Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Washington D.C. 10-30-2010
The event was held in front of the U.S. Capitol Building on the east end of the National Mall in Washington D.C. and drew approximately 215,000 thousand people. The Rally application for a permit to the National Park Service listed they hoped for an attendance at the combined event of about 25,000 people. News reports claim this rally was a satirical response to Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor rally and Al Sharpton's Reclaim the Dream rally.
Jon Stewart announced the "Rally to Restore Sanity" on the September 16, 2010 of The Daily Show, Stephen Colbert announced the "March to Keep Fear Alive" on the The Colbert Report the same day.
Oprah Winfrey appeared on The Daily Show and gave the attending audience all free airline tickets to the rally. Stephen Colbert gave his audience gusts free Chinatown bus tickets to the rally.
www.rallytorestoresanity.com
Jon Stewart born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz hosts a television show on Comedy Central the MTV Networks MTVN division in charge of Comedy Central is called Comedy Partners, in partnership of Viacom International.
Washington D.C. U.S.A.
10-30-2010
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