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'Sanity' Rally at National Mall Draws Laughs, Activism
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WASHINGTON (Oct. 30) -- In the shadow of the Capitol and the election, comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert entertained a huge throng Saturday at a "sanity" rally poking fun at the nation's ill-tempered politics, its fear-mongers and doomsayers. "We live now in hard times," Stewart said after all the shtick. "Not end times." Part comedy show, part pep talk, the rally drew together tens of thousands stretched across an expanse of the National Mall, a festive congregation of the goofy and the politically disenchanted. People carried signs merrily protesting the existence of protest signs. ...
Obama Backs 'Common Sense' Concept Behind Jon Stewart's 'Restore Sanity' Rally
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyHe didn't get the name of the event right, but President Obama seemed to be saying that he thinks comedian Jon Stewart's upcoming "Rally to Restore Sanity" on the National Mall is a good idea and will appeal to people across political boundaries. The president stopped short of an outright endorsement, nor did he give any hint that he would participate in the planned Oct. 30 event. "I was amused -- Jon Stewart, you know, the host of 'The Daily Show,' apparently he's going to host a rally called something like, 'Americans in Favor of a Return to Sanity,' or something like that," Obama told a ...
Liberal Groups to Answer Glenn Beck Rally With Mall Gathering Saturday
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyHold on, Glenn Beck. Not so fast, Jon Stewart. A coalition of liberal groups plans to gather in Washington on Saturday in answer to Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally last month that drew a huge crowd of Tea Partiers to the National Mall. Predicting a crowd of more than 100,000, some 300 liberal groups -- including the NAACP, the AFL-CIO and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force -- are sponsoring the event, the New York Times reports. Organizers, who have dubbed the gathering "One Nation Working Together," hope to counter what they call the Tea Party's divisiveness with a message promoting ...
Elizabeth Warren: Bank Watchdog Who Belongs on Supreme Court
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyOn Monday CNN reported that Elizabeth Warren, Harvard law professor and chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), made the short list of nominees to replace Justice John Paul Stevens. What a difference a year makes. I called it here on Politics Daily last May, but back then I was dreaming more than predicting. ...
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Is Dennis Kucinich Joining the Tea Party Movement?
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyMy time-space continuum warped when I heard that Dennis Kucinich had talked to tea partiers and found common ground. After the Democratic defeat in Massachusetts last month, Kucinich said, "There's nothing liberal about the bailouts. There's nothing liberal about standing by and watching banks use public money to get their executive bonuses. There's nothing liberal about giving insurance companies carte blanche to charge anything they want for health care...Since when did that become liberal?" A lot of citizens who once stumped for Obama – for change and hope, they thought – feel ...
Vanna White in the White House? How About Bruce?
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyVanna White, the pleasant letter-turner on the game show Wheel of Fortune, was wildly popular in the mid-1980s. Some surmised that Vanna's appeal stemmed not from her blondness, but rather her blandness. Viewers saw either a girl next door or an irresistible, slightly dangerous hottie, depending on what they wanted to see. So my suggestion for 2012 presidential candidate is: Bruuuuuuce! Yes, Mr. Springsteen. The singer. Well, why not? ...
Daily Show, Colbert Report Destroy Mark McGwire
By Will Brinson - AOL NewsThe Daily Show and the Colbert Report are never places where things like "forgiveness" and "sanctity" are revered. Or something. The point: Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert don't seem to care whether Mark McGwire's recent admission of steroid abuse is groundbreaking because they're too busy destroying him. And it's a good thing too -- when we see sports reporters discussing the McGwire issue, too often the history of baseball becomes an issue, whereas the important thing to remember is that everyone needs to shut their pie holes about McGwire (because he's incredibly played out at this point) ...
Pans for Jon Stewart After Duel With Bush Aide
By David Knowles - AOL News(Jan. 12) -- If fans of "The Daily Show" had hoped that host Jon Stewart would score an unqualified knockout in his run-in with Monday night's guest, former Bush administration lawyer John Yoo, they may have been disappointed. Yoo's interview with Stewart -- whose sometimes lacerating interviews of politicians and right-leaning media personalities have made him a hero to many liberals -- had been greatly anticipated. Something like a comeuppance was close for the man who had authored the so-called torture memos that provided legal justification for enhanced interrogation techniques like ...
It's the Comedy, Stupid
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyNewspapers are hanging on for dear life. Comedians, meanwhile, are cleaning up. ...
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