McCain-Palin Crowd-Size Estimates Not Backed by Officials

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Bloomberg

Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Senator John McCain has drawn some of the biggest crowds of his presidential campaign since adding Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to his ticket on Aug. 29. Now officials say they can't substantiate the figures McCain's aides are claiming.

McCain aide Kimmie Lipscomb told reporters on Sept. 10 that an outdoor rally in Fairfax City, Virginia, drew 23,000 people, attributing the crowd estimate to a fire marshal.

Fairfax City Fire Marshal Andrew Wilson said his office did not supply that number to the campaign and could not confirm it. Wilson, in an interview, said the fire department does not monitor attendance at outdoor events.

In recent days, journalists attending the rallies have been raising questions about the crowd estimates with the campaign. In a story on Sept. 11 about Palin's attraction for some Virginia women voters, Washington Post reporter Marc Fisher estimated the crowd to be 8,000, not the 23,000 cited by the campaign.

``The 23,000 figure was substantiated on the ground,'' McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said. ``The campaign is willing to stand by the fact that it was our biggest crowd to date.''



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Secret Service also denies giving them crowd figures based on number passing through metal detectors.

[Olney Blue]

1. Not so good with numbers.

[AndyTiedye]

7. They Are Really Good With (Changing the) Numbers!

Like the way they made Gore's numbers go backwards during the Florida count in 2000. :grr:

Of course, they have to change all the other numbers (crowd size, polls) to match.

[kurth_]

2. Another day, another lie

There is a big difference between 8,000 and 23,000. Assholes.

[kestrel91316]

3. They have become laughingstocks. Everyone hates them. They need to

pack up and go home.

He's a joke. She's a madwoman.

[tanyev]

4. 8,000....23,000...so close.

po-tay-to...po-tah-to

[kevinmc]

5. Is there Anything the Alaska Bullshitter and the Senile Dolt don't Lie about? n/t

[clixtox]

8. "Moose Shitter" for sure!

No bullshit until she opens her mouth and starts her lying idiocy.

It's not mentioned enough that Sarah Heath was 100% pregnant with young "Track" when she married Todd Palin!

She is a self-righteous, lying, hypocrite among her many other short-comings.

[Wizard777]

6. 23,000 is his biggest crowd to date. Dayum man. Let the poor guy have it.

Obama speaks to more people than that at the barbershop while he's getting his hair cut.

[calimary]

9. Just. Another. LIE.

...and the lied about this, too.

What else are they lying about?

What AREN'T they lying about?

Something to repeat, as often and as publicly as possible.

[Doctor_J]

10. They lie about everything

i really hate republicans

[FVZA_Colonel]

11. Given how much the Obama campaign's "overestimations" were trumpeted,

I'm sure this will receive equal attention, right?

:sarcasm:

[Straight Shooter]

12. 8,000 or 23,000, just split it down the middle for the pathetic campaign.

Give Sarah her due. Let's say the crowd was 15,500, which means 15,000 came to see the Prom Queen, 500 came to see the POW still living in the past.