Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Hold Rally in D.C.
Jon Stewart (The Daily Show) and Stephen Colbert (The Colbert Report) are joining forces to bring sanity and fear back to politics. The Comedy Central anchors announced last week they would hold dueling rallies on October 30 at the National Mall in Washington D.C. The comic geniuses are parodying the recent Glenn Beck right wing rally held in D.C. Stewart’s rally is the “Rally to Restore Sanity”, to give regular people who Stewart says are trying to survive and are too busy to rally an opportunity to be represented. Colbert’s rally is called “Keep Fear Alive”, representing politicians and pundits who use fear to corner the market on smear tactics that influence voters.
On his show Stewart told the audience if they had to ask “Am I the right person to go to this rally?” Stewart said “The fact that you would even stop to ask yourself that question as opposed to just jumping up, grabbing the nearest stack of burnable holy books, strapping on a diaper and pointing your car towards D.C. – that means I think you just might be right for it.”
Jon Stewart wants to draw moderates to the rally who will “beg America to stop shouting, throwing and drawing Hitler mustaches on people other than Hitler (or Charlie Chaplin).” Stephen Colbert called on The Colbert Nation, seeking “freedom-loving patriots” to join together and challenge Stewart and his “dark, optimistic forces trying to take away our fear”.
C-SPAN, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report should be good bets to catch some of the rallyy clips on television during and after the October 30, 2010 rally.
