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The stadium is filling up. (Original Post) leftofcool Aug 2015 OP
Will this be the first of his Nuremberg rallies? villager Aug 2015 #1
Any links? I'm curious how big the crowd is... 4139 Aug 2015 #2
News said the stadium could hold 40,000 Ilsa Aug 2015 #7
What channel is covering the rally short circuit Aug 2015 #3
Found this youtube feed... Purveyor Aug 2015 #10
Bernie's Been Knocking Down Record Crowds Since He Declared.... global1 Aug 2015 #4
Did we think they would? daleanime Aug 2015 #15
And Leon's getting laaaaaaarger! Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2015 #5
Curiosity seekers lpbk2713 Aug 2015 #6
Did The Donald "rent" his crowd? 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #8
Like it or not he's 840high Aug 2015 #9
Do you really think it's beneath Trump to heavily pad his crowds with this? 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #20
Katie, the blonde lady covering this at the stadium for MSNBC aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2015 #11
What???? msrizzo Aug 2015 #12
They are the Tea Partiers. I'm looking at the crowd,they exchanged sufrommich Aug 2015 #16
m$nbc is all over it.... spanone Aug 2015 #13
jesus that photo of the women is depressing.... dhill926 Aug 2015 #19
Many who have told me they were going... Whiskeytide Aug 2015 #14
By the way, locally we're calling it... Whiskeytide Aug 2015 #17
Go Bama except when you play my team. 840high Aug 2015 #21
As long as your team's... Whiskeytide Aug 2015 #22
Not Auburn - I understand. Friends!!!!!! 840high Aug 2015 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author Whiskeytide Aug 2015 #17

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
7. News said the stadium could hold 40,000
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 07:53 PM
Aug 2015

People, but it would be grossly overcrowded once Donald Trump's head and ego arrived.

global1

(25,253 posts)
4. Bernie's Been Knocking Down Record Crowds Since He Declared....
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 07:51 PM
Aug 2015

his candidacy and very little in the media. Now they're gonna make a big deal about Trump's draw? They are not treating Bernie fairly & it sucks.

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
20. Do you really think it's beneath Trump to heavily pad his crowds with this?
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 09:21 PM
Aug 2015

“Rent A Crowd” Company Admits Politicians Are Using Their Service
http://www.mintpressnews.com/rent-a-crowd-company-admits-politicians-are-using-their-service/206845/

I do not. i think that's his forte .. if it can be bought, Trump will buy it to aggrandize himself.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
11. Katie, the blonde lady covering this at the stadium for MSNBC
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 08:04 PM
Aug 2015

earlier said she was really taken aback by all the racial slurs she heard in the crowd, unlike any other political gathering she's ever covered.

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
16. They are the Tea Partiers. I'm looking at the crowd,they exchanged
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 08:17 PM
Aug 2015

their "U betcha" Palin signs for "you're fired" Trump signs.

Whiskeytide

(4,461 posts)
14. Many who have told me they were going...
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 08:15 PM
Aug 2015

... said they were going to see the spectacle - not really out of support for him.

But I have talked to perhaps a half dozen true supporters who LOVE him. They gushed until I said something to indicate I was a Dem - then I got the "you live in Alabama but you're a Dem?" look. I'm use to it.

Whiskeytide

(4,461 posts)
17. By the way, locally we're calling it...
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 08:17 PM
Aug 2015

... "The Trump Bowl". College football's kind of a thing here. (RT).

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