Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Plan to Rally

The premise for Stewart’s rally is for people who would like to rally but never knew what to rally about or were too busy to rally. For these people Stewart wants to organize the “Rally to Restore Sanity,” to be held Oct. 30, on the grounds of the National Mall, which is an open-area national park in downtown Washington, D.C.

Stewart has invited his audience to come to Washington, D.C., to participate in the "Rally to Restore Sanity,” which he states, has no significance whatsoever. Stewart said that he commiserates with the “most normal” people who find rallies a waste of time, which is his reason for organizing this rally.

He wants the people who do not care about rallying to come together to show their support for no cause in particular, which is a seemingly a ridiculous premise for a gathering. But for the many who will no doubt attend, the rally will give those an opportunity to express their dislike of rallies and to poke fun at past rallies, namely the recent Glenn Beck Labor Day rally that he promoted as the ‘Restoring Honor' rally. Beck’s rally was also on the National Mall, which is the same spot that Stewart is going to hold his rally.

Stewart told his audience that if they asked themselves should I participate in this rally, then they are the right people to attend. Stewart even went on to his Facebook page and stated that his rally was for people who “actually have lives…,” calling them the “busy majority,” who have a hard time relating their political views because they have none. These are the kind of people that Stewart is encouraging to attend his D.C. rally on Oct. 30.

And then there is Stephen Colbert, Stewart’s friend and colleague, who acts as if he is Stewart’s political foe, has planned a rally of his own to “counter” Stewart’s rally.

Colbert told his audience that Stewart’s rally is “dangerous.” He said that people should be fearful because “fear is one of the cornerstones of democracy.” He followed up this statement by saying that Democracy survives on freedom, liberty and fear—fear that our freedom and liberty will one day be taken away.

Colbert therefore plans to hold his own rally based on that principle of fear, calling his rally the “Keep Fear Alive” rally. He plans to also be at the National Mall at the same time Stewart is on Oct. 30, to hold court along with Stewart and what will probably be a large turnout of the many fans of each host.

Colbert also went to his Facebook page to put his rally into better perspective, telling his fans that Stewart’s rally is dangerous because "They want to replace our fear with reason. But never forget: "Reason" is just one letter away from "treason."

And as ridiculous as the two rallies sound that is basically the reason the two funny men came together. Both men agree that for the many who are taking the next election so serious and are “in the midst of a rage-induced psychotic episode,” their rallies are more for people who want to have some fun by not taking ourselves or the current political tension between Democrats and Republicans too seriously.