posted September 04, 2010 11:55 AM         

A grassroots campaign has begun to get Stephen Colbert to hold a rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to counter Glenn Beck's recent "Restoring Honor" event. The would-be rally has been dubbed "Restoring Truthiness" and was inspired by a recent post on Reddit, where a young woman wondered if the only way to point out the absurdity of the Tea Party's rally would be if Colbert mirrored it with his own "Colbert Nation."

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from-Reddit

This would be the high water mark of American satire. Half a million people pretending to suspend all rational thought in unison. Perfect harmony. It'll feel like San Francisco in the late 60s, only we won't be able to get any acid.

I know you're out there somewhere, Stephen, watching LOLcat gifs along side us. We need you

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Now with its own website and Facebook group with over 8,000 members, the call for Colbert to hold a rally is spreading through the Internet like wildfire. Aside from being a satire of Beck's rally, the petition claims the rally is necessary because, "Recently our nation has suffered a truthiness drain."

The website gives a history of the newly founded movement, with links to news stories and a poster for the rally, which proposes the date "10/10/10." The website also states:

"Restoring Truthiness is a true grassroots movement propelled by YOU, the citizens of the internetz. Our goal is simple: Petition Stephen Colbert to hold a Restoring Truthiness Rally for the American people."
Given Colbert's love for his "Nation" and ability to satirize the Right so effectively, this almost seems like something Colbert would have thought of himself. While he is on vacation at the moment, it will be interesting to see if he addresses the petition when he returns to host "The Colbert Report" next week.

Those interested in furthering the movement have been asked to join the Facebook group, spread the word, or email colbertrally.com for more information.

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No matter how many people showed up, I'd claim millions of people were there!

posted September 04, 2010 12:07 PM         

9/3/2010 - 6:00PM PST: Thank you America for another great day of truthiness. Today we had another day of well over 20,000 30,000 visits and 10,000 facebook shares. Thank you for keeping truthiness alive! Going into the weekend, here is a short script a real patriot wrote called "The Most Truthiest Man In The World". If you are inspired, and want to add on to the bit, or even make a video, you will win 1000 internets. Also, we are still accepting American-Made art work. Stay Truthy, My Friends!

9/3/2010 - 5:00PM PST: Coverage: NBC Washington, NoFactZone, MovieViral, Politico, Slashdot. Can someone PLEASE call Fox News? They are missing out on the most fair and balanced story in internet history!

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Note: Karen K. wrote this awesome piece to express the meaning of Truthiness. We challenge any worthy American out there to take this and make a video out of it, in the style of our leader Stephen Colbert. Send us your videos!

Fellow Americans – and yes, this message is just for Americans, so if you’re some kind of Franco-Swede-Italian-ese non-American, a citizen of some blighted land where spirits are crushed under the oppressive thumb of free health care, quality education and stinky cheese, go back to your government-mandated three-hour lunch break that you spend wishing you lived in this, the greatest country the world has ever known. Buzz off, you Euro-freaks. I’m talking to Americans.

What have we lost, America? Our way, our values, our guiding light, and possibly, if she doesn’t turn up at the back door soon, our cat

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posted September 04, 2010 09:46 PM         

needs no smoke and mirrors.

We will leave that to the other 'entertainers'

Colbert Nation is just what this country needs.

This calls for a Cobertathon drum roll please.

1. Everyone knows that Cheney’s pipe dream is driving a bulldozer into the New York Times while drinking crude oil out of Keith Olbermann’s skull.

2. There's nothing wrong with stretching the Truth. We stretch taffy, and that just makes it more delicious.

   
   

3. Anyone can read the news to you. I promise to feel the news at you.

4. If you non-Catholic Christians are upset, well just have your Pope issue a response. Oh that's right, you don't have a Pope. Because your faith is defective. Sorry, Catholicism is clearly superior. Don't believe me? Name one Protestant denomination that could afford a $660 million sexual abuse settlement. I think that Lord has spoken on this one.

5. (After Bill O'Reilly compared Daily Kos to the Ku Klux Klan and the Nazi party)
   Exactly! The Ku Klux Klan and the Nazis were both notorious for allowing people to express unpopular views in an open and free forum

6. Washington [state] is dangerously positioned between two Canada's, Canada Canada and California's Canada, Oregon.

   
   Changing 'French fries' to 'Freedom fries' was arguably this Republican Congress's greatest accomplishment.

7. Democrats lead in all the polls by at least ten points, except one... Fox News. That is with a margin of error of plus-or-minus the facts

8. OK, every time the President comes up with a new secret tactic to take down al-Qaeda, the media blows its cover: torture, monitoring our phone calls, monitoring our emails, secret prisons, all perfectly reasonable temporary concessions of freedom that will only be in effect as long as our never-ending war on terror.

9. You know what you can't outsource? You can't outsource balls. America is the world leader in balls.

10. Congressmen are gonna need a hell of a name. Something bold. Something sexy. Something with a little more zazz than F.E.M.A. Here's what I propose: the Storm, Accident and Viral Emergency Unconditional Relief-Support and Emendation of Loss Federation (S.A.V.E. U.R.S.E.L.F.)

posted September 04, 2010 10:03 PM         

We'll never get the big government gorilla off our backs as long as we keep feeding the money monkey with our banana bucks. And it'll keep throwing its fiscal feces at us. I can run with this metaphor as long as I have to.

posted September 17, 2010 09:41 AM         

Take it Down A Notch Rally

The Rally to Restore Sanity

10/30/10

Here is the full episode of JS which is also a Bill Clinton interview...

announcement + Bill- 21 min.

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Bill is such a tool....and I mean that in a good way.

The Colbert response to the JS announcement in the next post....

for the time being.....