Vid: Colbert owns evangelical Congressman

[Trevelyan]

Originally posted by: WiseOldDude
It show the ultimate hypocrisy of the right wing war mongering bible thumpers. Very predictable

Many times, Christians in America are bad examples of Christ. Honestly, we have it too good. But don't discount God because of the imperfections of people.

 

[Trevelyan]

Originally posted by: buggati
Wheres the link to the proof that he apologized ... I'm sure he would nto have screwed over the guy (unlike those right wingers) Please provide a link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Westmoreland

"Westmoreland's press secretary claims Westmoreland actually got up to about seven of the Ten Commandments before petering out, but that part was edited out."

It's not uncommon for Colbert or Stewart to edit interviews to make the conservatives look like idiots... In fact it happens all the time.

Just watch the videos, and look for the parts where it cuts away while he's still speaking. It's a basic video editing technique to make it looks like there's no break in him speaking.

 

[Trevelyan]

Oh, but yes, it is very embarassing that he did not know all ten.

Similar things have been done where people are protesting to have the Ten Commandments not taken down, but then when asked to name them all they can't do it. So yes, there are many people who just get into the whole "Conservative VS Liberal" battle, almost like rooting for a football team. But, I think a LOT of us are also guilty of this as well. It's easy to get drawn into arguement for principle, and many times we just end up not listening to each other.

But my point is, yes, even the liberal Colbert and Stewart will edit interviews to get their point across. Perhaps they are not champions of truth and fairness, but rather, catering to a specific viewpoint? But this is not surprising.

 

[shadow9d9]

Originally posted by: Auggie
Ooooh - WiseOldDude... wow, man... the "ultimate hypocrisy of the right wing war mongering bible thumpers... predictable... nyah!"

You realize that Colbert later went on to apologize to the Senator for unfairly editing the interview? It turns out he actually got 7 or 8 of them, which isn't bad, and then the Report editors edited it to make the guy look stupider than he was, editing in portions of the interview to make him look like he's squirming, taking out the last half or more of them that he got right...

You seem to have a lot of rage against the idea of the 10 Commandments being in gov't buildings. That's fine, there are perfectly sound reasons for having that opinion.

I don't suppose you could name all 10 of the commandments from memory could you? Afterall, you seem to seethe with vitriol about the idea, and as your sig might suggest, you're outraged at things like this. So... how well do you even know the thing that you're raging against? Be honest - without looking them up did you know all ten?

One might also ask a chemist to recite by memory the period table of elements. Just because some couldn't wouldn't be "the ultimate hypocrisy of the academics" or some such garbage. People can be intimately familiar with an idea, concept, ethos, etc. without having memorized all parts of it.

Sorry but you do not need to know the 10 commandments to be against having a religious document on public buildings... the fact that it is a religious document IS the reason.

Someone who WANTS it up, must want it up for a reason-the reason being that they agree with it. Yet, if they don't even know the commandments, it is ironic.

This is basic understanding.