PALIN DRAWS CROWD OF 70,000 IN THE VILLAGES (FLORIDA RALLY 9/21/08)

News-Press | Sunday, September 21, 2008 | Bill Cotterell

[kristinn]

Gannett owned website. Headline and link only. Will look for another postable source. The article says the fire chief estimates the crowd today at Palin's rally at 70,000.

http://news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080921/NEWS0107/80921022

[red irish]

My husband doesn’t come here because I tell him everything he needs to know from freeper land.

[silent_jonny]

I like the sign in the background: YES SARAH CAN!

[omega4179]

People drove up there too though.

[red irish]

Amen Amen That is why they hate her. I pray for Sarah and McCain to be protected by the evil forces that attack them. Praise God and his holy angels.

[snarkytart]

Please read the thread first before commenting. You will see the article initially stated 70K, but edited the estimates as the thread was started. The OP is not trying to mislead.

[SE Mom]

I’m listening to the live special on CNBC- John Harwood just interviewed Obama (earlier today)...in the middle of the discussion he said to Obama “...but you can’t legislate against bubbles, against people investing in bubbles (paraphrase) ...Obama replies- Don’t be so sure, I disagree we can’t do that...

omigawd.

[Lady Heron]

Mine is sitting here coming up with silly names for his new freeper name, the last one was the ‘Holy Hand Grenade’.

[Son House]

Democrats are going to have fits about that Demographic

[red irish]

I have been saying that from the start. People have fallen in love with Piper,remember little JOHN JOHN? Piper is absolutely adorable,ya just want to kiss that sweet face. She should be there a lot,the whole family. Love them all,beautiful family.

[thesearethetimes...]

“Shoot, I don’t even know where to find CBS. It’s been that long.”

Lol! You sound like me. When I heard on here, that John would announce her as his running mate, I had to run and figure out how to find, and put Fox back on our TV : p

Tatt

[madameguinot]

And those numbers are dubious. He supposedly got 30-40,000 in Springfield. I was there and it wasn’t anywhere near that.

[1035rep]

Wonderful photo’s! Thanks for posting them.

[thesearethetimes...]

LOL!!! What was the name of that game with the worms?! Having a brain freeze, laughing :)

Tatt

[Dawn531]

My problem with the initial estimate was that I checked a few other sites and found them mentioning huge crowds, but they were talking in the 30 to 40 thousand range (these were people blogging from the event)...and when I went to the link on the original post, my firewall went crazy. I got multiple virus alerts...so I was wondering if someone was “using” the site to attract hits by posting a large number. I’ve since read the number was downsized some. I know it’s possible for that many people to be there, and I’d be thrilled that there were that many, it’s just that the source of the reporting set off alarms because of the virus alerts from that site.

[1035rep]

60,000 people.

Wow, that is a huge crowd.  

[MonicaG]

But Sarah rocks even without an opening band!

[skinkinthegrass]

“Americans are caught in kind of a perfect storm between high taxes, high gas prices, greed on Wall Street and a shortage of courage in Washington...”
Whoa!...She said that!...
no wonder the demonc'RATs & RINOs abandoned Washington D.C. so quickly...

[rlmorel]

LOL...now THAT was funny!

[John123]

Sarah... don't leave the live microphone in your little daughter's hands!

Based on my experience... young kids say the damnedest things at the wrong time... well a sec, that was me... but still...

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

I was there and it was awesome. Some of the most polite people I've ever met. A guy near me went down from heat exhaustion. Those next to him helped him and everyone else nearby called 911 on their cell phones. As soon as the paramedics came, we all shouted for them where the injured person was. We all parted like the red sea to let them through and made sure no one was in their way. People from every corner of Florida was there. I was so proud of this day.