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Just How Big Was The Stewart-Colbert Rally?
TPM ^ | 10/30/10 | Evan McMorris-Santoro

Posted on 10/30/2010 4:33:26 PM PDT by Tea Roll

No one seems to be sure exactly how many people packed the National Mall today for the Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear, but there's one thing everyone can agree on: sanity and/or fear are extremely popular.

MTV's spokesperson told the Washington City Paper's Mike Madden that 250,000 people came out to see Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert take the stage Saturday, while Viacom (the parent company of MTV and Comedy Central, home to Stewart's and Colbert's show) told the New York Times' Brian Stelter that "well over 200,000" were in....

At the rally itself, Mythbusters hosts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage said they counted about 150,000....

To be sure, even the smaller estimates show an extremely large crowd for a DC event, even one in this year of tea party rallies packing the Mall and the Capitol lawn. I have been to many a tea party rally, from the big ones to the small ones, and jammed in the crowd at Stewart's rally as I was today I can say there was an amazingly big turnout....

(Excerpt) Read more at tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: colbert; rallytorestorefear; rallytorestoresanity; sniff; stewart; victorkilo; vikingkitties; zot; zuluoscartango
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To: Tea Roll

250k? LOL Then the Tea Party rally drew 1m....

It’s amusing. I remember the days when Leftists could swing a rally the size of the Tea party rallies or larger. Now all their coordinated astroturfed efforts can only passably put together something over 100k. This impresses people? Hardly. The anti-war (really anti-America/Republican) rallies a few years ago were more impressive. The pro-amnesty/take back America for Mexico rallies were impressive. This is nothing.


41 posted on 10/30/2010 4:50:16 PM PDT by Soul Seeker ( I was there when we had the numbers, but didnÂ’t have the principles.---Jim DeMint)
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To: advance_copy

One’s a big dill, the other’s a gherkin.


42 posted on 10/30/2010 4:50:59 PM PDT by gusopol3
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To: albie

Perspective is important


43 posted on 10/30/2010 4:52:21 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman (If you try to remove the 1st Amendment, we'll just have to move on to the next Amendment)
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To: Tea Roll
Trying to roll that toilet paper down the aisles here, are you, TP Roll?

T Roll

Troll

Aren't you clever.

44 posted on 10/30/2010 4:52:41 PM PDT by arasina (So there.)
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To: Tea Roll

The count that matters will happen Tuesday night.


45 posted on 10/30/2010 4:52:41 PM PDT by born2bfree
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To: albie
You are so right.

You can't fake commitment. You can't fake patriotism or belief in a cause. Everything about the Left is phony window dressing. They had to bus in, if not outright pay, most of the attendees today. I guarantee you less than half the people there will even bother going to the voting booth on Tuesday.

46 posted on 10/30/2010 4:52:51 PM PDT by workerbee (We're not scared, Maobama -- we're pissed off!)
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To: Tea Roll; darkwing104; Old Sarge; 230FMJ; 50mm; A.Hun; abigailsmybaby; AFPhys; Aircop_2006; ...
ZOT!

To be added or removed from the VK list, FReepmail Darkwing104.

47 posted on 10/30/2010 4:53:43 PM PDT by 50mm (I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.)
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To: Outlaw Woman

That’s not much of a crowd considering they were bussing people in.

And since I have some free time this evening, I’m gonna jam some ammo in some magazines. Seems like the thing to do.
Just saying.


48 posted on 10/30/2010 4:54:01 PM PDT by davetex (All my weapons got melted by a meteor!! No Sh*t)
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To: Tea Roll

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/10/30/2010-10-30_ride_to_rally_on_arianna_dime.html


49 posted on 10/30/2010 4:54:20 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Happiness is a choice.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

5, 100, 1500, 150K. You throw free birdseed in the air you attrack a lot of pigeons. lol


50 posted on 10/30/2010 4:56:15 PM PDT by stumptalker
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To: Qbert

Wonder what they did when they had to take a crap since all the porta potties were at the Marine Marathon event. I sure would like to see the “after” photo of these “fleabaggers”.

Oprah probably hired ‘janitors’ to make sure that all garbage/trash was picked up though.


51 posted on 10/30/2010 4:57:02 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman (If you try to remove the 1st Amendment, we'll just have to move on to the next Amendment)
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To: Tea Roll; 230FMJ; 50mm; A.Hun; abigailsmybaby; AFPhys; Aircop_2006; AliVeritas; Allegra; ...
Oh yea, Just one more thing...

Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my Viking Kitty/ZOT ping list!. . . don't be shy.

52 posted on 10/30/2010 4:57:18 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Lets get dangerous)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Good job, FlingWingFlyer. You get credited with the kill.


53 posted on 10/30/2010 4:57:47 PM PDT by 50mm (I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.)
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To: Parley Baer

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2617813/posts?page=82#82


54 posted on 10/30/2010 4:57:50 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: FlingWingFlyer

GOOD CALL!!!


55 posted on 10/30/2010 4:58:00 PM PDT by tubebender
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To: Tea Roll

That’s it? That’s all there was? Coca Cola paid for Huffpo’s busses, Oprah paid for hotel rooms, I don’t know who supplied the pot....

They can put a lot of Hitler signs up, but to put Cantor up as a Nazi is more than despicable, being he is Jewish.


56 posted on 10/30/2010 4:58:42 PM PDT by Freddd (CNN is down to Three Hundred Thousand viewers. But they worked for it.)
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To: 50mm
Just beat me to it. My ISP is acting so damn slow lately.


57 posted on 10/30/2010 4:59:36 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Lets get dangerous)
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To: shalom aleichem

aleichem shalom.
shavua tov


58 posted on 10/30/2010 4:59:41 PM PDT by hecht (TAKE BACK OUR NATION AND OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM)
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To: Tea Roll

Jokers, losers, fakers and n00b’s.


59 posted on 10/30/2010 5:00:44 PM PDT by Utah Binger (Mount Carmel Utah, Maynard Dixon Country)
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To: darkwing104

This turd needed a double hit anyway. He was a troll from day one of his short FReeper career.


60 posted on 10/30/2010 5:01:01 PM PDT by 50mm (I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.)
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