Fringe Group? National Mall Jammed For Beck Rally; Estimates From 300-500 Thousand

Home video from a member of the crowd in the middle of the National Mall shows the scope of the throng from an on-the-ground perspective.

August 28, 2010 at 5:56 pm - Home Video
Dateline: Washington DC
LibertyWriter   August 28th, 2010 - 6:11 pm

Awesome to see. For every person attending the gathering, how many do you think are at home applauding? Ten, twenty, fifty? Look out Obama !

Hardciderarrest   August 28th, 2010 - 6:12 pm

God Bless the United States of America!!!

everette18294   August 28th, 2010 - 6:14 pm

It was an amazing turnout with a few hundred very polite folks. Wasn't quite sure what to expect, but was definitely impressed with the progarm.

JoeKidd   August 28th, 2010 - 6:16 pm

The kids there took away a memory that will last a lifetime! Our future leaders :)

NamVetsWife   August 28th, 2010 - 6:23 pm

everette, I will take the liberty of correcting your typo…a few HUNDRED THOUSAND very polite folks! 300-500,000 have been estimated!

Deporthem   August 28th, 2010 - 6:27 pm

THANK YOU, GLENN BECK!! America really needed this "Restoration Rally". What a great weekend of honor and glory to GOD! I watched at home on FACEBOOK with about 120,000 other people! You reached so many, many people. GOD Bless You, your family, your staff, and everyone involved in this project!!!!

Veritas_Warrior   August 28th, 2010 - 6:37 pm

Which rally do you think makes our nations enemies more uncomfortable, Beck's or Sharpton's?

alive2day   August 28th, 2010 - 6:37 pm

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wilmac   August 28th, 2010 - 6:43 pm

How many of you knew that MLK WAS Republican.,i didn't.,,i found out today from his Niece.,who was there speaking.,,
Thats has to be breaking News on MSNBC. liberal DIMWITS ARE A DISPECIABLE BUNCH.,,QUACK QUACK.,,AZZHATS.,

Jamesb   August 28th, 2010 - 6:44 pm

That headline says it all. "Fringe Group?"

When 300 to 500 THOUSAND PLUS Americans converge on Washington D.C. for a peaceful, positive, non-partisan party and the Leftist M.S. Media, desperate to SMEAR middle class working Americans resorts to LIES and DISHONEST "JournOlist-ism" to denegrate us – be happy – that just means WE ARE WINNING.

Next Stop – the polls in November to turn out the National Socialist Dems. Defeat the Hype & Chains.

HeReturnsSoon   August 28th, 2010 - 6:48 pm

It will be very interesting to hear Bobby Gibbs sluff this event off as small or meaningless. Perhaps the weren't aware of the event, or to buisy to pay any attention. I don't expect anything other than a responce designed to devide our nation further. Hurry November.

dividingbyzero   August 28th, 2010 - 6:49 pm

Maybe until they started pandering to Blacks.

water_buffalo   August 28th, 2010 - 7:06 pm

I wonder how these media type sleep at night continually lying to the American people…. They must not sleep at night …. they just lay awake dreaming up their next set of lies. Rest assured they are on conference calls right now discussing todays" fairy tale"

LibertyWriter   August 28th, 2010 - 7:10 pm

silly boy

gwar5   August 28th, 2010 - 7:17 pm

The Propagandavision media will have trouble with this one — complain about the religious content and they're bigots and can't complain about the crowd.

Only thing I've seen is they're ignoring it and saying it is "mostly white" — which is because most blacks support Obama because of the color of his skin.

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JoeDoakes101   August 28th, 2010 - 7:22 pm

For every one person there, there are 5 at home who would have been there if they could.

mattlgraf   August 28th, 2010 - 7:27 pm

Read my post on the point of view of someone who was actually there!
http://libertariangraffiti.wordpress.com/2010/08/...

meesterp   August 28th, 2010 - 7:34 pm

Was at the rally today. I started counting people, stopped at 48 or so.

The photo that shows a pretty good sized crowd was taken semi-early. It was filled in pretty tight all the way back. It thinned out a bit going back towards the Washington monument but then there were a lot of people gathered up at the hill at the base of that monument.
What you don't see is how many people were in under the tress, out of the sun. We were on the left side under the trees with a lot of people

Chuck47   August 28th, 2010 - 7:34 pm

No, only you libs pander to blacks and then never deliver.
You're just a bit of a turd.

Chuck47   August 28th, 2010 - 7:36 pm

The dems do see the crowd and they know the maelstrom ahead.

Sharpton is a turd. Anyone that sides with him is as crooked as he is.

