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18,000 Attended Bernie Rally in Irvine, CA on Sunday!!!!! (Original Post) amborin May 2016 OP
It didn't look like nearly that many... scscholar May 2016 #1
lol! maybe the pictures you saw were of a tiny Hillary gathering!? amborin May 2016 #2
So what? Did you even watch the first seconds of this video? JackRiddler May 2016 #3
So watch the video. It's a huge enthusistic crowd. senz May 2016 #4
New talking point, claiming small turnouts for Bernie. Alex4Martinez May 2016 #8
Wow, it's all so ugly. senz May 2016 #10
It wasn't that big. The amphitheater capacity is only 16K...and most of the upper tier was empty anotherproletariat May 2016 #16
Yeah, they're always exaggerating. But, let 'em have it, they're having a hard month. nt eastwestdem May 2016 #17
Love that he mentioned TYT. senz May 2016 #5
Too bad GulfCoast66 May 2016 #6
Is that the new Hillary supporter talking point? "Some of us have jobs"? pinebox May 2016 #9
No huge Hilliary supporter here GulfCoast66 May 2016 #19
Sorry Bernie's popularity makes you uncomfortable. senz May 2016 #11
working Sundays is a drag reddread May 2016 #12
*snort* frylock May 2016 #20
Oh ten years ago we knew those are REPUBLICAN talking points nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #15
Yeah, I wouldn't bother spending time/money to support Hillary either. Lodestar May 2016 #18
They're beginning to believe their own lies, I think. Scary... and SAD. AzDar May 2016 #7
It looks like someone hacked the video frame -- weird photo top left. senz May 2016 #13
didnt he have one in New York that had MFM008 May 2016 #14
 

JackRiddler

(24,979 posts)
3. So what? Did you even watch the first seconds of this video?
Wed May 25, 2016, 12:54 AM
May 2016

One still photo from the ground couldn't show the crowd size, so your post is curious. The video pans over the crowd and shows the venue at capacity. Shall we sit and count the heads now?

Alex4Martinez

(2,198 posts)
8. New talking point, claiming small turnouts for Bernie.
Wed May 25, 2016, 01:41 AM
May 2016

ucrdem posted that they went to a Bernie event and the stadium was empty.

Riverside, I think they said.

Looks like a new Brock strategy: declare small turnouts for Bernie, just make it up, claim you were there.

LOL.

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
10. Wow, it's all so ugly.
Wed May 25, 2016, 01:49 AM
May 2016

They have nothing good to say for their candidate so they knock ours.

And when has their candidate ever drawn crowds even half as large as Bernie's?

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
6. Too bad
Wed May 25, 2016, 01:01 AM
May 2016

For Bernie and his supporters that we count actual votes.

Some of us have jobs and attending rallies like this seem silly.

 

pinebox

(5,761 posts)
9. Is that the new Hillary supporter talking point? "Some of us have jobs"?
Wed May 25, 2016, 01:45 AM
May 2016

Are you trying to say Bernie supporters don't? Please elaborate.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
19. No huge Hilliary supporter here
Wed May 25, 2016, 08:02 AM
May 2016

Believe it or not, many of us love neither of the candidates but will support the winner no matter who.

And if you saw an insult in my response that is your issue as none was intended. But I see the crowds at his rallies. And they are inspiring. But most of the folks there are young. In my 20's I might have attended. But in middle age with family and work responsibilities political rallies seem trite. Plus, by my age I realize all candidates are flawed as they are human.

if Bernie were to miraculously win it would be entertaining to watch the slow disillusionment of his young supporters.

Lodestar

(2,388 posts)
18. Yeah, I wouldn't bother spending time/money to support Hillary either.
Wed May 25, 2016, 03:13 AM
May 2016

Silly indeed. She doesn't need you. She already has all the support from corporations that
she needs.

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
13. It looks like someone hacked the video frame -- weird photo top left.
Wed May 25, 2016, 01:56 AM
May 2016

You can tell it was superimposed over the photo of Bernie and some supporters at his rally.

MFM008

(19,818 posts)
14. didnt he have one in New York that had
Wed May 25, 2016, 01:56 AM
May 2016

28 thousand?
Numbers at a rally are nice but then they don't vote.

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