60k at Palen rally in "central" Florida. (no city given)

[floridablue]

This according to Moron Joe this morning. I find it hard to believe and question the lack of the location.

[my3boyz]

1. The McCain campaign is lying to make Barack's crowds in

Florida to appear small. Then they can steal the state and no one will question it.

[my3boyz]

2. Delete. nt

[Crooked Moon]

3. the villages

"The Villages, a vast, upscale planned community north of Orlando, has about 70,000 mostly adult residents -- many of them military retirees -- who vote reliably Republican in statewide races. Tens of thousands inched along roads into the picturesque town square of the complex, where they stood in sweltering heat for about four hours as local GOP officials and a country band revved up the crowd."

http://news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080921/NEWS0107/80921022

[Dawgs]

14. You're correct. My Mom was telling me about that place last night.

She said it was like five seperate cities all in the same community. The people that went to see her didn't even have to leave their neighborhood. Plus, they are all retired, so they didn't have anything else to do.

[hobbit709]

4. Show me the evidence

If they really had a crowd that large it would be all over the "liberal" media.

[liberal N proud]

6. No shit

[flpoljunkie]

5. Make that 20k--not 60K, Joe! Nice try!

[DrDan]

7. in the Villages

a HUGE retirement community - over 75K residents

[ColbertWatcher]

8. 60 is divisible by 3, maybe they meant 20,000 KKK members? n/t

[liberal N proud]

9. Here is a link claiming 30K to 60K

That is a wide range of estimates...

The Villages, Fla. - Thousands of people rallied around Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin during her visit to central Florida on Sunday.

Palin almost cancelled the trip due to rain, but the heat became a major issue for the elderly residents who waited under the hot sun for hours. More than a hundred people required medical attention, mostly due to heat related symptoms. The initial crowd estimates are between 30,000 - 60,000.

http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=90337&catid=8

That is a 30K variation, which is it 30K or 60K

[flpoljunkie]

10. Orlando TV station last night put the number at about 20,000.

[NightWatcher]

11. a story linked to that link says 30K

but we know Obama had 20K in Metro park in JAX with 8K turned away due to the size of the venue.

Why wont McSame-Failin hold events where they know how many people will fit inside?

[liberal N proud]

13. You can't make these massive crowd size claims

If you have control of the attendance.

[WinkyDink]

21. I somehow can't drum up the sympathy here.

[RoccoR5955]

12. They had to bus people in from as far away as Alaska...

...and they're not telling this to us. They require loyalty oaths for people attending their rallies, therefore, there is no way for them to get this amount of people at one place, unless they bussed them in from afar.

[Loge23]

15. No, it's not satire

According to a story in this AM's Palm Beach Post (link below), here are some quotes (no, I'm not making this up) from the crowd - many of whom "wore T-shirts, buttons, or hats...making reference to lipstick, pit bulls, hockey, or some combination of those elements...."
From E.S. of St. Petersburg: "We need to gain our independence from foreign oil. She has the knowledge. She's already worked with the oil companies in Alaska."
S.V., from Brevard County (self-described as an independent who had been an "iffy" supporter of McCain): "When he put Palin on, that really put me over the top", said Viera, who said she sees Palin as someone who is non-partisan and "will do what's right".
D.A., from Orlando, feels a kinship with Palin as a fellow "lipstick mom".
(full names abbreviated out of respect for the stupid)

The nation is hanging on on the precipice of collapse and this is what we get.
Lipstick, pit bulls, and hockey. This woman is single-handedly setting back feminism by a century or two.
They're out there folks. Stupid is what stupid does.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/state/epaper/2008/09/21/0921palinflorida.html

[mucifer]

16. That's a lot of stupid people!

[scheming daemons]

17. It was at "the Villages"... my wife's uncle lives there....

It's as Republican as it gets.

[npincus]

18. it was at a retirement communtiy of 70,000.

[uponit7771]

19. There were 60k PRESENT in that COMMUNITY but not all to see Palin or McBush

[Billy Burnett]

20. McCain crowds are SO HUGE they can be seen FROM SPACE!!11!!! SERIES!!

[WinkyDink]

22. Palin ain't McCain.

[secondwind]

23. probably in Lakeland, FL..........heart of Evangelical country.........

we have our work to do....................The Republicans are trying to Evangelize FL, as w ell as the rest of the country.

[SoonerPride]

24. WHERE IS THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOF OF THIS RALLY??

It doesn't exist because, as usual, THEY ARE LIARS