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Originally Posted by peter12
To be fair, 87,000 is a heck of a lot of people.
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Interesting that their estimate was so low at 87K.
I find that figure hard to believe as I was on the ground at the rally (not in support, but as a sneaky 'Socialist' Canadian acting as a wolf in sheep's clothing). The other figures of over a 100,000-200,000 seem far more accurate. I'm also by no means a Glen Beck supporter, but these Tea Partiers are frighteningly dedicated to their insane cause.
It was a four hour event and many people were coming and going throughout the event, so I find it hard to believe such a low balling number of 87,000 people.
(Here's a photo from just in 500 metres in front of the Washington monument at about 12:00pm - 2 hours in and after Sarah and Glenn had already spoken -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ctoverdrive/4947848943/)