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Title: At Least 250,000 Attend Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity
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Politicususa
URL Source: http://www.politicususa.com/en/stew ... gn=P2Blogs&utm_content=Twitter
Published: Oct 30, 2010
Author: Politicususa
Post Date: 2010-10-30 19:21:17 by Brian S
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Views: 14760
Comments: 19
Everyone knew today’s Rally to Restore Sanity would be a hit, and if the independent estimates of crowd size are any indication, Jon Stewart’s rally was the most well attended of the year as it is estimated that at least 250,000 people attended. This number easily doubles and almost triples the attendance for Glenn Beck’s Rally to Restore Honor. A CTV story estimated the crowd size at 250,000, “In an impassioned 15-minute speech, Stewart told a crowd estimated to number at least 250,000, that their presence has restored his sanity.” Even the AP conservatively offered an estimate that the crowd size rivaled Beck’s, “Screens showed a variety of pundits and politicians from the left and right, engaged in divisive rhetoric. Prominently shown: Glenn Beck, whose conservative Restoring Honor rally in Washington in August was part of the motivation for the Stewart and Colbert event, called the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. It appeared to rival Beck’s rally in attendance.” During the rally, the hosts of Myth Busters estimated the crowd at 150,000. No matter which estimate one chooses to go with, it’s clear that the crowd size greatly exceeded the 60,000 that Comedy Central expected when they applied for their park permit. There were reports that the crowd exceeded the designated rally area and spilled out into other parts of the National Mall, so it is a pretty safe to say that hundreds of thousands of people were there. Right wing media has responded to the success of Stewart’s rally, not by denying his attendance numbers, but inflating Beck’s rally attendance figures. Even though independent estimates put the size of Beck’s rally at 87,000-96,000 attendees, conservative media, lead by Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, and Beck himself have turned the Rally to Restore Honor into a mythic event which was attended by a half a million people. Of course, those who make these claims have absolutely no proof to back it up, and they never question the fact that these inflated attendance figures come from biased sources. This week Beck proclaimed that unless Jon Stewart drew a million people his rally would be a failure. Beck said, “I love this. Barack Obama is going on The Daily Show. If there’s not a million people at the mall. They have Oprah. They have Barack Obama. They have The Huffington Post, all paying for these trips. There should be 300 million people on the mall, or they are absolutely the most powerless people on the planet.” Instead of looking powerless, it seems the Rally to Restore Sanity has outdrawn any live event that Glenn Beck has ever done. The sad reality is that the argument over which rally was bigger will only serve to highlight the polarized disconnect in our country. Many who are willing to use facts will accept that Stewart’s rally was larger than Beck’s, while the right wing ideologues will hold on to their fairy tale of a half a million people at Beck’s rally, but at least for one day reasonableness became a topic in our a national dialogue. For this reason alone, no matter how many people attended The Rally to Restore Sanity was a success.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
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Could have been anything from seven, to a quarter of a million, depending on who's estimating the crowd. Is Politicususa fair and balanced?
But God attended Beck's rally.
Hollywood's rally: The peoples rally: -----------------------------------------------------------
Viacom says they were told at least 200k.
All three of Them.
By whom? Does viacom always tell the truth? What do we really know? What is the truth?
(sneakypete)DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Mad Dog's reply) I don't know or F ing care. Pete, MD doesn't know or care what Palin says or writes, he'll support her no matter what.
from the rally: Activists make poor mathematicians. Leave out the hyperbole, million man math, and wishful thinking and what have you got for reporting? Nothing but an on-going far left irritation the past Beck rally humiliated the previous liberal circle jerk.
Well, [war's] got to do something for attention, his multiple personalities aren't speaking to him any more, and his imaginary friends keep finding excuses not to come over. (Murron)
By whom? Obama's PR department?
Correct, liberals act like Nazis.
Neither of you know how many were there.
(sneakypete)DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Mad Dog's reply) I don't know or F ing care. Pete, MD doesn't know or care what Palin says or writes, he'll support her no matter what.
Fact is, IDAS! I know they are the enemy.
true, but i'm betting more than 7.
yukon, you're either a shill, or too fucking stupid to know who your enemy is. same goes for go65
(sneakypete)DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Mad Dog's reply) I don't know or F ing care. Pete, MD doesn't know or care what Palin says or writes, he'll support her no matter what.
yukon, You are a fookin idiot, so whatever you post is insignificant. Have another hit on your bong and then go back to serving fries with skidmark. It appears yukon kicks your ass all over the internet.
It appears yukon kicks your ass all over the internet. (laughing) Right. Shill it is (as you've proven yet again), yukon. Can't wait to see you shilling for the neo-cons after Tuesday.
(sneakypete)DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Mad Dog's reply) I don't know or F ing care. Pete, MD doesn't know or care what Palin says or writes, he'll support her no matter what.
That's exactly what you are, a retarded shill.
Yeah, whatever yukie. G'night.
(sneakypete)DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Mad Dog's reply) I don't know or F ing care. Pete, MD doesn't know or care what Palin says or writes, he'll support her no matter what.
Yukon lives in your empty fookin skull. Yukon owns you, chippy.
#2. To: Brian S (#0)
On January 3, 2011 the GOP assumes responsibility for deficit spending.
#3. To: hondo68 (#1)
Barrack Hussein Obama
President of the United States of America said that some Americans ; "They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."
#4. To: Brian S (#0)
On January 3, 2011 the GOP assumes responsibility for deficit spending.
#5. To: go65 (#2)
But God attended Beck's rally.
#6. To: go65 (#4)
Viacom says they were told at least 200k.
#7. To: Skip Intro, brian S, lucysmom (#5)
On January 3, 2011 the GOP assumes responsibility for deficit spending.
#8. To: Brian S (#0)
#9. To: go65, Brian S (#4)
Viacom says they were told
#10. To: go65 (#7)
#11. To: Ibluafartsky, go65 (#10)
#12. To: Wood_Chopper (#11)
Neither of you know how many were there.
#13. To: Wood_Chopper (#11)
Neither of you know how many were there.
On January 3, 2011 the GOP assumes responsibility for deficit spending.
#14. To: Ibluafartsky, go65 (#12)
Fact is, IDAS! I know they are the enemy.
#15. To: Wood_Chopper, skidmark (#14)
you're either a shill,
#16. To: Ibluafartsky (#15)
You are a fookin idiot, so whatever you post is insignificant. Have another hit on your bong and then go back to serving fries with skidmark.
#17. To: Wood_Chopper (#16)
Shill it is
#18. To: Ibluafartsky (#17)
That's exactly what you are, a retarded shill.
#19. To: Wood_Chopper (#18)
Yeah, whatever yukie.
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