Beck Glenn vs Rally Stewart/Colbert Rally PIC

[nmbluesky]

Beck Rally


Stewart/Colbert Rally

[CherokeeDem]

1. Any questions?

I think not...but I am certain the media will spin Stewart/Colbert rally was a failure...

[pacalo]

6. Absolutely no questions.

:hi:

[Dinger]

62. Definitely Not

AWESOME!

[happygoluckytoyou]

67. FOX SAYS.....our crowd is bigger BUT THEIRS IS MORE DENSE... and i gotta agree ;)

[opihimoimoi]

2. KnR...whad a difference Truth Makes....

[bluerum]

3. Different angles but the difference in crowd size is clear.

[SugarShack]

4. ahhh yes.....there is no pool in the middle either....and looks like plenty of room in the back

Im sending to me local media...thanks for the pics!

[bluethruandthru]

10. It's not different angles - the rallies were in different locations.

Becks was on the steps of the Lincoln memorial facing out to the reflecting pool...which took up the majority of the space in the picture. All those on the steps of the memorial were invited VIPs. Take them out and there aren't that many left.

[AlbertCat]

66. It's not different angles

But the Beck picture is taken closer, more into the crowd. Look at the people in the forefront of each pic and compare size.


Still, the crowd is huge for the Stewart/Colbert rally. If you crop that pic so the relative sizes of the people are the same, one still clearly looks more packed.

[tblue37]

52. Also density--my son said the crush was so tight yesterday he could barely

breathe. He and his half-brother ended up leaving after about 90 minutes because the crush was so bad. Since my son lives in Arlington, VA, & works in D.C., though, it wasn't as though he had traveled far to attend. His brother lives in Chicago, but he came to see my son as well as to attend the rally, so again, no sense that they had wasted too much time or money to get to the rally, even though they didn't stay long. But this was historic--like Woodstock--so both wanted to be able to say they had been there.

[JackintheGreen]

57. Your son wasn't kidding

It was BANANAS between 7th and the stage. I left my family to check in with a friend some 100 behind me. It took me about 5 minutes to walk away from the event, but nearly 45 to get back. 45 minutes to move forward 300 feet.

Freaking bananas!

[uncommon]

63. Yeah I couldn't even see but it was still awesome.

[vduhr]

76. It's really difficult to stand in one spot when the

crowd is pressing in. You can't move too much and your legs and arms get stiff because you can't switch your weight back and forth or move your arms. That happened to me at Obama's rally in my city before the election. By the time my son and I left, I could barely walk - but what a great feeling to be a part of something like that. I so wish I could have been at the Sanity rally.

[Historic NY]

5. This is from the Capitol to the Washington Monument...its a longer distance.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&wrapid=tljp1288486280421046&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=map+of+the+mall+in+washington+dc&fb=1&gl=us&hq=map+of+the+mall+in+washington+dc&hnear=map+of+the+mall+in+washington+dc&cid=0,0,7968556508424179153&ei=lb3MTMNLw6qUB43hmPkI&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBsQnwIwAA

[arcane1]

7. Wow!!

Significantly longer!!!

[Historic NY]

11. Thats why people were sitting on the Museums steps like bleachers.

& the mention Stewart made of messing up the Aerospace Museum visit for people.

[the redcoat]

29. Don't forget the people in the trees

Can't see it from the pictures, but there were plenty of people climbing 15-20 feet up the trees to get an unrestricted view

[uncommon]

38. It was hilarious - the crowd would cheer every time someone made it up.

Wish I had been brave enough, I couldn't see much but it was still worth it to be there.

[the redcoat]

42. The whoe crowd was cheering for a guy that

made it up like 20 feet, and then we were rooting for him to make the final jump so he could sit comfortably, but he couldn't do it and ended up sliding back down while everyone booed

Hilarious indeed.

Another guy was not only 20 feet up, but climbed about 15 feet outward from the center sitting on a lone branch. brave indeed

[Scuba]

8. The only crowd-size count that matters will be Nov 2nd.

[Fla Dem]

34. +1 Hope they all vote. n /t

[Courtesy Flush]

9. Now if they'll all just VOTE!!!!1!! That would be hugh!

[KeyserSoze87]

12. 80,000 for Beck vs. 250,000 for Stewart/Colbert!

