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Celebrating the 9/12 rallies-TURNOUT EST RANGE FROM 350K (liberal) TO 2 MILLION (conservative)
ABC News ^
| September 12, 2009
| Michelle Malkin
Posted on 09/12/2009 2:21:15 PM PDT by Zakeet
Edited on 09/12/2009 4:03:43 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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To: FDNYRHEROES
This photo is from Promise Keepers march years ago.
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posted on
09/13/2009 3:12:57 PM PDT
by
little jeremiah
(Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
To: Zakeet
NYT reported it as “thousands”...
382
posted on
09/13/2009 3:17:48 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 235 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: charmedone
No idea why the Park Service didnt put up more johns, but it does seem like they didnt anticipate the turnout accurately. more lokely they were ordered no t. This was a -R gathering. No need to make it easy for us.
A friend and I both required a rest room stop after arriving at Freedom Plaza. We were able to get into the Ronald Reagan Building there to use the facilities. I remarked to my friend..."Thank God once again, for Ronald Reagan"...
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posted on
09/13/2009 4:15:45 PM PDT
by
FDNYRHEROES
(In just His first 3 days, the War on Terror became the War on Free Speech.)
To: OwenKellogg
There were several hundred thousand there -- no way I can guess for sure. I was fortunate to see our leader there:I was expecting a big FR presence and a chance to meet Jim Rob, but I didn't see any sign of FR or Jim. Where was he located? I spent most of my time near the Capitol steps on its right hand side. I could see the speakers from there, but no sign of FR.
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posted on
09/13/2009 4:23:30 PM PDT
by
FDNYRHEROES
(In just His first 3 days, the War on Terror became the War on Free Speech.)
To: FDNYRHEROES
This is not the 9/12 photo, because (a) it’s a sunny day and (b) there’s nobody on the Capitol Bldg lawn.
We were actually first directed to the Capitol Bldg lawn and told we could not be on the Mall because there was some other event (a “hip hop family rally”) scheduled for the mall. However, the other event was not very heavily attended and I think there actually finally was spill over onto the Mall, because the authorities were very restrictive about letting people onto the West Lawn (right in front of the Capitol Bldg on either side of the steps and the “pit” in front of them), and there was no place for the huge crowd to go because Pennsylvania Avenue was completely blocked.
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posted on
09/13/2009 4:44:52 PM PDT
by
livius
To: FDNYRHEROES
I never saw JimRob either, and I think he should have been one of the speakers. He was at Freedom Plaza with a Don’t Tread on Me flag attached to his wheelchair, but I was in Freedom Plaza only for a few seconds and then I got swept into the crowd (this was around 9:30 a.m.) and ended up on the West Lawn and never saw him.
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posted on
09/13/2009 4:47:35 PM PDT
by
livius
To: FDNYRHEROES
I saw no sign of Free Republic other than JimRob.
He was trying to exit the lawn in front of the stage and came near me — I was in the lawn all the way at the back against the wall along 1st Street.
387
posted on
09/13/2009 5:01:11 PM PDT
by
OwenKellogg
(At the march!)
To: KansasGirl
I just got back to North Carolina from the rally. It was HUGE! I don’t know where the ‘tens of thousands’ estimate comes from. There were that many waiting in the Metro stations waiting to get on the street. It was a few hours I’ll never forget.
I think ‘Hope and Change’ has finally arrived!
To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
Why did they close bridges and streets..one of the reports said buses were turned away because of the size of the crowd. How large would the crowd have to be before they turn away people and close streets?They never shut the Metro down. If anyone had wanted to attend and was "turned away", they should have parked on the outskirts and taken the Metro in. Metro maps available on the internet.
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posted on
09/13/2009 5:10:30 PM PDT
by
FDNYRHEROES
(In just His first 3 days, the War on Terror became the War on Free Speech.)
To: All
People, people!! Stop all this 'estimating' and 'guessing' at how many patriots ACTUALLY showed up at the march and the rally!!!
There's only one surefire way to get the EXACT headcount for the entire day--wait for it, wait for it!! Okay, here's how!
Simply contact the EVIL insurance companies and find out exactly how many checks they wrote for the day, d'oh! ;-)
LOLOL!!
390
posted on
09/13/2009 9:37:42 PM PDT
by
pillut48
(CJ in TX --"God help us all, and God help America!!" --my new mantra for the next 4 years)
To: moonpie57
That may be the most incredible protest picture EVER!!
AWESOME!
391
posted on
09/13/2009 9:41:25 PM PDT
by
pillut48
(CJ in TX --"God help us all, and God help America!!" --my new mantra for the next 4 years)
To: moonpie57
I remembered seeing this last January, a picture from the inauguration taken by GEOEYE. Check out this
image and compare it to the one you posted--definitely looks like a lot more people showed up Saturday than they did for HolyO's inauguration!! I've sent an email to the GEOEYE people asking if they'll be having an image of the DC March on their website (attached your pic) and told them it would be mighty cool to see it on their website! I'll report back if they answer me! :-)
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posted on
09/13/2009 10:10:37 PM PDT
by
pillut48
(CJ in TX --"God help us all, and God help America!!" --my new mantra for the next 4 years)
To: bazbo
“WE THE PEOPLE” Party sounds better!!
You know those nasty liberals will tag it the Tea Baggers party and have a field day giggling like 7th grade boys over it!
393
posted on
09/13/2009 10:12:16 PM PDT
by
pillut48
(CJ in TX --"God help us all, and God help America!!" --my new mantra for the next 4 years)
To: unixfox
One of my favorite signs (and there were many good ones) was “Tea Today, Tar Tomorrow”.
394
posted on
09/13/2009 10:19:04 PM PDT
by
Think free or die
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money - M.Thatcher)
To: pillut48
I found out that pic is from Promise Keepers in 1997. Someone on Facebook posted it as from the Tea Party. Sorry.
395
posted on
09/13/2009 11:09:36 PM PDT
by
moonpie57
("Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." MLK)
To: Freedom'sWorthIt
396
posted on
09/14/2009 1:09:45 AM PDT
by
xeno
To: nutmeg; BufordP
Park Police don’t do estimates eversince Calypso Louie whined aboout their estimates on the million man march. I stood on the corner of 13th and Pennsylvania in front of the CVS and watched the crowd go by for over an hour and a half. It was curb to curb and dense. When I walked up to the Capitol, it had thinned but people were still streaming up. It was a large crowd. I saw none of the members of the DC Chapter and I know that BufordP had a large sign.
To: Maceman
Give up. You are surrounded. LOL
To: pillut48; moonpie57
Too bad thats not from the 9/12 rally. Its from the Promise Keepers rally 10 or so years ago.
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posted on
09/14/2009 7:08:42 AM PDT
by
Tatze
(I reject your reality and substitute my own!)
To: moonpie57
Oops. Sorry, didnt see your correction before I posted mine.
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posted on
09/14/2009 7:09:31 AM PDT
by
Tatze
(I reject your reality and substitute my own!)
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