Rally to Restore Sanity

On the 30th of October 2010, a rally will be held on the steps of the Lincoln memorial, The ‘Rally to Restore Sanity’ held by The Daily Show’s John Stewart.

Stewart was inspired to create this rally due to his concern after the recent winnings by the American political party the Tea Party in the mid term elections and the Rally held by extreme right wing TV personality Glen Beck. Called Restoring Honor Rally it was held on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I have a Dream’ speech and held in the same place. An estimated 87,000 to 500,000 people attended this Rally.

It is described on the official website as a rally for “the people who've been too busy to go to rallies, who actually have lives and families and jobs (or are looking for jobs)”
“Think of our event as Woodstock, but with the nudity and drugs replaced by respectful disagreement; the Million Man March, only a lot smaller, and a bit less of a sausage fest; or the Gathering of the Juggalos, but instead of throwing our feces at Tila Tequila, we'll be actively *not* throwing our feces at Tila Tequila”

Not to be out done, Stewart’s ex-workmate and current face of ‘The Colbert Report” Steven Colbert has created his own rally, to be held after Stewart’s ‘March to Keep Fear Alive’. Colbert’s march, as it seems, is just to get back at Stewart for out doing him with an announcement on his show (The Daily Show and The Colbert Report play back to back). It also looks as though Colbert will use his extreme right wing satirical style of comedy and use it on the issues raised in Stewart’s rally, if there are any

Currently on Facebook, The Rally to Keep Fear alive has 79697 attendees whilst Rally to Restore Sanity has 184771 and has even been tweeted about by Oprah