Before you downvote me, please, hear me out.

I am completely a liberal. I fault Obama's healthcare system only because it does too little to change the profit for care system. Despite this, I support Obama over Romney.

My problem is that Colbert and Stewart are 'preaching to the choir' a little too much. I like them better when they were less obvious with their rhetoric; when they were funny more than demagogical. I do not appreciate feeling like I'm being fed one-sided views.

So, am I the only one who thinks that they've betrayed their comedy for political message?

I think Jon really miscalculated this rally. How many millions are there or watching, and they're making jokes and playing music. I had hoped this rally would actually be more than a comedy tour.

EDIT: I would just be happy if Jon makes a really impassioned speech which is a call to reason.

...while being surrounded by 150,000 other people who don't quite know exactly why they've been brought together."

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WTF happened to 18+? It's been the longest day ever and I want to meet people.

Pretty much all of the signs I saw can be summarized:

1. Cheney/Bush/Beck/etc is crazy/a war criminal/racist/homophobic/names. Sanity usually means not calling people's views "total bullshit". Let's be reasonable here.

2. lolcats, or some other image macro. Seriously?

3. Religious people are stupid!

4. Actual sanity sign

Yeah, I hope that site isn't representative of what will be at the rally.

With the best of intentions, great timing, unparalleled collaborative initiative and a killer sense of humor, the proposed Colbert Rally on October 10 will be effectively competing for dollars, energy and attention against the One Nation Working Together rally in Washington one week earlier, on October 2. The One Nation rally is a huge step forward for progressives in the US, who have finally begun to put together the unified agenda and the broad, impressive working coalition necessary to actually fix what's wrong with this country and its government.

So, talk me down (or up), reddit: tell me why there's no conflict, without dumping on the dreams of the organizers for the One Nation rally. Tell me you'll do your best to turn out marchers for both rallies. Tell me you've signed up for ongoing work with the One Nation coalition. Convince me you're in this for more than one day's worth of lulz. Cuz right now, I'm kinda sad about this.

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