Rally to Restore Sanity/March to Keep Fear Alive, 10/30/10!

[Pico and ME]

Heres another bit of sanity...

[xoxoxoBruce]

No no, 6 minutes is way too long to listen to facts, when slogans can be shouted out in seconds.

[Pico and ME]

True dat...

[Shawnee123]

Originally Posted by Pico and ME

Heres another bit of sanity...

That was really great. Thanks!

[smoothmoniker]

So, if I'm understanding all of the post-game wrap up correctly,

sanity ≠ tea party.

Has anyone seen anything from the rally, any sign or slogan, that makes fun of liberal extremism? No?

Cool.

Just checking the plumb-line.

[classicman]

Smooth again with the reality-check....mate!

Oh and it wasn't political - riiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

[Pete Zicato]

Originally Posted by smoothmoniker

Has anyone seen anything from the rally, any sign or slogan, that makes fun of liberal extremism? No?

So the liberals are making fun of the conservatives? I don't see that as being a bad thing. I wish the conservatives were making fun of the liberals. It would be much better than the hate and fear mongering they're spreading.

[Pico and ME]

Originally Posted by smoothmoniker

So, if I'm understanding all of the post-game wrap up correctly,

sanity ≠ tea party.

Has anyone seen anything from the rally, any sign or slogan, that makes fun of liberal extremism? No?

Cool.

Just checking the plumb-line.

For one thing, the Tea Party put a big bulls eye on its forehead with the Beck Rally. Did you see their signs? Have you heard their rhetoric?

Stewart also nailed the lefty talking heads like Olbermann and Matthews. But mostly, he was attacking the rhetoric of hate and fear that you see on TV by politicians and talking heads alike.

Secondly, whats really your beef here? That moderate leftys attended a rally? So what?

Who said it wasn't political?

[smoothmoniker]

Nobody claimed it wasn't political.

Plenty of people claimed it was "centrist" or "moderate". I object to the co-opting of those terms as the exclusive provenance of the left. I object to the implication that the right is the only side that needs to be "moderated".

I object most of all to Stewart presenting himself as the everyman above the fray, speaking out for the voiceless middle, when he is in fact nothing of the kind.

[Pico and ME]

Objection noted.

But the 200,000 that attended and millions more that watched, don't feel that way. In fact a lot of us really appreciated the rally. It was really nice to see a sane counter reaction to the hate and fear directed at liberals.

[classicman]

They claimed it wasn't political and therefore didn't have to give equal time to the "other side" for free. There was a big brew ha ha about it. If they admitted it was political they would have had to give equal time...

But they have been explicit about one aspect: "This is not a political rally in any way, shape or form," Stewart told CNN's Larry King last week.

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[smoothmoniker]

Originally Posted by Pico and ME

... to the hate and fear directed at liberals.

Most of that is hatred of liberal ideology, and fear of the likely consequences if that ideology is played out as policy.

[Pico and ME]

Classic, Stewart and Colbert didn't endorse any politician...didn't name one or show one. Their show at the rally was apolitical.

They cant control the attendees, tho.

[classicman]

I agree with you that the rally was a good thing. But make no mistake it was political AND there was plenty of hate from those that were there which was not shown in the media. For example...

[classicman]

Coming just three days before the mid-term elections it would be almost impossible for any reasonable person to not conclude that the true goal of the rally is to close the “enthusiasm gap” that the Democrats have been suffering from and make one last attempt to get out the vote in an attempt to avoid a disaster on Tuesday.

Several weeks ago many of the major news media organizations issued a preemptive strike against their employees banning them from attending the rally in a thinly veiled effort to shield themselves from potential accusations of liberal bias as they cover the rally.

Stewart could have easily done what Beck did and request that no signs be brought to the rally and devote his program to a non political cause or organization but instead he has let the liberals run amok and turn the event into a giant Democrat organizing event.

With Arianna Huffington paying for 200 buses from New York to bring people to the rally and Oprah paying for Stewart’s audience to come as well there is little doubt how the media is likely to spin the event.

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