Yes, I understand that. But you can't promote moderate discourse by prohibiting such discourse from happening. That makes absolutely no sense.
Moreover, a "rally to promote moderate discourse" is not going to change the discourse whatsoever.
Rally to Restore Sanity attendance estimated at 215,000
Divide 87,000 into 215,000 = ???
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Glenn who?:2wave:
Those side-by-sides are about as fair and realistic as a comparison between a political hack and a political comedian.
Just saying.
You are linking to free republic, seriously :lamo
Looking at the people attending both rallies I associate more with the Beck rally than the Comedy Central rally but then again I learned history and civics growing up and understand the role of the govt. which isn't what far too many think it is today. I prefer a group that believes in limited Federal Govt. where the actual responsibility for social issues rests close to the social problems, the state and local communities. Far too many shirk their responsibility at the local level so they pass that responsibility to the Federal Govt. so as to divert from their own failures to accomplish anything.
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Those side-by-sides are about as fair and realistic as a comparison between a political hack and a political comedian.
Just saying.
I’d say that the CBS estimate (the only estimate as far as I know that actually commissioned professionals to do the estimate rather than just guessing) of 215,000 for the Rally to Restore Sanity and 87,000 for Beck’s Restoring Honor rally is probably reasonably accurate. Keep in mind that the Washington Monument is not located in the center of the National Mall. It’s actually much closer to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial than it is to the end of the Mall where the Stewart/Colbert podium is located (which you can clearly see in the aerial map included with the dueling rally photos). And much of the space where the Beck rally was held is taken up by reflecting pools that span most of the length between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. The space in the middle was filled by people, not water, at the Rally to Restore Sanity.
But who cares? What difference does it make? Why is it so important that Beck’s rally be seen as having a bigger crowd than a comedy and music show? Why does everything have to be a peeing contest? Beck’s rally drew more attendees than the liberal One Nation rally (not as many more as is claimed by the right, but more), but the fact is that if you combined both the Restoring Honor and One Nation crowds (wouldn’t that be fun?) it still wouldn’t be as big as Saturday’s rally. And if you combined all three it wouldn’t match the crowd The Beach Boys drew for their 4th of July show in 1980. Perspective, people. Perspective.
This is exactly the sort of thing the underlying theme of the Rally to Restore Sanity was all about — people on both sides (note how Stewart pissed off Keith Olbermann yesterday) being paranoid, hateful, unreasonable and vitriolic rather than trying to think things through in a reasonable and calm manner. Can’t you see that by trying to deny the obvious reality you’re doing the same thing the liberals or progressives or socialists or whatever they’re calling anyone to the left of Genghis Khan these days did when they tried to claim they got a bigger crowd than Beck? Except that the crowd difference between the Beck and One Nation rallies wasn’t quite so obvious and as far as I know they didn’t resort to faked photo comparisons.
And by the way, I know you all think the Rally to Restore Sanity was some big liberal/progressive/socialist/Marxist plot, but there were a lot of Republicans there yesterday. Sure, Stewart and Colbert’s audience skew a bit left of center and the crowd probably reflected that, but these weren’t extremists. In fact, I saw a number of signs calling (in a reasonable manner) for smaller government.
Now, let’s all start proving Jon Stewart right and let the namecalling begin.
The crowd at Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" on the Mall in Washington.
(Credit: AirPhotosLive.Com)
An estimated 215,000 people attended a rally organized by Comedy Central talk show hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Saturday in Washington, according to a crowd estimate commissioned by CBS News.
The company AirPhotosLive.com based the attendance at the "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" on aerial pictures it took over the rally, which took place on the Mall in Washington. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 10 percent. (See some of the pictures used to create the estimate here.)
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Ah yay, the penis measuring contest time. Who's rally was bigger.
Maybe next time they'll offer rally pumps for sale -- grow your rally 400,000 people, all it takes is 5 minutes a day!
Looking at the people attending both rallies I associate more with the Beck rally than the Comedy Central rally but then again I learned history and civics growing up and understand the role of the govt. which isn't what far too many think it is today. I prefer a group that believes in limited Federal Govt. where the actual responsibility for social issues rests close to the social problems, the state and local communities. Far too many shirk their responsibility at the local level so they pass that responsibility to the Federal Govt. so as to divert from their own failures to accomplish anything.
So now it's about crowd sizes and these things matter? transparent and typical.
Ah yay, the penis measuring contest time. Who's rally was bigger.
Well it is for the republicans / Fox News. They started this whole MY rally was bigger than YOURS and so-and-so's was a SMALL rally. Etc......
Uuhhhh, the size of turnout at Washington rallies has been getting exaggerated/argued for many decades. As fun as it is to blame FoxNews for everything since cold ice cream, you're kind of making a stretch on this one......
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Well it is for the republicans / Fox News. They started this whole MY rally was bigger than YOURS and so-and-so's was a SMALL rally. Etc......
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