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Originally Posted by troutman
By comedy network, you mean Fox?
I think this was more than a stunt by Colbert. All week on his show he actually went out and worked on farms with immigrant laborers. Behind the jokes, you could see how harsh a life it was for these people.
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Colbert is on the Comedy network.
Colbert obviously have a passion for the immigrant laborers. I don't doubt his motives. But this was a congressional committee looking at writing laws giving these illegal aliens citizenship. Publicity isn't going to sway them. The public eye will only futher polarize their positions.
Did Colbert say anything that wasn't already being said by experts? I doubt it. Did Colbert comment on the cost of providing citizenship for these illegals? Did Colbert discuss the morality of providing citizenship for illegal immigrant workers when their are tens of thousands of people who have applied through legal channels who are waiting and hoping to get in? Did Colbert discuss the costs already being paid by these border States because the Feds refuse to enforce their immigration laws?
Colbert no doubt had good intentions but, he added very little to the debate.