Picture showing the crowd size in Beck Rally

[thewiseguy]

It is a good turnout. But one heck of a boring rally.

[another saigon]

1. look at all of the RW&B!!!

freakin ditto heads. :eyes:

[Beaverhausen]

2. You mean its not going to change the course of history?

[thewiseguy]

3. I just realized this is a non political event! Thanks for wasting everyone's time Glenn.

[Cronus Protagonist]

4. I see NO signs in the crowd!

Strange. Are they taking them away from people at the checkpoint where they search for hidden KKK clothing?

[thewiseguy]

5. This is a non political event.

[Cronus Protagonist]

12. hahahahaha!

Who in the world believes THAT one? lol

[Buns_of_Fire]

7. MSNBC said that the participants were specifically told that there would be NO signs allowed.

They've got Beckerhead and Sarahcuda up there -- why embarrass themselves any further?

[inbred.republican]

9. A question

Is ignorance bliss ?

[izquierdista]

18. If it is...

Then Disneyland is no longer the 'Happiest Place on Earth'.

[Cronus Protagonist]

14. The first amendment isn't much to toss away anyway

After all the rest of the Constitution that they've ignored.

[kittykitty]

41. Apparently they were instructed NOT to have signs. n/t

[DFW]

43. Understandable, as they didn't want the media to capture the odd misspelled sign

Which, in their case, would have been about 99% of them, more if you discount D.C. street signs already in place.

[aquart]

6. So how much did they spend to come to this thing?

[pinboy3niner]

13. Didn't FreedomWorks provide free buses?

[RamboLiberal]

29. A lot of them paid themselves for the rented buses

Googling I saw anywhere from $30 from NC to near $100 from MO. And some had to pay for overnight rooms if coming in from a distant state.

[Liberal In Texas]

35. And subsidized the hotel rooms. n/t

[Aslanspal]

8. It looks hazy out..I thought god was going to bring blue skys

is it humic in DC today...looks hazy

[devilgrrl]

10. Look at all those white people!

:wow:

[KamaAina]

16. Look more closely.

Albert Pujols is down there somewhere. :P

[Subdivisions]

11. This pisses me off. Their events draw thousands while our event...

er...oh yeah, we don't have any events.

:mad:

[HughBeaumont]

21. Their events are also MSM pre-publicized and well-funded.

I guarandamntee if the MSM publicized a New Jobs and Economic Recovery rally on the Mall a couple of months before, the turnout would be giant - at least triple the size of that crapcake. Our plea would resonate farther and wider than . . . than . . . well, what the hell WAS Beck saying anyway?

The operative word, of course, being "IF".

[polmaven]

24. Uh, yeah...we do.

Rev. Sharpton is holding his yearly rally to honor Dr. King.....It is just not being broadcast. I guess President Obama failed once again to order the networks to cover the correct rally.

[Jade Fox]

42. If we base our events on media coverage.....

we lose. The media won't cover our events.

We need a whole new approach to activism. We should stop doing the same old stuff, and be brainstorming a mew vision of activism.

[Urban Prairie]

15. Absolutely perfect gathering for a Rapture to occur, IMO.

Most of those in attendance truly believe that they are pious & holier than thou, and so God could really save some time and effort in lifting them all up into the heavens en-masse, instead of having to search for and pick them off one by one, except those of course, who regrettably couldn't make the trip to Beckster's DC rally...

[aquart]

17. They don't look that rapt.

Serious, but not rapt.

[geek_sabre]

19. New picture

From http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Glenn-Beck-host-Lincoln-Memorial-rally/ss/events/us/082610beckrally#photoViewer=/100828/480/urn_publicid_ap_org_fe35cc139c514e8885c1cf10a6200d8e">Yahoo (photo 8/55):

[proud patriot]

20. bussed in by the koch brothers

must be nice to get free transpotation to an event like this .

