So apparently the MSNBC boys feel burned (again) by Stewart

[Chris L]

BTW, did anyone else go to this? I arrived at noon and ended up not being able to see anything and barely being able to hear (which was more a blessing during some of the musical performances).  Neither the organizers nor the city were prepared for the size of the crowd.  There were repeated chants of "LOUDER" and "TURN IT UP" in my section and the crowd eventually turned their attention to cheering people who were climbing trees.  The Metro more than lived up to their reputation for uselesness  by scheduling their usual weekend track work and staggered arrival times.  I got on at Silver Spring and there was pretty much no more room for more than a few people at any red line station after that. The crowds that I saw behaved pretty well although there was at least one topless, heavily pierced chick who Andrew Breitbart and Megyn Kelly would have loved to make famous.

Overall, I would have been much happier just watching it online but on the other hand would have kicked myself for not showing up.

[Smelodies]

The crowds that I saw behaved pretty well although there was at least one topless, heavily pierced chick who Andrew Breitbart and Megyn Kelly would have loved to make famous.

Dude, that was my sister.

[moonshake]

When did Stewart directly address "George Bush: war criminal"?  Don't remember that at all.

Wouldn't be the first time Greenwald made shit up.

On September 16, 2010 when he announced the rally.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-september-16-2010/rally-to-restore-sanity

Sorry!

[nec13]

It seems that reasonable discourse has no place on broadcast television anymore. The airwaves have been polluted by bomb throwers on both the right and the left. In this respect, Olbermann and Ed Schultz deserve just as much blame as O'Reilly and Hannity do.

A pox on both their houses.

[Smelodies]

When did Stewart directly address "George Bush: war criminal"?  Don't remember that at all.

Wouldn't be the first time Greenwald made shit up.

On September 16, 2010 when he announced the rally.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-september-16-2010/rally-to-restore-sanity

Sorry!

Never mentioned Bush being a war criminal allegation.  Did say Obama and Bush were both called Hitler.

[Sarah]

A pox on both their houses.

And, especially, on the 24/7 news cycle.

[Smelodies]

A pox on both their houses.

And, especially, on the 24/7 news cycle.

What would The Daily Show be without it?

[Sarah]

I would happily sacrifice that baby if the filthy bathwater went with it.

[yesno]

BTW, did anyone else go to this? I arrived at noon and ended up not being able to see anything and barely being able to hear (which was more a blessing during some of the musical performances).  Neither the organizers nor the city were prepared for the size of the crowd.  There were repeated chants of "LOUDER" and "TURN IT UP" in my section and the crowd eventually turned their attention to cheering people who were climbing trees.  The Metro more than lived up to their reputation for uselesness  by scheduling their usual weekend track work and staggered arrival times.  I got on at Silver Spring and there was pretty much no more room for more than a few people at any red line station after that. The crowds that I saw behaved pretty well although there was at least one topless, heavily pierced chick who Andrew Breitbart and Megyn Kelly would have loved to make famous.

Overall, I would have been much happier just watching it online but on the other hand would have kicked myself for not showing up.

I rode my bike over, and was not able to see/hear a thing. I left in about a half hour.  There were some signs.  I can now say I've been to a rally.

I really wish I had gone to the tea party rally.  I drove through some of the tea party-related traffic that day, driving up to Baltimore.  Also, I continue to be upset that the "Don't Tread on Me" flags have been appropriated by the tea party, to the extent that I saw several parodies of them at the Stewart rally.  I've had that flag hanging in my room since before there even was an Obama.

[SJK]

I think Keith Olbermann feels he is some modern version of Edward R Murrow. Perhaps if he really was, he would prove JS wrong by just doing his job. Lead by example. I watched the Rally on C-Span the following day, loved it(too bad it was just one camera the whole time, oh C-Span). The peace/crazy train battle between Cat Stevens and Ozzy was kinda fun to watch.

[jbissell]

I think Olbermann should bring back his early-90's Sports Center mustache.

[dave from knoxville]

I'll take Stewart over Olbermann any day, but I have to agree with Glen Greenwald on this one:

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/09/19/stewart

I have a fairly high wall separating my sense of humor from my politics, however.

I see the article the Salon one links to says, "On the right, Stewart rejected those who question Obama's citizenship and patriotism and, on the left, he knocked those who called President George W. Bush a war criminal."

When did Stewart directly address "George Bush: war criminal"?  Don't remember that at all.

Wouldn't be the first time Greenwald made shit up. That guy seems like the kind of guy who will flip out over a slight and start playing for the other team someday. But I agree with him on this one. Stewart should have been organizing people to defeat the Republicans  instead of  scolding everybody for not playing nice.

I couldn't disagree with this more. The minute he actively campaigns, his perch gets jerked out from under him.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

@NTC: what has Greenwald made up?  Do you have any evidence of this?

[Smelodies]

I think Media Matters does a much better, funnier job of countering Fox than MSNBC.

But running clips of Fox, Limbaugh etc. all day wouldn't make for a cable channel, I guess.

[not that clay]

@NTC: what has Greenwald made up?  Do you have any evidence of this?

Greenwald's deal is that he imagines that anybody who disagrees with him (even people more liberal than he is) is a phony and sell-out. He acts like he's the only honest person in the world and everybody is just lying. 

Everything he wrote about health care reform (and the public option especially) was bullshit. According to him Obama only did HCR because he's in the pocket of insurance companies.  That's making shit up.