Posted on 05/18/2008 8:28:27 PM PDT by xDGx
[quote]Obama Draws Record Crowd in Oregon
An estimated 75,000 gathered on the banks of the Willamette River in Portland on Sunday to see Barack Obama. “Wow! Wow! Wow!” were his first words, as he surveyed the multitude, which included people in kayaks and small pleasure craft on the river.[/quote]
Two pictures were included to show Obama in a sea of people:
(Excerpt) Read more at thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com ...
SOrry - as a native Portlander - I can tell you that where that pic was taken - you can only fit so many people in - it is a semicircular, amphitheatre-like area of the south waterfront called “Riverplace”.
There is an annual Blues Festival held there in the summertime which on a bad day draws far more people than were pictured in the AP images.
I do not know how many were claimed to be in attendance, but it is doubtful there were more than 12,000 to 15,000 there for Obama.
Considering the number of socialist slime inhabiting Portland, I cannot say I am impressed. Not by any of it.
just my “native” input
A.A.C.
Obama, the daily llama.
There a several image-mod FX that will expand a crowd like that
A photo has a vanishing point - some simple filters will create a trapezoid with a wider top of the photo - a near triangle area can be made to appear as if a crowd is 4-5 times larger
As each person in the distance is but a tiny part - nobody will notice if they are larger than they should be
Anyone believing that AP is not traitorous evil slime should view my graphic below of Associated Press photos taken by their photographers:
Another Million Man Math Moment.
Yes - specifically in Astoria, Oregon. It was en route from Portland to Astoria and back that Arnold Schwartzenegger got a close glimpse of the humvee, inspiring him to try and buy one. The military declined, but it eventually prompted GM to begin making plans to market the HumVee to American consumers...
The rest is history, and profit
A.A.C.
The local news is now reporting only thousands and not the AP reported 75,000 anymore .
Yes - specifically in Astoria, Oregon. It was en route from Portland to Astoria and back that Arnold Schwartzenegger got a close glimpse of the humvee, inspiring him to try and buy one. The military declined, but it eventually prompted GM to begin making plans to market the HumVee to American consumers...
The rest is history, and profit
A.A.C.
Well, it was Portland.
would wager much of this crowd filtered in from Washington state/Seattle and Olypmia students. Yeah its a big crowd but not really more than a headliner Rock concert would draw.
Barry is just a flash-in-the-pan...if he had said “You gotta drink less lattes and espresso” the Starbucks huggers would have booed him offa that stage.
Another Million Man Math Moment.
Portland Fire and Rescue estimated that 60,000 people were gathered inside the bowl at waterfront park and another 15,000 were outside, listening to the Senator speak Sunday.
In another thread everyone was claiming they were mad at their ice cream...........!
I lived in Astoria briefly. This was after the movie, Kindergarten Cop, was made.
The party scene was actually shot at Ecola State Park, about 20 miles down the coast on a huge rocky headland calle Tillamook Head.
Sorry - as a native Portlander - I can tell you that where that pic was taken - you can only fit so many people in - it is a semicircular, amphitheatre-like area of the south waterfront called “Riverplace”. There is an annual Blues Festival held there in the summertime which on a bad day draws far more people than were pictured in the AP images. I do not know how many were claimed to be in attendance, but it is doubtful there were more than 12,000 to 15,000 there for Obama. Considering the number of socialist slime inhabiting Portland, I cannot say I am impressed. Not by any of it. just my “native” input A.A.C.A good piece of the puzzle, let's look at some pics of the Portland Blues Festival and compare it with Obamarama 2008:
http://www.robbyz.com/photos.html Looks like a bunch of people! How many? http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=17300 AAJ: In its second year the 2005 Portland Jazz Festival expanded from three days to ten days, offering 10 big-ticket events, spotlighting a wealth of local musical talent and presenting educational opportunities in conjunction with various Portland universities. In retrospect, did you bite off more that you can chew, or were these huge steps forward a natural progression? BR: I don’t know. I haven’t thought that way. I view my role as presenting the right artist to the right audience. Sometimes you do all the right things, and it still doesn’t work, but when it does work you do it again. I believe that ‘success,’ regardless of specific circumstances, is based upon confronting your limits and going beyond them. Was 10 days too much? Were 10 ticketed shows too many? Did we offer too many free performances? Was there enough of an audience for the jazz education programs? Well, in 2004 our overall attendance was about 15,000; we sold out 5 of the 6 ticketed shows in advance; hotel lobbies and lounges were overflowing from the free shows; and all year we’ve had school groups inquire about how to be a part of our Black History Month programs. 2004 PDX Jazz was ‘successful,’ so in 2005 we did more. Yes, we stretched our limits, but nothing is broken. I would expect that next year will again be 10 days with, who knows, maybe 8 ticketed concerts or maybe 12. I was comfortable with this year’s festival. Of the ticketed concerts, 7 of the 10 ticketed concerts sold out in advance with an 8th selling out day-of-show. I think that next year will look a lot like this year. We’ve found our niche with Presidents Day weekend and the potential Sunday night stay-over, which makes the hotels happy. In ’04 we sold 264 hotel packages. This year, we sold 538, and we estimate total attendance around 22,000-23,000. Most important, for the second consecutive year we did NOT lose money. A rare feat in jazz.Interesting. So in one day Obama bested the Jazz Festival by a factor of 3! Jazz Festival looks pretty crowded to me, plus they didn't have everyone shoehorned in on one side of the Obama Stage...
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The MSM hates the internet sites that graphically expose their lies and tricks
I constantly see TV anchors saying “they have no journalistic training or crediblity!”
Another thing I notice is the MSM referring to democrats as “we should do well in November” - a sometimes quickly correcting the obvous bias with a “I meant ‘they’....”
I see that on CNN all the time
The Triumph of the Shill.
From this it appears that there were a lot more people at the Obama rally than this festival. I had estimated the area at 13,000 square yards and the crowd at 25-40k. I agree 75-80k seems high.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2017910/posts?page=73#73
Portland fire and rescue. They live there.
Night.
Well - I appreciate the added input - it does appear to validate my ballpark estimates as being far closer just based upon a cursory look at the wide shot and knowledge of the size of that particular section of Waterfront Park
Thanks!
A.A.C.
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