From a friend in DC: I was there, and there were not 80K or even close. They did not even fill a half section of the mall between 3rd and 4th street. Plus they want to count the thousands of tourists who were out on that nice Saturday and the other event down the Mall. My estimate, and I have been to lots of these events, is that there were roughly 20K at around peak period at noon when VR shot this video.You can see that the people are are not even remotely filling up that space, and you can see that the people are not even packed close near the Capitol. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmrdBlBinag
On 9/16/09 1:13 PM, "Mark Crispin Miller" <[email protected]> wrote: > > William Rivers Pitt tells me that the figure of 30,000, mentioned in > his "Ku Klux Klowns," > was posted on TPM when he wrote the piece, and that he got it there. > According to later coverage, > he says, that figure is too low, as there were roughly 80,000 people > gathered in DC. > > MCM > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to [email protected] OR go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
