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Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to hold rally in D.C.

Duck Rodgers said:
I don't really watch any of the three honestly, but I've read one of Colbert's books, two of Beck's, and catch pieces of all three on Youtube from time to time and just have positive impressions of all them. I even found somebody I like on MSNBC recently, Dylan Ratigan.
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I'm still having an impossibly hard time believing that you both UNDERSTAND what each of these guys is doing and STILL GENUINELY LIKE all three. I know you claim to not be too familiar with them, but please tell me how this is possible.
 
New_Anonymity_Old_Sage said:
haha, you are right.
I also love how Franklin, Marcus, and Mullethack have avoided this thread.
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The Thriller said:
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Fredom, libertee, i hate muslem sosialists!
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Wow, that's a sweet little Crossman 10-pump pellet gun. Pretty intimidating. "Stay back or I'll have to...one, two, three, four,...shoot...five, six, seven,...you...eight, nine, ten. So watch out!"
 
New_Anonymity_Old_Sage said:
I'm still having an impossibly hard time believing that you both UNDERSTAND what each of these guys is doing and STILL GENUINELY LIKE all three. I know you claim to not be too familiar with them, but please tell me how this is possible.
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For me to actually care about Stewart's/Colbert's political views you would have to convince me that those guys were even the least bit powerful. I don't take those guys seriously as political commentators, but I enjoy their humor. Beck's a giant, those guys together can't sniff his jock.
 
BabyPeterzz said:
Yeah......um.

https://www.guardian.co.uk/world/ri...tephen-colbert-rally-to-restore-sanity-reddit
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? Was that supposed to be crazy? Never saw the segment, nor do I know what Beck thinks about the Rockefellers, but that's not crazy. Go read up on the Rockefeller family and trace back their money trail if you want to see crazy.

In all actuality I do think Beck believes in some of the stuff that he says he doesn't just because he knows what his limits of appeal are. He would alienate a lot of people that like him right now if he said he believed in 9/11 truth for instance.
 
Duck Rodgers said:
For me to actually care about Stewart's/Colbert's political views you would have to convince me that those guys were even the least bit powerful. I don't take those guys seriously as political commentators, but I enjoy their humor. Beck's a giant, those guys together can't sniff his jock.
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This is pure conjecture on your part, and I think it is debatable; sheer magnitude of distracting energy (a la Beck) does not equal power. But, whether or not this is true, it should be noted that Beck is dedicating his life and his message to being A GIANT (as you say), whereas Stewart-Colbert are very self-aware in their role as comedians.

Also of note: if you take Stewart-Colbert as lightly as you do, I'm going to go out on a limb and say you are not giving them their due. They are more powerful than you think.

I can't find the information right now, but at one point Colbert was almost literally controlling the buzzwords of the news cycle. He used an identifiable phrase similar to "angry populist mob" in a show's skit (in connection with Obama's campaigning), and that phrase went on to become the catch phrase of the news cycle, with more word matches than any other descriptor over the course of 2-3 weeks. There is an article somewhere that explains this better. No time to find it.

Lastly, how are you measuring Beck's power? What results are you citing?
 
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