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Celebrating the 9/12 rallies-TURNOUT EST RANGE FROM 350K (liberal) TO 2 MILLION (conservative)
ABC News ^ | September 12, 2009 | Michelle Malkin

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]

6:15 PM EDT Mod Update (per NRO's reporting): estimates of crowd size range from 350,000 to 2 million. Prolly somewhere in between.

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.

99 posted on 09/12/2009 3:06:55 PM PDT by oldbill


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1 posted on 09/12/2009 2:21:15 PM PDT by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

LOL! That’s so great!
Did you make that?!?


2 posted on 09/12/2009 2:23:34 PM PDT by SoKatt ("Change" is not a strategy!)
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To: Zakeet

There were 2 million in DC.. and 200 millions around the country who agree with them!


3 posted on 09/12/2009 2:23:35 PM PDT by divine_moment_of_facts (“Cap and Trade bill tells us how to live.. Health Care bill tells us how to die.” Bauer and Rose)
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This is wonderful!


4 posted on 09/12/2009 2:23:40 PM PDT by American Quilter (The urge to save humanity is nearly always a cover for the urge to rule. - H.L. Mencken)
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To: Zakeet

bttt


5 posted on 09/12/2009 2:23:40 PM PDT by Guenevere
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To: Zakeet

Could you provide a link to the ABC News estimate?


6 posted on 09/12/2009 2:23:42 PM PDT by MitchellC
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To: Zakeet

That is priceless!


7 posted on 09/12/2009 2:24:02 PM PDT by leapfrog0202
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To: Zakeet

We really got our million mob march! Man, I’m so excited. I really wanted to be there, but had to go to the local event for TV viewing.

Do you think the President is aware of the Tea Party movement now?


8 posted on 09/12/2009 2:25:05 PM PDT by AnglePark
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To: Zakeet

Racism!/s


9 posted on 09/12/2009 2:25:18 PM PDT by Dallas59
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NOTE: The first image in the series s NOT a picture of today’s rally.


10 posted on 09/12/2009 2:25:21 PM PDT by Maceman
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LOVE IT!!!!!


11 posted on 09/12/2009 2:26:24 PM PDT by goodnesswins (George Orwell would be proud. Truth are lies, Slavery is Freedom, Oppression is Feminism.)
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So if ABC says 2, it was probably really 5, right?


12 posted on 09/12/2009 2:26:30 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Zakeet

Click on “FREEDOM RALLY WORKS” with camera icon

http://www.cspan.org/Watch/Media/2009/09/12/HP/R/23055/Conservatives+to+march+on+Washington.aspx


14 posted on 09/12/2009 2:26:57 PM PDT by Sunshine54 (Sunshine54)
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2 million? I hope that is true...that is a ton of people.


15 posted on 09/12/2009 2:27:27 PM PDT by Rosemont
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I bet Rush could put 10 million people on the road to DC.


16 posted on 09/12/2009 2:27:58 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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Hundreds of people.

20,000 hundreds.

Still just hundreds.


17 posted on 09/12/2009 2:28:46 PM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
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To: divine_moment_of_facts
Using Farrakhan math that should be about 18 million in DC great job. Around 500 at our small town tea party today in the rain.
18 posted on 09/12/2009 2:28:57 PM PDT by bikerman (Buck Farack)
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Sorry... I see ABC estimating the turnout at 60,000 to 70,000

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/tea-party-protesters-march-washington/story?id=8557120


19 posted on 09/12/2009 2:28:59 PM PDT by SomeCallMeTim
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ROTFLOL!!!


20 posted on 09/12/2009 2:29:15 PM PDT by sissyjane (He had a dream. We got a nightmare!)
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