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Stephen Colbert rips apart GOP’s anti-refugee stance by quoting Bible
Business Insider ^ | 11/20/2015 | Jethro Nededog

Posted on 11/20/2015 8:46:46 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Stephen Colbert isn't pleased with the wall of Republicans who are against accepting Syrian refugees into the United States and the recent passing of a bill that calls for stricter vetting of refugees from Iraq and Syria. The "Late Show" host said it was the only thing he wanted to talk about post-Paris attacks.

"The question to let Syrian refugees into this country has become the new political issue, completely overshadowing the old political issue: whether to let Mexicans into this country," he said.

He brought up the lunacy of Donald Trump's joke that Syrian refugees would be very angry about going from their 130-degree heat to Minnesota's 30-degree cold. "These people are going to be very, very unhappy," the real-estate mogul said.

To which Colbert responded, "Yeah, it's a tough call for the refugees. Do I want to stay in a war zone where my family faces almost certain death? Or do I want to go somewhere where I have to put a jacket on before going to the mall?"

He then referred to President Barack Obama's statements in Manila in which he said that the Republicans who oppose the refugees seem afraid of widows and young kids. "First they were worried about the press being too tough on them during debates, now they're worried about three-year-old orphans," Obama said.

Then, Colbert joked, "Why shouldn't we be afraid of three-year-olds? You think we can't negotiate with terrorists? Try negotiating with a three-year-old. They play hardball."

The plot thickens for Colbert after Ted Cruz and Jeb Bush suggested that Christian refugees don't pose any danger. Later, Bush would have a hard time explaining what keeps Muslims from lying that they're Christians. "I think you can prove it," he said without further explanation.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria
KEYWORDS: aliens; bible; refugees; stephencolbert; syria
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To: SeekAndFind

They can be settled next door to him


81 posted on 11/20/2015 10:16:16 AM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Hillary as president?!; Yeah right!)
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To: Jeff Head

Great picture. Take it to another level:

Why aren’t these men staying in Syria to fight ISIS?


82 posted on 11/20/2015 10:19:38 AM PST by kidd
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To: SeekAndFind

Notice how easy it is for elites who live in gated communities with personal security to quote the bible.


83 posted on 11/20/2015 10:32:25 AM PST by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Don’t you just wonder how his audience is screened? Imagine him welcoming 200 Syrian immigrants, fresh off the boat from the homeland, into his studio without a thorough screening?


84 posted on 11/20/2015 10:44:33 AM PST by gtwizard
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To: SeekAndFind

Rich guy, big house... how many are you taking in personally?


85 posted on 11/20/2015 11:10:22 AM PST by samtheman (I will build a great, great wall on our southern border... - DT)
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To: SeekAndFind

Stephen Colbert...trying to stay relevant in the face of declining ratings.


86 posted on 11/20/2015 12:25:16 PM PST by moovova
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To: SeekAndFind

Matthew 25:35-40King James Version (KJV)

35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.


87 posted on 11/20/2015 12:30:15 PM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: bmwcyle

What does your post mean? I thought suicide was forbidden in Christianity?


88 posted on 11/20/2015 1:03:05 PM PST by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Safetgiver

Not what you just said. I posted the whole text because you were discussing the text without posting. You should never do that.


89 posted on 11/20/2015 1:15:25 PM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Then, Colbert joked, "Why shouldn't we be afraid of three-year-olds? You think we can't negotiate with terrorists? Try negotiating with a three-year-old. They play hardball."


...nits make lice.
-- Colonel John Chivington

90 posted on 11/27/2015 5:51:06 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: econjack
Refugee supporters admit that perhaps one-tenth of one percent of the 10,000 refugees might be terrorists, but we should not abandon the remaining 99.9% simply because of a few "bad apples".

Oh?

Try finding a hair in your food at the restaurant...

91 posted on 11/27/2015 5:52:19 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: pfflier
Seems like the Late Show has become a major mechanism of indoctrination.

No; ALL TV has been for a long, LONG time now.

92 posted on 11/27/2015 5:53:36 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: JayAr36
First I'm surprised that he could find a bible. Second, how many "refuges" has he invited to stay with him?

Go ye into all the world...

It says NOTHING about having ALL THE WORLD come to you.

93 posted on 11/27/2015 5:55:55 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: mojito
Ah, yes, being lectured by the noted Biblical scholar Stephen Colbert. His words carry so much authority.

But; in the land of the blind; the one-eyed man is king.

94 posted on 11/27/2015 5:59:50 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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