Last week the progressive movement anointed its leader Stephen Colbert when it began demanding a “Restoring Truthiness” campaign to counter Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” campaign. Will Colbert acquiesce?
Originally inspired by a post on Reddit last week, the plea for a “Restoring Truthiness” campaign has quickly snowballed into a movement of—well, I won’t say biblical, but epic—proportions.
A new video from Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films juxtaposes Beck with Colbert and implores him to rebuff the conservative Fox News commentator with a rally for the left.
What’s interesting in all this is that while conservatives usually rally behind media personalities like Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh, progressives tend to hold actual politicians, like Barack Obama, as the scions of their political culture.
Could it be that progressives have learned that media personalities often make better cultural glue than politicians? Barack Obama finally came out swinging yesterday, ripping Republicans as ineffectual hypocrites, but it still didn’t feel as satisfying as Jon Stewart eviscerating Glenn Beck before his Washington, DC rally.
It may be that in order to beat ‘em, progressives will join ‘em. In the ever-increasing assertion of media into politics, a coronation of sorts is in play in progressive culture— and the heir apparent is Stephen Colbert.
September 07, 2010 at 6:43 pm, mannan said:
it’s no concealed. I’m a huge fan of Writer Colbert. So, naturally, when I heard about the possibility of a “Restoring Truthiness” rally, I had to do my start; and as a member of the liberal media, my personation is to describe program to you, the Colbert Land. Let me disrupt conversation equivalent Stephen Sauce and signal gift you the information. http://apusa.us/restoring-truthiness-831/
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December 30, 2010 at 7:44 am, Daveycms said:
Colbert and Stewart are actually a team – if one of them is the leader, the other is co-leader, and I'd venture to say that Stewart is more likely to be a person to rally behind. Although I love Colbert as much as the next man, I do sometimes feel that his persona makes it difficult for him to tackle certain issues, whereas stewart is usually able to stay funny while delivering intelligent arguments.
Overall, I adore them both, and think they should BOTH be the leaders, working as two parts of a whole.