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Just How Big Was The Stewart-Colbert Rally?
TPM ^ | 10/30/10 | Evan McMorris-Santoro

Posted on 10/30/2010 4:33:26 PM PDT by Tea Roll

No one seems to be sure exactly how many people packed the National Mall today for the Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear, but there's one thing everyone can agree on: sanity and/or fear are extremely popular.

MTV's spokesperson told the Washington City Paper's Mike Madden that 250,000 people came out to see Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert take the stage Saturday, while Viacom (the parent company of MTV and Comedy Central, home to Stewart's and Colbert's show) told the New York Times' Brian Stelter that "well over 200,000" were in....

At the rally itself, Mythbusters hosts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage said they counted about 150,000....

To be sure, even the smaller estimates show an extremely large crowd for a DC event, even one in this year of tea party rallies packing the Mall and the Capitol lawn. I have been to many a tea party rally, from the big ones to the small ones, and jammed in the crowd at Stewart's rally as I was today I can say there was an amazingly big turnout....

(Excerpt) Read more at tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: colbert; rallytorestorefear; rallytorestoresanity; sniff; stewart; victorkilo; vikingkitties; zot; zuluoscartango
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To: rlmorel
I love my Garand!

Me too! I will say though, that it's a bit big for me...even the scout version. But I love it it's extremely accurate and..well you know it does the job. Not only that, it's a beautiful piece of work. Mine is a springfield, walnut stock and it's awesome. :) Do you have a picture of yours?

101 posted on 10/30/2010 5:52:31 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman (If you try to remove the 1st Amendment, we'll just have to move on to the next Amendment)
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To: Outlaw Woman

LOL...no pics! It IS a beautiful piece of work.

I had gone shooting on a cold morning last year, and even though I cleaned the weapon after use, it must have absorbed moisture or something, and when I put it in the sheepskin lined bag, mold grew on it!!!!!!!!!!!!

On the good side, it made me really work on the stock with ultrafine steel wool and tung oil, and boy, it looks just beautiful now...:)

I live near the Springfield Armory, and go there about once a year...they have a lot of stuff there on the Garand.


102 posted on 10/30/2010 5:57:01 PM PDT by rlmorel (When Charity is mandatory, it becomes Servitude.)
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To: darkwing104

Wonder how badly they trashed the mall.


103 posted on 10/30/2010 6:06:11 PM PDT by RedMDer (Throw Them Out! Forward With Confidence!)
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To: rlmorel

Really? When I dealt with Springfield Armory they were complete professionals. Answered every question I had. The receivers for the garands are made in Brazil btw (as of 6 years ago). I made a comment to someone there about that and they told me they would consider an American source if the price was right. Anyway...it’s a great outfit...they have a staff of gunsmiths as well. So if you have to send your rifle in (or sidearm) it’s going to be looked at by someone who knows what the heck they are talking about.

(take a picture of yours :) ) Would love to see. Sounds like you did a good rescue job on it!


104 posted on 10/30/2010 6:08:04 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman (If you try to remove the 1st Amendment, we'll just have to move on to the next Amendment)
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To: Tea Roll

I believe Dennis Kucinich’s report of seeing a UFO from the patio of Shirley MacLaine’s house more than I do this report.


105 posted on 10/30/2010 6:09:08 PM PDT by Doulos1 (Bitter Clinger Forever)
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To: cripplecreek

Special Operations Warrior Foundation


106 posted on 10/30/2010 6:15:31 PM PDT by Freddd (CNN is down to Three Hundred Thousand viewers. But they worked for it.)
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To: Tea Roll

As I posted on another thread, I know some folks who went. There were three separate events in the Mall area today. The Stewart-Colbert rally was in the middle. The other two events bookended the rally.


107 posted on 10/30/2010 6:35:20 PM PDT by susan_wv
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To: Outlaw Woman
hey man, nice grass


108 posted on 10/30/2010 6:38:57 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (Don't nuke me, bro)
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To: Tea Roll

It’s all right. That’s a quarter million people not back in their precincts getting out the vote this final weekend.


109 posted on 10/30/2010 6:39:48 PM PDT by c-five
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To: altura
I’ve seen that picture posted several times but you can’t see anything in it. It’s dark, murky and doesn’t show people at all.

I wish there were a better picture somewhere...







Stewart/Colbert Rally


The second picture is taken with a telephoto lens to get the far distant shot
110 posted on 10/30/2010 6:48:32 PM PDT by Cardhu
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To: Cardhu

Too funny, they didn’t even make it to the second grass section. The 9-12 rally (not nearly as big as the Beck rally) covered 5 sections. How embarrassing for Stewart.


111 posted on 10/30/2010 7:10:48 PM PDT by McGavin999 ("I was there when we had the numbers, but didn't have the principles"-Jim DeMint)
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To: Tea Roll
Long Cat Lightning! Pictures, Images and Photos
112 posted on 10/30/2010 8:27:56 PM PDT by KC_Lion (Lord help our Armed Service members that they not become pawns in Hussein's quest to destroy America)
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To: Tea Roll

FAIL ZOT! LOL


113 posted on 10/30/2010 9:19:44 PM PDT by Danae (Anail nathrach, orth' bhais's bethad, do chel denmha)
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To: McGavin999
Too funny, they didn’t even make it to the second grass section.

I do not think you quite understand what you are looking at, the second photo is using a telephoto lens to pick up the crowd a quarter of a mile or more from the front.

114 posted on 10/31/2010 2:45:38 AM PDT by Cardhu
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To: Cardhu

Umm, right, and look at the same angle for the 9-12 rally (which was MUCH smaller than the Beck rally). There were not nearly as many. There are several threads around here with the calculations. I assume you saw the signs with Eric Cantor as Hitler? How about the NAMBLA for Stewart signs? What a total bunch of loser.


115 posted on 10/31/2010 4:59:05 AM PDT by McGavin999 ("I was there when we had the numbers, but didn't have the principles"-Jim DeMint)
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To: Tea Roll; Frank Sheed; Tax-chick; sionnsar
Did somebody say ... Undead?

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116 posted on 10/31/2010 6:39:17 AM PDT by Darksheare (I shook hands with Sheryl Crow and all I got was Typhus and a single sheet of toilet paper.)
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To: KC_Lion

Nice Zot!


117 posted on 10/31/2010 6:54:54 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I love the smell of napalm in November. Go Sharron! Go Christine!)
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To: Soul Seeker; Tea Roll; darkwing104
Now all their coordinated astroturfed efforts can only passably put together something over 100k.

Let's be fair. Although they're a smaller group, the leftists leave a whole lot more litter after their rallies. What they lack in numbers they compensate for in filth.

118 posted on 10/31/2010 9:10:47 AM PDT by Grizzled Bear (Does not play well with others)
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To: Outlaw Woman

Anybody listening to Fred Thompson? He is describing the Stewart Rally. Hilarious. Some of the signs, “I like Pineapple”, “Vote yes to no”. He said they put up fences to control the crowd and they climbed over them and trampled them. Typical of liberals. No respect for boundaries. He said he looked at a crowd shot and saw one black person. The medias explanation? Well, America is mostly white! Wow!


119 posted on 11/01/2010 11:09:34 AM PDT by beckysueb
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To: beckysueb

That’s sounds comical. Does Thompson have a radio show?

....America is mostly white.... what a bunch of hypocrites. It was their ‘duty’ to seek out others of color then. You know the same thing that they demand of Employers and of course conservatives.


120 posted on 11/01/2010 11:16:57 AM PDT by Outlaw Woman (My 1911 is bigger than your baton)
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