue to hire undocumented workers. I will bet the 2012 election results that the amnesty bill will not have this as it will go the way of the public option. Obama will say he didnt have enough votes. But you can bet the GOP gets the guest workers (and not only for farm workers!). Just Ask KBR and who they will hire for their contracts!
“People have used musicals, comedy, sci fi etc to talk truth to power and to attract crowds the GOP and MSM are making the performance not the issues the issue. But who said you can’t be funny and make a point?
Emotional appeals and logic beat hate and the imaginary crimes the Hate Media accuses immigrants of.”
Yes, I agree – putting on plays, making movies, etc is great for making a point. However, I don’t think Congress should be used as a stage for a theatrical performance. Beware that if it’s established by Democrats that Congress can be used for theatrical events, the Republicans will have no problem doing the same when they are in power. Coming as soon as next year you could have Republicans staging anti-immigrant theatrical productions in Congress using this Colbert theatrical performance as justification, which I would oppose that for that same reason, but it would be all the harder to stop now that precedent has been set and accepted.
So increase demand for workers in America 100% tariffs on everything why because America hopefully will never compete and win on producing products with cheaper labor costs than Mexico or China.
But we are the world’s biggest consumer market they can’t really threaten their biggest customer. If a TV, a Car a pair of jeans etc cost twice as much to import from another country as to make here well just how many good paying jobs would come back to America?
Then let’s agree to work together to hold the employers accountable for their actions such that my argument would not be facetious.
But IIRC, there are already supposed to be penalties that can be imposed against employers who hire undocumented immigrants.
So presumably, you are in favor of the laws being enforced against employers at all levels and all industries?
A few posters here have noted their surprise at DCorn. I think Corn has long had at least one foot squarely in the MSM Villager camp and so his criticism of Colbert’s appearance doesn’t totally shock. Go back and check out how consistently snarky he was towards Pres Clinton, on policy and on the personal for, in Corn’s view, sullying the national political discourse during Monica, when he was writing for The Nation (and also trashing Bill and Hillary on Pacifica Radio). Note his attempt in the late 90s to cash in on the impeachment scandal with a sleazy roman à clef piece of quicky fiction, and note his friendship and co-authorship with MSMer Michael Isikoff, a major MSM player in the impeachment period.
Corn is also a semi-regular on Tweety’s Hardball, another MSM Villager-friendly outlet.
David Corn is hardly an independent-minded “lefty” solely interested in uncovering the truth. Less lefty than Villager, imo
How many times do Congressmen lie about immigrants, about everything? Entertainment is entertainment but the GOP sucks at it I think Britney Spears was the biggest GOP draw anyway I’m not worried if they pull the entertainment card.
I agree I would like Congress to be dignified but dignified does not get ratings.
I can get studies to the contrary.
You cannot have it both ways. Farmworkers or those who get paid under the table do not pay taxes. The open border studies you cite do not qualify thier calculations only to say that thier consumption of goods in the USA allowed them to pay taxes.
Do the math. $10/hour – No Income tax federal or state, no social security taxes. Education, Healthcare is provided to Anyone in most states including California and Texas, and Illionois.
If an illegal immigrant did pay taxes, it would have to be a higher wage job that increases the likely hood that he or she dislaced a legal (Hispanic) immigrant or an American citizen.
You should watch should watch the Cspan hearing again, and read Carol Swain (African American Professor from Vanderbilt) about her studies on displaced American workers (I betcha they’d vote democrat!) for her statistics.
Absolutely Employers should face substantial fines that are gradually increased as they repeat offenses.
The meat industry is another great example of displaced American workers. It used to be a union job that provided opportunities for middle class Americans. However, now that labor law is not enforced (including Clinton and Obama’s first two years), union labor has been replaced by illegal immigrants brought in by the industry (see the movie Food Inc).
A Progressive government ( France, Germany, Sweden And even Candada) would never allow this. First their would be border enforcement followed by employer sanctions. Ever wonder why Canada (like healthcare) does not have this problem?
I have very little trust in the honesty of politicians. Counting on the weakness of an opponent is risky and now getting this as accepted precedent the GOP will have carte blanche to practice and get good at Congressional theatrical performances. The Democratic House did this at end of the term when most likely in a few months the House will change hands with the GOP having the advantage of being able to do such things multiple times as they’ll have at least two years.
Agree that tariffs have to happen.
1) Increase government revenue
2) Encourage companies to stay here
3) I can hear those saying “And countries will likely react negatively”, but right now, we have the largest trade deficit in the history of the world, so if you do the Math the USA comes out ahead with tariffs.
Alas, both parties represented by Investment Bankers and Multinationals own our government and it wont happen in the short term.
Yeah GOP studies from the same GOP think tanks that said tax cuts and deregulating the banks were good for the economy. The same GOP think tanks who said we could win the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? The same ones who argue waterboarding is not torture and Abu Graid is not a war crime? That abstinence education works?
Farm workers don’t all get paid under the table second if immigrants could work here legally then they would work for legal minimum wage jobs which means taxes. Second Immigrants all ready do this how they buy fake social security cards and pay into social security which since they use a fake number they never collect.
Also why qualify the calculations farm workers get paid under the table but their employer does pay taxes the IRS might not care about illegals but they have a good idea how much a 50 acre farm should produce and they will make the farmer pay taxes.
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Fine I run a company I have 100 immigrants making $10 an hour working for me I pay taxes on my profits. Your Immigrants ride free scenario only works if the profit from immigrant labor is never taxed somewhere down the line.
Immigrants work at lots of fast food places taxes are taken out of their check automatically fast food is minimum wage to start. I think your thinking about construction jobs but again if immigrants were legal then they would get the same pay as Americans.
you FB’d me w/ a question. Didn’t hear from you. What it do, man?
Ok we agree on tariffs.
So you are saying Legal Immigrants/American Citizens wont work at fast food places? Again, they should have first option at the job.
Again, $10 hour, for a 30 hour week (generous in the fast food industry), 15k (generous wage more likely is 7.50 hour). No taxes.
Whose Social Security Number did the fast food employer use to withold anyway? I think you are again generalizing that any non white person you see at Burger King is illegal. Alas, they are likely legal.
If you go to any low wage small town in America, you will see the vilified American Worker employed in fast food joints, hotels, retail outlets. And yes even landscaping.
Now you are sounding like s Republican Supply sider. You are giving credit to the employer because he/she is able to hire undocumented workers. I will allow you to withdraw the hypothetical scenario.
How about this one? Like many other Progressive Countries (eg, Germany, France, Canada, Holland, Sweden, Norway etc), work with employers to hire American workers and pay them a decent wage. With the decent wage, those workers will consume more and provide more for their families. In addition they will pay more income,social, real estate, sales taxes and alleviate the constant budget stress federal local and state goverments are in today.
We can do it because we used to do it. The current system is not working and is supported by the Gop and the Blue Dog Democrats.
Farm workers do get paid with Cash. Obviously you are ill informed. Contractors hire the workers then make a contract with the growers.
Color me Red all you want, I have the facts. Any your system, the system today fails American workers. In not one of your responses have you addressed any concern.
But dont worry an “amnesty bill’ will pass in December (amazingly with Republican Support). And oh yes, the Bush tax cut will go in for the top 2%, and finally dont forget the cat food commission, social security although solvent at least for the next 80 years (despite having 2.5 trillion of its surplus ripped off by Bush) which you seem to care about so much will be taken away despite your amnesty getting passed.
But hey who is to argue with your world? Open borders for all with or without social security. We need as many people as possible in the USA and to he## with the citizens who continue to endure the overload.
And that is one of the biggest lies presented as fact that is ever seen at FDL. No one advocating for any form of immigration reform is ever calling for totally open borders, yet people continually come in to threads covering immigration and sooner or later present this as as if all who believe in immigration reform are calling for totally open borders.
It discredits your argument when you use that nonsense to buttress your position.
Edit: It fits the textbook definition of a strawman argument
It’s kind of nice to hear a member of Congress saying things I would say, asking questions I would ask. Doesn’t happen all that much any more.
wow. meagan kelly was really pissed. waste of taxpayer money. lolololol. colbert already addressed that
I was also surprised and disappointed by Corn’s reaction.
What did he say about Elmo appearing not only in character but in orangey-red fur costume? And being a puppet, eh?
You mischaracterize my point.
In effect the 1987 bill as well as supporter’s for this year’s amnesty speak about the virtues of 12 million new citizens because of their supposed two santa claus theory of legalizing 12 million people and their ‘net benefit’ to the American economy and its workers. If you believe that then why not open the borders? That was my point. The more the merrier if its good for 12 millions, why not 20, or 30 million. If its so great why not open citizenship to anyone who wants it?
Farm workers if given the chance could do just as good a job at “journalism” than the current crop of pampered and privileged narcissists that try and pass themselves off as legitimate representatives of the 4th Estate. The faux journalists could not, however, do the back breaking work the farm laborers do every day.
Yes, a remarkably ‘Limbaughesque’ flip.
Decide that if you want to fall into a certain place on the spectrum, you must believe x, y, and z, with no exceptions.
Then attribute this fallacious construct to those you seek to troll, and see if you can drive the conversation into artificial terrain.
Very disingenuous.
Exactly. The people doing the loudest squawking are the ones whose butts are still smarting from Colbert’s roasting of them at the WHCA dinner.
David Dayen is upstairs!
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Actually Dylan said “Money doesn’t talk, it swears!”
Here’s John Conyers on a good day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf9rn8w7D14&feature=related
whats with all the pop ups?
oh that capitalism can be troublesome. :-)
Forgotten in this discussion: picking crops is skilled labor it is a skill taught by mentors and experience. Other than sports, physical labor is undervalued and underpaid in our country.
So did Colbert achieve his goal? Did this hearing get onto CSPAN-1?
foxblows,
In this thread, foxblows is wrong in his Argumentation, and he’s been called out for the specious argument on “open borders”. Here in the Sonoran Desert, you can’t find a person who favors “open borders”, and even Hispanics and Native Americans are opposed to this “strawman” argument.
Now, what’s more important to me is that Congressman Steny Hoyer critiques Colbert for being an “embarrassment”.
Years ago, Hoyer was a ‘stand-up guy’ similar to John McCain on the Right, and yet, now both had to eventually surrender their sheep’s clothing and find for themselves that due their political behavior and rhetoric, are now embarrassing their respective constituencies. As such, both should have demonstrated their incessant and self-amplified “courtesy” for walking off the national stage by retiring from office. But then, both have their head between their knees.
Jaango