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Topic: DC lowers turnout projections for inauguration |
DC lowers turnout projections for inauguration
Associated Press, by Eric Tucker
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Posted By:Drive, 1/21/2013 6:56:37 AM
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| WASHINGTON -- District of Columbia officials have lowered their turnout estimate for Monday´s presidential inauguration.The district´s homeland security director, Chris Geldart, said Sunday that officials now expect between 500,000 and 700,000 people to attend. That´s fewer than the 600,000 to 800,000 people initially anticipated. The estimates are based in part on the number of charter buses arriving in the city, as well as the number of hotel and restaurant reservations.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
cheese, 1/21/2013 7:03:05 AM (No. 9129400)
The word "duh" comes to mind.
I just want to see photos of the trash and destruction after they all leave -- and photos of DC after the March For Life crowd leaves on the 25th. I´m guessing our tax dollars will be working overtime to clean up the mess after the obamabots hit the trail.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
provide, 1/21/2013 7:13:27 AM (No. 9129408)
Turnout? Now it´s only important to the T shirt venders. He already took the oath.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
pineledger, 1/21/2013 7:23:46 AM (No. 9129426)
How many chairs (at our expense) have they got out there siting in the mall? I may have to turn on the TV to see if they are all filled.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Rather Read, 1/21/2013 7:30:40 AM (No. 9129442)
I suspect the March for Life will have a larger turnout, and leave a neater venue. I also expect the MSM will ignore, as they usually do.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
JimS, 1/21/2013 7:31:34 AM (No. 9129444)
The networks will blame the low turnout on the cold weather, or that today is a holiday, and people made holiday plans. The newscasts today will likely substitute the crowd size shots from 2009.
When a lot of an elected president´s voters never existed (other than on false voter registrations and in graveyards, it is hard to have a high turnout.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Rusino, 1/21/2013 7:32:46 AM (No. 9129449)
I live 40 miles from DC. Personally, I would not walk across the street for this occasion .
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
M2, 1/21/2013 7:38:02 AM (No. 9129457)
"They don´t like me. They really don´t like me." -- Courtesy Sally Fields
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
The Advocate, 1/21/2013 7:39:38 AM (No. 9129460)
Someday a photo with Obama will be as desirable as one with Hitler.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Jebediah, 1/21/2013 7:44:07 AM (No. 9129468)
What---I thought our tax dollars were being spent to bus people to the Inauguration , a la Bioss Tweed. Aren´t the minions obeying?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
reformationmama, 1/21/2013 7:45:42 AM (No. 9129469)
No TV or radio today. Just don´t want to hear it.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
hot coffee, 1/21/2013 7:48:28 AM (No. 9129473)
Half a million ObamaPhone Ladies in one place--I think I´ll pass.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Hubertsmom, 1/21/2013 7:56:59 AM (No. 9129486)
I wonder if they´ll set up a special place on the mall for the voting machines to watch their man get sworn in?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
beca, 1/21/2013 7:58:30 AM (No. 9129487)
#6 i hear ya...i wont even turn on the tv....no interest at all....this inauguration is americans stupidity on display
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
AutumnJoy, 1/21/2013 8:14:29 AM (No. 9129509)
Will the Circus be in the Roman tradition with gladiators and lions or the the Soviet tradition with dancing bears and acrobats?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Rather Read, 1/21/2013 8:16:40 AM (No. 9129512)
I will stay away from TV today and pray.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
cThree, 1/21/2013 8:17:37 AM (No. 9129514)
I wonder if the press will report "hundreds showed up" (as in the coverage of conservative events) or "millions crowded in," as in coverage of you-know-who.
Meanwhile, I´m sick of the fawning comparisons of Obama to Lincoln. Far more telling, in my opinion, are comparisons to Taylor, Pierce and Buchanan.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Catherine, 1/21/2013 8:19:35 AM (No. 9129522)
Translation: maybe 50,000 if the weather is good.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
sgtfox of the jarhead clan, 1/21/2013 8:20:22 AM (No. 9129523)
Democrats are masters at puffing up numbers of imaginary supporters, like they did back on November Fools Day. If they are going to count tour busses why not also count incoming cars. They MUST be filled to capacity with worshippers just there to see their savior. Puff up those numbers and report them as facts on the news.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Newtsche, 1/21/2013 8:34:15 AM (No. 9129543)
I just ran through the channels and it´s an ugly, ugly wallow in idolatry. On a personal level, I´m finding Blue Monday refers to my language.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
saucy, 1/21/2013 8:51:35 AM (No. 9129578)
Start Impeachment hearings first thing on Tuesday.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Namma, 1/21/2013 9:09:37 AM (No. 9129614)
more proof the won did not really win
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
ROLFnader, 1/21/2013 9:21:49 AM (No. 9129646)
FTA:"The estimates are based in part on the number of charter buses arriving in the city, .........." I would not be surprised to find out that the same folks who created all those extra votes in OH,PA, etc , have instructed bus drivers to circle around the beltway after dropping off their ´load´ of SEIU members at the indogurination site.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Udanja99, 1/21/2013 9:44:02 AM (No. 9129681)
30% chance of snow in DC today. I hope that they slip and fall on their azzes.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
DoktorFranken, 1/21/2013 10:52:37 AM (No. 9129840)
#11 wins the Internet!
