Jon Stewart Says Rallies Satirical, Not Political

[Elmore Furth]

Some people just don't get the joke. Some people are the joke.

This is why Rick Sanchez shouldn't be in the news commentary business. If he can't tell the difference between bigotry and satire, he should be somewhere where he can't harm himself and others.

Jon Stewart says he has quite a bit in common with conservative commentator Glenn Beck -- at least similar reasons for being in the op-eds business.

And the "Daily Show" host emphasized that his and Stephen Colbert's planned rallies in Washington D.C. next month are not a liberal reaction to Beck's recent "Restoring Honor" gathering.

Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity" and Colbert's "March to Keep Fear Alive" are just another way to poke fun at the political process and news coverage of it, he said.

Indeed, Stewart viewed his main job as holding the media accountable. "I'm less upset about politicians than the media," he said, explaining that the former can be expected to behave a certain way, like a monkey, but the latter should play zookeeper and say "bad monkey."


Jon Stewart Says Rallies Satirical, Not Political

[WorseBeforeBetter]

1. Good gawd, he needs to explain this?

I'm not big on Smilies, but:

:rofl:

[WingDinger]

2. OH, how grand, to be allowed to speak the truth. Even paid to do so.

[Hardrada]

3. We have too much satire and not enough hell fire!

[mucifer]

4. Yeah, I noticed the liberal talking heads don't seem to get it. He is making fun

of us who rally from the left as well as those who rally from the right.

That said, I'm sure there will be plenty of people at his rally registering people to vote.

[RZM]

5. A 'satirical rally'?

If not a whole lot of people show, that's one thing -- but if a lot of people do (and I expect they will), it's certainly an interesting example of the zeitgeist.