Google McCain Crowds

[liberal N proud]

I Googled McCain Crowds in an attempt to find the article about how the McCain event last week where they reported there were 23,000 was later adjusted to 20,000 and today they admitted it was more like 8,000.

What I did find was these headlines and links:

McCain Minus Palin Equals Smaller Crowds
http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBS_enUS277US277&q=McCain+crowds&um=1&hl=en&sa=X&oi=news_result&resnum=1&ct=title


McCain Crowds Dwindle Without Palin
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/12/mccain-crowds-dwindle-wit_n_126092.html


McCain's Crowd Numbers Plummet In Palin's Absence
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/15/mccains-crowd-numbers-plu_n_126490.html


Palin Away, McCain's Crowds Shrink / Queerty
http://www.queerty.com/palin-away-mccains-crowds-sink-20080915/


Here is the story about the crowd size being downsized...

McCain-Palin Crowd-Size Estimates Not Backed by Officials

By Lorraine Woellert and Jeff Bliss

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.

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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.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=a1J0tfV3XJYs&refer=politics

[billyoc]

1. "This never happens to me, I swear!"

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[ingac70]

2. The 23,000...

that was actually 8,000 was WITH Palin.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-ticket14-2008sep14,0,6087991.story

[liberal N proud]

4. Thanks

I also found another link and posted in the op

[Jackinbox]

10. right

Yeah, there's no way he had 8,000 there today by himself. Looked more like 2,000 at best.

[fascisthunter]

3. Proof, McCains only Base is the Religious Nuts

[justiceischeap]

5. Link to crowd size at National Review

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MjM3OGZmMzU3OTkzMGNkYzY4ZTBkYjcyOTI4NGM5ZTc=

[curious one]

6. I think they were still thinking of the mirrors they put up in their convention!

So they did a math of 8,000 x 3 = 24,000 and rounded down to 23,000.

[anigbrowl]

7. Error 404: not found

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[alcibiades_mystery]

8. The fundie base doesn't give a shit about McCain

They want Palin Palin Palin.

These people are fucking insane.

[chiefofclarinet]

9. Step right up and see the amazing shrinking crowd!

Hurry, or the crowd will disappear like a government's surplus in the hands of GOP!