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NOT the crowd Trump expected (Original Post) tavernier Aug 2015 OP
but you know he will say it was. msrizzo Aug 2015 #1
How many showed up? short circuit Aug 2015 #2
They said lots and lots of empty seats tavernier Aug 2015 #3
at Bucs games onethatcares Aug 2015 #6
Not to worry, CNN will go with tight shots of the audience and accept Trump's claims.....this clown Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #11
They're not tavernier Aug 2015 #14
That is a surprise...there has to come a point when someone at CNN realizes their own folly and Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #15
Good job roscoeroscoe Aug 2015 #26
They were expecting 50,000. Drunken Irishman Aug 2015 #18
So they got about 5,000? Ok... short circuit Aug 2015 #20
15 to 20, expected 40 tavernier Aug 2015 #23
A 40000 seat stadium was three quarters empty if not more......so less than 10000.... A bust. Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #37
That's not accurate. Agschmid Aug 2015 #29
Right - with 10,000 on the field. Drunken Irishman Aug 2015 #43
Is there a moral to this story? LiberalAndProud Aug 2015 #4
Plus CNN is GP6971 Aug 2015 #5
"The FCC and their laws are losers"! How much longer can this clown show go on? The fall will be Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #13
Really hope there was a violation and they ground his plane GP6971 Aug 2015 #16
Booboo kitty, hifiguy Aug 2015 #7
CNN is breathlessly on hold for a live speech by....Trump! Followed by an hour interview, with guess Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #8
let Trump get the press time, we all win. ericson00 Aug 2015 #36
OMG underthematrix Aug 2015 #9
Wow. Doesn't appear even half full. tavernier Aug 2015 #10
And appears 99% white....wonder how many were hired? Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #12
As another poster (above) so correctly stated, it doesn't COLGATE4 Aug 2015 #17
The stadium was easily three quarters empty when the speech started and I had to take a long nap. Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #31
Okay, maybe the crowd wasn't yooooge gratuitous Aug 2015 #19
The Best Crowd Money Can Buy.....nt global1 Aug 2015 #24
They just said it was not as big as a Bernie crowd!! tavernier Aug 2015 #21
That'll leave a mark madokie Aug 2015 #28
One third or less the size Half-Century Man Aug 2015 #32
Blitzer will be disappointed grasswire Aug 2015 #22
Blitzer is virtually creaming his jeans dreaming of the police state Trump wants! Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #30
Let's hear it for Donald's Rump! Art_from_Ark Aug 2015 #44
Heard today that the conservative talk radio people have flogged the hell out of this. nolabear Aug 2015 #25
Well, that was the Newest Reality Aug 2015 #27
Now would be a good use of a drone. AngryOldDem Aug 2015 #33
Big fugging flop malaise Aug 2015 #34
don't worry, Glenn Beck also created magic people too so he could boost his numbers ericson00 Aug 2015 #35
tRUMP is the condensed version of teabags. pansypoo53219 Aug 2015 #38
oh yes, Twisted Sister? Give it to the GOP they found a campaign song ericson00 Aug 2015 #39
The long panoramic shot. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2015 #40
Grabbed the URL for you. Trump overreached a bit in renting that stadium, I think... PotatoChip Aug 2015 #46
The venue was changed twice due to expected larger crowds TexasMommaWithAHat Aug 2015 #50
My aunt was glued to CNN. She kept saying how Trump made a lot of sense. It didn't help that the Metric System Aug 2015 #41
The day any of his opponents can get half what he did is the day he'll worry. brooklynite Aug 2015 #42
Dems should all ask for and rsvp to the free tickets SoCalDem Aug 2015 #45
High School football in Alabama draws a bigger crowd than that FLPanhandle Aug 2015 #47
Bernie would have drawn more, tavernier Aug 2015 #48
cnn changed their tune overnight!!! spanone Aug 2015 #49
Yeah... tavernier Aug 2015 #53
A little like rMoney in Detroit JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2015 #51
Trump promised 46,000 and did not deliver Gothmog Aug 2015 #52
Msnbc just said 20. Fox said 30 tavernier Aug 2015 #54
Well Sears only had so many sheets. /nt Marr Aug 2015 #55
Trump promised 46,000 and did not deliver Gothmog Aug 2015 #56

tavernier

(12,392 posts)
3. They said lots and lots of empty seats
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 07:10 PM
Aug 2015

which may fill later but pretty sparse at this point. That's how it looks too when they scan it with the camera.

onethatcares

(16,172 posts)
6. at Bucs games
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 07:20 PM
Aug 2015

they fill them with cardboard cutouts painted the same color as the seats, THey have about the same intelligence level an don't use the bathrooms as much.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
11. Not to worry, CNN will go with tight shots of the audience and accept Trump's claims.....this clown
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 07:25 PM
Aug 2015

and his media entourage are going to soon take a long sharp drop to reality....being exposed as all being nothing but liars....why is CNN hiding the confirmed record of lies?? The desire for a police state and slurs and offensiveness as "debatable".

tavernier

(12,392 posts)
14. They're not
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 07:28 PM
Aug 2015

They have stated several times how sparse the crowd is, and that they shouldn't have rented such a big place because it doesn't look impressive.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
15. That is a surprise...there has to come a point when someone at CNN realizes their own folly and
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 07:29 PM
Aug 2015

pulls the plug on the oxygen..maybe tonight?

