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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.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: charlatans; fakers; jonstewart; phonies; rally; stephencolbert
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To: keypro
While I cant make any statement about the accuracy of the Beck rally depiction. I was at the Stewart rally and I know I was in a crowd that stretched well beyond 7th street,
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11/01/2010 5:28:48 PM PDT
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Dr.Drew
To: Dr.Drew
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11/02/2010 1:55:16 AM PDT
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keypro
(Ducksnorts)
To: poncewattle
Living rent free in your lib mind :-)
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11/02/2010 1:56:40 AM PDT
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keypro
(Ducksnorts)
To: d1st
I took me about 3 minutes to create and post the graphic in question. It more than made my day that Libs heads were exploding all across America. :-)
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11/02/2010 2:01:11 AM PDT
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keypro
(Ducksnorts)
To: Dr.Drew; darkwing104; Old Sarge; 50mm; Viking2002; rabscuttle385; All
While I cant make any statement about the accuracy of the Beck rally depiction. I was at the Stewart rally and I know I was in a crowd that stretched well beyond 7th street,
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11/02/2010 2:01:58 AM PDT
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airborne
(Why is it we won't allow the Bible in school, but we will in prison? Think about it.)
To: NotFoolingMeForAMinute
Living rent free in your silly Lib mind and loving it. :-)
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11/02/2010 2:02:46 AM PDT
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keypro
(Ducksnorts)
To: Dr. Eckleburg
Thanks for the positive response to my graphic comparing the Beck rally and the Stewart rally. Apparently, it went viral and liberal heads were exploding all across America. I have received plenty of hate mail accusing me of photoshopping the pics, incorrect angles and plenty of other stuff.. Two points to make. Firstly, we are winning and secondly, even a nobody like me can actually make a difference.
Again, thanks for the positive response
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11/02/2010 2:16:49 AM PDT
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keypro
(Ducksnorts)
To: NotFoolingMeForAMinute
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11/02/2010 2:35:43 AM PDT
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keypro
(Ducksnorts)
To: keypro
Thanks for the positive response to my graphic comparing the Beck rally and the Stewart rally. Apparently, it went viral and liberal heads were exploding all across America. I have received plenty of hate mail accusing me of photoshopping the pics, incorrect angles and plenty of other stuff.. Two points to make. Firstly, we are winning and secondly, even a nobody like me can actually make a difference.Great work! We're a nation of "nobodys" and we're going to right this ship of state today!
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11/02/2010 12:42:09 PM PDT
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Dr. Eckleburg
("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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