# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/101 "2010-09-19T02:33:08Z")
> [@DonLogan](#): > > > [@Todderbob](#): > > > > Honestly, guys, this isn’t a “progressive” thing, even though I identify as one and will be attending. It’s a “reason” thing, IMO. It’s not about what you _do_ believe, it’s about what you don’t believe – in being a batshit crazy radical of any stripe. > > That would be boring as hell. Don’t kid yourself, it’s going to be a tea party bash-a-thon. I sure as hell hope not. That’s the exact opposite of the spirit of it. I hope I don’t see any signs like that. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/102 "2010-09-19T02:36:40Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > SIDE ONE: > > “Did Glenn Beck Rape and murder a woman in 1990?” > > SIDE TWO: > > “I’m just asking the question.” That’s funny but just the hate side will get on TV and be used to point out how nasty we are. I’m looking forward to the best sign slide shpw of any political rally ever. I’d suggest no personal mocking, no mocking of a particular ideology ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/103 "2010-09-19T02:43:05Z")
``` END DADT Dumb Ass Divisive Tantrums or something? ``` ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/104 "2010-09-19T02:44:27Z")
Here’s something more subtle aimed at Beck ``` RESTORE HONORESTY!! ``` ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/105 "2010-09-19T03:27:08Z")
I disagree with having Tina Fey there, this isn’t and SNL skit, this is far better. Profound satire requires subtlety, something SNL never had. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/106 "2010-09-19T03:27:54Z")
If you can’t keep up with the conversation, you’re going to have to sit at the kiddies table. (I use this one all the time.) Where’s Waldo? Where did I park? Where are the nuclear wessels? Two ppl, man and woman. The woman’s sign says, “Forrest?”, and the man’s sign says, “Jenny!” ---
**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:** [September 19, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/107 "2010-09-19T04:23:12Z")
> [@puddleglum](#): > > Large crowds of white people gathering on the mall are seen by a lot of people as rascist, be prepared for a backlash. So If Dave Matthews plays a show on the mall, it will be perceived as racist? ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/108 "2010-09-19T13:06:09Z")
My 70-year old mother called me up and said she wants to go! :eek: My mother who shuns crowds and doesn’t like to meet strangers…she just thinks it’s that important. I plan on making a sign that says ELECT THE SANE. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/109 "2010-09-19T13:16:21Z")
I’m probably not going to be able to make it (I’d really love to be there though) so here’s the idea I had: make a life-size cardboard cutout of myself holding a sign and send it to someone who is actually going to the rally so they can take it with them. For the Jon Stewart rally, my cardboard cutout would have a sign saying “Not irate enough to be here in person!” For the Stephen Colbert rally, the sign would say “Too afraid to be here in person!” ---
**Author:** ![lazybratsche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@lazybratsche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazybratsche)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/110 "2010-09-19T13:47:29Z")
For those of y’all that are in the Northeast near an Amtrak station, you can take an overnight train Friday and get in Saturday morning, and leave the same way. The train trip is about as fast as driving too. That gives a solid day in DC without having to pay for hotels or gas, and a round trip ticket from Boston costs around $130. If I can justify the expense it’s how I’ll go… ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/111 "2010-09-19T15:39:01Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > I lived in DC for a long time! Now I’m in Korea. Wish I could be there! Was that a mid-life Korea change? ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/112 "2010-09-19T16:56:03Z")
Will they have the Lincoln Memorial? ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/113 "2010-09-19T17:40:56Z")
> [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](#): > > My 70-year old mother called me up and said she wants to go! :eek: My mother who shuns crowds and doesn’t like to meet strangers…she just thinks it’s that important. > > I plan on making a sign that says ELECT THE SANE. That’s just wonderful to hear, and I’m sure Stewart and Colbert would get a big grin hearing it too. I hope you’re taking her. The most important thing in my 72-year-old mother’s life is knowing where her cigarettes are. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/114 "2010-09-19T17:48:59Z")
I’m gonna figure out a way to go to this. And I’ve thought of a sign: AMERICANS UNITED AGAINST LARGE PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/115 "2010-09-19T20:01:40Z")
I WANT **MY** COUNTRY BACK. YOU KNOW, THE SANE ONE.i ---
**Author:** ![Barrett\_Bonden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@Barrett\_Bonden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett_Bonden)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/116 "2010-09-19T20:10:26Z")
I am so there. If I still one of your (many) clever sign ideas, I will give you credit. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/117 "2010-09-19T20:15:43Z")
> [@DonLogan](#): > > **I > Have A > SIGn!** If I could go, this would be perfect. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/118 "2010-09-19T21:21:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Extremism > In Pursuit > Of Moderation > Is No Vice! .. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/119 "2010-09-20T00:05:21Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > I disagree with having Tina Fey there, this isn’t and SNL skit, this is far better. Profound satire requires subtlety, something SNL never had. Can tens of thousands of people in a public gathering _do_ subtle? I want a chant: Q: What do we want? A: (Everyone shouting something completely different from the others). And of course Sir Terry has to be there, in spirit at least: Pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyranny. Free men pull in all kinds of directions. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053/120 "2010-09-20T01:02:10Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Extremism > > In Pursuit > > Of Moderation > > Is No Vice! > > .. Ooh, I like this one a lot! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewart-colbert-rally-on-the-national-mall-30-oct-2010/554053.md?page=7)