The MSM don't know for sure because they were busy covering something
much more important ... namely, my arrest for possession of cocaine
Posted on 08/28/2010 1:14:45 PM PDT by Zakeet
How many people jammed the National Mall Saturday to take part in Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally?
Tens of thousands? Certainly. One hundred thousand? Perhaps. Half a million? No one can really say for sure.
Crowds packed the area around the Reflecting Pool, standing shoulder-to-shoulder under the canopy of trees, as they strained to see the pair of big-screen monitors near the Lincoln Memorial. Families huddled around the World War II Memorial fountain, dipping their feet in the water to stay cool under the August sun. And they laid out camping chairs and sun umbrellas, filling the large grassy area between the memorial and the Washington Monument.
Organizers pulled event permits for up to 300,000 people, and expected at least 100,000 to show up.
Beck said he had heard the crowd was between 300,000 and 500,000, "and if that's coming from the media, God only knows."
But the Associated Press said tens of thousands of people participated in the rally.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
The MSM don't know for sure because they were busy covering something
much more important ... namely, my arrest for possession of cocaine
“But the Associated Press said tens of thousands of people participated in the rally.”
This is several times the size they estimated for 9/12/2009 - which was probably 800,000 to 1.3M from all objective standards. Does that mean that that today’s actual crowd was rally around 2M?
I’m kidding - I’ve heard 300K to 600K though. Wouldn’t it be nice if we didn’t have to do the media’s work for them? What monkeys they are.
i saw one pic and it was wall to wall people from the lincoln memorial and past the washington monument. I guess easy 100k people
“100,000? Perhaps.” You gotta be kidding me. This article steers the reader toward the AP’s “tens of thousands” for authority. That’s pathetic!
Well she did finally grow a pair and filled out. The press is all upset at the power of Beck and the failure of Sharpton’s counter rally.
CNN has been pissing their pants all day on this. I’ve been subjected to their propaganda all day in airports today. It has been their “ TOP NEWS STORY.”
Beck who draws a bigger audience than their top 3 talking monkeys together has them in a dither. Their jist has been — oh this is political and on MLK’s anniversary of being murdered. The faux outrage and concern and oh, dear, me, how, could,he, BS is so obvious it’s pathetic.
BBC has a decent sized photo - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11121542
I was there. Based upon the areas that were filled, and the number of people that the park service estimated the areas could hold, the crowd had to be in excess of 500,000. I asked one of the workers about crowd estimates, and she said that over 300,000 were expected on buses alone (buses had to register). And I did not travel on a bus, nor did anyone sitting in my immediate vicinity.
I love the way the AP had to throw in that they were unsure how many were “just tourists.”
Meanwhile the MSM is slithering around trying to make SOMETHING out of Sharpton’s pathetic little excuse for a “rally.”
Heheheh.
Considering there is another half on the flip-side of the Washington Monument.
I would say 1.6 million.
Depending on density, a crowded National Mall can hold between 1.5 million and 3 million people.
That is my fear
That’s OK. They’ll be forced to cover the turn out on in November.
LOL
Can you hear us now?
MSM rule of thumb: Conservative rally, divide by 10. Liberal rally multiply by 10 - 100, depending on the talking points released previous to the rally.
Has to be more than 300,000. That number came on the buses alone.
And Beck's rally focused on Unity, love, understanding...GOD...and Faith, Hope, and Charity. Sharpton's speakers were bitter, shouting in an angry manner, and generally hateful.
The contrast was so apparent. Prayers are surely needed to help those who protest so filled with hate and resentment so they realize they are fighting the wrong battle. Across town were hundreds of thousands who were willingly ready to embrace all races, all faiths...but those in Sharpton's crowd were just being polarized. What a shame that leaders such as Sharpton practice division. The loss is to the people who follow him.
“...hundreds...”
Interesting, how crowds are inflated for one group, and denigrated for another. Facebook @ 160,000. C-Span?
take a guess. rally? likely @ 9/12 at this point.
This is just the start, folks. Read “Democracy in America”
before you vote.
But for sure, cover the diffrence in the amount of trash that will be left behind compared to Obama.
kendwell
Now, why didn’t Nanzi walk through the crowd with her giant gavel and cadre of dark skinned comrades to provoke a reaction?
I think the National Park Service doesn’t officially give crowd estimates anymore. After complaints that the crowd was undercounted at the Million Man March, decisions were made that it’s not worth it to publicize an official number of people attending events there.
