Hello from Washington DC!
Today I’ll be live blogging from the Washington DC as an expected crowd of tens of thousands (perhaps even over 100,000) people descend on the National Mall to rally for sanity.
The event promises to be a little crazy and perhaps fun. I’ll be liveblogging on Twitter, but if you don’t have an account, don’t worry – you can see all my posts (along with questions directed at me) by watching the stream below. No need to refresh your browser page either.
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Wow just saw some live video from the event. Looks like a whites only crowd. Did not see one black or hispanic person?????
You must have had your eyes closed…
They were there.
The police made them all stand in the back.
You know how police are … right?
I watched the whole thing and I saw 10-15 in the whole crowd. Now maybe the cameramen were racist teabaggers and did not want to show them? But at best blacks-Hispanics were 1% of the crowd
Maybe you can provide a video or series of pictures to show me I am wrong?
Tell you what, let’s just assume you’re right.
So what?
Point?
John (Adams) Ramirez always focused on race are we?
a republican latino whining there are two many white people at a rally is hilarious! You can eat the irony with a spoon.
Obviously by his silence he has no point… But what else is new? Not the first nor the last time “John Adams” would be pointless.
They were the police.
He only ever sees what he wants to see… This Rally is making fun of his type of worldview, so ofcourse he has to search for something negative.
My type of world view? You will see it too…… In 72 hours
Lol what winning the house will do what? Lol
What goes around come around…lol
Nate,
You really do not get it, do you? I keep having to remind mysel that you are on the “thimble rule” when it comes to politics.
Just what do you invision for Obama’s last 2 years?
Republicans are going to apply pressure every single day for the next 2 years. Repeal healthcare first. The senate will be fun to watch debate because after Harry Reid is blown out on Tues (and he is DONE!) what liberal is going to risk their career for that piece of shit healthcare law?
Let Bammy try and stop it and the GOP will pick up another 2 million votes.
Bammy’s career is done on Nov 3rd. He will forever be known as Barak O’Carter
You may want to consult mike on this and get caught up
Health Reform will not move…. Give it up you lost.
Republican may get the house, the senate is highly unlikely.
Republicans winning now will will ensure wins in 2012 just like 1996. When things stop moving all together who is going to be blamed? Tea party will be done after the few candidates they got fall right in line with the Republican agenda and discredit and undermine their entire movement… Enjoy winning back the few seats democrats had no business winning 2006.
You are really grandstanding some pretty insignificant battle victories. Democrats are going to winning this war…
Just saved that post for future laughs down the road. Oh and Reid loses by 6-9 points. Say good night Harry
GOOD NIGHT! HARRY
HAHAHA
LOL… Good night? In your dreams!
Reid had a good night wouldn’t you say Mike?
It’s unfortunate that conservative politicians are decieving the American public on health care reform. Most Americans won’t know they’ll be screwed until ‘after they get sick’.
Time will show that the large sums of money going to republican politicians like John Kyle of Arizoza whose taken in over $1 million dollars from the health care industry to ‘oppose’ health care reform and I guess endorse the highly paid CEOs like Stephem Hemsley that takes about $100 million in ‘stock options’ each year as his companies deny ‘sick’ policy holders coverage.
Time for Americans to see through the conservative nonsense before it’s too late . . .
Remember, ‘think before you vote’ or you could be voting against your own best interest.
For more info, go here: http://healthcareforamericanow.org/
Indy
72 hours
So is that a reference to the election, or the “end times”? I thought we had until sometime in December….
eVeRyThInG cHaNgEz In 72 hOuRz, OMG.
28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds
Oh wait There are some black people there! The band! Nice touch
Very good. Ozzie never really knows where he is, so one can’t conclude that he is a supporter.
Reminds me of that old classic movie, “Wild in the Streets.” 14 or Fight!”
They just showed an interview with a cigarette vender. He claimed sales were huge with the exception of Kool Filter Kings and Newport Regs?
Very good, but a bit racist according to some on the blog.
Why the negativity? Are you against sanity?
You think Stewart and Colbert are sane!
Love that you are there, Jeff.
So the clowns are not allowing video recording at their sanity rally. So much for freedom.
what was negative?
This guy only shows up to hate…
The drug use among the crowd was pervasive and the words Constitution, Bill of Rights, Federalist Papers not in the vocabulary. A nihilistic gathering of the “Me Generation”. We have met the enemy and it is them. The Obama crowd. The ones’ that they have been waiting for.
