September 18th, 2010
By WSJ Staff The Comedy Central television channel has applied for a permit to hold a rally led by satirical hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert at the Washington Monument, the National Park Service confirmed. On his show Thursday night, Stewart urged viewers to join him in “the rally to restore sanity!” saying, “We will gather on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., a million-moderate march where we take to the streets to send a message to our leaders and our national media that says, ‘We are here, We are only here until six though, because we have a sitter.’” Colbert, not to be outdone, announced a “March to
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