Friday, March 8, 2013

Colbert nails it

Stephen Colbert took on Justice Antonin Scalia and the case to overturn the Voting Rights Act.   Quoting the attorney for Selma County, AL that's bringing the suit, he extolled the "fact" that we don't need the Act any more "because it has solved the problem."   Racism is over in Selma, apparently.

His scathing satire was directed at Scalia, quoting him as saying it couldn't be left up to the legislature to overturn the law, because, in the future, "Who would vote against something called The Voting Rights Act?"

Colbert satirically answered the question:  "Only an a-hole would vote against it in the future.  So the court has to deal with it now while it has an a-hole who will vote against it."

And then the zinger:   "Saying we don't need the Act any more because it has solved the problem is like the boyfriend asking to have the restraining order lifted because he hasn't assaulted his girlfriend since the restraining order was put on him."

Once again, leave it to the comedians to tell the truth.

Ralph

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