Rally To Restore Sanity Bvilled As A Rally

The Rally to restore sanity bvilled as a rally for the people who've been too busy to go to rallies the rally's stated purpose was to provide a venue for attendees to be heard above what stewart describes as the more vocal and extreme of Americans who control the conversation of United States politics news reports cast the rally as a satirical response to glenn beck's restoring honor rally and al sharpton's reclaim the dream rally.



Al Sharpton led a counter march reclaim the dream to mark the forty seventh anniversary of the historic great according to New York magazine discussion for a satirical public event in response took place behind the scenes at stewart's the daily show as far back as Prior to any public discussion from either stewart or colbert's parties reddit members independently began to discuss the possibility of a colbert led rally often referred to as a restoring truthiness Rally some news articles following the initial announcement of the dual rallies credited reddit for the idea.


He stage was on the east side of the rally with an open back allowing the capitol building to provide the backdrop for the performances in order to meet the public safety requirements of the National Park service permit the mall between the capitol was divided into sections with access aisles lined by portable fences speakers and jumbotron television screens were then placed along both the north and south edges to encourage the crowd to spread out rather than press against the main stage.