Libs Keep It Classy at DC Rally: 'I Masturbate to Christine O'Donnell'

Photo via Kathleen McKinley on Twitter

Then there's this charming call for the death of right-wingers.


But remember, this wasn't a political rally.

Most of those pouring into the Mall Saturday appeared to be younger than 35, and the signs they carried showed a decidedly left-wing bent: "I hope this isn't a trap," "I masturbate to Christine O'Donnell," "Communism was a red herring."

Most signs fit with the happy-go-lucky ethos of the rally, but others were crude. One sign had Hitler mustaches on pictures of Sarah Palin, Eric Cantor, Glenn Beck and John Boehner. The message said, “Afraid yet?” This is particularly insulting to Cantor, who is Jewish and in line to become House Majority Leader if Republicans win next week.

Even terror supporters were there.

When surprise guest Yusuf Islam, the British singer formerly known as Cat Stevens, arrived onstage and began singing his hit "Peace Train," Colbert loudly interrupted him and introduced Ozzy Osbourne, who sang his hit, "Crazy Train" before Stewart interrupted him in turn. The two singers then engaged in a musical duel, guided by the two comedians.

And what would a liberal rally be without their favorite activity?

The wind carried the scent of burning marijuana through the crowd.

And what would a liberal rally be without the ubiquitous 9/11 Troofers?

Second and third photos from here.

Update: Doug Ross has more photos you'll never see in the antique media.

Shocker: DNC and Obama Recruiting at 'Non-political' Hipster Douchebag Rally

Gee, never saw this coming, did you?

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert may not want an overtly political rally on Saturday, but the Democratic National Committee is doing everything it can to capitalize on the event.

Volunteers and staff members from the headquarters are greeting people as they get off of the buses or arrive in Washington on trains, armed with sign-up sheets for canvassing efforts in districts across the country.

And for those rally attendees who have not gotten enough of politics by the end of the rally, they can head over to the the committee’s headquarters a few blocks away, where there will be a phone bank. Committee officials said they expected to get at least 100 people there.

The rally had been a subject of concern for some Democrats, who said it would siphon the most active Democrats from around the country away from the get-out-the-vote efforts in their home states and districts.

But a spokeswoman for the Democratic committee’s Organizing for America said Saturday that the party is supportive of the Comedy Central hosts’ event.

Obama's own website is promoting this "non-political" event. How cute.

Thousands of Americans descended on the nation's capital today for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's Rally for Sanity and/or Fear on the National Mall. They carried signs and sported T-shirts bearing proud messages like "Moderate as hell!" and "Don't believe rally signs." OFA volunteers took the opportunity to channel all that energy into action, and sign rally-goers up to help get out the vote in their communities.

"How can I help?" asked a woman from New Jersey, who was told that all she needed to do was text SANE to 62262 to find an event near her. OFA volunteers signed folks up for a phone bank at the nearby Democratic Party headquarters after the rally, and encouraged people to get on buses to go canvass in states like Ohio and Virginia.

If Colbert and Stewart were since about about their claims they'd denounce this, but they're complete frauds so they won't say a word.

Meanwhile, the Politico has a photo of a huge crowd. One problem. It's from Glenn Beck's rally (H/T Cubachi). You'd think the Gadsden flags and trees in full bloom might be a clue.

Surprise! Democrat To Campaign Before 'Non-Political' Stewart/Colbert Moronapalooza

Sure, it's all non-political. Just so happens it two of the biggest liberals on television, but let's pretend it's not a political rally. Of course it'll be a colossal failure, so they laugh will be on them.

On Saturday morning, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) of Washington, D.C., is planning to hand out signs that promote the city's voting rights in Congress to people attending the satirical rallies being held by comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.

Norton and the voting rights group, D.C. Vote, said they plan to be stationed on Pennsylvania Avenue handing out signs that read, “BE SANE. Let DC Vote” to people heading to the rallies, which are slated to begin at noon on the National Mall.

Colbert and Stewart announced their events — “The March to Keep Fear Alive” and the “Rally to Restore Sanity,” respectively — after Fox News pundit Glenn Beck and other conservative figures held a large rally on the National Mall in August.

Norton urged D.C. voters earlier this month to post on her Facebook page the reasons why they think the city should gain a voting representative in Congress, using “as much wit as Colbert uses to make fun of us for not having our full rights,” she said at the time.

“The buzz surrounding the Colbert and Jon Stewart rallies coming to D.C. on October 30, is too great an opportunity to miss to pay back Colbert and to remind those who come that, unlike Colbert, D.C. has a cause worthy of a rally,” said Norton.

Some folks on Twitter have come up with pleanty of creative names for this alleged "non-political" Democrat rally.

'Sad Commentary On Our Political System'

A Boston University professor explains what may well be the final nail in the Democrat coffin.

Goofball TV comic Stephen Colbert took his off-the-wall Comedy Central shtick to Congress yesterday - making a mockery of a House hearing while “testifying” before lawmakers on immigration reform.

