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The Push For Colbert's "Restoring Truthiness" Rally

Posted by samzenpus on from the giving-truth-the-bump dept.

jamie writes "A grassroots campaign has begun to get Stephen Colbert to hold a rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to counter Glenn Beck's recent 'Restoring Honor' event. The would-be rally has been dubbed 'Restoring Truthiness' and was inspired by a recent post on Reddit, where a young woman wondered if the only way to point out the absurdity of the Tea Party's rally would be if Colbert mirrored it with his own Colbert Nation.'"

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  1. Go Stephen! by bhsx · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Yes, it was funny when it made the top page of Reddit. It was funnier when they acknowledged it on the Comedy Central blog. It will be the ultimate insult to GB and Fox WHEN Stephen gets about 1M more people there than Glen did.

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  2. Re:Most of the pople who Watch Colbert..... by ideonexus · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Good point. Colbert fans don't have a billionaire Obama-hating family to bus them out to the event like Glenn Beck does.

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  3. Re:Count me in by Skuld-Chan · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So your comparing a show on Comedy Central to a show on a cable news TV channel?

    The big difference is - yes both are showmen, but Glen takes it a step further by genuinely convincing his viewers that the scary stuff he reveals on his show is in fact true (and if you don't believe me - ask one of his many followers).