Jon Stewart just made it official.Tonight on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart will announce that he will host the "Rally to restore Sanity" on october 30th,2010 on the National Mall in Washington DC.
Remember how Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert mocked Glenn Beck for his Rally on the day of MLK's "I have a dream" speech anniversary. Since then many of their fans have asked both Stewart and Colbert to hold a rally in response.
Early this week, Jon Stewart told the New York Magazine that he was looking into the idea:
There’s discussion of a possible Stewart-Colbert public event, a parody of Beck’s "Restoring Honor" rally. "Maybe we would do a ‘March of the Reasonable,’ on a date of no particular significance," Stewart says.
Well you have been heard because on October 30th, the "Rally to restore Sanity" will be held on the National Mall in DC. Jon Stewart said that the rally isn't for wackos only for "common sense" americans. He told his audience that Birther Signs, Truther Signs,"Obama is Hitler" signs, "Bush is Hitler" signs and other crazy aren't allowed. Only "sane" signs will be allowed LOL. He assured that he wasn't joking and the rally is real. They are set to tape The Daily Show that week in D.C !
Stephen Colbert showed up on the Daily Show Set trying to hijack Stewart's announcement of the announcement LOL
Here the signs that Jon Stewart said are allowed :
"I don't hate white, Blacks, Hispanics, Gays, Ppl with guns...etc but I'm afraid of spiders"
UPDATE : At the end of his show he asked his viewers to visit this website but the link doesn't work yet.
UPDATE II : Now the link works
Rally to Restore Sanity
"I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!"
Who among us has not wanted to open their window and shout that at the top of their lungs?
Seriously, who?
Because we're looking for those people. We're looking for the people who think shouting is annoying, counterproductive, and terrible for your throat; who feel that the loudest voices shouldn't be the only ones that get heard; and who believe that the only time it's appropriate to draw a Hitler mustache on someone is when that person is actually Hitler. Or Charlie Chaplin in certain roles.
Are you one of those people? Excellent. Then we'd like you to join us in Washington, DC on October 30 -- a date of no significance whatsoever -- at the Daily Show's "Rally to Restore Sanity." Ours is 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) -- not so much the Silent Majority as the Busy Majority. If we had to sum up the political view of our participants in a single sentence... we couldn't. That's sort of the point.
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. Join us in the shadow of the Washington Monument. And bring your indoor voice. Or don't. If you'd rather stay home, go to work, or drive your kids to soccer practice... Actually, please come anyway. Ask the sitter if she can stay a few extra hours, just this once. We'll make it worth your while.
UPDATE II :HAHAHA Colbert will hold the "March to keep Fear alive" on the same day and at the same place :
http://www.keepfearalive.com/
America, the Greatest Country God ever gave Man, was built on three bedrock principles: Freedom. Liberty. And Fear -- that someone might take our Freedom and Liberty. But now, there are dark, optimistic forces trying to take away our Fear -- forces with salt and pepper hair and way more Emmys than they need. They want to replace our Fear with reason. But never forget -- "Reason" is just one letter away from "Treason." Coincidence? Reasonable people would say it is, but America can't afford to take that chance.
So join The Rev. Sir Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, D.F.A. on October 30th for the "March to Keep Fear Alive"™ in Washington DC. Pack an overnight bag with five extra sets of underwear -- you're going to need them. Because, to Restore Truthiness we must always... Shh!!! What's that sound?! I think there's someone behind you! Run!