Ummmm....I don't know, this looks like alot to me!
Posted on 05/18/2008 11:34:36 PM PDT by Wil H
Multiple sources in the Media report that between 60,000 and 75,000 attended the Obama rally in Portland, Oregon on Sunday.
A simple check of Google Earth, using the "ruler" tool shows that the area of Waterfront Park used for the rally is approximately 172,000 square feet.
An person, standing upright, occupies an area of about 4 square feet, so even allowing for no gaps in the crowd , with everyone jammed in shoulder to shoulder, you can't get more than 43,000 people into the area.
Clearly, there was space left around the dias, and there was space for people to get in and out of the area.
Ther is NO WAY there was 60,000 people there.
It’s Portland. John Kerry packed them in last election at the same venue. I would not be surprised at all at the 60,000 number. It’s downtown and it was a beautiful day. Lots of people live there.
Interesting. I just heard a clip of Obama on the radio claiming 80,000!
Before noon tomorrow, it will be over 120,000.
I read an Reuters article that put Obama's number at 160,000!!!!!
there’s another post on this with pictures and how they were shopped and artistically taken.
Gotta be angle of the shot, cropping ....... something looks odd. Waterfront Park is not as wide and expansive as the shot looks. You SHOULD see either trees or the Willamette River somewhere. I will say there are a lot of Obamarama signs around town, but you have to understand that these socialist idiots voluntarily voted a county income tax in. Also the only American buried in the Kremlin Wall came from here.
Nam Vet
I saw those also, and was mocking the Reuters and AP propaganda machine that is clearly pulling for Obama.
Anyone got the lastest Obama rally photos ready to post with this article?
I saw the actual pictures too. It was a pathetic showing. All those empty seats.
The 60k was confirmed by the local FD as inside. Now the headlines are listing 80k - listing the above formula for totals, but add that, "dozens of boaters could be seen floating in the river."
43,000 is still a lot of homosexuals.
Can you post those photo’s of the rally over here?
*shudder* Eeeewww!
More than in a baseball stadium sellout? I don’t think so.
The media lie for their candidate? Nah, they wouldn’t do that.
What are you talking about? Get a clue first. The space that was left around the dias area is not because people just wanted to stay away from Obama, but because, the can’t guarantee security with that many people in the park. That’s the only reason there is “space” around the dias area.
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