RuralDelivery   August 28th, 2010 - 7:49 pm

When the majority of Black Americans finally wise-up and understand what the race hucksters like Sharpton and Jackson have done to them, they're gonna pretty danged upset. I hope I live to see it. COME ON FOLKS. WAKE UP!!

ronfromflorida   August 28th, 2010 - 7:53 pm

To say there were two competing ralleys today is like having the Rolling Stones and some High School band happen to play in the same city and say there were two competing concerts. One group buses in hundreds of thousands of Voters from around the nation and the other rounded up the usual suspecs from the hood.
Sharptons looking kind of Nappy, like The Picture of Dorian Gray I think the sins are starting to show up on his face

777johnny   August 28th, 2010 - 7:54 pm

let's just hope they all get out and vote in november – especially in places where they can kick out a dem (not in my area sadly)

Eileen for Freedom   August 28th, 2010 - 8:03 pm

'LEAVE NO DEMOCRATZI 'LOON' STANDING IN NOVEMBER'!
———————————————————————————-

This is but a small sample of 'real' Americans who are standing up and speaking out! Multiply each of the over 500,000 there who have access to family, friends and neighbors…and are getting out the truths of what 'is…is'!

Keep up the good work…America! Evil will not prevail within our Republic and our government! GOD is our strength and HE is answering prayer…and we will be victorious in restoring America to it's once great state!

GOD BLESS AMERICA…THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE…AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF 'REAL' AMERICANS PRAYING TO KEEP HER THAT WAY!

Goo   August 28th, 2010 - 8:05 pm

Moron.

Goo   August 28th, 2010 - 8:07 pm

We aren't the fringe. We are the nation. Here are the hearts and minds of real Americans. Sharpton and his race-baiting ways are about to come to an end VERY quickly.

josiewales2   August 28th, 2010 - 8:07 pm

Way to go Patriots ! Hundreds of thousands of true American Patriots got together today in Peace . To show America that the Tea Party and other true Americans that we care about our Republic . Meanwhile , close by the Socialists were marching their Hate and racism . Discusting !@

300Mhz   August 28th, 2010 - 8:26 pm

A certain German isn't happy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL_8dch2ImY

stinker6   August 28th, 2010 - 8:33 pm

this was great to see,so many freedom loving americans.i know the "kneepad media"is going to under report this,so i say to them screw you?

LuKuj   August 28th, 2010 - 8:34 pm

Will they say Sharpton's group was racist because it was mainly black? I doubt it! Double standard again!

Swamp_Thing   August 28th, 2010 - 8:39 pm

A bunch of haters. Clearly we need reeducation camps.

/sarcasm off

Obama's second term slogan –

Change you WILL beleive in. Or else.

tomtom200   August 28th, 2010 - 8:40 pm

One thing I know for sure is that blacks, latinos, asians and Indians are not part of any thing that my America wants.By not showing up it proves that these groups should not be allowed to come into our great country for they have one ememy in common,[[[THE WHITE MAN]] And the white man would be commiting sucide by keeping emigration the way it is.I would say that 1percent would be alot for all these groups put together.The trojan horse is here.

BrendaC   August 28th, 2010 - 8:41 pm

What you will hear from the Lame Stream Media….You didn't see many black faces at Beck's rally, so it's like we've been saying, their racist….Al Sharpton's rally was truly about bringing people together.

Never mind the fact that at Al's "Reclaim Racism" rally you don't see many white faces and his whole speech was about how far they need to go instead of being proud of where they're at. Al's was negative all the way through unlike Glenn's which was positive from the first second.

Whats_Up   August 28th, 2010 - 8:49 pm

Maybe Everette was at some home town "local event" at a high school football field.

Whats_Up   August 28th, 2010 - 8:50 pm

I believe 500,000 is a VERY conservative number.

MAC59   August 28th, 2010 - 8:53 pm

They're quick to point out "mostly white". The USA is almost 80% white, so even if there was a perfect cross section of the population they'd focus on that. What a joke.

mustafamonde   August 28th, 2010 - 8:54 pm

Just as predicted, minimizing the masses. Liberal skunks.

Lightrider   August 28th, 2010 - 8:54 pm

Obammy ,you are such a ONE TERM president!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sister_Mary   August 28th, 2010 - 8:55 pm

When they prayed it was complete silence …. That's not easy with 500K people !!!!

Lightrider   August 28th, 2010 - 8:56 pm

No a TURD has redeeming value such as fertilizer. Let's compare Mighty Mouth to a bucket of puke.

AlmostDailey   August 28th, 2010 - 8:59 pm

It Be a Heck of a LOT MORE… if I could afford to fly to DC ! ! ! ! GOD BLESS AMERICA !

