Today, according to Boston.com, 10,000 were expected at Sarah Palin's Boston Tea Party Rally. That sounds like a pretty big number. A day before tax day in you know, Boston, you'd expect a big rally I suppose. Not Joe the Plumber hey days big of course, but there's American flags and stuff, so they count as triple in the media...
Well- here's the overhead shot because only a helicopter could capture the masses-
This was taken as crowds gathered, but MSNBC had a live shot as she was speaking and it was essentially the same.
The Boston.com headline this morning said "10,000 Expected..." In the body of the article that estimate was reduced down to 3000 by the time I read it. MSNBC later put a "1000 attend Tea Party Rally in Boston" crawl under video about the story.
But hey, that deserves national attention right? Sarah's a rock star. No one else in American politics can whip up crowds like she can. Oh wait...
+
+
+
Okay, that wasn't fair. Those were um, political rally's. Sarah's a woman of the people now. And we know how stirred up the people get and they must be shown on national T.V. because they are so damn populist. Look at this anti health care rally for Gods sake!
Yup. That is unified national outrage. Unlike anything this country has seen since the bad old days of No Nukes. I remember how fairly we were portrayed in the media back then...
And remember how popular that other man of the people was?
And why wouldn't those foreigners stay out of our private affairs??
London-Our best-est friends!
Rome
Pakistan- Why would they be concerned about a possible war in Iraq??
+
+
When Michelle Obama was asked what she thought of Sarah Palin, she was as gracious as ever...
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Update- Thanks for all the recs. Just to be clear, please take the title for what it was intended to be, a little tongue in cheek. Ever since there was a headline in the NY Times years ago that said "Dozens Cheer as Mets Close Out Another Season" it's been one of my favorite descriptives for underwhelming crowds... Yeah, there were 1000 or more out there today- including plenty of counter protesters. Meh...