Americans are the enemy? You sound like the taliban.
Nate: Do you believe there are really NO Americans who are actually enemies of America?
We aren’t talking about that, we are talking about the 215,000 people including Jeff who showed up and were proclaimed to be enemies of America.
I believe that is an incredibly un-American thing to say.
understood.
I’ll go along with that, Nate. Perhaps you reacted with the same disdain last week when Obama (in a speech) referred to Republicans as “the enemy”. Or is that….. different, not so bad?
Is Petz the only one to make the observation that having Ozzie Osbourne and Yusuf Islam aka Cat Stevens at a “Rally for Sanity” ironic in the classic definition of the word.
Only Jeff Wilson could decry Roger Gitlin and his patriot rally and then travel thousands of miles to attend a rally hosted by a Fatwah endorsing Pop star in the name of sanity.
Did Ozzie do Crazy Train?
Peace Train was interrupted by Crazy Train. This went back and forth a couple of times before the Ojays won the day with Love Train.
The Roots backed everyone, aside from opening with a 40-minute concert. They are becoming America’s band.
You’re showing your Philly bias, mike!
Conservative don’t understand satire.
“Only Jeff Wilson could decry Roger Gitlin and his patriot rally and then travel thousands of miles to attend a rally hosted by a Fatwah endorsing Pop star in the name of sanity.”
Best line on this little blog in QUITE some time.
Roger Gitlin, Repugnant Racist: http://scvtalk.com/2010/08/10/roger-gitlin-repugnant-racist/
The organizer of the so-called ‘patriot rallies’ (there were two of significance in Santa Clarita in the past year) was not Roger Gitlin.
It was Frank Jorge, who issued his own sort of ‘fatwa.’
I find it amazing that an event put on by Comedy Central can generate so much fear and negativity from our ‘right’ friends. Understanding satire, parody, and irony is a trait of higher human intelligence. If you didn’t get it, well…One can only hope you’ll someday grow a sense of humor.
Every new generation is oh so self-important!
Unfortunately every new generation has its moments of clarity in revisiting history only to ignore it and attempt to reinvent the wheel, politically and socially speaking.
To the “Constitutionalists”: The constitution is a framework for government, and not a rule of law in and of itself. Just because something isn’t IN the constitution doesn’t make it unconstitutional. If you truly knew what you were talking about you’d study the cases and rulings that were BASED on the constitution. Geez, take a political science class at COC, won’t you?
To the far right: You’re all crazy!
To the far left: You’re all crazy!
Youtube and Google are not valid news sources.
The only REAL news on any cable news network are the briefs at the top of the hour of actual things around the world that ACTUALLY happened. The other 23 hours and 56 minutes is filled with subjective opinion, and that’s from both sides.
Say what you will about the rally. Politicize it if you will, make pointless political points on both sides that had absolutely nothing to do with the content or message the rally was attempting to convey, but you can’t deny Stewart’s stirring speech at the end. If you take away anything other than the fact that he challenged EVERY American to use common sense with themselves and each other (which makes sense to me), then you really weren’t watching or listening.
Well put.
Indy
Yeah right, we should listen to comedians!? Herein lies the problem with liberalism.
Brilliant insight. Please share some more.
Who should we listen to Steve? Politicians?
Now THAT’s funny!
Always going after the messenger instead of the message. Weak
So sorry that you fellas are uptight, but it’s understandable given the fact that your team has screwed up terribly and we’re on the eve of kicking your losers out of office. So much for hope and change.
It’s Larry the Cable Guy here.
Who said they were my team?
Brilliant response BTW
That’s the attitude. Make the process more like a sport. My “team” can beat your “team”, and when we “win” you will be the loser. How does this actually change things? Not sure, but I am the WINNER. And I feel tough. For today, at least, my chest puffs out and I’m proud to be on the right “team”.
I WIN,
YOU LOSE.
GAME OVER.
Screwed up terribly? That is laughable…
It is not laughable to a majority of americans! Watch TV tonight. We just fired Harry Reid
COC is probably the last place one should go to study the Constitution.
Conservatives love the Constitution and most of its Amendments.
