Glenn Beck Rally Attracts Estimated 87,000

cbsnews ^ | 8/28/10 | Alex Sundby

[barmag25]

An estimated 87,000 people attended a rally organized by talk-radio host and Fox News commentator Glenn Beck Saturday in Washington, according to a crowd estimate commissioned by CBS News.

[Tax Government]

I heard only part of Beck’s message, but got this: Let’s use God as the focal point of restoring America. Let’s tithe.

So, my response is to ask my wife to raise her weekly contribution to 5%/year. When we adjust to that, then we go higher.

[stumptalker]

That same crowd estimate service could have counted Rev Al’s crowd on their fingers and toes then! lol

[Russ]

It doesn’t matter how many they say were there. All I know is that every last one of them, plus their family and friends are going to vote in Nov. That translates into one huge defeat for the MSM and the Democrats.

[Tax Government]

It’s a waste of time to visit or post on sites that are ideologically committed to big government.

[wagglebee]

FReeper IncPen created this during Rathergate, but it's still perfect.

[jessduntno]

even the Slimes is upticking, saying now that it was 300-500K. Shame the story of this event became about the numbers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/us/politics/29beck.html

[aklurker]

You know, it might be worth a cable subscription to watch that... Nah, I’ll wait and watch it on the internet, don’t want to be supporting those particular liberal loons in any way, shape or form.

[chooseascreennamepat]

That isn’t even funny. What were the other 500,000 there fore. Twana Sharpton?

[Sooth2222]

OK, 87,000 -- but since you can easily see green grass next to the reflecting pond during the Martin Luther King speech 47 years ago, and can't see any grass for all the people during the Glen Beck speech, does that mean that only 7,000 or 8,000 attended the MLK speech?

[TheConservativeParty]

Yep, PMSNBC would be the most fun to watch.

: )

[spodefly]

Keep lying, you weasel Journo-lists.

[Seaplaner]

The real number will, I suspect, be provable with the right digital equipment and software.

CBS is in for another RATHER large embarrassment about fake information, eh?

.

[Joann37]

And then there was the CSPAN audience. I certainly don’t tune in to CSPAN on a regular basis; I’d be interested to see how their viewership increased today!

[mad_as_he$$]

Bullshit! There was at least 500,000.

[meyer]

I think that there were more than 87000 people in line at the Fairfax metro station.

[tflabo]

Let them keep underestimating the numbers right up to election day. Here’s praying that a record tsunami hits at the ballot boxes come Nov. 2nd.

[Cymbaline]

CBS news? Dan Rather, Mary Mapes, “Fake But Accurate”,that CBS news?

Oh, OK.

[Joann37]

Thanks for the link! I can’t BELIEVE the Slimes actually admitted that the crowd was “enormous”, and that NBC actually went as high as 300,000 with its estimate!

Go Glenn!

[aklurker]

I can picture old Olbermanns melon looking like a scene from the movie “Scanners” when he has his long overdue meltdown in front of his 2 live viewers, one who will record the whole scene, and later post it on the internet.

[Arthur McGowan]

According to the rules of thumb Beck announced (for the areas shown) this photo shows about 600,000 people.