Rally To Restore Sanity

On October 30, 2010, a rally was held at Washington D.C.’s National Mall.  The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert held the rally.  The primary aim of this rally was to “Restore Sanity” and also to “Keep Fear Alive”.  Colbert and Stewart felt that the voices of the public were not being heard.  They believed that the political voices that we hear now are only those in high positions such as the president and other members of congress.  I find this extremely interesting because this is one of the first times where celebrities aren’t pushing for a candidate of their choice.  It’s good, for once, to see people in positions of some power to be asking people who are not in such positions to use their voice, and not just accept whatever they are given.   It is people thinking for themselves, saying what they believe and not apologizing for it.  In the invitation to the rally, they invite people who usually do not attend these types of gatherings.  They invited the people who are always too busy; the people who have to work, who have to drive their children to soccer practice, or just have other things to do.  Another thing I found interesting about this rally is that they invited people from all political parties.  One of the main aims of the rally was that it was a place where people did not want to argue.  It was a place where the people’s voices that were heard were not necessarily the ones that were the loudest or the strongest, but they were the voices of the average American.  I think that if more rallies such as these were held, or more people had a chance to actively voice their opinion, then there would be a lot less turmoil with the government.