The Fourteenth Amendment has proven to be problematic due to the huge over reach of the courts- never meant to be a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants. If those who worship at the altar of “Sanity” can’t acknowledge this, then there is not a lot to discuss going forward.
When will John Stewart start using his real name and not deceive the viewing audience?
yawn
Petz can you point out where the filibuster is in the constitution?
Are you claiming the constitution isn’t perfect? That it has it’s flaws? It seems a young politician from Chicago said something similar and was attacked by the self proclaimed constitutional scholar known as Glenn Beck.
http://mediamatters.org/blog/200909180020
So Petz either you are a secret communist hell bent on America’s destruction like him… Or Glenn Beck was wrong and Obama was correct. Take your pick.
I would bet that all the negativity about the rally is from the people who didn’t actually listen to Jon’s speech at the end. Until you actually have something to discuss on the matter because you take issue with a point made at the rally, your blathering is just white noise.
The bit about we work together everyday….Are you #$@!$ me. The president want me to ride in the back seat while he drives recklessly . He refers to us as the enemy—-attacks Americans for Prosperity by name. The likes of those who showed up on the mall to smoke dope and find a friend with benefits deserve our contempt…and this American is pledged to defeat them tomorrow and in 2012.
“The likes of those who showed up on the mall to smoke dope and find a friend with benefits deserve our contempt…”
This comment makes me think that the author has either been smoking himself … or should be looking for his own friend with benefits.
Geez Petz, this comment reads like a last minute hit piece.
That little devil on my left shoulder sometimes gets the best of me.
Please show us where Obama called you or your group “the Enemy”
Also please show video evidence of people there on drugs?
Please try to stick to the facts and not your version of the “truth”
Here’s a reference to Obama’s “enemy” comments made to a latino group:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2010/10/not-presidential-ingraham-blasts-obama-for-enemies-comment.html
Looks like he did use that, very poor choice of words. I have heard this word used a lot, I expect more from him. He was quick to apologize but comments like these only add to the polarization of our country.
This post by Nate shows his absolute ignorance when it comes to politics. Remember this is the same Nate that had NO IDEA joe biden was a plagerist when he voted for him. I would use the word “cluless” but that may be giving him to much credit.
You got owned! RIP John Adams
If THIS far right was in Philly with Jefferson, we never would have become a United States.
All I hear is selfish, my way divisivness in the most in your face tone.
Do you really think Americans will stand for such dictatorial tactics?
Ask the French. And don’t forget the cake since your side supports the rich and powerful. Those poor bastards like the Kochs need your help!
This Rally was 2.5x bigger then Glenn Beck rally which took 6 months to promote. Lol
215,000 vs 80,000
Seriously doubt the accuracy of those numbers. It’s not relevant anyway. The only rally that matters will be the rally of TeaParty supporters turning up at the poles tomorrow.
That would be polls
Thanks for the correction. My incorrect spelling makes it sound like they are all showing up at strip clubs afterwards.
Well, that is also likely…
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20021284-503544.html
Doubt all you want.
I hear nothing from the fringes which will bring us together as a country.
I do hear anarchists who desire the downfall of our system with no plan for a replacement UNITED states system.
I also don’t understand why there is so much support for the very wealthy. Do you really think they care a rats ass about the working class?
Shut down the government and start impeachment against our president? Study your history and let us know how that worked out the first time. I recall that many Republican heads rolled in their own scandals.
We lost 8 years and the right wants us to spin for even more. Their choice is to kill the recovery we are in and steal the social security funds while outsourcing more jobs.
Watch it happen if they get elected!
Brian, your team lost tonight… big time. Get used to it!
Your team lost punk… You got nothing in Cali but a few scraps. Quit relishing in the victories of other states! Everything you touch turns to crap!!
GIANTS!!FTW!!
I’m noticing an unusual level of crankiness from some of our friends tonight. Hmmmm.
You would be cranky to when your Messiah is about to ASS handed to him! Think Rangers without a W
For the fools that say what else are we forced to buy or contribute to… here is a small list… auto insurance, auto registration fees, workers comp insurance, unemployment insurance, social security, sales tax, federal and state tax on gasoline, 9/11 security tax (oh sorry fee).. do I need to go on……
Car seats (4 kids), bicycle helmets (kids again), all the various safety features on cars (seat belts, air bags), ingredient labeling on foods, audits of publicly held companies, technology disposal charges …..