The coverage itself is oxygen, though.....none for any Democrat, that valve is shut tight.

GP6971

(31,168 posts)
5. Plus CNN is
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 07:18 PM
Aug 2015

Wondering whether or not Trump's flyover of the stadium violated FAA regulation. Just speculation at this point.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
13. "The FCC and their laws are losers"! How much longer can this clown show go on? The fall will be
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 07:27 PM
Aug 2015

spectacular, that is what folks are waiting for!

And when that happens the insipid moronic media and the GOP need to be dragged down with him.

GP6971

(31,168 posts)
16. Really hope there was a violation and they ground his plane
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 07:35 PM
Aug 2015

Hopefully they'll ground Trump's total sir operations and fine the crap out them. I know.....wishful thinking

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
8. CNN is breathlessly on hold for a live speech by....Trump! Followed by an hour interview, with guess
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 07:21 PM
Aug 2015

who? Yes, it is more Trump!

Followed by some twisting of polls to assist the GOP! Exciting fascist stuff on CNN!

Remorseless tools of the 1%.

CNN is worse than Fox because some sane folks still have some trust in them....that has to end also.

 

ericson00

(2,707 posts)
36. let Trump get the press time, we all win.
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 09:26 PM
Aug 2015

the email stuff goes on deaf ears but when its ultimately be debunked people will listen, an unelectable buffoon will get the GOP nomination or divide the party and hurt turnout, Hillary Clinton landslides Trump or Bush III (who has by then became Trump on immigration). The end. 8 more years!

tavernier

(12,392 posts)
10. Wow. Doesn't appear even half full.
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 07:25 PM
Aug 2015

He will have to start bussing in people to fill the seats. I wouldn't call the Mexican community, though, Donald. 😄

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
17. As another poster (above) so correctly stated, it doesn't
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 07:37 PM
Aug 2015

matter, Trump will simply say that the stadium was packed to the gills, standing room only and with an overflow crowd of over 10,000 AA's and Hispanics who couldn't get in but still wanted to hear him, etc. etc. etc. ad nauseam and the media will report his every word as Gospel.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
31. The stadium was easily three quarters empty when the speech started and I had to take a long nap.
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 08:47 PM
Aug 2015

Trump ain't no Mussolini, despite the vain attempt.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
19. Okay, maybe the crowd wasn't yooooge
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 07:37 PM
Aug 2015

But it was the best crowd ever, and T Rump only had to pay 35% of them to show up. Maybe 75%. Who cares? It was the finest quality crowd ever to attend a political rally with the best candidate ever.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
22. Blitzer will be disappointed
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 07:41 PM
Aug 2015

Just ten minutes before the time noted above, Blitzer said it would be the largest rally of 2015 -- forty thousand. They showed live feed of Trump's plane flying over the stadium, and said that the FAA had given special permission for that fly-over.

nolabear

(41,987 posts)
25. Heard today that the conservative talk radio people have flogged the hell out of this.
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 08:31 PM
Aug 2015

Nope. The upper level is far from full.

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
33. Now would be a good use of a drone.
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 08:56 PM
Aug 2015

Fly it over the stadium with a camera to get a true picture of the crowd.

Camera shots have been tight, making it look like a crowd. But are they just packing everyone on one side of the stadium?

There was no way he was going to fill up that place, but I'm sure he's convinced himself that he's talking to millions.

 

ericson00

(2,707 posts)
35. don't worry, Glenn Beck also created magic people too so he could boost his numbers
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 09:24 PM
Aug 2015

when the hordes didn't show up in as big a number as expected. Donald will sue those who don't say "at least 36,000 people," Beck wasn't able to do that.

 

ericson00

(2,707 posts)
39. oh yes, Twisted Sister? Give it to the GOP they found a campaign song
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 09:36 PM
Aug 2015

that isn't country music, since Dee Snider I think is Republican (which is weird because most of the PMRC was Republican)

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
40. The long panoramic shot.
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 09:36 PM
Aug 2015
https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC/status/634890727537942528

Maybe 15,000-20,000 tops.

Definitely not the 42,000 Trump was claiming was going to show up.

A normal person would be happy with 15,000. Trump won't be. He'll brag it was 50,000.

TexasMommaWithAHat

(3,212 posts)
50. The venue was changed twice due to expected larger crowds
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 08:52 AM
Aug 2015

That picture is a great optic to use against him, but remember that his supporters had originally planned on a meeting room that held about 1200. He's on a roll!

But that's good news, since Trump is sucking all the oxygen from the other Republicans.

Metric System

(6,048 posts)
41. My aunt was glued to CNN. She kept saying how Trump made a lot of sense. It didn't help that the
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 09:51 PM
Aug 2015

talking heads, including Don Lemon, were going on about how entertaining it was and really there was very little criticism until just now with Douglas Brinkley, who compared Trump's rhetoric to George Wallace's.

SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)
45. Dems should all ask for and rsvp to the free tickets
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 06:55 AM
Aug 2015

they would have to get bigger and bigger venues..and then dems just stay home & laugh at all the empty seats

tavernier

(12,392 posts)
48. Bernie would have drawn more,
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 08:39 AM
Aug 2015

I'm pretty certain, even in Alabama. He never intends to; they just come.

tavernier

(12,392 posts)
54. Msnbc just said 20. Fox said 30
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 02:20 PM
Aug 2015

but even they admitted that that was the number given to them by the Trump ppl.

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