E-WASHINGTON-Ingxaki yabasebenzi basezifama abafudukayo ayisiyondlela yakho eqhelekileyo yokwenza umdlalo ohlekisayo. Kodwa kwakungoLwesihlanu - kwiNdlu yabaMeli, kuzo zonke iindawo - xa u-San Jose Rep. Zoe Lofgren wamema umculi uStephen Colbert ukuba anikele ubungqina kwingxoxo malunga nesihloko.
Kodwa ayinguye wonke umntu owayehlekile, abanye abagxeki betyhola uLofgren ngokwenza intlekisa yeCongress. Abanye bathi umdlali ohlekisayo, ngendlela yakhe ekhethekileyo, wanceda ekukhanyiseleni umba obalulekileyo.
Ukubonakala kukaColbert phambi kweqela leekhamera kunye neentatheli zeza emva kokuba yena noLofgren besanda kuthatha inxaxheba (ukuba lilizwi elo) kwiphulo le-United Farmers Workers 'Thatha Imisebenzi Yethu, ecela umngeni kubantu baseMelika ukuba bafumane umsebenzi ophantsi onzima owenziwa ngabasebenzi basezifama abavela kwamanye amazwe.
UColbert, odlala umsasazi weTV we-buffoonish arch-conservative kumdlalo wakhe weComedy Central iNgxelo kaColbert, akazange ajike kumlinganiswa. Wavula ngokuthi ngokuqinisekileyo ndiyathemba ukuba amandla am nkwenkwezi angangquba oku kuviwa ukuya kutsho kwi-C-SPAN 1. (Isasazwe kwi-C-Span 3.)
Iifama zaseMelika ngoku zixhomekeke kakhulu kubasebenzi abavela kwamanye amazwe ukuze bakhethe iziqhamo kunye nemifuno yethu, waqhubeka nokuhanjiswa kophawu lwakhe lokuthengisa. Ngoku, impendulo ecacileyo kukuba sonke simele siyeke ukutya iziqhamo nemifuno. Kwaye ukuba ujonga izibalo zokutyeba zamva nje, abantu abaninzi baseMelika sele beqalile.
UColbert uphinde wathi: Le yiMelika. Andifuni itumato ethakwe ngumntu waseMexico. Ndifuna ithathwe ngumMelika, emva koko isikwe ngummi waseGuatemala kwaye ndiphakwe ngummi waseVenezuela kwindawo yespa apho umntu waseChile endinika iBrazilian.
Abanye abakhi-mkhanyo babecinga ukuba le yayingeyondawo yomdlali ohlekisayo onobulumko. Ngaphambi kokuba uColbert athethe, u-Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., Wathi umculi kufuneka athumele ubungqina obubhaliweyo kwaye ahambe. UColbert uthe umenywe nguLofgren kwaye uya kuhamba ukuba ufuna. IiConyers ziye zarhoxa.
Ummeli weRiphabhlikhi uJason Chaffetz, wase-Utah, oye wabonakala kabini kumboniso kaColbert kwaye walahlekelwa umlenze wokulwa nomlenze kumdlalo ohlekisayo, naye akazange avume.
Ndikwikomitana, kodwa le yayiyintlekisa, wayibhala kuTwitter. Ungoyena msasazi weendaba womgunyathi, ke ukuba iDems ifuna ukuviwa okungeyonyani, ndicinga ukuba ngoyena mntu ulungileyo.
Kwaye uDaniel Sahagun, iRiphabhlikhi eqhuba iphulo lokunyuka ngokuchasene neLofgren kunyulo lukaNovemba, kwingxelo yokuba ukumema uColbert kwiCongress kubonisa ukunqongophala okukhulu kwesigwebo kunye nobunkokeli.
UColbert wayenomzuzu omnye wokunyaniseka kokwenyani, ephendula kumbuzo womthetho wokuba kutheni ekhethe ukuthatha ingxaki yabasebenzi basezifama abafudukayo. Ndiyathanda ukuthetha ngabantu abangenawo nawaphi na amandla, kwaye kubonakala ngathi omnye wabantu abancinci banamandla e-United States ngabasebenzi abafudukayo abeza ukwenza umsebenzi wethu kodwa bengenawo nawaphi na amalungelo ngokwabo, watsho. Abasebenzi abafudukayo bayasokola kwaye abanamalungelo.
U-Lofgren, ingcali yokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe kunye nommeli wabasebenzi basezifama abafudukayo, udliwano-ndlebe nguColbert kumboniso wakhe kule veki kwifama ekumantla eNew York. U-Colbert wazisa i-congresswoman ekudala yase-South Bay njenge-hugger yase-Mexican eyaziwayo kwaye kamva wambuza, ngelixa enqwala kwinqwaba yefula emva kwabo: Ukuba ndifuna ukuba ngumsebenzi wasefama ofudukayo, ngaba kufuneka senze i-ankile yosana?
Isithethi sikaLofgren sikuchithile ukugxekwa ukuba ujongela phantsi umsebenzi weCongress, sisithi bambalwa abacholacholi beendaba ngebeze kuxoxwa ukuba uColbert wayengekho. Kwaye uSomlomo weNdlu uNancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, uxelele iintatheli emva koko ukuba ndicinga ukuba kufanelekile ukuba uColbert anike ubungqina. UngumMelika, akunjalo? Uza phambi kwekomiti, unombono, unokuzisa ingqalelo kumbandela obalulekileyo njengokufuduka.
Inkangeleko kaColbert yaphawula okokuqala ezisa umdlalo wakhe ohlekisayo, ohlekisa ngezopolitiko, kwiinkqubo zikarhulumente.
Uza kubuyela eWashington nge-30 ka-Okthobha ngoMatshi wakhe ukugcina uloyiko luphila, olucwangciselwe ukukhuphisana nomsasazi weComedy Central uJon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity.
Ukumanyelwa kwangoLwesihlanu bekumalunga nokuba banikwe na abasebenzi basezifama abangenazo iimpepha mvume zokufumana iwonga elisemthethweni ngokuqhubeka nokusebenza kwezolimo. Inokujongwa apha http://c-spanvideo.org/program/id/233635 .
Qhagamshelana noMike Zapler kwi-202-662-8921.
