# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/261 "2010-10-31T01:48:38Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > 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. The dumbest person at this rally is still smarter than the smartest Beck fan and smarter than Beck. ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/262 "2010-10-31T04:08:57Z")
OK, who was it? NPR just reported that someone had a sign that said: I LIKE PIE Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/263 "2010-10-31T11:50:41Z")
Apparently Colbert tweeted a crowd estimate of 6 billion. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/264 "2010-10-31T13:05:16Z")
> [@unclviny](#): > > OK, who was it? > > NPR just reported that someone had a sign that said: > > I LIKE PIE > > Unclviny Hee, I went up to a person with that sign and asked if they were a “Doper” and they looked at me like I was nuts.:smack: I clarified and asked if they read “The Straight Dope” and they said no. My favorite sign was: “Atheists for Religious Tolerance” ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/265 "2010-10-31T13:19:48Z")
[CBS estimated the crowd to be 215,000](http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20021284-503544.html). So sad I wasn’t one of them. Could not convince hubby that getting up at 5 am and driving to DC was a good idea. He was all for it before he found out about the 5 am part. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/266 "2010-10-31T14:17:27Z")
> [@sinjin](#): > > My favorite sign was: > > “Atheists for Religious Tolerance” My Favorite: “I masturbate to Christine O’Donnell” I’m glad I went. The crowd was awesome, and full of very reasonable people. ---
**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, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/267 "2010-10-31T14:47:56Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [CBS estimated the crowd to be 215,000](http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20021284-503544.html). Sounds about right. Jamie and Adam were saying 150,000, but since that was during the rally I figure it was a hasty estimate. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/268 "2010-10-31T14:57:25Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [CBS estimated the crowd to be 215,000](http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20021284-503544.html). So sad I wasn’t one of them. Could not convince hubby that getting up at 5 am and driving to DC was a good idea. He was all for it before he found out about the 5 am part. And > [@](#): > > CBS News also commissioned [AirPhotosLive.com](http://AirPhotosLive.com) to do a crowd estimate of Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally in August. That rally was estimated to have attracted 87,000 people. Amid criticism from conservatives that the estimate was low, CBS News detailed the methodology behind it here. Almost 3x Beck’s turnout. Wonder what Stewart will do with that on Monday. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/269 "2010-10-31T15:21:00Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Sounds about right. Jamie and Adam were saying 150,000, but since that was during the rally I figure it was a hasty estimate. Which reminds me: what was the deal with the Mythbusters showing up on stage at the end of the event? Did thye have a role earlier in the proceedings? I only got to my TV around the end of the first hour, so maybe I missed something. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/270 "2010-10-31T15:24:45Z")
I’m glad I went, and had a great time people watching reading signs and meeting dopers, but I pretty much missed the whole rally. I’m hoping the whole thing will be up on the web somewhere, on Comedy Central’s site or You tube, or something. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/271 "2010-10-31T15:25:45Z")
Near the beginning, Jamie and Adam did a bit on timing the wave. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/272 "2010-10-31T15:28:20Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > I’m glad I went, and had a great time people watching reading signs and meeting dopers, but I pretty much missed the whole rally. I’m hoping the whole thing will be up on the web somewhere, on Comedy Central’s site or You tube, or something. We heard most of the rally but didn’t get to see a thing, too short.🆒 You can see the whole rally on C-Span. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/273 "2010-10-31T15:35:47Z")
> [@sinjin](#): > > We heard most of the rally but didn’t get to see a thing, too short.🆒 > > You can see the whole rally on C-Span. Sadly I don’t have cable, the whole thing doesn’t appear to be up yet, but I hope it will be. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/274 "2010-10-31T15:46:15Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > Near the beginning, Jamie and Adam did a bit on timing the wave. Ah. OK, thanks. Also stumbled on a Tweet from Adam that mentioned he ‘attended’ (I guess as audience member) a taping of the Colbert Report this week. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/275 "2010-10-31T16:16:18Z")
> [@unclviny](#): > > OK, who was it? > > NPR just reported that someone had a sign that said: > > I LIKE PIE > > Unclviny Seriously? That didn’t start here. The Dope picked it up from an animation that was all over the web for weeks a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/276 "2010-10-31T16:30:58Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Seriously? That didn’t start here. The Dope picked it up from an animation that was all over the web for weeks a few years ago. It’s also used frequently by DKos diarists. Probably a well represented category at the rally. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/277 "2010-10-31T16:37:09Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > It’s also used frequently by DKos diarists. Probably a well represented category at the rally. Yes and in numbers orders of magnitude greater than people who post here. ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/278 "2010-10-31T17:08:47Z")
Unfortunately, I couldn’t make the dopefest, or after-fest, due to some scheduling confusion and the need to fill my stomach with food. But I did hit the rally, and it was awesome. I’ll be back in DC soon, probably within the first few months of the new year, and I hope to meet up with some dopers then. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/279 "2010-10-31T17:29:24Z")
i was confounded by the amount of people who brought their kids, especially wee little babies to this thing. why? to what end? indoctrination into irreverence? it just seemed odd. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/280 "2010-10-31T17:40:50Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > i was confounded by the amount of people who brought their kids, especially wee little babies to this thing. why? to what end? indoctrination into irreverence? it just seemed odd. Maybe they wanted to go and couldn’t afford or find child care. To the kids it’s a nice day outside with some music even. To the adults they get to go and have fun too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053.md?page=15)