Somebody put this in perspective:
How many attended Bush’s? Clinton’s?
I thought ever since Calypso Louie had his shindig on the mall, the capitol mall authorities were not allowed to release any numbers. However, I’d be willing to say it’s around 1 mil from sat photos.
The first event was the swearing in ceremony. That's the one with the singers, the prayers, the droolers, the dopeheads and all that.
That's mostly a Mall event.
Those people were departing Springfield station by 4 AM and were in place by 11:30 or so. It was a very miserable situation for them. Below freezing and a high wind.
Many people who attended that left immediately afterward and caught the train back to Sprinfield. In fact the massive parking jam that'd started around here the evening before was pretty well cleared out by 2 PM in the afternoon.
Those people, BTW, did not attend the SECOND EVENT ~ that was the parade.
Usually 300,000 to 600,000 people stay to watch the parade, or simply wait until 1 or 2 to leave for downtown.
This gives quite a complex equation.
Adding to the complexity there seems to have been just under 1,000,000 metrorail riders ~ since those are 2 way trips, that's only 500,000 "different" metrorail riders.
Many DC residents live within walking distance of course.
More than likely this was a record number, but one barely exceeding LBJ's 1.2 million. Some folks are saying there were 2.0 million, but you can't get that many on the Mall, nor can you get that many along the parade route.
We'be gone over this before but the original projection for 5.0 million was obviously nuts ~ you can't get that many in the open space anywhere near the Capitol and Downtown. Even 4.0 million will leave you with folks needing to stand in the Potomac in the water up to their necks.
3.0 million is possible, but you'd be moving them in and out of town for 3 days.
So, 2.0 mil tops, but since there were no arrests, more like 1.0 mil!
It matters not how large the crowd was. What is important is that he fed them all with only a few loaves and fishes.
Somebody reported that there were more people watching American Idol then watched Barack Hussien Obama’s Inauguration.
Who are you going to believe, Democrat staffers or your own lying eyes?
Only one problem:
Do YOU think 6 people can fit in a square meter?
The minions of the left have many ways to inflate numbers to make themselves look good.
Our local news reported 970,000 tonight. I think they got their info from AP.
My favorite part is the Demonrats’ whining, “Why can’t conservatives just be happy for Obama?” They sound like whiny Red Sox sportswriters the day after they won the World Series.
None. They were all alien entities.