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Topic: Rally to Restore Sanity

Jon Stewart (AP/Victoria Will)

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Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)

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Jon Stewart (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Jamie Kilstein, Allison Kilkenny

(Comedy Central)

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In Maddow vs. Stewart, the winner is sanity

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Left: Salon editor Joan Walsh with her daughter, Nora, in Arlington, Texas; right: George W. Bush throws out the first ball in Game 4 of the World Series.

Comedian Jon Stewart addresses the crowd during the "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" in Washington, October 30, 2010. The rally is a counterpoint to recent partisan political rallies on both ends of the U.S. political spectrum held in anticipation of the November 2nd Congressional midterm elections. REUTERS/Jim Bourg (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT) (Reuters)

A University of Massachusetts student on the author's bus from New York City to DC to attend the Rally to Restore Sanity.

Adrianne Jeffries

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Comedian Stephen Colbert shouts to the crowd during the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on the National Mall in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010. The "sanity" rally blending laughs and political activism drew thousands to the National Mall Saturday, with comedians Jon Stewart and Colbert casting themselves as the unlikely maestros of moderation and civility in polarized times. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Comedians Jon Stewart (R) and Stephen Colbert sing during the "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" on the Washington Mall, October 30, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY) (Â© Jason Reed / Reuters)

How the Rally to Restore Sanity inspired liberals

Jon Stewart

Can "Vote Sanity" stop the madness?

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