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Stewart and Colbert rally draws thousands
Reuters ^ | 10-30-10

Posted on 10/30/2010 12:05:56 PM PDT by Justaham

Television comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert drew tens of thousands of people to the National Mall on Saturday, promising to skewer partisan politics three days before contentious U.S. elections.

The Comedy Central hosts' "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" started off as part slapstick comedy show and part outdoor festival concert.

Stewart opened the festivities by declaring that "10 million" people showed up, representing all ethnic groups in America.

"It is a perfect demographic sampling of the American people," said Stewart, who hosted U.S. President Barack Obama on his show on Wednesday.

"As you know, if you have too many white people at your rally, then your cause is racist, but if you have too many people of color at your rally, then you must be asking for something: special rights -- like eating in restaurants or piggy back rides -- something that we as a society are not ready to give," he added.

The rally, widely viewed as a response to "August's "Restoring Honor" rally organized by conservative talk show host Glenn Beck, blurred the lines between satire and political activism.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: charlatans; fakers; jonstewart; phonies; rally; stephencolbert
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To: SeattleBruce
.......The line of a Kenyan whore house...?
141 posted on 10/30/2010 3:46:35 PM PDT by BilLies (no)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

Done. I sent it to my friends as “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere 2010” and suggested that they pass the alarm for the sake of Freedom.


142 posted on 10/30/2010 3:49:10 PM PDT by Melian ("Life's tough... it's even tougher if you're stupid." ~ John Wayne)
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To: Cardhu

Thanks Cardhu. I’m interested to see the after the rally pictures of the grounds right after the event.

Looks like a pretty good crowd is there, but hard to tell how many.


143 posted on 10/30/2010 3:52:45 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: Clint N. Suhks

C-Span jumped the shark many moons ago.(a little Indian lingo).

It has become unwatchable.


144 posted on 10/30/2010 3:56:24 PM PDT by Yankee (Welcome to Obama's Fourth Reich.)
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To: Nervous Tick

The footage I saw on Fox looked like a pretty sparse crowd.

Also, in the footage I saw, it looked like Colbert was really making an ass of himslef just as he did when he went to congress a couple weeks ago.


145 posted on 10/30/2010 3:58:27 PM PDT by chilltherats (First, kill all the lawyers (now that they ARE the tyrants)....... would step ince 2006,up)
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To: Cardhu

“You are right”

Please explain what we’re being “convinced” of. For instance, what does ‘much larger’ even mean? 400,000 (Stewart) vs. 300,000 (Beck) or 500K v. 400K, and what about Promise Keepers, etc?

Basic salient point was tweeted today - ‘clever signs don’t vote or man phone banks’


146 posted on 10/30/2010 3:59:29 PM PDT by SeattleBruce (T minus 4 days to SMACKDOWN - Tea Party like it's 1773! Pray 2 Chronicles 7:14!)
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To: Darkwolf377

“It indicates to me that the folks who showed up at this have already resigned themselves to defeat.”

Right. They can all feel all loosy goosy about a big crowd...just before the giant wave smacks ‘em in the face...small consolation...

Pray for America.


147 posted on 10/30/2010 4:02:09 PM PDT by SeattleBruce (T minus 4 days to SMACKDOWN - Tea Party like it's 1773! Pray 2 Chronicles 7:14!)
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To: chilltherats

“Also, in the footage I saw, it looked like Colbert was really making an ass of himslef just as he did when he went to congress a couple weeks ago.”

That’s Colbert’s whole act. It’s good for a laugh once, but you’d have to be a moron to watch him night after night.

I hope all those a-holes are still hungover Wednesday after we sane people have elected the right folks on Tuesday.

I want Christine O’Donnell to win so badly, if only so I can watch libtard heads exploding all over my TV.


148 posted on 10/30/2010 4:03:09 PM PDT by Yankee (Welcome to Obama's Fourth Reich.)
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To: Justaham

A lame title for an article about a lame event! A rally of stamp collectors on the Mall would “draw thousands.”


