There are lots of figures being thrown around. The Daily Mail estimates around two million
Up to two million people marched to the U.S. Capitol today, carrying signs with slogans such as “Obamacare makes me sick” as they protested the president’s health care plan and what they say is out-of-control spending.
The line of protesters spread across Pennsylvania Avenue for blocks, all the way to the capitol, according to the Washington Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency.
Demonstrators waved U.S. flags and held signs reading “Go Green Recycle Congress” and “I’m Not Your ATM.” Men wore colonial costumes as they listened to speakers who warned of “judgment day” – Election Day 2010.
ABC News estimates 60k-70k. CBS News says “tens of thousands.” After seeing stories earlier in the day at CNN point to about a 100k, their current story mentions no number at all. MSDNC has the funniest story
Thousands of people marched to the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, carrying signs with slogans such as “Obamacare makes me sick” as they protested the president’s health care plan and what they say is out-of-control spending.
The line of protesters completely filled Pennsylvania Avenue for blocks, all the way to the capitol, according to the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency. People were chanting “enough, enough” and “We the People.” Others yelled “You lie, you lie!” and “Pelosi has to go,” referring to California congresswoman Nancy Pelosi.
Takes a bit more than simple “thousands.” Furthermore, the vast news organization of NBC had to get their info from DHS and EMA? Do they no longer have a bureau in D.C.?
Anyhow, the best estimate comes from Tabitha Hale, who Tweets (via Michelle Malkin)
Okay people. The 2 mil # was an estim from ABC. The 1.2 mil came from Metro police. 1.5 mil from Parks & Rec. There’s no official count yet.
Expect the Credentialed Media to poo poo the final numbers come Sunday, despite the number most certainly kicking the butt of those who came to see Barry’s Coronation. Oh, and remember, Barry ran away to Minneapolis today. So much for listening to opposing viewpoints.
This is what our astroturfed protests look like
Here’s what their grassroots demonstrations look like
If you check out all the pictures around the ‘net (links at Memeorandum and Instapundit are good places to start.)
Fox News has never said that there were more than 100,000. Teach you did not go and you were pretty close I think that might be a good indicator of how many people went.
I missed the correspondent’s name, but as I was flipping channels Sat. night, I hit the NBC nightly news. The report started with the guy saying “reports say tens of thousands people attended but we put the number in the hundreds of thousands”. I was actually amazed that Obama’s personal network would actually dare report that figure.
They’ll find a way to bring it down to about 10K somehow.