See here for Washington Post coverage of the Stewart/Colbert “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.”
The very premise of this joint rally strikes me as flat-out embarrassing. Where is that 60’s passion college kids used to be known for? Vietnam protesters were embarrassing for other reasons (like their lack of respect for our soldiers), but they couldn’t be accused of lacking heart. The message today, if there even is one, seems to be something like: “Don’t worry man, it’s all a big joke.” But health care and the economy and our two wars are very much not big jokes. Maybe these people are OK with letting the grown-ups continue to make the Important Decisions; they’re certainly not earning their opinions any more credibility.
If you were a congressman, would you now be more or less concerned about capturing that “youth vote”?