Go fuck yourself Tea Party!

[66 dmhlt]

16. Amen!

[txlibdem]

59. But the flock of geese!

God Almighty was giving voice to the glorious ... blah, blah, blah... Oh, who do I think I'm kidding:

:rofl: :rofl:

[Oceansaway]

13. wooooohoooooo !!...nt

[CommonSensePLZ]

14. And to think, all from one pre-announcement LOL nt

[applegrove]

15. Any estimates of how many people were at the Restore Sanity Rally?

[nmbluesky]

26. The Daily Show, estimated the crowd at 250,000.

[Bitwit1234]

17. AWWWW comeone everybody over at fox can see beck had

the most people. I mean not only do hey tell the big old whoppers over there they all are blind as bats.

[Bitwit1234]

18. AWWWW comeone everybody over at fox can see beck had

the most people. I mean not only do hey tell the big old whoppers over there they all are blind as bats.

[Cetacea]

19. My estimate: 3-400,000.

The pictures don't show all of the people who were so far away that they could not hear the PA system, nor the huge overflow into the surrounding streets.

[jberryhill]

21. I think it was larger than anticipated

Back in the "sometimes we can hear something" section, where I was, people stayed for the entire event JUST to be sure they'd be in the crowd pictures.

And, yea, there were folks crowding the streets a block away on the sides, because it was just too crowded to get onto the mall.

[ChadwickHenryWard]

55. They were only prepared for 60,000 people.

That's the number they put on the permit. I think the official tally of 200,000+ is counting those on the sides. We should however remember that the Metro system was completely overwhelmed. There were some people who waited for over two hours to get a train with any room on it at all. We met one person who waited it out (the rally was over by the time he got there) but I'm sure many more never even made it into the city. I wish there was some way to get a representative sample so an estimate could be made and those numbers appended to the official estimate.

[chemp]

20. one wingnut claim

"Beck's rally had Tens of thousands of no-shows. "

[I Have A Dream]

40. Oh, that's wonderful!

:rofl:

[vduhr]

75. Oh...but they try, don't they.....

Sad.

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. This was the real country folks

Wow

[laughingliberal]

23. K & R nt

[Arugula Latte]

24. This thread makes Man Baby cry!

[demmiblue]

25. Wow! nt

[demmiblue]

27. Whoops... I forgot to rec!

[cbdo2007]

28. Here are aerial photo comparisons:

Rally today:



Beck rally pics:






hahahahaha - Rally to restore sanity was much, much bigger. probably at least 3-4 times bigger.

[tex-wyo-dem]

30. Not makin fun of older, disadvantaged or sick people by any means, but...

Also keep in mind that many of beck's rally participants took up more room due to walkers, wheelchairs, scooters and oxygen tanks, or just being overweight from a steady diet of propoganda...pretty much reflective of most fox snooz viewers. Makes the crowd look bigger than actual size.

[Turborama]

32. There was a lot of grass for Beck's sheep to graze on - another aerial pic from a different angle

ETA The OP I Originally Posted This In: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9034279

[Lorien]

31. A lot of lawn can be seen in those Beck rally pics. nt

[boobooday]

37. They're too paranoid to stand close together.

:hi:

[sam sarrha]

49. too homophobic.......

[Contrary1]

70. 3rd pic down..."Rally" is spelled incorrectly.

Imagine that.

[mopinko]

33. let's file a foia for the satellite pictures

and the flyover shots.

[fascisthunter]

35. nuff said

take a looksy righties

NOW... will this get as much attention as the Teahadist rally?

[demi moore]

36. look who's not going to be beaten so easily.

looks like 300 million to me. i can't wait to see who has the bigger muscles on election day :)

[and-justice-for-all]

39. I knew reason out numerberd the ignorant....

only a small percentage wants to live in the world of the brown shirts.

[mzmolly]

41. And Beck promoted his for what ... six months? Colbert/Stewart had about a

month.

[Faygo Kid]

43. Sad that we are getting almost zero coverage.

This obviously pissed off the corporate media. I was there; it was extraordinary, and 10 times the Beck numbers.

But it doesn't matter; they will always give Beck 10 times the coverage. That's OK. It was a wonderful day, and won't be forgotten.

