Glenn Beck Rally Attracts Estimated 87,000

The area around the Lincoln Memorial in Washington during a rally organized by conservative commentator Glenn Beck is seen in this aerial picture taken Aug. 28, 2010.

/ AirPhotosLIVE.com

An estimated 87,000 people attended a rally organized by talk-radio host and Fox News commentator Glenn Beck Saturday in Washington, according to a crowd estimate commissioned by CBS News.

The company AirPhotosLive.com based the attendance on aerial pictures it took over the rally, which stretched from in front of the Lincoln Memorial along the Reflecting Pool to the Washington Monument. Beck and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin spoke at the rally.

Beck, who predicted that at least 100,000 people would show up, opened his comments with a joke: "I have just gotten word from the media that there is over 1,000 people here today."

The area around the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington during a rally organized by conservative commentator Glenn Beck is seen in this aerial picture taken Aug. 28, 2010.

/ AirPhotosLIVE.com

AirPhotosLive.com gave its estimate a margin of error of 9,000, meaning between 78,000 and 96,000 people attended the rally. The photos used to make the estimate were taken at noon Saturday, which is when the company estimated was the rally's high point.

Rally organizers had a permit for crowd of 300,000. Crowd estimates used to be provided by the National Park Service, but the agency stopped counting crowds in 1997 after being accused of underestimating the size of the Million Man March in 1995.

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[mchoward21]

I LOVE that people criticize Jon Stewart and Colbert for being push overs that ask soft ball questions to guests and politicians on there show and how they say that there wasnt a single politician there...Guys i have news for you...THEY HOST COMEDY SHOWS ON COMEDY CENTRAL...they dont have shows on CNN or FoxNews and if they did then ok your points would be valid..but its a damn comedy show, why are they obligated to ask tougher questions than other news organizations.

Also there were no politicians at the rally because in the words of colbert and stewart themselves this wasnt a political rally.

[kevjustice]

ha ha ha ha!!! jon stewart got more than twice as many people to attend his rally!!!!

[noloyalisti]

Beck is a ridiculous waste of good air. He is a dangerous individual fomenting hate and destruction of America. He is the ultimate divider who cares about one thing: money.

We need to have people like Stewart to unite people against the evil of Republicorp. Go vote tomorrow and reject everything intolerant and right wing.

[okieintx]

Have you ever watched Glenn Beck or just listened to the liberal media bash him? I have NEVER heard a hateful or racist word come from his mouth. MLK's daughter said the same thing and is a supporter of Becks and was impressed with how he was trying to unite the country. She wasn't across town at the devisive rally of Sharpton's. Quite the opposite. Beck's shows feature historians and educators who know what the principles and history this country was actually founded upon and audiences with real opinions on both sides of the aisle. Stewart makes fun of people and uses sarcasm to further a liberal agenda.

[bigeye9]

Don't you work, all you ever do is blog...you need a life. I'm being totally serious.

[carolo43]

Jon Stewarts rally was an event to try to bring people together. Beck's rally was to separate them. Big difference and more of a difference than the sheer numbers in attendence. Stewarts rally made a person feel glad they were an American. Beck's rally was depressing to see so much hatred.

[nuttyworld]

More like 400,000+, but whoever did the counting must have to remove their shoes to count above the number 10.

[olegunny]

The National Park Service estimate was 300,000 plus. The photos of the Sanity Rally were not all taken at the rally. There are structures missing. I am reminded of Dan Ratherless....

[hcvisigoth]

Reading is FUNdamental! "Crowd estimates used to be provided by the National Park Service, but the agency stopped counting crowds in 1997 after being accused of underestimating the size of the Million Man March in 1995."

[friendly222]

Libs obviously lied by claiming that they drew more people to the One Nation rally (http://ironicsurrealism.blogivists.com/2010/10/02/aerial-photos-glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-vs-one-nation-rally/) then they again obviously lied by claiming that they drew more people to the Restore Sanity rally (http://www.papamiket.com/?p=32598). Unfortunately for them they will have to admit that they drew MUCH LESS people to the ballot boxes next tuesday. Maybe because there won't be Sheryl Crow, Yusuf Islam and the Mythbusters at the polls...

[golden_rule]

Republicans obviously lied about the size of the Tea Party rally on the Mall.

Supporters said as many as 2 million attended; local authorities estimated closer to 70,000. In order to support their claim, Tea Party bloggers posted an aerial photo of the National Mall taken, they said, during the rally. The problem? The picture had obviously been taken years earlier as the National Museum of the American Indian is missing from the photo (it wasn't built until 2004).

Moving forward, please try to visit a news or independent site not operated by a Tea Party blogger with an obvious stake in the results when gathering your evidentiary support.

[friendly222]

"The picture had obviously been taken years earlier as the National Museum of the American Indian is missing from the photo (it wasn't built until 2004)"

HAHAHA, that's all you have left poor dummy ? LIES, LIES AND LIES !
You will cry next tuesday !!!

[michelle_n_marshall]

how does that song go by Johnny Lang?

"lie to me...
come on baby lie to me..."

You have to wonder; IF....IF.... CBS and all the other yadda yadda's out there HAD, at the very least, TRIED to get it right..... just maybe reported the truth....JUST MAYBE we would actually tune them in. But, (audible sigh)... nah!!!

Boy oh boy..... its almost as if they have no integrity. Hmmmm...

So what do I have the say to the "brilliant" coverage from CBS?