Lightrider   August 28th, 2010 - 8:59 pm

WHO CARES if they call us racists. It was, is now and will be used. It has lost it's usefullness and means nothing anymore. I mean how many times can you cry wolf?????????

jake2   August 28th, 2010 - 9:00 pm

There was over 130,000 watching listening on Beck Facebook page, not counting all that listened on CNN and the base station.
What a turn out to support our founding Fathers, God, the Constitution and America.
See you all on NOV 2nd.

HeReturnsSoon   August 28th, 2010 - 9:07 pm

more like 50 i think.

janicegammill   August 28th, 2010 - 9:11 pm

It was an incredible experience and that was just watching it on Cspan! I will watch again tonight! It felt like I was revitalized and reborn! To keep an open mind I watched Sharpton also. What a bunch of demanding people! I don't think any of them had a clue as to what MLK meant! SEIU and LaRaza were there singing SiSi puede along with the AFL/Cio all crying about the injustices in the inner cities. Looking for more gobt money. It was pitiful. Sharpton is pitiful. God Bless America, Glenn Beck, and all of you!

SunnyJ52   August 28th, 2010 - 9:11 pm

Watched Beck and Sharpton on CSPAN and Facebook. The contrast between the messages was right there for all to see. While the media (CNN,CBS,ABC,NBC, Politico) all comment on the "whiteness" of the Beck crowd, they make no mention of the "blackness" of the Sharpton crowd. The speeches/presentations were also incredibly different. Sharpton's negativity and smallness is emphasized, because it was put up right next to Beck's message of "honor". Having marched in the south in 60's as a white college student from UW-Madison WI, it shocked me to see a complete lack of honor demonstrated at the Sharpton rally. Speakers asking the crowd to call their congressmen and ask for more money, the constant reference to "black" Pres Obama and "black" issues negates all that Dr King stood for, and that we risked our lives for during those years. Beck clearly refers to the original civil rights movement as the colonies struggle against British control. Sharpton can't seem to realize, professional victim that he is, that anyone else ever struggled…and made it.

Paper Canteen   August 28th, 2010 - 9:13 pm

I laughed. thumbs up

Red47   August 28th, 2010 - 9:16 pm

I am spamming this everywhere that people want numbers. Compare a photo fo the crowd to this Park Service crowd estimator. Overlay half of the 940k section onto the Beck section. Things that make you say, "hmmm"… http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-01-1...

Today from the stage, Beck said the official capacity of the Pool area is 200k and the field was 250k. Looks like that makes it a conservative 450k in attendance.

Red47   August 28th, 2010 - 9:19 pm

Few hundred? A typo?

Sister_Mary   August 28th, 2010 - 9:23 pm

GO LOOK !!!! I KID YOU NOT !!!! (CBSNEWS.COM) 11:22pm cst

Glenn Beck Rally Attracts Estimated 87,000
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20014993-5...

nomname   August 28th, 2010 - 9:24 pm

A lot is not one word. Latino and Asian should be capitalized, as should Black, in this particular case. Immigration is not the same as emigration. And what, exactly, do you know about the Trojan horse? Your America is obviously the America of the sadly misinformed and easily misled…thank God that's not my America.

Missy8s   August 28th, 2010 - 9:26 pm

Was that your daddy…?

Missy8s   August 28th, 2010 - 9:31 pm

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

These people are pathetic.

gwar5   August 28th, 2010 - 9:35 pm

That is so bogus — CBS has their worst ratings in history last week, will they never learn?

yourjewishnews   August 28th, 2010 - 9:36 pm

the more people come out against obama the more obama does against the people Obama dismisses charges against USS Cole bomber http://www.yourjewishnews.com/131.aspx

Sister_Mary   August 28th, 2010 - 9:42 pm

I can see katie now .. "You actually want me to say this?" – yes Katie do your job !!!! Folow the sheeple …..

777johnny   August 28th, 2010 - 9:45 pm

exactly. The media can only say that crap so much. I just wish someone on TV would point out their lies besides people on Fox like Beck and Hannity and OReilly. I mean most of the people watching them already know that.

We need people on the major networks like ABC, NBC, and CBS pointing this out because sadly they still get a lot of viewers numbers wise. If they actually told the truth for once not one single Dem would win reelection. Just annoying is all.

CheesecakeLarry   August 28th, 2010 - 9:51 pm

For those of you that still think sharia has a foothold in America, I'd like to introduce ya'll to Glenn Beck and a few of his friends.

Can anyone say "pucker factor"?

