(CNN) - Two Comedy Central funnymen are apparently entering into the partisan political fray with rallies of their own in the nation's capital.
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have set October 30 as the date for their respective rallies.
On Thursday night's airing of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," the comedian announced plans for a "Rally to Restore Sanity."
"See you October 30 on the National Mall to spread the timeless message, 'Take it down a notch for America,'" he said.
Stewart dubbed the event a "clarion call for rationality."
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Why would Stewart speak to rationality? What in the H### would he know of that?
oh my goodness i cant wait!
Well, it's about time!
TAKE IT DOWN A NOTCH...FOR AMERICA!
Steve and Jon..I hope your rally is a success. You ought to be able to draw about 100 people or so. That is if the circus isn't in town to compete. wait the circus is in town its Washington DC. Also, check the date Oct 30 is the day before Halloween. Somebody is going to protest your upstaging witches and goblins.
Sorry, for my earlier meanspiried comment. I actually think one of you is funny. Also, Steve, I really do appreciate your support of the military.
Sorry, for my earlier meanspirited comment. I actually think one of you is funny. Also, Steve, I really do appreciate your support of the military.
You realize that humor in politics does maintain the sanity however it also undermines the reality of the issues. I take in point the SNL skit that Tina Fey played Palin and uttered those words of ,"I can see Russia from my back porch," I can't tell you how many times I have read or heard people actually attribute that to Sara Palin. I do not think that Beck has too awful much to worry about and I am sure that it will be a hoot!
I sure am glad we have these wealthy elitists to mock the genuine concerns of tax-paying Americans and tell the "stupid little people" that their country really isn't absolutely bankrupt.
Gosh, I can sleep so much better now that the elitist far-smarter-than-I funny-man joke tellers have said some snarky clever words and "set me straight."
I mean really, I honestly trust these joke tellers who've never held real jobs in their lives and who live in Hollywood reality bubbles. Gosh, we're so fortunate to have them.
WHAT would we do if we didn't have these two men to call out the politicans for us???
The staff's that you two have are amazing and tireless clearly.
Thank you men. I sit watching, clapping, laughing, shacking my hand in the air screaming YES! YES! YES! The shows say all the things I would love to scream out loud to TTHHHEEESSSSEE guys myself!
{ all the while my 16 year old son is screaming downstairs 'shut Maaaa!'}
So thank you, thank you, and thank you.
Why not? Folks like Beck, Maddow, Rush, and others have already made our politics process comedy fodder. Might as well have people who are actually funny do it too.
Stewart and Colbert are horrible students of history, Glen Beck is a true Historian and he knew the founding fathers established this country under GOD. It's not like they were members of "The Enlightenment" or that the phrase "under God" was just inserted into the Pledge of Allegiance as recently as WWII.
MR. Stewart, MR. Colbert YOU ARE NO MR BECK!
DC is pretty far from california. But I am seriously thinking about going!!
Thank God for satire!
You go guys!!! If we ever needed this it is now.
We have a governor in Arizona believes there are headless bodies in the desert, and can't even hold a debate and won't debate again.
We have a woman in Nevada wanting to do away with Social security and medicare. and many other things.
We have a woman it Delaware that just won a tea party primary that believes science has developed mice with human brains and she has put out some very questionable tapes and has a very bad financial past.
Then we have a man going to run for governor of NY that is a porn freak along with beastiality problems, weird along with many other.
We need some sanity in this country and maybe you can bring it back LOVE IT!!!!
Hey Mister funny-man wannabe, you are not or will ever be no Glenn Beck. You may want to stop your idiocy before it's too late and you divide our country even more.
If Jon and Stephen do march – I am with them! Perhaps that is just what is missing and what would be real fun: Marching against the insanity and stupidity that has gripped some people by falsehoods.
Even better: Vote – not out of anger and emotion, vote responsible and smart!
I can't believe people watch these guys they aren't even funny. Stewart looks like a Rachael Maddow twin.