WaPo: Visitors pour in to D.C. ahead of Stewart-Colbert rally

[gateley]

On the afternoon before Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert held their joint rally, devoted followers of the two Comedy Central leaders made an early pilgrimage to the stage under the Capitol dome. No one attending knows whether the comedians will restore sanity or preserve fear, but the event is likely to score dynamite television ratings and draw throngs to the Mall.

Aaron Thompson, a 37-year-old doctoral student, echoed his wife's excitement for the rally, though he considered that "something" to be an open-air comedy show.

"You don't think that once it's so big, it becomes a movement?" asked his wife. She argued that discussing politics -- even cracking wise about it -- to a sea of worshipful followers amounted to a rather "good pulpit."

Three months after Glenn Beck staged a religiously themed "Restoring Honor" rally on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech with Sarah Palin on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Stewart and Colbert will hold their rally at the opposite end of the Mall. It will also offer the opposite point of view. / snip

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NOTE: Clio posted that Andrea Mitchell tweeted she can't get a train out of DC -- they're all coming the other way TO DC from NY!

Have fun all of you who are going! Put your DU bumper sticker on your sign and we'll look for you on TV! :hi:

[monmouth]

1. I so wish I was there with you. Hope you have DU signs so we can

see you all. Stay safe..

[gateley]

2. We'll be there in spirit, monmouth -- I'm so happy for those who are going! nt

[aquart]

3. Have a great time and take pictures!

As I sneeze and shiver and cough and take my zinc.

[gateley]

6. I think it'll be streamed on comedycentral.com, and it will be shown live on

Comedy Central TV (I just checked).

Hope you feel better soon. I just got over something similar.

[lamp_shade]

4. DAMMIT!!!!

I'm so pissed that I won't be there...

[Bitwit1234]

5. Got my bumper sticker from Color of Change today

It says "Turn Off Fox - Bad News for America"...we all need one.

[jberryhill]

7. Amtrak put on additional trains using commuter equipment

I was going to take the train, and it looked tight. The trains all sold out and Amtrak has put on additional trains, which are expensive and also selling out.

There was a group bus that filled up, so it looks like a drive to new carollton and then metro in