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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 10:42 PM Original message |
Jon Stewart Rally Attracts Estimated 215,000 (CBS commissioned estimate) |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. please fold into other thread if this is considered 'continued news' |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sanity restored! This has legs. |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. Photo at link |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 01:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. No reflecting pool or lawn chairs with loads of green space around them |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 02:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. We were packed like cattle |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 02:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Unlike this one, which had loads of room for the sheep to graze.... |
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a2liberal (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 02:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Thanks for the higher res pics in this thread |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
37. a2liberal .... |
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a2liberal (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #37 |
56. Thanks! |
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Island Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 04:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Not to mention a reflecting pool large enough |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 07:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Can anyone zoom in on the density of the crowd here at the Beck rally. the lawn chairs/blankets pool |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 07:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
59. Yeah, I got some pics |
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1American (154 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 09:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
29. packed in like cattle |
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Gin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
49. I agree...it was packed...got there around 10 and couldn't even get close |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
8. give em hell! |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 07:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. You live in France? |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. a have american and french nationalities |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 09:27 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Pass along, please, that many Americans admire the protesters |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 09:39 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. i will pass that along no problem |
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Loudmxr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
9. Freepers say there were only 100K and they were smoking dope so it looked like 200K. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 08:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. FReepers get their science from Rush, history from Beck and theology from Coulter. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 08:20 AM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Smoking dope enlarges crowds? |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 09:41 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. sure, 100 000 people were there and started smoking dope |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 04:58 AM Response to Original message |
11. K & R |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 05:24 AM Response to Original message |
12. Lincoln Memorial area end of the Mall holds much fewer than Capitol |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
13. So the sane people outnumber the crazy people. Maybe there still is hope. |
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usaf-vet (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
15. Compare crowd size estimates at Obama's swearing in as a benchmark |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
46. welcome to DU! |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
16. My sister and I were there yesterday |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
17. looked like 300-400k at least! |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 08:41 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. I'd say at least the high end of that |
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NYMdaveNYI (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
60. and according to the University of I Don’t Remember, there was 2390751 Million nt |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
18. Fringe elements get all of the press... |
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Iliyah (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 08:05 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Yeah leave it |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 08:15 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Me too! |
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Blacksheep214 (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
43. Kinda like that FedEx commercial |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
47. Great post, rasputin1952 |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Thanks...but I really have to work on those typos... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
24. Let's hope they all vote |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
26. So, 3 times bigger than Beck rallye, something the media will not tell us. |
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1American (154 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
27. Sanity restored? |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
31. HuffPo says 'Rally Attendance OBLITERATES Turnout To Glenn Beck Rally!' More pics ---> |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
34. Every shot I saw on CNN was a close shot. |
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ThirdChoice (674 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
35. I was an eyewitness!! |
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perdita9 (408 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
36. Stewert gets better ratings than Fox |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
38. And Bob Schieffer, faithful to his masters, announced 10s of thousands. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. Schieffer and the rest of the MSM fear for their jobs. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
39. Great job -- and I hope he does this again -- I would love to have gone!! |
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felix_numinous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
40. K + R |
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NEOhiodemocrat (624 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
41. My daughter and her friends were there |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
42. As usual, the MSM picked the lowest plausible number. The real count's much higher. n/t |
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amyrose2712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
44. YAY! I was there! |
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kimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
45. I can attest to the size of the crowd compared to the Inauguration |
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Moose4Biden (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
51. 215K stayed, but many more attended! It could have hit 250K. |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
52. Our local paper story said "tens of thousands". Yeah. Typical. |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. My son and several of his friends were there--from NC. |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
54. I knew there were more of us then them. Thanks for the pics! |
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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
55. RECOMMENDED. BIGGER THAN BECK'S |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
57. I estimate half a million |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
58. When was Yusuf |
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laurel46 (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
61. The streets of DC were closed from 3rd to 10th on |
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