[WS:] So what difference would it make if he said something else? How many divisions does Stewart have?
Wojtek
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> Stewart, Colbert refuse to get political
> By: Katy Adams and Nikki Schwab
> Washington Examiner
> 10/31/10 9:00 PM EDT
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> More than 210,000 people attended Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's Rally
> to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on the National Mall on Saturday afternoon
> according to Comedy Central, and while sanity and/or fear may not have been
> restored to rallygoers, Stewart and Colbert believe the purpose for their
> production -- to have fun -- was accomplished.
>
> "We wanted to do a really good show for people who took the time to come
> out and see us, and I feel like we accomplished that," Stewart said.
>
> With just a few days before the November elections, many believed the rally
> could have been the perfect platform for Stewart and Colbert to get
> political. But rather than taking partisan sides, the Comedy Central hosts
> used the opportunity to poke fun at the political insanity that surrounds
> us.
>
> During Stewart's keynote address at the rally, (which he stayed up late the
> night before to finish) Stewart even encouraged people to work together to
> solve problems.
>
> "I just wanted to speak a little bit from the heart," he said.
>
> At a press conference at the National Press Club following the rally,
> Stewart and Colbert reluctantly accepted that some people will now perceive
> them as "players" in the political world, but when a reporter suggested they
> may even be considered leaders in civil society, Colbert disagreed and said,
> "I think we led this rally, that's for sure; what goes on beyond that, I
> don't know."
>
> Stewart followed up by saying that is not a role he sees himself fit to
> play.
>
> "We're on the metric system. I understand it's all about who's winning and
> who's losing and the strategy of this and the players on that, but our
> currency is not this town's currency," he said. "We are not running for
> anything. We do not have a constituency. We do television shows for people
> who like them and we just hope that people continue to like them so that
> Comedy Central can continue to sell beer to young people."
>
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