# Stewart/Colbert Rally on the National Mall: 30 Oct 2010 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 17, 2010, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053 "2010-09-17T05:03:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/241 "2010-10-06T02:29:09Z")
and another site [http://www.citizen.org/jon-stewart-sanity-rally-signs](http://www.citizen.org/jon-stewart-sanity-rally-signs) is taking sign suggestions and printing some of the best ones to pass out. The best ones are right here, so go submit them {before I do out of compassion for humanity} Oh and new sign We Upped Our Compassion! Up Yours! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/242 "2010-10-06T08:48:15Z")
> [@cosmosdan](#): > > We Upped Our Compassion! Up Yours! Pat Paulsen would be so proud. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/243 "2010-10-07T00:06:13Z")
Some will know the Vonnegut origins of this: \*\*RESTORE SANITY TO POLITICS then END FLOATING ICEBERGS\*\* The word restaurant/ristorante originally referred to enemas because they were believed (17th/18th centuries) to “restore” the body’s health and humors balance. I’ve tried to think of something that would work this in to restoring sanity but… way too obscure. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/244 "2010-10-13T22:05:10Z")
You may have heard. The Rally will be televised , for those not going and considering a local rally. ---
**Author:** ![Quarter\_Lane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c68b51/32.png) [@Quarter\_Lane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quarter_Lane)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/245 "2010-10-14T00:16:29Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > > [@cosmosdan](#): > > > > We Upped Our Compassion! Up Yours! > > Pat Paulsen would be so proud. Speaking of which, how about a “Paulsen For President” sign. Dead candidates have won before. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/246 "2010-10-17T20:56:28Z")
Youse guys need to submit some of your sign ideas to [Sane or Not](http://www.saneornot.com), because a lot of the sign ideas there are really stupid when they’re not snarky or nasty or otherwise Completely Missing the Point. Man, we’re a lot smarter and funnier than a lot of people out there. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/247 "2010-10-17T22:56:18Z")
So did Colbert’s guys really screw up in getting the permit or was it planned all along to be a joint thing? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/248 "2010-10-17T23:08:56Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > So did Colbert’s guys really screw up in getting the permit or was it planned all along to be a joint thing? I’m quite certain it was intended to be a joint thing all along. I really doubt they would have wanted to force their attendance to split up like that. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/249 "2010-10-28T00:49:24Z")
Fox News [turns the paranoia knob to 11](http://www.politicususa.com/en/fox-union-stewart): > [@](#): > > On Fox Business’ Varney and Company, Monica Crowley did her best to discredit the Stewart/Colbert rally by claiming that union members were being bused in at gunpoint to the rally. She said, “Well, but there are a lot of union members who are actually being **bused in at gunpoint** by their union leadership.” When Varney countered not at gunpoint, Crowley said, “In some cases yes, at gunpoint.” ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/250 "2010-10-28T01:18:14Z")
And when called on that bullshit, “I mean metaphorically. God, you stupid liberals.” ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/251 "2010-10-28T02:17:35Z")
I love The Onion. Wait…what? Oh shit. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/252 "2010-10-28T15:23:34Z")
Any of you DC-area Dopers attending the Daily Show tapings there? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/253 "2010-10-29T16:11:12Z")
I’ve decided I want to go to DC (last minute, I’ve been phone-banking to GOTV but need a break before the final push). Anybody leaving from New York City have room for one more? I promise I’ll put on a shirt. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/254 "2010-10-29T17:22:34Z")
Would you believe anyone but RWs would have any objection to the Rally to Restore Sanity? See [here,](http://www.tbd.com/blogs/tbd-arts/2010/10/a-guide-to-the-misguided-criticism-of-the-stewart-colbert-rally-3715.html) [here,](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/44303.html) and [here.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/28/politico-gets-into-the-ra_n_775381.html) ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/255 "2010-10-29T18:53:36Z")
I’m coming on the HuffPo sanity bus, which is leaving Citi Field (only time I will ever be there unless there’s a half-the-Beatles Reunion) at 6 in the ayem. Yikes. My question is for DC-area dopers: I’ve heard that buying tix at the Metro station at RFK stadium means long lines. I’ve bought subway fares in NY and Boston so the machines don’t scare me but the lines do, I’d rather be spending an hour walking around downtown. There is a way to buy tickets [online](http://www.wmata.com/fares/purchase/store/), which looks easy enough but I don’t know what it means physically to buy such a ticket. Do they give you a print-out that gets you through the gates when you get there or are you supposed to do it in advance and get it mailed out to you (in which case I totally blew it). Thanks! I’d love to sightsee or go to the statue to meet Dopers but the HuffPo is keeping us on kinda a tight leash timewise. Next time! ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/256 "2010-10-29T20:27:11Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > I’ve decided I want to go to DC (last minute, I’ve been phone-banking to GOTV but need a break before the final push). > > Anybody leaving from New York City have room for one more? > > I promise I’ll put on a shirt. Come on, guys, help me out! I’ll even take a shower. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/257 "2010-10-30T00:46:18Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > I’ve decided I want to go to DC (last minute, I’ve been phone-banking to GOTV but need a break before the final push). > > Anybody leaving from New York City have room for one more? > > I promise I’ll put on a shirt. > > > [@descamisado](#): > > > > Come on, guys, help me out! > > > > I’ll even take a shower. Come on, guys, help me out. _I’ll even use soap._ I always had a ride from posting on Craigslist but by the time I called the last seat was taken. ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/258 "2010-10-30T15:30:42Z")
Someone PM or text me with info about where and when to meet up. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/259 "2010-10-31T00:36:30Z")
I’ve been perusing the media reports of the rally and wow, do they ever vary. They range from the gushing to the dismissive, with crowd estimates from “tens of thousands” to 500,000 (not counting Stewart’s “ten million” joke or the “FoxNews estimates crowd size at seven people” joke on HuffPo). The network news organs are spinning it as an attack on cable news, the cable news people are spinning it as a comedy event, and Andrew Breitbart is spinning it as “Jon Stewart’s Mock-the-People Anti-Beck Rally”. Looks like it was good fun though. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/260 "2010-10-31T01:21:52Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I’ve been perusing the media reports of the rally and wow, do they ever vary. They range from the gushing to the dismissive, with crowd estimates from “tens of thousands” Fox is hilarious. I read their report, and all they say is tens of thousands and that the park permit was for 60,000, which was clearly blown out of the water by the real numbers. Beck wishes he had this audience. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053.md?page=14)