Have you been frustrated lately with the level of political discourse? Have you ever thought: "I really want to go out and rally for something but I just don't know what?"

You see the rallies being organized and the marches happening, but you look at the participants and the causes and think to yourself: "I don't think President Barack Obama is from Africa, my 401(k) is looking up and I think the mosque in New York City is fine. I'm against burning Korans, could care less about gay marriage and I don't even know what socialism is."

What is out there for me?

Finally, our prayers have been answered: Jon Stewart.
Stewart, the darling of smart liberals everywhere, is organizing a rally for people like us.

He has officially invited his audience to the "Rally to Restore Sanity," being held Oct. 31, 2010, a date, which he adds, has no significance whatsoever. He bills it as a rally for people "who have been too busy to go to rallies." The gathering will be held on the National Mall, where Stewart hopes to attract a million moderates to "beg America to stop shouting, throwing and drawing Hitler mustaches on people other than Hitler (or Charlie Chaplin)."

Stewart clearly understands that most normal, half-way intelligent Americans are lukewarm about the whole rally thing. He says:

"You may be asking yourself ... 'am I the right person to go to this rally?"' Stewart said during last week's announcement. "The fact that you would even stop to ask yourself that question, as opposed to just jumping up, grabbing the nearest stack of burnable holy books, strapping on a diaper and pointing your car toward D.C., that means I think you just might be right for it."

On his Facebook page, Stewart adds:

"Ours is a rally for the people ... who actually have lives and families and jobs (or are looking for jobs) -- not so much the silent majority as the busy majority. If we had to sum up the political view of our participants in a single sentence... we couldn't. That's sort of the point."

But not to be out done, Stewart's fake-news, fake-competitor Stephen Colbert of 'The Colbert Report' has planned a counter rally.

According to funnyman Colbert, Stewart's rally is dangerous, and fear must be maintained. He says fear is one of the cornerstones of democracy:

"America, the greatest country God ever gave man, was built on three bedrock principles: freedom, liberty, and fear -- that someone might take our freedom and liberty," Colbert stated in a recent press release.

Colbert and his Colbert Nation will be holding their own rally to "Keep Fear Alive" on the Mall at the same time. Colbert is asking all "freedom-loving patriots" to come together and challenge Stewart and his "dark, optimistic forces trying to take away our fear."

Colbert's Facebook page justifies his rally with the warning of the danger of the Stewart rally:

"They want to replace our fear with reason. But never forget: "Reason" is just one letter away from "treason."

Whichever rally you decide to attend, it's sure to be a good time.

For once, it's refreshing to see smart Americans who don't take themselves too seriously, understand that most of us aren't crazy, aren't angry and actually know how to spell. It's such a relief to know that there are people like me and my peers, who are engaged and involved but not in the midst of a rage-induced psychotic episode.

Kudos to Stewart and Colbert for giving us, in the midst of an angry, high-pitched election season, the opportunity to not take ourselves too seriously.