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Old 10-18-2008, 07:18 PM
 
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I watched livestreaming of Obama's speech in Kansas City. The news station said during the speech that the crowd was about 50,000 people. Other estimates said 30,000 to 40,000. THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN IS NOW CLAIMING THAT THERE WAS A CROWD OF 75,000 IN KANSAS CITY.
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Old 10-18-2008, 07:19 PM
 
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Where are all these estimates? Just curious.

Also...why does this matter? I mean what's the gist of the post?
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Old 10-18-2008, 07:21 PM
 
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I watched livestreaming of Obama's speech in Kansas City. The news station said during the speech that the crowd was about 50,000 people. Other estimates said 30,000 to 40,000. THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN IS NOW CLAIMING THAT THERE WAS A CROWD OF 75,000 IN KANSAS CITY.
Can you provide links for any of this? Not that we don't trust you!
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Old 10-18-2008, 07:21 PM
 
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Was there also frr concerts after these speeches like before?
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Old 10-18-2008, 07:22 PM
 
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I watched livestreaming of Obama's speech in Kansas City. The news station said during the speech that the crowd was about 50,000 people. Other estimates said 30,000 to 40,000. THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN IS NOW CLAIMING THAT THERE WAS A CROWD OF 75,000 IN KANSAS CITY.
A thread earlier said 100,000
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Old 10-18-2008, 07:22 PM
 
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Where are all these estimates? Just curious.

Also...why does this matter? I mean what's the gist of the post?
That size matters and Obama is not as big as he claims.
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Old 10-18-2008, 07:23 PM
 
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A thread earlier said 100,000
That was St Louis earlier in the day and this is Kansas City. lot of folks in one day.
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Old 10-18-2008, 07:25 PM
 
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luzianne's in full panic mode now. How many posts today?
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Old 10-18-2008, 07:25 PM
 
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100K estimate in St Louis was from a policeman.
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Old 10-18-2008, 07:27 PM
 
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Can you provide links for any of this? Not that we don't trust you!
I did a search and found that the Obama campaign is saying 75,000. The 50,000 estimate was a moderator from the news station hosting the webcast. The 30,000 to 40,000 were estimates by other people. These were all posted on the livechat during the webcast. But now Obama campaign is claiming 75,000. I think they are inflating the number significantly.
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