Washington -- Comedy Central funnymen Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will hold a rally on the National Mall Saturday, putting a satirical spin on partisan politics three days before midterm elections.
Stewart and Colbert's "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" is scheduled to start at noon.
They announced the rally in September, less than three weeks after conservative talk-show host Glenn Beck hosted a much-publicized "Restoring Honor" rally on the National Mall, urging large crowds to "turn back to God" and return America to the values on which it was founded.
Since then, Stewart's rally has grabbed headlines -- many asking, could the man making a living off mocking politicians actually be stepping into political activism?
The comedian hasn't offered many specifics.
"This is for the people that are too busy, that have jobs and lives, and are tired of their reflection in the media as being a divided country and a country that's ideological and conflicted and fighting. This is for those people," Stewart told CNN's Larry King.
Stewart says the rally is not political, though it lands on the weekend before the midterm elections, and seems designed as the satirical reply to Beck's "Rally to Restore Honor.""Is this going to be a fun, Saturday event with a lot of laughs that we get to replay the clips on television?" asked CNN "Reliable Sources" host Howard Kurtz. "Or is it going to be something that, while wrapped in humor, is going to make a serious political point about folks in the middle, moderates who are alienated by the extremists on both sides, or by the partisan shouting on both sides?"
(source:cnn.com)
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