tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872610766194613385.post3521467029113344446..comments2024-01-02T00:54:47.924-05:00Comments on Another Black Conservative: A few words about Stephen Colbert appearance before CongressClifton Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00273941007555823028noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872610766194613385.post-43724350817112047612010-09-25T14:24:26.972-04:002010-09-25T14:24:26.972-04:00What is tragic, is that this over took the news of...What is tragic, is that this over took the news of Coates testifying about the Panthers case. This was explosive testimony that is going uncovered. Very sad indeed.Just a conservative girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11982406297072353275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872610766194613385.post-89415667877212795762010-09-25T13:19:21.249-04:002010-09-25T13:19:21.249-04:00Colbert being there brought the issue of migrant w...Colbert being there brought the issue of migrant workers' rights (or lack thereof) to the forefront of many people's minds, which is what he was going for. Whether you or others wants to put it off as "just a comedy act", he ended with a very sincere reason why he was there. If he hadn't pulled this stunt, most people wouldn't have known about this hearing.<br /><br />"I like talking about people who don't have any power...I feel the need to speak for those who can't speak for themselves....We ask them to come and work, and then we ask them to leave again. They suffer, and have no rights."<br /><br />He tried to give the plight of migrant workers the Colbert bump, basically. And it worked.Solisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872610766194613385.post-72636144606119104392010-09-25T06:59:27.441-04:002010-09-25T06:59:27.441-04:00Precisely - where was Al Franken? They wouldn'...Precisely - where was Al Franken? They wouldn't have had to pay him to be there, he's already on the payroll.<br /><br />Re-do the old Franken/Davis thing from SNL.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.com