Posted on 08/29/2010 5:49:13 AM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies
Estimating attendance at political rallies and demonstrations is a notoriously imprecise science. Glenn Beck’s “Restore America” rally at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial has been variously estimated from 87,000 by the Huffington Post, 300,000 by NBC News and the New York Times and 500,000 by rally organizers. Sky News concurred with rally organizers in estimating attendance at 500,000.
A counter rally led by Al Sharpton was estimated to have drawn several hundred people.
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Thank you...I’ve been looking for that video!
If NBC and the NY Slimes report the crowd at 300,000 the reality is probably closer to 600,000.
I believe American Blacks are waking up — they weren’t at Sharpton’s rally - and many stand with us on important social issues...
i just closed my facebook account. I could never get into twitter. And I tried.
i just posted this on another thread:
We just got back from the Rally, Two large vans were rented out for what started out as 16, turned out at 12 in two rental vans. Left Friday night about 6:00pm, Got into a traffic jam from hell at the metro park and ride in Washington. The lines going in were literally going around the block and up the street, and cars were parking on both sides of the street for blocks in all directions. We finally got to the Smithsonian stop were we walked out to the mall. The Martin Luther King event was right in front of us. they were broadcasting Martin Luther Kings speech from what looked like a large tapestry I;m guessing this was Mr Sharptons? not many people hanging around this area, just walking straight for the rally. Right before we went in to the entrance, (he had a banner going over the side walk,) there was a guy with a bull horn harassing every on he could saying he was ashamed that you folks are going in there, all he got back was God Bless you man, I loved it! just before we got in, we could just hear the end of Avda? King,s speech. She was the main reason I wanted to go.
When we we got up towards the Washington monument the real crowds began. found a place where a couple of our more elderly ladys could set up there chairs and a base camp of sorts. My wife and an other great patriot lady went to see how far we could make it in. There were patchy but solid seas of people from the Washington Memorial to the World War 2 memorial. When we got to the World War II Memorial, the wall of people started. We went through the memorial, and people were standing on top of all the forward facing walls.we waided in. toward the reflecting pool. it was rough going from there still slight movement in the crowd, but very slow. porta pottys lined up the side walk behind the reflecting pool, we could see the reflecting pool, but just barely, but you could see the other side of the reflecting pool, solid mass of people, a police scissor lift at the edge looking out over the crowd, lots of police in barricaded isle going down to the pool. that slowed down traffic and made little stationary islands in places. and the jumbo trons set up at the edge of the pond. We finaly got to where we could see the stage directly, but no one was moving any further from there. got to see Glen preechin to the choir! Literally, as he got to the point of introducing the Black Robed Brigade. they all came out, came up on stage with him, 240 pastors,preachers, and Clergymen of many different faiths, as well as 2000 more in the rally, saying the one thing we can all agree on, is to seek your answers from God. Told the story of the author of amazing grace saying it was a perfect song for the bag pipes, that he was a slave ship owner who became reborn. and led the fight with the abolitionists. The Bagpipes then came in, and after marching in and joining the Brigade with amazing Grace, it broke out with singing and every one I could here around me in the crowd, you could here the echoes from behind us, just sent a chill down my spine. It was totaly moving when were returning back to the metro later that day, heard some one told him (ya ya, I know) park service was reporting 1.9 million. but I gotta tell you this, i went last 9/12, and I would have put that one at 1.5 to 1.7 million. This one was easily double last year.
Sorry if this is rambling, but I quite literally haven’t slept for more than about 4 hours since Friday morning at 3:00 am and I am just trying to unwind with my favorite beverage. Need some sleep
Beck stated that he had a way of counting the crowd...I am waiting to see what he has to say...we know the the lying whores in the media lowball conservative crowds.
What does Metro traffic say? They take a few days to get their estimate done. I wonder what the restaurants and hotels say?
I think what upsets the Liberals more than anything is Glenn Beck, the Conservatives who came, and the guest speakers and singers, not all of which were “Republicans” honored the memory of MLK in a level that has never been done before or probably ever will. MLK wild of been disgusted by the tone of the Sharpton rally which was all angry speeches that divide not unite.
People aren’t buying what not-so-Sharpton is selling anymore. Keep us in power and we’ll keep giving you free cheese is now seen for what it truly is: slavery.
I fully expect BOR to adopt the 87,000 estimate.
C’mon Bill, surprise me!
However, all those in attendance and all the people that THEY know via work, neighbors, extended family, friends, facebook, will also know that the network numbers are lies. This sort of thing makes them lose even more credibility than they already have lost. If they lie about one thing then people know that anything they say may or may not be true. When you lie in an obvious way it contaminates anything you wish to communicate truthfully.
can someone just post picture comparisons between this even and the “million racist men march”?
You’re right about this... it’s one of the reasons the MSM isn’t trusted anymore...
300,000 by NBC News
According to CBS they were “dueling rallies”
http://cbs2.com/politics/glen.beck.restoring.2.1884775.html
I am getting sick and tired of the media being the race baiters. They state that the Restoring America Rally was mostly white and traveling to the area. I know Mr. Sharpton’s Rally had many people traveling to the area as well but this was not mentioned. Why does it have to be about skin color and not about message? It seems they talk about Martin Luther King, Jr. but don’t like to practice his message. That is a true disservice to Mr. King’s memory.
Thank you for sharing. The tears are flowing. Just incredibly moving.
Sharpton didn’t have enough “walking around” money to attract a crowd.
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