Today’s News Six Years Ago

I just watched Stewart’s closing speech on You Tube. I thought he was spot on.

The AP gets it right:

In the shadow of the Capitol and the election, comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert entertained a huge throng Saturday at a “sanity” rally poking fun at the nation’s ill-tempered politics, its fear-mongers and doomsayers…

Part comedy show, part pep talk, the rally drew together tens of thousands stretched across an expanse of the National Mall, a festive congregation of the goofy and the politically disenchanted. People carried signs merrily protesting the existence of protest signs. Some dressed like bananas, wizards, Martians and Uncle Sam.

So: How much money did they raise for Mall restoration? And did folks pick up after themselves?

Say what you will, but Jon Stewart had a better week than Notre Dame did. I mean, you look at that, and… WOW. Just that, and only that. WOW.

Alrighty then … I’ve thought about this, and here are my predictions (you all should judge me Wednesday morning): Angle loses, Paul wins, Whitman loses, Fiorina loses, that wingnut in Alaska wins, Rubio wins, Chrissy (DE Senate) loses, and Patty Murray wins by less than 1000 votes.

I lay these predictions before you, so shall I be judged. Weigh in, if you dare.

@blogenfreude: Exception: Angle wins. Nevada really hates Harry, and that race is only close because Angle is so awful.

Non-exception: I ain’t calling Alaska. The state is hard to poll in the best of circumstances, and a Murkowski write-in makes it next to impossible. We might be living with recounts for months.

Overall: Nate seems to have settled on a 50+ GOP sweep of the House, and I see no reason to doubt him. It was always about the economy, and the economy sucks.

@blogenfreude: Can I judge you now? Cus I’m kinda judgementy at the best of times.

@nojo: I cannot imagine a Senate with Sharron in it … but my imagination is taxed these last few weeks.

Anyone wanna call the Sestak-Toomey race?

I didn’t make it to the Wawa. The vapors struck me. Oh, and Ev Williams sounds like a dick.

@JNOV: Toomey, last I heard.

Might as well expect the worst, then enjoy the small surprises.

@nojo: It would be a big surprise for me, although I’m getting a little hopey as the race is tightening.

We lived through Santorum and Weldon. We can live through Toomey, I suppose.

Remember that scene in 12 Monkeys where the lions are roaming around outside a department store in Philadelphia? That place used to be Wanamaker’s; now it’s Macy’s, and today, we had a flash mob of the coolest sort. Much better than the other flash mob we had at that joint in February. We’re all mobbed up!

@JNOV:
i haven’t been there since it was wanamakers…is the eagle statue still in there?
trivia: in what movie’s chase scene did they crash a car into wanamakers?

@blogenfreude:
i’m sooo sorry we missed our stinque up!! have you ever heard carrying on like that in your life? and i was just warming up….

@baked: Not sure — haven’t been there for years. Was the eagle in Wanamaker’s or in Strawbridge’s? I think Strawbridge’s finally sold, too.

ADD: I think Strawbridge’s had a boar. Maybe.