Makkem   August 28th, 2010 - 9:52 pm

Methinks the Obamas are out of luck .

tommyd88   August 28th, 2010 - 10:03 pm

Yep, just a few kook fringe group members here, nothing to see, move on now, no biggie…..
And then you got the Rev. Al…. he's really making an a$$ out of himself on Geraldo's show…. Someone must have given him a huge wedgie… wait… did I really hear him say Beck might have lost some of his supporters over this rally??? Talk about grabbing at straws trying to make himself appear relevant…. lol

dumboldrats   August 28th, 2010 - 10:11 pm

CLEARLY an unruly crowd fully associated with the KKK, racist, biggoted, loud and in your face. NOT! NOT even close! Another clear example of the MSM and their idiocy. I can't wait for the day after the election on Nov. 2nd! The MSM will have no clue of what hit them! Oh sure, they'll have their talking points and show how much they're STILL out of touch with the average American. NOVEMBER'S COMING, AND DEMS WILL LOSE BIG TIME. The days of Obummer are done! Barry Soetoro and Joe Biden: OBUMMER AND OBUMMERER!

Red47   August 28th, 2010 - 10:28 pm

It is STILL funny. I'l post my estimater link here for those of ou who want to know for yourself how to count people http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-01-1...

Red47   August 28th, 2010 - 10:28 pm

It's the other way around. The more he does, the more willing we all are to go down and vote the Freaks out!

FoundersKeeper   August 28th, 2010 - 10:37 pm

NEWS ITEM: On Saturday, 8/28, noted Microscopic News Channel host Ed Schultz held a "I Had a Screem" rally in Washington, DC. The National Park Service estimated the crowd to be in the range of 3 to 4. Apparently, Schultz' mother left the rally early to go to her previously scheduled hair dresser appointment.

CheesecakeLarry   August 28th, 2010 - 10:44 pm

Just spilled a very nice expensive scotch all over my keyboard. Expect a bill, sir!

metamarcisf   August 28th, 2010 - 10:50 pm

The latest reliable estimate of the size of today's crowd, according to Carnac the Magnificent, is ONE TRILLION, "give or take". Take that, CBS!

Guckert2_0   August 28th, 2010 - 11:17 pm

If you are at all interested in truth, the real estimated attendance at the Restoring America rally is 890,000. But if you were interested in truth in the first place, you'd join all of us real Americans and bring America back to God.

fastfacts   August 28th, 2010 - 11:23 pm

Organizers Claim About 300,000 – 500,000
NBC Claims 300,000+
Video Estimating (www.americanparchment.com) Claims Just Under 400,000

Either Way this was one great turnout. Now didn't O'Reilly promise Glenn 'the Factor' if there were more than 100,000 people.

Sharpton organized enough people to fill a football field. There is a huge difference. And don't even ask Beck where the diversity was in the crowd because the same diversity numbers were found in either group though the opposite majority. Does that really matter though.

WE MUST RESTORE HONOR TO OUR COUNTRY… FULL ARCHIVE OF THE 'RESTORING HONOR' EVENT CAN BE FOUND ON: http://www.americanparchment.com/video/2010/aug/b...

Freedom_Czar   August 29th, 2010 - 12:25 am

Not only was it a "knock-out" (figuratively speaking) SUCCESS, but the rally-goers left the area SPOTLESS! How wonderful to know that "OUR SIDE" not only has good ethics and reveres TRUTH, but they also have excellent MANNERS! :-)

childofcorn   August 29th, 2010 - 12:27 am

Let the Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth begin on the Left.

God Bless America.

Rothbard1   August 29th, 2010 - 12:27 am

My family and I think that it is preposterous that someone would try to coerce us to pay reperations when none of us ever owned or benefited from slavery… But I guess that doesn't matter much to anyone else. I am a libertarian through and through (what the earliest colonials endorsed) and it sickens me that Beck picked this time and place for this restoration. I guess it was naive to think that he might have been above the neoconservative movement….

Bronco46   August 29th, 2010 - 12:40 am

It's a lot!!!. There are millions. I'm not a religious person, at all. But I support people
who are. Not only do they have the right, but for the most part the world is a better
place for the most part.

Bronco46   August 29th, 2010 - 12:43 am

This was good to see. And a follow on story said the mall was cleaner after they left. That never happens.
Very impressive.

Urthmovr   August 29th, 2010 - 12:58 am

Not a fringe group at all. Glen pulled a terrific crowd for this rally. Well done.

It's kind of sad to see that, in a country that's almost 50% non-white minorities, this crowd was as lily-white as it could possibly be.

