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things tru wants to know, obama rallies on saturday had an estimated 175,000 people.

Posted by truman (aka Truman) Oct 20 '08, 05:40

how many people did McCain get at his rallies over the same time span?

is that 175,000 more than all the McCain presidential rallies (since the national conventions) combined?

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we sold 500 copies of the Obama comics to the local Dem HQ. -- nm - Remlik Oct 20, 05:52
~100,000 were at the St. Louis one alone, right? -- nm - JaxSean Oct 20, 05:48 4
- yup. later that same day 75,000 at kc. - truman Oct 20, 05:49 3
  - Michelle Obama is coming here on Wednesday. I'm considering taking off work to go see her. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 20, 05:50 2
    - Fuji... -- nm - AMS si Oct 20, 06:03
    - hmm, I wonder if she will be here later in the week then. - truman Oct 20, 05:52
whose estimate? if from the organizers, they always overcount by a lot. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 05:46 14
- Secret Service estimated 80k in St. Louis. St. Louis PD estimated 100k. With 75k in a rally in KC. -- nm - Jim Oct 20, 05:51
- the kc tv news said it was the police estimate of 75,000 here. - truman Oct 20, 05:48 12
  - From experience in DC, the true number is somewhere in between the law enforcement estimate and the organizers' estimate. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 05:51
  - Yep, I read one of the police estimates at 100,000. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 20, 05:50 10
    - I think they undercount a bit so they don't have to pay too many overtime dudes. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 05:52 9
      - according to the kc news, they interviewed a police captain - truman Oct 20, 05:53 8
        
        Not sure that Obama paid for it, but the police also had to deal with a downtown wedding on Saturday at the old Cathedral. - Jim Oct 20, 06:00
        
        oh, very cool. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 05:54 6
        
        He does have more money than god right now... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 20, 05:56 2
        
        how could anyone have more money than god, - truman Oct 20, 05:57 1
        
        everyone has more money than god, because god doesn't need money. -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 06:01
        
        I think I heard the same thing about the st louis rally - truman Oct 20, 05:55 2
        
        it makes sense. it's a big imposition on the city. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 05:55 1
        
        true, it was a traffic nitemare when the rallies was over - truman Oct 20, 05:57

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