Stewart and Colbert to Hold Dueling Rallies in D.C.

Last night Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert took to their shows to announce dueling rallies to be held Oct. 30 in Washington, D.C.

Stewart hit the airwaves first to announce the Rally to Restore Sanity, which urges participants to “take it down a notch for America.” Too busy to make a sign to bring along? The Daily Show host’s got some for you that read “I disagree with you, but I’m pretty sure you’re not Hitler,” and “I’m not afraid of Muslims/Tea Partiers/Socialists/immigrants/gun owners/gays — but I am scared of spiders.”

Watch Stewart announce the rally below, and check out the event’s official site for details.

Colbert then announced his own rally, the March to Keep Fear Alive. After all, as he points out, “If we had taken it down a notch when the British were passing their tea tax, today we’d all be speaking English.”

Check out Colbert’s announcement below:

If you love megaphones and hate reason (it’s just one letter away from “treason”!), get details for the March to Keep Fear Alive here.

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