Posted on 09/12/2009 2:21:15 PM PDT by Zakeet
Edited on 09/12/2009 4:03:43 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Huge crowd, yes. But not two million. Even DeMint has now changed his first boast on this. Malkin is wrong because the police do not give estimates.
We were there and have seen a lot of crowds on the mall for inaugurations, July 4th festivities, marches, etc. Two million would not fit on the Mall in its two mile stretch.
Best estimate from experience? - 200,000 plus. For those familiar with the Capital and the Mall, the crowd filled the Capital west lawn, the area around the Grant reflecting pool, and west to Fourth street. It started encroaching on another group’s permit west of the Grant statue. It could be another 100,000 to 200,000 because they were forced to spread out along the sides of the rally because of the permit limits and the loudspeakers’ range.
It was a very large crowd, far beyond expectations, but too many groups inflate the numbers (mostly libs). It was NOT “tens of thousands” as the CNN NBC crowd are trying to say, but more like hundreds of thousands. BTW, the DC or Park Police do NOT make estimates, so anyone saying so is wrong.
Not bad for a rally organized by amateurs with no coordinating megalith like unions or the NAACP. Just real people. Almost ALL of the thousands of signs were handmade, not the fancy pre-printed ones handed out by liberal groups like MoveOn and SEIU.
I posted this on earlier threads. Now reports coming out are backing up my estimate. 200,000 (up to 400,000 because many were off to the side in the nether reaches of the Capitol lawn) is a HUGE number - four full Yankee Stadiums. Let’s not get carried away with the 2 million claim and give the left an opportunity to refute everything else.
And it was true grass roots. Almost ALL the signs were handmade, not the product of SEIU and DNC printing presses that characterize liberal rallies.
Meeting with the muzzies in Minneapolis. Using their foot baths before his rally.
It was big, but, sorry guys, it just doesn’t seem to have been 2 million big.
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Some here are saying the local ABC affiliate in DC said 2 million (??), some are saying it was ABC Radio. Does anyone have a link to DC Police or NPS estimates?
But the difference between ABC National saying 60 to 70K, 500,000 and 1,000,000 is huge. Maybe not 2 M, but we’re trying to get more accurate count estimates!
Great work regardless for all the astroturfing, right wing nuts!!!
Go Tea Partiers! Onward and upward to 11/2010. Stay involved and energized!!
Meeting with the muzzies in Minneapolis. Using their foot baths before his rally.
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Oh, so he found a church for his family finally? </s>
Regardless of the count, the patriots kicked ass today!
GGGGRRRRRRRRR!
Nah, I think it's cause reason is anathema to them so they're always going around emoting all over everything.
That opening shot where CSpan is panning the crowd says it all.
I don’t care now. The images have been confirmed. Now my concern is tenaciously guarding the turnout. If it’s 300,000, 500,000 or 1M - great let’s guard that number.
As people are saying ABC (national) is saying 60,000 - which is a patent joke. WaPo and Fox are saying ‘tens of thousands.’ CNN has no estimate and instead cites 2,000 protestors on July 4th. WOW! The Ministry of Propaganda at their lowest moment.
When Rush says to go, this "Mind numbed robot" will be there.
May his footbath give him toenail fungus, and may he never recover!
I’m struck by two things.
First, approximately 1.2 to 1.5 million people gathered in Washington D.C. today. Obama flew to Minnesota to address a crowd of 15,000.
Second, not everyone who wanted to go to D.C. was able to attend. If 1.2 million reflects 1% participation, that would put the actual number of supporters at approximately 100 million Americans. If it reflects 10% participation, the number of supporters is approximately 10 million Americans.
Think about that.
I wonder when Rush WILL feel like participating?
“approximately 60,000 to 70,000 people flooded Pennsylvania Ave, according to the Washington DC Fire Department.”
Rush participates every day 12 noon to 3 pm.
“Why would you make such a statement?”
Because he saw someone else make the statement on another thread.Both were wrong
**** according to the Washington Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency****
This is interesting...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2338258/posts?page=1
?Up to two million people marched to the U.S. Capitol today, carrying signs with slogans such as ?Obamacare makes me sick? as they protested the president?s health care plan and what they say is out-of-control spending.The line of protesters spread across Pennsylvania Avenue for blocks, all the way to the capitol,**** according to the Washington Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency****.?
And they were WELL BEHAVED..
My observation :-)
It wasn't that sunny, and we weren't anywhere near the Washington Monument. There wasn't a stage set up by 3rd street, as shown in the photo.
Also, the American Indian Museum has been built since that photo was taken.
I think that's from a 4th of July sometime.
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