Well if by some bizzarre chance you haven't heard of the march, it's Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's response to Glenn Beck's (and Fox News', really) Restoring Honor rally, held at the Lincoln Memorial on the anniversary of MLK's "I have a dream" speech back in August. That day was also GW's move-in day, so you can imagine that Foggy Bottom was in absolute chaos. Tea Partiers everywhere along with students trying to move in with relative ease--it was pretty rowdy.
Here's a Huffington Post mention about the (somewhat violent!) goings-on on campus that day!
Stewart's announcement (I think there's an ad, sorry):
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Rally to Restore Sanity Announcement | ||||
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The action starts around 00:30, really. Or 2:00, depending on how you look at it. Or 5:00? But the entire video is well worth watching. I would highly recommend it, especially since Stewart describes the event better than I could.
And of course, Colbert's counter-announcement:
| The Colbert Report | Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
| March to Keep Fear Alive Announcement | ||||
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Watch this whole one too. It's just too good not to.
But it's all exciting, no? I absolutely cannot wait for all the balanced as well as the irrationally afraid people to descend on DC and show that our numbers are just as strong and a little less crazy! (Depending on who you ask, of course.) If nothing else, it'll be a lovely autumn day of fun, comedians, and merrymaking on the mall!
Now you may be interested to know that I did in fact attend the other rally (purely as a spectator, I wanted to see the cast of characters present). And it certainly was entertaining! But this scene is definitely more my speed. I'm counting down the days.
See you there? Come on down! Visit Gdub while you're at it!
Email me: ShireenS@gwmail.gwu.edu
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