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Glenn Beck Talks About Crowd Numbers, Media Reaction To Rally
The Daily Beck ^ | 8/30/10 | The Daily Beck

Posted on 08/30/2010 8:34:13 AM PDT by amabokcarab

8/30/10: On his radio show this morning, Glenn Beck Talks About Crowd Numbers, Media Reaction To The Restoring Honor Rally on 8/28/10

Official numbers from aerial photos should in later today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba-CZ96OYfA

(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...


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1 posted on 08/30/2010 8:34:17 AM PDT by amabokcarab
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To: amabokcarab
CBS' Morning Show on Sunday gave the figure of 87,000. Say what?!?!
2 posted on 08/30/2010 8:36:37 AM PDT by Ciexyz
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CBS' Morning Show on Sunday gave the figure of 87,000. Say what?!?!It's easier for Obama to marginalize i mean ignore a smaller crowd.
3 posted on 08/30/2010 8:38:05 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (old dog. new tricks.)
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To: amabokcarab

well if you use park capacity guide then it was 800 thousand to one million..but what counts most is the unity of the people who came and those who watched. MLK would have been proud. sorry to hear all those affirmative action profiteers didnt enjoy it.


4 posted on 08/30/2010 8:41:04 AM PDT by dalebert (true hillbilly)
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To: Ciexyz

That would be about twice the number who watch the CBS Morning show.


5 posted on 08/30/2010 8:43:53 AM PDT by DManA
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To: dalebert

Can you point us to the Park Capacity Guide, so that we can show others why the crowd was bigger that is being reported? I’ve never heard of this guide, and it seems it could be a great tool to use!


6 posted on 08/30/2010 8:48:18 AM PDT by StonyMan451
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To: the invisib1e hand; All

That’s OK..they’re also still saying that the Dems will keep the House..


7 posted on 08/30/2010 8:49:41 AM PDT by ken5050 (The meek shall inherit the earth, but no way Kendrick Meek beats Marco Rubio)
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To: the invisib1e hand

“...ignore a smaller crowd.”

crowd of whom?

why, American people, of course.

the chief elected representative of the American People proudly announces that he actively ignore select groups of American People.

sad


8 posted on 08/30/2010 8:53:19 AM PDT by mreerm
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That’s OK..they’re also still saying that the Dems will keep the House..

...and that Obama's a Christian, and that this is the summer of recovery, and that people cause global warming, and that.....

9 posted on 08/30/2010 8:54:02 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (old dog. new tricks.)
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To: amabokcarab

NBC said it was over 300K.


10 posted on 08/30/2010 8:56:33 AM PDT by stuartcr (Nancy Pelosi-Super MILF.................................Moron I'd Like to Forget)
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To: AbeLincoln
Beck gave the figures contained in their guide (~200,000 around the reflecting pool, and ~250,000 to 300,000 for the field next to the reflecting pool) at the start of his monologue ... just ignore the twisted Hisotry Mormonism story at minute three and after, it is just Glenn's opinion and that of the Mormonism story, not actual History of this continent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX0EJ_GjC18
11 posted on 08/30/2010 9:02:02 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Dem voters, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when deceived.)
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To: stuartcr

I came in from the east about 10:30AM and walked around to the north side... couldn’t get very far... went back around through the WWII memorial and ended up sitting just south-west of the WWII memorial where I could “sort-of” see a screen and hear a little bit. I estimated 400,000 minimum while I was there based on my experience with events of 80-100k.

After seeing the photos of just how densely people were packed I think my estimate is low. And I was not even including people on the Washington monument side or people swirling around the outer edges.

And on top of all that many people never made it there or got there really late... the metro was crazy jammed.

JW


12 posted on 08/30/2010 9:07:00 AM PDT by JWinNC (www.anailinhisplace.net)
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To: MHGinTN
"Beck gave the figures contained in their guide (~200,000 around the reflecting pool, and ~250,000 to 300,000 for the field next to the reflecting pool) at the start of his monologue..."

That would be consistent with what I saw.

jw

13 posted on 08/30/2010 9:09:18 AM PDT by JWinNC (www.anailinhisplace.net)
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To: amabokcarab

I read that park police estimated 1.7 million -

from all the photos - I’d bet they’re the closest (and most honest)


14 posted on 08/30/2010 9:27:22 AM PDT by maine-iac7 (g)
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To: JWinNC
I was sitting near the right jumbo tron. It was packed! Almost impossible to walk, even on the path.

As I was sitting there watching the people pass to-and-fro, I noticed a guy with a Texas state flag on a long metal pole. I'm sure he meant no disrespect, but the flag was upside down. The red strip is ALWAYS on the bottom and the 5-pointed white star ALWAYS has one point up. So I motioned to a young guy and told him about the flag. He ran off, found the guy with the Texas flag and made it right. Shortly thereafter, I saw the flag, again, only this time it was flown properly. Great, nice people.

Yeah, I think 400,000 to 600,000 is about right for attendance.

A look how clean we left the area!

15 posted on 08/30/2010 9:32:24 AM PDT by cpa4you (CPA4YOU)
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To: dalebert
what counts most is the unity of the people who came

I posted this on another thread.

Bottom line is it does serve the conservative cause to under or over estimate. You can't measure the MOTIVATIONAL factor.

Did it really matter how many people took part in the ORIGINAL Boston Tea Party?

16 posted on 08/30/2010 9:38:57 AM PDT by prisoner6 (Right Wing Nuts are holding The Constitution together as the Loose Screws of The Left come undone!)
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To: Ciexyz

“CBS’ Morning Show on Sunday gave the figure of 87,000.”

Are you sure it wasn’t 87,123 SeeBS? The idea that a crowd that size could be estimated to the closest 1,000 is pretty ridiculous—especially when it’s obvious the crowd measured in the hundreds of thousands. Their reporting makes it sound like they carefully counted heads as they came through METRO-style turnstiles. And they wonder why their viewing numbers keep plummeting...


17 posted on 08/30/2010 9:40:28 AM PDT by DrC
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To: cpa4you

I saw that flag too and was immediately confused by it! Our NC flag has the same fields with the red on top and a small star, so it looked a bit like NC, but not right. Now I know why I couldn’t place it... it was TX upside-down!

Good on the chap for correcting it.


18 posted on 08/30/2010 9:42:54 AM PDT by JWinNC (www.anailinhisplace.net)
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To: JWinNC
I put the totals at closer to 750,000 for the Restoring Honor Rally. BTW, have you listened to Glenn's most excellent speech:

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpP9CX6nuSs&feature=related
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE_2f3yXaDI&feature=related

19 posted on 08/30/2010 9:51:53 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Dem voters, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when deceived.)
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To: MHGinTN

Thanks for the links.


20 posted on 08/30/2010 10:10:13 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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