Last weekend on October 30 in Washington, D.C., comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert from comedy central held a rally to restore sanity in America. “They were taking it upon themselves to say America is making itself look ridiculous,” as Time Magazine wrote. I must say, I agree with this. Lately, people seem to be a little on the crazy side. Koran burners, witches trying to get elected, sliding down a slide with beers to quit work…it’s a little insane. The rally featured comedy acts, Mythbusters experiments, and many musical performances. Although the rally was a lot of fun, that wasn’t the main purpose. The comedians wanted to get young people more interested in politics and voting. There was a great turn out of 250,000 people. The rally had a good patriotic purpose while still being fun and energetic. Maybe there should be more upbeat rallies like this instead of the nasty political games and bashing opponents that seems to be the strategy now a days.emily kohut
Miss Kohut,
ReplyDeletePerhaps you could have included a link to the Comedy Central page, which includes some clips of the event. Plus, it would probably be best to include some references, especially for your bits on witches and sliding down slides.
Mr. Milo
This is an interesting way to view politics emily. i agree that the bashing of fellow campaigners is annoying and overdone. it does not make a person look more right for the job by pointing out exaggerated negatives about the opponent. People running for office should be more concerned about getting out what they do correctly instead of what the competition does wrongly. I also think that this rally did a good job with getting younger voters involved. It is important that we all vote and take part in how our society works as soon as we are legally able to do so. Some people think "oh my vote doesnt really count for anything" but it does. According to http://www.yda.org/tools/19/youth-statistics, in 2006, 10.8 million young voters went to the polls, up nearly two million from 2002. These statistics show that the young people in our country do care about our political system and want to be apart of choosing who runs it.
ReplyDeleteHaley Dawes
Miss Kohut, I completely agree with you. If the rallies were more upbeat and lively then people like myself would be more interested in politics. When they are dull and boring, no one wants to be a part of the rally or even know about it. By making them more fun, they are inviting more age groups into the rally and showing that politics can be fun.
ReplyDelete--Taylor Viscomi
Miss Kohut, I do agree that people can go extremely crazy over politics. I think this is an effective approach on trying to get young people's attention. I know I'm not too interested in politics, but if someone were put issues in a way I could understand, maybe I would pay more attention. With this, young people would have a stronger say in our government decisions. After this rally was aired, people were tweeting about it and posting the video on different sites. I hope that there too are more of these upbeat rallies.(http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/11/01/comedy-centrals-rally-to-restore-sanity-andor-fear-draws-2-million-viewers/70390)
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