Celebrating the 9/12 rallies; Update: Turnout estimated at 2 million (Michelle Malkin dot com)

Michelle Malkin ^ | September 12, 2009 | Michelle Malkin

[FrankR]

"They were probably invited....BUT, remember, if THEY had shown up, the press would say it was all because of THEM...not because of the outrage....so, really it’s fine they were not there.....NEXT TIME! "

I agree most wholeheatedly...had any of the talkshow hosts been there, the left would have made it all about them and not the fact that grass roots America was there for their own reasons.

This is one of the most exciting times in my life, and I'm almost 64...

[bboop]

They’ll say ‘tiny’ — they are the Party of Liars. They minimize, obfuscate, confuse, mock — if ABC and CNN are saying 2 Million, that’s enough for me.

[savedbygrace]

I haven’t been able to find where ABC News says 2 million. The only estimate I see at ABC News is 60,000 to 70,000.

Unless the 2M figure can be confirmed, IMO, the headline needs to be changed, or else we look like bozos.

[Rca2000]

I REALLY had wanted to go to this. I had planned for it some time ago.

But my psychotic, obamatronic boss FIRED me last month—while owing me THOUSANDS of dollars of back pay...and now, she is trying to BLOCK my unemployment..SO money is tight around here right now.

I am SO pleased with what I am seeing and hearing!!

[Admin Moderator]

Does this crowd look like less than a million to you?

Didn't think so ;)

[Rocko]

Beck was a let-down? He devoted two hours today.

[NavyCanDo]

The comments on the DU are priceless

[Mygirlsmom]

I am so disappointed that there was not ONE prominent conservative talk show host or reporter there. It baffles me. Where were Beck, Ingraham, Levin, Rush, Hannity, Tammy, Michelle,?

I think it's better that they stayed away--It gives the appearance of 2 million Americans much greater impact when our enemies in the press and in Congress cannot say, "The only reason these people are here is because Rush TOLD them to go."

Thank you, patriots who came to retake our Capitol! I am holding on to my job for dear life and have no time off or I would have loved to have been there!

[Peet]

Where were ... Rush

Not sure about the others, but I am POSITIVE you haven’t heard any of the MANY times Rush has explained why he is staying out of it.

Program transcripts are available on his website...but to belabor the obvious; it’s about the American people, NOT politicians, talk-show hosts, and it SHOULD be that way.

HTH, HAND,

Peet

[savedbygrace]

I don’t know; I’m not a crowd estimator. It looks like a lot people to me.

More important, I think you forgot to add the link to the ABC News 2 million people crowd estimate.

[stockpirate]

DC police said 1.2 million

[ditchdigger]

No way are these numbers accurate. There’s some sort of coordinated misinformation from one side or another. 1 of every 150 Americans was in DC for this? I hope the numbers are accurate, but without further verification I’l remain quite skeptical.

[BunnySlippers]

She’s wrong. ABC says that they never said that.

[justiceseeker93]

Does this crowd look like less than a million to you?

Can't tell, since crowd size estimation isn't one of my areas of expertise.

Furthermore, one can't judge the full extent of the crowd from the posted photo.

Do you know of any rules of thumb for crowd size estimation that can be applied?

[MNDude]

that crowd looks about identical in size to the BO’s crowd back in January, and I recall the media was calling it a million in size.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

Ditto (I’m 60.)

[MNDude]

here’s a flashback discussing the size of BO’s crowd. Notice the media size estimates, and compare the pictures of the two events:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2169251/posts