A petite crowd collects for the Michelle Obama rally in Madison.

Alt House ^ | 09/22/08 | Ann Althouse

[KansasGirl]

LOL.

I would have gone with a sign that said, “Hey Michelle, I have always been PROUD of MY COUNTRY!!”

[beckysueb]

The media shots that will show up on the news will make it look like a big crowd.

[pabianice]

Cynthia McKinney says:

[Signalman]

Looks like that crowd needs a lot more participants to match the 60,000who attended the Sarah rally yesterday.

[robomatik]

i’m sure the msm will report 200,000 attendees present.

[jellybean]

I’ve seen more people at a garage sale here in my small north central Wisconsin town!

[Parley Baer]

Maybe 500 people. Probably at least 100 are dimocRAT party organizers and most of the rest are likely union thugs bused in.

[bcsco]

It sure shouldn’t have taken an hour for that many people to collect. I wonder how many got bored waiting?

School’s back in session so Madistan should be awash with Marxist thinkers. Hmmmmmm....

[kristinn]

The AP reports "1800.":

Speaking Monday on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Michelle Obama tailored her speech to the many women and college students in the crowd of about 1,800.

[wbill]

She was just in NC this past week. Buddy of mine works at one of the venues at which she appeared. He said that it was half-full, maybe, and a lot of the people were her hangers-on.

He works the bar, so a full crowd is good for his wallet....

Interestingly enough, the local paper trumpeted the event as "Sold Out" and showed long lines to get in. My friend said that they kept the doors locked until just before the event was scheduled to crank up (again, impacting his bar tips) and that was why the lines were so long.

Interesting spin, no?

[savedbygrace]

Looks like a couple dozen are just there to do the exercise course in the park.

[YouPosting2Me]

Michele’s “Charge of the Light Brigade”

“CANNON to the right of them!”
“CANNON to the left of them!”

“Is the cannon on my right or theirs?”

“Where is the other cannon?”

“Who wrote this speech anyway?”

“I don’t even like weapons!”

“Where are my 60,000 fans!?”

[wbill]

If there’s 1800 people in that picture, I’ll eat my keyboard.

[SeaHawkFan]

1800 on the campus of the U of Wisconsin, one of the most liberal schools in the country? Maybe college students are really all that enthusiastic about Obama.

[popdonnelly]

The AP gets caught lying again. The report should have commented on the surprisingly small crowd.

The Obama campaign is being kept afloat by our Democrat friends in the news media.

[imintrouble]

Imagine crowds of eager people eagerly gathering to hear Michelle Obama dictate how they are going to think and vote.

Such charisma!

[I'm ALL Right!]

Nowhere close to 1800.

[popdonnelly]

The reporter was counting the absentees.

[Tennessee Nana]

So the porter potties outnumbered the attendees ???