Posted on 08/28/2010 9:37:48 AM PDT by Elvina
In a demonstration of the overwhelming support of mainstream America for conservative principles, Glenn Beck's 'Restoring Honor' rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. is drawing 'hundreds of thousands,' according to McClatchy Newspapers.
Early reports indicate that so large is the crowd that attendees were having difficulty hearing the speakers. A quick scan of mainstream news outlets that have done actual estimates this morning indicates that attendance at this point is between 300,000 and 500,000 people.
And attendees are still arriving at the rally, which began some 90 minutes ago.
Newsbusters is live-streaming the event.
Michelle Malkin reports that as early as 7:30 AM there were already 100,00 peope gathered at the site.
Reporters on the ground, however, state that the claim of 500,000 attendees is grossly underestimated. A more accurate assessment of the crowd may well turn out to be between 500,000 and 1 million.
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Early on, Glen said that the media is reporting that more than 1000 people had shown up!
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The media is so clueless. You could almost feel sorry for them, if you didn’t know that they were doing it on purpose.
It’s like Woodstock with soap and without the drugs.
Maybe that jackass in the white house will wake the hell up and realize what a piece of crap he is.
Clearly more than 1,000 have!
Rules!!!!!
If you're willing to take bets on that, I'll bet you $10,000 at 10:1 odds in your favor that he won't.
A few weeks ago Missouri,a state that Hussein *almost* carried in '08,voted 73% against HusseinCare.Last January,Massachusetts...a state that Hussein carried with about 65% of the vote in '08...elected a Republican to the Senate whose campaign slogan was,essentially,"I'll vote against HusseinCare".
Do the "Best and The Brightest" care? Hell no! After all,they know better because *they* went to Harvard.
Yeah, he was being tongue-in-cheek when he said, “Wow, there must be over a thousand people here!” The crowd roared with laughter. Then he went on to explain how much each area held, and they were all full.
Great TV right there as the camera panned to each area.
Now it is full all the way to people gathered at the Washington Monument. Amazing crowd!
LOL!!! We'll see the Restoring Honor babies in about nine months.
The first AP story on YAHOO’s front page says there was a guy with a pamphlet which featured a picture of OBAMA with a Hitler Mustouche. How do you think they found this guy! ROFLMAO! PLANT...There are no signs...but they had to put that in. What I am reading in the reports and what I am watching with my own two eyes on CSPAN are not the same. Hmmm...meanwhile, when they interview people from the other rally, all I see is anger and resentment. It only makes me want to pray for them more.
They’re like kids left out of a kickball game. Sit on the teeter-totter and make snarky comments.
A spokesman at Sharpton’s rally estimates his rally at 5 to 7 thousand.
“It’s like Woodstock with soap and without the drugs.”
Also, the demonstrators today have their clothes on.
And the establishment GOP isn’t in favor of Glenn either.
I hope the T.V. shows this rally and then shows Sharpton holding hands with the two or three that attend his.
from the BBC right now-
Anger as US conservatives hold Washington rally
28 August 2010 Last updated at 11:41 ET
Tens of thousands of people are attending a controversial rally in Washington DC organised by conservative talk show host Glenn Beck.
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