Urthmovr   August 29th, 2010 - 1:00 am

Right – Because the first rule of attendance is LEAVE YOUR SIGNS AT HOME!

Urthmovr   August 29th, 2010 - 1:02 am

What leftist journalism are you talking about? I haven't seen any negative reporting, even in place like Huffington.

expat11   August 29th, 2010 - 1:03 am

Maybe if the people attending the Sharpton rally had actually watched Glenns shows on African American history they would be celebrating this day and understand that Martin Luther was one of many black patriots they should be proud of and Dr.Kings speech should not be used in the negative way it was projected by the NACCP and the other dissatisfied speakers.Peace and unity pass it on ………

Urthmovr   August 29th, 2010 - 1:03 am

Who was calling it a "fringe group". Of course, since it's all white, it could never represent more than about half of Americans.

clarkr3000   August 29th, 2010 - 1:03 am

@Rothbard1

Ate you for the GZ Mosque as well? You cannot have it both ways. You hold a date sacred and no conservatives should be allowed to speak at that time and date because it’s insensitive but the GZ Mosque isn’t? Freedom of speech is alaso a right. Libertarian my butt! It amazes me the itellectual laziness of alot of Americans.

wcinva   August 29th, 2010 - 1:23 am

On a side note; there are some disgusting and vile idiots on MSNBC Newsvine message board.

EricX   August 29th, 2010 - 1:43 am

Hopefully that "NEXT GEORGE WASHINGTON" in that crowd, right?

EricX   August 29th, 2010 - 1:44 am

They don't sleep… that's where we got "around the clock coverage" from! ;-)

EricX   August 29th, 2010 - 1:49 am

Fuzzy math… a symptom of liberalism.
everette, please tell us that was a typo.
There were hundreds PER ACRE there.

EricX   August 29th, 2010 - 2:02 am

That's FAKE… Ed Schultz doesn't have a mother!

EricX   August 29th, 2010 - 2:04 am

I bet there were more blacks PER CAPITA at Beck's rally than there were whites PER CAPITA at Al "Racebaiter" Sharpton's!

WorldclaZZ   August 29th, 2010 - 2:28 am

I hate large crowds. That's why I wasn't at the Mall. I went to Rev. Al's rally instead. Not many there.

tomfarrell   August 29th, 2010 - 3:57 am

I'd love to see massive demonstrations in front of every news building in every city. Technically it's easier to pull off because all people have to do is go to their own cities instead of all the way to D.C. And I ain't down with this lightweight Glenn Beck, look- how- peaceful- we- are- let's- all- pray- to- God nonsense. Those people in that audience were far too docile for my taste. Fact is they look like a bunch of wussies to me. Don't reply to me, folks. I don't want to hear it.

RetiredSailor1   August 29th, 2010 - 3:58 am

Dam!!! The Video is gone. What was on it?

RetiredSailor1   August 29th, 2010 - 4:04 am

Whole lotta White People. The KLAN did not look very enthusiastic on like when the AMERICAN People came to celebrate with President Obama.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqXdSPZx2QA&fe...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H91vucMs9WY&fe...

smellyfinger   August 29th, 2010 - 4:08 am

Great day in America for real Americans

RetiredSailor1   August 29th, 2010 - 4:16 am

This how you throw a REAL Rally at the Lincoln Memorial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JPUfHZFRpo&fe...

Now that is a rally Dr. King would have been proud to have been a part of.

rocoll   August 29th, 2010 - 4:21 am

80% white, your off by a bunch, bud. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-worl... . and until you fools quit seeing color of skin and focus on being American, you will always expose your selves as the racists you are.

bunnyma5   August 29th, 2010 - 4:46 am

the Howard Zinn view of history, I take it?

wonder_all2   August 29th, 2010 - 5:14 am

Leave.

dgleon   August 29th, 2010 - 5:33 am

You clearly have no undersanding of just what Sharia law is. You really should educate yourself.

Oldphoto678   August 29th, 2010 - 5:52 am

Make me leave.

wohlfguy   August 29th, 2010 - 5:54 am

All you proglodytes were up in arms when the "million man march" attendance was estimated at a few hundred thousand. Now they don't even do official estimates cause of you crybabies. What a bunch of spineless hypocrites.

Jared_X   August 29th, 2010 - 5:59 am

You gotta problem with Black people?

Jared_X   August 29th, 2010 - 6:01 am

it's just you

hempstead1944   August 29th, 2010 - 6:08 am

Fringe? Don't think so scooter…..Sharpton was talking to the fringe….so was Fauntroy, Jackson, Bloomberg, Clyburn, Obama, and all the union thugs….throw in Simpson and Erskin Boles as well…..

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