Stephen Colbert & Jon Stewart: A "Restoring Truthiness" Rally ? (Already Raises $100K to Charity)

Julia Bodeeb
Will Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart hold a "Restoring Truthiness" rally? The Internet is full of people urging them to take on this project. The Restoring Truthiness rally would be held to counterbalance the rally held by Glenn Beck. It may occur on October 10.

Stephen Colbert says he is waiting for Jon Stewart to make the first move in announcing the rally, notes the Huffington Post. Stewart has been goading his audience by making coy announcements that he may soon announce news about the rally.

Colbert & Stewart: Patriots!

Are Colbert and Stewart the new breed of American patriots? It is a hoot that these two masters of comedy may possibly be staging an event that could draw attention to the farcical state of American politics. Lately it seems that truth is missing in political campaigns and smears and lies dominate.

Is it possible to "Restore Truthiness" to American politics? Who knows! But surely Colbert and Stewart will likely have a wild time amusing America if they decide to hold the rally. These two witty guys will put their own spin on the lunacy of the November 2010 election campaign season.

Truthiness Movement Donates $100 K to Charity

The Truthiness movement is already raising funds for charity. It has donated $100,000 to charities that work with educational organizations, notes Time. That amount of money was raised in just one day. Imagine the funding Colbert and Stewart could raise for charity if they held a rally and asked for donations to DonorsChoose.org.

Join In and Donate to the "Truthiness" Cause

The fundraising is being done through the Reddit website. The funds raised will be donated to groups actively engaged in a wide variety of educational projects to help kids.

If you would like to join in and donate to the Truthiness (via DonorsChoose.org) cause go HERE.

Who Will the Truthiness Rally Pillory?

If the Truthiness Rally occurs, it is a sure bet that there will be some humor about the Tea Party, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, John Boehner, the Truthers and the Birthers and the other masterminds behind some of the ludicrous claims of the GOP and the Tea Party.

Who Could be Guest Speaker or Singer at Truthiness Rally?

It will be fascinating to see if this rally occurs. If so who will the guest speakers be? Perhaps speakers of interest would be: Michael Moore, Caroline Kennedy (or any of the politically active Kennedys), George Clooney, and perhaps Sheryl Crow singing her new anti Sarah Palin song and Green Day singing "American Idiot."

What other people would add to the fun at the Truthiness rally?

Sources:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/14/colbert-rally-announcement_n_716391.html

http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/09/14/reddit-campaign-for-colbert-rally-breaks-charity-records/

http://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/ddc0w/update_on_the_colbert_rally_lets_show_our/

http://www.colbertrally.com/

Published by Julia Bodeeb

Winner, Pulitzer Center Global Issues contest (Washington, DC), semi-finalist: The Nation's poetry contest. Published in newspapers, magazines and many online websites. Sold jokes to a major comic. Over a...  View profile

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  • Michael Segers9/20/2010

    Amazing: good celebrity news!

  • Jeff Musall9/15/2010

    Yes!

  • Anon9/15/2010

    Check out donation progress here:

    https://sites.google.com/site/trackcolbertdonations/

  • Kathy Minicozzi9/14/2010

    I love Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert!

  • Delicia Powers9/14/2010

    Thanks Julia great update!

  • Peter Flom9/14/2010

    They should merge with the 10-2-10 march.

  • Patti Walden9/14/2010

    This is great. Problem is that sometimes people just don't understand the underlying issues and condemn the humor - where is Will Rogers when we need him?

  • Michele Starkey9/14/2010

    cheers :)

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