I couldn't help but notice a change on both the Stewart and Colbert shows this past week. The night before last, Stewart had Bill O'Reilly on as a guest, and last night Colbert had conservative columnist Ross Douthat on. Stewart even invited O'Reilly to appear at the Rally to Restore Sanity. Also, last night as Arianna Huffington was pointing out the extreme nature of the Tea Party, Stewart jumped in to claim there were plenty of Tea Partiers with legitimate concerns. Meanwhile, Colbert decided that since their big rally's were the day before Halloween, people should show up in costume!
They're degrading what could have been an entertaining but important rally to get Americans to hold civil, intelligent discussions about America's problems, into a fair and balanced we're all to blame circus, 3 days before a critical election!
I call Bull Shit!
Bill O'reilly and the pathetic propaganda network he resides on, is the main reason that the Republican right can get away with the absolute insane, mean spirited, lying bull shit they get away with. And 4 days before a critical election, John Stewart wants to give O'Reilly a national stage so he can give an academy award performance showing how he's really concerned about how harsh BOTH sides have gotten. What a bunch of crap! His entire career can be ignored because Stewart want's everyone to know that he's not picking sides and wants to be Fair and Balanced.
As Colbert would say, "COME ON!". Show me the Liberal group which is funded by Billionaire Democrats, that show up at town meetings and shout down people, or who wave racists and hate filled signs, and who are so uninformed and ignorant that they think George Bush wasn't born in America. There simply is no equivalent to anything close to the Tea Party on the left.
You can't hold a "Rally to Restore Sanity", without identifying why you think it's insane now, and who you think is causing the insanity. And don't give me the crap that MSNBC is just the lefts FOX news. If you believe that, you're not only lying to yourself, you're lying to us. There's a hell of a difference between crossing the line while trying to fire up your supporters (which the commentators on MSNBC occasionally do) than deliberately filling the air waves with hate filled lies intended to manipulate the uninformed masses to vote against their own self interests.
And now Colbert want's everyone to dress up in costume at the rally. 3 days before a critical election, the media story will be about the left (everyone excepts both Stewart and Colbert are left leaning) dressed in funny costumes wanting to restore "sane" conversation in America. The left will come across as circus clowns who want to run the government, while "moderates" like Bill O'Reilly are having some fun at the circus. The whole thing becomes nothing more than a big joke!
Believe me, my sense of humor is better than most, and you have to crack some good jokes at EVERY rally, but after this week, this rally has been transformed into a circus and an extension of 2 great comedy shows that I watch almost every night, but it has nothing to do with restoring civil discourse to our politics. Let no one be mistaken of that. I originally thought this was a good idea, and they could, in an entertaining way, point out where the craziness in our politics is coming from and how we need to ignore crazy for thoughtful, but now it's rapidly turning into the Rally for a Fair and Balanced circus!
Stay home and do some good by working on Democratic GOTV.