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.
“Do you think the President is aware of the Tea Party movement now?”
well we know Gibbs was not aware of it ...so he says... but then he works for the liar-in-chief so I would not bet my life on it.
When was it taken? Why is it in the thread?
Barry never dreamed anyone could organize besides him.
He’s probably sitting in a dark room somewhere right now, chain smoking, rocking back and forth, sobbing
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*But*...it is...:)
Sure beats “Million Man March”!!!!!
all I can say is “Let Freedom Ring” Wish I could be there!
He was so unaware of it that they felt threatened enough to send the market-in-chief out on a campaign stint in Minnesota to coincide with the Patriot rally.
They report 60,000 to 70,000 here:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/tea-party-protesters-march-washington/story?id=8557120
Wow, that’s what I say.
So Pelosi wasn’t making it up when she sent a memo expecting 2 mil.
That seem like an awfully large number of people. ; )
What makes you say that. I was watching that shot on the traffic-cam today and watched the crowd grow.
Where is the cowardly President?
Regardless of how many Americans were there, seeing that many Americans in one place and not carrying Mexican flags had to get those buffoons on Capitol Hill a little “wee wee’d up”. Today we march, tomorrow we throw their asses out! Yes, we can!
Were are we getting this 2 million figures....ABC says 60-70k.....your “link” goes to Michelle Maulkin’s site?
Hmmmmmm.
It is a picture of today’s rally. I watched that traffic cam live today. It was posted on the live thread.
Fantastic turn out!! Thank God the weather cooperated - I imagine the turn out would have held up even in a pouring rain!!
Well, there’s a big difference between organizing a fight for freedom and organizing a loan for a tax-free underage cathouse, ya know.
Or as “W” said for 9/11....CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?
Landing AF 1 on reservation land to pick up a few crates of tax-free smokes.
I’ll wait till they get a better estimate of the crowd....still looks good on CSPAN
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