149 posted on 10/30/2010 4:04:20 PM PDT by Mad_as_heck (The MSM - America's (domestic) public enemy #1.)
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To: Mad_as_heck

Bwaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!LIB/Moonbat/Assclown losers all. Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!


150 posted on 10/30/2010 4:06:28 PM PDT by hal ogen (1st amendment or reeducation camp?)
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To: skeeter

And what else is comical is their emphasis on the symbolism of Beck’s much greater draw. They will not focus on WHY the conservative got such a huge crowd. No. Their thinking is, “How can we scam a buncha people to come here so we can diminish Beck?”

There were nothing but clowns up on that stage and losers in the audience.


151 posted on 10/30/2010 4:07:07 PM PDT by chilltherats (First, kill all the lawyers (now that they ARE the tyrants)....... would step ince 2006,up)
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To: DCPatriot; keypro; Cardhu

What do you make of this above? Now granted, Beck’s rally had the pool in the middle - but still encompassed a much larger area, even given that. Also Stewart’s rally, had many treelines and other encumbrances also...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2617813/posts?page=82#82


152 posted on 10/30/2010 4:08:29 PM PDT by SeattleBruce (T minus 4 days to SMACKDOWN - Tea Party like it's 1773! Pray 2 Chronicles 7:14!)
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To: Mortrey

Voter fraud hotline bump! Important info to have thanks.


153 posted on 10/30/2010 4:08:50 PM PDT by JerseyDvl (Sometimes the road less traveled.... is less traveled for a reason.)
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To: Yankee

“I want Christine O’Donnell to win so badly, if only so I can watch libtard heads exploding all over my TV.”

Right. Wouldn’t that be sweet?!


154 posted on 10/30/2010 4:09:49 PM PDT by SeattleBruce (T minus 4 days to SMACKDOWN - Tea Party like it's 1773! Pray 2 Chronicles 7:14!)
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To: Yankee

I want her to win, too, very much, but it’s ain’t gonna happen.


155 posted on 10/30/2010 4:12:57 PM PDT by chilltherats (First, kill all the lawyers (now that they ARE the tyrants)....... would step ince 2006,up)
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To: dfwgator

“Big deal, we already know there are millions of losers in this country, it doesn’t make them any more right.”

Right!

PS: on your tagline - you guys beat the Yankees - that’s success right there...:)


156 posted on 10/30/2010 4:13:05 PM PDT by SeattleBruce (T minus 4 days to SMACKDOWN - Tea Party like it's 1773! Pray 2 Chronicles 7:14!)
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To: moehoward

“I’m surprised they got that many.”

Huffington bussed in 10,000 herself...you can get a lot more if its free...loafers and freeloaders and liberal snots...;)


157 posted on 10/30/2010 4:16:28 PM PDT by SeattleBruce (T minus 3 days to SMACKDOWN - Tea Party like it's 1773! Pray 2 Chronicles 7:14!)
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To: Justaham

I only saw white people.


158 posted on 10/30/2010 4:20:15 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: Yaelle

‘those of us with critical thinking skills’

Wonder how they’ll put their critical thinking skills to work on Wed. evaluating what’s left?


159 posted on 10/30/2010 4:20:44 PM PDT by SeattleBruce (T minus 3 days to SMACKDOWN - Tea Party like it's 1773! Pray 2 Chronicles 7:14!)
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To: Longbow1969
Stewart’s humor simply doesn’t translate well to this outdoor venue.

I'd say his humor doesn't translate when you're supposed to take it seriously. Same with Colbert. His whole shtick is to mock people for being too serious. How is a person like that to deliver a serious message?
160 posted on 10/30/2010 4:29:35 PM PDT by Question Liberal Authority (Worst. Post-Racial. And Post-Partisan. Agent Of Hope And Change. EVER.)
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