WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- A huge crowd showed up for a rally in Washington Saturday where comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert attempted to restore their "sanity and/or fear".
Organizers said the "Rally to Restore Sanity, and/or Fear" was meant to counter a religious-themed event held two months ago by Fox network commentator Glenn Beck called "Restoring Honor," The Washington Post reported.
"The truth is, we work together to get things done, every damn day. The only place we don't is here or on cable TV. But Americans don't live here, or on cable TV," Stewart said.
A huge stage and a half-dozen 9-foot-by-15-foot video monitors were installed so those at the back of the action could hear speakers and musical performers, the report said.
The comedians brought out Tony Bennett to sing "America the Beautiful," and the crowd periodically erupted with chants of "U-S-A".
"I find it incredibly ironic that I had to come to a rally sponsored by a comedian to get at the truth," Jim Neimeier, who drove to Washington from Wisconsin for the event, told the Post.
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