Colbert, who addressed the immigration subcommittee in his satirical news character, said he spent a day picking beans and packing corn in the “unforgiving sun” with illegal immigrants.

“Please don’t make me do this again. It is really, really hard,” Colbert said. “It turns out - and I did not know this - most soil is at ground level.”

Boston University professor Tobe Berkovitz said it’s a “sad commentary on our political system when the Congress feels compelled to stoop to the lowest common denominator on important public issues.”

“That the Congress feels that having an entertainer come in as an expert witness on a serious policy issue shows just how dramatically out of touch the Congress is with any sense of propriety,” Berkovitz said.

Of course it was a distraction from more meaningful issues, so in that regard the Democrats may consider it a success. But they won't be chuckling come November 2.

Stupid: Colbert and Stewart Plan 'Rally to Restore Sanity'

This big event will occur the weekend before the Democrats get their asses kicked on November 2. We'll be the ones laughing at these clowns come election night.

Comedians Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert plan a pair of rallies in the National Mall shortly before Election Day.

Stewart said he was organizing a "Rally to Restore Sanity" in Washington on Oct. 30, billed as a "million moderate march" against ideological extremists in both parties.

Colbert, who plays a hyperbolic conservative personality on his show, announced a "March to Keep Fear Alive" in response to Stewart.

Both events ostensibly have the purpose of mocking some of the more strident rhetoric members of both parties have employed in political debates over the past decade.

Stewart's event, in particular, seems to be more of a direct response to the Fox News host Glenn Beck, who held a "Restoring Honor" rally on the mall in August. That event drew a hoard of conservative supporters (crowd estimates ranged around several hundred thousand participants), and focused on largely religious themes. Top GOP personalities like former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) did participate.

A hoard of conservative supporters? Uh, it's horde, and it was several hundred thousand people, at least.

Hipster Doofuses Promote 'Restoring Truthiness'

For bunch who consider themselves so hip and cutting edge, it's rather amusing seeing these lefty twits constantly playing catch-up these days. Seems the only way they'll be able to keep turnout down on November 2 is if we all die laughing at these morons. Who knew Glenn Beck's gathering a couple of weeks ago would leave the left such a quivering mess?

Move over, Glenn Beck.

The Internet is clamoring for another massive rally at the Lincoln Memorial, but this time, the people want to see Stephen Colbert speak.

Colbert fans have launched a viral movement lobbying the comedian to host an event rivaling the Fox host’s recent "Restoring Honor" rally.

Promoting it with the tagline "Restoring Truthiness,” Colbert supporters have created a website, Facebook group, and even designed posters for the proposed rally.

They've also successfully infiltrated Google Trends, where "Restoring Truthiness" is currently entrenched among the top 10 list of the day's most popular Internet searches.

The movement now boasts more than 8,000 fans on Facebook, and advertises itself as “Operation Strike of Truthiness!” on its website www.colbertrally.com, which features a prominent image of George Bush in front of the infamous “Mission Accomplished” banner.

"America, we are at a crossroad," the site reads. "Truthiness in this nation is at an all-time low since the inception of the concept was founded by the great American, Stephen Colbert.

"Our goal is simple: Petition Stephen Colbert to hold a Restoring Truthiness Rally for the American people."

Colbert, whose show is based around his over-the-top TV persona as a wildly conservative pundit, once introduced the word "truthiness" during a tongue-in-cheek segment mocking dictionaries and facts.

"We are divided between those who think with their head and those who think with their heart," he said. "Anyone can read the news to you. I promise to feel the news at you."

The "Restoring Truthiness" movement was sparked by a post on Reddit, the Huffington Post reports, which begged Colbert to host an event satirizing the Tea Party movement.

"I know you're out there somewhere, Stephen," the original post read. "We need you. There's no way to have a logical public discussion with the teabaggers. The best we can do is mimic them."

Good luck, kids. Just remember you have to be home by dark.

Classy: 'Sarah Palin is a F--king Retard'

Classy stuff. I guess all those lefties looking to cook up a fight between Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh will be consistent now in calling for Comedy Central to fire Stephen Colbert.

The folks at the PuffHost find this all so hilarious.

So this is where we're at: The left has no problem with Rahm Emanuel calling liberals f--king retarded.

Rush Limbaugh spoofs Emanuel and the left demands he be fired.

Stephen Colbert calls Palin a f--king retard and the left whoops it up.

Glad to see they're consistent.

We Have a Michelle Obama Sighting

The Barack Obama camp has seemingly kept Michelle Obama in the Witness Protection program ever since her infamous comments about America being "downright mean."

Apparently now they feel enough time has passed (it has been six weeks) and they've sufficiently prepped her so they're comfortable enough releasing her back into public view.

So she surfaced Tuesday at Haverford College in Pennsylvania in an attempt at defending her husband's elitist remarks last week before the chablis-and-brie crowd in San Francisco.

