Funny thing about that “nonpartisan” rally Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert held on Saturday. It was oddly partisan.
86% identified themselves as Democrats, but only 1% of those in attendance identify themselves as Republican.
That is, of course, the kind of nonpartisanship found typically at nonpartisan places like MSNBC.
TheHill.com has the nonpartisan numbers:
A straw poll conducted on attendees at the rally hosted by comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert on the National Mall Saturday found an overwhelming majority of Democratic voters, but sapped enthusiasm as compared to 2008.
According to the poll conducted by Lake Research Partners & Revolution Messaging at the “Rally to Restore Sanity,” 86 percent of participants surveyed said they planned to vote Democratic this week, with eight percent undecided and just one percent voting Republican.
Only one in four surveyed said they more excited about this election than 2008. Thirty-nine percent said their enthusiasm had diminished.
A full 90 percent of rally attendees approved of President Obama, with 56 percent approving of him strongly. Only 10 percent disapproved of the president, just 2 percent strongly.
They must be exhausted from all that reaching across the aisle.
Source: TheHill.com
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I can't figure out why I cannot stand little man Stewart. My husband and my mother both think he's funny, great. And they are conservatives, which really has nothing to do with it. But long before all this political fighting, I still could not tolerate that arrogant little **** ! I guess more than anything I can't stand arrogant little men with Napolean complexes.
Both Liebowitz and Kol-burt are fraud puppets PERIOD!
Are there numbers of attendees out?
Who expected otherwise? Jon Stewart is a New Jersey liberal, who grew up admiring Eugene Debs. On his TV program he rattles his liberalism like marachas. The crowd at his "restore sanity" rally was overwhelmingly liberal because Stewart is overwhelmingly liberal.