The Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear took place this past Saturday on that National Mall, and things couldn't have run any smoother. Except for anyone who braved the metro system attempting to get downtown, that is. It took my small group of rally-goers 3 LONG HOURS to get from Silver Spring, MD to the Judiciary Square metro stop (ordinarily a 30 min trip, door to door) and, upon arriving at rally central, could barely move or hear/see anything. After spending about 30 minutes maneuvering through a sea of hippies and hipsters, we finally made it to a spot on Madison Drive where we could see bits of the main stage. We stood there for about 30 minutes, listening to garbled audio and watching two drunken MORONS try to climb a tree--first with shoes on, then with shoes off, THEN with shoes on again...because the SHOES were the problem.... As entertaining as the idiocy was, we decided it was in our best interests to get on the metro ahead of the masses and retreated to Judiciary Square, only to spend the 40 minute ride home sandwiched in between lots...and LOTS...of sweaty flesh.
That said, the rally was truly a tremendous success. A crowd of over 200 thousand gathered to hear Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert schtick it up along with numerous speakers and musical guests. The message of reasonableness was spread like buttah and, for just a few hours, DC seemed to be free of partisan bickery and political shenanigannery...and united in song, speech, and smiles. And, of course, sweaty flesh.
FROBlog's Chief Rally Correspondent, JFro, documented his journey there and back again:
DUDE!!! My first comment! (I think I owed you a few). I didn't realize you had gone dahn there, 'n aht. My sister-in-law went too. I'm glad the rally went well, but I was sad to see that Obama didn't look too good after his appearance on The Daily Show, leading up to the rally.
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