Then, referring to her husband’s student loans, she added sarcastically: “Now when is the last time you’ve seen a president of the United States who just paid off his loan debt? But, again, maybe I’m out of touch.”

Rebutting critics who called her husband’s remarks about economic bitterness out of touch, Mrs. Obama asked the crowd, “Am I telling you something that you don’t know? Am I in touch?”

She also stressed that her husband, raised by a young single mother, “didn’t grow up with a silver spoon in his mouth.”

Neither did I. Nor did I attend the most prestigious prep school in Hawaii or attend Ivy League colleges.

So, Mrs. Obama, who really cares? You two sure act like elitists now. Doesn't matter what the circumstances were 30 years ago. You are being judged by your actions and words today. And, according to your husband, words count.

Frankly, people don't like the words they hear coming out of your mouth.

Then she stopped by for a twinkie-munch session with pretend TV newsman Stephen Colbert.

“You’re a very good-looking lady,” he said, comparing her style to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. (And, we have to say, Mrs. Obama was looking rather chic in a bright blue sleeveless boatneck dress.)

Mrs. Obama, though, did not return the compliments. After imploring Mr. Colbert to serenade her (to make her husband “a little jealous”) — which he obliged, crooning “L is for the way you look at me” — Mrs. Obama said her husband “has a better voice.”

She also used her late-night appearance as a platform to talk about why women voters are turning to her husband. She said that folks who pay too much attention to polls showing Hillary Rodham Clinton with a large percentage of the female vote in Pennsylvania are making “a mistake.”

“Many women like myself who are independent, strong, focused, who care about family values, who know that Barack is special, that he has something unique to offer the country, and that his perspective is really gonna change the lives of working women, he understands because he’s living with me,” Mrs. Obama said.

Yes, but we also understand you're a snobby elitist who hates America.

No amount of lame softball interviews will change that perception, gushing stories from the New York Times notwithstanding.

Update: Allahpundit's got the Colbert video. About as lame as you'd expect.

Rove Derangement Syndrome Seeps Down to High School Level

Chances are strong most of these kids have no idea who Karl Rove is, and it was probably their whiny parents who complained.

Apparently others wanted an alleged comedian to be there instead.

Might help if they learned a little tolerance and developed some open-minded appreciation for those they may not disagree with.

As if.

Following protests from students, former presidential adviser Karl Rove has withdrawn as this year's commencement speaker at a prestigious prep school, the school's headmaster said Monday.

The choice of Rove as speaker for the June commencement at Choate Rosemary Hall had led some students to plan to walk out of the ceremony. Others had sought to bring comedian Stephen Colbert to campus for an alternate speech.

Instead of commencement, Rove now will speak at the school on Feb. 11, headmaster Edward J. Shanahan said. Shanahan said he will deliver the commencement address at the school, the alma mater of John F. Kennedy and Adlai Stevenson.

Shanahan said he had asked seniors for their opinions on the proposed commencement speech and many said they wanted to hear from Rove - but at some time other than commencement.

He said they also were concerned that outsiders might disrupt graduation if Rove appeared in June.

Ah yes, the dreaded outsiders. Read: Obnoxious leftwing pinheads.

In an e-mail to students and staff Monday, Shanahan quoted Rove as saying: "I would not want 12 minutes of remarks to be used as an excuse by a small group to mar what should be a wonderful day of celebration for the members of the 2008 graduating class and their families, so I am delighted to instead accept Choate's invitation to speak on campus Feb. 11."

"He was more than understanding," Shanahan wrote to the students. "He was gracious and generous in his thinking about you and 'your day.'"

Far more gracious that those who would rather he remain silent.

When Stupid Met Silly

New York Times hack Maureen Dowd turns her column over to alleged comedian Stephen Colbert, with entirely predictable results.

She's usually unintentionally funny, while he tries to be amusing and usually fails.

Must be a desperate attempt for the Times to reach a new audience: Twenty-something know-nothings.

I was in my office, writing a column on the injustice of relative marginal tax rates for hedge fund managers, when I saw Stephen Colbert on TV.

Sorry we had to miss out on such a stimulating column. Instead the readers are served up this tripe.

For instance, Hillary Clinton. I can’t remember if I’m supposed to be scared of her so Democrats will think they should nominate her when she’s actually easy to beat, or if I’m supposed to be scared of her because she’s legitimately scary.

Or Rudy Giuliani. I can’t remember if I’m supposed to support him because he’s the one who can beat Hillary if she gets nominated, or if I’m supposed to support him because he’s legitimately scary.

And Fred Thompson. In my opinion “Law & Order” never sufficiently explained why the Manhattan D.A. had an accent like an Appalachian catfish wrestler.

Guffaws all around. The only thing is, it's the readers laughng at this incredibly cheesy stunt.

The Times can't be bothered to mention Michael Murphy, but they can give an idiot like Colbert op-ed space.