[Turborama]

22. Any guesses at what percentage of America's population that amounts to? n/t

[lynne]

23. Don't think I would call it a "rally", at least not in the terms that we're used to -

- I've been watching since about 11:45 and I'd call it more of a "Revival" - similar to the old tent revivals. I'll admit that I'm surprised at the size of the crowd. Lots of people.

[ChiciB1]

25. Sooooooooooooo, Isn't It About Time "We" Don Another... Especially Since

the SS issue that is front and center!! I KNOW what so many have said about our marches in the past, and we really haven't gotten the coverage this one has because of "what I don't know!" BUT, we can't just sit here and type, sign petitions, write letters and call!! WHY?? Because THEY aren't listening to us!

WE NEED TO SHOW THEM!! We NEED to counter-attack because THEY think THEY have it all going on! And, at least THEY are showing up! WE ARE NOT!!

And yes, I gone to marches and come away crestfallen because of lack of coverage, but maybe, just maybe THIS TIME, since we will be marching again our very own Democrats and THIS WH, we might just get a LOT more coverage again!!

To THE STREETS! PLEASE!! I don't know how to get this going, but I will scrape my pennies (literally) together and try to BE THERE!

I'm totally fed up with "WORDS!"

[Imajika]

26. How do you organize a protest...

...protecting things like Social Security when the leader of our party created a commission to find ways to cut/scale back Social Security?

[ChiciB1]

27. WE PROTEST The Obvious!! Just Like Protesting Against LBJ In The

past!! He was a Democrat and said in the end, that the Viet Nam War killed him and he wouldn't run ever again! It was what drove him from politics!

Just because Democrats control everything doesn't mean WE have to follow along like so many SHEEPLE!!

[cilla4progress]

30. 10/2 MARCH ON WASHINGTON

Check it out!

http://beavercountyblue.org/2010/08/09/massive-march-on-washington-10210-for-the-change-we-were-promised/

[Imajika]

32. That did lead to Nixon being elected twice though...

I understand what you mean, but the dilemma is if we divide the left the right is given a clear opening to seize power.

[DainBramaged]

28. Sure this isn't photoshopped?

:shrug:

[thewiseguy]

31. No it is not

The aerial photos look more impressive. They had a good turnout today.

[LostinVA]

33. How is it a good turnout when they said it would be 150-450k???

O'Reilly was right.

[thewiseguy]

34. I read on MSNBC that an official estimated the crowd size to be 300k

NBC's Domenico Montanaro tweets from the Mall: There won't be official #s. Parks Svc/police don't do that anymore. But official at top of memorial said 300-325K. There are a LOT of people.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/08/28/4989729-scenes-from-the-national-mall

[LostinVA]

36. There is no way that's 300k -- it doesn't even cover the grass

[thewiseguy]

37. I do not know what to tell you. That estimate comes from a park official.

[LostinVA]

38. You just said the NPS doesn't do that any more

The Times is saying tens of thousands. The Times is an Establishment paper, not The Nation, so if it was hundreds of thousands, they would say it. The crowd doesn't even cover the grass around the Reflection pool. Lots more people at the Xenophobe Rally last year.

[Binka]

39. There Are A Few Folks In This Thread That Really Think They Are Clever!

I love this shit!

[DainBramaged]

46. Too many people here today defending the crowd numbers

think they are trying to get the numbers ingrained so lies become truth?


We've seen this tactic too many times before.

[Jade Fox]

40. Once again the Right proves it can only imitate.....

what the Left has done before.

But the Civil Rights movement was about a lot more than large rallies. It was about years and years of voter registration work, sit-ins, court battles and more. What are these Beck morans going to do when they go home? Nothing, except tuning in to Beck to listen to how great it was.

[ThomWV]

44. That crowd would not fill a medium sized college football stadium

50,000 people if they are lucky.

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[thelordofhell]

47. Lollapaloser

What a shit turnout for the FauxNoise turds. Back to your caves trolls, let the tea party marginalization begin!!

:nopity: :hurts:

[AnArmyVeteran]

48. But how many humans are in that herd?

[AnArmyVeteran]

49. But how many humans are in that herd?