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Jon Stewart's 10-30-10 March to Restore Sanity
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Anonymous
| Do those of you who plan on attending consider this a political rally? Jon Stewart??? Seriously. Don't get me wrong. I love his show. Colbert even more. But, really? |
Anonymous
| i think it's more of a spoof on the prior rally a few weeks ago, but at the same time, a message to the world that we are not all right wing nuts! |
Anonymous
| Both of these "rallies" have the potential to be really fun and hilarious. I might go! |
Anonymous
| So, yes, it is a political rally by Jon Stewart. Wow. |
Anonymous
I actually think that what Jon Stewart does is pretty important. People actually listen to him, and though he puts out a message using comedy, its still a message. It may be the best way to reach a lot of people to lazy/disinterested to listen to the real news. |
Anonymous
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Yes, a significant percentage of the 18-29 crowd say that they get their news from the Daily Show. I actually find the analysis to be pretty solid on a lot of topics, so I don't see this as a bad thing or a "dumbing down" of the population.
Not sure if I would qualify this as a political rally, except in the sense that it's anti-extremism. I will be very interested to see what kind of event it turns out to be. I loved the bit last night about "We're here! ...but only til about six, because we have sitters..." |
Anonymous
| Agree with PP. Jon Stewart does better interviews than almost anyone other "news reader." Betsy Twigg |
Anonymous
| Given that all the tickets to his DC shows were snapped up in a few minutes, this will give a lot of us latecomers a chance to enjoy his visit to DC! |
Anonymous
I'm 31 and definitely get all my news from the Daily Show. . .mostly because it's the only time of day I get to watch TV and it's the best thing on 
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Anonymous
| The thing is, if you don't already follow the news to some extent, then it's not as funny. So no, it doesn't dumb down the news. |
Anonymous
| What time is this rally expected to start? It's a march plus rally, or only rally? On the Mall or at the Capitol? Having trouble here getting the details but I really want to help keep fear alive that day. |
Anonymous
| I assume that there won't actually be two separate rallies, I imagine Stewart and Colbert will be sharing the stage, speaking at different times and doing some of their staged back-and-forth verbal jousting. It should be entertaining, and yes, hopefully a message to the world that not everyone thinks Obama is a secret muslim anti-colonialist Kenyan sleeper agent. I'll be 40 wks pregnant at that point so will probably pass but otherwise I would totally be there, holding my "I may disagree with you but I'm pretty sure you are not Hitler" sign. |
Anonymous
| Oh, we'll be there!!! And we're bringing DD, too. I'm already thinking of the sign and costume possibilities . . . . |
Anonymous
| I'm guessing my baby will be around a month old then (waiting for her now!). Never too early for her to be part of the Million Moderate March, right? |