Beck claims 9-12 protests "largest march on Washington ever" based on "overseas" reporting
September 14, 2009 12:27 pm ET
From the September 14 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Glenn Beck Program:
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From The Telegraph:
Thousands of 'tea party' protesters march against Barack Obama in Washington
From the Daily Mail:
A million march to US Capitol to protest against 'Obama the socialist'
"As many as one million people flooded into Washington for a massive rally organised by conservatives claiming that President Obama is driving America towards socialism. The size of the crowd - by far the biggest protest since the president took office in January - shocked the White House." The Daily Mail
This is what was actually said. There is no mention of it on the BBC page. I will see tonight. Glenn is lying. I was there. I say the estimate of 60,000-70,000 is an accurate estimate. Glenn is depending on his fans not checking out his sources,.The Daily Mail is the Fixed News of the U.K.
Link of 1994 Million man marge - estimated at about 830K
From Boston University Center for remote sensing
http://www.bu.edu/remotesensing/graphics/nationalmall.jpg
Becks party
From katy1960
http://cid-8fa5718388d6cbd2.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/9%2012%20March%20on%20DC/The%20whole%20rally%20viewed%20from%20Fourth%20Street.JPG
Hmmmmm ... must be about 985K invisible people
Sorry, tired today.
Clash for clunkers was a failure and 9/12 was the biggest success in the history of mankind.
Priceless
I know I know that whole Verifying things goes against what you believe. but give it a try you just might fine out that theres a new world ahead of you ready for you to joint in.
Thank You
TRANSLATION: I have no links to prove what I said about C.A.R.S. being a failure -- I just figure that if Rush and Glenn said it wasn't, well, it MUST be true.
Puppypoop has trouble with words with more than two syllables.....
The dealers receiving the money is a logistical issue. Because the program was such a HUGE success there were not enough employees to process the claims. Ouch....puppy pwned again.
Try reading the Constitution sometime, you might learn something.
Egads, cupcake, you really are this stupid. Fool.
It's been proven that you are wrong and a complete and utter fool.
Anyone have a lead on this supposed coverage? Anyone?
It must truly be very lonely for them.
Randy
One of the biggest gathering of uniformed, manipulated, gullible, and stupid people assembled in Washington D.C. on Saturday. Thousands of protesters listened to speeches about the evils of their government from members of Congress/government employees and media types.
The crowds cheered when instructed to do so or whenever anyone said the magic words: Taxes, Socialism, Nazi, Lefties, or Pelosi. The biggest NO came from the crowd when a speaker asked the audience if they wanted affordable healthcare delivered by the government instead of insurance companies.
The crowds would have been a lot larger but half of the protesters mistakenly went to Washington State and still others couldn't afford to put gas in their pickup trucks. Many of the protesters, it has been reported, had to get permission from their probation officers to leave their states to attend the rally.
A Washington D.C. cleaning crew has been contracted to sanitized and disenfect the area after the rally.
sounds about right. I would have gone except my tires were low and well i did not have enough air in my head to blow them up. we all pool our money and got redneck-randy to care a sigh saying just that.
2009 - Barrack Obama's swear-in to become POTUS.
2000 OR 2001 - The Million Man March to Washington D.C.
1963 - Martin Luther King's March to Washington D.C to give his I Have a Dream speech.
FAIL BECKY!
Funny -- I always thought wingnut neoKKKons didn't care what people overseas thought of the USA . . .
In other words, a small minority of the population doesn't like this whole democratic election thing when they lose. So, the next logical step, of course, is to just start over.
I guess we all had to see this coming. The baby boomers finally learning how to use the internet. I'm sure this whole "movement" will die once the novelty of it wears off.
I actually feel kind of sorry for them. I mean, it's probably the only "protesting" they have ever done. I think protest is good and healthy. It's unfortunate that it's been hijacked by the extreme right wing. These poor souls actually think they are doing something good.... much like those 9/11 hijackers thought they were doing something good. I mean, if you go to Beck's website, people are literally telling Beck "We can't wait until next week when you give us new orders." I'm not making this up - go there and see it for yourself.
It also explains why they are so confused that other people think they are ridiculous. They really, truly feel like they are doing a good thing. It's quickly turn into a circle of hate, and really kind of breaks my heart.
Same sort of thing as those mail scams sent to senior citizens promising them all kinds of money, etc. They simply don't know any better.
I think if we see these protesters as victims (which is what they are), and treat them as such, perhaps they will see that most of the left isn't really that bad. That in the end, we love America too and simply want to help it become a better place for all.
I think this fire can best be put out with water, not more fire. And by water - literally, bring them water. Wear a t-shirt that says "I like to help people" and bring water for the protesters.
Maybe a corny idea, but you get my drift. Make it clear that you support health care reform, but also show some compassion for these innocent victims of Glenn Beck's campaign of hate.