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Hundreds of thousands expected at Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart’s rallies in Washington - SEE VIDEO

Stewart and Colbert's march to restore sanity beckons

Published Friday, October 29, 2010, 5:33 AM

Updated Friday, October 29, 2010, 9:06 AM

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From all over the nation thousands of supporters are expected to attend Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's epic "Rally to Restore Sanity" and "March to Keep Fear Alive" this Saturday in Washington D.C.

The two rival comedy shows with immensely serious underpinnings expect many more than the 220,000 people have already RVSP'd on the event's official Facebook page to turn up.

The humorous rally with a serious purpose, as it's being called, is scheduled to last from noon to 3 p.m. and will offer attendees a chance to voice their frustrations with the increasingly shrill tenor of American politics and the media.

Unofficially, mmusical acts like the Roots, Sheryl Crow, gospel singer Mavis Staples and actor Sam Waterston, best known from the show 'Law & Order' are rumored to take the stage. Glaringly not present on the schedule, however, are any political figures.

The event is scheduled to conclude with two distinctive award ceremonies, billed The Sanity and The Fear Awards, they will honor what's best and worst in current American political life.

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maloney | Oct 30, 2010, 10:38 PM EDT

Not a citizen? Then actually what goes on in the states is none of your damn business plastic, you want to get involved, suffer the consequences. What's childish is your sniveling. Stop acting like a split tail & you may get treated better. There is no call for your nastiness & you don't even belong here. You don't ever see me involved in Irish goings on. It's your choice. Make it as easy or as hard on yourself as you chose. I'm just as happy either way.

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plasticpaddy | Oct 30, 2010, 03:53 PM EDT

My President? I'm not a citizen and could you please stop referring to my mother it is just childish, I don't mention your family lets leave mine out of it.

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Monsoonman | Oct 30, 2010, 12:58 PM EDT

The huffington post/ the seiu/acorn/afl-cio, are providing free buses with round trip transportation from eastern cities to as many attendees that the hundreds/thousands of buses can hold.

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maloney | Oct 30, 2010, 11:47 AM EDT

obama is not my president. That's right plasticputty, run home & tell your mommy you've been offended. Hitler was more honest than obama. Your president would surpass the evil of Stalin, Hitler & Mao if it weren't for the 80 million gun owners in America & the military not supporting this hemorrhoid.

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plasticpaddy | Oct 30, 2010, 10:17 AM EDT

Maloney you really are pathetic to say he is worse than Hitler, that is offensive and insensitive on so many levels. You really should be ashamed of yourself for such hateful and irreverent comments. I will be reporting that comment as offensive and hopefully IrishCentral.com will take heed and not allow hate like that to be posted on this site. You are a disgrace.

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eileenkny | Oct 30, 2010, 09:36 AM EDT

What ever happened to civility? The political ads are getting downright venomous! Remember people, whether you voted for him or not, Mr. Obama is OUR president, hopefully, until 2016. Likening either the President or Glenn Beck to Hitler is obscene. I recently went to the Holocaust Museum in DC; what he and his followers did to anyone who disagreed with them or just didn't happen to be "our kind" should remain as the single worst period of modern human history. I hope the rally today is as successful as Mr. Beck's because neither would have been possible under Hitler.

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seagreen | Oct 30, 2010, 08:24 AM EDT

Things will be all right guys, as long as you toe the line and waddle behind your leader. No need to see where you are going......

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maloney | Oct 29, 2010, 11:22 PM EDT

Get your specs checked plasticputty, Not emulating hitler, much worse than hitler. Can't see or think. Does your ma let you outside by yourself?

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plasticpaddy | Oct 29, 2010, 08:01 PM EDT

"Glenn Beck is not emulating Hitler, Obama Is". Wow, just wow. Sad that such ignorance and stupidity is rife in a modern nation. I really feel sorry for this person.

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maloney | Oct 29, 2010, 07:48 PM EDT

If more people show up to this circle jerk than the one nation hog wallow, obama will need another stimulus to clean up the trash. obama makes hitler look like Mother Theresa.

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crowsnest | Oct 29, 2010, 03:54 PM EDT

Chill people . It's just a rally. A Rally to Restore Sanity . A rally for sane,decent, thinking people. A rally to show the right wing nuts like Beck, Limbaugh, O'Reilly, ad nauseum, that ordinary people can on occasion stand up with quiet dignity and be counted sans ranting, belittling, hateful words. It's just a rally.... isn't it ?

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NOLAN651 | Oct 29, 2010, 03:22 PM EDT

Go read a history book titled American Lion, It's about Andrew Jackson . Then everybody can come back here and post there BS . It's all political and it's been going on since the founding of this great country of ours, scare tactics people plan and simple. And everybody is guilty .

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Blkcatwm | Oct 29, 2010, 02:29 PM EDT

I shouldn't be amazed at the stupidity that I hear but I am. These two "so-called" comedians are NOT funny. They are making fun of the American People as if we are the stupid ones except for them. Glenn Beck is not emulating Hitler, Obama Is! To keep our freedoms and not to rely on the Gov't is important!! Wake up people!! Your freedoms are being slowly taken away....and now it's speeding up... Just think about how ridiculous it is that the French people get into an uproar over the retirement age going up to 62! It had come down from 65! LAZY SHEEP!

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killowen | Oct 29, 2010, 11:39 AM EDT

Be careful what you say to Jon Stuart Lebowitz lest you have a cumuppance like CNN's mavens dumping of Rich Sanchez to make room for a disgraced bro Spither.

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patrickesq | Oct 29, 2010, 11:00 AM EDT

Dear GOD, Protect us from all needless anxiety, restore our sanity and forgive us our shrill distortionists. Amen

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