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The Rally to Restores Sanity and/or Fear hosted an estimated 215,000 reasonable and/or fearful Americans.
See photos of the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear in the slideshow
The official estimate from CBS News is based on aerial photographs taken by the same researchers that collected information for Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor rally in August. CBS News estimated that 87,000 people attended Beck's rally, enraging conservatives claiming that as many as half a million were in attendance.
Rally to Restore Sanity attendance estimated at 215,000
Divide 87,000 into 215,000 = ???
:2funny::2funny:
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Glenn who?:2wave:
You're the type of person the rally was making fun off.
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CBS has a completely different tactic. It commissions a company to take aerial photos and then comes up with an estimate later. In August, CBS estimated Glenn Beck's attendance at 87,000. National Park Service estimates between 300,000 and 325,000 people attended the Glenn Beck rally.
Wow. With #'s like that, this sanity rally really exposes the pulse of the nation. I bet these viewpoints will be reflected in the Tuesday elections. That'll show everyone just what America really thinks. :2dancing:
Wow. With #'s like that, this sanity rally really exposes the pulse of the nation. I bet these viewpoints will be reflected in the Tuesday elections. That'll show everyone just what America really thinks. :2dancing:
the end result is there was a crap load of people at each rally... just for different reasons. Who give a flying **** in a rolling donut who beat who?
Rally to Restore Sanity attendance estimated at 215,000
Divide 87,000 into 215,000 = ???
:2funny::2funny:
2.5
Glenn who?:2wave:
So now it's about crowd sizes and these things matter? transparent and typical.
The message of these rallies was pretty strange. It was a rally to "promote moderation" or whatever yet promoting a political agenda at the rally was not allowed. It doesn't make sense to me. Stewart/Colbert are idiots for this one.
The message of these rallies was pretty strange. It was a rally to "promote moderation" or whatever yet promoting a political agenda at the rally was not allowed. It doesn't make sense to me. Stewart/Colbert are idiots for this one.
Moderation of the rhetoric is I believe the message. You can disagree with some one without calling them a nazi kinda thing.
Actually the rally will no be reflected either way by the election. The concept was to essentially tone down the rhetoric, not to not be partisan.
Moderation of the rhetoric is I believe the message. You can disagree with some one without calling them a nazi kinda thing.
Hence my sarcastic post. :wink: This wasn't a rally. It was a free live comedy show.
Promote sanity was the message. Any promotion of moderation would be for a promotion of moderation in discourse, and in our rhetoric towards one another. Moderation in ideology was not the point, you can still have your political views whatever they may be, just be moderate in your temperament and attitude to those who disagree and do not share your views
Yes, I understand that. But you can't promote moderate discourse by prohibiting such discourse from happening. That makes absolutely no sense.
Moreover, a "rally to promote moderate discourse" is not going to change the discourse whatsoever.
I didn't see "you can't talk about politics" in the rally's rules.
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