Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity

By James Sheldon on September 17th, 2010

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They’re at it again. Those crazy kids from Comedy Central–Jon Stewart and longtime friend, Stephen Colbert.

When I pushed Bill Clinton’s appearance on “The Daily Show” earlier this week, I had no idea that Jon Stewart was going to announce one of the most necessary and epic rally’s of our contemporary time. Stewart will lead the “Rally to Restore Sanity” on October 30, 2010, and is looking to appeal to the “70 – 80 percenters…” You know, those of us who don’t subscribe to extreme politics.

Stewart proclaimed the motto of “Take it down a notch for America,” and stated that they will even provide a few rally signs for moderates–example:

“I am not afraid of Muslims/Tea Partiers/Socialists/Immigrants/Gun Owners/Gay…but I am scared of Spiders.”

-Or

“I disagree with you, but I’m pretty sure you’re not Hitler.”

In direct opposition to Stewart’s march for moderation, Stephen Colbert entered the rally landscape with a hell no, we won’t go, announcing his own rally: The March to Keep Fear Alive. Colbert declared that Stewart’s hope for moderation was misplaced, rather it’s “…time for all good men to freak out about freedom!”

These rallies were another product of the Internet–the call of millions who thought Glenn Beck looked a little lonely, near-sighted and one-sided on the Washington Mall.

What I love about Stewart and Colbert is the fact that so many people think they’re serious. So many people think they’re rivals. So many people serve as evidence as to why these two are more necessary than the Beck’s, Palin’s or Obama’s.