[dana_b]

48. oh my! your little one looks a lot like my daughter did at that age

we have adorable children!! ;)

[Faygo Kid]

56. That's not mine. My little one is 34. But she was and is the cutest.

And I wish with all my heart I could take her trick or treating at, say 6 years old, yet again.

[NewJeffCT]

44. Plus, the Beck rally did not have

Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Yusuf, Ozzy Osbourne, the O'Jays, Tony Bennett, R2D2 and many others. (plus, the 7 year old girl!)

[AnArmyVeteran]

45. Total IQs of Beck rally = 80,000, IQs of Stewart/Colbert rally = 9,999,999,999,999,999,999,999!

Poor right wing simpletons.

[PatrynXX]

46. People who are down and depressed always show up to look on the bright side of things.

Has to happen.

Those who show up for hate.. do so at the orders of others and probably embarassed to be there. Sure could see alot of grass in August. Course the grass is browner now but I still can't see grass.

[Crowman1979]

47. Of course all of the people at the Beck rally were paranoid and needed to have 5 feet of space.

[Dave From Canada]

50. Wow. So a lot of people came out to basically see a free concert/comedy show. I'm not really

suprised.

[uncommon]

64. I give people a little more credit than that. Most traveled many hours to be there.

I saw people from Hawaii, Michigan, Texas. We went from Massachusetts and not for a free show but because the message of that show was and is important.

[Dave From Canada]

68. What was the message?

[wial]

69. correct

[grahamhgreen]

71. Out of Iraqistan, Public Option, Out of Slave Trade agreements, break up the banks, etc.

[Dave From Canada]

77. Really? I didn't hear Jon Stewart say any of that.

[grahamhgreen]

78. Watch his show.

[redirish28]

51. You switched the caption on those photos.. The top photo is Stewart/Colbert

rally :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[w4rma]

53. I was out there visiting museums while the Beck rally was going on. It was small.

There was another event for something entirely unrelated going on on the mall next to it. The subway wasn't crowded at all.

However, for yesterday's rally, the subway cars were packed like sardines. The whole mall was devoted to this the Stewart/Colbert rally. One could easily have missed knowing the Beck rally was even taking place. There was no way to miss yesterday's rally, however.

[RamboLiberal]

74. Metro Says Stewart Beat Beck At The Faregates

Washington's transit system reported that it set a new rail ridership record for a Saturday on the day of the Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert rally on the national capital Mall.

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority counted 825,437 passenger trips on October 30, the date of the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, compared to 510,020 on August 28, the date of Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor rally.

That tends to bolster CBS figures that suggested the Comedy Central duo was a much higher draw than the Fox News host. A crowd size count commissioned by the television news network estimated 215,000 attended the Stewart/Colbert rally Saturday. A similar estimate for CBS found 87,000 attended the Beck rally in August.

The Stewart/Colbert rally produced the 17th busiest day in the Washington Metro's history and broke a Saturday ridership record that dated to June of 1991, when the subway logged 786,358 rides on the day of the Operation Desert Storm victory celebration on the Mall.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/metro-says-stewart-beat-beck-at-the-faregates-20101031

[Zambero]

54. the Beckster included the wingnut reflections in the pond

and then multiplied the result by an undisclosed number provided to him by God. There was no dead unoccupied space (or need for manipulation) in the Stewart/Colbert rally however!

[jmowreader]

58. God, what a total failure yesterday's rally was

I mean, look at it: there's a hunk of ground about 10x10 in the lower right hand side of the picture that's only got two people in it. And there's this little hunk of ground about 5x20 toward the middle that doesn't have anyone at all. Obviously the organizers of this failed rally weren't trying very hard.

(Ya think I can get a job at Faux Noise now? Huh? Huh? Can I?)

[meowomon]

60. K&R

[felix_numinous]

61. Reminds me the Harry Potter cure for a bogart

(a ghost that shapeshifts into your greatest fear) was 'Ridiculous!"

[rasputin1952]

65. All I can say is Holy Shit!

:D

[Mr Generic Other]

72. the people at the stewart/colbert rally

are so much better looking than those who attended the beck rally.
maybe that is why the beckistas are so angry?

[madrchsod]

73. it was AWESOME.....

16 hours on a bus was worth every second!