Filed under: News, Politics, President Obama
Now here is a rally worth rallying behind.
If thousands of "Colbert Report" fans get their way, master funnyman Stephen Colbert will host a Washington, D.C., event entitled "Restoring Truthiness" to show the world just how silly the nation was for paying any attention to the overblown Glenn Beck "Restoring Dignity" rally a few weeks ago.
In case you aren't a fan, Colbert on his nightly "news" show parodies conservative news talkers in the mold of Beck and Bill O'Reilly. His inane questions of real-life news makers and funny yet faulty findings on the top news items of the day make viewing worthwhile.
A Facebook page dedicated to Colbert's Restoring Truthiness rally has drawn 17,000 members.
The Colbert rally would provide a perfect satiric counterpoint to the Beck rally, which for some unknown reason captured the attention of news-gathering world.
Beck is nothing more than an entertainer - not much different from when he worked as a radio DJ. Tea Party people deify him for his paper-thin defense of conservative values. Progressives demonize him for his anti-Obama rants and thinly veiled homophobic and racially discriminatory views - both sides are wasting their time.
Meanwhile, Beck is laughing all the way to the bank - happy in the mere accomplishment that he has people actually paying attention to him.
I really hope Colbert's Restoring Truthiness rally comes to fruition. At least with the Emmy-winning satirist, we will all share in the laughs.
Watch Colbert at his best here:
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