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1 posted on 08/28/2010 3:12:19 PM PDT by kristinn
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2 posted on 08/28/2010 3:13:07 PM PDT by jimbo123
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THANK YOU! Amazing!


8 posted on 08/28/2010 3:23:39 PM PDT by abigail2
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closer to a million...


10 posted on 08/28/2010 3:24:07 PM PDT by dalebert (true hillbilly)
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Awesome rally! The LSM can’t spin everything anymore.

One sore spot is still the top-of-the-hour ABC news radio update. They mentioned the huge crowd, and played a clip of Dr. King’s niece speaking out against racism, then they mentioned Sarah praising our military heroes.

But right after that they said “Conservative commentator Glenn Beck also spoke to a crowd of right-wingers at the same location”, trying to imply that it was a separate event.

The dinosaur media are desperate. Keep up the good fight!


11 posted on 08/28/2010 3:24:20 PM PDT by rfp1234
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AP tipped their hat today and proved they are biased. This is from its report on the Obama pre-inaug concert at the Lincoln Memorial: (bold added for emphasis)

WASHINGTON — Under the gaze of Abraham Lincoln's imposing statue, Bruce Springsteen belted out "Come on up for the rising," a martial band right below him, a gospel choir right behind him. Flags were everywhere.

It was a signature snapshot of rock, race and tradition intermingled, just one piece of Americana on Sunday as some of the biggest names in show business commanded the marbled sweep of the Lincoln Memorial in front of a vast sea of people — and four dancing Obamas.

U2, Beyonce, James Taylor, Garth Brooks and Usher were among the A-list performers who served as opening acts for a president-elect ascending to the White House in two days.

Several hundred thousand people flanked the reflecting pool, filling the Mall past the World War II Memorial and back to the Washington Monument. They transformed a historical staging ground of protest into a roaring celebration....

They cheered for Obama when he asserted, "The dream of our founders will live on in our time." U.S. Park Police Chief Sal Lauro said the crowd appeared to be similar in size to the one that rang in the millennium on New Year's Eve nine years ago. An estimated 300,000 people attended that event.

Full article here: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/28721619

12 posted on 08/28/2010 3:24:36 PM PDT by The Hound Passer
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The ACORN- Standing Ovation for Calderon groups are not going to like this.

They will have to make them out to be racists.


14 posted on 08/28/2010 3:26:25 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Communities regularly fight the construction projects, Walmarts Starbucks and even tree removal.)
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Great Pics! Another AP Photo (cleaned up the contrast a bit)
16 posted on 08/28/2010 3:27:49 PM PDT by Kaosinla
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They only had a permit for 300,000. Perhaps they could offer to “pay a fine” if the Parks Service would only let them know how much they exceeded their permit?! :)


18 posted on 08/28/2010 3:29:48 PM PDT by the_Watchman
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Headline at Huffington Toast:

BECK HAS A DREAM: Tens Of Thousands Attend Beck’s Rally, Civil Rights Leaders Protest


23 posted on 08/28/2010 3:35:32 PM PDT by Rennes Templar (They shall not pass!)
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The MSM will report as follows:

“Glenn Beck’s and the Rev Al Sharpton’s rallies combined for about a million people in Washington today”.

The MSM will fail to mention Sharpton’s rally drew about 5K max and Beck had the remaining 999,500.

Sort of like the NBA player who once proudly announced he and Michael J combined for 81 points in a game. He got 4 and Michael got the other 77 or so. LOL


24 posted on 08/28/2010 3:36:27 PM PDT by Chuck54 (Dollar-A-Day Freeper (on fixed income). Join the club please.)
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Maybe AP would like to multiply that tens of thousands by some 100s.


25 posted on 08/28/2010 3:38:25 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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NBC just said “Tens, if not hundreds of thousands...”

LOL


26 posted on 08/28/2010 3:39:52 PM PDT by netmilsmom (I am inyenzi on the Religion Forum)
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Molly Henneberg on Fox News Channel just said "It's hard to estimate..." but she did, nevertheless, saying there were "tens of thousands".

Is she afraid of overestimating? Or is she just ignorant? Either way, she can't very well be called a "reporter" then. I know what my own eyes saw when I watched it online and on C-SPAN. (Plus, there were an additional 130,000+ people watching online at ustream toward the end of the rally.)

27 posted on 08/28/2010 3:40:00 PM PDT by arasina (So there.)
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They also said that participants had Anti-Obama t-shirts and signs. (even though Beck said no signs)


29 posted on 08/28/2010 3:42:26 PM PDT by netmilsmom (I am inyenzi on the Religion Forum)
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King: “I have a dream”
Sharpton: “I want a check”


31 posted on 08/28/2010 3:44:28 PM PDT by Fresh Wind
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The conversation in every MSM news outlet today has been over what the lowest number estimate they can give without looking like complete jacka$$es.


34 posted on 08/28/2010 3:52:38 PM PDT by mainepatsfan
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Today was hubby’s birthday. Wish we could have gone to DC. But, we watched it on television this morning while he opened his presents. He said this was the best birthday he’s ever had. We are so proud of Glenn, Sarah Palin, and the hundreds of thousands of patriots. They represented a lot of patriots who couldn’t be there.


35 posted on 08/28/2010 3:53:50 PM PDT by dfc1
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I caught tail ends of NBC’s and CBS’ reports on their respective nightly news. Missed any references to crowd estimates, but NBC said Republicans won’t want to be identified with today’s event, and CBS’ Jeff Greenberg (is that his name?) said the event will have a huge impact on the November elections.

“Huge impact” is an understatement. But perhaps the MSM is finally getting the picture — they can’t downplay what is now a major and still growing movement in this country.


37 posted on 08/28/2010 3:54:46 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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The only way a race whore like al sharpton or any dim politician can draw a crowd like that is to give away cars and rolexes and by the end of it you would probably have to call it a riot.


45 posted on 08/28/2010 4:09:15 PM PDT by mapmaker77
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Kristin, here’s what the MSM and the Elites are missing in their quest to downplay this.

Beck is a radio guy with no organization. He sent out a call for people to show up. No mass mailings. No people on the ground in offices doing phone calls to voters. NOTHING.

This should in reality, scare the crap out of the LEFT/RIGHT paradigm.

By downplaying the very, very obviously huge turnout, the elites have made a major mistake and a big miscalculation.

They have now pointed out the obvious fact that they are afraid.

People have more power and they have, thanks to Beck, now realized it.


70 posted on 08/28/2010 5:10:56 PM PDT by OpusatFR
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