Hundreds of thousands of people gathered at the National Mall in Washington D.C. under sunny skies Saturday for a rally jointly organized by political comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.
Colbert's "March to Keep Fear Alive" and Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity" duelled it out, or joined forces, depending on how you look at it.
After R&B group The Roots and singer John Legend, and the duo from Mythbusters, warmed up the crowd, Stewart and Colbert came out to push their messages of fear and sanity. After Colbert emerged from his "Fear Bunker" in a narrow capsule like a rescued Chilean miner (Colbert briefly ran around the stage waving the Chilean flag, chanting "Chi-chi-chi, le-le-le"), the two brought out guests to get their messages across.
But according to reports, left-leaning groups were to be out in force at the D.C. rallies to recruit new members, and many hope the events will result in new energy for the struggling Democrats ahead of the midterm elections on Nov. 2. n The liberal Huffington Post said it was sending a caravan of 10,000 people in 200 buses to the rally. Oprah Winfrey announced she would cover the travel expenses for one "Daily Show" studio audience -- about 200 people. Satellite rallies were also planned in cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver and Honolulu.
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