Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's Big Tea Party Spoo

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Townhall:

Comedian Jon Stewart's "Restoring Sanity" rally pokes fun at overzealous political activism, but it's hard not to see how it doesn't attack the Right more than it attacks the Left. After all, "Restoring Sanity" is a direct play on Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" event just a few weeks ago, and the format of Stewart's event is taken directly from the tea party rallies held over the past year or so. Should tea-partying conservatives actually take offense? It depends who you talk to. “What these guys are about isn’t so different than what we are about,” said Adam Brandon, vice president of communications for FreedomWorks, which was responsible for organizing the 9/12 rally as well as helping mobilize for Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” event. “I would guess if you polled these guys, they’re not that excited about higher taxes or bigger government. So even if there’s some anti-tea party stuff there, perhaps there are some commonalities.” That opinion is quite different than the one expressed by Sally Oljar, a national coordinator for the Tea Party Patriots, a limited-government grassroots activist group that has assisted with several events over the past year. “I am reminded of Gandhi's advice: ‘First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.’ Mr. Stewart and Mr. Colbert are comics and do not address issues substantively,” said Oljar. “Mockery is a tactic, not an answer. They are desperate to stop the change that's coming – the showdown, so to speak.” The event on October 30 is expected to draw upwards of 60,000 people, and will feature a counter-rally from comedy host Stephen Colbert, who is spoofing Stewart’s spoof with his own “Restoring Fear” campaign.

[Pepper]

It was the most inane stunt since Obama was sworn in.

 

It fell flat.

 

 

Hoyer: Colbert's testimony 'an embarrassment'

By Stephen Dinan-The Washington Times10:08 a.m., Sunday, September 26, 2010

 

"His testimony was not appropriate. I think it was an embarrassment for Mr. Colbert more than the House," said House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, Maryland Democrat, on "Fox News Sunday."

 

[AceRimmer]

It was the most inane stunt since Obama was sworn in.

 

It fell flat.

 

 

Hoyer: Colbert's testimony 'an embarrassment'

By Stephen Dinan-The Washington Times10:08 a.m., Sunday, September 26, 2010

 

"His testimony was not appropriate. I think it was an embarrassment for Mr. Colbert more than the House," said House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, Maryland Democrat, on "Fox News Sunday."

 

 

Actually, I thought Colbert was actually pretty funny, but even a pair of dimwits like John Conyers and Steny Hoyer knew this was a stupid move by Zoe Lofgren and the RATS.