cbs puts the "take back our victimhood" rally numbers @ 87,000, which is impressive when seen from the air.
an estimated 87,000 people attended a rally organized by talk-radio host and fox news commentator glenn beck saturday in washington, according to a crowd estimate commissioned by cbs news.
the company airphotoslive.com based the attendance on aerial pictures it took over the rally, which stretched from in front of the lincoln memorial along the reflecting pool to the washington monument. beck and former alaska gov. sarah palin spoke at the rally.
beck, who predicted that at least 100,000 people would show up, opened his comments with a joke: "i have just gotten word from the media that there is over 1,000 people here today."
airphotoslive.com allows for a margin of error of 9,000 people, so "between 78,000 and 96,000 people attended the rally," almost meeting beck's prediction, which is probably the first and only time he's been that close to the truth.
on a related note, our friend amy gives us her pitch for glenn beck university: the best education $9.95 can buy!