Fear not, my friends!!! Today’s numbers whatever they were, were a sign of what the voter numbers will be against the Democrat Party and POTUS Barack Hussein Obama come Election day, November 2, 2010!!! The “drive by media” will not have to estimate the numbers that evening!!! And....today’s magnificent turnout is both a salute and tribute the Martin Luther King and Glenn Beck!!! As for Al Sharpton and his CBC/NAACP racist cohorts, their miserable number of folks who turned out for their race rant is not worth mentioning!!! The good and refreshing news is the overwhelming majority of American Blacks stayed away and are, hopefully beginning to get it realizing that they have been had, used and abused by the chosen one Barack Hussein Obama and the likes of Sharpton, the CBC and NAACP!!! Time for Black folks to shove Obama under the bus where he belongs!!!
I would like to see pics from the million man march next to these shots for a comparison if any one could do it
You can scroll down here for reported pics of the million man and million woman marches:
http://la.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/151535.php?theme=default
That’s an excellent photo, but the caption is pretty comical:
“Tens of thousands of people have attended a rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, which organisers say is aimed at staging a political tribute to traditional American values.”
It’s pretty obvious the crowd exceeded 100,000 and the only issue is how many hundreds of thousands.
In fact, Politico does not WANTY to say. This left wing outfit simply wants to muddy the waters by denying the crowd size.
Early on the morning of Aug. 28, 1963, the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was empty apart from a few sightseers. But by midday, close to half a million people were massed peacefully among the monuments and museums for what became one of the most important events in the civil rights movement: the March on Washington.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129470920&ft=1&f=1003
Well, they could estimate Dr. King's crowd back in 1963 but they can't estimate Glenn Beck's crowd? Does anyone notice MLK's crowd ONLY goes half way up the reflecting pool while Glenn Beck's crowd went up all the way to the Washington Monument. If there were half a million at King's ralley then just from the picture alone there had to be a million at today's ralley.
I was there and when we left we could see crowds standing as far back as the Washington Monument.
600K to 1 million easy.....10’s of thousands is an insult to us all.
“Haha. The only crowd pic I’ve been able to find of Al’s rally:”
I bet most were all local. All they had to do was walk down the street.
from the Licoln Memorial to the WW2 memorial is about 250K the side park holds 350K so it was easily over 600K, easy
Dream on. They never listened or took notice before and they wont now.
I only wish you were right, but this is about CONTROL for them and nothing else.
“it’s plain to see 300,000 is about the most it could have been.”
Not as much as 9/12 - but a really awesome turnout nonetheless, hey?
There were multitudes under the trees on the right.
“Assuming that we can grab either the House or Senate in November there will be a real temptation for Obama to shove a lot of BS through congress during the lame duck session.”
This is the next front in our war. We need to get the RATS that are running as incumbents to PROMISE and COMMIT that they will not pass legislation against the wishes of the American people during the lame duck timeframe - and if they won’t - we need to pound and pound on ‘em.
An Awesome Turnout!
Made better by the fact that Bill O'Reilly said if Beck drew over 100,000 he would give up his show. I'm not holding my breath while I wait for that.
Fuzzy pic, but the people appear far from ‘shoulder to shoulder’, so maybe the lowball 10K figure isn’t far off.
Is that image just an example - as I understood that there was a ‘no fly zone’ around the Monument this morning?
And you base the 1.6M on comments made about the crowd and that people were on the other side of the Washington Monument (the far side of this picture)?
Wow, look how many white people are in the crowd. Sharpton and Jackson would have you believe that only blacks cared about MLK.
Lol! 10K would be WAY off.
You can't be serious. I've been to football games where there were far fewer people, and those people numbered at least 50,000. My estimate? At least 100,000 people, of those visible, then another 50-100,000 that are under trees and otherwise out of view.
I thought this was the crowd waiting for a check from the Obama Administration’s “Redistribute the Wealth” Program.
“Made better by the fact that Bill O’Reilly said if Beck drew over 100,000 he would give up his show. I’m not holding my breath while I wait for that.”
LOL - I’d not heard that...Whatever you wanna say about Beck, BOR would NOT have tried this, nor could he have pulled it off. Beck is a true Conservative populist. I do appreciate Beck’s emphasis on US spiritual and political history and no matter what his critics on the left wanna say about him - they would not have dared tried anything like this on their side - as they would utterly fail!! It’s always the tactic of losers to criticize those who do what they would never dare to do.
Now Beck is not perfect. But this was a successful - terrific rally!
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