Nearly 27,000 Show up for Obama in Madison

[MadBadger]

Update: UWPD estimates 26,500 attend event, 17,200 in event area. Entry line stretched total of 1.1 miles.

We Love Obama in Madtown.

http://twitter.com/UWMadisonMedia

[babylonsister]

1. Suck on that, faux. nt

[saltpoint]

24. Yes, ma'am.

LOL!

[onehandle]

2. Great. How many will vote? nt

[LiberalFighter]

27. Enough of them.

[JanetLovesObama]

3. I got chills all over again.

And tears too. LOVE my POTUS !!

[karynnj]

12. Welcome to DU

Were you there - or like many of us - saw it on TV?

[hlthe2b]

4. If even half of them would devote time to GOTV...

Russ Feingold would sale to victory. I hope they are motivated.

[Uzybone]

Jake the whore Tapper said it was around 10,000

fucking M$M liar.

[MadBadger]

6. He has these numbers, at least on his twitter feed.

[Uzybone]

11. its a rhetorical question

but why would a national reporter go on national news and say something he knew either wasn't true, or wasn't verified at the time?

These are tough times for the truth.

[MadMaddie]

17. It's the MSM is once again trying to impact any Democratic

positive news.

Notice when the Teabaggers have 8, 000 show up they inflate the numbers to half a million...

The MSM is useless.

[FrenchieCat]

28. But the thing is that they are useful to the other side......

that's been the case for a long time now.....

unfortunately for us. :(

[MadMaddie]

29. This is true!

We need another Ted Turner with some guts.

[Uzybone]

5. dupe

[southmost]

7. a big crowd, and an excited crowd at that

loved seeing them running to the event on the live newscast

[book_worm]

8. I'd say it was at least 30,000--I couldn't get into the main area and I would

say there is about 15,000 on Bascom Hill and at the Union listening to the speech even if we couldn't see it.

[MadBadger]

14. Also need to take into account how many people saw the line by Babcock and went 4 ice cream instead

[David Zephyr]

9. So with the Glen Beck delusionary crowd formula, that would mean 10,000,000 people were there.

It was a great speech. He should do more of this.

[babylonsister]

13. Snap! Good idea! nt

[BlueIdaho]

10. Hell Yes

Don't believe the M$M, they work for the rich.

[Blue Owl]

15. SUCK IT, FUCKOS

And ride those coattails, Russ...

[jenmito]

16. Rachel Maddow just reported this number, while pointing out that when he spoke there in 2008

he got 17,000-obviously fewer than THIS time! She's showing parts of his speech. She seemed to like it.

[firedupdem]

18. This is great news!

I can't remember where I read it, but some newspaper had an article saying he would get way less than the 17,000 that came before. How they were supposed to know that is beyond me.

[jenmito]

19. Someone posted that faux reported on its website that Obama had to

get seat fillers. What BS.

[MadBadger]

21. I dont think there were seats...

[jenmito]

22. Or the Center... n/t

[MadBadger]

20. Well the Kohl Center only holds 17K, so there was a limit

[jenmito]

23. Yes, but her point was there were more people NOW than back then. n/t

[Clio the Leo]

25. There were 1,000.....

... WATCHING IT ON A TV SCREEN IN MARYLAND!!!! ;)

[proteus_lives]

26. Wow, he's losing his base.

:rofl: