Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central will testify before the Subcommittee on Immigration on Friday along with Arturo Rodrigez, president of United Farm Workers.
Remember a story back last summer involving Stephen Colbert and a the “I want to be a Farm Worker” campaign?
Arturo Rodrigez, president of United Farm Workers, joins Stephen Colbert to discuss the impact illegal immigrants have on American workers. Additionally, he discusses the difficulty of agriculture work and insists that most Americans don’t want this kind of work. The above application is on his website at www.takeourjobs.org. He had 3 applications he has placed in the fields. Colbert makes the 4th.
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Colbert worked with Arturo Rodrigez and his efforts to show that immigrant agricultural workers were not taking jobs from Americans. Colbert literally worked in the fields as part of this initiative. I expect it is those experiences he plans on sharing with Congress.
Stephen Colbert presents his point of view to Congress:
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Meanwhile, Gretchen, Doocy and Killmeade are all having hissy fits that a ‘comedian’ would be called in to testify before Congress. There is a rumor that Colbert will testify in character. They spent Thursday morning taking crack shots at Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart, saying that Comedy Central was the station of the Democratic Party.
The irony was, Bill O’Reilly just interviewed Jon Stewart on Wednesday. During the interview O’Reilly remarked to Stewart that he mocked both parties and satirized President Obama. Apparently the terrible morning trio of friends doesn’t listen to O’Reilly. Gretchen was the most outraged that a comedian would be testifying. Doocy mocked Colbert and the entire Comedy Central line-up. Gretchen even remarked that some people considered Stewart to be a news reporter or something to that effect. I found that no stranger than people thinking she was a news reporter. Stewart at least admits he mocks people. Their outrage was amusing.
Certainly we will hear more from Colbert and his congressional testimony. Didn’t Kevin Costner just testify before Congress?
Today we might find out the real reason Colbert testified before the congressional subcommittee. Is there any reason anyone can think of that Colbert should not be testifying before congress? Is it, as Carlson stated, a waste of the taxpayers’ money?
