Stephen Colbert Testimony - Video

Stephen Colbert's appearance before the Judiciary Committee, testifying in character as a loony Right-wing commentator, was an absolute disgrace. It made a mockery of the hearing and the work of our government.

Read reaction from the press.

To their credit, some Leftist reporters weren't impressed with Colbert's presence. However, others witnessing the circus enjoyed it.

From the Boston Globe:

Political satirist Stephen Colbert took his show to Capitol Hill today, where he testified at a hearing about illegal immigrant farm workers and prevaricated that "the obvious answer is for all of us to stop eating fruits and vegetables."

"And if you look at recent obesity statistics, you'll see that many Americans have already started," he quipped.

Colbert said that, unfortunately, his gastroenterologist had informed him that they are "a necessary source of roughage." Colbert then offered to enter as evidence into the Congressional record a video of his colonoscopy.

Colbert was invited to testify by the chairwoman of the House subcommittee on immigration, US Representative Zoe Lofgren, Democrat of California, who had appeared with him on The Colbert Report on Comedy Central to draw attention to the plight of illegal immigrant farm laborers.

The show almost didn't go on. Colbert had barely seated himself and prepared to testify when US Representative John Conyers, Democrat of Michigan, asked him to leave. Conyers mentioned the slew of reporters packing the hearing room and asked Colbert to submit written testimony and leave so the committee could get on with its work.

Colbert offered to go, but Lofgren wanted him to stay, noting that many were eager to hear what he had to say. Colbert stayed, and Conyers eventually withdrew his request that he leave.

..."I certainly hope that my star power can bump this hearing all the way up to C-SPAN1," he quipped.

Colbert received five minutes to share what he called his "vast experience" on the subject after spending one day as a migrant worker on a farm in upstate New York.

"It is really, really hard," he said, pretending to choke up.

"Maybe the easier answer is to have scientists create vegetables that pick themselves," he later said.

Here's video of Conyers asking Colbert to leave the hearing:



Here's video of Colbert's testimony:


This is your government with the Democrats in charge.

Nancy Pelosi defended the circus.

Pelosi praised the Comedy Central personality's appearance before a House Judiciary subcommittee to speak about the plight of migrant workers in the U.S.

"Of course I think it's appropriate," Pelosi told reporters at the Capitol about the appearance, in video posted by ABC News. "He's an American, right? He comes before the committee, has a point of view, he can bring attention to an important issue like immigration."

"I think it's great," she added.

Video.


I think Pelosi is an embarrassment.

November 2nd can't come soon enough.
________________

Colbert Escorted Out of House by Seven Armed-Guards