Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear live link

[dead0man]

link

Currently a band is playing....some dude is rocking out with a giant tuba.  I recognize the drummer from a Chappelle Show bit.

[dead0man]

Father Guido!

[dead0man]

Wow...ABC, CBS, The New York Times and ....wait for it....NPR barred their reporters from reporting on the rally.  It's not news if they can't find a guy with an M16 or screaming black man.

[dead0man]

Mick Foley!

[The Mikado]

Just left.  Some interesting people (including one douche holding up a lemonparty.org sign).  Got even more proof that rallies aren't my thing.

[Vepres]

I'm pleasantly surprised at how non-partisan this is. I sort of figured it would somehow endorse Democrats or the left and/or be anti-Tea Party. Not so. In fact, it's almost apolitical.

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

I'm pleasantly surprised at how non-partisan this is. I sort of figured it would somehow endorse Democrats or the left and/or be anti-Tea Party. Not so. In fact, it's almost apolitical.

That's probably the best part about it.

This is probably the living ideal of one, true, united nation.

[dead0man]

I'm pleasantly surprised at how non-partisan this is. I sort of figured it would somehow endorse Democrats or the left and/or be anti-Tea Party. Not so. In fact, it's almost apolitical.

Yeah, Jon isn't as "left leaning" as popular wisdom tells us he is.  He may pound on the right more, but he certainly hits the left a lot too.  Especially now that they have been in power and have failed at it (again).

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

Jon is more or less pro-common sense.  The Dems could learn a thing or two from him.

[Iosif]

So did more people show up than at Glenn Beck's?

[Vepres]

I'm pleasantly surprised at how non-partisan this is. I sort of figured it would somehow endorse Democrats or the left and/or be anti-Tea Party. Not so. In fact, it's almost apolitical.

That's probably the best part about it.

This is probably the living ideal of one, true, united nation.

Though, it was a bit corny at the end there

[Vepres]

To make a forum analogy, it was a rally against excessive hyperbole!

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

I'm pleasantly surprised at how non-partisan this is. I sort of figured it would somehow endorse Democrats or the left and/or be anti-Tea Party. Not so. In fact, it's almost apolitical.

That's probably the best part about it.

This is probably the living ideal of one, true, united nation.

Though, it was a bit corny at the end there

Lol, I know.  But it is true...this rally wasn't about left or right, good or evil.  It was about "restoring sanity" and realizing that this nation is not as divided and we're not as bad off as people constantly sensationalize we are.

[dead0man]

Lol, I know.  But it is true...this rally wasn't about left or right, good or evil.  It was about "restoring sanity" and realizing that this nation is not as divided and we're not as bad off as people constantly sensationalize we are.

Correct.  The things right with America are more powerful than the things wrong with America.

[King]

Wow...ABC, CBS, The New York Times and ....wait for it....NPR barred their reporters from reporting on the rally.  It's not news if they can't find a guy with an M16 or screaming black man.

I think a lot of people were expecting, as the propaganda on the far right suggested, that this was going to be a far left rally and, like typical limp wrists, ABC, CBS, NYT, and NPR didn't want to seem like left wing media by covering it.  However, they are already labeled left wing media regardless of what they do by the far right so this only comes off as discouraging to people who appreciate journalism and the left itself.

You know, traditional Democratic tactic of alienating the base to go after the support of people who would never vote for you except with major dying media outlets.

[Vepres]

Wow...ABC, CBS, The New York Times and ....wait for it....NPR barred their reporters from reporting on the rally.  It's not news if they can't find a guy with an M16 or screaming black man.

I think a lot of people were expecting, as the propaganda on the far right suggested, that this was going to be a far left rally and, like typical limp wrists, ABC, CBS, NYT, and NPR didn't want to seem like left wing media by covering it.

In fairness, the Democrats interpreted it that way too.

[King]

Wow...ABC, CBS, The New York Times and ....wait for it....NPR barred their reporters from reporting on the rally.  It's not news if they can't find a guy with an M16 or screaming black man.

I think a lot of people were expecting, as the propaganda on the far right suggested, that this was going to be a far left rally and, like typical limp wrists, ABC, CBS, NYT, and NPR didn't want to seem like left wing media by covering it.

In fairness, the Democrats interpreted it that way too.

I think it was only because a lot of people were comparing it to Glenn Beck's rally.

[Donald Trump’s Toupée]

Sanity will be restored in 2012

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Sanity will be restored in 2012

Ah.... ha...


But on topic... and reality.

This really was fantastic, it showed how the best of America can counter the toxic political environment that exists. The thing is, were it not for a few raging nut-bags on both sides, life would be so much easier.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I wish I could've gone, and now I wish I'd found this thread earlier today.

[Capitan Zapp Brannigan]

I heard an estimate of 215,000 by CBS.

That's a lot of people.

[Eraserhead]

It crushed the Beck rally in terms of attendance, supposedly. That rally was covered incessantly by MSM, so what gives? How is this any less serious than that?

I know people who went but I had to work today.

[Хahar 🤔]

I'm pleasantly surprised at how non-partisan this is. I sort of figured it would somehow endorse Democrats or the left and/or be anti-Tea Party. Not so. In fact, it's almost apolitical.

Yeah, Jon isn't as "left leaning" as popular wisdom tells us he is.  He may pound on the right more, but he certainly hits the left a lot too.  Especially now that they have been in power and have failed at it (again).

I think that this is more a function of his being left of the Democratic Party than anything.

[Beet]

With the whole anti polarization thang, picking up where Obama left off in 2008. Badly needed IMO.

[Donald Trump’s Toupée]

It was a bunch of college students who wanted to be entertained for free. It was pointless. Also, Stewart is immersed in irony. He criticizes media, especially Fox News, for taking things out of context but then he himself takes snippets out of context too. So essentially, he is part of the problem that he mocks!

Also, this was clearly a liberal rally, and was clearly a direct counter to Beck. To deny this is absurd. Regardless, he still exacerbates the problem by enforcing the wedge that exists - here be sanity, there (Tea Partiers, etc) be an insane asylum. Hardly unity, is it? And who is he to judge what's sane and what's not? That's beyond pretentious and self-righteous.

It's kind of like Live 8 was in 2005 - It proclaims to have an underlying message, and people may support that message, but the message is lost in the day's free event, and the following day everyone goes back to normal life and forgets about it completely. Utterly useless.

Stewart likes to think he is smarter and more powerful than he really is.

I'm currently in DC and I refused to go. I'm more angry about the tourists who jam pack the already horrible metro and refuse to obey the 'stand right, walk left' on the escalators.