TagsTagsWashington DC's Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has announced that they set a new record for the highest Saturday Metrorail ridership last weekend, due to the Jon Stewart-Stephen Colbert Rally to Restore Sanity And/Or Fear. Metro set a new record for highest Saturday Metrorail ridership on Saturday, October 30. Officials estimate ...
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Quite a difference from the signs we usually see at Tea Party events, courtesy of LGF reader Carl Hoffman. Click the picture to start the slideshow... %%SLIDESHOW=/slideshows/20 101030RallyToRestoreSanity|http://little greenfootballs.com/weblog/pictures/ZZ1FC D1E90.jpg%%
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Sometimes I wake up, have some coffee, load up Tweetdeck to check Twitter, and discover that all the wingnuts are chattering excitedly about a crushing new post by someone that really puts me in my place, smacks me down, and destroys the last shreds of my credibility. Seems to happen ...
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Based on aerial photos taken by AirPhotosLive.com, the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear attracted approximately 215,000 people, more than twice as many as Glenn Beck's 9/12 religious right rally. An estimated 215,000 people attended a rally organized by Comedy Central talk show hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Saturday ...
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From The Stewart/Colbert Rally, our photo of the day (courtesy of LGF reader simoom):
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Here's the live video feed for the Stewart-Colbert Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. An estimate from an unnamed Parks Service employee puts attendance at "well over 200,000," according to the New York Times's Brian Stelter. Publicly, Parks Service doesn't estimate crowds. Privately, it has told Viacom there are "well ...
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Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's dueling rallies are shaping up to be truly massive. Sign-ups for the rally have been tallied on Facebook. Beyond the 290,000 who have so far signed on as definite attendees, 145,000 more have listed themselves as maybes. The site Rallymao.com has assembled a roster of the ...
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The March to Restore Sanity meets the March to Keep Fear Alive. [Video] [Video]
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