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
shurnuff, 1/21/2013 11:34:09 AM (No. 9129957)
FTA: The estimates are based in part on the number of charter buses arriving in the city...
Translation: ... based on the number of union members who´ve been paid to attend.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
DaBigGuy, 1/21/2013 11:47:20 AM (No. 9129997)
The only way they get a crowd that big is a free bus ride, a free phone, and triple food stamps.
My TV is set on reruns. No way I can sit through the all day gag fest on every "news" station.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
sixtiesdude, 1/21/2013 12:07:10 PM (No. 9130046)
Listening to The Doofus in Chief right now (12 5 PM EST) he is obviously on speed. Or some new-found meth source.
Shouting is not leadership.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 1/21/2013 12:18:54 PM (No. 9130078)
Great day to wash the windows, inside and out!
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
nevernaught, 1/21/2013 1:03:03 PM (No. 9130211)
All they have to do to increase the low turnout is to announce another Obamaphone giveaway. Will work every time, especially in DC.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Cor-vet, 1/21/2013 1:08:04 PM (No. 9130224)
They only reported ´hundreds showed up´ for the pro-gun rallys, but I´m sure we will have ´hundreds of thousands´ for this debacle!
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
DaBigGuy, 1/21/2013 1:11:04 PM (No. 9130233)
Sorry for the second post, but here is the rest of the TV lineup for today.
General Hospital – “Sorry, We’re Closed.” ObamaCare, you know. An hour of packing boxes and reminiscing about actually caring for patients.
Hawaii Five-O – “McGarrett’s First Failure” Governor, we can’t find the birth certificate of the illegal alien in the White House.
Mission Impossible – “Good Luck Jim” Phelps is assigned to force Harry Reid to draw up a sensible budget and force Sheila Jackson-Lee to have a coherent thought. Jim uses the “should you decide to accept it” clause and decline for obvious reasons.
Love American Style – “The Ewwww Triangle” An illegal alien, Reggie and Mooch. Sorry for the imagery.
ABC Family Movie – “The Wizard of Uhs” Barry speaks for two hours without a teleprompter.
The Odd Couple – “Mooch and Her New Hair, The Oddest Couple” No explanation necessary.
American Idle – “Barry’s Work Ethic” An hour of test patterns.
Mannix – “Missing Persons” Joe Mannix searches in vain for the Benghazi survivors.
Doogie Howser, M.D. – “The Blank Slate” Dr. Howser discusses phantom concussions relative to a lifetime of selective amnesia of illegal activity.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Rafter, 1/21/2013 2:39:54 PM (No. 9130471)
Thumbs down on the Wannabe Kommunist Dicktater... our Ugly Imperial Roman Emperor.
The only people with "Thumbs Up" are the LamestreamMedia... they have their thumbs up their... oops!
Mebbe the Dicktater will deign to autograph each kneepad the LSM wears in his service...
But then again, since he´s a Lazy Dicktater... mebbe not. He´ll let BO lick them in love. Ewwww.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
lencu255, 1/21/2013 3:19:41 PM (No. 9130561)
[...] is unhappy at not being able to convince everyone, himself included that he is greater than everyone; and this unhappiness of his may be his most human trait, perhaps the only human trait in him. But what is not human, but rather something devilish, is that because of this unhappiness he cannot help taking revenge on people, on all people but especially those who are in any way better or higher than he. And the survey says the name inside the braces is.....? Stalin! That´s what Bucharin said in 1936, couple of years before stalin killed him. Absolutely fabulous book by Martin Amis - Koba the Dread: laughter and the twenty million. God, save our country from that!
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
larryp, 1/21/2013 3:25:21 PM (No. 9130579)
Inauguration--how much does it cost this time?
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
Ida Lil, 1/21/2013 5:11:59 PM (No. 9130834)
Did it actually appear in public outdoors in bitter cold to give a speech? If so how brave! Obe looks so delicate. He must not remember the early 20th century new President who caught Pneumonia on his speech day and died a month later from the illness. Just who saw the parade if the streets were lined with buses so the peasants couldn´t contaminate the elite? Did anyone protest the 3000 calorie luncheon her food majesty served up when schools kids weren´t to have a fraction of that count? Perhaps we can look forward to the Ides of march.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
franq, 1/21/2013 5:34:06 PM (No. 9130876)
Actually, 3 people showed up. Obama, Biden, and Roberts. The rest were photo-shopped in.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
Lefticide, 1/21/2013 7:46:28 PM (No. 9131081)
Hundreds of thousands showed up, but only 17 of them actually missed work.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
Analyn, 1/21/2013 11:38:53 PM (No. 9131460)
I just have to say that the caption on the picture on the Lucianne Website on Jan 21, 2013, SHOULD NOT READ "Hi, It´s me again." But it should read, "Hi,I´m Gray again."
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