But Beck's rally was astroturfing.
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > And back to the Glenn Beck thread. > > Beck hosted a huge rally last weekend. Some say the crowed was under 100k. > Others argue that it was over 500k. The truth is probably somewhere > between. After looking at pictures, I would trend toward the larger side, > but that's not > important.<http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/44950/> > > Al Sharpton had a counter rally. It was attended by around 3000 people. I > would say that someone forgot to send the memos out, but that's not the > case. Apparently, Arne Duncan, the secretary of education sent an email to > all employees of the bureau encouraging them to attend Al's > rally.<http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/Education-secretary-urged-his-employees-to-go-to-Sharpton_s-rally-651280-101839293.html> > Some of you probably don't think this is a big deal, but imagine if a Bush > appointee were to ask people to attend a Beck rally. There would have been > a huge media blow ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:326394 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
