In the shadow of the Capitol and the election, comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert entertained a huge throng Saturday at a “sanity” rally poking fun at the nation’s ill-tempered politics, its fear-mongers and doomsayers. The Associated Press was there.
http://video.ap.org/?t=By%20Section/U.S.&g=1030dv_stewart_rally&f=1167515
About 200 thousand people attended the event on Saturday
I hosted an event at Manuel’s Tavern this Saturday in conjunction with this event and it was amazing to see how many people came out and shared this experience together. Now the challenge is to see how many who are for restoring sanity are willing to maintain it going forward.
I know I plan on doing so and will be establishing Meetup groups around the city that I hope will grow into something lasting.