Blondie said it best...

"All right dollface; c'mon and bore me".

They really are boring right?

I mean honestly, CBS, MSNBC, and all the rest of the yadda's have become a never ending diatribe; a mundanely shrill abject community of ...."but look! we ain't dead yet.... see... see... look we got John Stewart, and the other guy...we got Kid Rock, The Oz, and Bennet!!! ( By the by, so BUMMED- still love 'em but had always assumed that all these guys were a little more to the right of center.... not much... but enough).... another audible sigh.......


But, it is what it is...... and tick tock, and tickety tock, tickle tock and so it is what it is. ( I repeat myself because I like the way I sound).

So anywho....

I will be the one with a smile on my face on Wednesday, November 3rd.

Looking forward to the daily rantings from the left, November 4th 2010 until 2012.

Now... lets get down to brass taxes....

This will sound harsh because, well it is...

But it is important to say, because its important to say.

Sorry liberals, but put on your seat belts, its going to be a bumpy ride-


You liberals are liars, cheats and thieves.... (did you not think the lies would catch up to you? Really? Really?!?) ....they lie to get in office (Franklin), the cheat to retain their seats (Randel), and they steal our children's futures away (Obama et al).

Well they used to get away with it, right? ; and I must agree with Biden.
This is NOT our fathers republican party.
And liberals should be afraid, because this year, we are standing up. We are fighting back. We say no more. We are done, baked, and all the other euphemisms you can think up for yourselves; just fill in the blanks.

My point is,

The die is cast.

We will fight for this country through true, honor, integrity....through our votes. We are not afraid anymore.

And when we "meet you across the aisle", it will be on our terms, and not on yours.
And by the way, Lindsay Graham..... we are watching you too.

Republicans in office.... hear this and hear it well..... you are accountable. You work for the American people. You should be HONORED!
And "gravitas" from today onwards is out the window.

YOU WORK FOR US!

We are not rubes.

We have been put through the ringer. We have been spat out as if we were a malignant tumor by the likes of Frank, Pelosi, Reid, the mainstream media, Obama, Boxer, Feingold, oh my......way to many to mention. But we have sat and listened to all of you. We have read your articles, listened to your vile, and have, come to understand you.

We get you, we see you, we know who you are.

We fill the coffers, not you.

Our money, not yours.

So please understand , all are on notice. All of you will be judged; we were all so quiet for so long..... but today is a different day.

And I have to give a big high five to all the libs out there. Had it not been for your lies, your cheating, your stealing..... your blatantly scurrilous machinations over the last several years.... we perhaps would have never come out of our shells.

So again, thanks for reminding all great Americans who we are. What we stand for. You woke us up.

Tick tock, tick tock......

[golden_rule]

That you like the way you sound is abundantly clear and a trait you share with Glenn Beck. That you listen to what anyone else has to say--up for debate. The rally yesterday, in case you missed it, was not for liberals or conservatives. It was a rally to say that we can agree on the issues of the day, but we must be accountable for our actions, we must be civil in our discourse, that the goal of government should be to work together for solutions that move this country forward.

Perhaps that's the greatest difference between the people who were are yesterday's rally and those at Glenn Beck's: The Tea Party wants to take its country back. Those at the rally yesterday want to take their country forward.

[bvdon]

Michelle -- I hear you, the people hear you, and pretty soon the rest of the world will hear you!

Tired of the liberal lies -- and the irony that they accuse us of spreading fear! All I've heard is how we're racists, violent, guns & god, buffoons. Guess what libs, the buffoons are going to show you how a true grassroots movement takes back it's country. And none of us will be getting on our knees to pray to a leader.

[marstix]

Plain and simple I hate CBS. It stands for Crap & Bull ****! They are so biased in their views. Be balanced and give journalism respect again. You are all like 2 cent ******.

[mitch77]

SO WITT? Ironic name or did you drop the "T"?
Just how far up and away from the light do you hide your head to be able to repeat that absurd 87,000 lie?
Are you deluded, a liar, or just ignorant and too lazy to do your job?
Here let me help you:
Here are comparative photos of the Beck Rally and the subsequent "One Nation" counter rally"
http://*****/gv78i
Of course the second rally was promoted and funded by over 400 organizations, many using our tax dollars and tons of union money. Many of the attendees reported that they were ordered, or STRONGLY (wink wink) encouraged to attend. They were given food and t shirts, and had pre-printed signs waiting for them. Watch the videos of the pathetically uninspired crowd. I am certain a leftard like you accepts w/o question their numbers...so have a child look at the two photos and estimate the multiplier needed to reach the Beck number. (Please remember that the areas under the trees were solid with people in the Beck rally.
NO! Of course I don't expect a lib to admit he has made any sort of mistake! I am not delusional! I only bothered to write this for those with personal integrity who might believe your idiocy! And you all wonder why the public is turning to the right with such a vengeance..LOL. You, (t)Witt and your ilk are exactly the reason. They are not nearly as stupid as you imagine and they are quite fed up with being lied to and manipulated.
Oh and I almost forgot to mention this: Using the same leftist "logic" as was used on the Beck reporting,
Stewart's rally was almost completely white (clearly less racial diversity than the Beck rally) therefore the Stewart rally was full of racists!
Now all you on the left please hold your breath until one of those accusing Becks rally this way does the same of Stewarts.
Will give a whole new meaning to 'blue' state won't it...LOL