Rally to Restore Sanity Attendance

Rally to restore sanity attendance, Fans of miles around gathered Saturday on the National Mall Rally Reversal of Health, a mix of laughter, activism, and asks politely, by comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Jon Stewart, who grew Lawrenceville, and Stephen Colbert, Montclair residents drew the attention of thousands of exuberant supporters at Washington on Saturday for the live TV transmission of a joint event that closed the roads congested transit system and flood the Mall.

Rally to restore sanity attendance. Between noon and 3:00 pm, Stewart and Colbert place in front of one stage to the other side of the Plaza Mall, Lincoln Memorial, where the conservative commentator Glenn Beck led a vast crowd of about two months ago. The rally, with its religious theme of  “Restoring honor” has political connotations and urged the conservative response Stewart. The idea of this meeting was to provide a counterweight to all flights and shouting insults such polarized times. But there were political overtones, too, pushing against the Conservatives before Tuesday’s election.

But the two actors kept most of their three-hour show of bipartisan bits, musical entertainment and the coasts of alleged enemies of the sweet courtesy. The list of artists musicians John Legend and The Roots, along with actor Sam Waterston and Don Novello, who played Father Guido Sarducci years of ” Saturday Night Live. Rally to restore sanity attendance

Philly.com reported Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow also performed, singing if “I can’t change the world to make it better, the least I can do is care.” Ozzy Osbourne and Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, engaged in something of a battle of the bands as the heavy-metal rocker barged in on the folkie’s hit, “Peace Train,” in a mock clash of music and cultures.

At the conclusion of the program, Stewart got to the point of his rally, arguing that the rally’s intended butt of the joke was the level of discourse in Washington and cable television’s hyperbolic 24-hour news cycle. He showed a left wing/right wing video montage on jumbo screens, featuring, among others, Ann Coulter, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, and James Carville.

Political affiliations aside, he said, everyone throughout the country found a way to work together. “The only place we don’t is here or on cable TV,” said Stewart, according to the Washington Post. In earnest terms he orated, “If we amplify everything, we hear nothing.”

According to politicsdaily.com, Stewart cited the importance of distinguishing between “real racists and Tea Partiers, or real bigots and Juan Williams or Rick Sanchez,” because failing to do so “is an insult, not only to those people but to the racists themselves, who have put in the exhausting effort it takes to hate.”

Shortly before 1 p.m., “Mythbuster” Adam Savage announced there were 150,000 folks trying to do the “wave” across the Mall. CBS, which hired professional crowd-counters, put the number at 215,000.

The crowd waved hundreds of creative, hand-made messages, including these:

Sanity Is A Pre-Existing Condition

I can see America From My Back Yard

I Came Here Illegally. I Went 5 mph Over the Speed Limit On I-95.

This Sign Contains Correct Grammar and Spelling

I Love America. Even Though We Get It Wrong Sometimes, It’s Still a Nice Place To Raise a Family.

Speak Softly And Carry a Bibliography of Statistics

An Associated Press report in the Courier Post reported Stewart wants attendees to help restore the National Mall, which has a $400 million backlog of deferred maintenance. Colbert asked people to contribute to Donors Choose, which raises money for school supplies; proceeds from sales of rally merchandise also will go to the Yellow Ribbon Fund to help injured soldiers. Rally to restore sanity attendance