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Posted: Sep 3, 2010

I have to admit I think this would be funny. lol

Internet Petitions Stephen Colbert To Hold 'Restoring Truthiness' Rally At Lincoln Memorial
Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn

A grassroots campaign has begun to get Stephen Colbert to hold a rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to counter Glenn Beck's recent "Restoring Honor" event. The would-be rally has been dubbed "Restoring Truthiness" and was inspired by a recent post on Reddit, where a young woman wondered if the only way to point out the absurdity of the Tea Party's rally would be if Colbert mirrored it with his own "Colbert Nation."
Now with its own website and Facebook group with over 8,000 members, the call for Colbert to hold a rally is spreading through the Internet like wildfire. Aside from being a satire of Beck's rally, the petition claims the rally is necessary because, "Recently our nation has suffered a truthiness drain."

The website gives a history of the newly founded movement, with links to news stories and a poster for the rally, which proposes the date "10/10/10." The website also states:

"Restoring Truthiness is a true grassroots movement propelled by YOU, the citizens of the internetz. Our goal is simple: Petition Stephen Colbert to hold a Restoring Truthiness Rally for the American people."

Given Colbert's love for his "Nation" and ability to satire the Right so effectively, this almost seems like something Colbert would have thought of himself. While he is on vacation at the moment, it will be interesting to see if he addresses the petition when he returns to host "The Colbert Report" next week.

Those interested in furthering the movement have been asked to join the Facebook group, spread the word, or email support@colbertrally.com for more information.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_704578.html

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Why does the news media insist on calling this rally a tea party rally? - Backwards Typist

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I sure wish the media would have to take a lie detector test prior to posting so called news stories. Then it would weed out the liars, the truth stretchers and the hate mongers.

Agreed - Zville MT

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We even got the same crap in our smalltown newspaper. It had nothing to do with the tea party or 9/12 or anything like that. Sad that everyone who's talking bad about it really has no idea what it was about because they didn't listen to any of it. I wasn't able to go, but a friend of mine went and taped the whole thing. I borrowed her copy and finished watching it on Wednesday - it was really amazing, and I don't even care for Glenn Beck all that much ;)

Truthiness??? - LOL

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Is that a word they just made up to sound funny or sound illiterate. Sorry, I have heard of truthfulness, but have not heard of truthiness.

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