Mr. Colbert Goes To Washington
by shap on September 26, 2010. [B-Roll,Humor Pieces,Newsworthy,TV]
On Friday, Stephen Colbert, host of The Colbert Report, testified before Congress about stuff that’s, like, for serious. What’s next, Stuart Smalley running for Senate? Here is a video and some highlights from Mr. Colbert’s “set” before Congress…
“I certainly hope that my star power can bump this hearing all the way up
to CSPAN-1.”
“This is America. I don’t want a tomato picked by a Mexican. I want it picked by an American, then sliced by a Guatemalan, then served by a Venezuelan, in a spa where a Chilean gives me a Brazilian.”
“I’m not a fan of the government doing anything. But I’ve got to ask: Why isn’t the government doing anything? Maybe this Add Jobs Bill would help. I don’t know. Like most members of Congress, I haven’t read it.”
